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Yashar @gilgamesh.bsky.social · 20h

Used Gemini VEO 3, iMovie, CapCut, and Eleven Labs.
Might show it soon… maybe.

That’s the thing about being a founder — you build first, ask later.
Stay tuned.

Yashar @gilgamesh.bsky.social · 20h

We have a cracked marketing team.
I’m not trying to replace them. They’re just that good.

But when an idea hits, I have to build it.
So I made my own sizzle reel....

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Yashar @gilgamesh.bsky.social · 14d

My team at Impressive.dev built an agent that reads your deck like an investor — and tells you the truth.

Drop your pitch deck → get investor-style notes in seconds.
What works. What wobbles. What wins.

At #SFTechWeek? Look for me.

I’ll show you what impressive really means.

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Yashar @gilgamesh.bsky.social · 26d

Raising a $500k pre-seed.

Impressive lets anyone spin up a revenue-ready agentic business in seconds from a single request. No code. Just idea → business → revenue.

Team: scaled to $5M ARR in months, ex-Anthropic ops leader (2 IPOs).

Looking for conviction-driven angels who move fast. DM me

Yashar @gilgamesh.bsky.social · Aug 12

Curious: Do you still invest pre-PMF? Why? What proof flips you from “interesting” to “wire sent”?
Let’s make the playbook explicit.

Are you curious about what we're building? DM me and let's chat. It's not what you see 😉

Yashar @gilgamesh.bsky.social · Aug 12

#Founders: push to real proof (retention, revenue efficiency, bottoms-up expansion) before you price your future.
Investors: what minimum evidence earns your first meaningful check—weekly active retention? Payback < 12 months? 10+ unaffiliated customers? Say it out loud.

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Yashar @gilgamesh.bsky.social · Aug 12

Benefits to #investors:

Lower failure risk, cleaner signal (usage/revenue > vibes)
Capital goes to growth, not “finding ourselves”
Fewer zombie caps, faster compounding

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Yashar @gilgamesh.bsky.social · Aug 12

Why are we still funding experiments at company prices?

Flip the order:

Build → validate → then raise.
Let founders take the real risk: time in market, painful iterations, pivots.
Write the check once they’ve found pull, not just promise.

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Yashar @gilgamesh.bsky.social · Aug 12

Hot take: most pre-seed dollars subsidize learning founders should do before taking a dime.

The loop I see over and over:

Ship a shiny POC/clickable demo
Raise
Spend to “build the real thing”
Burn months (and cap table) chasing PMF
Realize at month 6–12 the bet was wrong → pivot, re-raise, repeat

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Yashar @gilgamesh.bsky.social · Aug 1

We’re looking for someone who:
• Has led growth at an early-stage SaaS or AI startup
• Knows how to drive traction without a brand or budget
• Understands distribution mechanics better than most PMs understand their own product
• Wants full ownership. Not a sandbox.

Yashar @gilgamesh.bsky.social · Aug 1

Our product turns meetings into execution.
Not summaries. Not dashboards.
Live AI agents that act while work is happening.

We’ve got real traction, enterprise pilots, and a creator marketplace in motion.
Now we need someone who can light the fire—and build the system that scales it.

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Yashar @gilgamesh.bsky.social · Aug 1

🚨 We’re hiring a Head of Marketing & Growth at Notora AI.
This isn’t a “get in early” pitch. We’re already breaking through.

No sales team. No ads.
Just two founders building and closing—and we’re on track to hit $1M ARR.

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Yashar @gilgamesh.bsky.social · Jul 31

Every startup has a turning point.

Ours? Bringing Jerry Yen on board.

🛰️ Ex–rocket engineer (4 launches, 0 splashdowns)
⚙️ Built fleet-standard military algorithms
💥 Now helping Notora scale agents that actually work

This isn’t hype. It’s horsepower.
Welcome to the team, Jerry
#agenticAI #startups