Brian Luerssen

CEO @draftbit, General Partner @longjumpfund Formerly: YC W18, Kauffman Fellow, @Techstars Chicago, @OkCupid, @ChicagoBooth

[Techstars Chicago Accelerator @Techstars_Chi]

Eight companies. Half Chicago-based, all Midwest.
Industrial AI, energy, IRL ads, building design, observability, weddings, home reno, and bees. Something for everyone. Techstars Chicago 2026 is officially off and running. Meet the companies 👇
https://t.co/1HBv6hiFbB

[Brian Luerssen @bluerssen]

Everything on X these days is “everything just changed forever” over and over.

[Brian Luerssen @bluerssen]

Man, I'm so excited about Draftbit Next. I needed some mockup screens for our new mobile app's App Store listing, so I had it create some new screens in one my testing apps, and it did this in 3 minutes and 41 seconds.

[Brian Luerssen @bluerssen]

@chrislaupama @draftbit 👍 well send more invites this week, watch your email!

[Christopher Deutsch @Chris_Deutsch]

VCs be like our founders couldn’t win this race without us

[Ezra Galston @EzraMoGee]

Attention Chicago FAM:

Pls check out the Chi Founders Summit on July 21st in the West Loop. We're bringing together 100 of the most ambitious founders + founder-curious operators in the city to learn directly from the CEOs building the best known and fastest growing startups in the city.

No fluff, no boring speeches, just great content and exceptional people.The room is capped at 100 people and applications to join are open now. Zero cost. New speakers will be added every week.

Link BELOW 👇

[Brian Luerssen @bluerssen]

We were sad to hear about our friends at https://t.co/fDnklwFeSc. We're fielding a bunch of folks coming over and looking to figure out how to proceed -- if you're in that group and want to chat myself and other members of the @draftbit team are available. https://t.co/gGGoVHyAyl

[Brian Luerssen @bluerssen]

@Chris_Deutsch @RiseChicagoOrg @JennyGooz @iraweiss @StuLoren With respect this has basically nothing to do with Chicago city politics and something much closer to your and I’s world.

[Ezra Galston @EzraMoGee]

Beautifully written. Concise. https://t.co/t64UUoma66

[Brian Luerssen @bluerssen]

If we’re going crazy removing regulations, can we also make it easier to invest in and benefit from startups and venture funds? The accredited investor rules are arcane and arbitrary, and mean that the only people that benefit from startups and venture are already rich.

[justin massa @justinmassa]

last night's big winners:
- misinformation
- white privilege
- billionaires

[Brian Luerssen @bluerssen]

@JulianGoldieSEO Search

[Brian Luerssen @bluerssen]

@ClaudeCimeus Nah son

[Draftbit @draftbit]

Did you know that we not only offer one of the best tools for building cross-platform apps for iOS, Android, and Web - we also have an internal team of top-notch designers and developers who can build your app for you! Let's chat about your project 💬

https://t.co/BeKHkYztxy

[Brian Luerssen @bluerssen]

@mironcatalin It would be cool to put these into Draftbit. Let’s chat! ;)

[Brian Luerssen @bluerssen]

@jasonweingarten So exciting!

[Adam Grant @AdamMGrant]

The most important reason to treat people well is not what you'll get in return. It's who you hope to become.

Kindness is not about reciprocity or karma. It's about character.

Civility doesn't need to be justified with consequences. Respecting others is the right thing to do.

[Brian Brackeen @BrianBrackeen]

@rabois Equity in this context, is about the inverse of what Scott says, if you DO have a good idea, it should be funded, independent of your background. Scott makes a scarcity argument, vs an abundant one.
All capital in capitalism should be equitably invested, yet not equally invested.

[Brian Luerssen @bluerssen]

@MagNorris Oh hi. Now imagine that issue with children.

[Brian Luerssen @bluerssen]

@davidishim @APompliano It’s pretty obvious who lost: American citizens.