Rob Caucci

Full-stack founder with a high pain tolerance + blue-collar pedigree

My fun and focus: @alto_studios1 and @Backbone_HQ

My folly: @StarvingCap

[Rob Caucci @rcaucci]

Timing almost always dictates outcomes.

If I've learned one thing about opportunity as a founder, that's it.

A weird Goldilocks principle is at play:

Bad timing = low floor, low ceiling opportunities

Too early?

You'll likely fail (i.e. run out of money) before you find PMF. Low floor.

Too late?

You'll fight bloody battles over scraps in a saturated market. Low ceiling.

Good timing = high floor, high ceiling opportunities

Try to find opportunities where the timing is "just right".

[Rob Caucci @rcaucci]

@DavidSacks Delightfully surprised to see you say this... can you say it to Peter Thiel's face the next time you see your boy?

[Rob Caucci @rcaucci]

Finally watched @ericries on @lennysan 's pod and holy shit... what a breath of fresh air!

Just pre-ordered Incorruptible

Lean Startup changed the game (and my life) 15 yrs ago, and in our increasingly dark and corrupt world, I pray to God this ray of sunshine spreads, too

[Rob Caucci @rcaucci]

@cherylyeoh @GetTinyHealth this is incredible!! Love seeing this "out in the wild"

[Rob Caucci @rcaucci]

@garrytan @justinvincent Say no more fam, this 37 y/o solo founder is happy to be one of the uncs (did I do that right? ;) to the prodigious youth in the batch

[Rob Caucci @rcaucci]

@chrisstlmo @realEstateTrent The loudest "holy shit!" was prob when I deployed software I built to real users in production as a non-technical guy working in "tech" for 15+ years

@Replit 's responsible for that particular experience, but there are now several ways you can do the same

[Andrej Karpathy @karpathy]

This is the the quote I've been citing a lot recently.

[Rob Caucci @rcaucci]

@MannyBernabe It's a bday celebration!! LFG!! 🥳🎂🤖🚀

https://t.co/Tiy725oVKq

[Rob Caucci @rcaucci]

Everyone's suddenly an expert on "taste" and "slop."

… but I haven’t seen anyone define what actually separates them.

Here’s a thread on the four key variables that do 🧵

[Rob Caucci @rcaucci]

@Replit Hell yes! LFG!! 🚀

https://t.co/81HJyPMEvN

[Rob Caucci @rcaucci]

Everyone's suddenly an expert on "taste" and "slop."

… but I haven’t seen anyone define what actually separates them.

Here’s a thread on the four key variables that do 🧵

[Rob Caucci @rcaucci]

Grateful to @amasad and Team for building their thing, which makes it possible to build our thing

Thanks for handing this non-technical founder a magic wand!🪄

S/O to @MannyBernabe , @raymmar , and crew for building + organizing the community 🙌

[Rob Caucci @rcaucci]

Everyone's suddenly an expert on "taste" and "slop."

… but I haven’t seen anyone define what actually separates them.

Here’s a thread on the four key variables that do 🧵

[Rob Caucci @rcaucci]

P.S. this weekend I'm pushing things as far as possible.

I'm participating in @Replit's Buildathon for their 10th anniversary to transform Alto Studios into a full-stack software platform for modern, digitally-native storytellers.

Couldn't have found a better excuse to accelerate the dev of our roadmap.

Happy bday and cheers to the next decade! 🥳