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Elizabeth Yin

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Co-founder @hustlefundvc. Building a hippocorn company -- market size unknown. Democratizing wealth via entrepreneurship. SF Bay Area native.

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Match Your Startup with the Right Investor Type
Social•Dec 15, 2025

Match Your Startup with the Right Investor Type

After I became a VC, I understood much more clearly that there are all kinds of investors with varying incentives and interests. Angels, Family offices, Corporates, Fund of funds, Endowments, Gov, etc The same is true for startups. You have to find the right fit for you.

By Elizabeth Yin
Founders Should Delay VC Meetings Until January.
Social•Dec 14, 2025

Founders Should Delay VC Meetings Until January.

I think we're at the point in the year where it is probably better for most founders to push their VC meetings to January than it is to try to take them now. (of course, if you've already been running...

By Elizabeth Yin
Profitable Customer Acquisition ≠ True Product‑Market Fit
Social•Dec 13, 2025

Profitable Customer Acquisition ≠ True Product‑Market Fit

"Unclear" product market fit is when you do customer acquisition, and your unit economics work such that you can repeatedly get more customers. But you don't have a line at your door without manufacturing that.

By Elizabeth Yin
When Demand Overflows: Market Pull Overwhelms Supply
Social•Dec 12, 2025

When Demand Overflows: Market Pull Overwhelms Supply

Extreme market pull is when you really don't have to do much to get customers. You just need to fulfill their demand. You are so overwhelmed with customers that you can't even fulfill everyone's demand.

By Elizabeth Yin
Product‑Market Fit Is a Spectrum, Not a Binary
Social•Dec 12, 2025

Product‑Market Fit Is a Spectrum, Not a Binary

I think the problem with product market fit is that it's actually a spectrum. When people say that you know if you have it, that's only when you have extreme market pull. But there are plenty of products that can...

By Elizabeth Yin
Make Pitch Meetings Two‑Way: Ask VCs These Questions
Social•Dec 11, 2025

Make Pitch Meetings Two‑Way: Ask VCs These Questions

I think pitch meetings should be a two way street. Most of the time, I find that few founders I speak with have any questions for me or about Hustle Fund. Here are some questions that may be helpful for...

By Elizabeth Yin
Even AI Agents Need Human Help; No-Code Engineers Essential
Social•Dec 10, 2025

Even AI Agents Need Human Help; No-Code Engineers Essential

We’ve worked with some really great “no-code engineers” at Hustle Fund. Although many people think that agents will eat everyone’s jobs, agents are not good enough to implement themselves. Ironically we find ourselves looking for even more people-help to build...

By Elizabeth Yin
Your Business's True Core Isn’t the Product, It's the Network
Social•Dec 10, 2025

Your Business's True Core Isn’t the Product, It's the Network

What people think is core - the biggest asset - to their business is often not what they think it is. For example: for Uber, is the core the app? Not really. The core is their supply and demand sides.

By Elizabeth Yin
SAFE Funding Is Instant; Priced Rounds Drag Months
Social•Dec 9, 2025

SAFE Funding Is Instant; Priced Rounds Drag Months

It is so straightforward to get money signed and wired on a SAFE that many founders are thrown for a loop when they do their first priced round. That process can take several months from term sheet to redlines to...

By Elizabeth Yin
Pick the Right Boulder, Not the Uphill Push
Social•Dec 8, 2025

Pick the Right Boulder, Not the Uphill Push

Finding product-market fit is like pushing a boulder. The easiest way to grow a startup is to find the right boulder to push down the mtn rather than pushing it up. Unfortunately, if you have not experienced product-market fit, it's...

By Elizabeth Yin
Test, Double Down, Then Pivot Before Channel Saturates
Social•Dec 8, 2025

Test, Double Down, Then Pivot Before Channel Saturates

An ideal customer acquisition strategy as a pre-seed company is to try a handful of marketing channels and then quickly go all in on the one that is working well and optimize. The only issue is at some point that...

By Elizabeth Yin
Easy Wins Signal Strong Channels; Hard Optimizations Signal Weak Ones
Social•Dec 8, 2025

Easy Wins Signal Strong Channels; Hard Optimizations Signal Weak Ones

When you’re first starting something and doing customer acquisition through a channel, if it works, it often performs well even though it’s unoptimized. If you have to spend a lot of time optimizing to get it to barely work, it's...

By Elizabeth Yin
Track Profit per Employee to Gauge Startup Health
Social•Dec 7, 2025

Track Profit per Employee to Gauge Startup Health

Measuring profit per person at a startup is a great metric to track.

By Elizabeth Yin
Pre‑seed Founders Should Hire Contractors, Not Full‑time Staff
Social•Dec 7, 2025

Pre‑seed Founders Should Hire Contractors, Not Full‑time Staff

I think most pre-seed founders would be way better off hiring contractors for specific projects rather than hiring employees for roles - at least in the beginning.

By Elizabeth Yin
Relentless Margin Focus Sets Top Founders Apart
Social•Dec 6, 2025

Relentless Margin Focus Sets Top Founders Apart

I caught up with one of my portfolio founders this past week. He's a successful serial entrepreneur, and one of the things that sets him apart from many founders is his relentless focus on margins. He constantly is trying to...

By Elizabeth Yin
Join Mercury CEO Immad on Live Founder Hotline Dec 17
Social•Dec 6, 2025

Join Mercury CEO Immad on Live Founder Hotline Dec 17

Excited to have @immad, CEO / co-founder of Mercury join us on the 24 hour live founder advice hotline on Dec 17! Sign up here:

By Elizabeth Yin
Unicorns Typically Need 10‑20 Years, Not 5‑10
Social•Dec 5, 2025

Unicorns Typically Need 10‑20 Years, Not 5‑10

While we have portfolio companies that have gotten to unicorn status in 5-10 years. It's much more realistic (and common) - even on a fast trajectory - to take 10-20 years to get there.

By Elizabeth Yin
Consumer Health Boom Accelerates in 2026
Social•Dec 5, 2025

Consumer Health Boom Accelerates in 2026

One 2026 prediction I have is that consumer health companies will be an even bigger trend next year. With Function Health leading the way, you have fast growing newer upstarts helping consumers with longevity. Measurement of vitals, F&B for more...

By Elizabeth Yin
Flex Team Celebrates Successful Funding Round
Social•Dec 4, 2025

Flex Team Celebrates Successful Funding Round

Congrats to the Flex team on their raise!

By Elizabeth Yin
Emerging Fund Manager Launches Succession Planning, Congrats Haley Bryant
Social•Dec 4, 2025

Emerging Fund Manager Launches Succession Planning, Congrats Haley Bryant

Why we started succession planning as an emerging fund manager and congrats @haleymbryant ! https://t.co/TuBWR76gm5

By Elizabeth Yin
Live Pitch Dissection with Haley Bryant
Social•Dec 4, 2025

Live Pitch Dissection with Haley Bryant

We are live dissecting a pitch right now with @haleymbryant ! https://t.co/zpbdJFaHfL

By Elizabeth Yin
Long‑term Ownership Beats Quick Exits for Founders
Social•Dec 4, 2025

Long‑term Ownership Beats Quick Exits for Founders

As a first time founder, it can be exhilarating to want to sell a company. As a second time founder, you know that results compound and it only gets better the longer you hold. I will never sell my business...

By Elizabeth Yin
Fund Management: 80% Fundraising, Ops, Not Investing
Social•Dec 4, 2025

Fund Management: 80% Fundraising, Ops, Not Investing

A lot of emerging fund managers think they would like to start a fund because they enjoy investing in startups. But as a fund manager, investing is probably only 20% of the job. The bulk of it is fundraising, portfolio...

By Elizabeth Yin

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