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Hi there, 👋

Around 80% of you (our dedicated readers) are based in the US, which means it's time to wish you all a very Happy Thanksgiving.
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Enjoy your celebrations!
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In case we don't tell you this enough, we're grateful to each and every one of you.
You read this newsletter, email us with your questions and comments, and hit the feedback button to tell us what you like - or don't.
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​We appreciate you.
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​In this tasty Thanksgiving issue:

• Gallery raises for NFT curation
• Sell part of your business (or buy PE)
• Colbert explains NFTs - and drops an AFT
• .tv rights up for grabs

Juicy bites from the snippets: Buy real estate with your friends, acquisition overdrive, 10 steps to sell a content site, and the ideal pitch deck.
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As always, thanks for being here.
Juliet Lyall
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​P.S. We love pie. Tell everyone that you're munching on that second slice for the investing.io team. Thanks!
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​P.P.S. We wish we had a Gary. That dishwasher won't load itself after Thanksgiving dinner, and Aunt Mary needs another cup of coffee.
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Curate Your NFTS (not suitable for a dinner discussion)

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Right now, the default destination to consume NFTs are marketplaces and storefronts where attention is drawn to prices, bids, and transactions.
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NFTs reflect your style, interests, and the communities you belong to, but there's no easy way to share them with the world or enjoy them in one place.
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Your only option for displaying your digital goods is to set up your own site. (Who wants another website to manage?).
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​Enter Gallery.
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They're building a crypto-based network and social layer for collectors to curate their NFTs, and connect with others.
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And they're getting support from not only NFT fans, but also investors.
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Their startup has just raised $2.69MM in funding from the likes of Collab+Currency and FlamingoDAO, as well as angel investment from over twenty of the top collectors in the NFT space.
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In addition to curating your NFTs, the Gallery platform allows you to find and connect with an entire community of like-minded individuals.
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​They're opening up the beta to new users via a Member Card NFT.​
If you hold one of these membership cards, you’ll be granted permission to onboard and set up your gallery.
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​See: Gallery raises $2.69M to build the curation and social layer for NFTs​
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Give Thanks (it's good for you)

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Thanksgiving is a reminder to us all that gratitude should be practiced more than once a year.
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​Research shows that being grateful improves your mental and physical health, and helps to strengthen your relationships.
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​Three Things Daily wants to help you practice gratitude by using their digital gratitude wall.
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You simply share the 3 things you're grateful for daily within their community, and engage with others posts by liking and commenting.
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Three Things Daily is available for download on Google Play or the App Store.
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​Related: 28 Benefits of Gratitude​
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Domain Snacks

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👉 Rights up for Grabs (that turkey leg is mine)

It’s no surprise to those involved with .tv that Tuvalu (the tiny island nation) wants more money.
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The contract with Verisign is up at the end of this year and Tuvalu is putting the contract up for bid.
GoDaddy has confirmed that they are bidding.
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​The rights to .tv are up for grabs.​
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👉 Top Sales (time to get online)

Dynadot released their October sales data in a number of categories: Expired auctions, Last Chance auctions, Backorder auctions, Use auctions and Marketplace.
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The top sale was Eth .green at $45,000.
You'll find the top 10 aftermarket sales in each category on Dynadot.
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Seeking Partial Exits (like the backdoor 'cos you forgot to buy dinner rolls)

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We stumbled across a new business marketplace that helps solve the liquidity problem that most bootstrapped founders face.
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​The BitsForDigits platform is dedicated to helping founders find investors for the purpose of a partial exit.
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Instead of selling 100% of your business, you can sell a piece of it, take some cash off the table, and stay invested in the future upside.
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There is a big demand from minority and majority investors of private equity, but these transactions currently happen mostly through brokers, personal networks, and individual direct outreach.
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BitsForDigits is 100% free of listing fees, membership subscriptions or commission charges for founders.
Investors pay a success fee when a deal is sourced through the Marketplace.
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Want to sell part of your business? Head to the founders section.
If you'd like to buy into privately held companies, see the investors page.
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They offer a marketplace preview - for the curious.
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Random Side Dishes (what's on that plate?)

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👉 Colbert Drops an AFT

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On his Late Show two days ago, Stephen Colbert explained NFTs to his audience.
The twist here is that Colbert is auctioning off an AFT (an Actual F****** Thing).
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As of writing, his 'AFT' has reached the incredible bid of....wait for it…$28MM on ebay!
You can't make this s**t up.
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Colbert's segment on NFTs starts at the 43 second mark.

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👉 Musk Mail

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There are only three options when Elon Musk sends directions to his employees: Explain why he’s wrong, request further clarification, or execute.
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CNBC obtained two emails that Musk sent to his employees last month. See what he says about music on the job.
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✅ Snippets to Send You to the Sofa

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🔷 Content websites are in high demand: With strong growth opportunities and automation potential, investors are willing to pay top dollar for sites that meet their criteria. Quietlight dives into the ten steps involved in selling a content website.
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🔷 SeedInvest invests in Crowdcube: Circle Internet Financial, LLC, owner and operator of the US startup fundraising platform SeedInvest, announced they are leading the UK startup fundraising platform Crowdcube's USD 13.5m round. The investment was made via USD coin (USDC), and it “supports Crowdcube's goals to enable entrepreneurs to raise capital from their dedicated communities and is Circle's largest strategic investment to date in the European market,” said the press release.​
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🔷 Buy real estate with your friends: Fractional wants to help friends (and strangers) make investments in real estate. It takes out some of the logistical challenges of finding property, and also removes financial barriers by allowing people to put smaller checks into a collective that will then invest into a property. Currently, Fractional has 400 beta users, who have gone on to co-invest across 95 properties. The company just landed $5.5 million in total funding at a $30 million valuation.
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🔷 Acquisition overdrive: Ever heard of Benitago Group? The e-commerce aggregator - once a two-man, seven-figure e-commerce business - has raised $325 million in Series A funding in a combination of equity and debt. The group currently owns a portfolio of about 10 brands in consumer packaged goods, with an average post-acquisition growth rate of 31% during the first three months of operation. This means all of their acquired brands are on track for a full pay out of their earnouts or more.
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🔷 The ideal pitch deck: In the startup world, it’s pitch decks, not business plans that get companies funded. A deck is often the first impression an investor will get at the company, so it needs to look stunning. Making a pitch deck is an art, a science, but most importantly, a story.​
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