EV charging through lampposts 💡
We hope you and your teams have been doing well!
We’re pretty excited to share some news with you (upcoming SparkFlat in Hong Kong 🇭🇰) More about this below 🤘
Here’s what we’ve put together for your weekly Spark News:
Discover money-making startups with startups.fyi 💸
Boost your personal branding on Linkedin with Taplio 🎯
ChatGPT, explained ⌨️
EV charging through lampposts 💡
SparkFlat in Hong Kong coming soon 💥
💙 NEWS FROM OUR MATESDiscover money-making startups with startups.fyi 💸
Every startup generates revenue by the value they bring to their users. And knowing how much revenue a startup generates, can actually give you a great idea on different products that different markets love (or are starting to love). So how do you find that out?
Our mate Jaisal Rathee has been working on startups.fyi - it’s a lot like Crunchbase, but better 😉 It includes basic details of each company such as date of launch, founders, location, how they monetize, category of startup (SaaS, AI, etc) + how much the startup is earning every month!
So whether you’re an investor looking for the next (new) big thing, a builder wanting to study what markets are loving to make your next product, or are just curious about how other startups are doing, this could be a gold mine for you! They’re on Product Hunt now and need our support - go ahead and show some love 💙
🤸♀️ FUN PRODUCT WE LOVEBoost your personal branding on Linkedin with Taplio 🎯
Especially when you’re in B2B, most of your clients are probably acquired by word of mouth (and doing your job the best). This is where polishing your personal branding comes into play, which is altogether a whole other ball game! And with Taplio, it makes it all the more manageable to do so for Linkedin 🎁
Features:
Create and schedule your LinkedIn posts
Schedule in one click, at the times you choose
High-fidelity post previews, see how they’ll look + where your post will be cut by the “see more” line
Tag people in posts, which many other tools haven’t allowed!
LinkedIn Automations — Auto DM to people who like/comment on your post + Auto plug to add resources in the comments at a time you wish!
Get better LinkedIn post ideas with AI
Find inspiration from 3M+ viral posts
Your personal AI-powered writing coach, generating writings for you
Find and share the latest news in your industry
LinkedIn Lead Generation
Create lists of LinkedIn accounts, maybe of the ones who have liked your viral post?
Send personalized bulk DMs on LinkedIn
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KPI’s, at a glance on your dashboard
Detailed post analytics, showing your engagements
For teams and individuals, check your stats as an individual or how the whole team is doing
Who it’s for: Any team/individual who wants to up their personal branding game
Price: US$39/month, with a freemium model!
💭 TECH FOOD FOR THOUGHTChatGPT, explained ⌨️
If we didn’t cover ChatGPT this week, it’d be a mistake as it’s been taking the internet by storm🌪 and if you want to come to grips with it, here’s all you need to know 🙌
OpenAI, the AI research and deployment organization founded by Elon Musk and a few others, released ChatGPT on 30 Nov. It’s an AI model trained from large amounts of texts (and codes) it’s collected from the internet, but also with Reinforcement Learning from Human Feedback (RLHF) - so you can ask it a follow up question after your initial one and get answers that make sense and are harmless (if you ask how to rob a house, it will teach you how you shouldn’t do it — addressing a concern many have had about AI models).
OpenAI is transparent on its limitations and iterative developments, including that it doesn’t always provide the best/correct answers - but it will learn as we continue using it + giving our feedback (they’re running a contest on this too)
Here’s how people have been using it:
Solving crosswords
Write and debug codes
Writing about, or summarizing various topics
Write and compose music
Giving recommendations
Classify information & form tables
Generates keywords and product descriptions
Language translations
🌱 TECH FOR SUSTAINABILITYEV charging through lampposts 💡
The Spanish city of Valencia has been working on their goal to be carbon neutral by 2030. Their latest initiative? Turning lampposts into EV chargers 🔋 From 12 charging stations they have now to 150 soon!
The lampposts have been popularized by Ubitricity, a member of the Shell Group. It’s been great as it provides no additional street clutter, no moving parts, and no need to run new electrical service - just making use of what’s already on our streets (Just like our mates at Sharleock who have turned European street poles to smart bike locks to boost soft mobility!). Pilots of the lampposts can also be seen around London, New York City, Kansas City and Spain.
The carbon footprint of creating and installing a lamppost charger has also shown up to 88% lower than that of a standalone charging pillar.
💥 WHAT’S ON @ SPARKMATESparkFlat in Hong Kong coming soon 💥
We’ve got Sparkmates always visiting our hubs around Hong Kong, Paris, Bucharest and Sydney 🙃 and to make it easier for the Tribe to visit our headquarters in Hong Kong, we’ve got a (pretty huge) ⭐️ SparkFlat ⭐️ (with an amazing view [above 👆]).
We’ve signed the papers, crossed our t’s and dotted our i’s - and it’s a done deal. We move in by the end of the month so watch our socials to stay updated on how we develop it!
Exciting things are happening every day ⚡️ Follow us on social media to stay tuned!