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Amazon, is displaying a positive technical setup that favors a rise into the 290s, according to a breakout from a large base that was built from 2021 to 2024, according to Bank of America technical strategists.
In addition to the breakout, a bullish flag pattern was observed from December 2024 to January 2025, which further supports this positive technical setup.
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Amazon, is displaying a positive technical setup that favors a rise into the 290s, according to a breakout from a large base that was built from 2021 to 2024, according to Bank of America technical strategists.
In addition to the breakout, a bullish flag pattern was observed from December 2024 to January 2025, which further supports this positive technical setup.
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RT @mwseibel: Lots of truth in a short video.
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RT @mwseibel: Lots of truth in a short video.
Chamath Palihapitiya on the growth principles that got Facebook to billions of users
“The most important thing we did was I teased out virality, and said, ‘You cannot do it. Don’t talk about it. Don’t touch it. I don’t want you to give me any product plans that revolve around this idea of virality. I don’t want to hear it.”
Instead, Chamath urged the growth team at Facebook to focus on “the three most difficult and hard problems that any consumer product has to deal with”:
1. How do you get people in the front door?
2. How do you get them to an aha moment as quickly as possible?
3. How do you deliver core product value as often as possible?
Chamath warns that focusing on virality is why you see so many startups experience this amazingly steep rise and then fall off a cliff.
The second thing he set out to do at Facebook was invalidate all of the lore:
“In any given product, there’s always people who strut out around the office like, ‘I have this gut feeling.’ It’s all about gut feeling. And most people’s gut feelings are morons. They don’t know what they’re talking about. Gut feel is not useful because most people can’t predict correctly. We know this. So one of the most important things that we did was just invalidate all of the lore… You can’t believe your own BS. Because when you do, you start to compound these massively structural mistakes that don’t expose core product value… You don’t listen to customers because you think it’s all about your gut. You don’t bother doing any of the traditional, straightforward, obvious things, and you lose yourself.”
As Chamath explains, a maniacal focus on delivering core product value as frequently and fast as possible is what led Facebook to its most important realization:
“The single biggest thing we realized was to get any individual to 7 friends in 10 days. That was it… There was not much more complexity than that. There’s an entire team now of hundreds of people that have helped ramp this product to a billion users, based on that one simple rule — a very elegant statement of what it was to capture core product value… And then what we did at the company was talk about nothing else. Every Q&A. Every all-hands… It was the single, sole focus.”
He continues:
“You have to work backwards from: What is the thing that people are here to do? What is the ‘aha moment’ that they want? Why can I not give that to them as fast as possible? That’s how you win.”
Chamath recommends starting with a cohort of your most engaged users — What features are they using? What pathways in your product did they take? Then work backwards and try to get all of your other users to that same state. tweet
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RT @petermdenton: This is really good because it reminds me of a MASSIVE mistake a lot of companies make:
Product "builds" the product, then hands it to growth to "sell" it.
Growth has to be designed into the core product from day 1 so that the "aha" experience reinforces the growth loop.
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RT @petermdenton: This is really good because it reminds me of a MASSIVE mistake a lot of companies make:
Product "builds" the product, then hands it to growth to "sell" it.
Growth has to be designed into the core product from day 1 so that the "aha" experience reinforces the growth loop.
Chamath Palihapitiya on the growth principles that got Facebook to billions of users
“The most important thing we did was I teased out virality, and said, ‘You cannot do it. Don’t talk about it. Don’t touch it. I don’t want you to give me any product plans that revolve around this idea of virality. I don’t want to hear it.”
Instead, Chamath urged the growth team at Facebook to focus on “the three most difficult and hard problems that any consumer product has to deal with”:
1. How do you get people in the front door?
2. How do you get them to an aha moment as quickly as possible?
3. How do you deliver core product value as often as possible?
Chamath warns that focusing on virality is why you see so many startups experience this amazingly steep rise and then fall off a cliff.
The second thing he set out to do at Facebook was invalidate all of the lore:
“In any given product, there’s always people who strut out around the office like, ‘I have this gut feeling.’ It’s all about gut feeling. And most people’s gut feelings are morons. They don’t know what they’re talking about. Gut feel is not useful because most people can’t predict correctly. We know this. So one of the most important things that we did was just invalidate all of the lore… You can’t believe your own BS. Because when you do, you start to compound these massively structural mistakes that don’t expose core product value… You don’t listen to customers because you think it’s all about your gut. You don’t bother doing any of the traditional, straightforward, obvious things, and you lose yourself.”
As Chamath explains, a maniacal focus on delivering core product value as frequently and fast as possible is what led Facebook to its most important realization:
“The single biggest thing we realized was to get any individual to 7 friends in 10 days. That was it… There was not much more complexity than that. There’s an entire team now of hundreds of people that have helped ramp this product to a billion users, based on that one simple rule — a very elegant statement of what it was to capture core product value… And then what we did at the company was talk about nothing else. Every Q&A. Every all-hands… It was the single, sole focus.”
He continues:
“You have to work backwards from: What is the thing that people are here to do? What is the ‘aha moment’ that they want? Why can I not give that to them as fast as possible? That’s how you win.”
Chamath recommends starting with a cohort of your most engaged users — What features are they using? What pathways in your product did they take? Then work backwards and try to get all of your other users to that same state. tweet
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Desktop Metal $DM voluntarily dismissed Markforged $MKFG, without prejudice, from its complaint brought in connection with Markforged’s pending merger with Nano Dimension $NNDM.
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Desktop Metal $DM voluntarily dismissed Markforged $MKFG, without prejudice, from its complaint brought in connection with Markforged’s pending merger with Nano Dimension $NNDM.
Delaware Court of Chancery Grants Desktop Metal’s $DM Motion for an Expedited Trial -
✴️The trial is expected to be scheduled for the week of February 24, 2025.
✴️Desktop Metal filed another lawsuit against Nano Dimension $NNDM and Markforged $MKFG, claiming that Nano Dimension’s plan to acquire Markforged violated Desktop's Merger Agreement.
✴️Initially, Desktop Metal believed the Markforged deal wouldn’t impact the merger since it was expected to close first. However, delays in Nano Dimension obtaining government approval (CFIUS) for the merger have changed the situation.
✴️Desktop Metal now argues the Markforged deal could significantly increase the risk of delays or blockage by the government and is asking the court to prevent the Markforged acquisition until after the merger with Desktop Metal is completed. tweet
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RT @ArthurMacwaters: It’s just as important to be a great coach as it is to hire great people.
This is a cool/unique take from Jensen
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RT @ArthurMacwaters: It’s just as important to be a great coach as it is to hire great people.
This is a cool/unique take from Jensen
Jensen Huang on why he rarely fires people and will instead “torture them into greatness”
Jensen once told Stripe founder Patrick Collison that he didn’t like firing people and seldomly did it. When asked to elaborate on this, Jensen responds:
“I’d rather improve you than give up on you. When you fire somebody, a lot of people will say ‘it wasn’t your fault,’ or ‘I made the wrong choice.’ But I used to clean bathrooms and now I’m the CEO of a company. I think you can learn it. There are a lot of things in life that I think you can learn and you just have to be given the opportunity to learn it… I don’t like giving up on people because I think they can improve.”
He continues:
“It’s kind of tongue in cheek, but people know I’d rather torture them into greatness. I’d rather torture you into greatness because I believe in you. And I think that coaches that really believe in their team torture them into greatness. Oftentimes they’re so close. Greatness will sometimes come in one day with an ‘I got it!’ — that feeling that you didn’t get it yesterday and all of a sudden one day something clicks. Could you imagine giving up that moment right before you got it? I don’t want you to give up on that, so I’ll just keep torturing you.”
Video source: @stripe (2024) tweet
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Pernas Research on Parrot $PARRO FP
Thesis: Parrot is transitioning from consumer drones to focusing on enterprise and government contracts, positioning itself for future growth in a competitive market.
(Extract from their Stock Sonar report) https://t.co/ea3ADFPgy4
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Pernas Research on Parrot $PARRO FP
Thesis: Parrot is transitioning from consumer drones to focusing on enterprise and government contracts, positioning itself for future growth in a competitive market.
(Extract from their Stock Sonar report) https://t.co/ea3ADFPgy4
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Health care services company reports bullish Q4 and full year results ; Boosts its share repurchase plan by an additional $10 billion
This represents ~12% of its current market cap of $82.41B!
Recent repurchase: In Q4 2024, the company repurchased 4.739 million shares for $1.7 billion. The company had $764 million remaining under its repurchase authorization as of December 31, 2024
The company has been consistent with share repurchases, reducing its shares outstanding count by ~24% over the last 4 yrs!
https://t.co/86yvp5XmIn
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Health care services company reports bullish Q4 and full year results ; Boosts its share repurchase plan by an additional $10 billion
This represents ~12% of its current market cap of $82.41B!
Recent repurchase: In Q4 2024, the company repurchased 4.739 million shares for $1.7 billion. The company had $764 million remaining under its repurchase authorization as of December 31, 2024
The company has been consistent with share repurchases, reducing its shares outstanding count by ~24% over the last 4 yrs!
https://t.co/86yvp5XmIn
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Dimitry Nakhla | Babylon Capital®
RT @DimitryNakhla: Appreciate the compliment! I assure you it
it’s the result of relentless research and dedication. With over 10,000 hours spent studying the markets and refining my investment process, I’m always striving to improve
My passion for investing drives me to stay up-to-date. Last night was no exception - I was still reading about quality investing as I fell asleep, the papers still clutched in my hand. That’s what it means to be fully committed to excellence
It’s this tireless pursuit of knowledge that allows me to make informed decisions. And I'm proud to deliver the benefits of this kind of research & decision-making for my investors
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RT @DimitryNakhla: Appreciate the compliment! I assure you it
it’s the result of relentless research and dedication. With over 10,000 hours spent studying the markets and refining my investment process, I’m always striving to improve
My passion for investing drives me to stay up-to-date. Last night was no exception - I was still reading about quality investing as I fell asleep, the papers still clutched in my hand. That’s what it means to be fully committed to excellence
It’s this tireless pursuit of knowledge that allows me to make informed decisions. And I'm proud to deliver the benefits of this kind of research & decision-making for my investors
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$NFLX Netflix just had its biggest quarter ever.
19M new members added! 👀
What drove this record growth?
Here’s what you need to know 👇
https://t.co/8lJ0UeEwbI
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$NFLX Netflix just had its biggest quarter ever.
19M new members added! 👀
What drove this record growth?
Here’s what you need to know 👇
https://t.co/8lJ0UeEwbI
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Stock Analysis Compilation #73 is in your inbox 🔥
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43 stock pitches from the best hedge funds & newsletters :
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Stock Analysis Compilation #73 is in your inbox 🔥
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43 stock pitches from the best hedge funds & newsletters :
$ACHV $ABNB $BMBL $ROAD $EA $RACE $FET $GOOGL $HIFS $HIMS $IBKR $LESL $NVDA $PACB $PLTR $RDI $TSM $UGI $ZDGE and many more https://t.co/W9OHOU3RAU
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