Jessica Phan

Dog mom & foodie by night. Tweets are all things web3, gaming, & community. DM's are open! ☺️

[Chris Neumann @ckneumann]

In the past week, I've spoken with partners at 18 Silicon Valley VCs about what they're seeing in the market three weeks into September.

Here's what I've learned...

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[jess lozano schmitt @JessLozanoS]

do 👏your 👏 homework 👏if 👏you👏asked 👏to 👏hop 👏on 👏a 👏call

[Jessica Phan @jessdphan]

@TarlonKhoubyari 👀

[Jessica Phan @jessdphan]

@lucy_guo This!! I love learning about what other people are doing out there. So many things I never knew about!

[Tarlon @TarlonKhoubyari]

No. 1 question I like to ask people before wrapping up a call (regardless of who its with)

"How I can be helpful?"

It creates a few minutes of empathy and support...
which we all could use right now.

[Jessica Phan @jessdphan]

@emilyherrera love that for u 🔥🫡

[Jenny Fielding @jefielding]

So much respect for all the founders raising capital at the end of August, during a massive downturn. This is crazy hard to pull off, these folks are hard core 💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼

[Jessica Phan @jessdphan]

@TarlonKhoubyari Targeted keywords on FB marketplace - works wonders!!!

[Jessica Phan @jessdphan]

@momahmood_ @NYCTechWeek SIGN ME UP

[Alifya✨ @alifyavaliji]

Founders need support with 3 things consistently:

💸 Raising capital
👩‍💻 Hiring
🤝 Acquiring customers

Success with all three boils down to the same thing — building relationships overtime, not overnight

[vitalik.eth @VitalikButerin]

Regular reminder to people trying to make things better:

It is not your responsibility to solve every problem.

[TheIndieManiac @TheIndieManiac]

If you are an #indiedev what are you working on? 👁👁

[Jessica Phan @jessdphan]

@erika_echaniz LA ftw 👋

[jess lozano schmitt @JessLozanoS]

what’s your best start up pick up line?

[Erica Wenger @Erica_Wenger]

So important to thank your team often & celebrate the small wins 🥳

Your team is all you have

No gratitude = high turnover

[Jessica Phan @jessdphan]

@TarlonKhoubyari @Capri_lynnn @Stonks_dot_com @launchhouse Yessss go @Capri_lynnn!!! 🙌🏻

[Jessica Phan @jessdphan]

@luke_metro I... 😭

[Erica Wenger @Erica_Wenger]

If you hop on a call w/ me or meet me in person, I have been told I have a really unique approach when having conversations🥲

If I can get away with it, I spend 90% listening & 10% talking

I have tricks to make sure the conversation stays on them

Why I do it…🧵

[Jessica Phan @jessdphan]

@sabakarimm after a year of virtual meetings, it's so cool to finally hear people pitch their startups IRL

[Jessica Phan @jessdphan]

@jillianpuente it's never gonna get any better, honestly.