If only GameStop had given me $20 in GameStop stock when I ordered my PS5 bundle on Jan 7 instead of a $20 gift card... 🤪

I can’t stop thinking about it. Robinhood’s CEO whiffed on what may have been the *biggest PR opportunity in business history*. He could have become a legend overnight, creating the Tesla of financial services by playing a different game. Here’s how he should have handled it 👇

NEW POD: Sam Pandey (US Army Reserve Innovation Officer) joined us to share a Startup Strategy Primer with the US Government. He gives us the step-by-step breakdown of gov't programs like SBIR helping promote innovation at startups with <500 ppl open.spotify.com/episode/32ZDQs…

Idea of the day: subscription house plant business so that when your new plant dies (which for me seems to be almost instant), you've already got a new one on the way 😉

Launch Day ⭐️ We're excited to share what we've been working on for the last year: Select Star (selectstar.com). Data discovery is largely an unsolved problem for many organizations today.

NEW POD: Alan Silvestri joined us this week to talk about Link Building and Scrappy SEO Tactics for Startups. We get into: * what's most important for SEO for a startup * leveraging tools to keep it light * order of operations when executing SEO strategy open.spotify.com/episode/3ptWDb…

Honored to be included in this week’s Midas Touch announcing my promotion to General Partner Bowery Capital. Extremely excited to continue investing in the best b2b software founders alongside some of the best people in the biz

Watching so much TV for March Madness is an interesting reminder of how annoying non-personalized ads are...cars, insurance, fast food, TV shows and credit cards. No interest 😐

Huge congrats to my colleague Loren Straub who has been crushing it at Bowery Capital for 5+ years!

1. Today, ACV Auctions is going public at a +$3bn valuation. $ACVA is the first vertical B2B marketplace to IPO in years - I've shared some high-level thoughts on the listing⬇️ Our full ACV S-1 Teardown can be found on the Bowery Capital blog: bowerycap.com/blog/insights/…

What an insane ending to the first Grand Prix of the year!! 🤯🤯🤯

COVID vaccine booked!!!! Thank you NYC 🙌❤️ For those having trouble getting an appointment online, highly recommend calling instead. I was only on hold for about ~20min. The number is (877) 829-4692

Had a blast chatting with @wendykgonzalez1 this week about convincing prospects to buy vs. build!

As Evan McElwain moves on to start something new, we've got an exciting opening on the team for a Director of Growth. bowerycap.com/careers/direct…

You can read more about Evan's experience in the role here 👇 bowerycap.com/blog/accelerat…

NEW POD: Mark Jung (VP Marketing DoolyHQ) joined us to chat about "Modern Marketing Tactics." Highly recommended listen for any marketing leaders looking for some creative spark ⚡️💥 open.spotify.com/episode/6KxD9s…

My last podcast with Bowery Capital - it's been a good run!!

A sunset 🌅 edition of #AfriTechNYC's drinks co-hosted with Sam Eyob + Warbler Labs! Always amazing to see founders pop in on their NY trips - Josh at LORI, Peng Chen at HustleSasa, Sabrina at ZUMI, Jacques Marco at axis_app, Evan McElwain at Africa.ai