20/ 🚀 If you found this helpful, please apply to the upcoming Techstars program in NYC that Christine Lu Hong and I are running. We help founders with this and more during the 3-month program. techstars.com/accelerators/n…

Excited to announce Demo Day for our Techstars NYC Spring 2024 program is just 2 weeks away! 🚀

⭐️ All attendees must RSVP and be approved in advance: lu.ma/techstars2024

📅 Apply for our fall program before apps close on May 22: techstars.com/accelerators/n…

cc: KJ Singh

From $2,000 in Dead Plants to a 3 Million Plant Community, Alex Ross's journey building Greg: Easy Plant Care is an incredible story of persevering through ups and downs. Read more👇
founderdiaries.substack.com/p/alex-ross-gr…

Calling all early stage founders and startups! 🚀Join me and KJ Singh for the Inside a Techstars Accelerator event. We'll cover how to figure out the appropriate investors to target and common pitfalls to avoid.

📅 Tomorrow May 15th at 12:30pm ET
🔗 lnkd.in/eS9MH7Pg

Co-hosting an intimate dinner for the top female CTOs/technical leaders in NYC this Thursday and have 1 spot left, who should Laura Hamilton and I invite? Tag below👇

Calling all female technical founders and engineers!! Join FemBuild Collective for breakfast during NY Tech Week:
lu.ma/81i8wome

Imagine raising $100M from Drake, Bezos and Kevin Durant, then creating a new basketball league with top NBA players. Readm more about Zack Weiner's story building Overtime in the next issue of Founder Diaries👇
founderdiaries.substack.com/p/zack-weiner-…

SUPER excited to partner up w/ Laura Hamilton from Notable Capital & Priyanka Suri from Work-Bench for the next FemBuild event, Female Engineer Spring Happy Hour in NYC🗽🌸

RSVP here: partiful.com/e/oK7y3ObM0wtR…

Our team Techstars is hiring a FT Program Associate. This is an amazing opportunity to get exposure to a huge network of early stage startups, mentors, and investors and you'll be working directly with me and KJ Singh!

Learn more and apply here:
boards.greenhouse.io/techstars57/jo…

Anyone have freelance designer recs for one of our port cos? They need a a new/updated design system for their website.

From raising 3M to building a bootstrapped profitable business, read more about Macgill Davis's amazing journey building Rize in the next issue of Founder Diaries by myself and Michelle Kwok 💫:
founderdiaries.substack.com/p/macgill-davi… 🌟

🚀 The fourth issue of Founder Diaries is live!📖 From $2 in her bank account to sealing deals with global retailers, dive into the unfiltered tales of startup life with Yael Shemer, Co-Founder of TULU: founderdiaries.substack.com/p/yael-shemer-… 🌟

Cc: Michelle Kwok 💫

If you want a real and raw story about building a bootstrapped business, check out the next issue of Founder Diaries out now - read more about how clara ma built Ask a Chief of Staff: founderdiaries.substack.com/p/clara-ma-ask…

cc: Michelle Kwok 💫

Next issue of Founder Diaries out now. Read more about the BTS story of Yehong Zhu, Founder of Zette - From 200 Rejections to Raising $1.7M:
founderdiaries.substack.com/p/yehong-zhu-z…

cc: Michelle Kwok 💫

Last night, Laura Hamilton and I had the kickoff event for FemBuild Collective 👩‍💻, our group for female engineers! We're creating a community to host events, build mentorship, and foster relationships. Sign up to join our mailing list and Slack group: airtable.com/appW6bo97QVBcl…

👋 Today, Michelle Kwok 💫 and I are launching 📷Founder Diaries: A bi-weekly newsletter of unfiltered short stories behind the founders of today. Check out our first issue with John Li, founder of Vimcal, and subscribe here: founderdiaries.substack.com/p/john-li-vimc…

My friends at @hustlefundvc just published the most comprehensive guide to fundraising for first-time founders.

If you’re looking to raise millions of dollars, you need this book (also it's free!) 🔥

letsgo.hustlefund.vc/raise-millions

Making a list of pitch deck design resources for startup founders that have been asking me for recs. Who are your favorite deck designers? Tag or list their site below 👇