Ollie Forsyth
@ollieforsyth
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Building NEW ECONOMIES - the biggest media channel covering the latest trends in tech. Angel investor: @pallyai, @promptingco, @tryfrizzle & others.
Joined March 2010
Meet @ycombinator's latest batch of startups (F25) Ahead of YC's demo day this Wednesday, we’ve just published the full market map of 150+ new startups building across 👇 1. FinTech 2. Marketing & Sales 3. Healthcare 4. Hardware, Drones & Robotics 5. AI Employees 6.
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Loving this chat from @illscience + @ollieforsyth Shipping @OpenAI ChatGPT Apps means shipping to 850 million users Compared to early iPhone days, 6 million users Tbh, a lot of unknowns here since this hasn't happened in the past maybe, but global reach will be ther from day 1
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New economies podcast by @ollieforsyth is a underdog, literally! You would learn a ton just by listening Good opportunities for businesses to sponsor and get in front of serious listeners, particularly when it has just started. Mark my words, this will go big
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Some of the best TV shows and movies about tech, ambition, and chaos: The Dropout - Theranos’ downfall Super Pumped - The Uber story WeCrashed - The rise & fall of WeWork The Founder - McDonald’s origin story The Wizard of Lies - Bernie Madoff Succession - Corporate power games
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YC’s latest demo day took place last week. Missed the startups? Check them out 👇
Meet @ycombinator's latest batch of startups (F25) Ahead of YC's demo day this Wednesday, we’ve just published the full market map of 150+ new startups building across 👇 1. FinTech 2. Marketing & Sales 3. Healthcare 4. Hardware, Drones & Robotics 5. AI Employees 6.
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Stripe offered to acquire us for $1.2 billion when we had $2M in revenue. Today, we've raised $330M at an $8B valuation and reached $1B ARR. We could've died three times during this journey. This is the story I've never told anyone before:
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I have a 15 hour flight in the coming days, what are the latest podcast episodes, articles / shows to watch? Gimme the latest!! ✈️
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Every connection starts with a conversation Ahmet Bahadir Ozdemir killed his own profitable company the day Apple announced eSIMs. Then COVID hit and his revenue dropped to zero overnight. Today, @airalocom is quietly becoming the global layer powering how the world connects.
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Cold DM’d a unicorn founder this evening here on X This is how it went 👇 9.30pm Bangkok Time: Sent the message 9.42pm they respond By 10PM we have the interview scheduled! We move at speed 🏎️ Cold emailing does work!
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Every connection starts with a conversation Ahmet Bahadir Ozdemir killed his own profitable company the day Apple announced eSIMs. Then COVID hit and his revenue dropped to zero overnight. Today, @airalocom is quietly becoming the global layer powering how the world connects.
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The art to cold emailing: Write really well. No spelling errors. Be hyper personalized - no copy & pasting. Timing: Send first thing in the recipients AM or PM. Length: Short & to the point. Be convincing. This is how we land many of our podcasts guests and wind
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Thanks for the feature @a16z!! Notes on building in the AI era (plus how a16z operates)
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Your 2026 challenge is simple: Send 20 cold DMs to people you admire. Those replies will turn into relationships. Those relationships will compound. By the end of 2026, you’ll have a network you never thought possible. Thousands of new connections... Do it. Challenge
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Notes on building in the AI era (plus how a16z operates)
Great convo w @ollieforsyth covering the speed/emergent properties of this product cycle, founder psychology in a period of intense competition, unbundling tasks from jobs and AI native networks: Some takeaways: - Consumer is hypercyclical + very high stakes – most of Mag7 is
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Great convo w @ollieforsyth covering the speed/emergent properties of this product cycle, founder psychology in a period of intense competition, unbundling tasks from jobs and AI native networks: Some takeaways: - Consumer is hypercyclical + very high stakes – most of Mag7 is
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Podcasts are having a moment... So many new ones are launching... And for good reason... Creators are the new media. They grab attention, have massive distribution channels and are amazing storytellers. With that, I introduce The New Titans of Audio! Full list 🤜
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If you want to level up in 2026 Send 20 messages to 10 new people you admire every single day for a year. If 50% respond, you’ve made 3,500 new connections! Start fueling up! 2026 is gonna be great!
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The New Titans of Audio The future of media isn’t just being written — it’s being spoken. Creators in audio and video are quickly becoming the defining force in how people learn, think, and stay informed. Legacy media is losing trust. Traditional distribution is losing power.
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Did you miss @ycombinator's latest demo day yesterday? If so, we have you covered! Meet the latest batch of startups (F25) building across 👇 1. FinTech 2. Marketing & Sales 3. Healthcare 4. Hardware, Drones & Robotics 5. AI Employees 6. Product
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BREAKING: @harvey hast just raised $160M Series F at an $8B valuation led by @a16z. Massive congrats @winstonweinberg and team! Legal tech is having a huge moment!
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