Pete Finlay

Startup entrepreneur and team builder. Co-founder of @songkick (YC S'07) and @milkroundabout. COO @getcoconut.

[Pete Finlay @petesmithy]

@711_Joseph @jasonlk @harris Mitigated imho by not coming in cold to this process - you’ve been ‘warming up’ your 40+ pipeline for 12+ months and you have a read on both a/ rough appetite for the deal, b/ practicalities/blockers at each firm so able to accommodate if required.

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@711_Joseph @jasonlk @harris Risk that - by running your own timetable, assuming sufficient interest in your round, setting hard deadlines - you burn semi-interested leads that might have done the deal if given more nurture/time - then you get to the end and there’s not enough in the pipeline.

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@immad @mercury I asked pg at the end of s2007 batch how to preserve mental health through building a startup. He said: “go for a run every day”. Of all advice he gave that summer, for me that had the biggest delta between “how much I acted on it” vs “benefit if I’d acted on it” 🤦‍♂️

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@SaadMalik I think this tweet did the job of breaking you through to more dads on the same journey?! Nice one!

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@soundboy Would be good to see as % of energy consumption - France absolutely smashing it I think, beat >100%. UK would maybe sink off the chart?

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@soundboy Tough shit if you live in Tempsford - bunch of cold press coffee shops where you used to walk the dog 😂

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Labour will win today. 
Even if you hate that idea, could you get used to it?
https://t.co/Uix9xm0h3Z

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@ismasan 😂

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@george__mack Sounds like your friend has ADHD

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@zebriez Thank you again - keep ‘em coming!!

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@KieranO @ArchieHollings4 isn't this Fyxer AI?

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@zebriez Yeah this is brilliant, thank you for putting it out there

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@paulg Simple time

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@estherbintliff @FTMag @grrrrace @shannonzoe11 This makes me happy

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@estherbintliff @nytimes @FT Amazing Es

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@matthewclifford https://t.co/b4RI34BsaP

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@alexlimbovc @soundboy 🤣

[Gary Lineker @GaryLineker]

A thought provoking thread that’s worth a couple of minutes of your time:

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@willspencer Fixed it for you: workers being exploited, we don’t let that happen anymore anywhere we can stop it.

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@InspiringSia 🚀