Guy Marion

@Jason I’m in

We started an AI founder twitter group... reply with "I'm in" if you're a founder and want to be added

The 30 most in-demand startup secondary shares in Q1 '26 (per Setter Capital): - Anthropic hits #1, bumping out SpaceX as the most desired shares on the list. - Five of the top six companies are big IPO candidates in the next 12-18 months. They've been absorbing a lot of investor interest and capital over the past few quarters, it will be interesting to see what happens as they list. - Prediction markets are still hot! Polymarket and Kalshi are two of the fastest risers. Anything crypto that hasn't rebranded as prediction markets continues softening. - Replit and Shield AI are the two other fastest risers on the list. Lovable and Cursor also move up a few spots. - ElevenLabs debuts at #9, tied (with Shield AI) for the highest ever. OpenEvidence and Saronic also make what I think is their first ever appearance on the list. - Perplexity, Crusoe, and Figure both sliding significantly. Anecdotally feels like I haven't seen them discussed as much recently. One notable data point, the average last round valuation of companies on the list was $120B (up 122% YoY). This compares to the average S&P 500 company valuation of $122B. Insane how big the private markets have gotten.

@iamharaldur @iamharaldur We am hiring for a Sr. UX Product Designer - with B2B & D2C aspects to the role. Please refer or DM. careers.chargebee.com/jobs/z_SFBkqIt…

Great to be back at the #saastrannual2022 event after many years away. If you are visit, make sure to drop by the @chargebee booth or see our talk on being at multi-product company at 1:00pm today @saastr

@oyvindreed We (@chargebee @brightback) are hiring for EU CSMs

If you are hiring we have some great talent in this list. Please reach out with questions. #gid=1342893347" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">docs.google.com/spreadsheets/u…

It is with incredible sadness that I share that my decision to move to profitability has resulted in a significant portion of our team being made redundant. All of them are smart, ambitious, kind human beings and I wholly encourage anyone hiring to speak to those affected.

@nicksoman Ben Horowitz doesn’t call it “chewing glass” for nothing!

Recently saw the most successful founder I know and congratulated him on some press. He stared at me for 5 seconds and quietly replied “This shit is so hard.” So we just talked about that for 45 minutes. You can love it. You can get better at it. But this shit is hard.

📢 Customer retention leader @BrightbackIO has joined Chargebee! The #acquisition will enable businesses to increase customer loyalty and LTV while decreasing churn and optimizing revenue overall. Read more here - bit.ly/352ZHje #SaaS #CustomerRetention

Reference checks are not taken seriously enough A couple of years ago, I got religion on them Here are 8 reference call questions that get past BS and really help understand a candidate 🧵

Two months after announcing our beta, today @BrightbackIO is pleased to make our online Essentials plan available for retention PMs everywhere. I've shared some of the trends we're seeing in subscription retention here: brightback.com/blog/digital-r…

Thinking of quitting your job to go all-in on your startup? Don't do it. Well, not until you have at least these four things figured out:

I haven’t gone on a stage & been interviewed in person in 18 months. Two of the world’s best journalists grilling me. I have to admit it was a little scary. All I did was remember to always tell our stories. @SRuhle @karaswisher @Recode youtube.com/watch?v=NqANxJ…

Hosted a dinner for SaaS CEOs & founders last night in San Mateo! Great to meet so many of our customers and community, first dinner party like this I've been to in over 2 years 🙏❤️ #saastrannual

@Nick_Franklin @cayahere @OManolache @peeplaja @ZisserZappy @mr_mcd @duellsy @seilund @Vasu_Prathipati @esbenfj Great night- thank you @Nick_Franklin @ChartMogul

@ZUrlocker Enjoy the week! The peaks and the burgers!

First stop

@ZUrlocker Got it. We used to cruise (sail) into Northport, Long Is. (amongst others) each year when I was growing up, so that holds a special place in my family.

@Guy_Marion Northport Michigan.

Fast times in historic Northport

1/ People misunderstand space and its implications. Since the Apollo project, focusing on space has allowed engineers and scientists to push the boundaries of the possible.

We're celebrating nine unicorns today. Thank you @mikkelsvane @primdahl @jack_newton @niklasoestberg @nstoronsky @levy @gronager @jony_levin @stefansmalla @lawrence and many others for making us bolder! medium.com/point-nine-new… vimeo.com/562730390

@ZUrlocker Impressive!

Cheers!

Ever considered tailoring offers and personalizing your cancel experience to save subscribers? New @BrightbackIO article describes how to build Audiences to run automated retention tests on trialists, high LTV, tenured users, mobile vs. web, etc. etc. help.brightback.com/article/159-us…