Ben O’Keefe

CS Systems @Stanford ‘26

[Ben O’Keefe @ben__okeefe]

@AnjneyMidha

[Ben O’Keefe @ben__okeefe]

@WilliamHYZhang Not pictured Billy being a chess grandmaster

[Ben O’Keefe @ben__okeefe]

@josephsemrai Super cool demo! Excited to see it in action!!

[Ben O’Keefe @ben__okeefe]

@brentsmith1024 More intense trailer than most marvel movies 🚀

[Ben O’Keefe @ben__okeefe]

@jfudem Doesn’t matter if you ship on Friday if you work on Saturday

[Ben O’Keefe @ben__okeefe]

@brentsmith1024 @JoshSiegel71696 @AdamIAchebe @pluggerbot @aidan__pratt @jjaison13 @vienna_sparks @MabLabtests @WilliamHYZhang @shreypj @AnanthVeluvali @josephjojoe @amritakbhasin @sehtoshi Unreal experience.

[Brent J. Smith @brentsmith1024]

We are officially half-way through @KeelVentures in NYC!

In just 4 weeks, Keel Cohort 1.0 has:

- Shipped 8 Products
- Signed 50 Paying Customers
- Added $400K+ ARR
- Raised $450K Uncapped
- Built autonomous drones, deployed APIs for APIs, sold 5-in-1 test strips for laced drugs, and so much more.

4 weeks down, 4 weeks to go. Stay tuned for even more progress from Cohort 1.0🚀

[Ben O’Keefe @ben__okeefe]

@brentsmith1024 @KeelVentures @shervin Thanks for great insights @shervin

[Brent J. Smith @brentsmith1024]

To kickoff Week 3 of @KeelVentures, we hosted a product workshop this morning with the amazing @BabakKia.

As our teams begin to ship their products and GTM, walking through MVP, UVP, product Dos and Dont��s, and other helpful product tips could not be more important.

Team spotlights coming soon…

[Ben O’Keefe @ben__okeefe]

4/ This means that the entire business of text message marketing will change.

What do you think is an underrated feature in iOS 18?

[Ben O’Keefe @ben__okeefe]

1/ While everybody was focusing on AI at Apple’s event last week there was one feature that flew under the radar.

RCS

I believe that RCS is the most underrated feature introduced in iOS 18 for businesses. Here’s why.

[Ben O’Keefe @ben__okeefe]

3/
With wifi texting, the cost of text-based advertising can be reduced by ~85%.

This makes it a much more compelling option compared to email advertising.

With multimedia, it finally makes using images in text advertising a viable option.