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Congratulations! Our #AiSalonMiami Community Keeps Growing and Empowering Each Other!! 🚀 The AiSalon #Miami event was once again a full house and a tremendous success. A huge thank you to our dynamic AI/ML community, our insightful speakers, and our incredible AiSalon Miami dream team. Witnessing the power of networking in real-time during our event is always a pleasure. I am thrilled that our community continues to thrive, growing in a welcoming space filled with actionable knowledge and insights. A special thank you to my 12-year-old daughter, Stella, who was born into a tech-entrepreneurial home. Naturally, she joined our event with my two other kids and took the initiative to produce this video. Thanks again to our great speakers and entrepreneurs: 🗣 Speakers: Eileen Higgins,  Miami-Dade County Commissioner for District 5, Miriam Altman-Reyes, Founder and CEO at Brass Ring Ventures, Ryan Pruitt, Managing Partner at Ocean Azul Partners, Michael Dillhyon Founder at Sarasota Growth Ventures 💻 Demos:  John Bralich, Anton Khabaiev, Martin Farre, founders at the ai plugs and Adam Sager, founder at Healthful #AiSalonMiami Co-Founders and Board Members:  Patricia Tavira, MBA, Edison Sabala, MBA, MPH, Alexandre Crazover 柯胜愉, Dolores Crazover (She/Her), Juan Manuel Frangi, Vlada Kopric, Etienne Gillard Special Thanks to: Jeffrey D. Abbott (AiSalon Co-founder); Mana Tech (host), and StreamPC (sponsor) 📅 Our next event is on July 17th (5:30 p.m.–9:30 p.m.)—stay tuned! Don't miss out. Secure your spot now! 🔗 RSVP here: https://lu.ma/jjbm632f 🤖 #AIStartups looking to demo, please register for the event on Luma and complete the application form. #AiSalonMiami #Networking #AIMiami #CommunityGrowth #AI #MachineLearning #TechEvents #ML #AImiamievent  #AImiamicommunity

It's been a whirlwind few days, starting with the Blitzscaling Investor Summit on Tuesday, the Blitzscaling Ventures annual meeting on Wednesday, and now on to Mexico City for IANUA Market Limited Community Day! You can just make out a famous landmark over my shoulder....

💥 Join the next AiSalon Cairo! We’re super excited to announce that the next AI Salon Cairo event, by Startups Without Borders is kicking off next June 27th, in partnership with CONSOLEYA. 📅 When: June 27th ⏰Time: 6 PM - 9 PM 📌 Where: CONSOLEYA, Cairo. The event will take place following the massive launch during the Startups Without Borders Summit to 5,000 attendees, featuring an exclusive a panel with Blitzscaling Ventures founding partner Chris Yeh and Jeffrey D. Abbott, who also shared a specially-recorded video message containing tips for #AIfounders from his co-author and legendary #AIinvestor, Reid Hoffman. If you have an #AI idea that you want to present, an #AI innovation to pitch, or just want to understand the future of this game-changing technology, THIS is an event you can’t miss! Join the global community, with chapters in Miami, Stockholm, Rome, Buenos Aires, Tokyo, and around the world 🌍 Mirna Arif Nour Taher KARIMA👼🏽 El Hakim 🎈🧸🐪 Yasser El-Bendary Mahmoud Hamouda Saif Ahmed Mohamed Nabil Mohamed Nabil Mohamed Aboulnaga Ally Salama علي سلامة Rasha Tantawy Nader Aljorf Valentina Primo Hanan Abdel Meguid Amr El Abassy, MBA Mohamed Emera Ayman Ismail Register now: spots are limited! 📌 Link in the comments

Llama Lounge 11 (for AI founders) is 72% sold out in 5 days. (Now 80% sold out on Tuesday) The event I lead, Llama Lounge 11, was announced last Wednesday and will be hosted at SF's Amazon Web Services (AWS) (AWS) loft in late July. -The event is for AI founders and VCs. -217/300 tickets are taken, mostly by AI founders. -40 VCs have already registered, list below -Ten demo slots are available; apply via Luma. -See comments for summaries and photos of prior events. I'm a VC, so why do I invite so many other VCs? Well, we co-invest in startups with other VCs. They bring us top startups, and vice versa. It's about an ecosystem approach—besides, no one can resist my alluring call of the conch. Registered VCs -Blitzscaling Ventures -500 Global -500 Emerging Europe -57Blocks Capital -65 Equity Partners -Acorn Pacific Ventures -Alumni Ventures -AV8 Ventures -Amity Ventures -BMW i Ventures -Cathay Innovation -Dragon Heart Holdings -Embedding VC -FalconX Ventures -Foothill Ventures -General Catalyst -GenLab AI Studio -GIC: Gov of Singapore Investment Corp -Greylock -Hanwha Asset Management -Monochrome Capital -NEC X Venture Studio -OMERS Ventures -Ontario Teachers Pension Plan -Open Core Ventures -Presidio Ventures -Propel VC -Race Ventures -Redwood Collective -Scrum Ventures -SHACK15 Ventures -shuckerVC -Transhuman Capital -True Ventures -Vibranium VC -VSC Ventures -VU Venture Partners -XY Ventures -Yamaha Motor Ventures -Yellow Rocks

🌟 Cierre de AiSalon Buenos Aires 🌟 Estamos muy contentos de anunciar que AiSalon Buenos Aires ha sido un éxito rotundo. Gracias a todos los que asistieron y contribuyeron a que este evento fuera tan especial. 🎤 Charlas Inspiradoras Desde discusiones sobre las últimas tendencias en Inteligencia Artificial hasta presentaciones innovadoras sobre aplicaciones prácticas, cada charla fue una fuente inagotable de conocimiento y motivación. ¡Gracias a nuestros increíbles speakres por compartir su experiencia y visión! Juan Gregorio Pozzo Francisco Ingham Pablo Rubinstein Ariel Futoransky Cristian Pereyra 🚀 Pitch time! Con un panel de jury's sensacional Juan Ignacio Zaballa & Cristian Pereyra), tuvimos el honor de escuchar pitches de startups que están redefiniendo el futuro con sus soluciones innovadoras. La energía y creatividad que trajeron a AiSalon fueron verdaderamente inspiradoras. Luciano Trujillo (Kaption AI) •Dahiana Castillo• (NUTRARTE) Christian Valdomir Costanzo (MOZART) 💬 Feedback Positivo El mismo día del evento, recibimos un feedback increíblemente positivo. Nos llena de orgullo saber que disfrutaron y valoraron las experiencias y conexiones que facilitamos. Nada de esto seria posible sin el apoyo de mis socios y el equipo de Horizon, pero mucho menos sin nuestros partners y supporters que hicieron posible este evento. Microsoft, Wilson Pais Mariano Amartino soyhenry , Franco Chamochumbi Chávez AiSalon, Jeffrey D. Abbott, Juan Manuel Frangi Horizon, Nicolás, Miguel, Manuel SquadS Ventures Cristian Mendivelso H Alina VC, Juan Ignacio Zaballa Mana Tech, Ines Lucena, Anita Poletti 🇺🇾 ¡Próximo AiSalon en Uruguay! ¡La emoción no termina aquí! Nos complace anunciar que abriremos el próximo chapter de AiSalon en Uruguay. Estamos ansiosos por continuar esta aventura y seguir construyendo una comunidad fuerte y colaborativa. ¡Nos vemos en Uruguay!

THE CONFIDENCE PARADOX One of the characteristics that most of us find appealing is confidence. Confident people are seen as more charismatic, and are more likely to be chosen as leaders. Yet there is a paradox to confidence, and that paradox was even hidden in that prior sentence. We view confidence as a fundamental personality trait. But the idea that someone is a "confident person" is a terrible misperception. An individual can and should be more or less confident in specific areas, or about specific things. LeBron James should be very confident in his basketball abilities. He should not have the same confidence in his abilities as a neurosurgeon. A person who feels innate confidence in all things isn't a confident person; he or she is simply delusional. In the movies, Tony Stark can be a genius who can build clean nuclear reactors, powered armor, and time machines. In real life, it's practically impossible to devote enough time to such disparate subjects to be a world-leading expert in all of them. That's the confidence paradox. Confidence is great AS LONG AS IT IS JUSTIFIED. Confidence without justification is the characteristic of the "confidence man" or conman. You should be confident about your abilities where you are truly great. And you should not be confident in areas where you have not yet proven your skills. If you want to become more confident in more areas of your life without becoming a conman, get great at more things. But given that there is a limit to how many things we can be great at, the other lesson is to seek out situations that justify your confidence. If you want other people to be drawn to your confidence, display that confidence in the context of doing or having done great things. Many people think of me as confident. That's because they usually meet me in a context where I am truly an expert, such as the startup world, the topics of my books, or as a public speaker. Anyone who has seen me try to tackle manual labor or minor household repairs knows that I am definitely not confident in all aspects of my life. There is one final paradox to confidence. There is one form of confidence that is nearly universally applicable, which is the confidence in your ability to learn and problem-solve. If you are truly great at these things, you can face nearly any situation with aplomb. And yet, there is a paradox within that paradox, which is that no matter how great you are at learning and problem-solving, there are mysteries and problems that you won't be able to solve, which is why you must temper that confidence with humility.

Chris Yeh, General Partner at Blitzscaling Ventures, will be making his return for the third consecutive year at VC Unlocked: Silicon Valley! As the co-author of the book "Blitzscaling," Chris is renowned for his insights into building transformative companies. With a career spanning back to 1995, he brings a wealth of experience as a writer, investor, and entrepreneur. During VC Unlocked, Chris will share his unique journey in venture capital, offering his perspectives gained from his extensive background. As an integral part of our VC Unlocked community, we look forward to welcoming Chris back as he continues to inspire and empower our cohorts. Limited seats remain with the program filling up on a first come, first served basis. Secure your nomination: https://lnkd.in/gjeErdp9