If you ever meet someone who at one point was globally ranked in a video game. hire them immediately.

There are bridges that connect the sector your company is in with pop culture. Aim all resources at those bridges.

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Let’s be real the future of venture and investing is a huge question mark. It’s certainly going to be very different than what got us here. Yet we all keep investing using the same basic model until there’s some clear new information. Who’s taking bets differently?.

Startups love to ship fast but as you grow it’s just as important for teams to know HOW to do work. Corporate jobs drill this into you. It’s an under appreciated benefit of starting your career in one. Collaborating, communicating, project mgmt, etc. An overlooked art for sure.

There’s a few things that should come to mind when you think of @fdotinc . - we don’t do pitches.- we get to know founders deeply over 4-6 weeks.- we’re not time-bound. There’s no cohorts. You can apply at anytime. - we’re a place and space above all else.

The US birthrate is 1.6 but 2.1 is replacement level. Crazy population decline in the long run. What do we do?.

An amazing thing you can do for your community is keep the door cracked open. Just enough for some randoms to walk in. You’ll create intentional space for magic to happen. You just gotta be ok dealing with the riff raff that make it through too.

Everything about the Founders, Inc. experience is high touch. It's challenging, but its what makes this place special. We focus on giving each founder what they uniquely need. Its optimized for them, not our team. We even write a little love letter about why we chose them.

Never underestimate the impact of making people feel seen. Huge returns.

Who wants to come build at finc for a few weeks? We’re sending out a batch of invites soon. Comment what you’re building and we’ll try and get you hooked up.

I only do french press and the research was killing me so I just ordered this.

Best coffee grinder for French press under $100 ?.

Young founders in sf will never know the startup launch party vibes of the 2010s.

Still in that post-festival glow: 50+ teams, 1k+ builders, endless ice cream.

Most of your problems aren’t about product or market. Theyre about decision making, accountability and prioritization.

Lots of folks building things to do less work but not a lot are enabling better work.

The average Series A startup uses 43 SaaS tools to move a single doc through legal.

Even our Smash Bros lounge made it @nytimes . Who’s your main?

The scariest thing you have to do running a company is sending a wire. That sht is wild. Money disappears. Can’t get it back. Sometimes it’s just floating in the ether and no one knows where the hell it is.

Founders who try to scale themselves usually end up scaling their worst habits.

A-players don’t need tight process, B-players demand it, and C-players hide behind it.