Kimi

Cofounder @ Sam’s List
I help business owners and high income earners find specialized CPAs and financial advisors
I just wanna own a WNBA or NWSL team

[Kimi @NotGoKGreen]

This is a good laugh

[Jemele Hill @jemelehill]

Just remember, these are elected officials and our tax dollars are being used for this

[Kimi @NotGoKGreen]

@harden_369741 @theaaron @Muse @grok @bot good to know thank you!!

[Kimi @NotGoKGreen]

@theaaron @Muse @grok @bot Ahhh thank you 🙌

[Kimi @NotGoKGreen]

@dylnhendrickson @ryanraysr Height reveal

[Kimi @NotGoKGreen]

@Jamesashields @mattmarlinski Hahahahah no way!

[Kimi @NotGoKGreen]

Calling all food & bev brands - we’d love to have your products at Founders House :)

[damian tenuta @sauceydamo]

Founders House is a work and WELLNESS community, so why tf are we stocking Chewy Bars??

To be honest we just moved into Flatiron and needed to feed our members.

But we've been here about a month now...

It's time for an upgrade.

So we're on the hunt for the best brands and founders to feature.

We want to fill our pantry with healthy products and snacks. Ideally from NYC Founders.

They'll be featured on our shelves and in front of 100s of founders every month.

And also opportunities to sample their products during our Tasting Tuesdays.

Who're your favorite healthy snack brands and founders in the city?

Tag them below, we'd love an intro.

[Tom - SEOfor.Accountants @tflann]

Accountants and CPAs, here are some basics for collecting reviews:

- If you meet with your clients in-person or on the phone at final delivery, ask for the review then

- Add a link to leave a review in your invoice

- Follow-up multiple times over multiple days with multiple communication methods - they usually won't leave a review after the first prompt

- If you have a large database of clients that have not left a review, create an automated follow-up campaign to ask for reviews over time. Do not do them in batches, do a steady drip

- Have a better review velocity than all your competitors, it's usually 2-5+/month. The bar is super, duper low

- Absolutely incentivize your team to collect reviews. Note: you can never incentivize your customers to leave a review - per Google and the FTC

#TaxTwitter

[Kimi @NotGoKGreen]

Honey wake up! Johnnyswim just came out with a new Christmas single!

[Kimi @NotGoKGreen]

@ianweiner90 @investing_law Sweet I’ll check out their resources thank you!

[Kimi @NotGoKGreen]

How do you start a fund? Asking for a friend

[Kimi @NotGoKGreen]

Okay, more context on the fund question.

I think what I’m describing is early stage investing.

Founders Basketball has grown into a community of 1,000+ founders across the US. We run pickup in NYC, Boston, LA, Indy, and we're expanding to more cities fast.

I’ve gotten to know a lot of the people in it by playing, my company Sam's List is a sponsor, and I recently launched our founder newsletter which also allows me to meet even more people building really cool companies.

A bunch of the founders we’ve gotten to know, especially in CPG and tech, are raising early rounds. We'd love to find a way to write early checks and use the community we already have to help them beyond that.

What I really want to understand is the unsexy stuff.

How do you set it up, and what do you need in place before you can raise money? How do you actually find investors, bring their money in, and get it into the companies? What are you on the hook for after you write a check? What does it cost to run, and how and when do the people running it actually make money?

I’m heads down running Sam’s List right now. Before we take anything on, I want to know what we’d have to own ourselves, what a lawyer or fund admin could handle, and how much time it actually takes. If it’s a second full-time job, I’d rather find that out now.

If you’ve launched a first fund, invested deal by deal, or helped someone handle the legal or admin side, I’d love 10-20 minutes to hear what it took. An intro or a resource that walks through the whole process would be super helpful too.

[Kimi @NotGoKGreen]

How do you start a fund? Asking for a friend

[Kimi @NotGoKGreen]

ill preface that i don't know what i don't know

i think early stage venture? still figuring out what we don't know. Founders Basketball has 1,000+ founders across the US. a bunch of the CPG and tech founders we've gotten to know are raising, and we'd love to do more for them by writing early checks. don't know what that process looks like from creation --> set up --> disbursing

[Drew Feldman, APMA® @TheDrewFeldman]

Thanks for including me @hi_samslist and @NotGoKGreen

https://t.co/MvFzJVi3hI

[Kimi @NotGoKGreen]

Here is the podcast episode we were featured in. You should listen to all of it but if you're short on time, Sam's List is mentioned at the 26 minute 53 second mark :) https://t.co/AAuB7AqPfH

[Kimi @NotGoKGreen]

36% of people looking for financial help already have someone. They just want someone ELSE.

we studied ~1,000 people searching for financial professionals on Sam's List.

👉 78% needed help within 30 days
👉 50%+ needed help within 2 weeks
👉 36% were replacing their current provider
👉 nearly half were hiring for the first time

Blake Oliver & David Leary even discussed our research on The Accounting Podcast last month. HOLY MOLY!!!!!!! they're like Founders by David Senra in accounting world.

you have no idea what how incredibly helpful stuff like that is for a tiny company like us.

we're sitting on a ton of data about how people find and choose financial professionals.

accountants, bookkeepers, advisors: what would YOU want to know about how people search and decide who to hire?

[Kimi @NotGoKGreen]

@iiiitsandrea are you deuxmoi of cpg?

[Kimi @NotGoKGreen]

@dennishegstad Lot of Ecom founders at founders basketball - come!

[Joe Pompliano @JoePompliano]

The Golden State Valkyries' story is crazy.

In 2023, the Warriors ownership group (Joe Lacob, Peter Guber) paid $50 million for a WNBA expansion team.

Lacob promised that they would win a championship within five years and also lead the league in revenue.

Now, in just their second season, the Valkyries have accomplished both.

• 12,000+ season ticket holders (90% renewal rate)
• 40+ sponsorship partners (JPMorgan Chase, etc.)
• $100 million in annual revenue (WNBA record)
• 44 straight sellouts (league-leading attendance)
• 2026 WNBA Champions (beat the Atlanta Dream)

And here's the craziest part...

Not only did Lacob and Guber negotiate a clause that let them pay the $50 million expansion fee over 10 years, but the last three expansion teams sold for $250 million each, and the Valkyries are now valued at $1 billion.

That is 20x more than the $50 million expansion fee, and it makes the Valkyries the most valuable franchise in women's sports history.

Today's newsletter breaks down all the details.

READ: https://t.co/rMOpJQ6elX

[Kimi @NotGoKGreen]

@julescantu 💃🕺🪩

[Kimi @NotGoKGreen]

Greatest city in the world

📍 NYC Marathon

[Kimi @NotGoKGreen]

@viveklaungani @WhatsApp @hi_samslist F1 Kimi can have 2026, I'm claiming 2027