Founders: take 2 min from your day to read this. And think of 1 founder who needs to hear it (maybe it’s you 🤔) “It feels like a soft acceptance” 👆🏼this is what makes it hard for normals and feel almost impossible for founders. But it’s not impossible, it just feels that way.

If you’re in NYC next week, go listen to my friend Joel’s pitch. His story is such a great example of why founders will change the world, for the better. Good luck Joel!

Been saying this for quite a while… Family Offices are still rather opaque compared to institutional VC but represent a very bright future for founders connecting with mission aligned investors ❤️

Founders: This this this this this this this this 👇🏼 “Be careful listening to experts (even me) too closely — especially if they're not speaking from lived experience, but even if they are. Your journey will be different from mine.” 🙏🔥

This is spot on. I wrote more about this harmonizing of founders intuition with market feedback for a truer sense of truth 😎😇 linkedin.com/posts/howardka… Feedback always welcome 🙏

Easy to say ✅ Hard to practice 🤔 Maybe, but far fewer than claim to truly even try. Most focus on outlier upside, which is critical sure, but if “pattern recognition” is how you’re assessing ideas/execution/people, you’re pretty much gambling. (Founders, choose your

Startup founders often have a rare ability to see a world that’s not there. To connect what’s missing & imagine with some clarity a brighter tomorrow for a group of people they deeply want to help & create value for. And yet, the best founders imho are the ones who can

This is the answer 👇🏼

😡😡😡😡😡 I’ve been on the receiving end of founder’s phone calls, losing their conviction b/c a lead “decided to back out.” In reality, they’re gaslit b/c the “lead” changed their mind, without mentioning the minor detail that they were actually out of market.

Preach Oana Olteanu 💕

👋 Founders: This is too good not to blast far and wide. (And yes, you can sit with both ends of the polarity that is conviction and doubt. Though it certainly helps to have comforting hands nearby when you do. 💕)

Who’s the captain here 🤔 🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩

Happy to not be the only contrarian who screams this from the rooftops 🙌🙌

“Don’t do it for investors, do it for yourself” Steph is 💯 here. Early stage founders search for truth. Understanding what truth leads to what biz, how big, what growth looks like in granular specific terms before you start rationalizing every experiment as a win is beyond

Max has quickly become a force in convening lots of different disparate spokes in the startupland ecosystem. His events are accessible, informative & entertaining! 🔥

👇🏼 Ankur saying the quiet part out loud 💕

Favorite interview questions in the getting to know you stage are about team sports as a kid. 💕 Cc/Jessica Gelman Rebecca Feickert

Attn: Teens or parents with teens in Illinois 👇🏼