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Mat Sherman

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2.5 years ago, I started a podcast from my bedroom in Phoenix, Arizona. 700 episodes later, I am now a different person, with a different circle, on a steeper slope.

In 2017, I met an interesting individual who was moving cities every 3 months. One day, I saw a Slack message in the chat saying he was stopping in Phoenix.

Investors have convinced most founders that want to start a startup that if they take on venture capital, they need to be a "unicorn" to make the math work. $990M

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

A lot of people ask me about my last company, @PubLoft. They ask how we grew it to $24,000 MRR in 7 months with no investment. And of course, they

Ok. I just made a ton of people doubt themselves when I tweeted "waitlists are for the weak". I truly believe this, but I also believe new founders don't know

I left @prendalearn 2 months ago to start @fwdthinkingcity. To many, this appeared like a crazy decision. Prenda is a YC and VC backed company, growing at a rate faster

I often hear founders telling me they plan on raising $50,000 to then can hire a X to do Y to get them to the next milestone. Unfortunately, if you

I deleted my @Medium account and have moved 100% of my old posts @SubstackInc, and all new posts will be hosted there as well. This was not an easy decision,

Ok, I'm going to formulate a my next newsletter through Twitter threads. The title of the post will be "Venture Capital Isn't Built For Outsiders". I've never done this format