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- 2025-11-04
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Welcome to November! I hope you’re enjoying the Autumn weather.
💭 Productive Thoughts
The most common perspective we’re hearing from entrepreneurs (and experiencing ourselves) is that this time of year involves parallel tracks:
maximizing the impact we make before the end of 2025
understanding how this year went
setting things up for an epic 2026
Towards these intentions, I’m working with ThinkWithAI to build an intelligent business advisor that will form part of the backbone of our AI-native business intelligence and productivity system for 2026, based on intimate knowledge of how 2025 went, and informed by our really big plans for next year. (Really fun announcements about this coming up at the next Demo Day LA, if you’re curious).
If you want to build a similar system, I highly recommend you check out this approach. I’m finding this pre-holiday-season moment the perfect moment to gear up for a powerful Q4 and an epic 2026.
The 6-Week ThinkWithAI System builds an AI advisor that shows you what’s draining your time, which psychology patterns are limiting you, and your highest-leverage priorities.
🎙️ Nov 20 is the final Demo Day LA of 2025
Featuring some exciting special announcements, two awesome interviews with rockstar founder/investors: Mike Jones (MySpace, Science Inc, Liquid Death, Dollar Shave Club) and Josh Resnick (Sugarfina, OpenSky Ventures) Of course, there will also be the signature DDLA startup demo + pitch experience. Founders: If you want to secure a demo + pitch spot, now is the best time, as these can get snapped up quickly. |    |
😱 Dreadful Deadlines 🙀
Deadline to apply to pitch at next year’s SXSW is Nov 7!
Register for a Startup Demo + Investor Pitch at Demo Day LA by Nov 14.
🌴 In-Person Events in Los Angeles
Find your customers on Roku this Black Friday
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Worried it’s too late to spin up new Black Friday creative? With Roku Ads Manager, you can easily import and augment existing creative assets from your social channels. We also have AI-assisted upscaling, so every ad is primed for CTV.
Once you’ve done this, then you can easily set up A/B tests to flight different creative variants and Black Friday offers. If you’re a Shopify brand, you can even run shoppable ads directly on-screen so viewers can purchase with just a click of their Roku remote.
Bonus: we’re gifting you $5K in ad credits when you spend your first $5K on Roku Ads Manager. Just sign up and use code GET5K. Terms apply.
💼 Startup Coil Partners
