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Remember how in 'The Matrix,' Neo found out that human beings were really just being used as batteries to power the machines that enslaved them?

Whether it's career advancement, leaving a positive mark at an org, or raising funds for your startup, the ability to convince and influence decision-makers is a vital skillset to develop.

Despite the most successful tech founders being centralized in the Bay Area, there are founders, accelerators, and investors located around the world.

The long awaited follow-up to their original tarpit ideas video, Dalton and Michael dispel some misconceptions about what a tarpit idea actually is and how it applies to current technology trends like artificial intelligence.

ZIRP stands for 'Zero Interest Rate Policy,' and it refers to a stretch of time — most recently throughout the pandemic — in which the Federal Reserve sets interest rates around 0% and commercial banks are able to borrow money for next-to-nothing.

When a major new technology comes out, huge new opportunities open up for founders that get in on the ground floor. Fortunes were made when the app store came out, when online payments became easy, and when the web itself was brand new.

When you're making important decisions as a founder — like what to build, or how it should work — should you spend lots of time gathering input from others or just trust your gut?