Most seed founders think they have a channel problem. It's almost always a messaging problem.
Wrote up my playbook based on time at Ramp and OneSchema:
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Come join @germanfndezz and I to build the largest on demand expert marketplace.
Bonus: you get to work with one of the most cracked engineers I’ve ever met ⬇️
@tryterac is going from 100K experts to 10M, and I'm looking for the most cracked Head of Growth alive to lead it
ads, UGC, events, stunts, partnerships, billboards.
someone who's gone viral before and wants to do it again
$10k usd if your intro becomes the hire
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Today, we’re sharing a new state of the art for computer use.
Our system holds the two highest verified scores on OSWorld, the standard benchmark for AI agents that operate a computer like a person: 83.6% using Claude Opus 4.7 and 81.5% using Claude Sonnet 4.6. The human baseline is 72.4%.
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We’re launching @JudgmentLabs today and announcing $32M in funding.
As AI agents take on more of the work that creates economic value, they generate massive amounts of production data: the clearest record of how they behave with users, software, and the real world.
Judgment builds infrastructure for improving AI agents from production data.
“Founders aren’t made when they start companies. They’re made when they interpret their market correctly.”
Episode 2 of @KnuckleUpHQ is live.
Qasar Younis (@qasar): Founder and CEO of Applied Intuition. One of the sharpest and most intentional operators you’ll ever meet on the craft of building a company.
Full episode ↓
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00:00 Intro
01:19 What really makes someone a founder
05:26 The company that almost became Kickstarter
08:12 The most common misread on feedback
13:40 Why most founders don't end up with the best team
19:45 How to pick a co-founder
23:38 Your first 10 hires are really your first 100
28:21 The case for hiring slow and firing slow
33:22 Red, yellow, green: how Applied gives monthly feedback
35:00 The role that knows what’s actually going on in a company
40:01 How to operate with speed and intentionality
42:41 The three things Qasar spends time on
45:57 How Applied is driving AI adoption
52:06 The type of engineer Applied is now looking for
1:01:19 Why this could be the golden age of small companies
1:09:13 Quickfire: red flags, overrated advice, and superpowers
1:12:32 Qasar's advice to his 25-year-old self
“If you’re not sure you’re a driver, you’re probably a passenger.”
Frank Slootman: Snowflake, ServiceNow, Data Domain.
One of the best operators of our generation.
Knuckle Up with Frank is now live. Full conversation ↓
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00:49 Introduction
01:21 Why being a CEO is a confrontational job
03:51 Great people are hungry for hard feedback
08:19 Psychographic profiling: how Frank builds compatible teams
09:52 Drivers vs passengers: how to tell the difference
12:39 Why back-channel references beat interviews every time
16:19 "When there's doubt, there's no doubt"
20:42 Inside Frank's Tuesday operating cadence
22:27 The "go direct" rule that breaks org chart politics
26:19 Why bigger goals force better plans
31:27 Standards are the real culture
38:17 The email Frank wrote every Monday for years
41:35 Advice for navigating today's volatility
47:25 Facing demons for breakfast at Data Domain
54:19 Why Frank fired himself as Snowflake CEO
1:05:19 Coming to Silicon Valley "10 years late"
1:07:59 Why AI is an industrial-revolution-scale shift
1:10:01 Frank's advice to his 25-year-old self
Puentes applications are open.
10 fellows from our first two cohorts are already living in the US. They've become close friends and work at some of the best AI companies in the world.
Apply until April 3rd.
It’s been incredibly rewarding to partner with founders and operators rethinking the role fellows play in the venture ecosystem.
With industry turnover apprenticeship becomes de-emphasized. These builders are deeply embedded in our firms operations and investments while also creating far deeper ties with the companies they back, often getting their hands dirty before investment is in the picture. We’re excited to perfect our craft as investors alongside some of the best builders in early stage. Really excited to see what they all go on to do!