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Great hustlers look like anyone and come from anywhere. π
Everything, Everywhere
Joined March 2017
So, why should you take investment from Hustle Fund? Founders, here are three reasons why:
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Meet Pinn Lawjindakul, Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners. A bit about Pinn is that she's obsessed with supporting ambitious founders, especially in Southeast Asia. And on Dec 18, she's hanging out with us on Uncapped Notes Live at 12-1am PST. Yeah, it's late but this
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Ever wonder who's building the future of cross-border payments? Daren Guo and his childhood best friend Kevin Kang co-founded Reap in 2018 for stablecoin-powered payments Now serving 2,000+ businesses (Acer, Binance, Animoca Brands), raised $40M series A, processes billions in
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Only 1 week until Uncapped Notes Live, our 24-hour startup hotline livestream, on December 17! We're bringing together founders, investors, and builders for real talk about startups. There will be amazing connections, great conversations, and even better energy (and maybe a
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3- Come hear her story π
Dec 17 β° 12:30 - 1pm PST π
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Let's get unhinged. As a founder, fundraising can feel like shouting into the void. You finally get a warm intro to an investor after pinging 20 founders toβ¦
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2- The journey had multiple pivots and some insane deadlines. She literally built a digital health clinic in ONE MONTH! Tara stayed customer-obsessed and made it work.
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1- Tara co-founded Rupa Health in 2018, grew it to $80M+ in sales serving 500K+ patients monthly, and sold to Fullscript in October 2024.
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Uncapped Notes Live is about learning from people who've been in the trenches. Like Tara Viswanathan, co-founder of Rupa Health. She's joining us Dec 17. π§΅
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2- December 18, 2025 β’ Pinn Lawjindakul β’ Amy Fu β’ Charles Hudson β’ Walter Chen β’ Eric Ries β’ Ryan Hoover
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1- December 17, 2025 β’ Turner Novak β’ Sheel Mohhnot β’ Cristina Cordova β’ Immad Akhund β’ Hiten Shah β’ Tara Viswanathan β’ Adrianna Samaniego β’ Daren Guo
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Hamas killed 1,200 innocent people on Oct. 7. Yet the world blames Israel. How does that make sense? Larry Elder explains why Israelβs survival is about more than bordersβitβs about civilization itself. Watch the Full Video now.
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The best part of Uncapped Notes Live? The people. And the best way to connect with them? Jumping on the hotline when you've got a burning questionβor when you just want to hear someone else work through theirs. Here's a sneak peek at some of the π₯ guests we're lining up for the
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2- Come and hang out with us! π
Dec 17 β° 6-7pm PST π
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Let's get unhinged. As a founder, fundraising can feel like shouting into the void. You finally get a warm intro to an investor after pinging 20 founders toβ¦
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1- She's been recognized as Business Insider Rising Star in VC, Fast Company Queer50, and Kauffman Fellow. A proud Mexican-American from Douglas, Arizona (right on the border), she brings serious operational chops and a differentiated network to growth-stage investing.
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Adrianna Samaniego is joining Uncapped Notes Live December 17 from 6-7pm PST. She's partner at Cherryrock Capital ($172M fund) leading series A/B rounds in companies built by black and Latine founders.
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7- If you want to get better at placing those small, thoughtful bets, we go deeper on this in Small Bets. Sign up here: https://t.co/zI4R3t25VI Which failure pattern have you seen most up close - timing, capital, or product/retention?
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6- And as investors? Your job isnβt to avoid losses. That's impossible. Your job is to take enough swings so one home run covers 99 strikeouts.
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5- One question we ask a lot now: βCan this team fix problems faster than new ones appear?β This is the real predictor of survival.
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4- So what actually causes failure? β±οΈ Timing πΈ Capital drying up π οΈ Solving problems slower than new ones show up Itβs almost never as simple as βthe founder messed up.β
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3- Case #3: Distribution winsβ¦ until retention doesnβt An insurtech SaaS team closed every demo call. Then customers churned β fast. With a non-technical team, they couldnβt ship + learn quickly enough. Lesson: In SaaS, retention is the game.
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2- Case #2: Growth that outpaced reality A food-delivery startup exploded during COVID. But the unit economics never worked β and βgrow at all costsβ only works while the music plays. Lesson: More capital doesnβt fix bad math.
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1- Case #1: Great tech, wrong timing A LiDAR startup built incredible hardware. Automakers were piloting it. But long sales cycles + a capital crunch killed the path to scale. Lesson: Market timing > technology.
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