Francois Mazoudier

Tech. Entrepreneur. BS free Advisor. Investor. As it's often all about luck in the end, be thankful, stay humble, work hard and drop the platitudes.

[Francois Mazoudier @franco1s]

@anothercohen No name, no truth.

[Dean W. Ball @deanwball]

Nvidia, Amazon, Google will have to divest from Anthropic if Hegseth gets his way. This is simply attempted corporate murder. I could not possibly recommend investing in American AI to any investor; I could not possibly recommend starting an AI company in the United States.

[Francois Mazoudier @franco1s]

@drnovac Hmmm I'd challenge the latter :)

[Francois Mazoudier @franco1s]

@rodolfor I've been using my ASUS Zenbook Fold for a few years now and it's truly years ahead by years.
This demo lacks the Zenbook's 17in screen but shows how much better it is than any other current PC. IMAGINE if Apple had invented it. OMG the narrative BS we'd hear.

[Francois Mazoudier @franco1s]

@RobertMSterling oh the irony.... can't even like that post without... login, go to my email, copy the code, come back and authenticate again....

[Francois Mazoudier @franco1s]

@alexfinn @naval imho not about content - it's about supporting Musk and his ways. Plenty of other networks.

[Francois Mazoudier @franco1s]

@naval It's really, really simple: people are leaving en masse, not because of the 'sub-communities' @Naval, but bc of Elon Musk. Love him? By all means, stay and pay him attention and media power. Don't? Do the honourable thing and give it to less freaky outlets.

[Francois Mazoudier @franco1s]

NOW. DM me now, or you'll miss our Nordic programme - last one of the year. If you're planning to fundraise in '25, seriously, do it NOW. ping me to discuss your plans, or click this
> https://t.co/EXtPa3iTsY

#VC #fundraising #successful

[Francois Mazoudier @franco1s]

@dunkhippo33 Much more is needed - expected - by most investors today. Things like why investor X is a good fit for the start-up, and team. Sad but true. We build it for our start-ups coz it's a critical first step: triggering an invitation.

[Francois Mazoudier @franco1s]

@ToulasTake Everybody, breathe, the picture had nothing to do with the uni, look, bottom right.

[Francois Mazoudier @franco1s]

@edgiesversion @TaraBull808 @DC_Draino Coz trump wanted it to happen.
Staged, pure theatre.

[Francois Mazoudier @franco1s]

@TaraBull808 @DC_Draino It's just pure theater. Period. Set up by Trump, prepared by his advisor who did -exactly- the same with Bolsonaro and his 'knife' murder attempt. Disgusting.

[Francois Mazoudier @franco1s]

@anthonynsimon sadly, the same (except 12.) to set up a UK Ltd.

[Francois Mazoudier @franco1s]

The Fundraising Bootcamp starts THIS monday, folks. 48 hours left, closing applications then.
https://t.co/hAwDzjZoJC
235+ UK/European alumni, €264m raised successfully (yes, > a quarter Billion, during the worst VC downturn and the rest).
Not just Dutch, all countries welcome

[Francois Mazoudier @franco1s]

@GS_VCactivist 99% of founders, really? Wow.
You're unlucky, I find the opposite. Late/r stage founders who raised big, know-it-all's who stop listening, start teaching others and spend time at conferences. Early on they have nothing to show: they're way nimbler, humbler, hungrier and diligent

[Francois Mazoudier @franco1s]

@sophiaamoruso - how to fundraise efficiently
- body language
- negotiation skills
- how to find and define purpose

[Francois Mazoudier @franco1s]

@Sam_Dumitriu Uhhhh...they do , have done for decades. It's apple not wanting to help anybody once again. Even the police forces. Yup... Keep buying iPhones guys.

[Francois Mazoudier @franco1s]

Shameful that one individual could smoke $12BN of other people's money, get out with $700m (!) for himself and leave a pile of wortheless junk to all investors.
Fleeced.

[Mary Ann Azevedo @bayareawriter]

WeWork’s stock was down 33% after hours today to 13 cents, after closing at 21 cents with a mere $166 million valuation.

https://t.co/k4FtwtP15u

[Francois Mazoudier @franco1s]

@thechosenberg That's really NOT helpful.
The guy's crying out for help, and all you can do is...barf this crap (become an influencer? Like, really? Is that the No1 thing that comes to mind? Somebody who's down? wooow). Just refrain, and tell him to see a pro therapist. Resetting is HAAARD.

[Francois Mazoudier @franco1s]

@gokulr Nice theory. But it stays there: theory. Blitzscaling and ultra growth still demanded by most investors, today. still.
See the valuation and feezing frenzy around BS AI rounds happening right now.