How it started, yada yada

Repeat founders raising a round:

I want to share publicly the advice I've been giving so many of my portfolio companies of late. 1) tl;dr only fundraise now if you are wrapping up a raise or really need a little bit of money. But NOW is really a horrible time to be raising. >>

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Your periodic reminder about some of the best accounts on VC Twitter: It's Not a Good Fit at This Time, Eade, Siri Srinivas, @buggeroaf, karl yang, Grit Capital, Ancient God of Commerce

Hey founders, how are you doing? I'm especially interested to hear from those who went through the @firstdollardeal process

Editors: "Why won't VCs speak to us?" Also editors: "Let's print that quote that says VCs are evil drug dealers"

one reason I will never be a founder in the classical SV mold is because I don't want to have to tell a bunch of little lies like this, day in and day out, to succeed so mentally taxing and dumb

I'm really looking forward to this, but for VC instagram.com/p/CH-rR9znT3g/

I feel like there is an Uncanny Valley of writing. Tight, concise writing is an art form. So is really detailed (often narrative) writing in the vein of David Sedaris. Most people try to punch up their ideas with jargon or filler which actually dilutes their message.

Say you're interested in hiring someone you know personally as one of the first five engineers at your startup. How would you interview them?

Introducing the Miami VC Starter Kit: Everything VCs need to move to Miami. miami.vcstarterkit.com

.@firstdollardeal continues to be an inspiration for me. Using what I learned from our community, I just got my first customer! It's so scrappy I don't even have a landing page or a business name yet.

Nothing like a ten-bagger to get you back in the startup game

when someone tells you that you're undercharging for your business ☺️

Technical founders getting pitched by people who can't code