Alice

💡CPA + founder

[Alice @_alicecheng]

The people yearn for @BlackBerry again 😭

[Alice @_alicecheng]

“The best Tech Week event I’ve been to.”

For @Techweek_ , https://t.co/ikqNP6R7JT brought together startup founders + tennis lovers. What resulted was a club full of positive energy, grit on and off the court, and a lot of laughs. Friendships = made 🤝

#NYTechWeek

[Orange Book 🍊📖 @orangebook]

There is nothing more common than talented people who never achieved much because they thought they had time.

[Alice @_alicecheng]

People returning to offices’ commute be like

[Orange Book 🍊📖 @orangebook]

Society isn’t shaped by overthinkers, it’s shaped by people who had the courage to step up even as they felt anxious and scared, people who had enough self-belief to invest in themselves, people who had a clear vision of what they wanted and who they needed to be to get there.

[Francesca 🌙✨ @francescajayne_]

If anyone is looking for the most thoughtful present, my Mum bought me a year in books for Christmas and it’s amazing ❤️📚 (even better, some were second hand from people who mean a lot to me)

[Orange Book 🍊📖 @orangebook]

A good reason to stay anonymous: if they don’t know about your achievements, your wealth, your credentials, your looks, your network, your influence, they will judge you based on how you think, and great friends are those you feel deeply connected with at the intellectual level.

[Alice @_alicecheng]

@TBPInvictus Would be funny if found out it’s actually a couples costume and the boyfriend is getting dragged up the stairs. Or what a clever way to hide a body bag on Halloween

[Prof. Feynman @ProfFeynman]

Imagine how much harder physics would be if electrons had feelings.

[Soren Iverson @soren_iverson]

Wordle guess your tax refund

[Soren Iverson @soren_iverson]

Gmail quick reactions that dynamically update based on email content

[gaut @0xgaut]

if your CFO uses a macbook, you’re going to jail

[Chris Bakke @ChrisJBakke]

Running a company:

2020: can you survive a pandemic?

2021: still here? we’re going to give all of your competitors $100m series A rounds.

2022: wow, you made it? okay, all engineers cost $600,000/year now.

2023: nice job! okay, we’re going to take away your bank account.

[Darrel Frater ✝️ @DarrelFrater]

Unpopular Opinion: If you're full-time in your startup and it's not making you any money, you should probably go get a job and build on the side.
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Being a FT founder has been over glorified and oftentimes it is not wise or practical at all for your livelihood.

It may feel like you have time pressure to be "first to market" or to get ahead of the competition, but trust me, the business opportunity will still be there.

THERE IS NO RUSH.

I can give this advice with confidence because this is actually one of the main reasons I work in VC today!

In August of 2021 I was wrapping up MBA and completely ran out of money both in my startup and my personal finances.

My credit cards were maxed to fund the business and I had no more money to keep up with monthly payments.

My best option at the time was to get a job to continue funding the business and to maintain my personal finances.

Instead of taking a 9 to 5 completely unrelated to my life goals, I sought out opportunities that had alignment with the future I wanted.

Becoming a VC was the best option for me because I knew that it would satisfy my short-term financial goals while still allowing me to pursue my long-term career goals.

Finding alignment is key and you should look for those opportunities as well.

This will allow you to take back control.

You won't feel stuck and reliant on VCs and investors to continue to move forward in your life and business.

Find opportunities that give you flexibility to build on the side and where the job itself give you networks, experience, and resources to do even better in your startup.

For me, VC was the perfect fit.

For you it might be VC too or it might be management consulting or something else.

Have self awareness and do not fall victim to the lies that say you should be a "Struggling Founder".

It's completely not worth it.

You deserve better.

[Alice @_alicecheng]

@NJ_Letters Found you from your medium article on our town, thanks for sharing! Wish there was more transparency at the time of voting. It was hard to even learn anything about the candidates. Wouldn’t have voted for these ladies if I knew

[Alice @_alicecheng]

Just Do Something. -@Nike ‘s post-pandemic slogan 🥔

[Alice @_alicecheng]

@AldiUSA I was halfway through eating this spinach box that I bought from your store, and discovered a whole dead cricket preserved in between the leaves. Then opened a second box and discovered this tick. 🦗🕷 Lost faith in the freshness of your cleaning process

[Matthew Chapman @fawfulfan]

To clarify, the real problem in the school prayer case is not that the coach wanted to pray.

It wasn't even that he was doing it publicly and had people on the team join in (though that is problematic too.)

The real problem is he retaliated against players who didn't join him.

[Alice @_alicecheng]

It's incredibly heartbreaking+eyeopening to learn about all the difficult and life-threatening situations that led you to your decisions and grant evidence that abortions = healthcare. However, "I simply did not want a baby" is also a PERFECTLY FINE excuse

[Alice @_alicecheng]

Ladies, you do NOT need to justify your abortion stories or histories.