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#SOTD 97: Start with a very narrow audience (Lenny Rachitsky tweet)
July 19, 2022
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#SOTD 62: A thriller on gas prices in the UK
May 24, 2022
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#SOTD 43: The new CRED Ad – surprising yet familiar
April 13, 2022
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#SOTD 41: Finding the simplest explanation
April 11, 2022
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#SOTD 35: A key pattern-finding idea; and a cheeky callback
April 1, 2022
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#SOTD 32: A picture worth a million words
March 29, 2022
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#SOTD 22: Two tweets, five story lessons
March 15, 2022
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#SOTD 19: Persuading a hard-nosed VC
March 10, 2022
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#SOTD 17: Weaving stories into your narrative
March 8, 2022
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Begin with impact: Five ways to grab your audience’s attention at the beginning of your presentation
January 2, 2021
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