Riccardo Russo

I’m Marc Randolph, co-founder of Netflix & 6 other companies. This is my definition of success:

@l8r_graham congrats guys!

Mantle has acquired both App Store Analytics (ASA) and Shopify App Store Index (SASI) from Union Works. It’s an investment that we’re really excited about. Each product has their own claim to excellence in the respective spaces they serve and the Mantle team has a big vision for what this move is going to enable. We’ve been working with the @UnionWorksLtd team since January to complete the deal and want to thank them for building something treasured by Shopify App Partners of all sizes, all over the world. The same thanks is extended to @drsim , original founder of App Store Analytics for the work he put into building for Shopify App Partners. For now, it will be business as usual as the Mantle team remains focused on the roadmap in front of us and our customers to improve our core product daily. Users of ASA can expect continued and uninterrupted access to ASA for the near to medium term. SASI users can expect the same, and with the confidence that Mantle has no plan to introduce any monetization to the current feature set SASI users have come to love. Over the coming weeks and months we’ll be communicating with users of both products about changes we plan to introduce. Happy Friday everyone. Couldn't be more excited to build for the builders.

@lele_venturi 100%

Raising / hiring more without a PMF will only help you to fail faster

I’m halfway through a day of @ycombinator interviews and my whole body is tingling. Incredibly talented people are working on the most ambitious ideas I’ve ever seen. I don’t think the world is prepared for the tidal wave of technological change that’s about to hit over the next handful of years. It feels equivalent to the early days of the internet - there are huge opportunities practically everywhere you look. Companies are being started right now that are going to transform entire industries over the next decade. What’s your answer going to be when your grandkids ask you - “What were you working on when AI was first invented?” “I took a safe, well-paid job at Goldman Sachs or McKinsey while the world was being rebuilt around me.” Or are you going to help create the future? You only have one life.

@skirano @sama @ammaar amazing!

Incredible witnessing the launch of GPT-4o, thanks for having us @sama

“It takes a decade or two to build a moat. Until then, your moat is your relentlessness and determination.” — @AravSrinivas of @perplexity_ai

Peter Thiel on the single most important event in the history of Facebook.

@AOslerne @SashaKaletsky working on it :)

@SashaKaletsky I still don’t understand why I can’t make payments on WhatsApp

Reasons WhatsApp will be the next big app platform: 1. Penetration: >3b users 2. Frictionless: no login needed 3. Asynchronous: no lost info, interaction by text 4. AI: personalised bots Booking hotels or rearranging flights on WhatsApp is a novelty, in 10y it will be the norm.

@obviceo @GaaSForSaaS much interested!

Growth as a Service We're going to build an 8-figure agency right in front of your eyes Follow @GaaSForSaaS for the journey

I have been fortunate to back 13 unicorns in 10 years. The trait all the founders have: They have this twisted relationship to rejection; to being told no. It gives them energy, it powers their drive. They thrive when everyone else stays down.

@snowmaker love it

Founders are always worried about competition, but startups are so hard that most of your competitors will shoot themselves in the foot at some point. Most of the time you can win by just not dying.

@brian_g_peters @Shopify 100% agree! Working on it at textyess.com.

I often get asked what app I would build on @Shopify if I didn't work here. My answer for several years has been a WhatsApp app. This year feels like the year where Meta starts to monetize WhatsApp and make it valuable for businesses. Nearly 3 billion users - what more can I say?

Somewhere in the world, an unknown young person is probably starting a company now that will eventually be as big as today's tech giants.

I often hear of founders shutting down their company after a year or so of trying, so I don't know who needs to hear this but: it takes anywhere between 18-36 months to see *material* product market fit on a new product. Whether your are starting from scratch or you are launching a new product at an established company, it still takes the same amount of time. The high barrier to entry when launching a new product is not building the thing, it is the ability to be willing to grind through a pit of sorrow that can last 3 years with obsession, intensity and continuous iterations.

@Lucabrando_ welcome back

New Year’s resolutions are solutions to last year’s problems

@blanklob @DsMatie @gilgNYC @LogSnag @mixpanel @heymantle @blanklob oh yesss! that's perfect.

@rusricc @DsMatie @gilgNYC @LogSnag @mixpanel You might wanna check @heymantle been hearing great things about it.

looking for a tool that helps me to track all the main metrics related to our Shopify App. any suggestions?

@blanklob @DsMatie @gilgNYC @LogSnag thanks man, it seems very similar to @mixpanel. im so curios to see some solutions that fits perfectly to a Shopify App.

@rusricc @DsMatie @gilgNYC Check @LogSnag