So excited for this launch! The Questom team is going places - and with Y Combinator acceptance, they have serious credibility and partners.
If you're in merch or ecom ops, keep your eyes on them!
This is not the post we had planned.
In fact, we locked in the content of this post last night in a conversation at 11 PM, and I’m doing @ritanshu675 dirty by rewriting it last minute. I know he will forgive me, he usually does.
In that same conversation last night, Ritanshu, a man of few words, asked me a simple but profound question:
“What are the things that bring you joy?”
I launched into a long list - the tight hug from my wife every morning, watching my nephew grow into a kind and loving human, hours at the gym with my best friend, the small chores that quietly make a house feel more like home, the daily voice memo from my mom that begins, “Om Shanti Abhimanyu.”
On and on I went, until I finally stopped and asked, “Why do you ask?”
He smiled and said:
“Because we already have everything that brings us joy - everything else is a blessing.”
And with that sense of gratitude for the lives we already get to live, we are overjoyed to share that we’ve been accepted into @ycombinator .
We want to represent a different archetype of founder - one rooted in stability and persistence. Yes, sometimes we’ll pull an all-nighter or catch the flight that leaves in two hours to make it to conference we just learnt about. But just as often, we’ll come home, fade into the Inner Sunset mist, and find joy in the everyday.
OK, now that you know us and what we stand for, let us share what we are building.
We’re quietly working on something small, that could be great — AI Sales & Support for the commercial printing industry. You know, the invisible force behind fundraiser t-shirts, business cards at career fairs, and the billboards you pass on your commute.
Today, too many hours in this industry are swallowed by chasing specs and waiting on approvals from customers. Meanwhile, good leads slip away.
We’re building an assistant that never sleeps: qualifying, following up, and keeping the pipeline warm - so the teams can spend their hours where they matter most.
And here’s where the beauty of the internet comes in, where you come in - if you know anyone at @HelloMinted , @Vistaprint , @customink, @Shutterfly , @Printful, @StaplesStores tag them here, or make an introduction.
Help us turn this little win into something great. 🌱
Check us out at: https://t.co/2fGWgAQEvO
Okay, I am having my ChatGPT moment, I think.
I was listening to The Beatles' "Ask Me Why" - average song from the 1st album but it has a lovely chord progression at 0:30. I wondered what that was, and if I could get more examples of songs...
And well...
Watch hundreds of years of yellowing varnish being removed from this Jacobean Panel Portrait of a Noblewoman painted in 1617 in England
📹restoration and video by Philip Mould
This spreadsheet of open PM / Eng / Design roles now has over 1500 entries 🤯 with contact details of the hiring manager / recruiter / etc. Thanks to @sathishmreddy for compiling this list. Check it out / share it with folks looking for a new role.
Link:
https://t.co/xdWaqxbYTz
For anyone is applying to grad school or jobs, I can edit your essays/resumes for free. I have the bandwidth to help 2-3 people every month until deadlines.
Not my friend telling me how she was walking alone at 9pm and some boys approached her on a bike and said “aap Akeli ja rahi hain, hum aap ko drop kardein?” To which she replied “JAB MEIN ZINDA THI TAB BHI AKELI JAATI THI”, they ran away in 5 secs. CRYING😭