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An angel investor's take on life and business

  • Why European Founders Should Move to America

    If you’re a founder in Europe, you should move to the US. At every stage of your company’s life, your odds of success are better here.

    Let’s take a look at all the advantages an American company has, from day one to IPO…

    Day 1: Getting Funded

    A key first step for many startups is an accelerator. The best ones are here, and they want you in person.

    YC rules the roost. But there are other wonderful accelerators like Launch, Techstars, and ERA. All of them provide a six figure investment and incredible support.

    Europe has accelerators too. But they’re much smaller. They tend to provide less cash to fewer companies per year.

    This lowers your odds of getting funded.

    Building: Diamonds Sharpen Diamonds

    In a fascinating post from Reddit’s r/startups, the founders of YC startup Lago describe what happens when European founders come to America.

    Their friends found a higher level of competition right away. The American startups in their YC cohort moved fast, so they started to do the same.

    Culturally, Europe is risk averse. People who fail are radioactive.

    For these European founders, exposure to a risk-seeking culture helped them change their mindset and be more successful.

    Finding Your First Customers

    Okay, you got funded and built a product. Time to find some customers!

    If you meet a customer face-to-face, he’s more likely to buy your product. So why not go where the customers are?

    No matter who you sell to, the best place to meet them is in America. Fortune 500’s, fast moving startups, they’re all here.

    And it’s going to be much easier to sell to them across a table than over Zoom from Berlin.

    Scaling: Where the Best Talent Is

    Your company will be as good as the people you hire. And if we’re talking tech, the best potential hires are here in America.

    We have the most experienced engineers. We also have the sales people who have scaled companies to millions and billions of revenue.

    If you recruit in Paris or Milan, you can find a few good people. But the talent pool is an inch deep. Every hire will be a struggle.

    Or, you could park yourself in SF or NYC and hire as many great people as you need.

    Success: European Politicians Hate It

    European politicians try to destroy anything new. They hate innovation, they hate technology, and they hate capitalism.

    Don’t believe me? Ask Oscar Pierre, the founder of Glovo.

    Oscar is facing 6 years in prison for “misclassifying” delivery workers as self-employed. In America, that’s a lawsuit at worst. In Spain, he could wind up behind bars.

    Behind bars, for doing something dozens of companies all over the world do — delivering food.

    It’s so hard for your startup to succeed in Europe. And if you beat the odds and make it big, some brain dead politician is standing there with handcuffs.

    Just get out. Come to America where you don’t have to worry about this.

    Wrap-Up

    Europe is beautiful and has so many wonderful cultures. But it’s not the right place to build a startup.

    Is it possible to succeed there? Sure. Klarna, Spotify, Monzo, they’ve all done it.

    But the odds of success are lower. And you want to give yourself every advantage.

    Come to New York. Come to Austin. Come to SF.

    We want you. We need you. We will help you succeed.

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    The Danger of Dev Shops

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  • The Danger of Dev Shops

    After 18 long months, the product was finally live. Customers poured in. And then, all hell broke loose.

    Held Hostage By a ‘Tech Partner’

    This founder had launched a LinkedIn Content Creator app. Early users loved it, but the project had an Achilles heel.

    The founder explains what happened next on a fascinating post on the SaaS subreddit.

    A “tech partner” (also known as a dev shop) had built the product. Now, they were getting greedy.

    Seeing the avalanche of sign-ups, the dev shop demanded more money than originally agreed.

    When the founder refused, the dev shop ceased work and wouldn’t honor the agreement. That left the founder with a product he doesn’t understand and can’t maintain.

    How Dev Shops Rip You Off

    This, my friends, is why you don’t use dev shops.

    These companies tend to be scam artists. They promise the world and don’t deliver. Then, they hold you hostage for more money whenever they please.

    If you don’t do what they ask, they walk off with the code and leave you high and dry.

    What Can This Founder Do?

    So, what options does this founder have?

    If he had a contract with the dev shop, he can try a legal letter or even a lawsuit. But frankly, since most of these dev shops are in foreign countries, it’s probably pointless.

    He’s better off starting over, building a new product himself.

    Building a product on your own used to be difficult without a technical background. But today, apps like Lovable, Replit and Cursor make it easy.

    He should be able to hack something together in a week or so. And it might be way better than what that shady “tech partner” created!

    How I Avoid Dev Shop Hell

    As an investor, I want to avoid messes like this. So when I meet with a founder, I ask who writes the code for his startup.

    If the answer is anyone outside the company, it’s an instant pass.

    If you want to build a great business, you can’t count on sketchy people overseas to build your product. You need to do it yourself.

    Wrap-Up

    In today’s world, it’s never been easier to hack together a product. There are no more excuses.

    Protect yourself against the misery this founder is dealing with. Ditch the dev shops and build it yourself!

    Have a great weekend, everyone!

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    Should Startups Worry About Corporate Espionage?

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    How to Calculate Your TAM

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  • Should Startups Worry About Corporate Espionage?

    Rippling has accused Deel of putting a spy inside their business. With moles infiltrating companies, should startups be worried?

    The truth is, if you have an early stage startup, it’s almost impossible to get anyone to care about it.

    Spies? You should be so lucky! At least that would mean someone had heard of you.

    The biggest problem a tiny startup faces isn’t espionage. It’s indifference.

    Getting the Word Out

    Instead of keeping secrets, you should shout from the rooftops about what you’re doing. Let everyone know and get their input, especially if they’re familiar with your market.

    When you meet an expert on your market, interview them. Find out what they’re struggling with, and see if you can address it.

    Those folks could soon become your customers.

    Forget about Stealth

    Put the company name on your LinkedIn and Twitter. Get a website up. And to heck with “stealth.”

    Now, if your startup involves something highly technical and IP-driven, that’s a little different. No one is saying you should share all the IP behind a new drug or medical device with the world.

    But most startups aren’t like that. They’re making a software product that’s driven by solving a customer problem, not by developing unique IP.

    Dealing With Investors

    Startups should lean toward being open to the world, and especially open to investors.

    The best founders I’ve worked with are highly transparent. The weaker ones refuse to share info and try to get investors to sign NDA’s (good luck with that).

    In order to give you a check, investors have to know what they’re investing in. You can’t refuse to tell someone anything then turn around and ask for their money.

    Wrap-Up

    Rippling might need to worry about spies, but you don’t. Odds are, no one is interested in spying on a tiny pre-seed startup.

    Instead of hiding what you’re doing, put it in front of as many smart people as possible. They’ll give you ideas and connect you to customers, potential employees and investors.

    Leave the stealth to Lockheed Martin.

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    How to Calculate Your TAM

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  • NVIDIA Drops Powerful New Robotics Model

    The robots moved smoothly through the factory. I watched a new age being born.

    Jensen Huang unveiled NVIDIA’s new robotics model at a conference keynote yesterday. Called NVIDIA GR00T N1, this new model gives robots a general toolkit for interacting with the world.

    Incredible Capabilities

    The robots, made by Norwegian startup 1X, have some amazing abilties.

    The video shows them working together in a factory setting, passing parts between each other. Robots that can work together will be much more powerful. That’s why we humans dominate the planet, after all — we cooperate.

    The androids also handled household tasks deftly, sorting groceries and helping load the dishwasher. I can’t wait until I have these guys doing my vacuuming — that’s my least favorite chore!

    How N1 Works

    NVIDIA trained the new model using massive numbers of videos from the internet. These videos help the robot understand how the physical world works and how to move within it.

    We’ve been uploading videos to YouTube for 20 years. But most of us never considered that those videos would one day train robots.

    Let’s say I need my robots to do a fussy assembly task in my factory. I can take the N1 model and add more data, showing the robot how the assembly works.

    Then, the robot can copy what I did.

    When we train a new human employee, we do it the same way. We assume the human has some basic knowledge of the world. Then, we show them the specifics of this job.

    No wonder Huang says N1 is “inspired by principles of human cognitive processing.”

    Who Is Leading in Robotics?

    The 1X robots using NVIDIA’s new model are impressive, but I didn’t see them do anything I haven’t already seen from Figure. Three weeks ago, Figure demoed the Helix, a system that lets its robots work together as well.

    Here’s what amazes me: more and more companies are making robots do things that used to be impossible. It’s not just a single leader — the whole industry is cooking.

    That tells me these robots will be everywhere soon.

    Wrap-Up

    Imagine a future where no human has to do boring, repetitive, dangerous work for low pay. We’ll let the robots handle that.

    Then, we can do what we do best: be creative and connect with each other.

    “The age of generalist robots is here.”

    Jensen Huang

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  • Turning an MVP Into a Serious Business

    Make a simple product that users love and you have a great start. But how do you grow that into a major, money making business?

    Let’s use the example of an interesting startup called Trellis. Trellis is an app that combines workout coaching with your favorite music.

    The founder recently posted on Reddit’s “Roast My Startup” sub, asking for input. So let’s analyze how this cool MVP could become a serious company…

    What I Love About Trellis

    Working out is so important, but it bores me to tears. Maybe Trellis can help…

    The app gives you an AI audio coach to guide you through your workout while you listen to your favorite songs. No more gritting your teeth through an annoying playlist a trainer chose!

    Trellis is unique and seems fun to use. It’s taking something people already want, workout advice, and making it more fun.

    Show Me the Money

    Right now, the app is free. But people pay for personal trainers every day. They also pay for coaching apps like Fitbod or Calm.

    So why not charge something?

    They could do a freemium model here…the first 4 workouts are free, and after that is $10/month. That gives folks a chance to try Trellis and see if it’s worth paying for.

    It will be hard to keep Trellis going and serve users with no cash coming in the door. If the founder wants to make this a real business, he’s going to have to charge something.

    Giving Users More Value

    Trellis has a great MVP. But once the app has a big base of engaged users, it could offer them a lot more than just audio coaching.

    What if Trellis included videos from human trainers layered over your favorite music? Then, you could connect with a human, see what they’re doing, and still enjoy great songs.

    To keep users engaged and keep growing, Trellis will have to offer more over time. Those additional offerings could let them charge more, too.

    Wrap-Up

    Trellis is a great case study of how an MVP can become a real business.

    The founder has built a delightful product. Now, he has to grow the user base, figure out monetization, and deliver more value to those users.

    Maybe you’re running an early stage startup too. Think about how to monetize sooner. Find ways to deliver more value to the users you’ve already got.

    Get those things right, and your MVP could become a major company!

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  • Meet My Latest Investment: Sent.dm

    It’s been a quiet 2025 for me investment-wise. But every once in a while, you see something truly exceptional. Sent.dm is exactly that.

    Sent is an API to send messages to whatever platform your customers prefer – iMessage, WhatsApp, RCS, SMS and more.

    Sent can save you 80-90% on your messaging costs.

    For even some midsize startups, these costs can run to hundreds of thousands of dollars a month. That can represent a double-digit percentage of their revenue.

    If Sent can save you that kind of money, why not try it?

    This is exactly what I’m looking for in a startup: a clear value proposition. Sent takes costs and deletes them. Simple, compelling.

    When I met with founder Daniel Vataj, I found him to be incredibly transparent and forthright. Folks like that inspire confidence in investors and customers alike.

    No wonder Sent is growing really fast. If you have an application that sends text messages to customers, check it out and save yourself some money! 

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  • How to Calculate Your TAM

    Lots of founders mess up calculating their Total Addressable Market (TAM). Here’s how to do it correctly…

    Calculating TAM Correctly

    You need to do what’s called a bottoms-up TAM. Take the number of potential customers and multiply that by what you charge for your product.

    The figure you get is your bottoms-up TAM.

    Let’s take an example: you’re making software for accountants.

    Grok 3 tells me there are 1.4 million accountants in America. Your product costs $1,000 a month.

    This gives you a bottoms-up TAM of $16.8 billion.

    That’s a TAM that would get me excited! A SaaS company with even $100 million a year in revenue is worth a lot, likely over $1 billion. With $16.8 billion in potential revenue up for grabs, we have a chance to do very well.

    How Founders Get It Wrong

    Now, let’s look at how founders screw up the TAM calculation.

    Too often, founders do a top down TAM, or what I call a lazy TAM. They just pluck a number from a report and use it as their market size, even when the number has no relevance to their startup.

    For example, IBISworld says the accounting industry is a $140 billion industry. So, that same accounting SaaS startup could stick that $140 billion figure in its deck like it means something.

    It doesn’t.

    That market size includes salaries for accountants and all sorts of other costs. That figure doesn’t mean anything as far as how much money you can make selling your accounting software.

    Wrap-Up

    When you pluck a meaningless number from a report, you lose credibility.

    When you calculate your TAM correctly, you show investors that you know what you’re doing. You understand your market.

    And you’re that much closer to getting a check.

    Have a great weekend, everyone!

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  • Using AI to Research Startups

    Founders are using AI to build incredible products. And now, I’m using it to evaluate their businesses. Here’s how…

    When I was researching a startup in the past, I had to Google a hundred things and hope I’d find the right info. Team, possible competitors, market size, you name it.

    Now, I have AI do most of it for me. Here’s my process:

    1) Summarizing the meeting. I use Fathom to record, transcribe and summarize my meeting with the founder.

    It’s incredible to be able to pull the transcript and summary whenever there’s a detail I can’t remember. It’s like having the founder right there with me throughout my research.

    2) DeepSearch. I use Grok 3 DeepSearch to find every possible piece of information on the startup.

    Grok routinely searches over 100 websites. I’ve found non-public sections of a startup’s website showing job openings, etc. These can tell you a lot about what’s going on at a company.

    3) Reviews. Next, I look for any reviews or mentions of the startup’s service. DeepSearch is great for this too.

    Do customers like it? What issues are they having?

    4) Competitors. I also have DeepSearch look for any competitors the startup may have. Grok does a great job of summarizing what those competitors do.

    This used to take endless Googling. I always dreaded it. But now, it’s incredibly easy and finds more than I ever did anyway.

    5) Evaluate. Finally, I give Grok every piece of info I have on the startup, based on my research.

    I prompt it “You are the world’s greatest angel investor. Do you want to invest in this startup?”

    For this part, I use the Think function. This lets Grok take more time to self-prompt and come up with a great answer.

    So far, Grok has agreed with me on what investments to make.

    I’m not going to slavishly do what an AI tells me, though. Grok’s answer is just one data point among many.

    Wrap-Up

    I estimate that researching an investment takes me 30% less time with AI. I also get perhaps 50% more relevant information.

    This research use to be a really painful process. Umpteen Google searches, reading through product reviews until my eyes pop out of my head.

    It’s incredible how much easier it’s gotten in just the last year. I simply point Fathom and Grok in the right direction and they bring me all the info I need.

    If you’re an investor, AI could make your work a lot easier. And if you’re a founder, AI could help you find competitors early.

    Give it a try!

    There will be no blog tomorrow. I’ll be at a conference.

    See you Friday!

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  • Testing Alibaba’s New Qwen Model

    Everyone’s talking about ChatGPT, Claude and Grok. But there’s another competitor creeping up the charts: Qwen from Alibaba.

    Most people haven’t tried it. So today, I decided to see if this model can compete with the best from America.

    I used the new 32B model and fed it the same prompts I recently used to test Grok 3. Let’s see what this puppy can do!

    1) Qwen, My New Investment Analyst. My first test is a tough one: helping choose an asset allocation for my stocks.

    Here’s the prompt I used:

    “Assume I have a portfolio of index funds. My goal with this portfolio is long term growth. How should I allocate this portfolio across different types of index funds? Consider options like US index funds, foreign stock index funds, etc. I am 39 years old, so my time horizon is long. My risk tolerance is high. What would be the best allocation, given all this information? Use the best research you can find to support your answer.”

    I turned on “Search,” just like I did for Grok. Here’s what Qwen gave me…

    Qwen recommended a portfolio tilted heavily to the US. This is at odds with research Grok cited, showing that the world stock market is split 60/40 between US and foreign by market cap.

    What Qwen is recommending is risky and doesn’t make much sense. Perhaps this is because it only looked at 9 sources, as opposed to 40 for Grok 3.

    I’m giving this response a C.

    2) Qwen, The Startup Finder. Next, I used Qwen to search for startups in areas I’m interested in. Maybe I’ll get a new investment out of this!

    Here’s the prompt:

    “What are the most interesting startups at pre-seed stage working on solutions to increase fertility? Consider startups to lower costs and improve effectiveness of IVF, and also startups to improve egg health for older women, among other possible ways to boost fertility. Please only show me startups that have raised $750,000 or less in funding.”

    Again, I used the “Search” function. Let’s see what Qwen can do:

    Qwen popped up some cool startups. But when I searched them on Crunchbase, they had raised a lot more than $750k. This means they’re too late stage for me.

    So, Qwen’s result wasn’t useful. Grok had some of the same problems, but it found at least a few startups that met my criteria.

    I’m going to give this round a C as well.

    3) Coach Qwen. Finally, I asked Qwen to help me perform better in my founder meetings.

    Here’s the prompt I used:

    “As an angel investor, I meet with a lot of startup founders. I want to do the best job I can in those meetings. What are some tips to perform better, be more helpful, and learn more about the startups I meet with?”

    I turned off the Search for this one, since it shouldn’t require a ton of sources. Here’s what Qwen gave me:

    Qwen’s response is solid. It told me to thoroughly prepare and to spend most of my time listening to the founder.

    These are things I already try to do, but it’s good to have that reminder.

    However, Qwen’s response was not as insightful as Grok’s. Grok told me to watch the founder’s body language and to question his key assumptions, both great suggestions.

    Qwen’s response felt a little more obvious and generic than Grok’s. So, I’ll give it a B here.

    Wrap-Up

    Qwen does great on benchmarking tests. But in real world use, I came away unimpressed.

    Overall, I’m giving it a C+.

    It’s a serviceable model that does an okay job of answering questions. But Grok or ChatGPT give better answers.

    I’m sticking to Grok 3 as my homepage and main LLM. It will take something really special to dethrone it.

    Have you tried Qwen?

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  • Tesla Model Y: A Case Study in Product Design

    Yesterday, I drove a car for the first time in 8 years. This Tesla Model Y was so awesome that it taught me a lot about product design.

    I absolutely detest driving. One of the main reasons I live in the NYC area is so that I never have to get behind the wheel.

    But on a camping trip this weekend, my friend was so excited about his new Model Y that I got curious…

    Thoughtful Design

    He opened the backdoor and showed me the interior. He’d bought the foam mattress that turns the back of the car into a bed.

    “It’s more comfortable than the one I have at home!” he said. “I put the car on camp mode and it was 67 degrees all night. It only cost me 16 miles of range.”

    Keep your heat on in a gas car and you’ll soon have a dead battery. But not on this electric spaceship.

    “I charge it between 9am and 7am for half price,” my friend continued.

    Immediately, I imagined having to leave the house every day at 9pm and plug the car in. Unless…

    “Is there a way to have charging turn on at the right time?” I asked.

    “Yep, it does that automatically,” he responded.

    Wow, these guys truly thought of everything.

    Word of Mouth Wins

    Don’t want to leave your house to plug the car in? Schedule it in the app. Want to enjoy the woods without freezing solid? Put it on camp mode.

    Tesla has taken every conceivable pain point and solved it, proactively.

    And best of all, their salesman is unpaid!

    There’s no ad Tesla could buy that would be as convincing as a friend telling you they love their new car.

    But driving is believing. It was time to try this puppy out…

    Taking It On the Road

    I wasn’t sure I even remembered how to drive. So I had my buddy put the car in “Chill Mode.”

    Slowly, tentatively, I creeped down an empty woods road…

    I couldn’t believe how smoothly it accelerated. Instantly and silently, I went to whatever speed I wanted.

    The visibility was incredible, unlike any other car I’ve driven. That made driving feel a lot safer.

    My favorite feature was how it stops. All I had to do was take my foot off the gas…err…accelerator and the car rolled to a stop. No brake needed and no creeping.

    Wrap-Up

    Driving has always scared me a little. In a split second, things can go terribly wrong.

    But even with an 8 year hiatus, I felt safer driving the Tesla than any car I’ve ever tried. I was also amazed at how every aspect was perfectly designed, from climate control to charging.

    If Tesla can get someone like me behind the wheel, they must be doing something right!

    So, am I going to buy one?

    Since I live in a very walkable neighborhood where parking can be tough, it doesn’t make sense at the moment. But I can’t wait to tool around NYC in the new Cybercab!

    Tesla shows us how to work backward from a great customer experience. They’ve anticipated every problem and solved it.

    And because the customer experience is so good, Tesla owners are their best salesman.

    Try to make an incredible experience for your customers, like Tesla does. If you can nail it, the marketing takes care of itself.

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