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InsurTech leaders are emerging ! → https://t.co/Mi6qREt2U8 This reflects the largest rounds announced recently, which happened to come from startups on the market for a while. https://t.co/WSCHzLUKG4
Ben Francis started Gymshark at 19 while delivering pizzas and sewing vests in his parents’ garage. He first ran a dropshipping site for supplements, learned fast, then built his own apparel brand. He sent free gear to fitness creators, built a community,...
From the 2020 @HarvardHBS case study on @LogiNext to now: Great to be back to speak at Harvard Entrepreneurship Summit Discussed the rise of AI-native enterprises, structural shifts beyond chatbot-like AI, and scaling the 🇮🇳-🇺🇸 corridor with @srikrishmang, @anshu @amruthajalihal https://t.co/8nwPw9T5vN
Founders raise $100k-$200k pre-seed easily But raising a $1-2M seed round is playing the game at another level with different rules I’m doing a webinar on the difference between raising pre-seed and seed tomorrow. Want the replay? DM me “RAISING SEED”
Legacy media is failing democracy. Rather than complain, I did something about it. Six years ago, I started Democracy Docket from scratch. Now, it has more than 425,000 subscribers. The work has never mattered more. Help it grow by subscribing...
Why Are Indian AI Startups Shutting Down? https://t.co/EsZZ11sDNY #StartupGrowth #StartupLife #startup #startupsoul #artificialintelligence #AI #startupindia #makeinindia
I built a web product called BrandChek to solve a very specific marketing problem- which client is on what platform, what’s their font, brand colors, and point of contact? BrandChek keeps all of that in one place…not scattered across emails,...
The people surprised by this have yet to learn of the cost of doing business and just how much a payment provider does for them. $17k on $600k revenue isn’t something you complain about out. You price it in.
we draft 15 YC startups that we're most excited about in the latter half of the episode https://t.co/EIo61wt3KI
European BESS route-to-market optimisers Entrix, GridBeyond raise €55 million #energysky -- via Energy Storage News: https://t.co/0vPiFdrlwz
things that seem possible but are hard to one-shot* with the latest agents - come up a unique tee concept, design it, and sell at least 100 tee shirts for a profit - sell $1000 worth of drop shipped goods for a...
Solid thoughts Art… Compressing “time to scale” is always a good M&a model — as is “owning a loved brand” Facebook was quickly copying WhatsApp and instagram — but decided to accelerate through an acquisition (and got two more swings...
How do you survive as an AI startup competing with Anthropic and OpenAI Know when to retreat, says Harvey CEO Winston Weinberg. His advice for AI startups: focus on infrastructure, security and other defensible areas -- instead of getting "distracted" by...
The competition is nuts in AI Agent-running platforms. Am talking to a group of Tesla fans and everyone is catching wind that they need to get into this world. What is Base44? From the company... "Base44 is the AI agent platform...
We are in an era of shipping products we would have killed in a meeting two years ago. Too niche, too small, team too busy. As the cost of building goes to zero every ignored idea becomes fair game. The...
Most people are underprepared for how hard starting a business actually is because social media sold you the highlight reel. Business is not always easy. It's pressure. It is uncomfortable. Always plan ahead and be flexible. Build a mindset and never...
Building AI products today? The hidden cost crisis is real. I built an email triaging tool that costs me $1-2/day. Sounds cheap? Try scaling that to a $30/month SaaS - you'd be net negative before accounting for ANY people costs....
Most founders waste hours on social media and have nothing to show for it. No leads. No pipeline. Just "engagement." I've been doing this for 10+ years and here's what I've learned: Posting more content is not the answer. The...
Jevon & Veblen walk into a data center. The dominant motif around AI has been Jevon’s Paradox : the cheaper a product becomes, the more it is consumed. Token prices dropped 10-20x over the past 18 months & demand exploded...
if im in your insta DMs im probably working out a deal to raise galician cattle in usa for s tier steaks (10yrs from now) https://t.co/AF4Ri493i6
You do not need Silicon Valley to build a $50M company. One founder (@MediaKing) did it from a city of 250,000 people. No venture capital. No hype. No tech scene. What helped? 1. Fewer distractions. No shiny object syndrome 2. Long-term focus. No pressure...
Fenty Beauty launched with 40 foundation shades, hitting $100M in sales in 40 days because they served a market everyone else ignored. Meanwhile you're launching with 3 shades and wondering why nobody buys.
Sri is building Sycamore: an agent OS for the enterprise. Great team and great product concept. Can't wait for the launch :)
Entrepreneurs: Here are 5 VCs with new money for Q2 that can write your company $250k-$1M check: DECISION MAKERS BELOW👇🏾
Founders: The moment someone agrees to pricing, send the contract. Not tomorrow, not after the weekend. Every hour of delay is time for them to second-guess or for competitors to swoop in. Speed of execution differentiates winners.
Every time the world said SaaS was over, the fundamentals still worked. > 2008 > COVID > Now the AI “SaaSpocalypse” But the answer hasn't changed once. Dharmesh from HubSpot said, "No matter what you're building, you just need to make your...
Today is my birthday. Year 39 reminds me that we are in an era of compounding change (3x3 = 9). Given that I share the birthday of Eren Yeager, the Attack/Founding Titan, I'm reminded that we have to play Offense. As...
Before you make Product Hunt your *entire* SaaS Launch Strategy... Think about this for a second: How many startups are in the #1 Product of the Day graveyard? https://t.co/fNxv64Li6Q
Your first paying customer isn't your most valuable one. Hewitt Tomlin's most valuable early users never paid him. They switched off Excel, climbed his learning curve, and gave him the honest feedback that built a $10M ARR product. https://t.co/jiSjWG9xGw
For the last two years, I’ve been building a project in the shadows with my co-founder @itmebenjamin. Meet @mengotomars, the most potent and natural testosterone stack on earth. Today, I’m excited to share that we partnered with L Catterton to...
Markus Villig was 19 when he declared war on Uber and Lyft. Armed with zero experience and a tiny budget, he built Bolt into an $8.4B empire—from his small Estonian hometown. His strategy was so brilliant it left Silicon Valley in awe. Here’s...
I'm 40. Born in '85. My resume doesn't tell this story. At 25 I woke up at 5 AM on weekends for 1.5 years for a startup. It failed. At 27 I left my city. Nothing left to lose. Procrastinated my dreams for 6...
I rarely get into twitter (X) debates. As a founder I have always wondered how so many outsiders have opinions about a business. With the @emergentlabs revenue rate debate - here are a few points to consider 1. A private...
She left a VC job to fix a bra design untouched since 1931. Bree McKeen had no fashion background, filed a utility patent anyway, and built a wire-free replacement now backed by 16 patents. The average U.S. bra size is 34F, yet...
So many PR's to land tonight for GStack. The community is amazing and giving me so many good ideas and fixing bugs. Thank you to the #gstackfam https://t.co/88wmNnNrWw
Too many investors focus on the "successes" of their Series B companies when advising early stage companies. They don't understand how many of their Series B companies will die. Too few investors have spent time with long term...
Most breakthroughs like age reversal don’t happen in isolation. They happen when the right people, technology & mission align. That’s why I’m building Lifespan Follow the science. Join the community. Shape the future
Wow — $8m ARR. Jon (@cheneypiano), one of the earliest Replit vibecoding success stories, is on his way to making millions in recurring revenue. Started the business in a week and $400 barely a year ago.
Founders: Track closed-lost reasons religiously. They're your product roadmap. If you're losing deals to the same competitor feature or pricing tier repeatedly, that's not a sales problem. Feed this data to product & pricing teams weekly.
Old model: Give 20% to VCs at Series A, spread a 10-20% option pool across 30+ heads - each person gets 0.25-1.5%. AI-native model: Skip the round entirely. Founders hold majority. If you need more folks, vest them at 3-5%+ each. Smaller...
“I just need one brand to work to change my life.” That thought is the one thing that beginners and $100M+ operators both agree on. The founders in the middle completely overthink it. When you're just starting out, you need that first...
A pretty rough article came out today re the Massachusetts economy (see in reply). While I agree with a lot of the problems, a lot of the builders in Massachusetts are working very hard to make it not just...
Writing online is how I built a digital business and quit my corporate job on Wall Street. This is the roadmap I wish I had when I first got started:
Most founders fail for one reason. They build something people like, not something people love. Start with a small group, talk to them daily, fix what hurts, and repeat until they tell their friends. Growth by word of mouth is the only proof...
The biggest bottleneck in most founder-led companies: the founder is still the best operator. As long as you’re the sharpest tool in every room nothing evolves past you.
Could not have said this any better myself. I am working with an early stage founder right now that is HUNGRY to scale scale scale with programmatic content -- yet this creates zero competitive advantage if you are just automating...
In 1924, two brothers built a shoe factory together. By 1948, they hated each other so much they split it in half. One became Adidas and the other Puma. Their feud divided an entire town and changed sports forever. Here’s the full Adidas vs...
Most startups think they have a product problem. A lot of them have a 𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗺. 📡 In a world drowning in AI-generated noise, the companies that win won’t just build better. They’ll 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗽𝗲𝗿. ⚡ I just ran a demo of...
90% of SaaS problems are not technical anymore. They’re: → positioning → distribution → clarity / communication
GStack is not just a YC partner or a CEO vision coach. It’s a UX designer when you need it too. And a VP of Eng, a QA manager, and a release engineer too. It’s oriented around what you need...
