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Big news for NYC Tech Week !
We did something crazy.
We think NYC is the best place in the world to build a startup, and like
@andruyeung
, we also think we can convince someone of this within a week of being here.
So, we thought...why not make that happen?
In honor of NYC
@Techweek_
, we're partnering…
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15% of all VC funding last year went to New York-based startups…for the first time ever.
And over the last few months, I’ve met hundreds of NYC founders and investors thanks to the work
@rhobusiness
is doing with
@andruyeung
,
@TechNYC
,
@InspiredCap
,
@M13Company
,
@wearenextnyc
,…
Exciting news! The first episode of our new podcast hosted by
@justinwolz
– 🗽NY Seed Round – just dropped!
@jacob93_jj
, CEO & Co-Founder of
@theburntapp
, opened up about his experience going from growing up in the restaurant industry alongside his spouse and business…
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I can't believe
@andruyeung
convinced me to do this...
NYC
@Techweek_
is coming up soon—and Andrew & I are both bullish on the fact that NYC is the best place in the world for aspiring founders to build.
We're also convinced we can persuade a founder to move to the city after…
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I want to buy more 99th percentile NYC founders coffee ☕️
Tag folks you think are killing it
@andruyeung
@dj
@jordihays
@srcasm
@BenSharf
who ya got?
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NYC Founders: A few weeks ago, I asked who will take up the mantle as NYC's YC.
TLDR received quite the response 😅 – loved seeing how many organizations are committed to helping the city's founders get the support, funding, and mentorship needed to keep NYC's ecosystem…
We launched Rho in NYC back in 2019.
This was an intentional decision. I’ve always believed in the city’s extraordinary potential for startups. I’m still awestruck by the level of talent and innovation New York nurtures every day, and how the tech ecosystem is truly thriving.…
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3 data points help explain why
@rhobusiness
is bullish on the NYC startup scene.
1. Per
@WSJ
@ychernova
this morning, New York gained more tech workers on the move than any other U.S. city last year.
2. For the first time ever, 15% of all VC funding went to New York-based…
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I asked
@NBTJacklyn
– someone who has generated millions of YouTube views with witty, entertaining tech reviews – why founders should get out of their comfort zone with video.
TL;DR better video storytelling = better sales skills.
Storytelling is a challenging skill to learn.…
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One reason I wanted to interview
@philrosenn
on
@rhobusiness
NY Seed Round pod?
The debate raging over the value of earned media (getting press) and "going direct" (building your own audience).
The guy's resume is insane:
1. Wrote one of the world's most popular financial…
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NYC founders/investors...
@rhobusiness
is hosting a happy hour for founders, investors, and operators next Thursday (4/25) with our friends at
@CoFoundPartners
@jordanxwan
DM me for an invite. Limited space left.
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The
@rhobusiness
team had a blast hosting coffees with some amazing NYC founders and investors.
DM me if you want an invite to next month’s coffee chats. Space is limited!
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Excited to share this passion project with the world tomorrow ❤️🗽
Big news: we’re excited to announce the official launch of NY Seed Round – a series of interviews with the founders, investors, and operators based in the city.
The goal? Make NYC the best place in the world to build a startup.
The first guest?
@jacob93_jj
of
@theburntapp
on…
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What they don’t tell you about Never Split the Difference is that it helps you absolutely dominate at Ashley Furniture Store
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I’ve published three episodes of the NY Seed Round pod so far.
I’ve really enjoyed interviewing each guest and feel I’m getting better at it.
Here are a few things from each episode that have really stuck with me:
1.
@Joseph_Jacob13
- Trust your gut more and ignore “the…
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@andruyeung
Best food. Best parks. Best bars. Best art scene. Best tech scene. I could go on…and I probably will ❤️🗽
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Who’s an expert on the history of the NYC startup scene?
Looking for someone to take us down a journey on an upcoming NY Seed Round episode.
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Part of the startup founder journey is taking time out to speak to the next generation of NYC founders.
Appreciate
@cornell_tech
for asking
@everettcookny
and
@rhobusiness
to speak at their monthly guest speaker series.
Super inspired hearing the businesses each student is…
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Sending clean dishes to founders since 2019 ☕️
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Ever since I met
@NBTJacklyn
(thanks
@andruyeung
!) – I wanted to interview her!
What began as a YouTube channel she launched in middle school has become one of THE most popular technology review series in the world.
Why did I want her on the
@rhobusiness
NY Seed Round pod?…
[NEW EPISODE] It's Friday, which means a new episode of our NY Seed Round pod just dropped!
This week,
@justinwolz
spoke with
@NBTJacklyn
—a popular tech YouTuber whose witty, entertaining tech reviews have generated millions of views.
Given her expertise, we wanted to get…
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I’ve interviewed several NYC builders over the past few weeks for NY Seed Round 🎙️ (with more slated!) and there’s a common theme popping up.
The 10,000 hour rule is real.
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Many founders never hit publish because they struggle to answer "What do I have the authority to speak about?"
On the latest
@rhobusiness
NY Seed Round pod, popular YouTuber
@NBTJacklyn
shared how they can overcome this challenge.
TL;DR: Everyone has unique backgrounds and…
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Miami founders, if you’re like
@TrevorJLee20
- you’re building a world-changing company and don’t have enough time to attend another happy hour this week -
@rhobusiness
has your back 🙂
We are heads down onboarding customers right now so unable to go to any of the Miami Tech Week events.
If you are a sales or GTM leader in town however I'd love to find some time to grab a coffee!
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June in NYC? This is gonna be easy
@justinwolz
and I am convinced we can persuade any founder to move to NYC after a week of showing them around.
We'll take you to the coolest events and introduce you to the most remarkable people.
Any takers?
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@justingordon212
I’m a big fan of
@andrew__rea
’s framework here - both related to the finance piece but also what being “ready” means.
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Super excited for the NY Seed Round episode dropping Friday 👀
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In my latest NY Seed Round interview with
@planneryapp
@afirst
, I asked him if there is an investor or founder he would love to meet.
@amazon
founder
@JeffBezos
immediately came to mind, but what really stuck with me was Andrew's takeaway from Bezos' journey from the early days…
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One of my favorite quotes from my recent interview with
@NBTJacklyn
:
“There’s someone out there less qualified than you getting every goal you want in life because they’re just showing up.”
Just getting started is 90% of the battle, because others haven’t.
Catch the full…
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How do you beat writer's block and finish an article or blog post?
I asked someone who has written over 2000 of them.
Write about why you have nothing to write about –
@philrosenn
Trust that ideas will begin to flow as you let your mind wander through a stream of…
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The way you learned to write in school is not just wrong.
It can make or break your ability to truly reach your audience.
This is the format many of us learned in school: Intro + Body Paragraphs + Conclusion.
Why is this academic styling the wrong approach for your startup's…
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❤️
M13's portfolio company
@rhobusiness
has launched their new podcast, NY Seed Round—a series of interviews with the founders, investors, and operators based in the city.
Check out the first episode with
@theburntapp
co-founder Joseph Jacob on selling SaaS to restaurant managers,…
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Had a lot of fun with this one.
For folks in journalism navigating the modern media landscape or founders looking to improve your pitching skills, there’s something for everyone in this episode.
Poll: Which is an NYC founder, investor, or operator I HAVE to interview in your…
NEW EPISODE! On this week's episode of NY Seed Round,
@justinwolz
spoke to
@philrosenn
about how startup founders can navigate media, build community, and create a content empire.
He is an award-winning reporter who has penned more than 2000 bylines, and published 2 bestselling…
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New NY Seed Round is out!
This week, I spoke to
@afirst
, a second-time founder and CTO.
I wanted to learn more about the company he's building (
@planneryapp
) and what his first successful exit at Leanplum taught him.
A few of the topics we got into:
- What mistakes did he…
[NEW EPISODE] This week’s NY Seed Round just dropped!
This week,
@justinwolz
, interviews
@planneryapp
CTO & Co-Founder
@afirst
—a Forbes 30 Under 30 and second-time founder.
First-time founders are prone to making mistakes that can be costly. Given Andrew exited his first…
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Hiring an NYC-based Sr. Content Manager role.
Let me know if anyone in your network would crush it.
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I met at least 10 founders building products and services I would use. Love curating these events 🤝
@andruyeung
Breakfast. Rooftop. Founders. Investors. Bagels. It had everything.
Thank you to all the NYC tech community that came out! Bullish on this city.
🗽❤️
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Lots of folks reached out interested in this Rho offering this week, so we published a blog explaining it in more detail for others that might find it useful given recent events.
We designed our Treasury Management Account to help companies safeguard their cash reserves, especially during these turbulent times.
Learn more in our latest blog post:
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@AlexH_Johnson
@FintechTakes
Besides the obvious (you draw dinosaurs way better than I do), loved the point about underwriting ("They are challenging...).
@rhobusiness
sees an underserved gap here on the business card side.
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Refreshingly honest guide for NYC builders considering YC.
I went through YC W22 as a solo founder.
I pivoted mid-batch. I couldn't find a compelling pivot and eventually missed Demo Day.
I failed to make the best out of my YC batch experience.
Here's what I'd do differently if I were to do it again:
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Before starting
@planneryapp
,
@afirst
exited his first company, Leanplum—selling for multi-millions.
I met Andrew a few months ago and wanted to ask him about the first-time founder mistakes he made that he won't be doing again this time around.
His schedule is packed, but we…
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First-time founder mistakes. Excited for this Friday's edition of NY Seed Round with
@planneryapp
Co-founder & CTO
@afirst
.
A Forbes 30 Under 30 class member who successfully exited his first company
@leanplum
, Andrew shares the mistakes first-time NYC founders should avoid to…
Founders, what's the one thing you wish you could take back?
Before his
@wearenextnyc
panel session on raising seed rounds, we asked
@compyl3
CTO and co-founder Stas Bojoukha.
The insight: Hire for skills you don't have in the organization. Opportunity costs are real.
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I asked
@Joseph_Jacob13
— CEO & Co-Founder of
@theburntapp
— what it’s like launching a startup with his partner on the
@rhobusiness
NY Seed Round pod.
Loved the answer 🙂
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I love hearing people talk about design.
So I asked
@jacob93_jj
how he and his co-founder (and wife!) Rhea landed on
@theburntapp
’s refreshing brand design.
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Excited to share the big news from
@rhobusiness
and
@capitalxyz
!
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Update: This is starting to feel like it should be a special panel edition of the pod😅
Who’s an expert on the history of the NYC startup scene?
Looking for someone to take us down a journey on an upcoming NY Seed Round episode.
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On the latest
@rhobusiness
NY Seed Round episode, I wanted to know how startup founders can pick the right CTO.
So I asked a CTO!
TBH
@afirst
surprised me with his answer.
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What can finance pros do today to prepare for a future CFO role? Hear insights from CFOs like
@rhobusiness
's Jeremy Klaperman in today's
@FortuneMagazine
@SherylEstrada
's CFO Daily newsletter
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For anyone who has been working on something for a long time with delayed gratification, tomorrow's NY Seed Round episode with
@philrosenn
is for you 🙂
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Do fewer things, very well
The people I've met with most successful careers are those who are deeply interested in what's right in front of them. High salary or prestige is often a side effect of curiosity.
Those who master a craft tend to be those who do something because they can't help it.
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Another reason why finance people love us 🧮
Today's NetSuite integration announcement is big for Rho customers 🚀
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One of many quotes I learned from you today!
“Fear is a mile wide, but an inch deep”
Just start, path becomes clear with action :)
This advice has been an invaluable guiding light for my entire life so far
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Huge news
@rhobusiness
🤝
@TechNYC
We launched Rho in NYC back in 2019.
This was an intentional decision. I’ve always believed in the city’s extraordinary potential for startups. I’m still awestruck by the level of talent and innovation New York nurtures every day, and how the tech ecosystem is truly thriving.…
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@sammaule
@rshevlin
@JimMarous
@FSClub
@davidbrear
@11FS
@ScarlettSieber
@leimer
@wadearnold
"You can earn up to 18.63% APY"
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We're talking about it. Mission accomplished.
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Knowing how hard folks like
@ShayCPA
@YourCFOGuy
and other fractional CFOs and finance teams work to help startups get through – among other things – tax season,
@rhobusiness
is putting on a special event in May to celebrate you!
We're calling it – Tax Season Recovery 🙂 – a…
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Petition for a five-year ban on the color gray in brand guidelines ☑️
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@jaltma
Have heard this come up quite a few times at recent founder events - sentiment for many, esp first-time founders, is take what you can get. If not for anything else, seems folks appreciate feedback to refine the pitch + it's one more person in your network.
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Great
@TradeTalks
segment with Rho’s treasury lead
@MikeJDombrowski
. Thanks for having the Rho team on,
@JillMalandrino
!
.
@rhobusiness
Corporate Treasury Advisor
@MikeDombrowski
joins
@JillMalandrino
on
@Nasdaq
#TradeTalks
to discuss startup operations in 2023 and why the objective is the preservation of capital, risk management & income generation.
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T-minus 4 days, get it done!
startups who forgot to do their taxes when they find out Fondo will file their extension for $1
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@rhobusiness
@planneryapp
@afirst
Catch the full episode on
@YouTube
here:
What founders or investors would you like to see us interview?
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Work hard now so you can own a boutique bookstore that loses $50K a month later.
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2nd-time founders, what mistakes did you make the first time around that you wish you had the 1st time around?
Excited to share this week's NY Seed Round where I dive into this topic with
@afirst
of
@planneryapp
!
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@ShayCPA
@andruyeung
@rhobusiness
I need a haircut, but was so great seeing you
@ShayCPA
! Appreciate you helping NYC founders focus on building.
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I worked as a server in college and totally get why
@jacob93_jj
wants his sellers and engineers ideally having that same experience when they build for restaurant owners.
It's customer empathy in action.
One not-so-obvious design choice that this empathy helped with?
Burnt…
Here are our five favorite things we learned from
@justinwolz
's interview with
@theburntapp
@jacob93_jj
1. Burnt is a SaaS platform built for restaurant managers to better manage procurement, so JJ purposefully looks for talent with restaurant work experience.
2. Burnt is…
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🚣🚀
More great analysis from
@sytaylor
: “This is hard to dislodge, but…also why companies like
@rhobusiness
are focused here too.” We see a massive, unmet need for new biz banking services - and a customer value unlock when you integrate them with other corp finance processes 💪
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@rhobusiness
@jacob93_jj
@theburntapp
If you can sell SaaS to a NYC restaurant manager you can sell it to anyone
@nyctmac
don't worry i took notes for the SDRs
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Some of us spend 10 hours thinking of the perfect tweet hook.
@philrosenn
writes books in that time +
@ReadOpeningBell
, which helps me know if Jerome Powell is gonna make me rate chase for the 10000th time this year.
I started writing everyday in college because I wanted to improve as a writer.
I knew of no other approach.
Soon after I built the habit, my hobby became my job.
Now I write for a living — as a journalist, author, and newsletter-er — and I haven't looked back.
To be sure,…
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❤️🗽
Coffee with high-caliber founders reminds us why we’re bullish on NYC’s future ☕️❤️🗽
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@linasbeliunas
@linasbeliunas
this is precisely the reason why
@rhobusiness
developed our Treasury Management Accounts offering
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@MiguelArmaza
@jgreze
@Plaid
@zachperret
@williamhockey
@MiguelArmaza
love the response to "how are you different from XYZ?" Just ask one of their customers!
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@ahbilbaoo
as an industry newcomer myself, all those mentioned +
@AlexH_Johnson
,
@mikulaja
&
@bayareawriter
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At
@rhobusiness
, customer support doesn't just mean answering questions about a specific feature.
It also means jumping on a call with them on a Friday to help them get more out of their HubSpot instance.
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American healthcare is largely broken, but still inspiring to see folks in NYC try to make it better 🗽❤️
Independent Medicare brokers are the unsung heroes of healthcare – trusted advisors people over 65 depend on. But there's one big problem:
The broker industry is underserved by technology. Few tools exist for brokers to help the customers who rely on them daily.
James Jiang and…
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GPT-3 has no chance against
@MikeJDombrowski
Always learn something new when
@rhobusiness
’s treasury lead speaks and puts pen to paper
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You won't want to not miss it.
NFT NYC starts this week (April 3-5)
It is the largest gathering of NFT enthusiasts in the US.
I found you the cheapest flights out of town:
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@AlexH_Johnson
@FintechTakes
Love that credit score models are being disrupted. Not a fan of BNPL surging in popularity - seems like a tech version of payday lending.
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I recently learned the CIA spent millions in the 60s training cats to spy. It went as you would expect it did.
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@austin_rief
@HubSpot
@tryramp
@GustoHQ
@doolaHQ
@oceans_xyz
@beehiiv
@QuickBooks
@storyarb
@cartainc
@meow
@rhobusiness
which can do several of those things (and more) without fees 🫡
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🥳
Special thank you to our customers – the founders, CFOs, controllers, business builders running on Rho – for nominating us as a top 50 accounting and finance software product for growth businesses in
@G2dotcom
2024 list 🙏
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@AlexH_Johnson
We're actively looking for strong PMs at
@rhobusiness
! If they're interested, my DMs are open 👍
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