I see a lot of people posting lists of investors on LinkedIn who are “open to cold outreach.” Most of these lists are stale with recycled names, reshared endlessly, with little signal. The implication is that access is the bottleneck. Get the list. Send the message. Wait for

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Timing is the wind. But most startups don’t die because there’s no wind. They die because they misprice the wait. “Bad timing” is one of the most common explanations for failure. Founders say they were too early. Investors say the market wasn’t ready. It’s comforting. It’s also

The most successful people I know don’t need approval or chase applause. It’s not arrogance. It’s a filter. Listen to people with skin in the game. Everyone else is noise. #startups

Over the years I’ve learned the hard way that: You start building one thing. and you end up with something else. Almost every time. The first solution is a guess. Reality reshapes it. Users behave differently. The friction shows up in places you didn’t expect. Stay loyal to

Investors need you more than you need them. If you take venture capital, do it with your eyes open because it fits the game you want to play. #startups

Consistent small things you do every day compound #startups

Big companies don’t miss opportunities—they ignore them, until they can't. Why? Because going after those opportunities that could threaten the business models they’re built on. In 1998, Yahoo had the opportunity to buy Google on two occasions, when Google's founders offered to

Most founders think investor meetings are about the product. They’re not. They’re about judgment under uncertainty: how you think, how you operate, and what you do when the story stops being fun. I wrote a cheat sheet of the 12 dynamics investors actually underwrite: 1. Safe

The next time someone tells you to “just f***ing do it,” don’t mistake it for recklessness. It’s not about charging in blindly, but cultivating the muscle to act decisively under uncertainty. It’s navigating friction, turning hesitation into action, and keeping moving when

I don’t have an idea” is usually an excuse. Paul Graham’s view is simple: get close to a domain, notice what’s broken, and build what you wish existed. Sometimes the insight comes from another field. A useful test: does it help your peers make money? Here’s another way to find

Still crazy to me that so much of tattooing runs through DMs. We’re building something better with Inkjin. For clients. For artists. For the industry.

Most founders sell the future and hype what they building. Jobs did it. Elon does it. Fine. But when you lie about the facts, eventually reality will collect the debt. #startups #revenue developmentcorporate.com/saas/ai-startu…

Smart framing. Also dangerous. In plain English, turn thinking into a bill. If we stop thinking, I guess we'll have to pay the bill.

734 posts. I don’t remember writing most of them. I opened an old blog I started in 2004 and saw the number. That’s when it clicked. I wasn’t writing to publish. I was writing to think. Over 22 years, that turned into: 1000+ articles 8,000+ tweets ideas I thought were new…

A tattoo lasts longer than the moment you decide to get it. That’s why I care about building tools that help people make better decisions before the needle touches the skin. Inkjin Tattoo Guides came from a simple idea: tattoo knowledge shouldn’t live only in scattered posts,

Here's to the crazy one that changed how we do everything. Thank you!