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RT @tjack: Ending the week feeling so energized by the PMF Method applications we’re seeing — the caliber of founders we've been meeting wi….

RT @steffbold: EvolutionIQ Acquired for $730M: Playbook For Building a Business

In the early days of mobile, most SaaS businesses built for the gaming industry — it was the quickest path to making money. But as co-founder & CEO @billmag & CPO Kevin Wang explain, @Braze stayed broad and built for a market that didn't exist (yet).

RT @lizwessel: HUGE congrats to @tryandai on their $6.5M seed, which I was proud to lead @firstround. Since meeting @the_yuppy & @herbie_tu….

RT @bernardleong: EvolutionIQ Just Got Acquired for $730M — Here's Their Playbook For Building an Enduring AI Business .

RT @2mavin: EvolutionIQ Just Got Acquired for $730M — Here's Their Playbook For Building an Enduring AI Business

RT @the_yuppy: Excited to announce @tryandai's $6.5M seed round led by @firstround and the launch of Andy, the first AI agent for patent at….

New episode 🎙️. From 0 to IPO, this is the story of @Braze's path to product-market fit. Co-founder @billmag & CPO Kevin Wang explain exactly how Braze ignored early critics and bet big on the mobile wave. Check out the trailer to see a sneak peek of what's ahead:

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RT @edzschau: The building of @evolution_iq and lessons learned is a great read. Highly recommend. Well done @firstround.

RT @tvykruta: How to build and sell a vertical AI company for $730M in five years. The story of the company I started in 2019 by legendary….

RT @btrenchard: Ever since @evolution_iq’s $730M acquisition in late December, I’ve been thinking a lot about why their business worked — a….

RT @tvykruta: How to build and sell a vertical AI company for $730M in five years. The story of the company I started in 2019.

RT @PearlF: Helpful insights in the below @firstround Review re: the inside story of one of the first major vertical AI exits including how….

RT @tjack: The stories of how AI companies are finding extreme product-market fit are still being written. That's why one of the first majo….

Most acquisition stories just skim the surface. So when @evolution_iq announced its $730M acquisition in December, marking one of the first major vertical AI exits, we did what we do best on The Review: We went deep. 11K+ words, 45-pages deep. We spent weeks interviewing

@evolution_iq Full essay on EvolutionIQ’s path to product-market fit here on The Review:

If you prefer your PMF advice in your ears, the audio edition is up now thanks to our friends @elevenlabsio. Embedded directly in the article or available here through the ElevenReader App (along with many other Review articles):

RT @joshk: Most startup exit stories don’t tell you what actually happened. They usually come in two flavors: the short press release that….

Going multi-product? Swing for the fences. @virtualmilin unpacks @getsentry's approach to new bets. “The mistake that most folks make is this assumption that you should ride on the coattails of the first product,” he says. “When you are trying to be a large, sustainable,