News: May 17

I’m a bot & so’s my wife

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 15, 2022

Make something people want. The easiest way to test this hypothesis is to see if ur friends or acquaintances will use ur product. Instead of building for stranger build something for yourself n ur friends cuz then u can easily get the first users and test the product #startups

— manish kumar (@manishk04730288) May 17, 2022

How do we get more women to invest in funds and angel deals?? ✨✨

— Gale Wilkinson @Vitalize (@galeforceVC) May 16, 2022

Fund raising tip: don’t start with your top targets

It usually takes at least 5 pitches to iterate based on feedback and get comfortable so talk to less likely/desirable investors 1st

Once you feel like you’re in the groove move onto the investors you feel would be the best fit

— Hadley (@Hadley) May 17, 2022

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— Varia Bo 🎪 (@variainayurt) May 17, 2022

Real progress!! https://t.co/IrqezqLf8J

— Misha (@MishadaVinci) May 17, 2022

The best startups thrive in any market. pic.twitter.com/PMRh15yICG

— Andrew Gazdecki (@agazdecki) May 17, 2022

President Biden will welcome the Prime Minister of Sweden and the President of Finland to the White House on Thursday in a show of support days after both countries announced they would seek to join NATO https://t.co/O57wl64Jw6

— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) May 17, 2022

If @Twitter wants to embed safety, civility, utility, integrity and beauty into the bird app they should embrace #Bitcoin and #Lightning⚡️.

— Michael Saylor⚡️ (@saylor) May 17, 2022

When I read about the ‘algorithm’ of @terra_money it sounds just like a crypto version of a pyramid scheme. Investors were promised 20% returns backed by a token whose value is driven only by demand from new investors in the token. There is no fundamental underlying business.

— Bill Ackman (@BillAckman) May 17, 2022

Startup time management in three simple steps:

1. Write down your todo list
2. Trash it
3. Do the absolute most essential thing for the survival of the company

— Amjad Masad ⠕ (@amasad) May 17, 2022