Fund I Q2 Summary: 2 new pre-seed investments. 5 mark-ups. 3 extensions. Portfolio is humming. Valuations came way down for new investments. Rounds took 4-8 weeks versus 3-5 days. Diligence for all is back in vogue.
— Nichole Wischoff (@NWischoff) July 1, 2022
Don’t be fooled - a lot of seed stage investors are taking meetings but not writing checks
— Samuel Spitz (@samuel_spitz) July 1, 2022
Friendly reminder if you just build a great product, customers will not just randomly find your startup.
— Andrew Gazdecki (@agazdecki) July 1, 2022
https://t.co/MsZWtlhlrz news portal design launch coming up...
— Gurbaksh Singh Chahal (@gchahal) July 2, 2022
-July 17, 2022 - News Portal
-July 30, 2022 - Mobile Super App (Mobile App with Lots of Surprise Integrations)
-Jan 1, 2023 - OTT Streaming BNN TV
Try shutting me down now... pic.twitter.com/9ZDY53YogU
Beat Twitter + Insider in market cap. #sweetrevenge
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) July 2, 2022
no one needs to give you permission to learn Linear Algebra. you can just learn it. few
— Astrid Wilde ☼ (@astridwilde1) July 2, 2022
The correlation between the most promising startups I’ve invested in and the ones that send high quality and frequent investor updates is ridiculously high.
— Kyle Tibbitts (@KyleTibbitts) July 2, 2022
Last night I saw a former colleague who is Republican.
— Michelle Tandler (@michelletandler) July 1, 2022
She recently had drinks with her Progressive friend. He is leaving SF for Florida.
She told him, "Progressives don't want to live in the policies they create."
He replied, seriously, "hm, I had not thought of that."
That is what the extreme right and the extreme left do. They even have a meeting ground in Latin America where they train together. @elonmusk
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) July 2, 2022
Last night I saw a former colleague who is Republican.
— Michelle Tandler (@michelletandler) July 1, 2022
She recently had drinks with her Progressive friend. He is leaving SF for Florida.
She told him, "Progressives don't want to live in the policies they create."
He replied, seriously, "hm, I had not thought of that."
#TeamJenifer is nonstop! This afternoon we were at the Masjid Al-Aman where we distributed 500 freshly cooked halal meals from Premium Supermarket!
— Jenifer Rajkumar (@JeniferRajkumar) July 1, 2022
I am proud to serve every corner and every community in our district.#Nonstop #LifeOfService #OzonePark #BengaliCommunity pic.twitter.com/WC4jqUN8ye
This wasn't SNL on a Thursday night.
— The Republican Accountability Project (@AccountableGOP) July 1, 2022
This was Wyoming's Republican primary debate. pic.twitter.com/PUHeOMdx7I
I commend US historic decision to provide UA with new security assistance package, including modern air defense systems. Thank you @POTUS for your continued leadership and support of UA in its fight against the aggressor. Together towards the victory!
— Володимир Зеленський (@ZelenskyyUa) July 1, 2022
निजगढ एयर्पोट योजनाको मुख्य 'गेम चेन्जर' त्यहाँ काट्नु पर्ने अहिलेको मूल्यमा अनुमानि ६ अर्ब रुपैयाँ बराबरका रुख हुन । सबभन्दा आकर्षक के भने, एअरपोर्ट बन्न शुरु गर्नुभन्दा पहिले नै ती रुख काट्न पाइन्छ । त्यसपछि त्यो बने पनि फाइदा नबने पनि फाइदा, केही शक्तिशालीहरुलाई ।
— Dr Achyut Wagle (@DrAchyutWagle) July 2, 2022
निजगढ एयर्पोट योजनाको मुख्य 'गेम चेन्जर' त्यहाँ काट्नु पर्ने अहिलेको मूल्यमा अनुमानि ६ अर्ब रुपैयाँ बराबरका रुख हुन । सबभन्दा आकर्षक के भने, एअरपोर्ट बन्न शुरु गर्नुभन्दा पहिले नै ती रुख काट्न पाइन्छ । त्यसपछि त्यो बने पनि फाइदा नबने पनि फाइदा, केही शक्तिशालीहरुलाई ।
— Dr Achyut Wagle (@DrAchyutWagle) July 2, 2022
If you're not able to show traction yet, that could be OK.
— Shahed Khan (@_shahedk) July 1, 2022
At earlier stages, you can show investors that you have solid *pre-traction* –– for ex. willingness to pay, customer pilots, etc.
This gives investors confidence you're focusing on things that matter.
worst karmic thing a founder could ever do is walk by a kids lemonade stand and not buy a lemonade
— imhiring.eth (@mikedemarais) July 1, 2022
Extremely proud of our team for doing our part to help vaccinate the world! 🙏 https://t.co/InGL93wrkk
— Gurbaksh Singh Chahal (@gchahal) July 2, 2022
There's a person out there who bought Bitcoin in 2017 at $20,000, held it for almost 5 years, and is underwater today
— depression BTC (@depression2019) July 1, 2022
I usually offer an initial check as well to a founder within 25 min of meeting. Below is some context for why moving fast on decisions makes sense for us. https://t.co/uxV8elirM3
— Eric Bahn 💛 (@ericbahn) July 1, 2022
The highlights from yesterday's debate featuring the Republican candidates for the Governor of Arizona pic.twitter.com/vqfJoOg12g
— Enda O'Dowd (@endajodowd) July 1, 2022
are there product placements in the picture? is it happening?
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) July 2, 2022
Harvesting some Apricots .. pic.twitter.com/SgmV5vCBqr
— Bishow Parajuli (@BishowParajuli) July 2, 2022
My cofounder and I debated whether to do this all week.
— Liz Giorgi (@lizgiorgi) July 1, 2022
And the truth is, I still don't know if what we have to say adds any value at all.
But what I do know is that the women at my company are scared and angry. And they deserve better.
And that was reason enough. https://t.co/bRLMwknTPG
I don't envy VCs right now
— Jake (@JustJake) July 1, 2022
Founders with healthy businesses and balance sheets aren't raising right now. Those who are raising right now are doing it because they NEED to*.
Great time to be heads down building
Moving to tears - the EU flag is been brought to the plenary hall of @ua_parliament. To stay. pic.twitter.com/qkZxfwjF7O
— Matti Maasikas (@MattiMaasikas) July 1, 2022
Twitter is 100% the best resource for financial advice.
— Daniel Mateö (@valueandtime) July 1, 2022
Here’s Liz Cheney’s closing statement in last night’s debate among the Republican candidates for representative from Wyoming.
— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) July 1, 2022
Watch the whole thing.
(And cf. Edmund Burke, Speech to the Electors of Bristol, Nov. 3, 1774.)pic.twitter.com/GVnJy7XQud
Build it.
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) June 29, 2022
Sino-phobia! pic.twitter.com/tNgtmWEjdV
— Lochan Batala ,Ph D :洛川 博士 (@batalabeijing) June 29, 2022
2 minutes of trigger warning disclaimers before a Netflix stand up comedy show
— Varia Bo 💙💛 (@variainayurt) July 1, 2022
3 pages of precautionary allergen memos at office tea station
Russian missiles dropping on Ukrainian apartment buildings in the middle of the night with no warning whatsoever
Web3 has gotten so much quieter.
— Misha (@MishadaVinci) July 1, 2022
Everyone is heads down . . .
BUILDING :))
While everyone was sleeping, #russians hit a residential building in #Odesa region. At least 14 people killed. In the meantime, #Spiegel reports that #Germany demands from #Lithuania to allow transit to #Kaliningrad. Seriously?? How is that all true??
— Inna Sovsun (@InnaSovsun) July 1, 2022
My fiancé still wakes me up with coffee almost every morning before my alarm goes off because he “cant wait any longer” until Im up. Six years in. Havent figured out the real reason but will one of these days. Love is great.
— Nichole Wischoff (@NWischoff) July 1, 2022
🌹I still have many roses and buds, and there's A LOT to be excited about with our company and personally. Our social feeds are flooded with other people's positives and accomplishments; it's important to normalize the challenges too.
— Allison Byers (@apbyers) July 1, 2022
Brave.
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) July 2, 2022
I get asked for dating advice so much by women in tech only to find out it’s for the same 5 toxic men. Y’all need to please stop being so incestuous. Please find new toxic men with new toxic traits for me to figure out.
— stevieisinvesting (@steviemctweets) July 1, 2022
Feels like a fantastic time to be an investor in unsexy enterprise and infrastructure companies
— Andy McLoughlin (@Bandrew) July 1, 2022
gonna start a burn book where i post screenshots of the profiles of men in web3 that are posting sexist comments.
— Cree 🔜 ETHCC Paris (@creedebeauvoir) July 1, 2022
if you comment 'why' under a tweet celebrating web3 companies that are 50% women...you're in the burn book.
nobody really tells you how lonely being a digital nomad can be
— afk pseudotheos (@pseudotheos) July 1, 2022
Sometimes it feels like everyone working their tails off to rebuild the American defense industrial base is Australian and then every once in a while you meet a Ukrainian working on it too.
— Jake Chapman 🇺🇸🚀 ✨🇺🇸 (@vc) July 1, 2022
Immigrants get the job done 💪🇺🇸
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) July 2, 2022
** FOUNDER TIP **
— Brian Brackeen (@BrianBrackeen) July 1, 2022
Don’t make vanity hires. Don’t make big corporation hires. Don’t make “I just want to do strategy.” hires. Don’t make “I can code a little, but I’ll mostly manage the engineers.” hires. Don’t make “I’m best with a sales team behind me.” hires.
Hire DOERS. 🚀
Because they are pouring all their "profit" money into growth, money that they used pay arms and legs in equity for. Amazon did that for a long time. Also, helps with taxes if you invest in your growth.
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) July 2, 2022
we don’t get democracy but we DO get a long weekend & i guess that’s something
— cokie.eth (♟,♟) (@cokiehasiotis) July 1, 2022
It is not in your Twitter bio.
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) July 2, 2022
you are not and were never a web3 founder bro you’ve just been day drinking and tweeting since 2020
— ⛓bunny⛓ (@ConejoCapital) July 1, 2022
It looks like this resonated with a lot of bitcoiners, let’s keep building ! 💯😎 https://t.co/IFzBBzo7Pj
— Ray Youssef (@raypaxful) July 1, 2022
A tale of two salsas. pic.twitter.com/EpGMaoFL3I
— Lisa Lucas (@likaluca) July 1, 2022
“what’s your burn rate? how long will this investment last?”
— jacksonrodriguez.eth is living in nyc (@0xjackson_) July 1, 2022
my brother in christ this was my bed for the last two nights so didn’t have to pay rent pic.twitter.com/1GAcxD6qCD
[me interviewing at Docusign] signing documents is my passion. It's all I've ever wanted to do in life.
— Senior PowerPoint Engineer (@ryxcommar) July 1, 2022
Startups are like dog years.
— Amanda Goetz (@AmandaMGoetz) July 1, 2022
1 year building a company from scratch is 7 years of knowledge and experience.
That's why you never fail when you try.
It's always growth, never failure.
Behind every piece of bad content is an executive who asked for it.
— Kaleigh Moore (@kaleighf) June 30, 2022
New grads are always surprised when I say “networking” in tech is almost always a bad thing
— Bri Kimmel (@briannekimmel) June 30, 2022
If you show up to a networking event, you’ll meet a ton of recruiters and people trying to sell you something
The people you want to meet are busy building
Great work!
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 2, 2022
I just published our series D deck: https://t.co/eseLvnmnqq
— Mathilde Collin (@collinmathilde) July 1, 2022
What features or improvements do you most want to see on @Binance?
— CZ 🔶 Binance (@cz_binance) June 29, 2022
Hire me to add some features that will help you grow 5X.
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) June 29, 2022
I never heard from you about the VP of Growth job I applied for! :)
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) June 29, 2022
You need a CEO Coach if you can not ignore the trolls. I am available.
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) July 2, 2022
The 5 Stages of a System Breakdown on NJ Transit by @Pranav_Badami in @TDataScience https://t.co/0qNyNkMgSK
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) June 29, 2022
raise money
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) June 28, 2022
I am it. How can I help?
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) June 28, 2022
The whole point about crypto and web 3.
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) June 28, 2022
Sometimes, though, the winner moves base to base. ;)
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) June 28, 2022
You are not delegating enough.
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) June 28, 2022
bring me in as a P/T president and offload. ;)
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) June 28, 2022
agreed
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) June 28, 2022
Decline of formal attire is an underrated form of social progress. https://t.co/IzunY2UVgp
— vitalik.eth (@VitalikButerin) June 28, 2022
@ZelenskyyUa does one better. He is full Silicon Valley mode, what with video blogging and stuff!
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) June 28, 2022
Yes! Oh and of course: pic.twitter.com/ZAns5vmYME
— vitalik.eth (@VitalikButerin) June 28, 2022
Your entire net worth rests in the hands of this man pic.twitter.com/az3s0EDwaG
— Fintwit (@fintwit_news) June 28, 2022
Preach, king! pic.twitter.com/VSWq77H0LH
— copie.eth (😡, 🦉) (@copie_eth) June 28, 2022
They need to bring the bow tie back pic.twitter.com/NWkh93tFG3
— breeze (@BreezeCrypto) June 28, 2022
🗣️ Vladimir Putin told Emmanuel Macron he would rather ‘play ice hockey’ than hold peace talks
— Telegraph World News (@TelegraphWorld) June 27, 2022
Russian leader made the dismissive comments during a tense phone call with the French president just four days before invasion of Ukraine
🧵👇https://t.co/BjHkD4R6Tz
Zosh? (As in, are you the generic Josh that I might or might not have met on Zoom?)
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) June 29, 2022
Today, the Supreme Court not only reversed nearly 50 years of precedent, it relegated the most intensely personal decision someone can make to the whims of politicians and ideologues—attacking the essential freedoms of millions of Americans.
— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) June 24, 2022
Fasting produces better results.
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) June 29, 2022
The Russian strikes on Ukrainian civilian targets are basically terrorist attacks.
— Stephen King (@StephenKing) June 27, 2022
Slava ukraini!
Can we maybe just try universal basic income and healthcare first, before we descend into theocratic fascism and civil war? pic.twitter.com/mY4BneLTnH
— Scott Santens (@scottsantens) June 28, 2022
Happy birthday @elonmusk 🎂🥳 Thank you for making the world a better place in the past 1/4 century🥰 #ProudMom pic.twitter.com/PjetPUzThW
— Maye Musk (@mayemusk) June 28, 2022
mom definitely has paper hands and she’s clearly ngmi pic.twitter.com/D4szGCkf9d
— dennis hegstad (@dennishegstad) June 28, 2022
Startup product managers love to tell LinkedIn:
— Chris Bakke (@ChrisJBakke) June 28, 2022
“We have some BIG, revolutionary news to announce tomorrow. This will change the game. Stay tuned.”
And it’s a salesforce integration.
Give us two more Senate seats and we will make abortion legal nationwide as a matter of federal statutory law.
— Brian Schatz (@brianschatz) June 27, 2022
Meetings are a necessary evil.
— Jasper Polak (@polak_jasper) June 28, 2022
7 simple ways to make them suck less:
I am so honored and pleased to share that Visible Hands just closed our Fund 1 at $10.5M! ⚡️
— Yasmin Cruz Ferrine (@YasCruzFerrine) June 28, 2022
The past 18+ months of raising for a fund has been quite the journey, so here's a breakdown of lessons I learned while raising for our first fund:💰🧵
Has anyone tried turning the markets off and back on again?
— Adam Singer (@AdamSinger) June 28, 2022
These are just a few lessons we gleaned as a team working to raise for our first fund.🤗
— Yasmin Cruz Ferrine (@YasCruzFerrine) June 28, 2022
Read our letter below for more on the other lessons learned as we worked towards our $10.5M Fund 1 close for Visible Hands: https://t.co/rJrdXLRT3P#VisibleHands #vc #fundraising
We just closed our first Fund as a VC firm— here are the lessons we learned while fundraising
Airbnb: The party's over
Hyundai is doing pretty well
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) June 17, 2022
