Michael Cavopol

COO @arena_labs. Founder: Hedgehog Growth Partners. 9-fig exit w/@leankit. 20 years building teams and products on the tech frontier.

[Michael Cavopol @cavopol]

There’s always opportunity at the intersection of UX and growth

[Michael Cavopol @cavopol]

Whoever operationalizes AI for Main Street first owns the consolidation.

Still the most asymmetric bet in the country.

[Michael Cavopol @cavopol]

Two years ago I bet the biggest AI winners wouldn't be in San Francisco. They'd be HVAC, accounting, plumbing, regional manufacturing. Boring, non-tech, Main Street.

I was right on direction, wrong on timing. What's actually happening now:

[Michael Cavopol @cavopol]

The abundance is available to almost everyone and captured by almost no one.

The gap is execution, not access.

[Paul Graham @paulg]

The only thing worse than having the CEO knee-deep in building stuff with AI is not having the CEO knee-deep in building stuff with AI.

[Michael Cavopol @cavopol]

@_TommyMason Why do you think these dimensions end up so similar?

[Michael Cavopol @cavopol]

@jjen_abel 100k isn’t even really enterprise sales. Unless you’re selling a pilot with the expectation it converts at 1m+

[Michael Cavopol @cavopol]

@HotForMoot lol at answers. Here’s the real one: Colder engines can't safely rev high. Warmer engine allows higher RPMs with no damage.

The red lines recede as it heats, showing safe rev limit.

[Michael Cavopol @cavopol]

@rahulvohra @mahaniok can I get in on this?

[Michael Cavopol @cavopol]

@paulg Nashville is the new Austin!

[Michael Cavopol @cavopol]

Great metaphor

[Garry Tan @garrytan]

The personal computer revolution was about giving everyone a bicycle for the mind

The personal AI revolution is about giving everyone a self driving rocket for the mind