Телеграм канал «SVIATOSLAV GUSEV»

Our girls who make UGC for English-speaking audiences suggested experimenting with formats. Check out this clip and let us know what you think. Making the video took ~8 minutes (script, AI avatar + lipsync, voice, thumbnail, motion design) — created with this app.

More 🔥 = good, fewer reactions — better to drop it and instead shoot more conversational videos without AI, and jump on podcasts more often.

Artyom Tarasov gave me an idea: what if we run a promo? Today I arranged a discount on bank cards with our partners using my promo code "GUSEV" (can be applied on your first order).

So if you don't yet have a crypto card that can be added to Apple Pay and doesn't require verification, now's the perfect time to get one.

To activate, follow the link, then top up your balance with at least $100 (via SBP, by card in rubles, or in USDT). Next, go to the card order page and enter the promo code "GUSEV" in the activation field — this gives a 50% discount on any card order, including a US card that can be added to Apple Pay or used to pay for any subscriptions.

The cards are valid for 3 years, maintenance is free, no hidden fees. Order and enjoy!

On one hand, Sber became the first in Russia to obtain digital depository status and starting December 1 will be able to custody digital currencies and the rights to them. And it has already started testing cryptocurrency operations for retail investors.

But on the other hand: the bank will block transfers over 50,000₽ if it deems them risky (per the recommendation of the Central Bank and Elvira Nabiullina).

Right now literally the entire planet is watching the most anticipated annual show. I'm talking, of course, about the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show 👼

I'm sure you and your significant other can't tear yourselves away from the screen either. I've got the urge to actually attend this event in Los Angeles. It's definitely worth it, because in terms of spectacle and beauty there's nothing to compare it to: not Apple or Tesla presentations, not any other fashion show…

Kylie Jenner as an angel wearing a $22 million diamond bra by Jacob Arabo was stunning!

🫠 The market of "brilliant ideas".

AI has made launching new projects so easy that for some entrepreneurs (self-employed vibe-coders) actually running a business has become much harder.

A person used to have ten brilliant ideas they could never pull off. Not enough programmers, designers, money, time, resources.

Now, thanks to AI, they have a hundred "brilliant ideas." And they've already started working on all hundred of them 😁

Impressive progress, no doubt…

There's just one small problem. Neural networks can write code, create designs, build websites and apps. But they haven't yet learned how to make entrepreneurs actually finish what they started.

And this is where things get interesting.

A person launches one project, then a second, then a third. Within a month they have a whole ecosystem of products: slick logos, websites, bots, apps, pitch decks for investors.

Basically, packaged from head to toe.

Just missing one "tiny" detail. Customers.

But that's fine, because a new idea has already popped up, one that's definitely about to disrupt the market. Just needs to be built.

I think in the coming years we're going to see a huge number of these would-be entrepreneurs. People who, thanks to AI, can create practically anything, yet never really build a thing.

Because between being able to create a product and being able to build a profitable business, there's still a massive gap.

You can scale up the number of ideas, products, and projects all you want, but the day doesn't get any longer. And trying to grab onto everything, you can end up grabbing nothing.

The entrepreneur's main advantage used to be the ability to bring an idea to life. Now what matters more and more is the ability to abandon the rest and focus on just one.

Because thanks to AI, launching almost any project is getting easier, even without the relevant skills. But building a business out of it — neural networks haven't learned to do that for you just yet.

Communities have arrived on Telegram.
True, hardly anyone uses this feature. And I think the reason is that it's only available for channels with fewer than 10,000 users. So you probably didn't even notice that Durov and his team shipped this functionality at all.

We haven't tested it ourselves yet. But I've seen the implementation in a bot for editing, writing posts, and creating content.

Overall, the idea is interesting. An attempt to break into the Discord-chat market… But so far the attempt is unsuccessful. Because besides the "merge chats, channels, and apps" function, it offers nothing.