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round about 2 years ago I started cold messaging 200 people a week and making friends with people all over the world - they were founders, investors, writers, operators, youtubers, etc
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in case i haven't mentioned in a while. i invest in startups at the ideation stage. if you are an founder in the thick of it and not sure who to talk to, shoot me a message.
i like working with founders who's ideas are in a fluid state, maybe you are not ready for capital. thats
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if you are a founder about to kick off your fundraise and want to know which VCs are actually working this summer
i am happy to point you in the right direction
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announcing our $150M Fund III + Afore Alpha.
continuing to back founders before the hype 🥲🥲🥲
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✨🚨 update🚨 ✨
i’m building something new and am setting out to focus on it full time.
at
@AforeVC
i’ve been able to work with a world class team and invest in extraordinary founders.
and i'm excited to continue collaborating with the best in class @ the pre-seed stage.
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today i join
@AforeVC
as their first full time investor backing founders from across the globe at the earliest stage.
my focus is international, so if you're a founder outside the US, hmu 🤩🌎
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my advice to break into venture:
1. don't share deals for the sake of showing dealflow.
2. select 2 Founder's a month you are hyped about and go deep with them. work for them. help with their story. get them customers. pretend like you invested in the company. or even better,
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the best thing you can do for the world and for yourself - is to believe in your friends who are ambitious to the point of delusion
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have a few spots left @ a founder/investor dinner we are having this friday may 13th in nyc - who should join?
would love to make some more twitter > irl friends
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i was a VC with barely any C..but i did 8 deals in 8 months..and when I ran out of money I moved into my parent's basement to raise a fund.
i was going all in.
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just touched down in SF for the first time 🥲 - organizing a dinner/meet up for Wednesday. Who’s in ?
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lots of serendipity.
@ericbahn
and I grew up in the same small suburb in Michigan.
went to the same elementary, middle, and high school.
And both ended up in venture in SF.
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kept my uber waiting for a bit because I couldn’t find my wallet
he responded with this 🥹🥹
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3 weeks ago I moved into a hacker house in San Francisco.
3 days in my roommate
@RealKevinYang
calls me and asks me to help him unload a truck of 3000 lbs of Pocky into our living room.
Tonight we are throwing a Pocky Party!!
DM for invite :)
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some friendships are like flowers that require constant watering
others are like a cactus and just survive everything
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we have come a long way
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i started to connect the people i met and magical things started happening..so i quit my job and began cold DMing full time...something felt right
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as i started to meet such incredible founders, I decided to angel invest my life's savings into startups and hustle for them anyway i could
cc:
@andotvu
@kelseyCbishop
@asafaryann
@Gavin_K_Dove
@wojtekwtf
@jaentwistle
@k17ubha
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80% of success is showing up.
decided to fly in last minute to LA for the week, and met so many great people. new and old friends.
if you ever hear about a conference too late and don't have a ticket - always just show up.
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sometimes, truly being the first believer in a person is the most impactful thing you can do.
everything after that is marginal. whether its landing a customer or finding a first hire etc.
being the first spark of positivity in this cold world of someone's entrepreneurial
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will be in NYC this weekend - thinking about organising a little hang out!
Who is up for it?
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surround yourself with people who aren’t afraid to tell the truth
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Who wants to shoot hoops on Saturday afternoon in nyc ?
A little last minute Founders vs VCs pick up game?
Dm me if you’re in
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one of the hardest parts of fundraising is finding the right partner.
so, we decided to make it easier by launching a "common app" for pre seed founders ;)
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i angel invested the actual last 3k I had in in my bank account into
@kelseyCbishop
and not too long after she said I had to meet
@gjain
and
@anamitra
…that’s how I ended up at Afore.
small checks can change the game
Not sure it matters if you write a 5k check or 25k check if you are angel investing to build a track record. Very easy to get allocation up to 25k. Probably 50k. Would focus on the deal itself vs check size if just getting started.
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btw i just joined
@beondeck
's Angel program.
it isn't often you can say that you are surrounded by angels :)
if you're an angel and want to learn more, DMs open
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the basis for what i'm building next is rooted in this one idea:
ideas change, people don't.
Seed investing is people picking and venture investing is stock picking.
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going to be in NYC this week and wanted to bring some founders and investors together for a little happy hour.
so far have a good group of 15 people - I just have to pick a place…
Any suggestions on location or folks who want to cohost??
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i was back in SF this past week and I had 4-5 IRL meetings planned for each day.
But just by virtue of walking around South Park / the ferry building - that turned into 10+
literally bumped into 20 plus ppl, it really is buzzing
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organized a dinner with all the people I met while I’ve been in Madrid
Ppl from Brazil, Canada, France, India, Nicaragua, Venezuela, Lebanon 🌏❤️
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people underestimate the cold message.
if done correctly, with authenticity
it can act as an equalizing force.
the cold message can put you in touch with someone who you may never have had the chance to be in the same city as, let alone the same room.
stay tuned.
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one consistent quality i've noticed in founders i have invested in:
they managed to get their first job without knowing how to actually do the job
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sunglass hut sales associate > policy researcher > sales ops > cold DMs for 2 years > venture capitalist
Grocery store cashier -> cancer researcher -> neuro researcher -> algae researcher-> venture capitalist
Life is strange but better as you know yourself more and find a niche
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i just said "inshallah" to a friend to which he responded:
"oh damn, i've only seen that on the internet. lfg"
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also to be fair - i know some really good VCs who barely take any time off during the year - still hustling during christmas, thxgiving, eid, etc.
and during the summer, things do slow down. just a bit. so they take a break.
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interesting that so many SF based VCs are coming to london in the next couple of weeks…
i was here before it was cool - if you’re around and want to meet up let me know, hosting a few events and dinners :)
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back in SF this coming week with some London friends - all of whom I initially met via Twitter.
If we’ve connected on Twitter a while ago and you are in sf this week lmk.
we will do a Twitter -> IRL hangout.
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after feeling the magic of
@beondeck
as a writer, I got lucky enough to go for round 2 and be apart of the inaugural cohort of
#odc
Kickoff is soon 👀👀
@shriyanevatia
@katarinamsmith
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one of my favorite founders (I personally invested pre idea) finally found his idea and has been growing the business.
they have been getting inbound from strategic angels but been struggling to close - and has only 10 days of runway…
in the past 3 days they have had multiple
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if you’re looking for a chief of staff role at an incredible startup…hmu
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Nothing quite like accidentally saying “love you bye” to someone at end of a zoom call
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there are so many helpful people that go under the radar.
part of me wants to make a list of all the high integrity people I’ve met over the years that do good work helping Founders.
is that something worth sharing ?
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i met
@daraladje
in 2021. around that time we had both quit our jobs to figure out what was next..
2 years later he and
@samspelsberg
are building exactly what he envisioned around that time - w/ the same hardcore grit & determination.
lucky to be an early supporter 🥳
1/ Meet
@with_delphi
, a digital cloning platform that captures your thinking, making your knowledge, experiences, personality, and opinions available to others in a personalized way.
Delphi allows you to have personalized one-on-one conversations with your audience at scale.
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slowly slowly slowly and then BOOM - all at once.
Good things take time.
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if you are in the Midwest and involved in anything venture / startup related shoot me a DM
bonus points if you are in Michigan :)
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also if you are gonna be in Miami during tech week and want to do an iftaar together hmu!
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OK friends it's time for my first JUICY thread, that I think might be helpful to people [like me] who are looking for their first role in VC
I'll talk about answering questions for VC Apps...check it out
👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇
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cold dm'ing on twitter is like trying to strike up a convo and become friends with a stranger on the street and i love it
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one of my favorite Founders is hiring their first biz ops hire in LA.
I invested in this team pre-idea - and now they are well on their way building in stealth.
if you are an execution oriented individual looking for your next play at a startup backed by some of the best
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merry Christmas and happy holidays to all of you reading this.
this has been the year of building a Twitter fam 🥺🥲 love u
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@ahanabanana
i really wonder what goes through people's minds when they write emails like like this
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i don't think people realize how much alpha there is in meeting and celebrating your peers.
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too much digest with all this SBF FTX news i'm just gonna wait till the movie comes out on apple tv
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whenever anyone asks me what advice I would my give your 20 year old self I say:
don’t take anyones advice, and make decisions faster. that way all your mistakes are your own, and scar tissue is useful. Also, read more books.
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always remember the people who champion you early.
@anamitra
@gjain
@maex242
@daraladje
@steevevakees
@kelseyCbishop
@jannatshah
@DStrachman
@chudson
@hkanji
@asafaryann
@krishnav
@scott_sage
and many many more
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shoutout to
@matthewclifford
and
@Alicebentinck
for importing
@join_ef
to SF
So great seeing all of these talented founders tell their story :)
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in the meantime, if you are someone scribbling ideas on a napkin and thinking about your next great adventure... drop me a line.
stay tuned for more info. 👀
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my mom recently posted a photo of me on facebook wishing me happy birthday.
a bunch of people commented wishing me happy birthday.
my mom responded to each one of them saying:
"thank you so much"
♥️♥️♥️♥️
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thinking about hosting a little meal/gathering shindig at a location tbd in miami... if you are down message me
it will be impromptu fun :)
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when you introduce 2 ppl and then they go to harry potters enchanted forest together within 3 days of meeting i guess it is a success
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a couple of months ago i met
@ericbahn
- turns out we went to the same elementary school, middle school AND high school ...albeit just a couple of years a part 😅
the world is very very small
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doing my afternoon routine scroll on twitter & linkedin
and amidst all the "i'm happy to announce" noise
@rubenharris
consistently delivers the best posts
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hypothesis: there is a cap to cold DMing ppl.
the longer you're in an industry, the window of opportunity to successfully connect via cold DM decreases.
as you gain legitimacy, instead of people being excited about you reaching out - there is skepticism as to why you
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don’t take anything personally when trying to get a meeting with a role model/industry legend.
people have kids, obligations, worries, their own health + actual work.
when someone doesn’t make time for you - it’s got nothing to do with you.
if you’re any good at what you do,
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tmrw i'm having a fireside chat with
@kelseyCbishop
to chat about how she raised her pre-seed
@saidwithcandor
!!
if you are a founder - anywhere in the world thinking about raising your first round you don't want to miss her story <3
register here:
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the dark art of finding founders before they are founders
And getting to conviction before anyone else is my fav
Another example why Inception Investing is not pre-seed or seed - proof points?
True Inception rounds all about engaging w/founders well b4 they incorporate
+ leading rds at company formation. There is no product. No customers. No traction. It’s the founders + opportunity.
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Met with
@danielkoss_
and have been told I am "aggressively chill" 🤣🤣😂..still wondering if this is a good thing
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a sneak peak into the latest stats with our Alpha program :)
1/Two months in, 1,300 applications and one investment later, we’re excited to share some stats about our recently-launched Alpha program!
Founders from 40+ industries, 81 countries, 40 states, and diverse backgrounds.
Read our article here or check out a summary below 👇
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working towards my bio being:
making movies and building startups.
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Reading
@WIRED
before my flight and look at what I see
@getmatterapp
@benspringwater
😍😍
I agree
@TheAnnaGat
:)
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over the past couple of years people ask me who are the angels or investors I like working with.
1 common characteristic among those people is that they are straight to the point and no BS
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@rrhoover
this thing that
@daraladje
made OVER THE WEEKEND
What if you could buy anything with just a text? 🤔
No more credit cards.
No more checkouts.
No more infinite scrolling.
Just think, and receive.
Well, now you can.
Introducing Friday, the GPT3-powered personal assistant for conversational commerce 👇
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“Late bloomers often have an edge to them, a willingness to battle with authority.”
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recently invested in an incredible company based in dubai and heading over to meet the team for the first time next week :O
who should i meet ? ?
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life is very fragile. make sure not to get too caught up in the little things.
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