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**new experiment**
i bought this domain name tonight
i think the most successful people in the world have historically upset their parents when they were young.
whether that was Mark Zuckerberg who was put on academic probation at Harvard and later…
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"The thing you do obsessively between age 13 and 18, that's the thing you have the most chance of being world-class at."
- Bill Gates
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From a recent Harvard CS grad working "full-time" at Google:
"I purposely chose to work at Google because the work life balance is very good.
I spend two hours per day working at Google and the rest working on my startup."
**from a Z Fellows interview earlier today ^^^
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kinda crazy you can hire
Stanford and MIT CS students
for $19 per hour
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I'm launching a new experiment:
I’ll give you $10K + mentorship from founders of Netflix, Tinder, Figma & more
You just have to... skip class or work for ONE week :).
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Today I was introd to a 16 year-old founder for Z Fellows.
The 16 year-old looped me in with his EA to schedule.
AMA
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Introducing / beta testing: Night Club 9
It’s a Mac app for people who work really hard
Open only from 9 P.M. - 9 A.M.
Occasionally get free pizza 🍕 for working the hardest
Thoughts?
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The founder of Tinder just spoke to Z Fellows
And he shared this really clever & early guerrilla marketing story:
Instead of sponsoring big events (like Coachella)... the founder would simply attend (without officially sponsoring)...
And bring stickers.
Next, he'd post the…
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Interesting that big tech founders (Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Netflix, etc.)
did **not** work in big tech prior to founding their companies.
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Who are active pre-seed investors writing
$25k-$500k pre-seed checks?
I have some great
@ZFellows_
alum to share with you :)
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Just learned my friend’s company requires people to be in the office
from 9am-1am at least two days a week
I just asked to invest 😬
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10pm - 2am+ = the hours most of the successful people I know get the greatest amount of stuff done
and same goes for those trying to be very successful
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Track as much as possible.
When I started tracking sleep, diet, and exercise... all drastically improved.
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Belief
is the single biggest value add an early stage investor can give to a founder
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Reviewing thousands of Z Fellow apps.
Doing random things like this to try to help:
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New experiment:
Elite Founder Training Camp
A navy seal + 10 highly ambitious technical tinkerers
come together to a remote (not nice) place for a weekend.
Schedule:
7 A.M. Wake Up
7:15 A.M. Workout w/Seal
8:30 A.M. Breakfast
9:00 A.M. Work
1230 P.M. Lunch
1:00 P.M. Work…
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Today is my birthday.
Here’s a new experiment I’m working on:
Text me: 650-505-9984
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today a unicorn founder applied to Z Fellows... not asking for the $10k...
but asking to be a Z Fellows mentor.
kinda cool.
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The founder of spoke to Z Fellows...
He went from being a high school dropout to CEO of a $2.5B company.
Below... he shared some of the early lessons learned going from developer to CEO:
- You *earn* the right to build certain things.
- Don’t…
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.
@RyanBreslow
(founder of
@bolt
) wrote THE book on fundraising!! There is no book quite like it.
Giving away 75 free copies. Just like and RT!!
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Congrats to all the Thiel Fellows!
Great see lots (almost half) of Z Fellows alumni representation!
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people seem to be getting extra creative on LinkedIn.
just saw
"guest student" at stanford
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This is officially happening.
Elite Founder Training Camp - Sept 21-24th in the northern woods of Wisconsin at an unused summer camp.
A navy seal + ~20 highly ambitious technical tinkerers are coming together to work + workout with the seal.
Tentative sched:
7 A.M. Wake Up…
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Navy SEAL elite founder bootcamp is officially happening again.
7 AM Wake Up
7:15 AM Workout w/SEAL
8:30 AM Breakfast
9:00 AM Work
12:30 PM Lunch
1:00 PM Work
4:00 PM Second Work Out w/SEAL
5:00 PM Optional Activities
(Tennis, Pickleball, Basketball, etc.)
7:00 PM Dinner
8:30 PM…
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three high schoolers recently participated in z fellows
within a few months... all three have since dropped out and have raised millions of $.
one was funded by Sequoia
another by Sam Altman
and the third by Contrary
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Two founders visiting SF from NYC.
Founder companies doing millions in revenue but this is their accommodation of choice... Asking to invest.
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first time visiting waterloo
great to be welcomed by 100+ of the smartest builders in Canada!!
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hosting an event at Stanford, Cal, and SF next week.
who's there?
@ reply people i should invite
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2023 version of “competition is for losers”
Peter Thiel speaking to
@ZFellows_
and Stanford builders yesterday!
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This is what 10 PM on Saturday night looks like at Stanford
Z Fellows pop up
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.
@ZFellows_
alum 👀👀
Today we're excited to introduce Devin, the first AI software engineer.
Devin is the new state-of-the-art on the SWE-Bench coding benchmark, has successfully passed practical engineering interviews from leading AI companies, and has even completed real jobs on Upwork.
Devin is…
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Here's some **undisclosed footage** (especially the last minute) of what happens when you gather
25 Ambitious Founders and a
Navy SEAL
In a remote location in Northern Wisconsin.
The schedule was quite simple:
7 A.M. Wake Up
7:15 A.M. Work Out
8:30 P.M. Work
1230 P.M.…
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non technical hustlers looking for a job or internship?
DM me. have a few cos hiring
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"I’m <REDACTED NAME>.
I am 15.
I’m from Toronto.
I’ve been programming since 10
and working in venture backed startups since 13.
I just want to use my technical skills to impact society in a positive way."
From a recent Z Fellows interview.
Future is bright!!
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Congrats
@whopio
on the $17M fundraising announcement.
The founder's bedroom is shown below. This was before they had any revenue or $$$ raised.
It's a makeshift room under the stairs of an apartment where 7 other Whop employees live.
This is also the founder’s bedroom…
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Thank you Twitter
For making this Elite Founder Bootcamp with a Navy
SEAL happen
Hundreds of people reached out to attend after brainstorming this on Twitter. Glad we decided to do it.
25 strangers came together in the middle of nowhere Wisconsin where the schedule was very…
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Great to spend time speaking about Z Fellows in Atlanta at Georgia Tech!
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The co-founder of $1.5B spoke to Z Fellows...
At one point, they were two weeks away from running out of $$$ with maxed out credit cards.
Here are some highlights from the early, early, early days of Loom (themes: constant struggle, learnings, &…
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10 minute meetings are the way to go.
I've done 1,000+ of these over the last 12 months.
People are much more focused. No small talk. No wasted time.
Highly recommend.
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stopped by el segundo to see some defense tech startups. saw this…
bed in the conference room.
they are moving offices to add more conference rooms (and beds).
future of America is bright and strong.
asked to invest.
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In 6th grade, I wanted to play tennis with my hero
@andyroddick
.
I cold emailed his mom to set it up.
It worked.
What is your most on brand story from your childhood?
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A great set of the next generation of founders
Stanford has and will continue to produce unparalleled startups
Next trillion $ co for sure
Z Fellows x Stanford x YouTube Founder
@JawedKariim
(surprise appearance)
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Hosting a thing at ETH Denver for builders and tinkerers
Wednesday (2/16) evening. 25 people.
Secret location in downtown Denver.
DM and or @ reply recs if you’d like to join!!
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Tik Tokers becoming angel investors 💪💪💪
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YC Demo Day is today!
@ reply if you got REJECTED from YC but working on something cool.
share what you are working on + your background in 1-2 sentences.
Twitter sometimes is magical :)
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NYC Z Fellows event with
100+ awesome builders, founders, and future founders!
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Working hard and late
increases your chance of success by orders of magnitude
People grind hard at Newton
Came in at 6am this morning &
@jacksonhmg1
was finishing up an all-night tear
Tab is going to be an incredible product
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just heard about a 12 year old who recently got into stanford.
and has been working at a fintech unicorn on the side.
maybe will be the youngest z fellow
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ambitious startup founders at Harvard and insomnia cookies at 11 P.M.
can’t think of a better combination
love visiting Boston
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This is an important podcast episode.
"How Coding & Technology Saved My Life" featuring
@amndasuthwrth
@intenex
and
@zachlatta
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funny story.
a relatively new
@ZFellows_
alum company is doing millions in profit w/~30 employees
they hired a startup accountant who has 750+ clients..
the accountant just fired the company saying "we have NO experience filing tax returns for profitable businesses"
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Founder of Netflix talking to Z Fellows about the
importance of sprinting and working super, super hard in your 20s.
@mbrandolph
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200 people showed up to the NYC founder meet up!!
SF happening next week. DM if you want to come.
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Overheard in NYC:
Guy: "What's your favorite social network?"
Girl: "Find My Friends"
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Tuesday night question
Who are 1-2 people you think are.... most likely to become super successful.... but aren’t yet and are still undiscovered?
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From a recent Z Fellows interview:
"My co-founder works at Amazon so it helps us save $$$.
Our whole team (not employed at Amazon) eats every meal free thanks to Amazon."
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Just was made aware of a startup founder
who requires all of her employees to do at least one all nighter per week
inspiration.
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sometimes all people need is a slight push to get started.
the new zero to one (0 --> 1)
is now negative one to zero (-1 --> 0)
someone told me this is the z fellows stage. def agree!!
(sorry for the equations)
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Great room of builders demoing fun side projects at Stanford tonight!
Future looking bright
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hot take...
a founder just texted me:
"new strategy for finding good talent
search: companies with worst work like balance glassdoor"
just asked to invest.
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a PR firm wants to charge me $25,000+
for a reporter to write about the Navy SEAL elite founder bootcamp we are hosting.
the event doesn't make any $ so no budget for that.
any reporters want to help cover this?
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hosting an event at harvard and MIT next week.
who's there?
@ reply people i should invite
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Throwing a rooftop event next week in NYC for founders.
Have three extra spots. DM if you’d like to attend.
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Hosting a founder & builder meet up next week in SF for 25ish people…
at a secret location with my good friend
@jbrowder1
DM for details!
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“What you need to succeed in a startup is not expertise in startups.
What you need is expertise in your own users.” - PG!
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I kinda want to make shark tank style videos where people pitch to get their very very first investor/believer..
who should I speak with to help?
anyone know video editors? Potential founders? Or investors? Or anyone who wants to help PM?
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going to be in the Boston area this coming week.
co-hosting a few things at MIT and Harvard.
who's around?
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Great evening visiting MIT, Harvard, and Northeastern with
@edwardlando
Def want to spend more time in Boston!!
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