Tyler Brown
@tbrownio
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What a great night at Foundations! We had three unicorn founders share valuable insights on how they met their co-founders. Special thanks to @kirbywinfield, @shivaas, @AITinkerers @courtlorenzini @aviel and everyone else involved!
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If you are feeling stuck as a founder, it’s probably because you aren’t talking to enough of your customers
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Right now, having a few big customers that LOVE your product is way more valuable than a hundred small customers that come and go.
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It can be a net negative for founders to be ‘good’ on sales calls—you never know if deals are closing due to their charisma or the product’s value. The best sales-focused founders have a high volume of calls with a lower close rate.
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The profile of a 10x engineer has changed dramatically in just two years. Today, even highly experienced engineers who resist AI are becoming a liability. A mid-level engineer leveraging tools like Cursor AI can now easily outperform them.
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@stephsmithio I think we were able to figure this out in Seattle. The key was to seed the community with the highest quality people, and grow via referral
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The best way to de-risk an opportunity? Go all-in, without exit paths. Paradoxically, planning for exits can actually reduce the chance of success. A founder with their back against the wall is a force to be reckoned with.
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@alexisohanian We recently started something like this in Seattle after Techstars left, and so far, it’s been going great! Happy to share learnings if you’re interested
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We want to build quality. I don’t believe it comes from endless death march. So people should have some time off as well. I don’t think it has slowed us down, probably the opposite (you can look at the changelog the past 5years). Good tech, hiring well, small teams and not changing the direction every 5mins also helps. Remote advantage is that also focuses people on the output, not hanging at the office late or going to motions that don’t produce much.
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@valvesoftware I literally sit on my couch in front of my 75 inch TV, and just put on these glasses to play games on my Steam Deck because it's SO MUCH MORE IMMERSIVE. But the glasses are jut projecting a 2D screen. It should be 3D.
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Excited to announce my new co-founder. Best of all they didn’t ask for any equity. Just $40/month
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I’m so incredibly excited to be building in a space full of high energy founders. Can’t wait to launch foundations later this month @ArtLitvinau @aviel
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