The point of a pre-Seed round is to go to market The point of a Seed round is to prove out initial product-market fit And ... The point of a Series A is to build out an awesome 1.0 management team Spend it there

Michael Ovitz on momentum

Not sure what to do? Not sure how to grow faster? Not sure why you are losing? Go Visit Your Customers Go Visit Your Customers Go Visit Your Customers In person

The humble beginnings of Google recorded by their 5th employee

"Momentum and Urgency" by Travis Kalanick

BC founders, check this out👇

Founders need breaks too. Rest the asset.

Most investors pass for 1 of 3 reasons: - Wrong geo - Wrong stage - Wrong industry Pre-qualifying investors will save a lot of headaches. Start by asking what they invest in. Smarter outreach = better results

Be Insanely Great. Raise the bar every day.

Before you get into entrepreneurship just know... You will get lied to, cheated, defrauded, tricked, sued and you'll make plenty of mistakes too. You'll be better for it. But it will take its piece of skin. Make sure you're ready.

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If people are talking about it, the opportunity is likely gone

Founders: if you didn't get accepted to YC, please send me your rejection letter and original application, and we will take a look at it this week! My team has about 20 introductory meetings available this week... and like 30 next week (slow summer months, perfect time to meet

Start a startup

Walk the talk. Lead by example 🚀

Brilliant tactic from Frank Slootman to raise standards: Ask people what they think of their own work.

Hard-truth for founders. The market doesn’t reward effort alone. It rewards correctness.

#FounderLife

Mark Zuckerberg built Facebook v1 in a week. By himself. On 2004 infra (no Cursor to autocomplete). With PHP. You don’t need to be in stealth for two years. Just launch.

"Rule No. 1: There Are No Facts Inside Your Building, So Get Outside... It’s much easier to write code, build hardware, have meetings and write reports than it is to find and listen to potential customers. But that’s what separates the winners from the losers." — steve blank