Amir Farha
@afarha
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adversity breeds resilience • started @cotuventures & @becocapital • early believer in @careem @propertyfinder @kitopihq @heyfresha @gohuspy @shakepay
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Joined March 2010
I’m not one for PR much, but we just announced our first fund on TechCrunch - a big thank you to everyone for their messages and show of support! It means so much to us 🙏 We did our final close a year ago and after nearly 3 years of investing, over 20 companies in the
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the threshold for unicorn should change to $1B in revenue. unicorns aren’t supposed to be this common…
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Gamma crossed $50M ARR with 28 employees and more cash in the bank than we had raised ($23M) In hindsight: We got here because we ignored common VC advice. Examples of glaringly bad advice that you should ignore to save you $10M+ and years of time, like we did for Gamma:
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Nothing stands in their way. Not bullets, not missiles, not drones!
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Saudi Arabia to become the first nation of AI coders powered by @Replit. We’re proud to partner with HUMAIN, Saudi’s new full AI value chain company owned by the Public Investment Fund, to launch an Arabic-first version of Replit to empower the next generation of builders.
AI software development, simplified and accelerated for everyone. HUMAIN and @Replit have partnered to bring generative coding to Saudi Arabia at scale, empowering governments, enterprises, and individuals alike. Hosted on HUMAIN Cloud and powered by Replit’s AI coding tools,
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Big congrats to @Jacob on launching VC Mastermind — a much-needed space for VC GPs to get real insight on building great firms.
🚨 Launch Day 🚨 @VCMastermind is live. A private global network + podcast for global #VC GPs building firms managing $50M–$5B. 👇 🎙️ Weekly private podcast 🍸 IRL & virtual events 💡 Fund strategies that actually work By application only: https://t.co/as49ol4wwF
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Head down. Stay focused. Keep building. Let the results speak for themselves.
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Jevons paradox strikes again! As AI gets more efficient and accessible, we will see its use skyrocket, turning it into a commodity we just can't get enough of.
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Jensen Huang is the greatest entrepreneur of our lifetime. In both performance and impact he stands alone. He led his company from founding to a $3T market cap, something no other founder has come close to. And he's built civilizationally important infrastructure enabling AI.
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Moving to LA tomorrow and wanted to properly introduce myself, currently dabbling with hydrocarbon synthesis hardware! Would love to meet anyone working on side projects, in energy, or just a mutual, will let X do its thiiing! Got my first paying job at 14 as a maker’s lab
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Unpopular hard truth... Best hires blow you away week one. Never seen a slow starter become a top performer.
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LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman: Founders have no work-life balance “I actually think founders have no balance… If I ever hear a founder talking about how ‘this is how I have a balanced life’ and so forth, they’re not committed to winning… The really great founders are like: ‘I
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Bessemer's ServiceTitan Series A investment memo had the home run scenario (with 5% probability) as a $1.2B exit. It went public last week at a $9B valuation, 7.5x that. Category-leading companies end up redefining what's possible
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No one’s talking about how @naval, even with all his success, launched a consumer app in stealth mode, iterated dozens of times, used it daily, and then, after all that, decided to shut it down. You won’t always be right—no matter how much knowledge, money, or network you’ve
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اخر ١٠ سنوات احتكيت مع تقريباً معظم القطاعات التجارية في السعودية وخالطت كثير من التجار وجاء في بالي سؤال.. وش عيب كل مشروع الي محد يقولك عنه؟🤔كل مشروع فيه حاجة مصعبته وحايسته وكثير من الي برا القطاع ما يعرفوا عنها. حاولت الخص الي اعرفه في صورة و مو متاكد منها ودي اسمع رأيك
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.@naval: First of all, I don't think of myself. I just want to be clear on that. And that's not a rule. It's just a habit I've kind of developed because I found that thinking about yourself is a source of all unhappiness and misery. Self obsession is the root of all unhappiness.
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This is wild. Virtual try-on will change e-commerce for ever. All these images are 100% AI This is how:
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استقلت من وظيفتي في نوفمبر السنة الماضية للتفرغ لبناء حل تقني يغير قطاع الخدمات. وخلال الثمانية أشهر الماضية جلسنا مع اكثر من 50 تاجر في قطاع الخدمات وطورنا اكثر 40 ميزة تقنية عشان نفهم وش التحديات و نقاط الالم الي يمرون فيها. ليل نهار ويكند واجازة شغالين بلا توقف نستمع للتجار في
أهلًا بالعالم👋 اللي نقدم له اليوم”ركاز“ حلَّنا التقني الرهيب لكل مشاريع الخدمات بالسعودية✨ مهما كانت نوع خدمتك من: صالونات التجميل لمغاسل السيارات والأندية الرياضية الخ.. نظامنا يدير ويدّبر المواعيد والإشتراكات بكفاءة، ويعزز من تواجدك الرقمي تبي تعرف كيف ركاز بيغير شغلك؟ ⬇️⬇️
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بودكاست عميق جداً بالعربي مع صديقي من أيام الطفولة في ضاحية الروضة في عمان. الجزء الأول من ثلث اجزاء: https://t.co/glk1Q9oS9N
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For 2 weeks, no chicken or meat has been available.. so for Today, I made some pasta with white sauce, but unfortunately, meatless! But still, it was popular among my friends (the kids)
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