Damian Felchlin

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Co-Founder |
My daily routine: pushing for social and environmental solutions.

[Damian Felchlin @FelchlinD]

@zrh_airport lovely delay today...

[Damian Felchlin @FelchlinD]

Love it when airplane drives across airport for 20min. And I thought it was a an AIRplane 🤷‍♂️

[Damian Felchlin @FelchlinD]

@JTNoogie @graiz @jpmorgan @GlobalShares @JTNoogie, thanks for sharing. How can we get in touch with that team?

[Damian Felchlin @FelchlinD]

@bretwp Cost of living of developer team

[Damian Felchlin @FelchlinD]

Curious to hear other founders experience:

[Greg Raiz (Pre-Seed VC) @graiz]

Not looking good for First Republic. Asking for a founder: What are the best startup friendly banks these days that will be around for the long term?

[Damian Felchlin @FelchlinD]

@marshsutherland @graiz Chase is not setup friendly. SVB and Mercury are.

[Greg Raiz (Pre-Seed VC) @graiz]

I am excited to announce the launch of a new program designed to support early-stage founders and entrepreneurs looking to leverage the advances in AI. A technology revolution occurs perhaps once a decade, and the AI wave may be the most significant one in our lifetime.

When I started my company, I was able to capitalize on the mobile revolution, which propelled my business forward and accelerated its growth. My research in both entrepreneurship and investing has definitively shown that timing is critical, and now is the time for AI companies to flourish.

Why XLR8? I conducted a pilot of the program back in 2015-16, which was not only incredibly fun but also highly rewarding. I learned a great deal, but my main takeaway was that early-stage investing requires a hands-on approach, and the needs of a startup cannot be addressed in a brief program. My program differs in three core ways:
- I'm focusing on smaller cohort sizes and longer engagement cycles to provide founders with the assistance they need to scale their companies.
- I'm ensuring long-term incentive alignment among founders, mentors, investors, and operators.
- I'm adopting a data-centric approach. Instead of trying to guess what makes companies successful, I aim to follow the data to identify and support founders in the most impactful ways.

As with any endeavor, it takes a village, and I am incredibly grateful to my network for everything. As I launch this venture, I'd appreciate your help and wisdom both financially, through the amazing companies we discover together, and intellectually, as we assist those in reaching the next stage.

More info and applications at https://t.co/H2jbYbUaFh

[Adam Sterling @adambsterling]

This story is surreal, scary, and quickly evolving. Join me on Monday, along with experts at @BerkeleyLaw and elsewhere, as we discuss the #SVB crisis.

[Damian Felchlin @FelchlinD]

made my Monday!

[Meret Schneider @Schneimere]

Nach der massiven Irreführung der Konsumierenden durch @planted #Chicken (#vegan !) ohne Huhn mal mein Zmorge gecheckt. Kaffee ist ja immer etwas bitter, aber seit ich ihn nicht mehr mit Sonnenmilch trinke, gehts. Bitte Garnier auch gleich anklagen, geht ja in einem @bundesrat

[Damian Felchlin @FelchlinD]

@rod_mallo based on my experience it's hard to stay somehow connected with more than 2000 people... so you are doing fine!

[Damian Felchlin @FelchlinD]

Entrepreneurship is not only fun, action, and fame. It's hard work, it's grinding, it's going ups and downs.

Thanking the Pistol Lake team for their hard work and wishing them all the best in their future adventures!

#startup #entrepreneurship

[Damian Felchlin @FelchlinD]

@iamjakesousa disagree; data shows that more and more plant-based food is being purchased and served

[Damian Felchlin @FelchlinD]

Love these marketing emails offering me CTO and software dev services, when I am co-founder of a food startup...
#marketing #spam #stopit

[Damian Felchlin @FelchlinD]

@graiz This is not in the interest of the employer. Employees have no interest in leaving, even though they might lose motivation.

[Damian Felchlin @FelchlinD]

@changds @erinkutner @TbdAngels @BabsonEship @bmuehlmann @Marra @tinaadolfsson @cmarmer @jburkejburke @jsummers1 @JohnSPepper @Techstars @MassChallenge @boloco Thanks @changds, @erinkutner and @TbdAngels for supporting @HighTimeFoodsCo. This is how we enter 2023:

[Damian Felchlin @FelchlinD]

@AllstageInvest @Techstars @HighTimeFoodsCo Thanks @AllstageInvest for supporting @HighTimeFoodsCo!

[Damian Felchlin @FelchlinD]

@dsfranklin_atx @HighTimeFoodsCo Thanks @dsfranklin_atx!

[Damian Felchlin @FelchlinD]

@AdrienneNakohl Family

[Damian Felchlin @FelchlinD]

@nic_detommaso Running a startup it is hard to fully shut down for 2 weeks... :/