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my existence is a parody this account is not // sold @doorporthq (W19) to @alarmdotcom

Joined November 2014
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You either die a founder or live long enough to see yourself become a VC
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If your ex continues using your app after you break up, your startup has PMF
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3 years
May your tech bros respect you Covid neglect you Pfizer protect you And hot girl summer accept you
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hey (with the intention of cofounding a startup and working together for the next 10 years)
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Excited to share that my company Stealth just hired our 2500th employee! Thankful to all of you who have supported our journey 🙏
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you’re in her dms, I’m inviting her to the last seat at my web3 dinner. we are not the same.
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New home 🌁
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SF is…really nice actually
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Dating as a founder
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is there a way to unmint NFTs, i’m trying to pay rent next week
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The web3 urge to buy an NFT just so you can make it your profile pic and fit in with all of your Twitter friends
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Love when old friends reach out to catch up 🥰
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Is deleting a tweet minutes after you tweet it called getting cold tweet
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LinkedIn’s top job pick after you sell your startup: intern at Meta
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One spot just opened up for my web3 dinner tonight in my car at the Taco Bell drive thru, who should I invite?
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Startup idea: adult diapers for people with back-to-back meetings all day
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If your ex’s dad signs up for your app after you break up, your startup has PMF
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SF Twitter: Anyone looking for a 1bdr in SF starting soon/June? DM for details 💫
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the kids who were on Facebook during class are now the adults who are on Twitter during Zoom calls
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If someone switches from Android to iPhone to download your TestFlight app, your startup has PMF
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Caught the broke mind virus (only making $165k as an SDE in SF)
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@__mihir You’ve been cut off. Complacency is the first step towards mediocrity.
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If you’re my ex/not my ex and would like to use my stealth fintech app DM me 💳
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@lillysharples Please tell me his name was Andrew Tate
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Career pivot to pastry chef?
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Imagine if Slack added view counters to messages
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⚠️Time to BeReal. ⚠️
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Tech bro midlife crisis is buying 26 domains for projects you’ll never create
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Men used to go to war now they just build $20B startups and sell them to Adobe
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when you’re introed to a founder/VC and ask when they can connect in the next two weeks
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bootstrapped founder and VC who just came back from Mykonos
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App idea: dating app that matches two single people to split 1hr Uber/Lyft rides from JFK into the city for a blind date
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Proposed Stripe + Calendly collab: Charge people $1 for every minute they’re late for your meeting (no cap)
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@AzianMike Ser I’d like to lead your Series B
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sent my cofounder feedback generated by ChatGPT
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BeReal but it sends your metrics to your investors every day
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@mickeyxfriedman Dating app that flies men from SF and women from NYC to Chicago to meet up for first dates
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All my random internet friends showing up to my funeral in 2073
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3 years
When #LAMP is in too high demand @_mihirpatel
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2 years
One day when I reveal which web3 girl boss Twitter personality I ghostwrite for it’s going to blow y’all’s minds
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Organizing a co-living house in Barcelona for a month with @abruzuc and @akshayadinesh19 ! From Oct 13 – Nov 12 we'll be staying in a beautiful 4 bdrm AirBnB in the heart of the city. Check out all the details here & DM me if you're interested in joining!
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Sorry but Korean WeWorks are simply the best WeWorks
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No idea how my ancestors survived without starting their days with a 16oz triple shot iced oat milk latte
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Bro just speedran his Steve Jobs arc
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BREAKING NEWS: OpenAI board, $MSFT, is in discussions with Sam Altman to return as CEO after being fired yesterday, per the Verge. No way lmao.
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Startups coming out of stealth with 6 months of runway left
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@jaiyagill You’re saying clubhouse was a dating app?
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web2 me vs web3 me
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Time to ⚠️ BeReal ⚠️
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😮
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Apple adding unsending to iMessage is their best product since AirPods
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@Rahuligma BOFA is an up and coming fintech with a lot of promise, please DM for an intro
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@Kenny___Rose “Hey” “hi” “how are u” “good and u?” “Good thx”
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hi @elonmusk I am also open to you buying my company for $43 billion, DMs are open
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Oh you like credit cards? Name all 16 digits of your Visa followed by expiration and cvc
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Bard might be the worst name I’ve heard for a tech product in the past 5+ years
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IG Notes going well
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this is what I live for #techtwitter
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Just had someone walk up to me on the street with “hey are you Ben Taylor? I know you from Clubhouse” Aight I’m out y’all
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Apple about to launch the best thing since AirPods
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@avaa411 wework is a low-quality coffee chain disguised as a co-working space company
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You're in her DMs, I'm buying her $34,650 Taylor Swift tickets. We are not the same
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Watching your friends achieve the success they deserve is one do the greatest feelings in life
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Women like short kings because they’re more down to earth
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Guy who’s arguing with TSA about bringing his EthDenver metal spork in his carry-on
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I told her gm because the truth was too hard to say
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If she doesn’t know the words when I play the Zero to One audiobook on the drive to dinner she ain’t the One
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“this year’s Spotify Wrapped got me thinking about how we never wrapped things up between us…I know we haven’t talked in a while but I used to be one of your top listeners. You don’t have to text back”
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“I find it distasteful, almost unethical, to apply to YC.” Just apply to YC. If you want an app review or interview practice DM me and I’ll be glad to help 🤝
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The deadline for YC S24 is tomorrow. Here's why you SHOULD NOT APPLY TO YC: YC seems like a reasonable proposition. They give you some money to help start your business, and they promise you access to a community of people that can help you along the way. In exchange, they don't
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GitHub Copilot knows too much
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@riasethi1 Blocking u for this tweet how dare you call us out like this
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We found love in a hopeless place (LinkedIn InMail)
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This is why I’m CPO (Chief Pastry Officer)
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My actual (Stealth™️) fintech startup is hiring backend engineers, pls DM 🙏
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If y’all sleep on @useRealtime I promise you’ll regret it…DM me for one of my 7 invites and join the 👽 invasion
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THERE’S A WORM COMING OUT OF THE WALL OF MY WEWORK PHONE BOOTH
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Sf tech bros be buying Aesop hand soap without owning a single hand towel
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@jaiyagill whatever you wore to Coachella
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Friends who launch their birthdays in stealth are the worst
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We definitely weren’t in a bubble
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In 2021 we don’t say “I love you” we say “that meme you sent in the group chat last night was kinda funny” and I think that’s beautiful
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You become 10x more attractive when you workout everyday, talk slow when you speak, and reach >$100M net worth.
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I’ve now spent the price of a new Model 3 on therapy lol
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You don’t have to be in tech or be a bro to be a tech bro. Few understand this.
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20K ppl saw your tweet and nobody liked it. That’s how unfunny you are
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I’m microdosing being a VC (telling everyone I meet “let me know how I can be helpful”)
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Okay no meme I do have a cofounder and we’re building this, pls check it out 💳:
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If you wait hours to post a BeReal at sunset with your friends you’re fake asf
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Robinhood is Pinterest for men
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Sharing my new favorite photo I’ve ever taken with my Twitter frens
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When I die I hope heaven is me being a PM at Meta
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Due to market conditions web3 is now web0.0003
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Ads on the subway teaching people about cannabis, call that higher education
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Failing recaptchas gives me the worst imposter syndrome
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