Why most asks fail (and how to know if you’re asking for too much): Most asks we make don’t fail because people are selfish. They fail because the expectation is mis-calibrated. When I make an ask, there’s a consideration I always run before hitting send - a little social

If you are an LP actively deploying to funds, or a GP actively raising, I have something for you: I run two private communities: One for ~150 GPs, and one for ~150 LPs actively deploying. Both groups mutually asked for connection - but not pitching, not mass intros, and not

The modern job hunt is broken, a mountain of disingenuous listings and low-signal roles. Pranav focused on high-quality opportunities, landing an AI role at a top-tier unicorn. Built for engineers who build, Fonzi delivers upfront salary transparency and ghost-free interviews.

Your phone is already your fastest input device. Texting turns it into a time-stamped, categorized memory system. Low effort systems > perfect systems. What labels would you use?

Why this beats Trello / Kanban: • Works offline, when you are on your phone, anywhere • No context switching • No “system upkeep” • Captures info at the speed of thought

Why this beats Notes: You always know when something happened. Emoji replies feel natural for status updates. No list-management friction. Zero setup, zero maintenance.

Met someone raising for a company? Text “deals”: “X, building Y. Pre-Seed” No logging time. No formatting. The timestamp is the metadata.

Examples of my “labels”: • deals • postideas • followups • reads • serendipity (serendipitous things that happen to me, part of a long term project) Each one is its own conversation. Each message is automatically time-stamped.

Instead of texting yourself random thoughts (and losing them across threads), you send a text to a word (as if it was the recipient) that acts like a folder. It doesn't deliver, but stores on your messages.

I don’t use Notes, Trello, or Kanban boards for quick tracking. I text "labels" instead - and it’s the fastest time-stamped system I’ve ever used.

Every person we give time to that diminishes our life, takes time away from someone who could expand it. I used to struggle to prune people out of my life. Over the years though, I’ve grown to appreciate my increasing ability to keep my bar high for the people I let in my life.

An LP I know asks the same question of every VC to determined initial interest for further conversation. “What do you do better than anyone else?” It might be a way the VC can source, or pick, or win, or help, but if there is no clear edge, it will be hard for this LP to bet on

2025 by the numbers: 📲WhatsApp Communities I now run: 241 👀Deals seen: 4,471 💸Investments made: 19 📨Intros made: 4,606 🤝Intros made for my LPs: 1,078 💰Investments made by my LPs from my intros: 30 🕸️Dealflow Channels: 89 ✈️Total trips: 16 🌍Countries visited: 5 📰New

Raising a pre-seed/seed round? I'll help make some intros. I like to make sure no great deals are prevented from getting done, especially in December. (I invest in as many companies over holidays as peak periods.) I made 291 intros for founders raising last month, and doing the

Raising a pre-seed/seed round? I'll help make some intros. I like to make sure no great deals are prevented from getting done, especially during the middle of fall fundraising season. I made 334 intros for founders raising last month, and doing the process again this week to

Raising a pre-seed/seed round? I'll help make some intros. I like to make sure no great deals are prevented from getting done, especially during the middle of fall fundraising season. I made 411 intros for founders raising last month, and doing the process again this week to

Raising a pre-seed/seed round? I'll help make some intros. I like to make sure no great deals are prevented from getting done, especially during fall fundraising season. I made 383 intros for founders raising last month, and doing the process again this week to help some more.

If you invest in companies in the employee benefits/HR Tech/Future of Work Space: 1) I came across a company this week with $100K booked MRR, about to raise a Seed. 2) I'm sharing this and a couple other deals with my HR Tech investor community this week. If you are curious to

I’m looking for Series B and Series C VCs to join me on an all-expenses paid VC trip to Austria/Slovenia. Actually. I am going on a trip 11/5-11/9 to these countries, sponsored by their governments. There will be meetings with Austrian and Slovenian family offices, Ministry

DTC/Consumer Product Investors, I may have an interesting deal for you: Came across a DTC company that: -Never raised capital -Profitable -Will end 2025 with about $17M revenue Raising $4M at a very reasonable valuation. If you'd like to see details, shoot me an email at

If you provide lines of credit/factor receivables, this is for you: Multiple companies I know of are looking for partners to factor receivables or issue short term lines of credit. Multiple companies which have intentionally slowed growth until they get so, despite double and