Collin Hickey

Investor @redbudvc

[jia @jia_seed]

here's jam

it's the simplest interface for marketing in the agentic era

we now have 2000+ companies, developers, and operators enjoying jam

we started it as a side project, then devtool founders paid us thousands to use it

it's come a long way since, and we've just released it for anyone to try, no waitlist
and also we are now hiring (see below!)

you build, jam spreads

[Collin Hickey @CollinnHickey]

@thedlearner i don't really see many hyped, consensus deals struggling to raise more rounds. I think it just caps returns for seed investors and severley punishes growth investors. When you've got good backers with great connections it's pretty hard to flop right out of the gate

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https://t.co/DMq0shOasC

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@pootsobotka cut out groceries and use that to trade corn futures

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@james406 the last time I heard “Airbnb for XYZ” in a pitch, I saw 6 months later the founders had their company seized by their bank to pay off all the personal loans they took out

[Collin Hickey @CollinnHickey]

because venture is largely an access game. It’s a lot easier for unicorn founders to get a small bit of allocation in the hottest startups because they’ve got great connections and success behind their name, whereas VCs have to fight for larger allocation against names like a16z, sequoia, etc. So naturally founders want to accept capital from the hottest VCs leaving remaining VCs to fight amongst each other for the “not so hot” deals, making the game a lot scrappier down stream

And starting a successful company is generally really hard for anyone

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@danwaterfield i just wanna believe this guy has been stuck trying to solve this for hours

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@DeepDishEnjoyer "ryan 5050" 😭😭

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@jia_seed it's over if u havent made it by 20

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@chrislevan24 a beauty, big fan of the ones with the green face

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@holyn josh kushner trying his hardest to call A24 AI enabled before the next round

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@richzou good read definitely think this applies to jobs outside of recruiting too. I think it’s such an edge in an any investing role to invest your time into understanding who you’re speaking with on a personal level

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@kseniam0s @drivecapital @mucker @revolution @Backstage_Cap @EverywhereVC @UnshackledVC shoutout Kansas City, Michigan

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@creatine_cycle isomorphic would kill

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@scootykins prime location for a data center

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@creatine_cycle @mots_pod next one at balboa please

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@CtrlAltDwayne hard disagree I’d like my hours in there

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@skeptrune God’s work right there

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@elkelk congrats on your SOC 2 compliance project

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@andruyeung Khao Tiew