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Founder & CEO @tryfondo – accounting on autopilot for 1,000+ startups. Angel: Flexport, LiquidDeath, Rippling, Cluely, 100+.

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David J Phillips
9 months
Today, I’m thrilled to share that @tryfondo has raised a $7M seed round to accelerate our mission of putting accounting on autopilot for startups. With Fondo, startups don’t need to worry about tax penalties, financial statement errors, or missing out on up to $500k in tax
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David J Phillips
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IF YOUR ACCOUNTANT IS CHEAP, YOUR AUDIT WON’T BE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER!.
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David J Phillips
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With @tryfondo Without @tryfondo
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David J Phillips
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Been looking forward to this for a while . The Todo List Summit is today. Excited to learn from the best like @gustaf @KatManalac @timgl @TheRioDeGennaro @lindsayaamos + meet some incredible founders. If you're interested in getting customers come check out my talk 🚀
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David J Phillips
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If you’re a founder and you’re not spending $10,000+ on Apple products, you’re cooked. You literally need:. - MacBook for checking emails.- Studio Display 4k to read emails.- Apple Watch to send you email notifications.- AirPods Max for being on podcasts.- iPad to collect dust.
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David J Phillips
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RT @davj: Want to build a successful company?. Doing YC will change the trajectory of your life . Before YC: @tryfondo had 0 users.After YC….
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David J Phillips
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4 PhD-level agents hard at work solving the most difficult problems
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David J Phillips
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Spent $1,300 in VEO credits for this one
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David J Phillips
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CEOs showing up Monday with a “brand new AI strategy they thought of over the weekend”
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RT @kobyjconrad: Just booked my flight to SF to officially kick off our seed fundraise. Here's a lil sneak peak on our July Metrics 👀. Ab….
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David J Phillips
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RT @bradcarryvc: I was in the back of an Uber. The driver asked what I did for work. "I'm in venture capital," I said, going through my e….
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David J Phillips
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RT @tryfondo: We asked founders to build something with zero code. They made terrariums.
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David J Phillips
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In my early 30s, as I was hitting a wall, I started asking myself questions like. "Why am I working so hard?"."What's it all for?"."Am I climbing the wrong hill?". Now, with more wisdom, I ask questions like. “Any updates on this?”.“Got time to hop on a quick call?”.“What happens.
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David J Phillips
18 days
Pleased to announce Fondo has just completed the strategic acquisition of 1,000 Microsoft Smurface laptops. These are not for employee use - they are an investment I expect to outperform the S&P 500 (or at least Chamath’s SPACS). Please clap
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David J Phillips
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It costs millions of dollars to build a successful startup. But it costs nothing to add a sentence to the robots.txt section of your website instructing AI agents to pay a $50 fee to access it. Explore new business models or be left in the dust.
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David J Phillips
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I’ve used ChatGPT agent to make a little over $4,000 in just 3 days. And anyone can replicate my strategy. First, some setup: spawn one agent. Give it these instructions (verbatim):. “You are an expert sales rep and marketer. We sell AI agents to other AI agents. You report to
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David J Phillips
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RT @julianweisser: Solo founders are underestimated. We’re changing that. In May we launched the Solo Founders Program (<1% acceptance rat….
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David J Phillips
20 days
Mercury = banking for startups. Fondo = taxes for startups. Theranos = fraud for startups. It’s that simple.
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David J Phillips
20 days
Want to build a successful company?. Doing YC will change the trajectory of your life . Before YC: @tryfondo had 0 users.After YC: 1,000+ customers, $10M+ ARR. If you are applying and want feedback on your application I’d love to help.
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Y Combinator
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Applications for the YC Fall 2025 batch are now open!. Apply by August 4:
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