Tom Chavez

CEO & co-founder of @Ketch_Digital
Founding, funding, and building #startups @supersetstudio.
Talking shop at @ClosedSeshPod

[Tom Chavez @tommychavez]

As an entrepreneur, your job isn't to have all the answers. It's to learn faster than the other guy. Sharpen your saw, put your head down, ignore the hype, and build. (8/8)

[The {Closed} Session @ClosedSeshPod]

When and why should an entrepreneur bring on VCs?

What does the money accomplish?

How is a Series A today different from 1999?

What makes a good VC?

What does "does it ramp?" mean?

@tommychavez & @vsvaidya tell us all this & more on the latest ep.!

https://t.co/07DAURIPZB

[Tom Chavez @tommychavez]

When are you ready to approach outside investors?
When you have:
deep context for the problem ✅
the right team assembled with a passion for solving it ✅
strong v1 product ✅

https://t.co/Ob0Q3dfuH0

[Tom Chavez @tommychavez]

The best & brightest talent in tech is on the move, not content to stay inside stodgy Big Tech companies, they're heading toward the innovation only company-building can provide. Welcome @jsuarezdavis to @supersetstudio https://t.co/yMJVkqopZl

[Tom Chavez @tommychavez]

The good times were really good while they lasted, but it's easy to be a demigod in a bull market. The true measure of an entrepreneur is taken now and in the months ahead. And for the former demigods, their biographies will be all about what they did when the bear came.

[Tom Chavez @tommychavez]

There are other things I have to call bullshit on. If you'd like to hear @vsvaidya and me go off, listen up: https://t.co/zVKUkcF7wc

[Tom Chavez @tommychavez]

The latest obvious and not-at-all helpful advice VCs are treating entrepreneurs to is, “You’ve got to tighten your belts!” It’s ironic considering five minutes ago too many of them were demanding to know from those same entrepreneurs, “Where’s the ramp?” #VCLand

[Spectrum Labs (An ActiveFence Company) @SpectrumLabsAI]

Misinformation is pervasive, but with election day just a week away, it's a topic many of us are thinking about. In this article from Tom Chavez, he places a spotlight on the subject of countering misinformation in Spanish-language media.

Read more: https://t.co/OwmaM8QBfu

[Tom Chavez @tommychavez]

Strap on your seatbelts. This is gonna get interesting. (7/7)

[Tom Chavez @tommychavez]

You can’t proudly declare you’re a ‘free speech absolutist’ AND insist that this platform won’t turn into a ‘free-for-all hellscape.’ The only thing the 2 claims have in common is the word ‘free,’ which, w/ a $44B price tag, Twitter most certainly isn't. (1/7)

[Tom Chavez @tommychavez]

Ad revenue will vaporize if brands and advertisers perceive the smallest risk of their names appearing alongside toxic content. Whatever his philosophical or First Amendment leanings, as a businessman Musk can run, but he can’t hide from trust and safety. (6/7)

[Tom Chavez @tommychavez]

I'll keep saying it until it sinks in: Privacy is *not* a regulatory burden. Privacy is an innovation imperative. https://t.co/Wu5qaPqEH5

[Tom Chavez @tommychavez]

Maybe you think you’re a lone genius and this doesn’t apply to you but geniuses make shitty products all the time and it’s because they aren’t constantly empathizing with the end user.

[Tom Chavez @tommychavez]

I know many brilliant techies frequently fall into a “customers, use cases, blah, blah, blah. who cares?” mindset. But here’s the thing: once you’ve lost sight of those pieces, you’ve lost sight of everything.

[Lou Paskalis 🇺🇦🇺🇸🇮🇱 @LouPas]

“I hope the title CMO goes away and is replaced with Chief Growth Officer or Chief Collaboration Officer. The role is less about functional expertise and more about leadership. Marketers are known for high customer EQ, they need to also have high colleague EQ” Brad Jakeman

[Tom Chavez @tommychavez]

@Ketch_Digital 🤠

[Lou Paskalis 🇺🇦🇺🇸🇮🇱 @LouPas]

��Hiding in the herd is not a viable strategy. You can comply with privacy regulation AND grow your business.”

“Privacy compliance is not a burden to be shouldered, it is an opportunity to be seized” Tom Chavez, CEO and Co-Founder, Ketch.