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Co-Founder Weply - The resale platform for quality sports equipment

[sam @SamuDaddesio]

@JayDwivedi_ @framer Aligno!

[sam @SamuDaddesio]

@siddharthvij_ Ux

[sam @SamuDaddesio]

3 prompts to build a basic, but working web app with #Claude #Artifacts @AnthropicAI .
Are we already in the new future where people build software for themselves when they need it?🤯

[sam @SamuDaddesio]

excited to be a part of @socap_ai community with other founders from around the globe! #socap 🤩

[Slava Solonitsyn @solonitsyn]

�� Why I started @socap_ai (YC W23) as the top YC founder and what’s next

Thanks all for the support during last week’s @socap_ai (YC W23) announcement! A lot of you were curious why I decided to start it after transitioning from CEO to a Board Member at @mightybuildings (a top @ycombinator company) — here’s why 👇

I’m a rare founder who has been at the other side of the venture table (just to remind you, I started as a VC having founded a number of firms — Ruvento Ventures, EnchantVC, and HaxAsia to name a few — and have famously invested in 2 unicorns out of 17 seed investments while at Ruvento).

Being a VC was fun and all, but I wanted a more interesting challenge. When we started Mighty, I couldn’t have imagined how complicated this road would be. As a deep tech company, we needed to raise A LOT of funding and needed to raise it fairly quickly. So far, Mighty has raised over $150M all the way from YC W16 to Series B in 2023.

During this journey, I learned from the best of the best — at the YC Series A program and from the unicorn founders who have angel invested in us/advised us. Hundreds of people have helped me along the way with their generous feedback and, most importantly, intros/connections. I don’t think we would have been able to get there if not for my meticulous approach to parallel fundraising and activating/growing my social capital.

I started @socap_ai (YC W23) because I grew tired of seeing founders completely misunderstanding what the successful fundraise looks like as well as lacking a quality way of growing their network. Oftentimes it’s a one-time opportunity and if you fuck up the process, that’s it. My mission with this is to change the mindset and make it 10x easier with the help of AI and the right kind of infrastructure (e.g. community).

The tech startups scene and fundraising as the use-case is just the beginning for @socap_ai (YC W23) — I, my partner @ednevsky, and our team (former VC associates and finance leaders) are so well-connected and well-versed in this beachhead market segment, that it would be stupid to start anywhere else, especially seeing founders pain every single day (I get around 50 connection requests daily from founders seeking help).

I’m proud that along with the official https://t.co/fY7t0gBtfv announcement we have started hosting regular https://t.co/fY7t0gBtfv fundraising bootcamps as the initiative where founders can learn from me and a slew of other top founders (@MichaelandMa, @slyjacklee, @aahholm, @Chung, @bykahlil to name just a few, there are dozens more whom I'll tag in the coming posts) — for free. We’re pioneering a more streamlined way for these top founders to share their social capital and help companies/founders they like, all powered by the AI platform we’re currently beta testing.

Excited to kick off our bootcamp cohort #1 this Thursday — we’ve already started sending out first cohort acceptance letters — check them out if you applied!

#fundraising #startups #socap

[sam @SamuDaddesio]

@vaasukas @_buildspace @_nightsweekends i can understand it from the point of view of the podcast producer, who may be shy. still, i don't know why anyone would listen to anonymous, random podcasts. as a podcast listener, i'm passionate about a certain type of podcast and creator. am i missing something?

[sam @SamuDaddesio]

@kylelgilliam @_nightsweekends @_buildspace cooool!
just wondering... could you explain a little more about who is the target of your idea? there is a huge different in the amount of feedback saas and consumer app can get.

[sam @SamuDaddesio]

@jamesmurdza @_nightsweekends @_buildspace @FarzaTV hey, this sounds cool. I've 2 questions:
- do you already know that google has released a series of free courses on these topics?
- How will the school be set up? Will it be live or recorded?

[sam @SamuDaddesio]

@alexmjeffries @FarzaTV @_buildspace @_nightsweekends that's the idea.
i love testing new products and tools. i've tried hundreds of different tech tools by far haha i'll definitely find a way to share my thoughts on what i share in the toolstack.

[sam @SamuDaddesio]

@alexmjeffries @FarzaTV @_buildspace @_nightsweekends hey alex, thanks for asking.
1. free and freemium tools. The idea is to include everything i found useful while working on my startup weply.
2. i see it mainly for founders of consumer app, like weply, but many tools will be useful also for saas founders
- both teams and solo😉

[sam @SamuDaddesio]

i got a buddy pass for @_nightsweekends s5.

anyone wanna join? dm me.