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Alex Vacca
@itsalexvacca
Co-founder, ColdIQ ($4.5M ARR in under 2 years) | Helping B2B companies scale revenue with the best GTM systems | https://t.co/JbSDyoITFc
Apr 22 • 15 tweets • 5 min read
Working under Sam Altman showed me why most founders fail at scaling.

I applied his operational thinking to scale my startup ColdIQ from $0 to $4M ARR in just 2 years.

The counterintuitive lessons you won't find elsewhere: 🧵 Image Lesson #1: "A startup should perpetually operate at the edge of instability."

Most founders try to build perfect systems. But operational perfection is actually premature optimization that kills innovation.

The tension of "controlled chaos" is where breakthroughs happen. Image
Apr 15 • 15 tweets • 5 min read
In 2008, Airbnb's founders were 72 hours from giving up.

$30k in credit card debt, 7 rejections from investors, and selling cereal boxes just to stay afloat.

Today? $100B+ valuation.

The turning point? A single email.

Here's how one message saved what became a tech giant:🧵 Image Airbnb (then "AirBed & Breakfast") had already launched TWICE with minimal traction.

They sought $150K for 10% of the company, valuing it at a modest $1.5M.

5 investors explicitly rejected them.
2 didn't even bother responding.

What happened next changed everything. Image