FreeLunchKid

From food stamps to @Harvard: My mission is to change the game by giving you the real low down on $$, startups, life. Figuring it out in public.

[FreeLunchKid @kimpatel_p]

founders real question: what are things investors should NOT do when speaking with founders? 👇🏽 (trying to learn and not do them!)

[FreeLunchKid @kimpatel_p]

“Lightly, child, lightly. You’ve got to learn to do everything lightly. Think lightly, act lightly, feel lightly.”
— Aldous Huxley

via the 5-Bullet Friday newsletter (https://t.co/Nq4d6T8y8L) from @tferriss

[FreeLunchKid @kimpatel_p]

@deel is holding my company's money hostage because I cancelled a service. They won't pay my contractors and they took the money from my business checking account...is this how you do business?

[FreeLunchKid @kimpatel_p]

@OpenAI Chat GPT is the overconfident white man I need in my life. Thank you. You achieved what 4 dating apps couldn't do for me.

[FreeLunchKid @kimpatel_p]

@lolitataub Co: @breakthelove_hq
Stage: seed+
Country: US
Team: @trishagoyal @notrichbutnotpo
Blurb: marketplace for rec sports for enthusiasts to connect online, book spaces to play, and access equipment and training recs through its vertically integrated software
Fundraising: Y
Lead: Y

[FreeLunchKid @kimpatel_p]

This goes for people and banks

[Kelly Vaughn @kvlly]

The moral of the story is don't show up on any Forbes list if you want to be safe

[FreeLunchKid @kimpatel_p]

isn't it messed up that VCs tanked their own companies by causing a bank run? talk about value add.

[FreeLunchKid @kimpatel_p]

Taxi line at o'hare is like a mile long still moves faster than waiting for my uber. Taxi = $50 bucks, Uber = $110, Lyft = $120. Time to return to the good old days

[FreeLunchKid @kimpatel_p]

@_alexbrogan What if you didn't win the birth lottery but defied odds?

[FreeLunchKid @kimpatel_p]

Female founder: What do you think? Is it back?
Me: Not for you.

[FreeLunchKid @kimpatel_p]

White men be failing up all day every day - and no one is even sorry about it. I hope he got his tetanus shot.

[Chris Bakke @ChrisJBakke]

“WeWork was offices. Free beer. Tequila. Community. Young people - the youth! Art. Events. Togetherness.

This is all of that, but instead of offices…

Condos.

I know, right?

It’s all the same.

Draft IPAs and condos.

$1 billion.

That’s right, I said $1 billion. Pre-seed.”

[Chris Bakke @ChrisJBakke]

In 2021 I raised $10M for my startup with a 13 minute phone call.

In 2022 I’m on month 4 of diligence with our new lead investor who’s investing $150 in Kohls Cash into our company and taking two board seats.

[Chris Bakke @ChrisJBakke]

I work 5 side hustles to make over $2M/yr

1. Podcasting (recorded 1 episode in 2019): $0/yr

2. Blogging (a Substack with 178 followers): $0/yr

3. Youtube (I watch a lot of it): $0/yr

4. Trust fund: $2M/yr

5. Airbnb (renting out a house I inherited): $300K/yr

Keep grinding!

[FreeLunchKid @kimpatel_p]

@shriyanevatia Congratulations!

[FreeLunchKid @kimpatel_p]

@noampomsky I am currently in this process of "how the f do I buy myself freedom" with no subsidies (parents to fall back on) no security other than my own ...

[FreeLunchKid @kimpatel_p]

@hassanmayriggs Love this - so helpful one of the most helpful threads I have seen. Not condescending and not overcomplicated. Thank you!

[FreeLunchKid @kimpatel_p]

Time to get rid of Wimbledon's all-white dress code. They like it so you don't see sweat...athletes sweat and bleed. No one has time to worry about period stains when competing. https://t.co/VUPOXWKwTu via @theSkimm

[FreeLunchKid @kimpatel_p]

@breakthelove_hq @WilsonTennis @ChicagoEvent @GoTechChicago @BreakThroughCHI @TechinChicago @ChicagoEvent @latinastech_chi

[FreeLunchKid @kimpatel_p]

Anyone in the Chicago area come join @breakthelove_hq if you are a fan of tennis, female founders, female athletes in an evening of empowerment to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Title IX (gave women the rights to education + sports) @WilsonTennis https://t.co/HfoOa29uQs

[FreeLunchKid @kimpatel_p]

@Am_Airlines I got put on the "callback" list at 7pm and received 5 callbacks at 3am 🤦🏽‍♀️help

[FreeLunchKid @kimpatel_p]

Is it just me or did folks on crypto/web3 Twitter read the little red book and think they came up with a new concept? DAOs rhyme with Mao. 🤷🏻‍♀️