Steve S

Creator of Tandy. 3X founder | 9 figure exits. Tandy helps you find & win government contracts | 100k+ RFPs analyzed per day from thousands of gov portals.

[Steve S @stevesalstrand]

@kirbywinfield @ascend_vc The small check writers have always been the best in my experience. If you're looking for deal flow, I'm looking for micro check investors... https://t.co/rDN9TiqW3l

[Steve S @stevesalstrand]

@SamVale29 https://t.co/rDN9TiqW3l

[Steve S @stevesalstrand]

@MariaDavidson @usekojo Huge congrats on the fund! 🥳

Since you know procurement, maybe we can collab someday! 🤠

https://t.co/oplPmko9jp

[Steve S @stevesalstrand]

@MartinGTobias Company's holding off for IPO longer is great for VCs... But there's only so much juice to be squeezed before it's a down round at IPO. The public is just the last one to feed at the trough. VCs are flirting with the line now

[Steve S @stevesalstrand]

@jamiegull Great read. I appreciate the "oh shit, I don't know if I can miss this one".

There are highly technical solutions to big problems that require a heavy lift... But sometimes the hardest lift is explaining all that in 2 sentences.

But that's where the money is made 🤠

[Steve S @stevesalstrand]

@ColinGardiner Sucker round.

[Steve S @stevesalstrand]

@SFourdrinier @ajhodls Yes, that's what I think he means as well

[Steve S @stevesalstrand]

Today we're launching InTandem's Bid Workspace.

Vertically integrated AI is the future, and I'm bullish on the solution for SMBs.

https://t.co/UXfm1ZEfVv

[Steve S @stevesalstrand]

@MartinGTobias The world needs more of VCS like you @MartinGTobias !

[Steve S @stevesalstrand]

Growing up my parents owned 100+ acres about a mile from Ross Perot's personal estate, which is right next to Alliance. I used to drift on the gravel roads between the cornfields that later became the parking lots of the warehouses.

It was something to behold watching it being built up

[Steve S @stevesalstrand]

@dara_venture Life rewards someone, well, who seriously applies themselves... But it is a deferred gratification.

It's almost a contradiction reading this on https://t.co/iQYX9FV8pn... and I love it

[Steve S @stevesalstrand]

Building a massive data center where everyone says you can't... Why? Because we solved the problems no one thought we could.

That's $100M+ in tax revenue over the next 10 years. And the data center operates at 6X other data centers because we solved water, electric and taxes for them.

[Steve S @stevesalstrand]

@josephruscio I have a seed onvestor working with us that's in for $500k and going to exit for 10x in 12mo... He is PISSED at his previous positions

[Steve S @stevesalstrand]

@ColinGardiner It was a master class in how to whisper the things that'll part VCs from their money... If you don't have a conscious or ethics.

I don't have proof, but it smelled like a Ponzi from day 0.

[Steve S @stevesalstrand]

Skip QBO & Wave—here are the best alternatives depending on your stage:

• Puzzle: Built for VC-backed/SaaS startups. Auto-generates cash & accrual books + native Stripe/Mercury/Ramp sync for real-time burn/runway.
• Digits: AI-native ledger that automates continuous categorization, reconciliation, and interactive reporting.
• Xero: Best direct QBO replacement. Way cleaner UI, unlimited users, and great multi-currency support.
• Zoho Books: Best for bootstrapped founders. Full double-entry accounting & invoicing at a fraction of QBO’s price.

[Steve S @stevesalstrand]

That's a fact. Hell, I've been c-suite at multiple companies where the founder came to the executive team first and asked us to defer our pay first. A couple of times I deferred my pay for months, only to find out that the founder was still paying himself by taking a sneaky draw... Fuck that.

[Steve S @stevesalstrand]

@MartinGTobias @ali_mirdamadi Nothing worse than getting there before the coffee man

[Steve S @stevesalstrand]

@NamanyayG This is beautifully simple yet well structured. I'm looking forward to working with you soon.

[Steve S @stevesalstrand]

@Trace_Cohen I think you've hit on a crucial thing that's missing with investors.

[Steve S @stevesalstrand]

@fortworthchris would love to chat with you about data center development on the edge of the Texas Triangle. It's an important development that'll make or break the next century, and with the Governor's ban on new development, most hyperscalers are stuck and don't know how to progress... We are developing to solution that no one knows about.