if you connect an investor to a customer for diligence, do not join the call

Today, I’m excited to launch the Advanced Manufacturing Company of America. We've raised $76M in initial funding from Caffeinated Capital, Founders Fund, Lux Capital, a16z, and others. The best time to build this business is right now, but the real work began decades ago.

With the amount of money going into AI SDRs I think we could solve world hunger and climate change.

Fort Smith to Fayetteville Arkansas is the best scenic highway drive

One broken spreadsheet cell could mean a $50M budget unraveling in front of a school board. That’s the anxiety BalanceHQ is eliminating. From spreadsheets to scenario planning, founders John Larrick and Dr. Ben Latimer built a budgeting OS that makes public finance strategic,

It’s crazy the proportion of talented founders on the coasts who grew up in small towns in the middle of the country

Big things are happening at Redbud VC - stay tuned😈

maybe don't use the subject line "round extremely oversubscribed"

It’s wild to me how many VC funds do absolutely zero diligence and just invest for the press or vibes

There are so many untapped high-net-worth individuals in the middle of the country. We are landing multiple seven-figure checks from first-time VC fund investors

It's crazy the number of successful companies built at our home in Columbia, MO

My mom just texted me “do you know anything about Coinbase”

Love Island but for founders and VCs? There would be so many term sheets being pulled.

I’m looking for some scrappy founders who are “strengthened by struggle.” Shoot me a dm if that's you

There is so much opportunity to write first checks in first-time founders who have spent a decade or two in a legacy industry and have the street cred and personal network to hack early distribution. The value unlock is the entry point, and then support with putting a tight

Finding funds that 𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑙𝑦 invest in pre-seed is hard. Here's a list of some I know do A LOT of pre-seed (add to comments): Hustle Fund Everywhere Ventures Pear VC Wonder Ventures Precursor Ventures Wischoff Ventures Nido Ventures Plug and Play Tech Center Gaingels

The founder who grew up running a family farm has more operational toughness than the founder who spent 5 years at Google optimizing ad clicks.

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