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Sami Mehr

@mhr_sam

Helping founders use AI to find funding, grants, accelerators & tech credits | 3x Founder with exits Founder of XRaise.ai

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Marc Andreessen on Steve Jobs: "The standards have to be enforced. If the standards aren’t enforced, then the standards slip. This is the role of the CEO in any company. Some care and some don’t. Great CEOs care a lot. Steve cared a lot."

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This is the "PayPal mafia": The Silicon Valley network that's taking over the White House. Elon Musk, Peter Thiel, David Sacks & Reid Hoffman are all members. But it all started with a crazy "failed" project at Stanford University... Here's the story that blew my mind🧵

This is the "PayPal mafia":

The Silicon Valley network that's taking over the White House.

Elon Musk, Peter Thiel, David Sacks & Reid Hoffman are all members.

But it all started with a crazy "failed" project at Stanford University...

Here's the story that blew my mind🧵
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Marc Andreessen on the 5 personality traits of an innovator “When you’re talking about real innovators—people who actually do really creative, breakthrough work—I think you’re talking about a couple things:” 1. Very high in trait openness. “Just flat-out open to new ideas… And

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This story is insane: • A Syrian taxi driver's son drops out of Oxford. • Sells DeepMind to Google for £400M. • Then cuts their energy costs by 40%. Here's what he knows about AI that nobody else figured out:

This story is insane:

• A Syrian taxi driver's son drops out of Oxford.
• Sells DeepMind to Google for £400M.
• Then cuts their energy costs by 40%.

Here's what he knows about AI that nobody else figured out:
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What percent of startups get from Seed to Series A? Typical rate from 2017-2020: 30-35% in 2 years. For startups that raised their seed rounds in 2022: ~17% after 2 years. So what's happening?

What percent of startups get from Seed to Series A?

Typical rate from 2017-2020: 30-35% in 2 years.

For startups that raised their seed rounds in 2022: ~17% after 2 years.

So what's happening?
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Founders: The champion enablement kit: 1. 1-page executive summary 2. ROI calculator 3. Implementation timeline 4. Security/tech specs 5. Customer references Give them everything needed to sell internally. Make it easy to buy.

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If you're an AI expert, you need to check this out. YC is hosting its first AI Startup School—a free, two-day event in SF (June 16-17) where top founders & researchers will share insights. A killer opportunity to level up & meet the right people. Apply now:

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Elon Musk: “A company is a group of people that have gathered together to create a product” “If you think about it, what’s the point of a company existing? The point is that it’s a group of people that have gathered together to create a product. If the product is good, the