Callum Laing
I help ambitious people raise capital, get board seats, take companies public. Bluesky Capitalist...
Author of 4 best selling business books
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- If you want to get your first board seat ASAP, and want to hear from 5 different people how they got started on their board journey, it's not too late to join this free workshop: veblendirectors.com/boardroom-bl... Sign up and we'll send you the recording if you miss some of it.
- Don't have the original data source but this sounds about right.
- ChatGPT is eating the Internet. From #15 to #5 in a year. Every other site is losing traffic. AI is becoming the interface to the Interwebs.
- China’s Maglev train just clocked 620 mph, faster than most airplanes. With magnetic levitation tech and zero physical contact with the tracks, things get very interesting.
- Running a small business is insanely hard. Solving client problems, loaning the company your last pennies to make payroll, endless stress and sleepless nights. A small number who start are able to make a living for themselves and a handful of people on their team (cont...)
- Sales follows attention.
- Art exhibit by Dima Yarovinsky visualizing T&C lengths. Tick 'I agree' if you realise how insane this is.
- People still not understanding the difference between networth and 'cash in bank'. Understanding the basics of financial literacy are critical in todays world. It is not the government responsibility, or schools. It's yours & will make the biggest difference to your control of the future.
- Personal brands can destroy value as well as build it, but that doesn't mean you should say away from building yours www.linkedin.com/posts/callum...
- I wish more AI notetakers would show up to my zoom meetings...
- If you invest in a company stock and it goes up, you're a genius stock picker. If it goes down it's because the execs are idiots. Facts.
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- The single most important thing in entrepreneurship is surviving to fight another day, not profits. Get good at surviving and the profits follow.
- Codeium at $3B valuation? Is this frothy or the new normal? techcrunch.com/2025/02/19/a...
- Want to get your first board seat in <60 days? How about 2? Or 3? Join this free workshop and hear from 5 people who have followed this 5 step formula to crush it in the boardroom despite very different backgrounds! veblendirectors.com/boardroom-bl...
- Vibe coding is amazing. If the vibe you're after is utter frustration.
- Japanese minister 'We do not negotiate with delinquent children who keep changing their minds everyday... If you give a mugger money, they will come back for more' Not sure who he could be talking about...
- Really enjoy working with founders on capital allocation and board level leadership
- The best gains in the gym, and in life, come when you least feel like showing up. No one cares what story you're currently telling yourself about how hard it is. Just get it done. - Bsky fortune cookie wisdom.
- The top 10% of US income earners pay 71.9% of all income tax collected. The next 90% pay the remaining 28% Trumps plan to eliminate income tax on salaries up to $150k earnings will have a big impact on low income workers without removing too much income from the government.
- Daily habits compound. What would you in 5 years be grateful you started doing daily today? - Bsky fortune cookie wisdom.
- Good marketing ;)
- The best leaders thrive under pressure. They are not usually the smartest, or the hardest working, in the team but unlike most people they don't avoid high stakes moments. Pressure is a privilege, it shows you're playing for something that matters.
- Good Lordy I feel old...
- Can you connect businesses to doing good? Paul Dunn has been a mentor of mine in this area for 20 years! www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWH0...
- Creativity in insults is one of my favourite things.
- Singapore airport is living in the future...
- Love it!
- What is the science behind cold plunges? In this test, scientists submerged subjects in cold water for *1 hour* a day?! I've never heard of anyone doing it for more than a few minutes. www.earth.com/news/cold-pl...
