Josh
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"Verticalized agents" is a bit of a meme among startups right now—but rightly so: Over the last year, we indexed too far into AI being a Swiss army knife—jack of all trades and master of none. You simply cannot go wrong building something obsessively focused around a problem.
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Bro you have to be in SF it’s crazy bro it’s so lit bro please you are missing out bro we are creating the future did you hear who got into YC bro please come to my party we are reading zero to one there will be no music and one woman
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In case anyone was wondering, the new AI feature on iOS 18 that summarizes longer text messages works incredibly well.
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I can't believe Britain perfected suburban housing and then just… stopped building like this.
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I never did like that word FORMER
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Forbes should publish “The Icarus List” for VCs who have lost the most money.
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it's honestly a huge differentiator if you don't mention AI on your website or marketing content at this point
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What a bootstrapped business focuses on vs What a venture-backed business focuses on
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Good insight into the ugly side of raising funding. Not sure about the key takeaway though...surely the lesson is to not take capital unless you need it? Gambling business are money printers and often not fundable anyway because of the vice clause many funds have.
Imagine selling your company for $465M and receiving nothing
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🙅 mega round announcements out 🧘♂️ profitability announcements in
We're officially profitable! 🥳 Last year, we set a goal to become profitable by the end of 2023 – a milestone we have now successfully reached. What does this mean for Reflect? It means we're here for the long haul! Many startups rely on venture financing, pushing them into a
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If most founders knew that eventually, they’d have to get to $1B in ARR for the math to pencil out Would they ever raise more than a few million in venture capital at all? You don't have to. Klaviyo ($9B) and The Trade Desk ($38B) just raised a few million.
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The MAJORITY (> 50%) of every great software company in history to cross $1 Billion in annual revenue raised < $25M in venture capital dollars. Most of that cohort raised zero (totally bootstrapped). https://t.co/0DkLu09TqG
docs.google.com
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Bloomberg: Read award winning global journalism The award winning global journalism:
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