Raphael Danilo

new products @gong_io, investing @ founder @ Yobs (acq. by Gong)

[Paul Copplestone - e/postgres @kiwicopple]

@DreambaseAI looks nice

[Daytona @daytonaio]

Daytona Launch Week!
Giving Agents the Tools Human Developers Have Always Had

[Raphael Danilo @raph_danilo]

@WizLikeWizard Loved this launch so much!

Wife and friends were mindblown when they saw it

[Raphael Danilo @raph_danilo]

@tkkong check out Goodland, i was active there until recently and had great experience

[Raphael Danilo @raph_danilo]

@benmtaft Beautiful. Well done brother

[Raphael Danilo @raph_danilo]

@tylertringas @CoyneLloyd

[Raphael Danilo @raph_danilo]

@jjen_abel Such an important insight. Do you find this to be true for VC-backed B2B startups as well (<200 employees)?

[Raphael Danilo @raph_danilo]

@WizLikeWizard i’m obsessed with this drop 🤯

[Wiz 👨‍🚀 @WizLikeWizard]

It's the 30 Year Anniversary of Magic the Gathering 🃏

So we transformed 30+ Tech Titans into Magic cards 🪄

See them all below 👇

[Raphael Danilo @raph_danilo]

@mandrusko1 @a16z @sashaorloff is the man with a plan

[Raphael Danilo @raph_danilo]

All that to say, lf you’re an awesome 🇫🇷 founder thinking of building an AI/ML company and looking for an investor who’s been there, you know where to find me :)

[Raphael Danilo @raph_danilo]

Beyond today’s headline about the $100M Seed round raised by Mistral 🇫🇷, I think many are missing why the French startup ecosystem will be a major source of breakthrough AI startups in the next 3-5 years.

1/5 🧵

[Raphael Danilo @raph_danilo]

- The fundraising gap / arbitrage rapidly closing for top French founders with international ambitions

[Raphael Danilo @raph_danilo]

With every hiring cycle, you learn what works, what doesn’t, and level up the team's game.

From there, the rate at which Excellent Hiring compounds is simply awesome.

[Raphael Danilo @raph_danilo]

A super common recruiting question from SaaS startups: 'How can we maintain the hiring bar as we grow the team?'

You add more hiring managers, more interviewers. Need to fill more roles. All of a sudden, things start breaking. Mis-hires, churn, you're back to square zero.

[Raphael Danilo @raph_danilo]

3. Continuously iterating as a team
- Watch the game tape. Calibrate as a team on what "good" looks like. See what the best recruiters do differently. Then go share these secrets with the team. Let them copy them and give it their own twist.