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11 Apr, 4 tweets, 1 min read
“It is not daily increase but daily decrease, hack away the unessential. The closer to the source, the less wastage there is.” -Bruce Lee
“If I had more time, I would have written a shorter letter” -Mark Twain
“Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.” -Leonardo Da Vinci
“The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak.” -Hans Hofmann (painter)

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Yohei Nakajima 🙋🏻‍♂️ Profile picture
13 Apr
1/ How to create a Google Trends for X using Zapier & Airtable 👇

I recently set one up to monitor unique keyword trends in ProductHunt so will use that as an example. #nocode
2/ First you set up your Airtable.

First sheet is to capture the main data, in this case PH data.

In this sheet, create a linked column, and create a new table called keywords (multiple allowed).
3/ Then jump to Zapier, your trigger should be your data source. Can be RSS, webhook, etc. in this case PH. I’m pulling all new products.

You can do this for internal tools too, like notes from your CRM.
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Yohei Nakajima 🙋🏻‍♂️ Profile picture
3 Apr
Who were the most active investors into US startups at pre-seed since the pandemic?

I took a look at some Crunchbase numbers.👇

*Lots of accelerators, but I kept them in there. And yes, CB data is not complete.
Top overall were @techstars (141), @ycombinator (60), @expertdojo (25), @alchemistacc (18), @jason (15), @500startups (14), @masschallenge (14), @boostvc (11), @thefundglobal (10), @SputnikATX (9), @Acceleprise (9).
Dug into some specific categories. For eg, in healthcare, the top were @techstars, @ycombinator, @ExpertDojo again. Then @creativedlab, Right Side Capital, @thefundglobal, @alchemistacc, @500startups, @startuphealth, KidsxAccerleator.
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Yohei Nakajima 🙋🏻‍♂️ Profile picture
3 Apr
Feelin' the love on Twitter, feel bad I tricked you yesterday, so here are some startups from my pipeline!

If you're the founder, let's chat. If you're a VC - look through this and reach out! 👇

*I have not spoken to these startups yet, according to CB, they're early.
@TurquoiseHC lets you compare healthcare pricing. Health costs in the US are ridiculous. Love the mission here.
Curious to learn more about AI driven A/B testing from @QuicksandAi and @abtestingai. This makes sense to me. Just have GPT-3 create new copy and auto test.
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Yohei Nakajima 🙋🏻‍♂️ Profile picture
12 Feb
How to build a target investor list using Crunchbase. 👇

First, you’ll need Crunchbase Pro. At $25/mo, not bad.

Then, I use Airtable, specifically the Linked Table feature.
Step 1: Go to Crunchbase and search for funding rounds (not companies), filter by relevant categories (for funded org), the right funding type (Eg seed), geo, and then do “announced after” and pick a date 2 or 3 years ago.

These are funding rounds by startups relevant to you.
Step 2: Export list to csv. Make sure you have the “investors” column in there.

Import csv to a new Airtable.
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Yohei Nakajima 🙋🏻‍♂️ Profile picture
27 Jan
I’m an outbound focused VC, meaning I reach out to most of the founders I talk to, not the other way around.

A lot of people ask me about my process. It’s not a secret. Here it is 👇
1/ I spend a lot of time on AngelList, ProductHunt, and am on many investor lists for accelerators. I have a Google Alert for “startup pitch competition”. Twitter is great too. I look at as many startups as I can find.
2/ I have a custom bookmarking tool to quickly save startups that peak my interest. It drops in my CRM and pings the Crunchbase API. I’ve tracked about 1000 in the last 6 months.
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Yohei Nakajima 🙋🏻‍♂️ Profile picture
26 Jan
Been quietly working on this thru 2020... Excited to finally share @UntappedVC, a new VC firm I started w/ my true friend and role model @jessicajackley!

Some deets (like our portfolio) below👇
1/ We’re a pre-seed/seed fund investing in unexpected founders, found off the beaten path, not well connected to VCs. We’re talking young, underrepresented, small town, immigrant, and so on.
2/ These founders aren’t in our network (almost by definition), so we primarily source through outbound, meaning we reach out to founders.

We look at tens of thousands, track and tag thousands, and reach out to the startups that stand out.
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