Nate Gedion
144 posts


You have no experience.
You’ve never started a company.
You’ve never had a full time job.
Nike is going to kill you.
You’re a kid.
You don’t have technical skills.
You shouldn’t build hardware.
Apple is going to kill you.
You can’t build hardware.
You can’t measure heart rate non-invasively.
Athletes don’t care about recovery.
Under Armour is going to kill you.
It won’t be accurate.
You don’t listen.
You’re an ineffective leader.
You can’t recruit great talent.
You’re going to have to pay every athlete.
You can’t measure sleep non-invasively.
It’s too expensive to research.
Athletes are a small market.
The product costs too much to make.
The product costs too much to sell.
Your valuation is too high.
Consumers aren’t going to want it.
Hardware is too hard.
You should measure steps.
Fitbit is going to kill you.
You can’t build a marketing engine.
You can’t raise enough money.
You need a real CEO.
Google is going to kill you.
You can’t be a subscription.
You can’t build a brand.
You can’t do consumer in Boston.
Your valuation is too high.
You shouldn’t make accessories.
You shouldn’t make apparel.
Lululemon is going to kill you.
You can’t predict Covid.
Stay in your niche.
You are going to run out of money.
You can’t build a health platform.
Amazon is going to kill you.
You can’t measure blood pressure.
You can’t get medical approvals.
The market is too small.
You don’t understand AI.
The market is too competitive.
It won’t work internationally.
The supply chain is too complicated.
You can’t build an AI.
You can’t raise enough money.
It’s too competitive.
Healthcare isn’t going to want it.
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Just keep going ✌️

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My $40k AP Royal Oak will make me a MILLION DOLLARS
Here's how
1/ Automatic people filter
People u wanna know notice and respect it.
People u don't wanna know don't even see it.
2/ Instant credibility
Walking into Amazon corporate with a pitch?
That watch does half the work before u even speak.
First impression = currency
3/ Holds value (or goes UP)
My AP will be worth even MORE in 5 years.
Meanwhile ur $300 watch is worth $0 the second u leave the store.
Asset Allocation 🤷♂️
Am I wrong?

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@LukasPakter "I want her to know her options" what are you talking about lukas😭😭😭
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“I want a girl with no online presence.”
That is pathetic behavior.
My girl was a ghost online when we met. I told her I'd help her grow on social media.
I've seen how life changing it's been. Why wouldn't I want her to enjoy it as well?
If famous guys start DMing her? Perfect.
I want her to know her options.
Because hiding your girl doesn't prevent her from leaving. It just prevents you from knowing if you're the best option or the only option.
Girls don’t leave relationships if they're truly happy. Even if it's a celebrity hitting them up. They don't work that way.
So stop being insecure. Start being worth staying for.
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Genspark.ai is escaping velocity!! THANK YOU!!
9 months, annual run rate past $100M!
10 months, we just crossed $155M!

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Spoke to a young founder
He’s looking to raise $100 million seed round for his AI startup
It’s his first company
And everything looked great
But there was one concern:
His age
“I’m 19,” he told me. “Hope that’s not a negative for you. But I’m ambitious and ready to work”
I thought for a moment
Unfortunately, his age wasn’t an issue
Startup guy in SF being that old and not already having one 9-figure exit under his belt is a huge red flag
I wished him luck and said it wasn’t for me
However, sadly I knew the truth that it was way too late for him
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.@GrazeMateInc builds autonomous drones that herd cattle.
Ranchers can spend hundreds of thousands per year moving cattle between fields; GrazeMate ranchers do it with three clicks on a phone.
Congrats on the launch @samrogerrs!
ycombinator.com/launches/PKm-g…
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I met a founder who burned $1M on a launch video.
He hired one of the biggest agencies in the world after raising just a $7M seed.
The video? Cinematic. Beautiful. Netflix-tier.
The problem?
The entire launch was about him.
His story. His journey. His “why.”
Zero about what the product actually does for the customer.
He posted it.
70 likes.
7,000 views.
A million dollar ego documentary.
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.@shofoai is assembling the largest index of short-form videos.
They build complete pipelines that collect, segment, sanitize, and label videos from across social media to curate custom datasets for AI labs.
Congrats on the launch @zixihong_, @BraidenDishman, @AlexzendorMisra, and @AndreBragaML!
ycombinator.com/launches/PHk-s…
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@Natecurates Is the startup pre-launch or already live and needing a reset?
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