Tag: Entrepreneur
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The 0 to $100 million stories only happen in AI infra. What about the rest of the economy? You can still build an amazing business while growing more slowly. You just need to do things a little differently… Building In a Boring Industry A while back, I met with a…
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“We went from 120 people down to 12. Laying them off was incredibly hard.” We’ll call this founder “Jim.” When I spoke with Jim recently, he looked tired but determined. Jim was doing everything to keep his company alive. That meant getting rid of most of his team. Cutting Off…
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“Missionaries, not mercenaries.” How many times have you heard that? But before he started a career in technology, my friend Jesse was a real missionary. And in Mexico, he had a terrifying experience. I’ll let Jesse tell you the rest… I was staring straight down the barrel of an AK-47.…
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The right images can get millions of eyes on your startup. This morning, I used the new Grok Imagine 2.0 to make creative for a fake startup: Chamath’s sweater emporium. Round #1: Making an Ad for the Grand Opening I’m picturing blonde wood, Nordic design, and endless piles of buttery…
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+ Ads, Advertising, AI, AI Images, Artificial Intelligence, Creative, Entrepreneur, Founders, Grok, Marketing, Startups+
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Elon dropped his most powerful AI model ever last week: Grok 4.6. I just used it to make a slick app for angel investors in minutes. Building My First App with Grok 4.6 I want an app to track all the deals I pass on. Right now, I track them…
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+ AI, Artificial Intelligence, Elon Musk, Entrepreneur, Founders, Grok, SpaceX, SPCX, Startups, Vibe Coding, xAI+
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I run the world’s tiniest venture fund. And it’s beating almost everyone. 2.38x TVPI, 35.5% IRR. I think of my angel investments as the world’s smallest fund. This morning, I dug into some numbers to see how I’m doing… What Metrics Should We Look At? My “Fund 1” contains 36…
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“We need $1 million.” You may need it. But does anyone want to give it to you? So many founders treat venture capital like a gas station. When you’re out, come in for a refill! That worked in 2021. It doesn’t work now. What you need is not the investor’s…
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Ever dreamed about building a viral app? My buddy Jesse Bray did it. Jesse had an idea for an app called TimTalk — a hillbilly Twitter. People loved the demo…but building a scalable app proved more difficult than Jesse expected… We Won $5,000 for an App That Didn’t Exist How…
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“They said a $5 million valuation was way too high.” I was chatting with a great founder from Tokyo last night. And I could hardly believe what I was hearing… Dealing With Investors With Crazy Expectations We’ll call her Sarah. Sarah is raising for a SaaS company with some strong…
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+ Investing, Venture Capital, Finance, Entrepreneur, Silicon Valley, Founders, Angel Investors, VC’s+
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“How did you know Instacart would be a big success?” I asked a VC who was one of the first investors. His answer surprised me… “I didn’t.” I sat there slack-jawed. “They had a good product, they were expanding quickly from neighborhood to neighborhood in San Francisco.” he continued. “It…
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