Rishard Rameez

our generation has never had a building problem. we have a problem with solving the right problems. as Muslims, our work should elevate the community. it is not just about building a business, it is about finding a high impact problem worth dedicating your life to. on june 2nd, i’m hosting a fireside chat with two toronto founders who engineered solutions for massive, real world impact: • @arishs24 (built a hearing aid 500x cheaper to manufacture) • @rameez_rishard (gives home buyers upfront cash for down payments, no loans, no repayments) we are skipping surface level advice to break down the framework for discovery, modern skillsets to stay high agency, and maintaining velocity without breaking direction. if you want to align your ambition with true purpose, don't miss out. grab a spot with the link below brought to you by @PillarsNetwork . shoutout to Nabeeha Ahmed and Afifa Siddiqua for bringing this together.

the world needs more products like this, less gambling apps. (one of the first teams we backed @united_builder)

.@RepThomasMassie for president

filmed some stories at the @replit X Toronto event hosted :) @amasad @eidmasri03 @ibbybuilds

@robjama @zownhomes

thanks for all of the crazy ideas 😂 just secured an iconic venue! roll call: looking for the fastest growing startups and top talent in Toronto for an exclusive event. who should be there?

the first startup to buy me custom airforce 1’s and a golfball for onboarding zforce1’s @zownhomes @rameez_rishard

Wanna see the most insane buzzer beater to force a Game 7 ever?????

Zown is back in the @globeandmail for the second time. But this one feels different. Abdo Laalami moved to Toronto, saved everything he could, and thought his $500K budget meant settling — maybe a studio, maybe outside the city. Instead: · We negotiated his purchase · Landed a 2-bed, 2-bath in Downtown Toronto · Got $6,400 cash back at closing We’re grateful to be part of stories like this, and to help more buyers achieve their dream of homeownership. Full article in the replies 👇

Another week. More money back 💛 On average, these buyers unlocked: • $24,425 negotiated below asking • $5,232 in cashback • $29,657 saved on average That’s nearly 5% back at closing 👀 Start your journey to home today. #Zown #Cashback #RealEstateOntario

🇺🇸NYC mayor Zohran brutally EXPOSES Trump 🔥 He said : “Trump is telling that city-run grocery store and medicare funding is implausible, but $500 MILLION/day to kill people in Iran and Lebanon is necessary.”🔥 He literally destroyed Trump propaganda in 2 seconds 🔥🔥

Suddenly need a lot more space? We won’t ask why 🤫 (again, sorry for your loss @KITKAT)

@loganbrown799 @benln Moxxie is amazing!

@benln Moxxie, Coalition, Strobe, and Park Rangers. Obsessed w/ my cap table.

Who are the pre-seed / seed investors every founder should want on their cap table these days? Refreshing my shortlist.

> Be like @amasad. > Builds software at 12 yrs old in Visual Basic and sells it to LAN gaming cafes to automate admin work > Makes enough money from it by 14 and takes his school friends out to McDonald's in Jordan (which was really expensive), instantly becoming the cool kid > Goes to university and skips all the classes so he can code > Fails university classes multiple times because of attendance > Hacks the university's database and changes his grades > University finds a system error that originated from Amjad's home, so they call him, and he teaches the Deans and Professors how to fix it > Then becomes the first person in the world to compile Python to run in the browser > Open-sources all of it on GitHub > Code Academy builds their platform using Amjad's open-sourced code > They reach out and ask if they can hire him. He refuses, so they fly to Jordan to convince him. He agrees to $12/hr, remote > Then they give him an O-1 visa and Amjad moves to NY to work at Code Academy > Leaves after a while, moves to California, and joins Facebook > Quits to build Replit with his wife. > Rejected by YC 4x > Amjad writes about product updates on Hacker News > Raises $500K at $6M from Bloomberg > PG emails Sam Altman a link to Amjad's Hacker News article. > Sam DMs Amjad and Replit gets into YC. > Raises $400M at $9B valuation. I wrote a mini-biography on Amjad's childhood, founding journey, and philosophies on AI. Check link in comments.

CEO of Anthropic is a hero Huge respect for anyone who would rather burn it down than let his personal ethics be violated

BREAKING: 🇺🇸 Pam Bondi appears to have just lied under oath. Ted Lieu caught her in a lie and called for her resignation

When the typical outcome for a post seed, post series A, and post series B startup is death. Perhaps the best strategy is to be careful how much you copy the startups around you. Are you brave enough to think different?

I've never seen anything like this in my lifetime. Just look at their faces. There's widespread shame over what Trump is doing. It's a national disgrace. Good on them for speaking up.

🇨🇦 We love Canadian founders and startups @moxxieventures: @SpellbookLegal, @certn @upsiderobotics @zownhomes! Hit us up! 🤙

Dude.. 2 Americans are dead because of your leadership and you are promoting a fucking grifter movie??

“Please get the truth out about our son.”