Ryan M

I am a startup founder who did YC, started, invested in, raised VC, bootstrapped, acquired (cash & SBA loans), and sold multiple companies. If you get enough practice, you eventually get some solid wins. Nothing makes me happier than to teach folks to avoid mistakes I made along the way. Follow along and I’ll share what I know!

@drewfallon12 @trytabs uses Commslayer and it’s been great so far

what are the good AI customer service tools? have a customer asking

@patrickc @jeff_weinstein Exactly. I filter for outdoor seating every time.

@jeff_weinstein Can we have this but for noise?

@arrington I really like the analogy that enforcement is basically the preventive measure against a disease. You don’t treat the disease… it takes over. Eliminating enforcement is a social experiment that we all know what the result will be.

Surprised to hear that 9% of shoppers in the U.S. shoplift at least occasionally. At some point civilization breaks down when things like this get too out of control.

@nikitabier @JeebsTX Remember when Digg 3.0 tried to clone Twitter? The circle is almost complete.

@JeebsTX It would look better if we made the decision to change the Like button: 👍 422 👎 Not sure if I’m ready for the mob that it would create on this peaceful Sunday.

Hey @nikitabier, that dislike button looks so out of place in replies!! What's the end goal here? I can select “Spam” On Elon’s reply? lol

@nateliason Threw out another idea, check your DMs

I’m officially looking for a (human) cofounder for @FelixCraftAI. We have a massive opportunity to go all in with Claw Mart and a couple related projects, but my top priority is @alphaschoolatx so I need someone to lead it. If you know someone who: - Is deep into OpenClaw - Spends $1,000+/mo on AI tokens - Has previous entrepreneurial success And might be interested please send them my way. Personal intros from friends / colleagues strongly preferred.

@malinois517 @YALiberty @RandPaul 100%. My read is that he knows there’s no way to pass it, but that the conversation on debt needs to shift to what it’s going to cost us. But Elon’s term “debt slavery” is probably a more effective description.

Sen. @RandPaul is teasing a 2028 presidential run. Would you vote for him?

This is brilliant. I can imagine every YC founder using this to skip dozens of angel meetings, save weeks or months of fundraising. It always felt a little weird that certain VCs had access to YC founders before demo day

@nikitabier How about a way to report/penalize undisclosed paid (but obvious) content?

Today we're announcing Paid Partnership labels on posts. X's core value is providing on authentic pulse on humanity. While we want to encourage people to build their businesses on X, undisclosed promotions hurt the integrity of the product and lead people to distrust the content they read on X. This new feature will allow you to comply with regulations, but more importantly: it enables you to be transparent with your followers.

Start the countdown until Meta copies this... it's safe to assume basically everything is paid content on IG.

@joewaltman LFG!

I haven’t purchased a domain name in years. I’ve purchased three in the past week (due to Claude Code).

Agreed, my old cofounder applied to YC so many times Jessica recognized him from his interview in his closet. The biggest change in the sixth application was conviction, and the fact that we were now an assembled team around our idea, which we were convinced would work, with or without YC.

@AnnieLiao_2000 Really bad sign if a YC rejection is all it takes to make a founder give up. My experience is founding is a whole series of rejections and gut punches, and I have to keep going anyway.

my friend just got rejected from YC for the third time she's convinced it's because her idea wasn't good enough i looked at the other 22 people i know who applied here's what actually happened: applied: 23 people interviewed: 4 accepted: 1 the one who got in had $200k revenue, previous exit, stanford CS, and knew a partner my friend had a great idea and no traction but everyone on twitter says "YC funds ideas not just traction" technically true except the "ideas" that get funded come with revenue, pedigree, or network three of my friends quit their startups after YC rejection not because the idea was bad because rejection felt like validation they should quit five others applied again next batch same result the application took my friend 60 hours across rewrites she stressed for 2 months waiting now she's depressed and questioning everything YC rejection has this weight in SF that's insane like if YC didn't want it, maybe it's not worth building which is bullshit but the feeling is real i wish someone had told her: your odds were 0.1% from the start not because your idea sucked because you didn't have the traction/pedigree/connections yet build more, apply later, or don't apply at all YC isn't the only path but SF makes it feel like the only path that matters

One of Jessica’s most memorable and ego crushing interview questions was when she turned to my CTO/cofounder and asked, “why do you need him?”

@BNBG2_RIP @CoachDanGo I’ve heard the same thing @CoachDanGo

@CoachDanGo I’ve read the topo Chico’s are bad for you and have like forever chemicals or something? No truth to that?

This is one of my favorite drinks on the planet. I call it The Sober Margarita. It’s sparkling water, lime juice, and sea salt lining the brim of the glass. The sparkling water keeps you full and aids digestion. The lime juice supports your liver. The sea salt restores your electrolytes. It’s healthy, has 3 ingredients, zero alcohol, and tastes delicious.

I think if you talk to most @ycombinator founders they’d have done it for $0. It wasn’t the money—if someone told you they’d meet with you weekly and would guarantee that they’d affect the outcome of your startup, they’d usually be lying. In YC’s case it’s actually the truth.

@claudiadalmaug @interaction Agent A$$hole

For those using poke by @interaction - what name did you save it under in your contacts? just curious 👀

@andrewchen Used to work for a billionaire in TN who literally had a guy who printed his email and asked him what to respond, if it was important.

there's fuck you money there's "don't check my email" money

AI can write your code in seconds. It can't tell you if anyone will care. The bottleneck isn't code — it's taste.

@gschill21 @pitdesi @chamath Seems like that's what the banks what you to believe... when banking is 7% of US GDP.

@pitdesi @chamath Why would one even want a bank? It’s a crappy business

We bought a bank.

@AndrewWarner @noahkagan Or is it Bond?

@noahkagan I love “Founder Mode Noah”