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Samuel Hall

@samalhall

Plays 🥁 on the steering wheel, skates 🛹 longboards, takes 🏀 jump-shots, backs founders & venture builders in APAC. Testing out new bits.

 Singapore
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Joined July 2012
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It's impossible to please everybody all of the time. If you put yourself out there, you will be criticised. The best you can do is try your utmost to be kind, knowing that that still won't be enough for everyone.
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I was asked about investing into products pre-prototype, and which should come first, prototype or investment?
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I don't think it's binary. Sometimes you would expect to invest in path to prototype, but the definition of prototype is potentially incredibly broad / an enormous spectrum...
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I believe in this v strongly
Amanda Cua (@itsamandacua) profile pictureAmanda Cua@itsamandacua1 Dec 2022
Never stay in a place where you feel like your goals are too big. It’s a sign to switch environments. Change schools, jobs or even move to an entirely new place/country. You can always be more and do more :)
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The coincidence of freezing cold coffee shop wifi and #WrappedSpotify shuffling me King's College choir and it feels like Christmas 🎄🙌
It's been tough for many in Sg tech, but hopefully the silver lining will be the birth of many new #startup builders straitstimes.com/singapore/j…

1,270 layoffs reported from tech firms in Singapore from July to November

This is almost five times the 260 resident workers – comprising Singaporeans and PRs – laid off in the first half of 2022. Read more at straitstimes.com.

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"youve gotta keep forcing it... You've gotta be fearless" - applies to anything in which you want to be great
Nathan Baugh (@nathanbaugh27) profile pictureNathan Baugh
@nathanbaugh2721 Nov 2022
John Mayer improvising a song live is the most incredible thing you’ll see today:
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Speak up, or you're endlessly missing opportunities to learn
3 things that have probably made the biggest difference in the success of our venture studio in recent years: (1) deep work, (2) intentionally optimising for opportunities for individuals, (3) constantly iterating our business&operational models
🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️
Roshan Patel (@roshanpateI) profile pictureRoshan Patel
@roshanpateI9 Nov 2022
when the VC sends you a calendly link but makes you pay $99 to book the meeting 🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩
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Those that win are those with the humility to know that they don't
Chris Williamson (@ChrisWillx) profile pictureChris Williamson
@ChrisWillx7 Nov 2022
Most people, most of the time, have no idea what they’re doing.
Take January off and then it's fine from Feb onwards
Monzo 🏦 (@monzo) profile pictureMonzo 🏦@monzo8 Nov 2022
Let’s settle a debate: from when is it acceptable to buy mince pies? 🥧
🙌🙌🙌
Eric Bahn 💛 (@ericbahn) profile pictureEric Bahn 💛
@ericbahn6 Nov 2022
Movie idea: Will Ferrell is a retired pickle ball champion, coming out of retirement as the sport is finally gaining popularity. Ferrell just ad libs the whole thing. I feel like this is a guaranteed $100M box office return.
It is right, right up there 💯
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Go for it! ✊
When a startup takes funding, it's a sign of investors' confidence that the team will be able to deliver on the potential of the opportunity. A sign of support for what might be achieved, rather than a medal for finishing the race.
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It's a milestone on the path to the aspiration, not the end-goal. ❓ So what comes next? Continued experimentation, continued iteration, continued evolution, continued search for greater scale. It's only through these things that we can deliver on the aspiration.
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💯 - for so many roles I prioritise ability to learn and intention to learn... Worth so much more than years of 'activity'
Ethan Mollick (@emollick) profile pictureEthan Mollick
@emollick28 Oct 2022
Years of job experience is one of the WORST predictors of future performance for new hires. Asking for X years of experience (without measures of how someone actually performed) doesn’t tell you anything. Updated paper on what works & doesn’t in hiring: psycnet.apa.org/buy/2022-173…
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😂😂
Trung Phan (@TrungTPhan) profile pictureTrung Phan
@TrungTPhan27 Oct 2022
Five years ago, I told my parents to put all their money into FAANG and that innovation is inevitable. Just got this text from them rn:
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...what's the counter perspective?
Roy E. Bahat (@roybahat) profile pictureRoy E. Bahat
@roybahat26 Oct 2022
Realized: many VCs are now quiet quitting. ⤵️
💯 - effective communication is such a long, long journey of learning
Madeline Lawrence (@madelinelawren) profile pictureMadeline Lawrence
@madelinelawren25 Oct 2022
I get frustrated when people can't see what I see and even more so because that means I can't effectively communicate what I see
Founders like Allen Iverson underestimating the importance of practice
Haley Bryant 💛 (@haleymbryant) profile pictureHaley Bryant 💛
@haleymbryant24 Oct 2022
Last week, I talked to a mix of founders just starting to raise & those closing out their preseed/preseed+. It's amazing the difference 50-100 reps of practice on storytelling makes. If you can pitch to angels / informally to early stage funds 1st, do that vs burning intros.
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