#STARTUPS

Chris Hladczuk

chrishlad

I've interviewed 5 founders of billion dollar startups. Here's what I learned: CTFU "Catch the F*ck Up"Startups are about speed. If you don’t have urgency, you lose. Successful people don't

Villi

villi

Thread:A few thoughts on VC advice. VCs meet a lot of founders and see a lot of companies. Over time, we develop great mental frameworks for things that are likely

Rajeev Matta

RajeevMatta

Aarogya Setu's website says it was developed by the National Informatics Centre & the Information Technology Ministry but according to the Central Information Commission, various ministries & departments had given

Mat Sherman

Mat_Sherman

I think that if venture capital is going to change, we shouldn't rely on VCs to make the changes. They benefit from the system, so change needs to comes from

Gokul Rajaram

gokulr

Most startups are focused on defense today: cutting costs / extending runway. However, surviving the crisis doesn't mean you'll thrive once it's over. The companies that win will also focus

The Bern Identity

bern_identity

I had a 20 yr Silicon Valley corp career so I'm right-brain logical/reason trained. In that time, I also saw a lot of things happen that seemed impossible or hopeless

Deepsekhar Choudhury

deepsekharc

Thread (1/n)Indian govt, Sebi have come up with several platforms that don't have profitability norms to encourage startups to list. But these have not been able to attract any notable

Michael Dempsey

mhdempsey

(New Post)On Inflection PointsA long-form historical and forward looking view decoding the importance, force, and changing dynamics of inflection points within startups, technology, and our world broadly.https://www.michaeldempsey.me/blog/2

Mehta Sanjay

mehtasanjay

Innovators Dilemma book by Clayton says:First, disruptive products are simpler and cheaper; they generally promise lower margins, not greater profits. Second, disruptive technologies typically are first commercialized in emerging or

Paras Chopra

paraschopra

How investing in startups is different from other kinds of investing.(a tiny thread) 1/ The biggest difference is in mindset.With startups, you don’t think how they can fail because they

Pete

nonmayorpete

If I were approached with an opportunity to be an early employee again, here's how I would do it.A thread 1. Know why you're doing itYou will get:- Learning-

Andrew Wilkinson

awilkinson

1/ Buffett's mentor, Benjamin Graham said:"In the short-run, the stock market is a voting machine. But, in the long-run, it is a weighing machine."Short term: Hype. Narrative. Long term: Revenue.

Robert Safian

rsafian

Uncertainty, blunt decisions, and “getting hit in the face over and over and over”: this is business-as-usual amid #Covid19, CEO @NeilBlumenthal tells me, even for a digital-first brand like @WarbyParker.

Ali Tamaseb

alitamaseb

Twitter family, I wrote a book!I spent the last 4 years, weekends and evenings, manually collecting 30,000 data points, comparing billion-dollar startups with those that didn't become one. Data dispelled

Mj

manas_saloi

Half a decade ago, I was the owner of mobile (led both android and iOS) for a 200 million dollar start-up in India. There used to be talks of an

Abhishek Ponia

AbhishekPonia

10 must-use tools & platforms for young startups:A THREAD #threadsbyAP Building, operating & scaling a startup is not an easy task.You need the right partners, tools & resources early in