Dan Jacobs

@Joanna__Hardy @Geoffrey_Cox “It is the jury that protects us from the state deciding their future” But the state deciding a citizen’s future is exactly what many in the Labour party are striving for.

This from @Geoffrey_Cox was titanic - a truly beautiful speech. He outshone those sat opposite. They could only watch. And nervously laugh. This should be seen by every new MP to understand what they do, & every new barrister to understand what we do.

@brettcalhounn Kardashev Won Creating electricity from atmospheric heat 👀

The entrepreneurial ecosystem is a world full of adventure. Tag one idea, founder or company that's underrated.👇

@RetentionAdam The 2% management fees lark is wild.

FOUNDERS: You are not allowed to want to make money. In tech, only VCs are allowed to want money. > They set up funds whose only purpose is to make money > Collect 2% management fees on hundreds of millions regardless of outcomes > Get rich off a power-law model that pushes 80% of founders to failure All to then tell you that to succeed, you need to be mission-driven and not desire money. Felix Dennis is a publishing legend who wrote a book called "How to Get Rich" that anyone going into business should read. He insists that becoming very rich is so incredibly difficult and requires so much focus that the people who get rich are obsessed with being rich. Because there's no other way to get there. "Desire is insufficient. Compulsion is mandatory." I guarantee somewhere between when Tim Draper started his career and when he wrote this post, he had that compulsion too. But if you're a founder in 2026, you have to listen to VCs and ignore all of that. You're not allowed to want to make money.

@HarryStebbings A better question may be: “Which company is most productive?”

What company in London has the most intense work culture? What is famed for insane hours and gruelling work ethic? Revolut and…

NHS Forms have office hours! 🧐 Who knew? In a world of AI hyper-powered everything I did not expect this! 😀 I’ll have to wait for the form’s office hours before I can complete it then! 😂 There’s an app crying out for development here, who is building it?

I love you @grok! 😂

@MartinGTobias Yeah, I’d love the solution too. Most people share LinkedIn connections in the UK, but there’s got to be a better way.

i go to a bunch of mixers, like this week in Sundance. Every time there is a struggle to follow up after. no standard way to share information, sometimes tap, somtimes a qr code, or photo or linked in connection. I would think someone has built an app to makt this better? anyone building this? or used something good?

I’m on a few missions in life, and one of them is perfect pork crackling on demand - in the oven and the Weber (Genesis Mk II gas I’ve got). Today is an oven effort, let’s see how it turns out.

@nicholashutfilz @HarryStebbings Build costs are dramatically cheaper in Europe for one thing. A hybrid approach probably remains best.

@HarryStebbings Even with this platform, do you think founders in europe should stay there? or move to the us. conventional wisdom would dictate coming where there are fewer regulations and barriers to success, but open to hearing the counter! why should founders choose to build in europe?

Another day another Project Europe company signs a term sheet with a leading fund. If you are under 25 and have mega ambitions, there is no better platform than Project Europe to build with. 9 months in, 15 companies, 7 have raised great up rounds. In just 9 months.

@thecsguy @paulg 👆😂👍

@paulg the onions are a genius move because it's the only way to talk about a seed round valuation without people asking why you're crying

Neither I nor the founder I met with today had eaten yet, so I did office hours in the kitchen while making us lunch. It was just like old times, chopping onions while trying to figure out what their fundraising strategy should be.

@UltraLinx Who is building the app that will let us read books like this? 🙏

Can you read 900 words per minute? Try it.

@nic_detommaso Catherine Earl - technical founder, building Quantum LLM software 😳 @nic_detommaso

Who are the most exceptional women founders you know?

@HarryStebbings @tarakeeney 1. Customer service with Revolut, with actual people, who know your details, and who follow up. 2. International expertise 3. Benefits 4. Simplicity It is not close.

@tarakeeney Biggest difference?

@Melt_Dem Look up @seedlegals Ideal platform to manage your legals.

seeing some law firms charging startups $20k+ for incorporation, a SAFE plus a few side letters. this is insane and frankly disgusting. a SAFE is a template with three fields you change for your company. side letters are largely template. it costs $400 to incorporate.

@StephNass Titter is an adult site presumably?

9️⃣ TITTER (2006)

The v0 of billion-dollar landing pages: 1️⃣ FACEBOOK (2004)

Off-build property buying is broken. The price - set by builders The value - set by market Banks should not issue mortgages on the builders’ price, but on the market value. The sale price should be market value too.

@linmeitalks Yeah, it’s MUCH worse when you look at paternity pay rates. Right when your bills go through the roof you get £80odd a week! That heaps more burden on the mums, and dads miss out on precious early time with their kids. There are 3rd world countries with better parental leave.

@DarrelFrater Thank you Darrel! It really seems like you’re primed for a sensational 2026. I’ll pm you some details for reference.

@dan8472 Got you! I'll be only doing a few at a time 👍🏿

I'm launching a new free mentorship opportunity for founders and am looking for a few beta testers. Anyone interested in participating? Comment "DM" and I'll be happy to send you an invite.

@MartinGTobias Joined the waitlist 👍

wanna help me test an app I am building to help founders connect and help each other out? Join the waitlist. opening up slots starting next week. founderfavors.org