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I help founders and VCs in the Middle East. Member of @SuperteamAE.
Aug 3, 2022 85 tweets 21 min read
🟧 @ycombinator's @startupschool week 6:

YC Group Partner @bradflora gave a talk on fundraising.

📝 sharing my notes: YC has given talks on startup fundraising in the past, but they’re getting dated, so Brad wrote a completely new talk that explains how things actually work today.

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Aug 2, 2022 33 tweets 8 min read
this week in @beondeck's founder's program:

@julianweisser, On Deck co-founder, answered questions about kickstarting your angel raise. Julian is a co-founder at On Deck where he works with founders who are exploring various ideas for new businesses and products.

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Aug 1, 2022 50 tweets 11 min read
🟧 @ycombinator's @startups school week 6:

@catheryn_li and Divya Bhat talked about cofounders. They covered:
how to decide whether to have a cofounder,
how to find a cofounder, and
how to work together

📝 sharing my notes: 1/ Finding a co founder is arguably the most important part of starting a startup
Jul 28, 2022 73 tweets 13 min read
📚 week 5 of @ycombinator's @startupschool continues

we had a panel discussion with some of YC's most successful Web3 founders

🌐 How to build a Web3 Company

📝 sharing my notes: here's the panel:

@stblbuild from @algofiorg
@NadavAHollander CTO of @OpenSea
@jon_lerner from @CoinTracker

YC Group Partner @harjtaggar will be moderating the discussion

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Jul 27, 2022 65 tweets 17 min read
📓 week 5 of @ycombinator's @startupschool continues

today was the last founder talk, from @yinyinwu of @pulley

💥 She’s talked about what it’s really like to work on a startup, especially one that’s not going well

📝 sharing my notes: Image Yin is a three-time YC founder, starting Vapor (S11), Echo Locker (S13) and now Pulley (W20).

Her first two startups didn’t work out, and the current one is doing extremely well.

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Jul 25, 2022 65 tweets 14 min read
📔 week 5 of @ycombinator's @startupschool kicked off today

new format today: a live discussion between @mwseibel & @daltonc

🚧 Recognizing and Avoiding Tarpit Ideas

📝 sharing my notes: Image in the first startup school talk, we discussed tarpit ideas

this talk will go deeper into the topic and how to get out of these tarpit ideas

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Jul 20, 2022 50 tweets 95 min read
@ycombinator's Group Partner Gustaf Alströmer @gustaf just presented to 10k+ @startupschool attendees about the "most common question from founders":

🙋🏽 how do I get my first customers?

it's part of @startupschool week 4

📝 sharing my notes: Image @ycombinator @gustaf @startupschool Gustaf will cover this topic for all kinds of companies - whether you're B2B or B2C. He's advised hundreds of companies on growth.

This is a brand new talk with examples from recent YC companies. Highly actionable!

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Jul 20, 2022 13 tweets 28 min read
if you used the internet in the late 90s / early 2000s then you may remember RealPlayer

turns out the company behind it nearly invented the iPod

but it didn't work out because of rain ☔️ realplayer was where many of us early internet users watched @southpark and @thedailyshow (back when it was hosted by @jonstewart)
Jul 18, 2022 45 tweets 68 min read
@ycombinator's Group Partner Gustaf Alströmer @gustaf just gave a talk on

how to talk to your users

🔥 so you can figure out if you’re solving a hair-on-fire problem or building a nice-to-have

as part of @startupschool week 4

📝 sharing my notes: Image @ycombinator @gustaf @startupschool Gustaf played a key role in growth at @Airbnb

this is completely new talk - how to get feedback from users

@snowmaker's seen the slides and is excited! Image
Jul 18, 2022 42 tweets 27 min read
@ycombinator Group Partner & head of bio and healthcare Surbhi Sarna is going to tell her own story of

🩺 How I built a medical device company nVision Medical) and sold it for $275M

it’s an incredible story of perseverance

📝 sharing my notes: Image @ycombinator this talk is primarily targeted at healthcare and biotech founders - but the lessons are easily transferable to other domains!

healthcare is an important space for @ycombinator and @snowmaker personally

Surbhi joined YC recently to run their biotech investment division

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Jul 18, 2022 57 tweets 112 min read
🏫 @startupschool week 4 kicked off today!

@ycombinator’s head of outreach Kat Manalac @KatManalac gave a talk on

🚀 how to launch your company and get publicity for it

📝 sharing my notes: Image @startupschool @ycombinator @KatManalac this talk has the power to change how you think about launching your company! - @snowmaker

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Jul 14, 2022 50 tweets 36 min read
⚒️ attended a great workshop today as part of @beondeck 's Founders program (ODF14)

How to Nail Product Brand Positioning

with Katie Witkop, Founding Designer at @faire_wholesale

📝 sharing my notes:

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@beondeck @faire_wholesale kate's bio: linkedin.com/in/katie-witko…

You can read more about her experience here craft.faire.com/what-it-really…

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Jul 13, 2022 59 tweets 168 min read
🎓 attended @ycombinator 's @startupschool session today with @aaron_epstein:

🧰 startup business models

and

💰how to monetize your product

📝 sharing my notes: @ycombinator @startupschool @aaron_epstein the agenda:

He’ll walk through how the top YC companies’ business models work and why some business models are better than others.

He’ll also talk about how to to price your product - which is one of the most common questions we get from founders.

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Jul 12, 2022 25 tweets 15 min read
currently watching the @nothing phone (1) launch event

very cool take on the modern smartphone - i love the glyph interface!

📝 sharing some notes: @nothing 1/ 10,000 people invested in a company that made headphones - regular people not institutions

thanks to the internet Image
Jul 12, 2022 11 tweets 9 min read
spending too much time on @airbnb lately while working remote...

🕳 went down the rabbit hole of incredible homes around the world

which one is your favorite? 🏡 @Airbnb 📍Provincia de Puntarenas, Costa Rica
🏷 $ 530 per night

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Jul 11, 2022 93 tweets 199 min read
another great presentation from @mwseibel and Divya Bhat to kick off week 3 of @ycombinator's @startupschool today

we covered two topics:

1/ How to Plan your MVP 🗺

2/ How to Set KPIs and Prioritize Your Time 🎯 (pg 29)

📝 sharing my notes: @mwseibel @ycombinator @startupschool 1/ @mwseibel was a co founder of Twitch. He did YC in W07 and W12

@snowmaker is facilitating the session, he was co founder of @scribd who did YC in S06
Jul 11, 2022 17 tweets 39 min read
💡looking for startup idea inspiration?

🕵🏼‍♂️ i dug through hundreds of twitter accounts to find the best advice

🧵 here's the best 11 twitter threads
+ 1 @ifttt applet
+ 1 blog post
+ 1 video @IFTTT @andrewchen on why great ideas might sounds dumb at first



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Jul 10, 2022 7 tweets 6 min read
new favorite #dalle2 prompt:

"the streets of X in the style of Spirited Away"

wdyt @GhibliUSA?

1/7 Image @GhibliUSA dubai works surprisingly well

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Jul 6, 2022 65 tweets 155 min read
💡 another inspiring session from @ycombinator's startup school today hosted by @katmanalac

The Inside Story of Replit: how a side project became a $1B company

📝 sharing my notes: @ycombinator @KatManalac 1/ @amasad and @HayaOdeh, the founders of @Replit, tell the story of how they

grew up in Jordan 🇯🇴

moved to Silicon Valley 🌉

created a billion dollar company beloved by developers 🚀

"an extraordinary story with huge ups and downs that's never before been told in public"
Jul 5, 2022 26 tweets 66 min read
🧠 learned so much from @ycombinator startup school's event today on startup ideas hosted by @snowmaker and @catheryn_li

📝 sharing my notes: @ycombinator @snowmaker @catheryn_li 1/ avoid tarpit ideas.

tarpit ideas are common pain points that have been attempted by many startups. but no one has solved.
Jul 3, 2022 8 tweets 9 min read
🛠 7 tools that I wish I had known about before launching a startup

These SaaS companies solve huge headaches for early stage founders: 1/ 🆘 Pain: Many banks will simply not support startups. Even fewer support crypto companies

💊 Solution: mercury.com | @mercury is focused on the needs of fast growing startups