Ryan Rutan @startups.com

@thejustinwelsh I totally agree with this. If I'm helping while keeping score, it implies I have an expectation. If I have an expectation, I'm not helping, I'm manipulating.

An easy way to network is to help people without keeping score.

Best founder superpower? Selective amnesia. • Forget the rejections (remember the lessons) • Forget the betrayals (remember the signs) • Forget the failures (remember the pivots) • Forget the pain (remember why you started) We're not naive. We're strategically optimistic.

@UscBruin @laicarey @ConductivePaul @ConductiveVC @startupscom @wilschroter @staxiom_ @exit_hours I'll have to make it a point to head that way!

@ryanarutan @laicarey @ConductivePaul @ConductiveVC @startupscom @wilschroter @staxiom_ Absolutely, Ryan! I pick lots of your topics and expound at @exit_hours if you’re ever in the area! Would love to invite you! exithours.com

Giving a shout out to my SECOND favorite #podcast (FIRST always being #ConductiveConversations with @laicarey @ConductivePaul and @ConductiveVC ) ... #StartupTherapy Podcast with @ryanarutan @startupscom @wilschroter (see 1:07:47) youtube.com/watch?v=VPu2VI…

@OhioTwin2 We are doing wonderfully Madonna! I think of you often. I just spoke of Frank a few days ago during a talk I was giving around mentorship.

@ryanarutan Wow. Long time. Hard work brings more success than luck. I hope you and yours are doing well.

Beautiful truth: Every unicorn started with a founder who couldn't sleep. Not because they were visionaries. Because they forgot to pay the electric bill. • Chaos before clarity • Ramen before revenue • Doubt before determination • Survival before success You're doing ok.

Plot twist: Your worst day as a founder beats your best day in corp. Even when Your: • Runway is measured in weeks • Co-founder just quit (again) • ICP is still "humans with money" • laptop is held together with hope You didn't leave comfort for easy. You left for alive.

@UnwokeMediaInc @forallcurious A boat.

@forallcurious Riddle me not: They are interchangeable. Light travels at C. Matter doesn't. What's the difference?

🚨: Scientists just created matter from pure light, proving Einstein's 90-years old theory E=mc², right in the lab!

@SialMMash @LinkedInHelp @LinkedIn I've just had something similar happen and I'm desperately trying to get to the bottom of a solution.

The only support LinkedIn offered after my account was hacked—due to their weak security measures—I am banned from linkedin for life time. @LinkedInHelp @LinkedIn

I love a big thesis for each year. My thesis this year is that while a Startup's first hire should still be a human, that human should be managing an army of AI agents. @dharmesh - if I was going to build an ongoing workshop to help early stage startup Founders @startupscom build and deploy agents with agent.ai what 5 agents would you start with?

Funny how the world celebrates 'security' but ignores 'risk'—until it pays off. Keep going. 🏗️

What if I had raised capital? What if I had sold? What if I had started earlier? We love to imagine the best-case scenario—but do we ever calculate the real cost? #founder

@jayclouse Claude is my go to for writing - but I’m still spending most of my AI time budget on ChatGPT.

I've switched from ChatGPT to Claude as my daily driver thought partner. I don't know if Claude is necessarily better at reasoning, but the experience is certainly much better. Conversations are longer because Claude is noticeably more encouraging. It's hyping me up!

@jappleby Only way to save this is to claim the ad was produced using Gemini, Grok and Claude…and walk quietly away.

CHATGPT. WHAT. You just lit $7 million on fire. Worst Super Bowl Ad EVER. Imagine having one of the coolest tech innovations EVER and NOT SHOWING THE SUPER AUDIENCE WHAT IT ACTUALLY DOES. God, that is a horrible ad.

@jayclouse Jay…I’ve been wanting to talk to you about this but, well, the time never seemed right, so…actually I think I just saw something out my window. BRB

You should have that uncomfortable-but-necessary conversation that you're avoiding.

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@JeffBoyle @thejustinwelsh It’s definitely part of what we try to reinforce with our platform. We are working on some additional tools + AI to make it even more intuitive / intelligent.

@ryanarutan @thejustinwelsh Yes, we have the tools, but it’s up to us to bridge those gaps. Better discovery and connectivity can transform the landscape

A 30-minute conversation with the right entrepreneur is worth 5 years of reading business books.

@JeffBoyle @thejustinwelsh Yeah - I feel like the environment exists - it's a matter of making sure you access it / contribute to it. Where do you see room for improvement? Discovery? Maintaining connectivity?

@ryanarutan @thejustinwelsh The secret is making sure we have created that type of environment

@JeffBoyle @thejustinwelsh Absolutely, and again, the willingness and openess in our space is so refreshing. It's there to be utilized.

@ryanarutan @thejustinwelsh Conversations among founders create opportunities. It's incredible how much we can accomplish when we help each other out