Zach Harding-Laprade

Technology Strategy & M&A
Ex-BCG TMT
Kellogg MBA

[Zach Harding-Laprade @ZachHarding]

Just came across this very cool startup building an AI roofing robot

If you know any roofers, you know workers getting up on the roof is not just a big risk but a big cost. Huge potential here to be one of the first transformative applications of AI and robotics to construction!

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Meet ‘Rufus’, the AI roofing robot developed by Renovate Robotics.

[Zach Harding-Laprade @ZachHarding]

@mhp_guy my best friend has doubled his take home walking dogs

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@_PE_Charles Your best option is hiring a recent MBA or consultant, and you're going to have to give significant equity incentives

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@isaachasson I think the "labor shortage" we are seeing shows pretty clearly that the pandemic is perceived very differently by white collar desk workers vs blue collar service workers

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6. You can't work with an artist that wants you to tell them what to do. You need artists who will stay true to themselves, but will listen to you enough to be commercial

[Zach Harding-Laprade @ZachHarding]

Loved this week's conversation with @gregglatterman, who started the Aware Records label out of a mixtape, when he realized his favorite unsigned bands were better than major label artists. 6 things I learned about music entrepreneurship from Gregg:

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5. How to get a label imprint deal? Tell the record labels you don't want one. By mixtape 3, they were coming to him, and he was able to outline what kind of deal he would accept

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@powerbottomdad1 good friend of mine just landed a 6 figure SWE job w/ an english degree and personal projects/self study - no bootcamp. all about skills!

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@danheld More interested in debt/GDP ratio. If economy was 300 trillion/year this wouldn't seem concerning, right?