Chris the Marketer

Helping founders grow with content that attracts investors, users, and talent
🎙️ Host of Next Round Ready | 📍Seattle

[Chris the Marketer @hinesightm]

Learning a lot about venture capital, startups, AI and more things tech

I'll share everything I learn here on this thread with notes and resources attached

[Chris the Marketer @hinesightm]

Studying different aspects of startup funding everyday

[Chris the Marketer @hinesightm]

Full episode: https://t.co/1RusJsfowv

[Chris the Marketer @hinesightm]

Founders have to become media brands

Not the Gary V style
But in your own personal, organic style

Just prioritize doing more and you can win

[Chris the Marketer @hinesightm]

Full episode: https://t.co/1RusJsfowv

[Chris the Marketer @hinesightm]

In 2 years, it'll be impossible to get your voice out there
You have to start making content now

It's already too late!

[Chris the Marketer @hinesightm]

Next on my list

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@_docwilliams @Replit @amasad @mattyp @billyjhowell @niconley @tarekarafat_ Thanks!

[Chris the Marketer @hinesightm]

I want to do a series where I interview vibe coders who've built products on @Replit and started generating results

Are there any founders you'd recommend? @amasad @mattyp

[Chris the Marketer @hinesightm]

I think its good to have specific products that you use
A product stack is very important

[Chris the Marketer @hinesightm]

@mattyp Bro is cooking

[Chris the Marketer @hinesightm]

Premier Pro is literally $40/month
Insane man

[Chris the Marketer @hinesightm]

Check out the full episode: https://t.co/Ah1Dlr3iyE

[Chris the Marketer @hinesightm]

Great content will make your brand stand out
Don't rely on the AI slop!

Put real effort into creating high quality content for your startup

[Nick Huber @sweatystartup]

Life is sales. Relationships are sales. Real estate is sales.

If you know how to sell yourself and your ideas, you will win.

If you are uncomfortable, afraid, or not very good at articulating your message, you will lose.

Sales is hard to teach but it’s the most important skill of all in business.

No sales? Then you don’t have a business.

To me, a lot of it relies on extremely clear communication and charisma.

You learn it through repetition and practice.

It all comes down to picking up the phone over and over again and not being afraid of rejection, (because you'll get a lot of it.)

I've been hung up on more times than I can count when cold calling self-storage facilities to source deals.

I've been laughed at on calls with potential investors.

I've had folks tell me we'll never make money and that we should find something else to do.

Now we have 62 properties and 1.86M sqft and several other fast growing businesses.

The lesson: I didn’t quit and I wasn’t afraid to sell.

I put myself out there and I made it happen.

A lot of my success in sales has come from simply doing thousands of reps.

[Chris the Marketer @hinesightm]

@robwalling This is incredible
I'm helping a lot of people in terms of connections but this is the long term goal: to put money in the hands of founders for building

[Chris the Marketer @hinesightm]

Got a new series on TikTok where I post daily about what I’m learning in venture capital and startups

Been fun so far

I’ll start a thread here

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Try it now https://t.co/gwEUpgnhWh

[Chris the Marketer @hinesightm]

Myth: “You have to go to college to learn something deeply.”
Reality: You just need structure, feedback, and focus.

That’s what Learn Journal helps with — minus the student debt.

(Yes, I know college degrees are important.)

[Chris the Marketer @hinesightm]

The most successful people I know don’t just “learn things.”

They track what they’re learning.
They write down insights.
They set clear intentions.

That’s what Learn Journal helps you do

[Chris the Marketer @hinesightm]

Doing one of these

[shirish @shiri_shh]

How to get your first 100 users👇