Tom Bachar

Building something new. • Prev: Founded Pei (acq), Capital One, Flex, Solomon Partners • Venture Scout

[Tom Bachar @TomBacharr]

Switch to Android

[Brad Wilcox @BradWilcoxIFS]

New study: Did the introduction of the iPhone causally reduce fertility?

Yes, by more than 1/3.

New study: https://t.co/KUTyAJxGlJ

[Tom Bachar @TomBacharr]

Thank you

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most consumer fintech apps treat their core product as lead gen. the UX feels cheap, every feature bolted on like an ad. users notice.

the easiest organic growth hack in fintech isn't a hack. it's building a product that doesn't feel like it's trying to sell you something else the entire time.

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@JPEGuin Amazing work!!!! Can’t wait!

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@JPEGuin @JPEGuin amazing to see the ratings graph! Would love to see the season avg at the bottom of the graph for each season. Would also very much love a native trakt integration and this would be perfect

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@markpinc As more people are enabled to create - what do you think on the evolution of product and distribution? What would Zynga 2.0 look like if it was built today?

[Tom Bachar @TomBacharr]

How do we improve this for Austin? Many talented folks already here, needs more capital infrastructure

[Sheel Mohnot @pitdesi]

I thought "lemme see what the data says" but it was much harder than I expected because Miami has actually fallen off the chart...

[Tom Bachar @TomBacharr]

Only started? These cars have been on the streets of Austin for the last 4 years, what has been the point?

[Evan @StockMKTNewz]

Amazon's $AMZN self driving car startup Zoox has started to map out the streets of Dallas, Texas, and Phoenix, Arizona as a precursor to testing its autonomous vehicles in the cities

[Tom Bachar @TomBacharr]

@signulll Credit card perks aren't about helping cover the need to have expenses, they are betting you will use the card to pay for those expenses with their card. They want to offer nice to haves, were you may not otherwise use the perk but feels like justifiable value.

[Tom Bachar @TomBacharr]

EWA for the rich?

[Evan @StockMKTNewz]

ROBINHOOD $HOOD JUST SAID:

Customers will be able to receive dividends from major 🇺🇸 stocks up to 1 month before the official payment date

[Tom Bachar @TomBacharr]

@JPEGuin Beautiful!

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@JPEGuin It's an interesting way of showing episode ratings across a series : https://t.co/CMIpmDAWIf

[Tom Bachar @TomBacharr]

@JPEGuin Amazing! If you could incorporate a Series Graph type of feature, that would also be very unique. If there is a way to pay to support the development, would love to chip in.

[Tom Bachar @TomBacharr]

Commoditization isn’t death.
It’s the market telling you your moat moved.

Payments are commoditized.
Stripe still wins on DX, reliability, and ecosystem — not raw payments.

Commoditized markets:
• Are massive
• Grow fast
• Have temporary pricing power
• Punish anyone without a new moat

Ride-hailing worked… until pricing matched.
Then only scale, regulation, and logistics mattered.

When product or distribution commoditizes, differentiation goes invisible:
Trust. Defaults. Switching costs. Habit.

Amazon doesn’t win on checkout UX.
It wins on logistics + Prime lock-in.

Most great companies start commoditized.
Execution first. Moat later.

Netflix began with DVDs.
The real moat came after.

Commoditization doesn’t kill companies.
Founders who don’t move the moat do.

[Tom Bachar @TomBacharr]

@jbahrdestefano @btv_vc What is the best way to get in touch?

[Patrick Collison @patrickc]

With some slight prompt modifications.

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@ypatil125 Congrats on all the success @ypatil125!!

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@jn_jackk FUNDRAISE

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