Emily de Groot

Project delivery & Operator | #startup advisor | VC Scout @adaventures |@OnPurposeuk fellow |@alt_MBA alumni | Set up @clothes_club_UK to fundraise

[richard shotton @rshotton]

The @AdContrarian on the puzzling fact that only 6% of ad agency staff are over 50 in US (sim number in UK)

In Advertising for Skeptics

[Emily de Groot @missdeg]

I believe in democratising what we can learn about investing. It’s why I love @FemaleInvest and started angel investing (tiny) tickets in a handful for early stage female founded start ups. Also why I became an @adaventures scout. That and because @checkwarner leadership style 👍🏼

[Nils Leonard @nilsleonard]

Creatives.

[Emily de Groot @missdeg]

@checkwarner @Penhelios @EdGrapeNutZimm As always love reading about it

[Check Warner @checkwarner]

Happy Ada Lovelace Day! 💎 Today is the 5th “AdaCon” where we celebrate the Ada Lovelace’s of today and we are announcing something NEW.

Today, Ada Ventures is launching a new movement in VC.

Inclusive Alpha®. Today we are reclaiming alpha. Read more here:

https://t.co/DDOJ1seewX

[Warburtons @Warburtons]

Sometimes, you need Samuel L. Jackson to play you in a commercial...

[Helen Guo @HelenGuo_]

4 years ago, my last company got rejected by Y-Combinator.

At the interview, they told me they didn't believe demand existed for the products we were making.

I was devastated.

But then, one of the interviewers followed up over email with, "I hope you prove me wrong."

We bootstrapped to over $10MM that first year.

[Nils Leonard @nilsleonard]

We are all happy to speak to the death of the industry we love, we’re not so happy to admit it was us that did the killing.

[Max Hertan @maxhertan]

He used to work at Twitter from 9-2 and then at Square until 7

His days are themed:

Monday: Management
Tuesday: Product, Engineering, Design
Wednesday: Marketing, Growth, Communications
Thursday: Partnership & Developers
Friday: Company & Culture
Saturday: Off
Sundays: Strategy

[Grant Lee @thisisgrantlee]

What if chatgpt could finish your presentation for you...

With Gamma you can now import your existing PowerPoint file and ask AI to help you shape your content, add visuals, and even rewrite sections for you.

Now available at https://t.co/HrkL4w2vG7

[Shaan Puri @ShaanVP]

I've helped founders raise $100M+ from investors using this one pitch deck formula.

I'm giving it away for free for any founder who needs it

download a copy so you have it when you need it

[Codie Sanchez @Codie_Sanchez]

Formula 2:

Trade in his influence + brand expertise → acquire equity + board seat → scale project

Example: Doodles

Became CBO → helped launch new projects + raise awareness → take project mainstream

[Codie Sanchez @Codie_Sanchez]

Pharrell is one of the greatest artists of our generation.

But he's also a relentless entrepreneur:

• Net Worth: $250M+
• Creative Director at LVMH
• 10+ companies, some with >$10m rev

Here's the breakdown, with the exact formulas he uses:

[Codie Sanchez @Codie_Sanchez]

Doodles

One of the largest NFT projects.

• Project hit >$500m in sales in 2022
• He's Board Member + Chief Brand Officer
• Working on an NFT-inspired album, physical wearables + brand direction

[Jo Wallace @JoWallaceTweets]

EPISODE ONE of Good Girls Eat Dinner the podcast is NOW SERVED! @cindygallop talks to me about why you should make life changing decisions at 45 and how dating younger men sparked the idea for her sex-tech start up, Make Love Not Porn. Please take a listen https://t.co/BFeidUAK73

[The Generic Generalist @thegenericg]

@nilsleonard @TheDrum @uncommon_LDN What an empowering talk. It's more comfortable to complain, but the solution is exactly this, to create what we feel it's missing in the world.

Thanks for sharing Nils.

[Dexerto @Dexerto]

This is the Herman Miller CEO’s response to cancelling employee bonuses but keeping her nearly $4 million bonus

[Emily de Groot @missdeg]

Raising money for Turkey - Syria, would love to raise £1,000 or over. We’re at £880 any donations welcome thx https://t.co/Oo2bC0Adnw

[Elizabeth Yin 💛 @dunkhippo33]

For startups with product-market fit, many investors - and founders - often think that a company is out of the woods once they find this.

But that isn’t the case. I’ve seen so many companies fall apart even with high growth.

Some thoughts on navigating the growth chaos >>

[Wes Kao 🏛 @wes_kao]

That's why you must frame the problem, then offer the solution.

Ask yourself:

"What bad things will happen if we don’t do this? What good things will happen if we do?"

I call this the Bad Things / Good Things framework.