I've been pitched 'yelp but with friends' every week for the last year. I will answer all your DMs at once:

Yes, it's a reasonable idea. But no, you shouldn't build it.

Let me tell you what will happen:

Because it's the first app you've ever built, you'll be inclined to allow…

Seeing three of my angel investments top the charts now:

• Locket at #3 in Social
• Flo at #2 in Health
• Airbuds at #9 in Music

We are so back.

When people ask me which consumer app will be the winner of the AI wave, my answer is Captions:

They identified the fastest growing type of content—talking videos—and simply built the best tools to produce it.

Congrats on the web launch Camille Hovsepian🌹 dwight Gaurav Misra

If you can't explain your app in fewer than 5 words, do you think your users will ever bother telling anyone about the app?

Before you have product-market fit, product development is not about 'adding features'—but distilling a product to a simple marketable sentence. Adding…

Getting a meal with men in tech (2024):

• Everyone orders rabbit food (i.e., sprouts, grains, soil) and water
• Bill is split 17 ways

If you’re ever bored at a tech event that serves booze, just look over at the nearest person and say “ugh, I really missed this—this is my first drink in 7 years.”

Had to try it for myself.

Basically, every social app in the last couple years that is novel or retentive has come out of France. This is a testament to America's lack of rizz.

If you're active in the social app industry, once per decade you'll stumble across what is known as a Black Swan retention chart.

When you see it, don't ask
questions and just find a way to be involved in whatever capacity you can.

Today was one of the those days.

The most important lesson for a young college kid trying to break into the world of consumer tech:

Life is a ladder so just try to get on the 1st rung. You can do this by building very small things that have a high probability of going viral—as a way to establish a name for…

The only car I need to own before I die.

Here’s a sneak peek of an audacious new feature on Dupe.
Once this is combined with generative AI, you’ll be able to dream up your ideal home—and be able to make it happen at the lowest possible price.

This might be the stupidest way I’ve ever made money: +716% return in 72 hours

Happy Easter