- ICP / Sales Agent: I hired an offshore resource and built a GPT that they can send titles and other identifiers to, and it would say if it was in our ICP or not. I created it for a specific process that has outlined steps and FAQ from that person on things they have encountered, I plan on adding more questions and answers. This was super helpful on saving time on answering questions about titles / improving the results of their work.
- Domain Policy Scan (SPF, DKIM, DMARC): I scan domains and find SPF records and then use an Agent and a prompt to break out all the system tokens from the SPF to understand the systems companies are using. The prompt is a consent work in progress, but I have it done to be really consistent
Both have been really helpful to my overall workflow.
Isn't that just simple glorified workflow automation? Shouldn't "agents" do and decide what to do themselves based on the holy prophecy of VC and AI Startups ?
> Workflows are systems where LLMs and tools are orchestrated through predefined code paths.
> Agents, on the other hand, are systems where LLMs dynamically direct their own processes and tool usage, maintaining control over how they accomplish tasks.
The workflows can be easily updated to be an agent, the scan already creates sales opportunities for me and can be updated to create messages based on active email campaigns that I have created.
Thanks! That's what I'm thinking, too. Companies are focused internally on their security, while their customers are consistently targeted with no actionable support.
It would take a lot to be able to doxx, most are using anonymous servers and clean of any direct connection, but causing them pain could show some cracks
Break it down into manageable chunks. Do you have things documented?
I felt this way at first when I was doing my lead generation. I documented the process and brought on someone from the Philippines. I then ran into a similar situation where there were a lot of questions that I couldn't spend my time on. So, I built a GPT to help answer questions and to build another me to help them. This was simple and saved a ton of time.
Reflect on the tasks you are doing and pass off the work that you don't want to do first. Start small and continue passing off more work. You can hire a virtual assistant for $5-8 an hour, and it's beneficial to have some basic support. I also helped motivate someone who needed work.
It doesn't take much effort, let me know if you have questions on the tools and documents you would need to support something like this. I can share what I used.
I recently investigated a phishing campaign targeting Gmail users that exploits Salesforce infrastructure and Google support processes. The attackers use these trusted platforms to make their phishing emails appear credible and bypass spam filters. Orginal article reporting on the scam: (https://sammitrovic.com/infosec/gmail-account-takeover-super...)
Key Findings:
Exploitation of Salesforce Email Infrastructure: Phishing emails are relayed through Salesforce’s systems, using legitimate headers (e.g., X-SFDC-LK) and passing SPF, DKIM, and DMARC authentication.
Abuse of Google Support Processes: Emails impersonate Google Workspace Support (workspacesupport@google.com) and direct victims to attacker-controlled domains. Replies are routed to googlemail@internalcasetracking.com.
Social Engineering: Attackers use AI-driven phone calls to enhance the credibility of their phishing attempts.
Indicators of Compromise (IoCs): Includes domains, IP addresses, and email addresses associated with the attack.
This technique is scalable and can be applied to any Google-based domain, posing a wide-reaching threat.
The domain (internalcasetracking.com) used in the attack remains active. I’ve reported the activity to the appropriate security teams and am collaborating with Sam, who originally wrote about this scam.
Sharing this here to raise awareness and facilitate further investigation.
Check out https://www.letsdeel.com/ To hire someone outside of the US or to hire in general either bring them on as a Contractor or Employee. You should understand the difference between both, because you cannot treat a contractor as an employee.
Contractors will be hired for a set time and for a specific contract and you cannot treat them as you would an employee, if you bring them onto zooms and other calls they can be classified as an employee which is considered misclassification. Contracts are a simple way to bring people on, Deel or if you talk to a lawyer can get a basic contractor agreement for you.
Deel (linked above) is a way to hire them as an employee or contractor and they will become the Employer of Record if you choice to pay the hires as employees.
Not a lawyer, but built teams in Mexico and Philippines.
Hello, thank you, I think I'm going to try deel, several people have mentioned it.
And what is your experience with deel, did you like it? Any downsides?
Do you go with contractors or employees with deel, and why do you prefer one vs the other?
I'm thinking of trying contractors first.
And can we hire a person for years as a contractor, or will we eventually have to upgrade them to an employee due to legal reasons, how does that work? Thank you for any insight on this.
I really appreciate this response and relate to this.
I think I was in a really similar mindset as OP, the last company I was at I was very naive and believed this pitch about the company. Come to find out the company had nothing. What I did gain is a great learning lesson on how I should approach work and more.
My current company I looked for specific things and listened during the interview. I know interviews can only give you so much, but when I decided on the last job I ignored so many red flags in hope that this will turn into something huge, I should have looked at it as a true red flag that this will be a rough experience.
Also having ADHD this is something that is tough at times
I think there is a huge opportunity to use Seaweed or Algae for fertilizer.
Theres ways to do this on each coast but also to utilize the Pig and Cow farming waste to not only clean water in the process but to take major waste producing industries and try to soften their impact.
I think the more people that know about the use cases of Seaweed and Algae will help that industry come back. There were too many companies that only saw Algae as a way to make bio fuel. I see it as a way to clean dirty water, and to produce a bi-product that can go back into the ground.
I also think theres a way we can just use the warmer waters and the over production of seaweed, like the gulf coast especially closer to Mexico. So much seaweed is scrapped from the beaches but never used at scale for production
For some small freshwater lakes, they participate in "weed harvesting" to keep waterways navigable and reduce "nutrient load" to the lake which can trigger algae blooms. The "weeds" are various forms of aquatic plants (e.g. Eurasian watermilfoil) which get removed and often transported to local farms for use as fertilizer. This isn't a very widespread practice, but has been included in education from state-level DNRs.
We could create fertilizer from sewage. I didn't see a lot of details in that article as to what they were going to use to create said fertilizer - only that there was a 'sustainable' bullet there. Sustainable implies not using fossil fuels, I would think.
It depends on what is used to clean the sewage, but I think theres a couple ways to make fertilizer from it. Depending on the animal or type of sewage, if you use duckweed or algae to clean the water you can take that and apply it to fields. You will also have the sludge from the sewage that can also be applied directly to fields. Pig farmers will usually take some of the sludge from their lagoons and apply it directly to their fields, and they will also spray a watery-sewage on the fields. I don't like this method since its proven to travel by air and also can contaminate water tables at high levels
But if the water is high in metals and other toxins you can only do so much with the excess from this process
Can salt-water-grown seaweed be used as fertilizer? I'd suspect that it would require significant amounts of fresh water processing to remove the salts or else it could hurt the plants.
I found a local business that was turning seaweed into fertilizer and he was letting the seaweed dry out and then grinds it up and bags and sells it. I'm not sure if the drying of the seaweed will get rid of the high sodium, but that was my first thought is the amount of work that will have to go into cleaning it.
There also can be other fish, and debris that can get stuck in large patches of seaweed. So that would have to be filtered out as well
I don't think there is enough to scale that way. I'm also not sure if there are ecosysytem concerns from taking it from the sea and moving it to the midwest. I have no idea how seaweed will affect soil long term. That said, within the limits of the above by all means use it. Just don't pretend it is an answer along.
Seaweed is already a fertilizer and used around the globe. It's no different then decomposed lettuce or any other leaf vegetation, it just grows underwater.
Yeah honestly I think there would be too much processing involved to make it realistic.
The benefits of Seaweed to soil (ignoring salt and sand) has been proven to help bring key nutrients and metals to the soil that are missing from farm land that was used for single plant production.
And seaweed will have the drawback of being an extremely dilute source of trace elements. Consider iodine. Seaweed is rich in iodine, which means the concentration of the element can be as high as tens of ppm by mass. Which is cheaper, applying 1 kilogram of iodine (cost about $30) to a field, mixed in with regular fertilizer, or transporting and applying tens of tonnes of seaweed?
This is a great point. I think my gut bacteria was something I really under estimated.
For a couple months between Nov-Jan I would constantly have cravings for ice cream and other sweets. Being in NYC I can easily order snacks now and they will be delivered within 15 mins. I just hit a point where I ate a whole box of mini cones and just thought about it and didn't really know why I was eating them. So I just started to think about it before I would eat and try to stay present at night because the cravings happen and its just paying attention to them and not acting.
I started on a meal plan and this really helped keep me focused on my diet. Since I've been doing that my cravings for sweets and ice cream are almost gone. Its takes a lot of time, and real work, but by staying present it has helped me think, is this good for me and do I really need to eat this?
Also for a weird weight loss, look up: Spirulina and Chorella algae supplements. Algae has so many nutrients and health benefits
Yes, great points. I'm the same way with sweets. The more often I have it, the more often I want it. A few mechanisms for that have occurred to me. But one of them is gut bacteria that live off sugars and have some way to make me feel bad when I'm not feeding them enough.
For others trying to break the habit, one really simple rule that has worked well for me is "no two days in a row". I do this with a lot of things that are addictive for me, like caffeine. It's simple enough that I don't need to track anything. "I can have it tomorrow if I still want it" is a great way for me to say no to a craving. And in practice, it seems to keep me from forming habits; "no two days in a row" turns out to be "weekly or less" in practice.
- ICP / Sales Agent: I hired an offshore resource and built a GPT that they can send titles and other identifiers to, and it would say if it was in our ICP or not. I created it for a specific process that has outlined steps and FAQ from that person on things they have encountered, I plan on adding more questions and answers. This was super helpful on saving time on answering questions about titles / improving the results of their work.
- Domain Policy Scan (SPF, DKIM, DMARC): I scan domains and find SPF records and then use an Agent and a prompt to break out all the system tokens from the SPF to understand the systems companies are using. The prompt is a consent work in progress, but I have it done to be really consistent
Both have been really helpful to my overall workflow.