StrtupBoost

StrtupBoost is a 30,000 strong community of tech founders and investors who come together for panels, investor nights, and expos. 🚀🚀

[StrtupBoost @StrtupBoost]

An amazing time 🤩 in NYC with 8️⃣0️⃣0️⃣+ guests from the @Algorand community along with our friends @CertiK + @BitMartExchange @ our #Mainnet2022 After Party🥂

@SliceSpace @GoracleNetwork @shuflalgo @WebblenInc @opulousapp @AlgoFoundation 🚀

#Algo $Algo #Algorand @Jeff_Malko #NFT

[Jason Malki @JasonNabilMalki]

Most investor relationships start with familiarity, not pitching.

People invest in founders they keep seeing execute over time.

Visibility compounds. Credibility compounds.

#startups #venturecapital

[Jason Malki @JasonNabilMalki]

.@StrtupBoost hosted an event with @awscloud focused on startups, investors, and the future of AI.

Huge thank you to the Amazon team for their continued support of the startup ecosystem.

The biggest takeaway:

AI is becoming real infrastructure for founders.

Not just hype.

Tools that help startups build faster, operate leaner, and scale more efficiently.

Excited for what this means for the next generation of companies.

#startups #AI #AWS #founders

[John Woods @JohnAlanWoods]

https://t.co/Ye9utjJja5

[Jason Malki @JasonNabilMalki]

Investors are not just evaluating the business.

They’re evaluating the founder’s judgment.

Sharp thinking consistently beats polished slides.

#fundraising #venturecapital

[Jason Malki @JasonNabilMalki]

Most startups don’t move slowly because the market is hard.

They move slowly because nobody wants to commit to decisions.

Speed is usually a byproduct of clarity and decisiveness.

#startups #execution

[Jason Malki @JasonNabilMalki]

Founders often treat investor interest like cash.

That’s a mistake.

A meeting is not a wire.
A term sheet is not a wire.
A verbal commitment is not a wire.

Keep building and keep fundraising until the money is actually in the bank.

#startups #fundraising

[Jason Malki @JasonNabilMalki]

Startup advice without context is dangerous.

Scaling amplifies whatever already exists.

If the business is healthy, growth accelerates.
If the business is messy, chaos accelerates.

Focus before expansion.

#startups #growth

[Jason Malki @JasonNabilMalki]

Many founders are addicted to startup highs.

Launches.
Big meetings.
Announcements.

But startups are mostly repetition and slow execution.

The founders who last are usually less dependent on excitement and more committed to process.

Discipline compounds longer than motivation.

#founders #startups

[Jason Malki @JasonNabilMalki]

Most startup teams don’t need more meetings.

They need faster decisions.

Meetings create the illusion of progress.
Execution creates progress.

The best founders optimize for:
Clear ownership.
Fast action.
Less drag.

Startups usually slow down internally long before competition kills them.

At the early stage, speed is infrastructure.

#startups #founders

[Jason Malki @JasonNabilMalki]

Most founders think investor updates are about impressing investors.

They’re not.

Great updates show operational clarity:
What improved, what broke, what’s next, and where the company is stuck.

Investors already expect volatility.
What builds trust is a founder who understands the business clearly and communicates reality honestly.

#startups #venturecapital

[Chris Adamo @chrisadamo24]

A warm intro gets you seen.
A hot intro gets you taken seriously.
That’s the difference most founders learn too late.

At StrtupBoost, we focus on high-fit investor introductions that actually convert into conversations.

DM me if you’re fundraising.

#Fundraising #Startups #VC

[Jeff Malko 👊🏽 @Jeff_Malko]

When I met @TuomHolmberg in 2021, his vision for CC was evident even if few saw it then

Its hard to create new markets, the timing is never clear. You need to endure to thrive

Excited for whats ahead. Good luck to @gamestop & @eBay

Congrats on $1B🃏 solana:CARDSccUMFKoPRZxt5vt3ksUbxEFEcnZ3H2pd3dKxYjp

@StrtupBoost 🚀🚀🚀

[Collector Crypt @Collector_Crypt]

https://t.co/97rvGILuhb

[Chris Adamo @chrisadamo24]

Cold emails rarely raise rounds.

Warm intros do.

StrtupBoost helps founders access investors through curated lunches, trusted introductions, and real conversations - not cold inboxes.

If you’re fundraising, DM me.

#Startups #Fundraising #VC

[Jason Malki @JasonNabilMalki]

Bootstrapping builds a different kind of founder confidence.

When you invest your own capital first, every decision gets sharper.

You cut waste faster, stay closer to the customer, and care more about revenue than vanity metrics.

Investors notice founders who have already bet on themselves.

[Jason Malki @JasonNabilMalki]

The funniest part of the OpenAI vs Elon saga is people acting surprised.

The second AI became the most important platform shift since the internet, “open source ideals” were always going to collide with trillion-dollar incentives.

[Jason Malki @JasonNabilMalki]

AI is creating a generation of “fake productive” founders.

Execution is getting automated.
Judgment isn’t.

When everyone has the same AI tools, the moat becomes:

- distribution
- credibility
- relationships
- taste
- timing

The winners will understand humans better than everyone else.

[Collector Crypt @Collector_Crypt]

There's never been a better time to start your comic book collection.

[Jason Malki @JasonNabilMalki]

AI is compressing a huge amount of the day-to-day workload of entrepreneurship.

I think the founders who win won't just be the hardest workers anymore.

They'll be the people making the best decisions, building the best relationships, and understanding where attention and opportunity are moving.

AI helps with execution.

It still can't tell you what's worth building.

[Jason Malki @JasonNabilMalki]

Most founders don't have a pitch problem.

They have an investor targeting problem.

If you send a FinTech pre-seed deal to a HealthTech Series A investor, you're dead before the meeting starts.

Fundraising success = investment thesis alignment.

Stage. Sector. Check size. Timing.

That's half the battle.

#Fundraising #VC #Startups #AngelInvesting #FinTech #HealthTech #AI