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@ColinGardiner Supabase

The deeper I go on automating my own workflows, the more I see how important it is just to have a good database structure that's accessible. I'm not entirely sure I need a CRM anymore as I don't do a lot of automated emails, mostly pipeline and status tracking. What do people think the best database is for scaling with AI applications?

In Cambridge, England tomorrow for the day let me know anyone I should meet

@ciaran_lee What mic do you use?

Just had an urge to tell a cloth to wipe up my spilled coffee. Too much Claude Code and Wispr Flow and too little sleep will do strange things to a man.

@Seannywilson SCRIPT

I've used cold email to book calls with: - Tesla - Google - The NFL - The UFC - Intel And many more enterprise companies. I'm giving away one of our best performing cold email scripts EVER. Comment "SCRIPT" And I'll DM it to you (must be following)

@Seannywilson @dailycopywriter Email

I started sending cold emails in 2019. Since then: - I helped scale a company to 9 figures - I scaled my agency to 80k/mo in under 4 months - I booked calls with Tesla, Google, the NFL, the UFC, & more I packaged my entire outbound system into a 37-page masterclass. Comment "EMAIL" and I'll DM it to you. (must be following) PS RT this and I'll prioritize your DM

Hey folks! A lot of folks have recently asked me about small learning circles for senior leaders (CTO, VP Eng, Staff+/Principal Eng), and I'm thinking it would be ~easy~ to launch a few of these in London (thanks @Lethain for the inspiration) I've got a short form here as well docs.google.com/forms/d/1fCAun… Interested in getting a variety of folks there.

@ColinGardiner Gotcha

@Springcoil Because that is the person running the company and the person you will be dealing with as an investor for as long as you are an equity holder in that company.

As an investor I don't want to talk to your CFO co-founder. I want to hear from the CEO. Don't outsource your raise as an early-stage CEO.

@ColinGardiner Not disagreeing. Can you share why?

@Springcoil As part of the diligence I definitely want to talk to all the founders but in terms of the first pitch and the fundraising process your CEO should be the front person

@arian_ghashghai @credistick Some funds feel a need to act like big firms though through "platform" or "vc services"

@credistick 🎯

For early-stage generalists, "value-add" is what Plato would have called a noble lie. If you remove value-add, venture capital looks like a commodity product. In that environment, all that matters (beyond the essentials) is availability. Who tends to find founders earlier? Small firms. In fact, finding great founders early is most of their edge. If you introduce the concept of "value-add", suddenly founders feel like they ought to be out pitching brand-name firms. The whole dynamic is reversed. The lie is propagated because big firms need it to remain competitive in a world where otherwise small firms are clearly advantaged. Here's all that really matters: be first, be fair, be fast.

You always as an entrepreneur remember your first customer. Who was yours?

@Ryanair what's the capital punishment for people watching videos without earphones on your flights ?

@alexfmac What would work?

No, you cannot ‘pick my brain’. Your choice of words have revealed a lack of sales ability, empathy, taste and humanity. Go ‘pick the brain’ of an LLM.

@destraynor Thanks for sharing that one Des. Incredibly easy to take people for granted. A good reminder to also call loved ones

It’s Feb 13th again so I’m sharing this piece about my mam destraynor.com/writing/she-wo… (new link) This is both a way for me to remember her, and also a way to remind you that no one is here forever, put down your phone, spend time with your loved ones. Time really flies.

@brankopetric00 C

New startup. You're the first infrastructure hire. CTO wants the platform ready in 3 months. Option A: Kubernetes from day one - Future-proof - Steep learning curve - Longer initial setup - Easier to scale later Option B: Simple ECS + Fargate - Faster to production - Less operational overhead - Might need migration later - AWS lock-in Option C: Just EC2 + Docker Compose - Fastest MVP - Manual scaling - Technical debt guaranteed - Cheapest short-term Team size: 4 developers (none with K8s experience) Expected growth: 10x users in 12 months Funding: Series A secured What's your recommendation?

@alexfmac Such as Alex?

So many of these in London…

@andrewjb_ Thanks added to the list

@Springcoil near Haslemere, would recommend! info here: walkingclub.org.uk/walk/haslemere…

today I walked 10 miles and had 3 pints in Albion

@nathanbenaich What if theres sufficient value from the equity advice? Like if you are a specialist

i don’t get why capable founders bother getting “advisors” onto their cap table no one should free ride everyone should be buyers of equity if they want a seat around a startup