Muzzammil Zaveri (MZ)
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Founding Partner @AudaciousHQ
Announcing Audacious 2.0 Excited to announce @AudaciousHQ's second fund, a $150M fund dedicated to backing the most ambitious founders in the world at the earliest stages of their journey. A bit more on us in the thread below. cc @mzaveri @TheRecruiterSam
walked past the most ridiculous line today. for ICE CREAM
Repeat @ycombinator founders hit different. Early success + the YC learnings = massively higher odds of building a category-defining company. Eg: 1. Sam Altman • Act I: Loopt (YC S05) — location-based social networking app. Sold to Green Dot for $43.4M • Act II: OpenAI — Valued at $852B 2. Tom Brown • Act I: Grouper (YC W12) — group-dating app. • Act II: Anthropic — Valued at $380B 3. Patrick Collison • Act I: Auctomatic (YC W07) — auction management tool acquired for $5M • Act II: Stripe (YC S09) — Valued at $159B 4. Qasar Younis • Act I: TalkBin (YC W11) — customer feedback platform acquired by Google • Act II: Applied Intuition — Valued at $15B 5. Eric Glyman & Karim Atiyeh • Act I: Paribus (YC S15) — price-tracking app acquired by Capital One • Act II: Ramp — Valued at $32B 6. Parker Conrad • Act I: Zenefits (YC W13) — Rippling 1.0 • Act II: Rippling (YC W17) — Valued at $16.8B 7. Daniel Gross • Act I: Greplin (YC W10) — predictive search engine acquired for ~$40M by Apple. • Act II: Safe Superintelligence — Valued at $32B 8. Howie Liu • Act I: Etacts (YC W10) — crm tool acquired by Salesforce • Act II: Airtable — Valued at $11.7B 9. Tom Blomfield • Act I: GoCardless (YC S11) — b2b payment processor acquired for €1.05B • Act II: Monzo — Valued at $5B+ 10. Jesse Zhang • Act I: Lowkey (YC S18) — gameplay recording app. Acquired by Niantic. • Act II: Decagon — Valued at $4.5B 11. Immad Akhund • Act I: Clickpass (S07) — acquired by Yola • Act II: Heyzap (YC W09) — mobile ad network acquired for $45M • Act III: Mercury — Valued at $3.5B 12. Rujul Zaparde • Act I: FlightCar (YC W13) — airport car-sharing startup acquired by mercedes-benz • Act II: Zip (YC S20) — Valued at $2.2B 13. Kyle Vogt • Act I: Twitch (YC W07) — acquired by Amazon for $970M • Act II: Cruise (YC W14) — Acquired by General Motors for $1B+ 14. Emmett Shear & Justin Kan • Act I: Kiko (YC S05) — calendar app famously auctioned off on eBay for $258k • Act II: Twitch (YC W07) — Acquired by Amazon for $970M
asics the shoe company has an obvious pivot to make now
San Francisco home sale in the Excelsior district at $463k over asking price
Repeat @ycombinator founders hit different. Early success + the YC learnings = massively higher odds of building a category-defining company. Eg: 1. Sam Altman • Act I: Loopt (YC S05) — location-based social networking app. Sold to Green Dot for $43.4M • Act II: OpenAI — Valued at $852B 2. Tom Brown • Act I: Grouper (YC W12) — group-dating app. • Act II: Anthropic — Valued at $380B 3. Patrick Collison • Act I: Auctomatic (YC W07) — auction management tool acquired for $5M • Act II: Stripe (YC S09) — Valued at $159B 4. Qasar Younis • Act I: TalkBin (YC W11) — customer feedback platform acquired by Google • Act II: Applied Intuition — Valued at $15B 5. Eric Glyman & Karim Atiyeh • Act I: Paribus (YC S15) — price-tracking app acquired by Capital One • Act II: Ramp — Valued at $32B 6. Parker Conrad • Act I: Zenefits (YC W13) — Rippling 1.0 • Act II: Rippling (YC W17) — Valued at $16.8B 7. Daniel Gross • Act I: Greplin (YC W10) — predictive search engine acquired for ~$40M by Apple. • Act II: Safe Superintelligence — Valued at $32B 8. Howie Liu • Act I: Etacts (YC W10) — crm tool acquired by Salesforce • Act II: Airtable — Valued at $11.7B 9. Tom Blomfield • Act I: GoCardless (YC S11) — b2b payment processor acquired for €1.05B • Act II: Monzo — Valued at $5B+ 10. Jesse Zhang • Act I: Lowkey (YC S18) — gameplay recording app. Acquired by Niantic. • Act II: Decagon — Valued at $4.5B 11. Immad Akhund • Act I: Clickpass (S07) — acquired by Yola • Act II: Heyzap (YC W09) — mobile ad network acquired for $45M • Act III: Mercury — Valued at $3.5B 12. Rujul Zaparde • Act I: FlightCar (YC W13) — airport car-sharing startup acquired by mercedes-benz • Act II: Zip (YC S20) — Valued at $2.2B 13. Kyle Vogt • Act I: Twitch (YC W07) — acquired by Amazon for $970M • Act II: Cruise (YC W14) — Acquired by General Motors for $1B+ 14. Emmett Shear & Justin Kan • Act I: Kiko (YC S05) — calendar app famously auctioned off on eBay for $258k • Act II: Twitch (YC W07) — Acquired by Amazon for $970M
“If you’re not sure you’re a driver, you’re probably a passenger.” Frank Slootman: Snowflake, ServiceNow, Data Domain. One of the best operators of our generation. Knuckle Up with Frank is now live. Full conversation ↓ -- 00:49 Introduction 01:21 Why being a CEO is a confrontational job 03:51 Great people are hungry for hard feedback 08:19 Psychographic profiling: how Frank builds compatible teams 09:52 Drivers vs passengers: how to tell the difference 12:39 Why back-channel references beat interviews every time 16:19 "When there's doubt, there's no doubt" 20:42 Inside Frank's Tuesday operating cadence 22:27 The "go direct" rule that breaks org chart politics 26:19 Why bigger goals force better plans 31:27 Standards are the real culture 38:17 The email Frank wrote every Monday for years 41:35 Advice for navigating today's volatility 47:25 Facing demons for breakfast at Data Domain 54:19 Why Frank fired himself as Snowflake CEO 1:05:19 Coming to Silicon Valley "10 years late" 1:07:59 Why AI is an industrial-revolution-scale shift 1:10:01 Frank's advice to his 25-year-old self
“If you’re not sure you’re a driver, you’re probably a passenger.” Frank Slootman: Snowflake, ServiceNow, Data Domain. One of the best operators of our generation. Knuckle Up with Frank is now live. Full conversation ↓ -- 00:49 Introduction 01:21 Why being a CEO is a confrontational job 03:51 Great people are hungry for hard feedback 08:19 Psychographic profiling: how Frank builds compatible teams 09:52 Drivers vs passengers: how to tell the difference 12:39 Why back-channel references beat interviews every time 16:19 "When there's doubt, there's no doubt" 20:42 Inside Frank's Tuesday operating cadence 22:27 The "go direct" rule that breaks org chart politics 26:19 Why bigger goals force better plans 31:27 Standards are the real culture 38:17 The email Frank wrote every Monday for years 41:35 Advice for navigating today's volatility 47:25 Facing demons for breakfast at Data Domain 54:19 Why Frank fired himself as Snowflake CEO 1:05:19 Coming to Silicon Valley "10 years late" 1:07:59 Why AI is an industrial-revolution-scale shift 1:10:01 Frank's advice to his 25-year-old self
Building a company is a confrontational act. Introducing Knuckle Up: conversations with people who’ve operated at the highest level. Recruiting. Culture. Intensity. The inner game of being a CEO. First episode with Frank Slootman drops today. Trailer ↓
Building a company is a confrontational act. Introducing Knuckle Up: conversations with people who’ve operated at the highest level. Recruiting. Culture. Intensity. The inner game of being a CEO. First episode with Frank Slootman drops today. Trailer ↓
