Charlie Walker

@morganb @RoryStewartUK - this is the breakdown you’ll want to explain to Alistair and listeners about what’s changed since it was last discussed

@jacobherbstman Nice though isn’t it

I’ve been in Europe one week and their gdp per capita being half of the US immediately makes sense

@asanwal Speaking as a European, no.

Can someone explain the thinking behind the European half shower door?

Terrific to celebrate with the Cloud 100, well done to all of our clients listed - a whopping 70% work with us!! @SiliconVlyBank still by far the market leader in the Innovation Economy as we have been for over 40 years. Come work with us, we understand your journey. Yes. svb!

@MattGialich @katelin_cruse 🙏🏼

@katelin_cruse Same for me, we’re headed back to SVB

The acquisition of First Republic Bank by Chase has been nothing short of a disaster for me. If you've recently moved away from Chase because it's been messy for you too, what bank did you choose and why?

@James_Frankel @katelin_cruse 👆🏻 What James said! We’re still the sort of of bank that pings each other at 10pm when we see this sort of stuff…!

@katelin_cruse @katelin_cruse, this is a common experience and the reason why many founders & investors and returning to SVB. Let me know if you’d like me to introduce you to the right team at the bank. We’re here and ready to help!

@SpaceX69_420 Big bens in the wrong place.

That’s what you call a shot #Auroraborealis #NorthernLights #aurora #NorthernLightsuk

This is the best time to start a company in 30 years. I’ll summarize some of the best opportunities for you: 1. Buy distressed VC assets. Recap them. Offer team dividends going forward. Turn them into profit machines. 2. The media apocalypse is here. 20,000+ media employees have been LAID off in the last 12 months. From Condé Nast to Washington Post. How can you build a new media company that's profitable, AI-powered and community-first with that talent? 3. Apple Vision Pro App Store. 400,000 headsets will be sold in the next 12 months. it looks like a joke until it isnt. Create unique apps for that app store, be first. 4. The Figma-fication of everything. Turning software that was once single-player into multi-player is a generational opportunity. The future of software looks like Arc, Figma etc. 5. SaaS business model is dying. People are tired of Saas Subscriptions. One-time payments or pay-per-task SaaS is becoming normal. 6. Eldertech. Boomers are retiring. Probably one of the most underserved audiences. So much to be built for them. 7. Leverage creators, they are mispriced. Most creators can’t monetize beyond brand deals. They have distribution old media dreams of. Partner with them. Help them productize themselves and earn upside. 8. GPT Store. Fastest growing product of all time just launched an app store? Literally the next App Store. 9. Agents for everyone. You get an agent, and you get an agent and you get an agent. Who will be the Oprah of AI agents? 10. Productized services. How can you make a service like a product? Enable it by global workforce and AI. We built meetdispatch.com to build marketing assets for folks on a monthly basis. People pay us monthly fee to turn their market assets (landing pages, lead magnets, social assets) into revenue generating machines. Business does 7 figures overnight. 11. The unbundling of ChatGPT. ChatGPT won’t be everything to everyone. Just like how Craigslist, Reddit etc got unbundled, so will ChatGPT. ChatGPT for X. 12. Internet memberships are the new community. Digital communities that sell workshops, IRL events, software, deals etc. I created a limited membership with a monthly email with startup ideas, trends, private Q&A, free $99/month Skool sub, software deals and built $27k MRR in 3 months. skool.com/community-empi… 13. The rise of the detox economy. People are overloaded with screens and seed oils. Build businesses for this new detox economy 14. High Interest rates at 5-6% make companies want to increase profits, reduce costs. There’s a bunch of businesses to create to help them do it. 15. Almost half of gen-z doesn’t believe in religion. The rise of community-based brands. This is your opportunity to build things they feel connected to. 16. Happiness, fulfillment, stability, and safety are at all-time lows for gen-z relative to other generations. How can we build products, services to help them? 17. Google is being completely rewritten thanks to AI. Billions of visits up for grabs. People are calling it "SEO 2.0". Learn how to do it yourself (boringmarketing.com/freecourse or hire someone boringmarketing.com). These "boring" ways to get customers (like SEO) will only get more popular 18. Privacy-first startups. Yeah most people care more about convenience than anything, but there’s a growing privacy movement. The more people get hacked and phished, the more they care about their privacy and security. 19. TikTok stores. Today, I met an 18 year old guy who made $1m in the last 45 days from a TikTok store. He sourced the product, partnered with a creator, never raised $1 and was profitable on every purchase. I think you'll start seeing more of these stories with the rise of social selling, live (IG live/TikTok live) selling. 20. Multipreneurship. Portfolio of internet businesses instead of one internet business. Small mindset shift, big difference. Buy small profitable businesses to help scale it. Fund it via customers ideally. 21. The pop of the newsletter bubble. When the newsletter bubble pops (yes, when), it'll be an opportunity to scoop up interesting newsletters and aggregate and take them from a newsletter business to a business powered by a newsletter AND MANY MORE OPPORTUNITIES. This is just a few to get your creative juices flowing. After reading this, do you agree the opportunities right now are kinda mind blowing? Every business is made out of thin air. Just a good idea, the right timing and consistency. The right timing is now. It fires me up, does it fire you up? Do you agree? What am I missing? (in the next tweet ill give you some free resources for your journey)

@ankurnagpal @dunkhippo33 Would love to see this

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@HarryStebbings It’s magical. Next day you’re not supposed to travel on tube because of dust etc. It was cloudy and not too bright, so I walked for about 13 miles along the Thames in sunglasses marvelling at what I could see from a distance! Thoroughly recommend.

It’s booked, laser eye surgery is happening! For anyone who has done; any advice, anything you wish you had known before? Hit me with tips and tricks!

@ScottKirsner @StuartBlitz I’ve been regularly checking for updates since I saw this in July.

@StuartBlitz This tweet will only matter to a few people but it is the biggest news of 2023 for me.

PSA for Americans: Our waiter said Dishoom is coming to the US, likely Boston.

@loulouxyz @British_Airways Did they accept it?! Researching same issue

@British_Airways I fly tomorrow, please reply!

Hey @British_Airways can you confirm that my Irish passport card is valid to return from Spain? It says so here: gov.uk/uk-border-cont… and here: dfa.ie/passportcard/ but the person at the gate told me it’s not. I’m confused and don’t want to be stranded in Spain.

@easyJet @93fifi_murphy I’d like an answer to the same question please @easyJet

@93fifi_murphy Hi Fiona 👋. I'm sorry for the delayed response. I have sent you a DM. Thanks, Carla 🌻

@93fifi_murphy @easyJet Hi! What was your experience of this Fiona? My Irish wife wants to know the same!

@rrhoover Bicentennial Man

Can you think of a film where "AI" was the good guy? I want to watch that movie.

@peggymangot There’s some rule about no haulage trucks

If you need to head from SF down the Peninsula, you have two choices, the 101 or the 280. ALWAYS take the 280. It’s so good

--Situation-- You're an older VC who just found a killer generative AI company w/ Gen Z founders --Complication-- You want to break through / seem cool in your outreach email but you're unsure how --Resolution-- thx chatGPT WDYT? This is definitely gonna work, right?

@thesamparr I have the same rule. Polarised but cheap.

I have a rule: don't buy +$50 sunglasses. I've lost literally 100% of my fancy glasses.

@dhaber Kinda out the way West, but the best stretch of river between Hammersmith Bridge and Putney Bridge is👌🏻 - and better for a pint than a coffee. Last time I walked it in 2021 they were building the new stand at Fulham FC.

This is the benchmark 💫

In London in a few weeks. What are the best paths for coffee + walking meetings? Bonus points for parks 🌳🇬🇧