BenWG

Founder at Building businesses, riding bikes, rowing oceans. Early stage builder of teams @ |

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@FoundersPodcast You’ve also got to be mad enough to lose sight of land.

[John Rush @johnrushx]

Sorry to be that guy,

but most vibe coders will soon realize that their business failures weren't due to a lack of coding skills.

[Nicole Quinn @Nik_Quinn]

“Consumer is dead” is the laziest take in tech.

If you believe it, you’ve already missed the next cycle.

Consumer doesn’t die. It reboots with new technology and then you have a 7–10 year window to invest to capture 90% of that value. That window is now, so....

Today we announce our VC fund, Connect Ventures, backing the most exceptional Consumer founders.

[Kyle Harrison @kwharrison13]

Every day as a VC:

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@jevgenijs Wow the future is here!

[Trace Cohen @Trace_Cohen]

Startups used to be simple

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@goingpublic When I look into the eyes of vc I want to see they understand what it really means to leave sight of land.

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Great substack on the state of UK Music. and what to do about it https://t.co/nFeZYXBDzn

[Rex Salisbury @rexsalisbury]

haven't lost any founders to drugs.

I have lost (or nearly lost) several to house renovations gone terribly wrong that are way over budget and behind schedule.

building a biz is hard. renovating a house is a nightmare.

both create big liquidity issues.

so...don't do both at the same time.

this is a real thing.

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@sriramk @balajis ❤️

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@JohnMehrzadKC @FC_Chambers great work! hope all well.

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@threadreaderapp unroll

[Nikita Bier @nikitabier]

After 10 years of building consumer social apps, I've decided to start exploring new areas. Building these products is an unforgiving grind—but I learned a lot along the way.

For those embarking on this path, here's everything you need to know:

TIME FOR A THREAD 👇

[Nikita Bier @nikitabier]

After 10 years of building consumer social apps, I've decided to start exploring new areas. Building these products is an unforgiving grind—but I learned a lot along the way.

For those embarking on this path, here's everything you need to know:

TIME FOR A THREAD 👇

[BenWG @BenWG]

@Tesco it would be nice when I bought my @BrewDog that the box hadn’t been opened and I might think I had a chance of winning 😢

[Hussein Kanji @hkanji]

Across the last 6 years, What3Words has generated £2.5m of revenue against £119m in net losses https://t.co/Urs18e13XM

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@GeraintThomas86 Go G
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[Adam Kay @amateuradam]

If they fuck the NHS we end up with an insurance-based model, and this is what it looks like.

[Doug Monro @dougall]

Unpopular opinion (?): as an angel investor, I don’t invest in companies that have been through incubators or accelerators.