Brett Bernstein

Founder of a 3-year old startup, they’re adorable at this age. @thinkgatsby

[Brett Bernstein @bhbern]

@UberEats surprising experience over the weekend - I was trying to find the price total and it confirmed my order. I immediately cancelled my order, like within 20 seconds, and Uber still charged me $20 saying the restaurant already made the pizza.. Any way you can reverse this?

[Brett Bernstein @bhbern]

@karlymcfarly haha I should probably request a test screening first 😬

[Chase Dimond | Email Marketing Nerd 📧 @ecomchasedimond]

the influencers you contact, will likely never have heard of your brand, & therefore haven’t ever used your product.

Gatsby allows you to identify & engage your subscribers/customers.

It’s the easiest way to figure out who on your list has influence.

DM me if you want an intro

[Chase Dimond | Email Marketing Nerd 📧 @ecomchasedimond]

2. GATSBY

What:

The easiest way to identify the social profiles of your site visitors. Capture, engage, and grow your social customers at scale.

Why I invested:

Most influencer and ambassador programs right now require a lot of outbound effort.

And with that, a majority of

[Whoa Interesting @WhoaInteresting]

How globes were made in 1955

[Brett Bernstein @bhbern]

Wow @canva 's new background remover tool is magic. Well done

[Michael Cardamone @MGCardamone]

2019 was a great year for @Acceleprise!
💰 doubled AUM
👩 added 3 amazing people to the team
🇨🇦 launched in Toronto, our 3rd location
💵 total enterprise value across portfolio is now $1B+
💴 had our first big exit, returned most of 1st fund within 5.5 years of 1st close

[Brett Bernstein @bhbern]

Remembering the startups we lost in 2019 https://t.co/IA0HwubAzr

[Brett Bernstein @bhbern]

If someone can figure out how to legitimately stop spam robotic voice calls, I’ll start answering random number calls again. Sales teams should fund this

[Brett Bernstein @bhbern]

What do ya’all think of this new mural in SF?

[Aaron Levie @levie]

Classic staging vs. production environment.

[Brett Bernstein @bhbern]

@cass_mcfrass haha yea right. Cafes used to prepare ice coffee the day before, fridge it... and voila. No ice melt. If only global warming was that simple..

[Brett Bernstein @bhbern]

Where did iced coffee go? Cold brew is too strong, americano's too weak...

[Brett Bernstein @bhbern]

@toddlieberman @theaeronautsmov Nice! Want to see it

[Jason ✨👾SaaStr.Ai✨ Lemkin @jasonlk]

Is 300% YoY growth 3x or 4x?

I GET SO CONFUSED

b/c 100% YoY growth is definitely 2x

[Gatsby @thinkGatsby]

Honored to be included in @stevenhutt’s podcast on "2019 Epic Black Friday Shopify App Deals". Check it out! https://t.co/7RresYxIdM

[founder @stevecheney]

There's an ancient Chinese proverb:

“The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now.”

It takes 5-10 years to build a platform in anything.

If you are on the fence, just start.

[Ash Rust @AshRust]

Many mistakenly think building a startup works like this.

1. Have Idea 2. Raise Money 3. Build Startup

The reality is very different:

1. Have Idea 2. Build Startup with no money & eat mostly Ramen 3. Raise Money

[Brett Bernstein @bhbern]

Congrats my cohort brethren

[sudo @sudotong]

Thread: We just raised a $5M seed round for @firefliesai from @canaanpartners

https://t.co/SVVvA3JUSx

[Vlad Magdalin @callmevlad]

What's the German word for that awkward 7-10 second period where both people on a video call have stopped talking and are frantically searching for the button to end the call?