Jourdan Urbach

Recovering NYCer @ WY. Former neuroscience researcher @HarvardMed @MIT, CTO @MassLab, EM @McKinsey. Now advising early stage investors and founders @BrandtAndCo

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An oven is just a very small room in your house that can get very hot.

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Please apply or share to your favorite Canadian seed-stage startups. https://t.co/gdGNyRcNiD

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Once a year, I do a fundraising bootcamp for Canadian founders. This is the only way to get raise coaching from me, as I am otherwise investing full-time now. This application is designed to take only 5 minutes, and is on a short fuse.

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@gilbert Flying single engine airplanes.

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@martin_casado Dominant strategy for lazy hiring is to look for a cheap state school BA and a top-5 graduate degree. Misses a lot of great candidates, but virtually guarantees somebody extraordinary. The work has been done for you.

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Getting 100% of your dealflow by referral is a sign of your network's strength. It's also a sign that your portfolio is going to look a lot like your network. You get to decide whether that's acceptable.

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The “first call” a founder makes is often not to an investor, it’s to a leader in their academic or industry community. Is your dealflow exposed to that channel or are you missing out?

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Investment in world-changing deep tech is a privilege reserved for those who can credibly analyze those opportunities.

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@UniverCurious No.

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It should be illegal to send work e-mails without a phone number in the signature.

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Don't sit down on the job. Getting back up sucks.

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There’s a difference between outsourcing your roadmap and getting insight into the single most critical element of your path to success - ammunition for execution.

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Raising money? Don’t stress about the “too early” passes. Your next raise starts now. The relationships you start. The expectations you set. The trust you build.

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Lock in the milestones for your next raise now. Use skeptical investors to help you chart your way. Know, don’t guess, what you need to accomplish.

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@caitlinbolnick1 Notational Velocity

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@gdcaplan Yes.

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@garyvee GOAT.

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@crystalandrea07 Dan Pink’s Drive is another good jumping off point.

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Place kickers in the NFL have gotten unbelievably good. I wonder when the punters will catch up.

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@kayforkids 😂

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The wknd needs to dial up the auto tune box on his live rig. This is one click away from embarrassing. Right now it’s simply just bad.