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@andreamichi @depthfirstlabs LFG!!

Today we’re announcing a $40M Series A led by Accel to continue building @depthfirstlabs .

this has to be one of the best textbook examples of creating value != capturing value

@andreamichi @supabase @Lovable @depthfirstlabs huge!

A few months since this tweet but now both @supabase and @Lovable are secured by @depthfirstlabs ♥️

@svfargentina very grateful for everyone that joined and helped us with our mission, amzing ecosystem

Silicon Valley Fellowship Mission to Argentina 🇦🇷❤️

Hoy pasamos devuelta por las ofis de @paisanos_io 🫶 De la mano de @svfargentina y @patrickturri_ que hicieron tremendo evento que impulsa la comunidad argentina a lo mejor de Silicon Valley 💎

qué manera de charlar y comer ayer con los tipazos de @svfargentina. ha sido un placer @macrodosi @patrickturri_ y hoy volvemos a abrir la casa para @supabase meetup, nos vemos ahí🤺🤺🤺🤺

There’s a contagion effect to good habits. When you watch your friends or relatives exercise, you want to exercise. Same is true for shipping, giving back, eating well… Surround yourself with people who raise your bar.

really enjoyed listening to this conversation: youtu.be/MeHYRqePXyk?si…

you can register here: gomry.com/event/A-Conver…

if you're a student or young professional, you can hear @bendingspoons co-founder and CEO Luca Ferrari share his journey LIVE from Imperial College!

Agency > Intelligence I had this intuitively wrong for decades, I think due to a pervasive cultural veneration of intelligence, various entertainment/media, obsession with IQ etc. Agency is significantly more powerful and significantly more scarce. Are you hiring for agency? Are we educating for agency? Are you acting as if you had 10X agency? Grok explanation is ~close: “Agency, as a personality trait, refers to an individual's capacity to take initiative, make decisions, and exert control over their actions and environment. It’s about being proactive rather than reactive—someone with high agency doesn’t just let life happen to them; they shape it. Think of it as a blend of self-efficacy, determination, and a sense of ownership over one’s path. People with strong agency tend to set goals and pursue them with confidence, even in the face of obstacles. They’re the type to say, “I’ll figure it out,” and then actually do it. On the flip side, someone low in agency might feel more like a passenger in their own life, waiting for external forces—like luck, other people, or circumstances—to dictate what happens next. It’s not quite the same as assertiveness or ambition, though it can overlap. Agency is quieter, more internal—it’s the belief that you *can* act, paired with the will to follow through. Psychologists often tie it to concepts like locus of control: high-agency folks lean toward an internal locus, feeling they steer their fate, while low-agency folks might lean external, seeing life as something that happens *to* them.”

Formula for startup success: Find large highly fragmented industry w low NPS; vertically integrate a solution to simplify value product.

@serafimcloud love it!

The best products of the 21st century have yet to be shipped. With 21st, any idea can find its aesthetic and design, even if you aren’t a designer. Meet the first vibe crafting tool for everyone…. So every product can have soul.

accidentally said “unique” instead of “idiosyncratic” and they kicked me out of SF

@GadiBorovich estoy

Who wants to join one of the Puentes dinners starting October 19?

@DavidSHolz meow

we are doing a cat themed Halloween party in San francisco next weekend and have a few slots left. reply (or meow) below if you're catty and we forgot you. will try to send some more invites out soon.

Airbnb founder Brian Chesky on the one rule he had with his cofounders “We [Airbnb cofounders] had a rule. The rule was that winning an argument was never more important than preserving the relationship. And the reason that's important is because if you start a company, you're going to have to debate a hundred thousand things... so no one argument can be the thing. There has to be this larger sense that we're a band.” Brian likens strong relationships to exercise. “I think you gotta really work hard at the relationship, almost like exercising. If you don't keep exercising, you get out of shape. We worked really, really hard. And one of the things we did in 2009 is we said every single Sunday we're gonna meet, no matter how busy we get, and to this day, we still do those calls.” He continues: “I think a lot of human connection requires constant contact, constant connection, a deep sense of respect, a sense that I'm only here because of them, a sense of humility and gratitude, and a sense that I'm never going to try to win. Because if I win alone, I'm not going very far.” Video source: @StanfordGSB (2023)

@itsericlay @VirioAI LFG!

After 10 years of failed startups, I’ve finally found the next trillion dollar company. Introducing @VirioAI — the AI marketer for enterprise. As a teen I made content that did 1B+ views/month… …and earned <$10K. That’s when I learned: Views ≠ Pipeline Likes ≠ Revenue The problem wasn’t creating attention. It was turning that attention into revenue. Virio is built to solve exactly that: 1) Tracks your sales pipeline & marketing initiatives 2) Plans targeted content across your entire GTM team 3) Deploys messaging tailored to each decision maker To celebrate our launch out of stealth, I'm giving away our 16,456-word playbook that's generated $50M+ in pipeline. Repost & comment "Virio" and I’ll share it with you in a few minutes!

@giacomo_ran respect for sharing the honest post-mortem and very insightful. see you in sf!

update: i stopped working full-time on Rember i'm still very passionate about spaced repetition and will try to keep Rember alive (i use it every day) we were not able to build something people want or gain traction. in the end we lost conviction that general-purpose spaced repetition systems can scale into a startup, at least in their current form i wrote a blog post: - discussing the decision in more depth - sharing a walkthrough of the latest version of Rember - exploring the challenges of scaling a general-purpose SRS