Convertible notes vs SAFE - Part 2. #entrepreneur #startups #fundraising #tech

How to think about convertible notes vs SAFE - Part 1 #entrepreneur #startups #tech #fundraising

Starting a business is hard enough. Picking the right law firm can be very confusing! I'm a 3x entrepreneur now building FinalLayer (finallayer.com). I've dealt with many legal areas in my 10 years as entrepreneur. #entrepreneur #tech #startups #legal

How much should you pay for your domain name? Part 2. And should you own multiple extensions? We own finallayer.com and finallayer.ai. #entrepreneur #startups #tech #domainname

Your company's incorporated name does not have to be the same as the brand or product name you launch in the market with! #entrepreneur #startups #founder #tech

What is the OpenAI Plaque supposed to symbolize? All the dumb questions we've asked chatgpt and all the money we've spent on it? #openai #chatgpt #openaidevday

I'm a 3x entrepreneur building my 3rd company, FinalLayer. After building multiple successful products, raising $60M in venture capital, and almost selling the last company, we lost it all. Now, as we build again, I want to share our lessons learned. #entrepreneur #buildinpublic #tech

Sharing the mistakes we made as founders in our 10 years of entrepreneurship. #entrepreneur #vc #founder #fundraising

If you're raising money, it's good to know what mistakes to avoid on your cap table. #entrepreneur #founder #vc #fundraising

OpenAI Dev Day killed exactly how many startups? #openai #openaidevday #chatgpt #ai

General Catalyst launched the McKinsey for the AI world and it's a self serving goal. #ai #vc #revenue #technology

We built a video search agent at FinalLayer. It can find almost any clip you're looking for. It's a beta product, please be kind 😇. Try it at finallayer.com. #sora2 #openai #youtube #ai #advice

How do you create a great pitch deck for angel rounds? Comment "pitch deck" to get a copy of ours! #entrepreneur #angelinvestor #fundraising #startups #pitch #advice

From founding to getting replaced as a CEO: Extras. #entrepreneur #founder #vc #fundraising #tech

Pivots after success are generally hard. It is always better to start with a new company rather than continue. #entrepreneur #vc #fundraising #founder #pivot #career

Why should you become a founder? Should you be a founder because you have an idea or should you come up with ideas because you want to be a founder? I'm currently building FinalLayer to manage organic LinkedIn visibility. Try it for free at finallayer.com. #entrepreneur #startups #career #jobs

How do you build trust with investors and how do you keep that trust as you navigate your company? It's simple: keep them posted, be proactive! #vc #fundraising #entrepreneur #investor #motivationmonday

I offered to share the pitch deck we used to raise our angel round to anyone who needs it. Please join our Slack to grab it. I'll also share more resources in the coming weeks over Slack. You can join at finallayer.com/slack #entrepreneur #angelinvestor #pitch #career #advice

One year ago, I resigned from the startup I co-founded and ran for 10 years. And today, I'm glad I left and chose to rebuild. #entrepreneur #founder #founderstory

Early stage investors are looking to figure out whether you can raise the next round. #entrepreneur #vc #fundraising #career #job

Content moderation in social media is a nightmare! #entrepreneur #socialmedia #content #contentstrategy

How much traction you need for pre-seed varies. But it is getting harder to raise first checks without traction these days. #entrepreneur #vc #fundraising

The weaker investors will gravitate towards previously successful entrepreneurs, but the stronger ones know that previous failures can be added incentive to founders. #entrepreneur #vc #fundraising

Pre-seed funds are supposed to be your first checks, but increasingly, these funds are looking for traction. #entrepreneur #vc #fundraising

We made it to 10,000 users in 60 days and here are our marketing channels. Follow for more. Try FinalLayer for free at finallayer.com. #entrepreneur #marketing #growth #ai

Managing entrepreneurship with student debt is hard. Try and clear your debts and return to the journey stronger. #entrepreneur #studentdebt #jobs #students

Leaving big tech to become a founder is a tough decision. It genuinely required me to redefine the purpose and meaning of life. #google #entrepreneur #founder #bigtech

Hot take: don't care for fractional C** titles! #ai #jobs #investors #entrepreneur #tech

Early stage hiring is very difficult. Here are some tips to assess a fit for your team. 1. Lay out the brutally honest truth about the future of your startup. 2. An hour long "brainstorm" to test their endurance and tolerance for a startup. #entrepreneur #hiring #jobs #startups

It's not clear at the moment whether this is a TikTok ban or a Chinese apps ban. #tiktok #lemon8 #tiktokban #news

Wild things investors have told me - Part 8. #founder #entrepreneur #investor #vc #politics

A startup can transition into some order when we have at least a couple of years of runway. Tags: #entrepreneur #tech #founder #startup

Leaving big tech to become a founder is a tough decision. It genuinely required me to redefine the purpose and meaning of life. #google #entrepreneur #founder #bigtech

First time founders, don't pitch with a deck, have a conversation. #founder #entrepreneur #angels #fundraising

Let's talk about the TikTok ban and what we know and what it means #tiktok #tiktokban #algorithm #socialmedia

#stitch with @hasandpiker Women founders receive less than 2.5% of VC funding. Rock that confidence, it looks good on us! #entrepreneur #founder #femalefounder #twitch

Does it matter which college you go to? Yes and no. FWIW, I didn't go to a top school. But I'm aware of the things I missed. I'm currently building the LinkedIn Super Agent at finallayer.com. #entrepreneur #college #ivyleague #hiring #jobs

GEO/AIO is a scam right now, don't buy the snake oil. I'm building the LinkedIn Super Agent at finallayer.com at the moment. #entrepreneur #ai #seo #geo #aio

First time founders, here are some things you signed up for that no one told you. #founder #entrepreneur #tech #buildinpublic

OpenAI studied how people are using Chatgpt and it turns out we all just have decision paralysis 😅 #ai #chatgpt #openai #tech #entrepreneur

Perplexity has great initial UX but leads to eventual fatigue and lower repeat usage. Part 2. #perplexity #ai #ux #tech

Perplexity may have built great initial UX but has eventual fatigue. #ai #perplexity #ux #tech

If you're raising an angel round, you can and should make exceptions for exceptional people. #entrepreneur #tech #fundraising #angels

Should you ignore feature requests from your users? Possibly. #b2c #entrepreneur #productmanager #tech #ai

Help me make this viral, Social Media is suppressing the reach on this. LinkedIn content reach is frustrating for most people. Please help us study it at scale. #linkedin #research Comment LinkedIn for more info

If you're a first time founder, rethink your advisor strategy. 📌 Join finallayer.com/slack for more founder advice #entrepreneur #tech #advisor #startups

Founder thought of the day: Irrational Optimism! #entrepreneur #tech #founder #tips

Breaking news from the world of AI: an OpenAI research paper explains why models hallucinate and the answer is super simple. And better yet, fixable to some extent! #ai #tech #chatgpt #openai #llm

The sense of urgency can be cultivated and it is one of the most important skills a leader should have. #leadership #entrepreneur #tech #founder #career

Founders, when you're raising an angel round, should you care about check sizes and who's writing the checks? Yes! 📌 Want to learn from other founders? Check out our founder's slack finallayer.com/slack #entrepreneur #tech #fundraising #angels #vc