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I see a lot of promising tech startups get ignored by VCs simply because the founder doesn't know how to scale GTM, so putting myself out there:

There’s a very thin line every SaaS founder has to walk through: listen to customers, but don't stop at what they're asking for. Innovation is the founder’s job, not the customer’s.

@nizbuilds 🤣🤣

The guy in green would make a good manager, quick to assess situations and then follow with smart business decisions.

@nizbuilds @RockstarGames The specs needed to run this are going to be insanely high...

Ok, I’m sold @RockstarGames GTA 6 is worth all this wait!

@omarshaikdev Soccer in the US is something I didn't have on my bingo card this year

Think I just broke soccer Get the lead early and then have your goalie hold the ball until the clock runs out

@omarshaikdev The thing about AI slops is that it gets a lot of the wrong traction The Algo treats it as signals and before you know it, you have 100 bots commenting each time you post

One Human Left and the whole post is AI slop 🙄 Also the most upvoted comment

@omarshaikdev Happy birthday to her! Also where is the place

Birthday dinner with the wife

@Anubhavhing Agreed, signal is always better than no signal (getting ghosted)

@romansphera Sometimes repeated rejection is a signal. Sometimes it’s a moat

Any startups that got rejected several times by VCs, don't know why, and don't have much runway left? I'd love to talk to you.

@AkshayiWeb Looks like I can't access your DMs, feel free to DM me!

@romansphera Yes, tell me - am here, loud & clear :)

The hardest challenge for early-stage tech startups today is saying no to most customers’requests for features. Most of them do not move the needle. Features should be as agnostic as possible so that all customers can use them, not just a specific group.

We live in times where founders feel more pressured than ever to inject AI into their apps, and this is why we have more software than ever, but the companies exceeding industry standards are probably less than 50. Quantitative building is easy. Qualitative building is hard.

@rackSpreader1 what kind of question is this 😭 any company needs reach

Do you need distribution if ur making a b2b app?

@BraedendotTECH @ycombinator next thing you know, he throws away the claude book and starts painting on the walls

Making sure atleast one person in my bloodline gets into a @ycombinator batch

Comment from a F500 CIO on hiring third-party AI vendors “[..] I have 1000 engineers who want to be trained on AI, and most AI products being pitched can be built in weeks. Why would I hire any of these AI startups? “ Domain expertise >>> tech is the moat.

@cyvanessali I'm finding it rarer and rarer for startups to get to 100 people, honestly. The timeline when you scale headcount just increased because of AI agents right now

If you want to work at a startup, don’t join a company that has more than 100 people.

@BraedendotTECH Ideally both, but especially in early-stage, you have to know when to stop development and focus on distribution more. Way too many founders spend months adding features out of fear of marketing. Reverse-engineer it: feedback first, building later.

As a founder, what should be your main priority? 1. Distribution 2.Development

@paulfinneyx I want to talk to your GTM person, are they on X?

In the last 4.5 years of running Spacekayak, we have done zero outbound sales. We have reached 1M+ ARR and are still growing. Trust, relationships, and early bets compound.

@MarieAdant comms or marketing?

i work for an ai startup in sf. based on vibes alone, what do you think my major is?

@rackSpreader1 you're a cool guy & people like to follow someone who takes initiative

why is the algo favoring me, can anyone explain

@mironism where is this?

a lot of energy

@ElenaxZhao @ycombinator @ShaiviRau great lessons for founders, keep em up!

lessons learned from partner founder stories on day 1 of @ycombinator: > be humble. don’t get comfortable. the tides can turn quick. > figure out monetization early. you can scale to millions of users, but it won’t matter if you don’t know where to take it from there. > be focused in your product vision. build smart before building hard. > believe you can build a great company. sometimes the difference in a good company and a great one comes down to ambition. more to come!