today before leaving for SG, I was telling my mum about my new year's resolutions.
she hit me with, "no house no car no job no money no boyfriend, which one are you gonna change this year?"
i now know where i got my savagery from 😭
but my job
@Katsu_Labs
is pretty real 😎
2 years ago i joined crypto VC and i quickly learned the difference between nice and not so nice people
breaking in as a woman was very tough in this closed boys club, especially in asia. i didn't come from the right schools, or the right tradfi circles
i've had the worst
yea no one in crypto wants to build consumer apps bc then your metrics will actually be public
continue building your infra projects so that you can hide behind narratives while grifter projects rug your ecosystem fund
consumer is hard and i may very well fail but at least i
I don't tweet much about this but
@zilliqa
really is an extremely underrated project. Writing in Scilla is enjoyable as well. Never mind the price action, we're here for the long term. $ZIL
#Zilliqa
i love how singaporean men always ask me if im in it for the passport, bc im malaysian and seen as 'lesser'
tell me you're broke without telling me you're broke
y'all really are the most repulsive kind of people to date
i’ve recently been hurt over and over, by someone whom i had fallen in love with, but settled for being just friends with. upon knowing of my feelings, he has never hesitated to trash my heart and stomp it into pieces - things i’d never say to him, but feelings i hold close to my
today marks my 1 year of leaving corporate
unemployment, to many outside of my close friend circle
i took a leap of faith last year after 3+ years in crypto and after doing a personal runway calculation
the first few months were very scary, i was in constant doubt and agony
every day some giga VC-funded ‘decentralised’ AI chain/network reaches out to ‘incubate’ or ‘absorb’ us into their ‘ecosystem’
no, your shit is barely usable and not even cheaper than our centralised overlords. your $50k grant is not worth my time
other than promising airdrops
omfg i have been trying to bridge to arbitrum for the past 10 minutes to buy more hyperliquid spot
all 5 transactions have failed and i cant tell why
this is why solana will win this cycle
@HustleFundVC
Joyce
@SaisonCapital
$50k - $3M
Pre-seed to Series B
slide into my dms
i mainly look at
#web3
companies - if you are a woman founder in the space especially, i'd love to talk to you!
also web3 infrastructure, music nfts, dev tools
just hit 10k users in 3 weeks
@Raiba_AI
. deciding if we should build on
@solana
,
@base
or
@optimism
. our users already have sol and evm wallets without even being onchain so we’re just looking at the best ecosystem to build in now.
looking to speak to anyone who’d be helpful!
people always think im joking but i do ache being a mom
no one understands
i cant say that during dates bc it will scare the men away
i've been single for 2 years and i go on a plethora of dates every year
but everywhere i turn i yearn for my kids and a loving husband
this
how is singapore so incredibly boring on the weekends? i miss the days of dogwatching and sunbathing with my friends at dolores park, or checking out the many gazillion things happening in the city
oml bring me back to sf already
building
@Raiba_AI
for the past month has been exhilarating
we hit 16k+ users today, ~83% WoW growth
avg time spent ~33 mins, longest ~250 mins
launching points program sune
starting our seed raise, looking to speak to funds and angels interested in the crypto x AI space
today we completely shifted off walletconnect onto the solana SDK - a little terrifying bc im not a very strong engineer but here goes nothing
smol wins
reflecting on the year 2021 as it's coming to an end
early this year i decided to take the plunge and leave everything and everyone i knew to move to Singapore alone, in the midst of covid. i left on Feb 11, a date i remember vividly as it was cny eve.
hey guys - looking for web3 dev houses - please dm me with any good reccomendations! (or if you’re a freelance rust/solidity engineer, would love to speak as well)
sometimes i lay in bed agonising about product market fit, then i realise
all these 'builders' and 'investors' mansplaining you what pmf is is lying to you and themselves, pmf can't be explained, you'll know you have it when you have it
just ship
sad to see some people i used to respect in the industry turn into grifters as well
which part of the delusion cycle are we at now bros
get me out of this hell
today i sold the last of my luxury bag collection… documenting it here bc idk when’s the next time i’ll have a luxury bag again (let alone a collection).
i’ve made some pretty questionable financial decisions in the past, but running a company has really forced me to take a
it's been a few days since we launched
@Raiba_AI
- wanted to pen down some thoughts on what I've learned so far trying to launch a great product on an extremely tight budget and timeline in the spirit of
#buildinpublic
tldr; you can read all the product management books in the
a few months ago i considered giving it all up and disappearing from tech/crypto. my friend shook me, looked me in the eye and said;
"your only job from here on out is to make all your failures look like footnotes, and to make your next thing the biggest chapter of your life."
you don't truly know the meaning of money until you cross the SG - MY borders during peak hours... no one's here for leisure, we're all just tired after a day of work trying to run through the customs without tripping or falling over
it's crazy how many consumer apps don't get this: if nothing else, you may be winning over users with great customer service. and no - just having a zendesk widget on your site is not gon cut it. no one asked for my opinion but i just went through a horrible cs process so 🧵👇
5 cities in 3 months, part 1: nyc
this was my first time back in nyc as an adult, and on my own will, therefore many sights and experiences were as if it were my first time there. i subletted a room in stuytown off fb marketplace - living in a stranger's room with strangers in
yesterday was my last day
@cryptocom
. big shoutout to the
#cryptofam
on twitter for all the love and support for . keep supporting the team and i'll see you at my next venture!
#CRO
#FFTB
Random rambling not sure if anyone would care but to all crypto bros:
Find a girl thats not materialistic.
It’s really refreshing to meet someone who could enjoy simple pleasures in life, appreciate friendships and relationships without expecting unrealistic lavish dinners and
went to a cafe to get hot chocolate
owner of cafe makes small talk with me, im very shy so i try to get my drink and leave
she asks me what i do, i say AI (crypto is frowned upon here)
"YOU'RE SO PRETTY YOU MUST MEET MY FRIEND" pulls a guy from one of the couches over
i got asked
heart has been warmed this week - we started our fundraising process speaking to investors and getting early feedback, and all my friends have been so incredibly supportive with suggestions and introductions without expecting anything in return 🥺❤️
bumble added “intimacy without commitment” to the list of what people are looking for. im so jealous of everyone who found love before the internet because this is pure hell
i’ve struggled with weight fluctuations my entire life
i grew up as a performer, trained with a certain way to look, sound and act on camera. as a result, my managers weighed me on a weekly basis during performance seasons and during off-seasons, i binged on whatever i could
culture in web3 is broken. too many products built exclusively by kripto bros for kripto bros, which explains the broken UX, misaligned incentives, and max value extraction from one product before hopping to another.
it's very interesting to see everyone's reactions to new AI advancements
a lot of people are calling friend's launch dystopian and straight out of a black mirror episode
when we launched
@Raiba_AI
v1 many of my friends said the same, when in fact all i wanted to do was solve
it's my last week in sf - i'd love to connect with my mutuals who are fellow gen z builders
putting this out there bc i believe in the serendipity of social media
let's grab coffee!