Newsletter #43: 90+ Feel Good Christmas Movies to Stream

SCALE UP Newsletter #43

Welcome to Scale Up, the smarter way to grow with fractional executives.

In this edition:
🤖 Grammarly Acquires Productivity Startup Coda, Brings On New CEO
🚀 The 51 Most Disruptive Startups Of 2024
🎄 Christmas Movies To Stream This Holiday Season

Let’s dive right in. 👇🏼

ChatGPT’s AI Search Engine Is Rolling Out To Everyone

Starting today, everyone with an account can use ChatGPT's search engine for free. This news was shared in an OpenAI livestream as part of their special event. They also mentioned that the mobile version has been improved and that you can use voice commands to search more easily. Initially, this feature was only available to paid users back in October.

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Grammarly Acquires Productivity Startup Coda, Brings On New CEO

Grammarly has just bought the productivity company, Coda. As a result, Shishir Mehrotra, who founded Coda, will now be the CEO of Grammarly.

This acquisition will help Grammarly turn its AI assistant into something bigger, called an "AI productivity platform." By adding Coda's tools, Grammarly users will get new features like AI-powered chat and a set of productivity tools. This is designed to help people work more efficiently.

techchrunch.com

The 51 Most Disruptive Startups Of 2024

TechCrunch chose these startups for their innovative technologies, business models, founder stories, or for impacting their industries significantly.

You'll notice that well-known AI companies like OpenAI and Perplexity aren't included in the list. These companies have been very influential, but TechCrunch focused on lesser-known startups instead. The list below shows all the selected startups, organized alphabetically.

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Business Was Hard Until I Understood These 4 Concepts

In this video, Alex Hormozi explains four key business concepts: identifying ideal customers, creating scalable models, avoiding premature expansion, and maintaining focus, emphasizing commitment, and building sustainable systems for long-term success.

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30 Unique Ways Christmas Is Celebrated Around the World

Christmas is one of the biggest celebrations around the world, but people don't all celebrate it the same way or on the same day. While many places have the familiar traditions like Santa Claus, decorating trees, singing Christmas carols, and exchanging gifts, many countries also add their own special touches to the holiday season.

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Looking For Christmas Movies To Stream This Holiday Season? We Have 90+ Feel-Good Picks

Looking to get into the holiday mood? Decorating a tree and sipping hot chocolate by the fire are great ways to start. But if you're looking for extra cheer, holiday movies are a perfect choice. Since there are so many to watch, here’s a list of where you can stream many classic Christmas movies, including "A Charlie Brown Christmas" and more.

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