Crystal

Love #startups #investing #data
Data Scientist turned founder turned operator 🦸🏾‍♀️
🇹🇹🇺🇸. writing herstory. ✍🏾 @Cornell eng alum.

[Crystal @xlcram]

@jerseejess @DanielChesley Jess! You should meet @JFramel - Austin based founder. I can put you two in touch

[claire vo 🖤 @clairevo]

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[Paul Graham @paulg]

It's a superpower to be interested in important things that most other people find boring. They'll do them out of duty, if they do them at all. So if you do them out of genuine interest, you'll get a lot further.

[Paul Graham @paulg]

This startup's revenue graph is the best illustration I've seen of the overnight success that takes years. The graph goes almost vertical at the start of 2023, six years in.

[Sahil Bloom @SahilBloom]

Andy Weir's short story, The Egg, is one of the most mind-blowing things you will ever read.

Do yourself a favor and find 10 minutes to enjoy it.

(bookmark this for later)

[Alice Deng ⚡ @alicevdeng]

Since launching in Aug ‘21, we are over 8 figures in ARR and are a lean team of 18. It was quite the journey to get here: https://t.co/d903tC6Jfm

[Lawrence Lin Murata @LawLM]

At @slopepay, we’re excited to announce our $30M round led by @USV with major participation from @sama - bringing our total equity/debt funding to $187M. Since launching in Aug ‘21, we are over 8 figures in ARR and are a lean team of 18. In the midst of this excitement, I wanted to share color on what it took to get to where we are. A 🧵

[Max Mullen @Max]

How it started 🥕 How it's going 🛒

[Andrew Reed @andrew__reed]

Sending one cold email a day keeps the complacency away

[Sahil Bloom @SahilBloom]

#5 is far more important than people realize.

Plenty of highly successful people are less talented, educated, etc. but simply believed in their capabilities more than most.

[Crystal @xlcram]

@jerseejess @Work_Bench @fendien @kelleymak @DanielChesley @psomrah @kcolburn2011 Love the @Work_Bench team! congrats Jess and the whole team 🎉

[Ravi Gupta @GuptaRK22]

Sometimes you find leadership lessons in unexpected places. I was recently reminded of the magic of sincere and unexpected gratitude.

https://t.co/vasSEnFdjq

[Brett Adcock @adcock_brett]

Raising capital is a numbers game

Any response other than a “yes” is a No. Get used to being rejected by everyone.

Work to recursively improve your pitch.

You are trying to find 1 believer in a sea of negativity.

The more at bats, the higher your odds.

[Dr. Julie Gurner @drgurner]

Courage is undervalued in having the life you want.

Most people make choices based on their fears or insecurities, not their ambitions and aspirations...and that one act changes the course of their life.

Have no shame in how hard you're willing to go, for what you want.

[Ali @AliTheCFO]

Scared money don't make money

You gotta take more asymmetric bets in life:

- Reach out to strangers
- Take risks with your money
- Take risks with your career
- Take risks in business

The bets that work will pay for those that don't

[Genevieve Roch-Decter, CFA @GRDecter]

The bank now employs 1,500 data scientists and machine-learning engineers 🤯

[Brandon Arvanaghi @brandon]

Sam Altman was surprised!

The successful companies in his portfolio?

They all followed the same strategy.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Narrow your focus.

Start small.

Win big.

[Jasper Polak @polak_jasper]

Stop looking for shortcuts.

Do the right things right, and never look back:

1. Data culture
2. Clear direction
3. Process-oriented
4. Big goals, small steps
5. Be 1% better every day
6. Optimize free cash flow
7. Right people, right seats
Thanks for reading!

[Jasper Polak @polak_jasper]

• Data culture

Data is the new oil, and culture eats strategy for breakfast.

Combine the two, and build a high-performance culture around trust, accountability and data-driven decisions.

Make hitting numbers a game for your teams.

[Colin Kaepernick @Kaepernick7]

“To the underestimated, the overlooked and the outcast, Trust Your Power!”

#ColininBlackandWhite