Andrew Kinzer

Co-founder of @outreach_io, then got into hardware/AI. Now starting something new in B2B.

[Andrew Kinzer @superkinz]

@jesseproudman 💯

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@sdamico Awesome

[Andrew Kinzer @superkinz]

@PhilipJohnston @starcloud_ Is your bet that you can move faster than them, or that there is room for everybody?

[Andrew Kinzer @superkinz]

@philipjohnston @tbpn Agree, it’s an awesome format and it’s winning. It looks more like chatting with enthusiastic friends, not a combative or “gotcha” style interview. It’s more thought provoking and fun.

[Andrew Kinzer @superkinz]

Depends on your level of experience. Early career founders tend to just work with their friends, making it easier to find a cofounder - but they have a harder time figuring knowing how to find PMF and getting investors. Later career founders have more experience in finding PMF and have track record, making funding easier. But you now also know a lot more about what you want in a cofounder and are more selective, which makes finding the right one harder.

[Anthony Pompliano 🌪 @APompliano]

Mike Green (@profplum99) and I rarely agree on anything, but this piece he wrote is a must-read for every person in business or finance.

One of those things you read and then can't unsee what you learned.

https://t.co/aNFSkNQAVW

[Andrew Kinzer @superkinz]

@petergyang This is only because the devs are the target customer/user. They don’t have to talk to anybody to understand the customer use cases or desired functionality. Most teams need somebody to spend lots of time going deep with customers and distilling it down into clear direction.

[Andrew Kinzer @superkinz]

@jimbelosic Did y’all get 0.375” poly yet?

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@DavidZagaynov It’s always, always about moving a metric for customers

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@hthieblot Your job is to design an amazing business - not simply to make a product.

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@zanehengsperger @JDarakd Solid, that’s dedication

[Andrew Kinzer @superkinz]

@connorkapoor I assume you’re using a 3d printed lost wax casting process?

[Andrew Kinzer @superkinz]

One thing here is to be OK taking a moment before speaking to assemble your thoughts. You can see Elon do this, even Steve Jobs also used to do it. The pause before talking usually means what the person is about to say is likely a higher quality answer - and people have respect for that.

[Andrew Kinzer @superkinz]

@mattfreed Is this process used to generate training data for a model, or validate the mechanical design?

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@zanehengsperger @noxmetals That plant really brings the factory together.

[Andrew Kinzer @superkinz]

@EricVallieres84 Interested.

[Andrew Kinzer @superkinz]

I keep hearing people argue for 49/51% splits between cofounders… and I don’t get it.

Healthy cofounding teams don’t whip out the cap table to make decisions. They debate, persuade, or defer.

After the debate, it’s always somebody’s call — and if you don’t trust your cofounder to make that call, you’ve got the wrong partner.

Startups don’t die from disagreements. They die from misalignment.

👉 Have you ever actually seen a vote save a startup? Or did it just expose a deeper crack in the team?

[Andrew Kinzer @superkinz]

@lulumeservey I’ve wondered about this - if entry level jobs are getting harder for young-in-career folks to land, will we see more of them choosing to start their own businesses?

[Andrew Kinzer @superkinz]

Huge win by @Rob_McGinnis and team, congrats on a job well done.

[Prometheus @PrometheusFuels]

“We’ve done it. We now have the technology to revolutionize how energy is used and fuel is made. Starting now, we are poised to enter a time of unprecedented prosperity, enabled by an extraordinary energy surplus that drives down the cost of power worldwide,” writes Prometheus founder + CEO, Rob McGinnis
https://t.co/WufMUTh49i

@ycombinator @maersk @BMWiVentures @rob_mcginnis #Energy #eFuels #FuelFromTheAir #PrometheusFuels

[Andrew Kinzer @superkinz]

This is the way.

[Manny Medina @medinism]

Most people look for process instead of just doing it

As a ceo, it’s important you prioritize the hard conversations specially w customers