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Dr. Ankur Pathak retweeted
Buy from @Shopify!
Don’t forget to have some fun in your pitch.
Raising capital is serious business.
But that doesn’t mean there’s no room for humour.
Investors are listening to pitch after pitch.
Day in and day out.
If you’re memorable for 24 hours,
You’re well ahead of the pack.
It’s important to focus less on all of the doom and gloom around tech and more on the opportunities it can provide.
Want to waste 6 months fundraising?
Follow popular advice without questioning it.
Chase 100 NOs.
Perfect your pitch.
Push for a check.
Wrong.
Find relevant investors.
Create interest.
Keep improving.
Relevant NOs teach you something.
Random NOs are just noise.
Most founders look at fundraising the wrong way.
Raise capital. Get back to building.
But the real value may be communication.
Every pitch teaches you to explain, listen, question and adapt.
Fundraising eventually ends.
Communication never stops paying off.
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The Clarity Act decision was successful.
It clearly shows who are on the people’s side and those who have zero intention of anyone else becoming financially sound.
47 years of wisdom erased with a single Sharpie.
Turned 47 today and had a “deep” plan for a post.
You know,
47 lessons I’ve learned.
7 things I wish I knew in my 20s (yuck).
4 experiences and 7 lessons (real plan).
A Barista made it very simple.
Live. Laugh. Love.
Most founders pitch investors ice cold.
Then wonder why they hear NO.
The better strategy?
Get warm before you need the money.
Be visible.
Be vocal.
Build relationships.
Don’t wait for fundraising to introduce yourself.
Hot vs cold is decided before the pitch even starts.
Dr. Ankur Pathak retweeted
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The saying, "be so good that they can't ignore you" has one major flaw.
What if they never see your work in the first place?
History is littered with great pieces of work, left unnoticed. Great products, left unused. Great people, left unrewarded.
It’s your job to be noticed
Dr. Ankur Pathak retweeted
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$ETH IS ABOUT TO GO PARABOLIC.
THE SAME SETUP PREVIOUSLY SENT ETH +236%.
NOW THE BREAKOUT IS IN.
THE RETEST IS COMPLETE.
$5,000 IS NEXT
ETHEREUM IS READY TO EXPLODE.
The best return in venture capital isn’t always financial.
It’s watching a founder grow.
The small wins.
The big moments.
The work when no one is watching.
Being a tiny part of someone’s journey is one of the greatest rewards of investing.
Most investors are the wrong people to ask HOW to pitch.
Knowing a great investment doesn’t make you a great communicator.
Learn the WHAT from investors.
Learn the HOW from great communicators.
Then combine the two.
If you ask for brutal honesty, don’t argue when you get it.
I learned this the hard way.
You don’t have to agree with the advice.
But listen.
Ask questions.
People who genuinely want to see you win are rare.
Don’t train them to stop being honest with you.
Let’s go Shopify! Great to see a 🇨🇦 company firing on all cylinders.
Q2 is in, and it was a monster quarter.
→ $116B in merchant sales, up 32% YoY
→ $3.6B revenue, up 34% YoY
→ $654M free cash flow, 18% margin
Five quarters running, GMV has grown more than 30%.
The bigger story is underneath the numbers: every shift AI is creating happens to play to @Shopify's strengths.
Every conversation ends with a decision. Your job is to influence it.
Another meeting. An investment. A promotion. A partnership.
Or, nothing at all.
Everything is a pitch.
Not because you’re always selling.
Because you’re always influencing.
I thought the best compounding assets were stocks, crypto, real estate and venture capital.
I was wrong.
The greatest assets compound quietly:
• Knowledge
• Relationships
• Reputation
Money follows.
Options last.
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Web3 creators need to stop posting in all caps and saying everything is BREAKING NEWS. Looks ridiculous.
Sometimes, you just have to experience #fifa #fifaknockout in person. What an atmosphere and in Miami this past weekend!
