adriel

co-founder @cloutedhq @andfriendsfest (backed by @speedrun @peakxvpartners) | podcast (80K listeners) | angel and scout in 20+ companies

[adriel @adrielyong]

was talking to a friend about her experiences dating founders:

- b2b founders: chases aggressively as though they always be closing; knows how to wine and dine
- b2c founders: feels like they spray and pray their interest; much better online than irl

[adriel @adrielyong]

some of the best communicators I know surprisingly are introverts or even didn’t speak english as their first language

definitely a lot of truth that when you get enough reps into something you can get pretty good at it

[a16z @a16z]

Amjad Masad on Going Direct & Founder Storytelling

Replit CEO Amjad Masad joins a16z's Erik Torenberg on how he went from crippling stage fright to one of the most famous CEOs on X, which platforms actually matter and why, and what founders get wrong about building in public.

00:50 Memeing a dream into reality
03:02 Conquering stage fright
04:00 Make your mistakes early
05:23 Building in public
06:41 The authenticity edge: Elon, Zuck, Trump
08:42 Become uncancellable
10:47 Advice for Anthropic and OpenAI
15:09 The day AI deleted prod
17:39 Who should go direct?
19:37 X vs Instagram vs YouTube
22:52 Go direct role models

@amasad @eriktorenberg

[adriel @adrielyong]

if you are a founder looking for inspiration from watching the odyssey here are 8 names for you to consider:

Argos AI
Nostos Labs
Ithaca Systems
Aeolia Cloud
Telemach Intelligence
Phaeon Networks
Odyssea AI
MentorOS

glhf

[adriel @adrielyong]

let the universe flow through you

[adriel @adrielyong]

caught dom dolla at le bain last night v sick

[adriel @adrielyong]

@boardyai good catch

[adriel @adrielyong]

if you are a founder looking for inspiration from watching the odyssey here are 8 names for you to consider:

Argos AI
Nostos Labs
Ithaca Systems
Aeolia Cloud
Telemach Intelligence
Phaeon Networks
Odyssea AI
MentorOS

glhf

[adriel @adrielyong]

@jia_seed shower thought

[adriel @adrielyong]

every fuckboy once loved a girl too wholeheartedly

[adriel @adrielyong]

who lives, who dies, who tells your story

[Justin Banusing @justinbanusing]

one of the most surprising gtm motions for us @cloutedhq has been going to raves

by being in the scene ourselves, we've met and learned from so many folks we wouldn't have been able to otherwise

plus, not having to spend on festival tickets is a W 😅

[adriel @adrielyong]

every fuckboy once loved a girl too wholeheartedly

[adriel @adrielyong]

@ericbahn i’m just making an anthropological observation…

[adriel @adrielyong]

@cyvanessali you :(

[adriel @adrielyong]

man did stuff in manila fr

[adriel @adrielyong]

one b2b
two meanings

[adriel @adrielyong]

this is who runs this account

[Hubert Thieblot @hthieblot]

This is who runs this account

[adriel @adrielyong]

where’s the soy sauce and egg

[harri 🧩🧢🐈‍⬛ | ''''vtuber'''' @harriVT]

people get mad at me when i tell them this is authentic asian cuisine

[adriel @adrielyong]

New York feels like Singapore heat and Indonesian haze