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I’ve been a podcaster for a while (
@OuiAreNY
), and
Most of the YC startups I am seeing from this batch (W19) are super super early, with much later stage valuations. I wish they were raising less money with valuation < 10M post. Raising at a $15/20M valuation at this stage is, most of the time, going to kill them,
Thoughts?
Today is the day ☀️
I’m proud to announce
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's general availability to everyone starting today! And our launch on
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After months of user feedback, improvements, and interview with various
Replace unnecessary meetings with async voice messages you can share, read and react to.
Announcing
@async_com
's GA to everyone starting today! And our launch on
@ProductHunt
Thanks for your support 🙏🏼
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*Personal Update*
I am back at it, because that's what I am made for ⭐️
Say hello to Dots (
@Workwithdots
), my new company with
@jeremylv
(that I've known since
@sunrise
) and Dan Attali (who's worked with me at Producteev and ily!)
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Say something kind next time you speak with a Jew…. Never thought I would have to say something like this on Twitter 😔
I’m not the kind to talk politics but what is happening in 🇮🇱 is not about politics, it should touch all of us.
Why? Remember the Holocaust, many of us
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After 5 years of angel investing in 📈 companies like Checkr, Algolia, Sunrise, , & more, I've started my own angel fund a few mths ago, called avrhm capital (read Avraham!). It’s my side hustle, I am an operator first, but 🔥
My drone fell out of the sky for no apparent reason, completely broken. Sent it out for service, after careful analysis, they just shipped me a brand new one.
Twitter is not just here to complain to brands, we can also give kudos 🌟
Well done
@DJIGlobal
@DJISupport
As you get busier, I find it harder to remain benevolent and kind. Relationships become more and more transactional 😭.
Let’s take time to ask people how they feel before starting a meeting, or when they reach out to schedule a call.
Starting with me 🙏🏼
#RandomActsOfKindness
I can't say enough good things about the folks at
@HustleFundVC
seriously.
@dunkhippo33
has been one of our first users on
@async_com
and she's the best ambassador. Same feeling w/
@ericbahn
. Benevolence at its finest.
When investor = evangelist 🧡
It's kinda scary to see the number of new startups relying exclusively on OpenAI APIs for their product/tech. We've seen this before, and it never ends well.
One
@async_com
user, generated 231 sign-ups by tweeting his personal URL 😱 (
@steventey
🐐)
While we knew we were building sthg with high viral potential (we're a comms tool 🤷♂️), I am still processing how the playbook for launching new software products has changed.
A 🧵
**My New Podcast: Oui Are New York 🗽**
Je vais raconter la “secret sauce” des Français qui réussissent a NY 👨🏼🍳👩🏼🍳
Premier episode avec
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de
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Disponible partout!
Spotify:
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Willo’s first batch is only available for a few days, so act quickly if you want in :)
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Two years in, and I often can’t find sleep because I’m coming up with features, GTM ideas, hacks, integrations ideas for
@async_com
. Work on something you’re passionate about, and you’ll never work a day in your life they said
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Investors: take 1mn to respond to your founders' investor updates, it means a lot to them, and it provides the nitro ⚡️ to keep them going in their looonnnnggg journey.
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@mwseibel
100% that the YC stamp is worth a lot, I'm an investor in 4/5 YC companies and they're all doing amazing. I'll continue to invest in YC cos! I'm simply challenging the >10M valuations based on the traction / progression I'm seeing on the 15 companies I've looked at today. Fair?
@garrytan
Of course, but I've seen startups die (couldn't raise subsequent rounds fast enough) because they were way overvalued early on, and couldn't justify it to new investors. The funding story has importance.. Btw I'm an entrepreneur before being an angel ☺️
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We're on
@ProductHunt
today and would love your support!
📷 Today marks a new era in Async's journey. Bringing the power of asynchronous communications to where you
Today, we're launching a new product experience on
@async_com
, and taking a big risk on growth. We call it "no sign up required".
Why? This was the single largest request from early users, and they were very vocal about it 😱
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From idea to our first investment: 2.5 months.
We see Diaspora becoming a long term brand helping and backing the 🇫🇷 in the 🇺🇸, but we would have never started it without the platform
@AngelList
has built for angels like us
@Bouazizalex
@deel
@copernicussw
as a new
@deel
customer with
@Workwithdots
(as of this morning!), I am not surprised. We've onboarded our first 2 French employees in literally 10mn through your platform. I am super super impressed 🤯. Well deserved!
After months of discovery calls at
@async_com
, we've finally uncovered the holy grail: what type of conversation needs to be a meeting, and what does not. It's actually pretty simple 🤌🏼
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Pourquoi les valorisations des startups early-stage explosent ?
@ilan
@CayeHurtado
@2lr
Retrouvez l'épisode en intégralité sur FrenchWeb :
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@garrytan
No doubt :) this is just my 2 cents looking at about 15 cos that I liked a lot today. but when you invest very early, valuation has importance and more often than not, startups end up struggling raising their series A because expectations were a bit too high
We have a beautiful office space in front of the Empire State building, with a private rooftop (yes we got "lucky" negotiating it during Covid!), and considering renting up to 4 desks to a cool startup (desks, snacks, coffee ☕ provided!)
Feel free to ping me if interested!
I am very excited by this new breed of entrepreneurial-minded investors helping more companies getting off the ground, feeding them to later-stage funds, who more than ever, should become LPs of these new Rolling Funds ✊🏼
cc
@avlok
.
@letswillo
🎈💌
persona update: This week was my last one at Willo after 4 years and a half as President/COO, and although I wanted a break from operating the company, I will remain a proud co-founder and on the board 💣
More here :
Every week, I disconnect for 25 hours ✂️
I cut everything: no screens, no work, no calls, no text, no nothing. Here's why everyone should try disconnecting for a bit every week.
Found this beautiful message of hope from the late Rabbi Jonathan Sacks. Helpful in these challenging times 🇮🇱
We Are What We Are Because of Those Who Came Before Us
Our lives are not disconnected particles. We are each a letter in God’s Book of Life. But single letters, though