Luis Andino

founder of Ditch

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@HHaandr @RevenueCat Dm’d!

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@arielmichaeli @jakemor @jackfriks @appfigures This is so helpful! Thanks!!

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@arielmichaeli @jakemor @jackfriks @appfigures Available for download in the US. I asked the question since we’re at $100k+ and I wanted to maybe add that to a deck or to our investor update as a fun fact. “We’re one of X apps making $100k+/mo”.

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@jakemor @arielmichaeli @jackfriks @appfigures Oh I asked the question to see where we benchmark, since we’re at 100k+ in ARR. I want to know if we’re one of 10,000, 1,000 apps etc, and thought you may have the data.

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@Bouazizalex

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@Siron93 the founder of stella is a genius level marketer who is so close to her users that she can translate their needs perfectly. everything you listed here stems from that.

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@zach_yadegari idk how stupid people have to be to think that you were permanently banned… or that all that revenue was just dead it makes no sense, of course you’d be back. you took a risk and lost 24hrs of revenue who gives a fuck?

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@HarryStebbings @willahmed @WHOOP did you get a piece?

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did marc andreesen feel 20 years ago about tweeting like I feel about posting on tik tok?

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@andrewchen We are

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The beautiful absurdity of startups and venture capital

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@agazdecki @acquiredotcom @kobyjconrad 👀

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@lottsnomad https://t.co/lvotPTFoBi is incredibly well built and well rounded

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@kobyjconrad ugc is low iq?

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@agazdecki They also need to own product, engineering and culture. Thinking the product will build itself well is a huge mistake.

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@natiakourdadze I’ve been using @TechGuyMarc’s pitchghost for this and it works great too.

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@SinaHartung this is funny

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Airbnb CEO @bchesky says more AI founders should be starting consumer businesses.

"I'm on the board of Y Combinator. 87% of companies are enterprise companies per batch."

"Enterprise is awesome... but the biggest prize is consumer. That is what's going to reach daily life for billions of people."

"Think about all the little parts of daily life that are kind of annoying. Pay attention to whoever's in your life and ask: 'How could their daily life be a little bit easier?'"

[Luis Andino @Iuicho]

I was talking yesterday with a founder I respect a lot — he’s also an investor in Ditch.

Two years ago, he introduced me to his son, who (on his own merit) earned an internship at Ditch.

A few years later, his son went on to start his own company, got into YC, and is absolutely crushing it.

In our conversation, we exchanged pleasantries and he thanked me for giving his son “a break.”

That really stuck with me.

Sometimes all you need in life is someone to give you a break.

To be clear, I think his son’s success was preordained. Whether or not we crossed paths probably didn’t change the outcome. But I can’t stop thinking about the concept of giving someone a break.

We need more people who are willing to do that — sometimes irrationally, without a perfectly airtight justification — just to say yes.

Hire the person. Write the check. Sign the contract. Make the introduction.

Everyone needs a starting point. And life (and progress) depends on it.