Matt S

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@ItsWillHenry No launch before product.... or actually yea

No kids before IPO No marriage before series B

@ItsWillHenry yo will this is not LinkedIn, we don't have jobs out here @ItsWillHenry

Your goal should never be a job. It shouldn’t be collecting titles or chasing some internship or doing what everyone does. It should be something you love doing every single day, something meaningful enough that you’d be excited to keep building at it for the next decade. There’s a massive difference between doing a job and building a life around something that energises you. Don’t make your end goal “just getting a job.” Don’t work for the first offer Don’t work for what everyone else says you should do. Work for finding the thing that keeps you curious, challenged, and fully invested. Because when you find work that you truly care about, the money will always be there.

this might be the closest thing to heaven.... and it's not afterlife yet. just casually the most beautiful product ever built. and by far the most impactful one. 👨‍🍳 chef was in the kitchen, serving soon

"you don't have to take a flight, you can also take a bus"

one right person can turn your entire life around and rocket start whatever you are doing. In SF, it's even 1000x amplified. (speaking from personal experience 🙏🏼)

how founders be applying to yc:

@vineerpasam and the values & intentions of people behind the business is the core. Without that even a grrat product with great distribution will feel off

@mattsbrain2 100%. In 2026 the product is the easy part. Distribution is the real moat.

You wake up and see a new competitor. Your same idea. Your same features. But they’re offering it cheaper and taking your customers. What’s the first thing you do?

@charu1603 @ycombinator @FenrockAI @MichaelFenrock it seems awesome, keep it up! 💪🏽

🥁 And we're live on @ycombinator! Fenrock AI (@FenrockAI) is building back office AI agents for banks. Process loans in minutes. Resolve customer complaints in seconds. Investigate 10x AML and fraud cases per analyst. 💰 My cofounder @MichaelFenrock built Apple's first privacy ML and invented novel techniques to train ML models without exposing private data. I've previously founded and scaled a healthcare startup to 6M users and 100 employees. We also built one of the first ai agents ever. Grateful to serve the backbone of our financial infrastructure! ycombinator.com/launches/PeY-f…

@vincentcadler welcome to the playground :)))

My SF chapter and journey officially started 🌁

live what I preach I also want people to go play ball while the work is getting done ☀️🧠

@arjuncodess @mil000 @brettcalhounn hmu, I could use it... I was kidding

@mattsbrain2 @mil000 @brettcalhounn yeah i get it but a 2019 business idea? i don't think you read it right tbh. here's a better analogy: AI-native, open source ManyChat-style tool with personalization. and yeah, we have the MVP.

We have capital that needs deployed. Who’s building the next big thing?

@arjuncodess @mil000 @brettcalhounn I don't mind the 2019 business idea, let alone the vercel kidding bro @mil000 put me on that flaming energy

@mil000 @mattsbrain2 @brettcalhounn what about this? please dont mind the .vercel.app link 😭 pilot-ops.vercel.app

@mil000 @brettcalhounn jokes jokes bro haha I invite you for a coffee in SF

@mil000 @brettcalhounn that's what your mom said

@brettcalhounn @mil000 Brett we on the very same page and your capital couldn't be deployed better. check brain2.chat/manifesto and lmk what you think

@mil000 Your mom

@utajenyAI it's called cali sober

@mattsbrain2 You way higher than your taste nigga

keeping up with my own expectations of me & my creations is the hardest part my taste is too high

@ItakGol thanks for this! golden knowledge

Just sold my company. Stepping away from VC for a bit. Here’s the early-stage fundraising playbook: 1.Raise only when it’s obvious you’re ready 2.Until then, tell investors you’re busy building 3.Ignore associates chasing you - if they want in, the partner will show up 4.Trusted signal is everything - the right angels can 10x your odds 5.Seed rounds should close in 2-3 weeks 6.Longer usually means you started too early 7.Compress the process - tight calendar, fast replies 8.48h silence = dead 9.Angels/small funds decide in 1-2 meetings 10.Big funds get 2 meetings + partner meeting 11.Skip pre-seed 12.Skip accelerators 13. Be confident and direct, never a douchebag 14.Enjoy