Last night:
my guy @realnikhy Founder/CEO @corridorbrokers wins the “Young Tech Star” poker tourney in San Fran
Fun night!
Picture w Will and Eric Wei co-Founders of @trykarat (Karat)
#POSITIVITY
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Founders spend weeks planning their fundraise, coming up with narratives, and running a tight process.
Still, most founders fail to raise successfully and their startup dies as a result.
To fundraise successfully, focus on your mindset over specific tactics.
Is it finally time for the unbundling of Reddit? One example that keeps coming to mind is curated.com for product recommendations but that’s just scratching the surface. Who is building in this space?
5. "Meet Shou Zi Chew, TikTok's 39-year-old CEO" - @KatieCanales1
What I learned:
- He's a seasoned exec - took Xiaomi to IPO as their CFO a few years after finishing HBS
- Started his career as an intern at FB pre-IPO
- Invested in Bytedance through DST
businessinsider.com/who-is-tiktok-…
4. "'Graceful way out'" - @Cookie
What I learned:
- Ability to pivot ⬇️ as money raised ⬆️
- Founders could have thought they had PMF due to COVID behavior, but seems unlikely
- Don't force companies to return capital, just ensure founders know they can
techcrunch.com/2023/03/21/vcs…
I read so much tech / biz / startup content for @discovercurate –around 50-75 different articles every single day. Decided to share the top 5 things I read daily here. Kinda like what @chamath shares every week but more topic-centric. First 🧵 woohoo!👇
Like everyone else, I've been exploring AI note-taking/brain-organizing apps. Automated clustering, tagging, summaries, and prompts? Sounds like a dream come true. Here are some of the most promising capabilities, upcoming players, and what I'm still searching for.