Manuel Weiss

Building a portfolio of marketing SMBs and scaling them:
Now: COO @podconsultant
Prev. founder @codeship (acq. by @cloudbees)
Investing at

[Manuel Weiss @manualwise]

It's been in the works for a good while, but I'm excited to share that @KarlLHughes and I bought a new business.

https://t.co/3Rsp5LCvmJ

We'll be sharing more soon. In the mean time: if you're interested in the business or how we went about buying it feel free to reach out.

[Tejas Manohar @tejasmanohar]

every marketer I talk to is banging their heads against a wall right now

"how do I get AI ads to not be... so bad?"

we just launched Ad Studio @HightouchData

✅ we know your brand
✅ we know your existing creative
✅ we know what works in your ads

ps: you can edit without re-prompting

[Reflag @reflagcom]

Self-cleaning feature flags for TypeScript.

Ship features, not tech debt ◪

[Tejas Manohar @tejasmanohar]

"You never get fired for buying Salesforce"

Well... until you buy Salesforce CDP 🌶️

https://t.co/E3X2Z0VVUd

[Rasmus Makwarth @makwarth]

Friends, we're live on @ProductHunt with our latest major product launch: Releases

Would love some feedback and support! 😻

https://t.co/LDIe9uvUqd

[Tejas Manohar @tejasmanohar]

Today, I'm proud to announce the private preview of our latest product: ⭐️ Hightouch Events ⭐️

https://t.co/ulHy4Qivm6

tl;dr— Collect behavioral data from your websites, mobile apps, etc. into the data warehouse.

Built for the data warehouse ☁️ and scale 📈 from day 0

[kashish @kashgupta_]

We are thrilled to announce that @databricks has invested in @HightouchData!

Back in 2020 we were talking about using your data lake/warehouse as your CDP and we were considered first movers. Now, it's becoming quite mainstream to build your CDP on Databricks, and every CDP is making efforts to become Composable.

Read our VentureBeat article by Michael Nuñez here! https://t.co/zR8BeE3bAN

[🎙 Mathew Passy 🎙 @MathewPassy]

Had a blast chatting with @MrAsquith of @CaptivateAudio about common podcasting mistakes. If you want to see what's holding back your #podcast's potential, check out our Podcast Audits at https://t.co/hfbOQWBH9t. (CC: @KarlLHughes @manualwise)

[Karl Hughes @KarlLHughes]

When I started out, my goal was to build a business that allowed me to take a month off at a time.

I achieved that in two years.

So how did I come up with a 10-year, $100 million vision?

1. I defined my "why?" 🤔

After reflecting on the times in my life when I felt most fulfilled, I realized that:

- I love learning
- I have a short attention span

So I set out to design a 10-year vision that would allow me to continue learning and growing every year.

2. I reflected on my own strengths 💪

You'll achieve 100x more if you're leaning into your strengths instead of papering up your weaknesses.

I'm an activator with strong communication and organization skills.

Knowing this, my role should be setting a path and delegating work to more detail-oriented people. That sounds easy, but it's hard to do without a specific vision in mind.

3. I decided on specific numbers 💯

I started working with a coach last year, and one thing he kept pushing me to do was to define my vision in specific numbers.

It's uncomfortable. 🫤

I might not hit these numbers, and yet I need to have them. So, I came up with something that seemed equal parts crazy and fun:

🎯 I'm building a $100 million portfolio of 10+ digital service businesses over the next decade. 🎯

4. I started talking about the vision 🗣️

"When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it." - The Alchemist

Belief is powerful, but it's even more powerful when you can convince others to join you.

So, I started being open about what I wanted to do. Immediately, I attracted supporters who offered introductions, advice, leads, and partnerships.

I even found a partner, @manualwise who joined me, and gave me the support I needed to make the first acquisition.

5. I modeled a path to success 🪧

There's a huge difference between having a big vision and taking the first step toward realizing that vision.

So, I built a model, broken down by year, that showed me how quickly I'd have to move and the milestones I'd need to hit to make this happen.

Even if reality looks nothing like my model, the fact that there *is* a model makes the whole thing seem real.

It gave me my first step (buy another company) and it gave me the confidence to tell others that this really is possible.

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You might think building a 10-year vision would be limiting, but I've found the opposite.

It's given me clarity when making decisions while allowing me to be flexible about *how* I'll actually get to that goal.

If you're struggling to define a big vision for your life, I'd love to hear how I can help. Leave your comments below or in my DMs 👇

[Tejas Manohar @tejasmanohar]

As a founder, nothing hurts me more than seeing customers fail in a predictable way

A CDP will not solve your B2B data problems. All paths lead to the data warehouse and @HightouchData

Follow the best B2B companies like @tryramp, @Calendly, @gitlab 💥📝

https://t.co/DB6jXst2qi

[Datafold @datafoldcom]

Datafold is all about helping developers put their best foot 🦶 forward, which is why we're excited to announce the Datafold VS Code Extension: bringing robust data quality testing—data diffing—directly in your dev space.

Start diffing with ease today ⤵️

https://t.co/4EG3MdNyQx

[Manuel Weiss @manualwise]

@glebmm Nice! Congrats!

[Manuel Weiss @manualwise]

The @pganalyze team has been working hard on this one. Their first advisor (pganalyze Index Advisor) has provided value and improved Postgres performance for thousands of dev teams. The VACUUM Advisor aims to do the same thing. Great work by @LukasFittl and team.

[pganalyze @pganalyze]

If you're running Postgres at scale, your app probably has VACUUM issues! 🚀 Introducing the new pganalyze VACUUM Advisor: Get per-table recommendations for autovacuum settings to optimize table bloat, tune freezing, and improve query performance: https://t.co/o5WMSIDF90

[Tejas Manohar @tejasmanohar]

Exciting news! We're going public. 🚀

Ok, we're not on Nasdaq (yet), but today marks two major milestones in our company's history

1. We've raised $38M led by @BainCapVC 💰
2. We're launching Customer 360 Toolkit- new product line for @HightouchData 🔥

https://t.co/TLD53fGLOZ

[pganalyze @pganalyze]

Next week, we are hosting a new webinar about VACUUM and #Postgres. Last time, we 400+ of you joined our live session. Join us this time around, on July 26th, 9:30am Pacific: "Advanced Autovacuum Tuning and working with the new pganalyze VACUUM Advisor": https://t.co/tK8HsWMQ5F

[Manuel Weiss @manualwise]

This team just keeps on delivering. Each new launch building upon the previous one, learning from customer feedback and intensely focusing on building what's actually needed.

[kashish @kashgupta_]

Today at Hightouch we're announcing our latest product, Customer 360 Toolkit, alongside our latest round of funding of $38M!

Since 2020, we've grown to over 500 paying customers, 95 employees, 90 million raised, and now: 3 major product lines.

How?👇 https://t.co/nO8YniyQtt

[pganalyze @pganalyze]

"How to optimize correlated subqueries in Postgres" - Here, we walk through how to optimize subqueries, especially correlated subqueries, in Postgres. We have a look at correlated vs. uncorrelated subqueries, as well as scalar vs. tabular subqueries: https://t.co/Fp471iwBCM

[pganalyze @pganalyze]

Join us on July 26th, 9:30am Pacific and register for our upcoming webinar: "Advanced Autovacuum Tuning and working with the new pganalyze VACUUM Advisor" --> https://t.co/8j3BNvMsc1

[Radu Matei @matei_radu]

New release of @fermyontech Spin is out!

Highlights: #SQLite support (check out the #Python example in the post!) and `spin doctor` to diagnose issues with your app!

Try out the open source developer tool for #serverless #WebAssembly today!

👇
https://t.co/KtwVzkGCxs

[Fermyon @fermyontech]

A huge 🙏 to #FermyonCloud users from all of us @FermyonTech!

Today, we are excited to announce our subscription tiers:
⭐ Starter (free)
💫 Growth ($19.38/month)
🎇 Enterprise (custom)

Check out the blog https://t.co/pWJXbp3lpV to learn more.

#WebAssembly #Wasm #Serverless