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Alan Frei's Newsletter 09/25: Olympic update, new productivity guide & 20 survival tips
I didn’t send a newsletter for a year. Why? I don’t want to spam you. I prefer to send you an email only when I have collected enough interesting things to share. Because I truly value your attention. Pinky promise: no spam, no ChatGPT. Will send a newsletter max. every 1-2 months. Enough small talk.
Table of Content:
1. Update Alan Frei Company (AFC) & Olympics (if you don’t care, skip directly to No. 2.
2. Cool videos / podcasts / books
3. Tools & Hacks
4. Sponsors & Collabs
Update Alan Frei Company (AFC) & Olympics 🚀:
The community is now over 50k strong. 14k newsletter subscribers. Crazy 🤯
Books: I launched 3 books (in German & English). Get them here for free or pay what you want:
New Productivity Guide:
https://alanfrei.gumroad.com/l/productivity-guide-en. I’ve put together all my favorite work and productivity hacks.Startup Guide. Many of you have it already: https://alanfrei.gumroad.com/l/startup-guide-en
I also recently launched my Health Guide: https://alanfrei.gumroad.com/l/health-guide-en. In this book you’ll find everything I have learned while losing over 25kg and becoming fitter than ever. I am not a health expert. These are just the things that worked for me.
Events: My happiness is seeing many of you at our events. I believe we create meaningful events and people seem to enjoy them.
A3F CON 2026. Our biggest event ever. May 6, 2026, at Kaufleuten, we are doing the largest Tech-Conference in Zurich. It will be a full day event. Who is coming? Andy Yen Founder of Proton, Lea-Sophie Cramer (240k on LinkedIn. Founder of Amorelie & Investor) and many more. Working on getting a really big international Founder to Zurich. Get early bird tickets here: https://eventfrog.ch/A3FCON2026
Startup Breakfast #11. Entrepreneurs and people with ideas to exchange know how and ideas: alanfrei.com/events
A3F Vertical: Mobility. This will be a fun one. This event is about the future of mobility and logistics: alanfrei.com/events
Craziest Dinner Party in Zurich: Supper Club #21. November 15, 2025. Tickets available soon here: alanfrei.com/events
Olympics
We have a new trailer. The plan is to stream it on Netflix :)
https://vimeo.com/summitvisionmedia/longshot
Please don’t share it. It’s not yet public. For your eyes only.Ahhh almost forgot. We won the Asian Wintergames :) See the last points of the game here: https://youtu.be/orAp_1ojPoA?si=F2qJ9wThR9lxO0S7
Shareholders
Shareholder News: We now have 500+ shareholders. Also, an exclusive shop only for investors. So if you want to become an investor: alanfrei.com/investor or access the shop: alanfrei.com/shop
All shareholders will get a separate newsletter.
2. Cool videos / podcasts / books 👀
The community is now over 50k strong. 14k+ newsletter subscribers. Crazy 🤯
Videos
Netflix is boring at the moment. But man, Blue Eye Samurai is fantastic: https://www.netflix.com/title/81144203
The genius design of Soda Cans: https://youtu.be/hUhisi2FBuw?si=9OS7JTt8n5y9m4eX
How many Countries are there? https://youtu.be/hrsxRJdwfM0?si=fHKRQu2PRsTye6HW
The crazy cannab*s scam: https://youtu.be/KfONbvTukPA?si=ylSg42hpV_PXEc-T
Everyone talks AI. Very few understand the transformers behind it: https://youtu.be/wjZofJX0v4M?si=Dtq78cEP1cRA5F2r
Uranium explained. A bit political at the beginning but then jus fantastic: https://youtu.be/boUqlyYfUuo?si=MLDCsBFD5vpI6dOQ
How Tennis slowed down 🤯: https://youtu.be/yL4tEaGycFo?si=WUqdGPgKZIbuKm6x
Podcasts
The Story of Sam Altman. One of the best podcasts I heard recently: https://open.spotify.com/episode/05CZqs38JzxBcMvUwx0WRW?si=09nJ73iXSkq56HKamdwLPA
Got some banger Podcasts myself. For example, listen to the last one about the Business Dynasty Sulzer: https://open.spotify.com/show/2y20nP72sdrUSODsMsRQlM?si=43L-7h8iRvKEWFH2OBHltA
Thank you to everyone who has subscribed and left a review 🙏
Books
The crazy Story of Jho Low who scammed Malaysia for several billion dollars and financed the movie Wolf of Wall Street: https://www.amazon.com/dp/031643650X
All investor letters of Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger in a book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1804090670
3. Tools & Hacks 🛠️
Find the most famous person in your hometown: https://tjukanovt.github.io/notable-people
Find your TikTok history. Thank me later: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZNdmTEGPp/
Use sticky notes the right way: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DLajV8dqbUD/
20 survival tricks:
https://youtu.be/fZndJO2jUJk?si=yf-kWI66HI5QxY3sFinally. Which houses you should buy in Monopoly. World champion explains: https://youtu.be/qAi26NVUucw
4. Sponsors & Collabs 🤝
Tools I personally use and recommend:
AYUN: this is where I improve and track all my health and longevity
Get 10% off on any check-up with code AYUN4ALAN (once per person)
See all my personal health data here: https://alanfrei.ayun.ch/
Konsento: I use this tool to run my General Assembly online. Love it.
Code: 25% off with code alan25
Use this link: https://app.konsento.ch/auth/new-register?partner=alanfreicompany
Swissquote: my main trading platform
100 CHF Credits with code MKT_ALANFREI (min. 1000 CHF deposit)
Link: https://af.af/swissquote
Find all people / companies I trust and work with: https://www.alanfrei.com/partners
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