Roshan Patel

founder & ceo @Arrow_Payments // making healthcare payments frictionless

[Roshan Patel @roshanpateI]

🚨 Some major news! 🚨

A year and a half ago, we started Walnut: a fintech startup increasing access to healthcare by making it more affordable.

Today we raised a $110M Series A from Gradient Ventures, Newark Ventures, Afore Capital, 2048 VC and more!

https://t.co/I6KYEmPzqG

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@thedeoncardoza @claudeai Playbook

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i thought she ghosted me but it turns out she was just a forward deployed engineer and was spending time with a customer on-site extending the core product for their specific use case

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Scientists at Princeton University have reconstructed this 3D model of how Adam, the first human man created by God, may have looked

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my credit card once declined for a $20 cursor subscription

i closed my laptop in shame, and promised myself no matter what it took - I would never be broke again.

5 years later, i asked chatgpt to build a cursor competitor, but it ran into bugs and i gave up

i'm still broke.

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yeah i work 9/9/6:
- 9 thousand dollars burned on AWS
- 9 HR complaints against me
- 6 hours spent chatting with my AI girlfriend

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"i make six figures" okay you make $100k

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Just hired an offshore EA to do some of my tedious morning wellness tasks (yoga, meditation, breathwork, etc.) so i can get back to popping zyn, raw dogging 24oz Celsius, and GRINDING

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Gonna tell my kids this was Elizabeth Holmes and Sunny Balwani

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What I'm looking for in a woman:
- has a dad
- her dad is a partner at a Tier 1 VC
- her dad can lead Seed + Series A rounds
- her dad generates shareholder value

[uncle ric @ihatethiskid]

What I’m looking for in a woman:
- hot
- has a job
- has friends
- has never seen my favorite movies so I can force her to watch them with me

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> thought for 3 seconds
> you're absolutely right...

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your late 20’s are crazy because some of your friends are getting married and having babies and buying houses and some of your friends are automating critical business workflows with agentic AI

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fuck yes imagine vibe coding here

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Starting a startup changed the trajectory of my life.

Before:
- 28 years old
- $100k in debt
- Skinny fat
- Living in studio apt

Now:
- 32 years old
- $300k in debt
- Fat
- Living in my car

[Roshan Patel @roshanpateI]

just heard a founder refer to Y Combinator as "y10c" we've reached the top

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@castlehillmom Where is Zero to One by Peter Thiel?

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just went from $0 -> $1M ARR (anticipated rumored revenue) in just 42 days

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my ex was like "i know a spot" and took me to the intersection of business and technology

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We hired a college intern. Today's his first day. Here's what he just sent me.

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get in bro we're automating b2b workflows with vertical saas

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noooo babe don't worry i love that you're a prompt engineer, the real engineers scare me haha