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Writing about startups, sports-tech, venture capital | Currently: @Fanatics, @PCVFund | ex @NBA, @prizepicks, @iaathlete
New York City
Joined June 2024
If you’re building in consumer and you didn’t immediately download to play with & analyze UI/UX, product flow, and inbuilt “network effect” features, etc. you’re behind. Consumer builders should violently be scouring the market and take things from others that look & feel good.
Ladies and gentlemen, I pleased to announce my latest app: Introducing Explode · Send disappearing texts & photos inside iMessage · Only the sender needs the app: Drop them right into your chats · Screenshots are blocked too Why did we build it? Explode is a spite app. Yes, an app to spite Snapchat. Two years ago, I met with Snapchat’s CEO to discuss acquiring my previous company. I openly shared how fast we were growing. Just a week later—over the Thanksgiving holiday—Snapchat kicked our app off the SnapKit platform, abruptly halting our growth. As Ghengis Khan once said: the greatest pleasure is to vanquish your enemies, rob them of their wealth and see them bathed in tears. Get Explode below ⬇️
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@jappleby Agree but honestly still was smart on their end: - Consumer product - More competitors every day - Super Bowl ad = mass distribution
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Literally just saw a golden retriever with a Barbour jacket on… the West Village is built different @westvillagecap @eastvillageguy
#NYC #westvillage
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Kakashi, the copy cat ninja!
timeline of mark zuckerberg - 2004 - steals the idea of facebook from winklevoss twins 2015 - copies stories from snapchat 2020 - copies tiktok and launches reels 2023 - copies twitter and makes threads
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@NWischoff Curious what split is inbound vs. outbound? With you building in public I bet you get some quality inbound
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@isabellacomelli Talk about a picks-and-shovels business lol. Nothing was as easy to edit as CapCut
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Can’t make this up…TikTok banned and Instagram is not allowing to make a new account. The golden age of social media, they say! #instagram #tiktokban #TikTok
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I write a weekly newsletter to 1,000+ VCs & a handful of pro sports team owners. I just wrote a new article on: - $5B new league rivaling the NBA - Latest venture, M&A, strategic partnerships news in the space - Job board in sports-tech/finance/gaming You should check it out and let me know your thoughts ⬇️
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Interesting read on the latest TikTok drama. Worth a read if you have a few min.
Click here to get all my thoughts on the tik tok ban:
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Curious to hear if anyone has actually gotten 1 of 1 interesting jobs/opportunities through using X or DMs
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