Daniel Walsh

Introducing Vera! 🤖

@elonmusk 👋

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Save the Date, Save the Country. #Kennedy24

I get up at 4:30 a.m. because of the peace it gives me and the upper hand on my day. What time do you get up?

What's the most helpful thing an investor has done for you besides capital?

@chris8fernandes Resilience is a big part of it

@Danielwwalsh Long hours, not a lot of sleep, probably less than 6 hours average. Some sort of resilience to go about daily on those terms helps. But maybe that's only because of my frantic time management.

What's the #1 trait someone needs to be a successful founder? GO!

@AmiAsadiii Love this!

@Danielwwalsh Authenticity.

@chris8fernandes Explain this thought more for me?

@Danielwwalsh Function potently on <6 hours of sleep

Updates from @vero_skills today are all about the new portal for internships🤌 Working hard on the concept with @Danielwwalsh & Ivan Seleznev🤓 @thiswillblossom cannot wait for your designs!

It's also boring.

Here are some interesting stats from the latest 7 months of work🤓: • we usually deliver 70% of the planned features for the month (7 out of 10 planned features) • we deliver up to 50% of the additional features in a month (5 additional features above 7 out of 10 planned ones)

Today we are having a monthly planning meeting with @vero_skills. We usually plan for the appr. 50% of our team's capacity to be able to respond to immediate requests & feedback from users. And how do you plan for your startup? Or is it all feedback only based?

Here is a demo of how quick it is to get help from the most talented software engineers in the world on the @vero_skills platform!

@jefielding Curious what revenue range was the startup?

Today, I asked a second time successful founder in NYC, raising $3m on $10m post, why the price 💸 was so low? He responded: “Sure, I could raise $1.5 on $10m only to come back in 9 months for a top-up at $12m. So I’m saving myself the stress / time and just getting it all done now, and fast” Feels like a mindset shift is happening…

We slowed our product roadmap since our platform was good enough for paying customers. We relied more on contractors than W2 employees and focused on getting intros to every potential customer and sold like our lives depended on it 😆 Went from the first $15K in revenue in Dec 2022 to now, we're at $1.1m ARR.

@Danielwwalsh So unpack this a bit for me…You slowed growth in the short term and then were able to ramp back up?

So many people encouraging founders to find a path to break-even so they can control their own destiny. But is this really a long term strategy or just a wait out the down-turn strategy? I mean, what happens to all the investors on the cap table?

My favorite part of the day is dropping in with tutors on the @vero_skills platform and asking them about their experience!

When getting rejected by a VC as an entrepreneur, my first thought is usually to be defensive and think, “They missed out.” This tendency is not something I am alone in sharing but something every entrepreneur struggles with. This is an opportunity to grow and improve your company, take every bit of constructive feedback, be humble, and learn from it. This feedback is a gift, and if you have this perspective, you can't not win!

@votee_io Record via @loom then upload it to @pictoryai for quick edits.

@Danielwwalsh Hey great milestone, congrats. Have you recorded the video on any app or you edit it on local?

Introducing Vera! 🤖

@dmschetnikovich So glad I did!

Danial has helped Nano and Paralect immensely to become what it is today. I'll never forget his "Okay, let's continue" when we completely failed the first three weeks of our work engagement.

It's fascinating to watch Daniel's journey. He is on the way to raising $3M for VeroSkills. Today Daniel introduces Vera, an AI coding assistant.