Tyler Richards

Most startups die because the founders stop & give up. That’s when @trich_ says grit needs to show up. Study the founders who create meaningful companies and wealth, a pattern appears again & again: They outlast the rejection cycle & are determined over a long period of time.

Their school safety mission is so easy to get behind. And when you get on a call with a school district administrator saying ‘this is the tool we've been waiting for' that's the signal. Proud to be in your corner!

New investment just dropped. Proud to back @4studentlives with a $600K pre-seed. They’re digitizing K-12 threat assessments so schools can protect at-risk students before crisis hits, not after. Full story on @TechBuzzUtah techbuzznews.com/4studentlives-… #StartupIgnitionVentures

People can't see it, but knowledge is now worth very little, maybe eventually nothing. AI has made memorized knowledge worthless. What we pay for in business, in society, it is (was) all around the scarcity of knowledge. Lawyers, Dev Engineer, Doctors, all have a knowledge.👀

Here are the 3 big common mistakes startups make early on: 1 - assuming customer problem and solution 2 - focusing on launch date 3 - cofounder choice and equity splits youtube.com/shorts/bhsb9-d…

It is 2pm and I haven’t even opened my email nor touched my laptop. That’s got to be a record for me.

This is not a reflection of my actual relationship … probably. Just kidding. Love teaching. When I want a break from VC, playing professor is it. #entrepreneur #vc #business #cs #teaching

Supporting our troops and country 🇺🇸

Unique pitch today. Diversification into the beef market?? 🥩

Invest or Pass with @johnrichards_ut and @trich_, plus a whole lot of startup questions answered, in the new Startup Ignition Podcast episode #44. 🎙️ Full episode out now: startupignition.com/links #Entrepreneurship #StartupFounder #VentureCapital #StartupPodcast

Traditional SaaS captured software budgets. AI can capture labor budgets. SaaS market ≈ ~$1T software spend Global labor market ≈ $50–60T So the opportunity size is just so much, theoretically, much larger.

Anthropic is crazy for this one...

How is this St George Utah?

⚠️‼️ I've had 20 people today ask me about this. Someone is impersonating me. Please just ignore it.

Bootcamp on March 18, 19, and 20! Last quarters bootcamp was so full we had to turn applicants away and squeeze in the room. Don’t miss it!!!!

Must read for any level headed NBA fan.

It’s so rewarding to watch a child work hard and see that effort turn into success. My daughter Wren and her team went undefeated in Mesquite, Nevada this weekend and brought home the premier division tournament win! Including a trophy almost as big as she is.

Tried to simplify this as much as possible. Here are 3 steps to help you find a new business idea. youtube.com/shorts/BIKTvHy…

Saas is not dead. @johnrichards_ut and I have taken that stance in some heated debates for years now. Go watch the Startup Ignition YouTube channel to hear the full conversations. And now the CEO of @nvidia, Jensen Huang, agrees. Love to see it.

@johnrichards_ut He’s back! 🙌

I haven’t tweeted in a while, but one thing hasn’t changed: great startup companies are still built the same way. Talk to customers, solve real problems, measure traction, repeat. More tweets to come. Or more Xs, or whatever you call them these days.