Doug Bernstein

This!

@MSolomon22 He admitted he faked it….

@DougBernstein Nope, in the moment it looks like it’s coming right at you and the body reacts naturally

He’s right. Integrity in sports has to matter. They got away with decades of cheating with no real consequences. Everyone involved should face punishments like this to hurt their “legacy”

@MSolomon22 Pretending you got hit by a pitch when you didn’t isn’t cheating?

@DougBernstein Jeter did everything the right way

Was just shown The Epstein Files

We just opened up applications for the Fall 2025 cohort of PMF Method, and here’s my pitch to early founders thinking about applying: You get to spend 4 intense days with a wildly talented group of builders as you figure out if your startup idea is worth the next decade of your life while @tjack shares everything we’ve learned from 20+ years of investing in pre-PMF companies, all for free. Yes, it's free. We take 0% equity. This makes it more of an IQ test than a decision. I hope you pass the test ;-) That’s it. Deadline is Aug 15. Can’t wait to read applications!

I'm gonna throw out a wildcard name for the Knicks job: Timothée Chalamet. I doubt he'd take it, seems like he wants to keep acting, but if he wants to coach, his experience as Lisan al Gaib shows a demonstrated ability to take a long suffering group to the promised land.

@realEstateTrent Cheaper than getting divorced.

Did some super quick research so please correct me if these numbers are wrong: Most U.S. consumers who rent self-storage units spend about $1,200 to $1,800 per year. Meanwhile, the average value of the items they store is under $2,000. Make it make sense.

The pope went to Villanova and is from Chicago?

@chipotlhey “And if your generation starts blindly referring to any technological advancement as evil… good luck Charlie”

Everyone says they’d pay more for “Made in the USA.” I tested it. We make a $129 filtered showerhead manufactured in China. With tariffs surging to 170%, we explored reshoring. We found a U.S. supplier. Our costs nearly tripled. I ran a clean A/B test: 👇

@zachweinberg You made my wife laugh; no small feat.

@AdamLox @StevenACohen2 Take. My. Money.

@StevenACohen2 :) It needs to connect to the internet and sit on my desk!

I am once again asking for a wifi enabled Home Run Apple that raises and lights up whenever we go deep @StevenACohen2

The best filmmakers are lifelong students of their craft. They immerse themselves in film history, analyzing the work of legendary directors and cinematographers to understand what makes a scene and film unforgettable. They break down shot composition, lighting techniques, and storytelling structures, learning not just what works, but why it works. However, they don’t use this knowledge to replicate what others have done—instead, they draw inspiration from it to forge their own distinctive style. We believe the same holds true for building important companies. There’s no guaranteed formula or paint-by-numbers approach, but studying the greats—those who have built consequential companies before—increases the odds of creating something truly special. That’s what The @firstround Review is all about. It’s a corner of the internet dedicated to long-form stories, written by builders for builders—open-sourcing how great startups are built, brick by brick. If you’re passionate about startups and storytelling, we’re hiring a writer to join The Review team in SF. Check out the job posting in the comments.

Big full circle moment today. If you told me back when I was at Dropbox 10 years ago that I'd be leading my then-colleagues @jgreze’s & Tony Vincent’s $18M seed round, I would have been floored that my future self became an investor (not a VP Product or a founder again) — and I definitely would have been shocked by how big seed rounds had gotten. But I wouldn’t have been surprised that I'd jump at the chance to back Jean-Denis and Tony. Even back then, it was clear they were destined for big things. JDG went on to become Plaid's CTO, while Tony sold his next company to Google and became a big part of their AI initiatives (on the main stage for the I/O keynote last year). Today, they're launching @TownTaxCo — something special they've been quietly building to help SMBs tackle taxes. Small businesses are getting crushed here. They don’t have in-house teams working year-round to minimize what they owe, so they have to go it alone or rely on overwhelmed CPAs who drop balls, cause last minute scrambles, or even straight up ghost them mid-season. Automation has been hard to get right previously. It’s the kind of messy market most startups avoid. With a dusty industry and a hard to distribute product, it takes a team like this to get it right. JDG is amazing technically, but he’s an atypical CTO who’s also really strong commercially — he joined us for First Round’s PMF Method last cohort, and it was cool to see how advanced his thinking already was around distribution and partnerships. And Tony is an incredibly strong product founder with a design background and a great sense of craft — he just makes killer products. They’ve been super thoughtful about how to rebuild tax technology from the ground up with AI. With Town, your (human) tax advisor works year-round on strategy while their AI handles all the tedious compliance work and remembers every detail about your business, year after year. Only a few months in, they’ve already got impressive traction to show. There are 100+ businesses on board (from e-commerce shops and dental practices to startups) and they’re partnering with bookkeeping and fintech platforms to embed tax support right where owners already do their day-to-day work. Very honored that they chose to work with @firstround, and very excited for Jean-Denis, Tony, and the whole Town team — this is just the beginning of something special.

@VoteDems24 @RepTomSuozzi Last time he stepped aside his Trump district elected George Santos….

@RepTomSuozzi We disagree fundamentally. Everyone is talking about cuts to Medicaid because of Representative Greene. We do not want appeasers, status quo, or turncoats. Do your job or step aside.

I just voted to censure a fellow Democrat in Congress.  Instead of focusing on protecting Social Security, Medicaid, and Medicare, and instead of addressing rising costs, fixing immigration, and Ukraine, too many Americans are talking about a member of Congress being removed from the chamber. This is not helpful.  I’m serious about building bipartisan coalitions to tackle these pressing concerns. It’s the only way. Both parties must hold themselves to the same standards we expect from the other side. I am angry about plenty that the President is doing and what he said the other night, but the punch, counterpunch is not working.

Excited to support @SurbhiSarnaSF and the Collate team on their mission to let life science companies focus on what matters most (advancing human health) by minimizing the burden of documentation!

Jeffries: "Two months ago the American people elected Trump as the 47th president." GOP: *applause* Jeffries: "Thank you... It's ok. There are no election deniers on our side." I appreciate how effortlessly Jeffries excoriates Republican hypocrites.

Me after watching the 2024 Reliaquest Bowl