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@Lon Harris (co-host of @TWistartups) on getting your startup's content seen in 2026: + Every platform now runs on AI algorithms. + Be concise. Be specific. Kill the marketing speak. + Pick ONE category of expertise and stick to it + Use AI to brainstorm, never copy-paste, and publish

Nadja Geipert on founder mental health (therapist, executive coach & angel investor) - Being a founder makes you more vulnerable to mental health struggles - You can't power through a mental health problem the way you power through a product launch - Your startup is not your identity. Don't tie all your self-worth to it. - Ask someone who loves you what your blind spots are. Don't ask if you have them. You do.

Key term sheet takeaways from Jocqui Kaup at @wilsonsonsini: Prefer pre-money valuations and model dilution with a pro forma cap table Understand option pool impacts and SAFE/note conversions Push for 1x non-participating, pari passu liquidation preferences Keep board composition balanced as you scale

What an incredible start to Startup Tuneup Day 1 🚀 A common theme: 👉 AI is making it easier than ever to build. 👉 It's still incredibly hard to build something people actually want. Some of our biggest takeaways 🧵👇

@craigzingerline on market validation in the age of AI: "AI helps founders build faster, not build the right thing." Validation > velocity. AI has made building cheap. Customer understanding is still expensive. Pre-sell before you build. Talk to customers before you code. In an AI world, distribution and customer insight are becoming the real moat.

@JenBryan_ from GrowthMinded shared an AI playbook for early-stage founders: Spend $5–10/day testing messaging, validating assumptions, and buying data. Scale only after you know what converts. Track → Target → Create → Integrate. And one quote that stuck with me: "The worse your creative, the more expensive your ads become."

First up, @JacqKD on what investors actually need to hear. Not your vision deck. Not your buzzwords. The fundamentals: What problem do you solve? Why now? Why you? How do you acquire customers? How do you make money? What's your moat? What's the path to $100M? The best founders SHOW, they don't tell.

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i built from $0 - $300k ARR in 6 months. now i'm building in public to 1M by the end of the year. if you're a founder looking for advice, send a dm. if you're following me i'll reply.

@PrecursorVC @lauftapp @SKNSystems @super_producer 🎙️Next up: catch their virtual Public Demo Day on June 9! Register 🔗 launchaccelerator.co/demo-day

@PrecursorVC Aliya Lakhani's picks: @lauftapp, @SKNSystems, @super_producer

8 startups. 8 VCs. 3 days in San Francisco. We took our latest Accelerator batch on a pitching Road Show... and they delivered. 🤝 Here are the VCs' top picks 👇