Sander Daniels
@sanderdaniels
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Getting jobs for people as tech accelerates. Founder @thumbtack for local services, @groombuggy to groom your dog 🐶
San Francisco
Joined March 2011
1/ After 13 yrs full time, 5 mos ago I moved to an advisory role @thumbtack. IMO the greatest issue of our time is ensuring we have good jobs for people as tech accelerates. 🧵 Thread 👇on what I'm doing to find + create jobs for people:
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1/ Applications are now open for Powerset Cohort 3, where top founders get their own $1M+ fund for angel investing. Like past cohorts, investment experience is not required, and founders have no administrative obligations.
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After an intense decade of scaling Thumbtack to $1 billion+, I realized I wanted to taste complete freedom. So I shed it all: my operating role, apartment, possessions. Everything I owned would fit in carry-on luggage. Here's how it changed my life🧵
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When we first started Thumbtack in 2009, we had no customers, no product, no money. Our first “office” was a house, and I slept in a closet By 2019, we scaled it to $1B. Here are my 5 real-talk lessons I learned building Thumbtack from 0 to $1B starting from a CLOSET! 🧵
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Sam Corcos is the biggest maniac about delegation and personal tracking I've ever met. He time tracked every waking hour of his last two years while scaling his 4th startup. No CEO has ever shared this before. Here's what every founder should learn from him 🧵
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In 2018, Sam Altman simultaneously managed YC(a $30B+ Startup Accelerator) , invested >$400M in startups on the side, and built the world’s best team of frontier AI researchers with Elon for Open AI. His answer to ‘How do you get so much done?’ is powerful. A thread 🧵
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Stoked for my buddy @roger_lee to reveal his latest startup. Roger is a machine. In Silicon Valley there is much heralded mediocrity but occasionally you find unheralded mastery. Roger is the latter. Watch him tackle this huge opportunity and remake comp 👀 🚀
1/ Today I'm excited to unveil my new startup: @ComprehensiveIO, an all-in-one employee compensation platform that helps companies make better pay decisions without requiring a thousand spreadsheets.
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So stoked for my buds @jake_zeller and @swaaanson in launching this. Powering the next generation of deep tech founders. No better mission to focus on 🙌
1/ Founders are the lifeblood of venture capital; both because of their companies and the dealflow they send to VCs. Yet of $621B invested in venture last year, less than 3% was deployed by active founders. Today we’re changing that and launching Powerset. Read more >>
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Don’t mind us. We’re just over here helping people care for their homes.
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WARNING: This tweet might make you want to hire a pro on Thumbtack.
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Not to be dramatic, but Thumbtack is the best app to hire a pro.
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My latest newsletter is live! In this edition: ° ⛏ Explore, exploit: the playbook of master operators ° 📖 One of the great ignored CEOs of our generation ° ✊🏻 The abundance agenda And more. Check it out and subscribe here:
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At @Levels, we recently crossed 50+ employees, so we had a conversation with @SanderDaniels, Co-founder of @thumbtack, to see how they solved these problems as they hit similar milestones:
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My latest newsletter is live! In this edition: ° 🏔 There is no end to building ° ☎️ Why you should answer the phone ° Updates on @TeamScaled, @thumbtack, @GroomBuggy 🐶 °💰 Raising a fund ° ✈ Top Gun And more. Check it out and subscribe here:
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My latest newsletter is live! In this edition: ° What the world wants from you, what you want from the world ° TechCrunch trolls ° Updates on @TeamScaled, @thumbtack, @GroomBuggy 🐶 °🩸 Drawing blood And more. Check it out and subscribe here:
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To any founders or operators out there looking to supercharge your personal OS: dig into this guide ASAP and apply to your life with gusto. 🔥 Two of my favorite people @swaaanson and @SamCorcos working together to build something great. 🚀
For those of you looking to supercharge how you delegate, I wrote a tactical piece in First Round Review that goes into detail on how we work with EAs (Executive Assistants) at Levels 🎉 If you're looking for an agency to work with, I recommend @athenago. They're great.
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Great roles with a super high caliber, mission oriented team going after a huge opportunity. If you’re in finance or ops and interested in going deep on early childhood education check it out 👇
@Jason
https://t.co/JaG2oCpgqh is fixing America's childcare crisis through a 21st century daycare model. we just raised a $15M Series A, and have plenty of runway. we are hiring: - city launcher - head of finance DM me or apply at
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My friend @mileslasater had me on his podcast. Topics: ° public policy vs tech careers ° how to grow diverse teams ° how important it is for all of us to BUILD Have a listen: https://t.co/xasQC9pgV7 His podcast highlights builders of mission-oriented startups, subscribe!
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Some wisdom from @sanderdaniels that resonated with me this afternoon... Building is hard I’m not sure we would’ve started @thumbtack had we known how hard it would be. 1/4
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My second newsletter is live! In this issue: ° building is easy, building is hard, we need more builders ° Bad Bunny ° parenting Read and subscribe here: https://t.co/QwCMYp0MZv Shoutouts in this issue to @KTmBoyle @eriktorenberg @chenholdco @mariogabriele @mileslasater
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