Personal Finance 💰 - ClubHouse 🌊 - Plug’Heur: batteries en libre-service 🔥 - Build a business, not an audience 💵

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Mar 12, 2021

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#1 Takeaways by Yoann Lopez about this article 👇

Bad things don't happen only to others. You're not immune to bad events.
Always be optimistic when you invest, but save like a pessimist.
Social signaling is bad for your wallet / build your financial plan around your flaws/nothing is black or white. Most things are shades of grey. Don’t become a fanatic.

Yoann Lopez, Founder & writer at Snowball. Yoann écrit la newsletter Snowball pour apprendre des choses concrètes sur les finances personnelles (gestion de budget et investissements).

#2 Takeaways by Gilles Chetelat about this article 👇

Takeaways: by Gilles Chetelat

Live audio represents a « mountain of moderation » challenge 👉 Clubhouse created guidelines and hired pro moderators >> Key to keep their creators loyal
Facts about Clubhouse:
10 employees on Feb5 2021
Main feed-in Clubhouse called the « hallway »
« Clubhouse had a 1billion $ before it had a business plan »
Options for monetization:
➡️ tips for creators
➡️ ticketed events
➡️ paid subscribers

Gilles Chetelat, Founder & CEO at Clind. Gilles est un serial entrepreneur, actionnaire and boardmember dans + de 12 startups. Il a vendu sa 1ère startup StickyADS.tv à Comcast en 2016.

#3 Takeaways by Thibault Houdon about this podcast 👇

Plug’Heur: batteries en libre-service pour recharger son téléphone.
Démarrage avec l’aide de l’incubateur de Kedge business school. Dans un café à Paris Montparnasse : 50-60 demandes par jour de clients pour recharger les téléphones.
Bénéfice pour le commerçant : visibilité / publicité grâce à l’application de Plug’Heur. Pour l’instant pas de rémunération pour les commerçants. Financement sur fond propre : 20,000€ pour chacun des fondateurs (3 co-fondateurs) + 10,000€ de l’incubateur de Kedge.
Pas de levée de fonds possible sans chiffre d’affaires au préalable.

Thibault Houdon, Founder @Docstring. Thibault a créé les best-sellers tutorials de Python en français d’abord pour Udemy et maintenant pour Docstring.

#4 Takeaways by Marie-Anne Decaux about this article 👇

The most valuable thing is the brand, and it definitely starts with the product. Solving a problem and providing value is the foundation of everything.
The goal is to get as many people to 10 referrals as possible (it’s easy, everyone has 10 friends, coworkers...)
The Morning Brew referral engine takes 1k new subscribers/day but required security checks (double option) and personalization features

Marie-Anne Decaux, Co-founder at Hello Marcel. Marie-Anne est une experte de brand marketing.

#5 Takeaways by Ariel Renous about this article 👇

The value of remixing existing content vs the value of creating new first-hand content
The audience can be built with BS content
Great stories do not need great writing skills to look interesting. Power of creation > power of the audience.
Quotes from the author, 2 tips:
➡️ « Share meaningful first-hand experiences. »
➡️ « Write as if you were emailing a friend, not to impress an imaginary teacher. »

By Ariel Renous, Ex-VC analyst at Ventech. Ariel est un expert de la passion economy.

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