Survival of the Fittest: LinkedIn Mastery 🎯, Global Unicorns Surpass 3,100 🦄, ChatGPT 2025 Update 🤔, Humanoid Invasion 🤖 & more!
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Survival of the Fittest: Mastering LinkedIn for Business Leaders
As a kid, I realized 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐥𝐝—so 𝐈 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞. 𝐈 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐖𝐈𝐍!
❌ Playing it safe rarely gets you seen.
✅ Playing to win changes everything.
🎯 Especially when your next opportunity is watching you on LinkedIn.
That’s why we are partnering with 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡𝐲 𝐈𝐧𝐜. to host a 𝐅𝐑𝐄𝐄 𝐰𝐞𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐫:
“𝐒𝐮𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭: 𝐌𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐋𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐞𝐝𝐈𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐁𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬”
🗓️ 𝐓𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐉𝐮𝐥 𝟐𝟗, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 • 6:00 PM London / 1:00 PM New York / 10:00 AM San Francisco / 7:00 PM Paris
Over the years, I’ve leaned into LinkedIn to:
🔺 Position myself as a trusted thought leader in tech and innovation
🔺 Turn my profile into a consistent lead‑generation engine
🔺 Build a network of high‑quality connections—clients, partners, and investors
Now, I’m pulling back the curtain and sharing exactly how I did it.
In this 𝟔𝟎‑𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐭𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧, you’ll learn:
✅ How to own your niche and become the go‑to expert in your industry
✅ Content strategies that spark engagement and boost visibility
✅ Techniques to attract premium connections, clients, and opportunities
✅ The 3 deadly LinkedIn mistakes most leaders make (and how to avoid them)
✅ Tools and tactics to transform your profile into a business‑growth asset
✅ Monetizing your expertise for real business impact
✅ & more!
Whether you’re a 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫, 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫, 𝐞𝐱𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞, or 𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫, this webinar will help you stop playing small and start commanding attention where it matters most.
🎁 𝐁𝐨𝐧𝐮𝐬: Everyone who 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 and 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬 will receive a 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐠𝐢𝐟𝐭 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐦𝐞—revealed live during the webinar! 🤫
⏳ 𝐒𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝—𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐰:
Recent Dispatches 📨
🔹 🚀 Inside the Minds of VCs: How UK Funds Evaluate Startups (Part II of IV)
🔹 🚀 Inside the Minds of VCs: How UK Funds Evaluate Startups (Part I of IV)
🔹 Quantum Revolution ⚛️, $125 B Market Opportunity 🚀, Who’s Leading the Charge? 🤔
Frontier Flashpoints 🚀
Map: The Geography of US Venture Deals in Q2 2025s 📍
In Q2 2025, just over half of US venture deals and 73.4% of deal value were concentrated in established hubs—underscoring Silicon Valley’s enduring dominance even as AI investment surges nationwide. (Kia Kokalitcheva & Jordan Rubio, PitchBook)
The Week’s 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: Fintech Titans Score the Top Two Rounds 💰
iCapital’s $820 M financing and Bilt Rewards’ $250 M raise underscore investors’ appetite for alternative‑investment platforms and consumer loyalty programs—setting new benchmarks at $7.5 B and $10.75 B valuations. (Joanna Glasner, Crunchbase)
Is the IPO Window Cracking Open—or Slamming Shut? 🚪
Halfway through 2025, U.S. venture‑backed IPOs have steadied—raising $23.2 billion in Q2 versus $20.9 billion in Q1—even as founders pause for tariff clarity and down‑round listings become normalized. (Michael Bodley, PitchBook)
Everything You Should Know About ChatGPT in 2025 🤔
OpenAI’s flagship chatbot continues to lead the generative AI space, but faces pressure from Chinese rivals like DeepSeek, internal executive exits, and delayed open-source model plans. (Wiggers, Corrall, Stringer & Park, TechCrunch)
From Labs to Living Rooms: The Humanoid Invasion 🤖
From Tesla’s Optimus to Boston Dynamics’ All‑New Atlas and 1X’s Neo Gamma, a first wave of human‑mimicking robots is already performing factory tasks, household chores, and even soccer matches—heralding a new era of physical AI. (Bernard Marr, Forbes)
Spacetech Funding Rockets to $3.1 B—Is Lift‑Off Sustainable? 🚀
Investment in spacetech soared to $3.1 billion in Q2 2025—the second‑largest quarterly total ever—with U.S. companies capturing 70% of funding and early growth‑stage rounds accounting for 65% of deal value. (Rob Williams, SA News)
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Data Deep Dives 📈
Global Unicorn Count Surpasses 3,100 🦄
Since 2000, more than 3,100 startups have hit $1 billion valuations—with over 1,400 still private and 240+ rumoured to join the club—highlighting both the scale and momentum of high‑value venture success. (Crunchbase Unicorn Tracker)
Next‑Gen AI Agents Take Center Stage 🤖
CB Insights sifted through 17,000+ AI companies to rank the top 100—highlighting leaders in AI agents, ML security, observability, infrastructure, and vertical solutions that are shaping the next wave of intelligence. (CB Insights AI 100 Report)
Thanks for putting this together, Petar. Lots to chew on. The unicorn count is gonna now explode potentially 10x in the next couple of decades🦄