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The college experience teaches us valuable life lessons – but what’s the worth of the degree itself? Join our free AMA with Scott Galloway where he’ll answer questions like: ❔ Does your kid still need an expensive degree to pursue the traditional corporate path? ❔ What’s the alternative, anyway? ❔ How will AI change all of this (and how fast)? He’s also taking questions from the crowd, so RSVP and join the discussion. Link in comments.

Building AI products is new for a lot of us, and the time spent figuring it out is expensive. Make the better investment and get a ready to pitch prototype in 8 weeks. Our Building an AI Product Mini-MBA was so valuable to the last cohort, we’re bringing it back this fall. Over two months, you’ll work with experts to: 📃 Develop your AI product strategy and scope a prototype 🤖 Train it on proprietary data and optimize its performance 📈 Polish it off with data privacy, governance, and company culture considerations And you’ll have access to weekly office hours, live lectures with industry leaders, and a cohort of 100+ peers. The waitlist is open and our early birds get the best deal. Sign up at the link in the comments.

You could fill your Amazon cart with electric melon ballers and packing gadgets you’ll never actually use – OR you could get 50% off unlimited AI and business courses, and set yourself up for next year’s raise today. For today and tomorrow only, take 50% off a Section membership and 20% off our fan-favorite AI Crash Course and our most purchased workshops. Take that money you put aside for your dopamine purchases this week and invest in yourself 🦾

Little known fact: Custom GPTs require no coding and are a super effective way to automate parts of your life you can’t afford professional help for. Need to stand out in a competitive job market without a career coach? Hoping for more press and bookings but can’t afford the $5K a month for a PR rep? Want to put your best foot forward with potential clients without the endless free consultation calls? There’s a GPT for that. Ashley Gross uses 12 custom GPTs to run her business, we highlighted 5 in last week’s Strategy Brief. Link to read more in the comments.

Our initial review of Gemini for Google Workspace wasn’t very positive, but they just released a beefed up version of their Google Slides feature. Here’s why it’s changed our minds. If you missed our initial review, the Slides integration used to be limited to image generation (uninspired). But they’ve just rolled out the ability to generate polished slide decks from any file in your Drive (inspired). What we liked: ⭐It was instantaneous – Gemini turned a doc into a deck in seconds ⭐It referenced other related files in our Drive and linked them for us ⭐It summarized the content of the presentation in the sidebar for quick scanning If you’ve been holding out, we’re officially encouraging you to give it a try.

It’s no secret that college tuition has skyrocketed – but has the value of a degree increased with the sticker price? Scott Galloway is joining us to talk about the falling worth of higher ed. He’ll answer questions like: “Does my kid still need to go to college to get a good job?” “Is there even a difference between Ivy league vs. state schools anymore?” “What’s AI’s role in all this?” And anything else you bring him. Join us on July 25th for this free AMA before you shell out for business school. Link to RSVP in the comments.

One of our big 2024 goals is making our courses available to more people. Step 1: You can now take any of our on-demand courses in Spanish and Japanese. What languages should we focus on next?

Your infusion of Monday inspiration is ready! This week we’re focused on making you the most successful you can be in these two free can’t-miss events: On Wednesday, Amherst professor Catherine Sanderson is sharing the formula for success – from mindset to EQ to overcoming adversity. On Friday, Ashley Gross is helping you land your dream job by using AI. You’ve been manifesting it, now make it happen. RSVP at our Events page, we’ll leave a link in the comments. (P.S. You’ll find a couple other exciting events there too, including an AMA with Scott Galloway)

If you’ve given your team access to a paid AI tool, you’ve already won half the battle of AI proficiency. Our new Applying Microsoft Copilot workshop can help you win the war in 1.5 hours. Our resident AI expert, Chase Ballard, just did a deep dive on everything that makes Copilot a killer tool and he’ll teach it to your team on July 16. They’ll leave with the ability to: ⭐ Turn Word docs into polished Powerpoint presentations ⭐ Generate summaries of Excel sheets that stakeholders will care about ⭐ Host meetings that could never have been emails We’ll leave the link to sign up in the comments. Don’t miss this chance to get your team in the AI Class.