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helping frontier founders shape their company's narrative

[YB @yb_effect]

Does anyone in my network know (or is) an early stage founder that needs help shaping their company's narrative?

I'm looking to help technical teams better articulate why their companies matter.

Work samples & testimonials in the notion below - would appreciate any intros!

[YB @yb_effect]

@caseykcaruso Just DMed!

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@kyle @fomo @clicker Congrats Kyle!

[JT @jiratickets]

Guy who performatively reads so hard he accidentally becomes very well read

[YB @yb_effect]

but then by not being close to first, you also risk the chance of being bundled "as another company in that category".

there's some sweet spot where I feel like #2 might actually be better?

[YB @yb_effect]

it's unclear to me how much first mover advantage matters now vs product quality.

I always assumed release fast and then iterate with the community.

but now there's so many launches every week that it feels like there's way more pressure for founders to get it right

[YB @yb_effect]

forget software, even hardware companies are starting to face this issue.

people are starting to get apathetic about raise and launch announcements. there's too much to care about all of them.

at this point, it feels like word of mouth marketing is actually the best and in order to win that you just have to have a damn good product (i.e. Instinct in August)

[YB @yb_effect]

@lindaxie baby is in training to be the next Feynman at this rate

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@PaulKlayVC @veitmoeller going through his website what a beast

[YB @yb_effect]

who the heck designed the Paradigm website it's amazing

[Paul Klay @PaulKlayVC]

the most important metric for any VC is obviously how cool their website looks

so here are the top 10 VC websites:

1. https://t.co/xUNa0cLGF8 (@paradigm)
2. https://t.co/xUOmdJETii (@slow)
3. https://t.co/sT2S39Q89j (@blueyard)
4. https://t.co/K0WM29UyUb (@airstreet)
5. https://t.co/DeRRuXMNK5 (@8vc)
6. https://t.co/P71HqEwLiI (@spc)
7. https://t.co/Wz9p4iq1wc (@betaworks)
8. https://t.co/G2pn3mR5Ia (@benchmark)
9. https://t.co/qpp61WG7Wk (@pillar_vc)
10. https://t.co/v85JZOq7jF (@HummingbirdVC)

honourable mention to @BeginVC, because it's our ranking and we're obviously the most objective judges in the world

who did we miss?

[YB @yb_effect]

@0xAvious that makes a lot of sense

[YB @yb_effect]

go through these visualizations

[YB @yb_effect]

how good are you at buying lottery tickets aka how hard is it for you to put your [writing, code, media thoughts] out there over and over again

[YB @yb_effect]

Every founder should listen to this talk by Kazemi.

It's from 2014 and meant for creators but applies to almost everyone today.

tl;dr don't get too attached to a single product/feature success bc after a certain point it's random.

Best thing you can do is build a community because that's the only thing that will endure regardless of how fast tech changes.

[Brie Wolfson @zebriez]

this is an amazing talk in serendipity and the internet

https://t.co/p0I2PyCbhM

h/t @b0rk

[YB @yb_effect]

"frontier mastermind"

[YB @yb_effect]

request for a new tech podcast:

bring together 3-4 founders from completely different verticals and treat it like a mastermind.

it would be so cool to see how biotech, energy, crypto, AI and robotics founders mix ideas, help each other, and find patterns in non-obvious ways

[YB @yb_effect]

@SPLehman Congrats Sam!

[Sheel Mohnot @pitdesi]

Very happy about this outcome.
Racists losing is great for America.

[six @internetphysics]

A recap of everything I made in October!

Thread:

[Jack Raines @Jack_Raines]

The generational run that has been the last 6 months of New York City has kicked so much ass. One for the record books.

[🎸 Rock History 🎸 @historyrock_]

Every year on Halloween, thousands of people turn New York into a real-life "Thriller" music video.

This year, the 53rd edition takes place tonight, Saturday, October 31, starting at 7:00 p.m. on Sixth Avenue.