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Most advice on how to get product-market fit goes like this:
“Talk to your users.”
Today's @followthegradient.bsky.social guest Sabba Keynejad actually did it—10–12 calls a day, while building VEED.io, now used by 10M+ people a month.
But at first?
No one booked.
🧵
“Talk to your users.”
Today's @followthegradient.bsky.social guest Sabba Keynejad actually did it—10–12 calls a day, while building VEED.io, now used by 10M+ people a month.
But at first?
No one booked.
🧵
June 26, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Most advice on how to get product-market fit goes like this:
“Talk to your users.”
Today's @followthegradient.bsky.social guest Sabba Keynejad actually did it—10–12 calls a day, while building VEED.io, now used by 10M+ people a month.
But at first?
No one booked.
🧵
“Talk to your users.”
Today's @followthegradient.bsky.social guest Sabba Keynejad actually did it—10–12 calls a day, while building VEED.io, now used by 10M+ people a month.
But at first?
No one booked.
🧵
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Weekend read.
Just started “Supremacy: AI, ChatGPT, and the race that will change the world” by @parmy.bsky.social – a sharp narrative tracing the rise of modern AI through the rivalry between OpenAI and DeepMind, and the leadership of Sam Altman and Demis Hassabis.
A few takeaways 🧵
Just started “Supremacy: AI, ChatGPT, and the race that will change the world” by @parmy.bsky.social – a sharp narrative tracing the rise of modern AI through the rivalry between OpenAI and DeepMind, and the leadership of Sam Altman and Demis Hassabis.
A few takeaways 🧵
May 4, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Weekend read.
Just started “Supremacy: AI, ChatGPT, and the race that will change the world” by @parmy.bsky.social – a sharp narrative tracing the rise of modern AI through the rivalry between OpenAI and DeepMind, and the leadership of Sam Altman and Demis Hassabis.
A few takeaways 🧵
Just started “Supremacy: AI, ChatGPT, and the race that will change the world” by @parmy.bsky.social – a sharp narrative tracing the rise of modern AI through the rivalry between OpenAI and DeepMind, and the leadership of Sam Altman and Demis Hassabis.
A few takeaways 🧵
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The other side of startup life rarely makes the headlines.
The 9 in “9 out of 10 startups don’t make it.”
The ones who couldn’t raise the next round.
Who built real products. Had real customers.
Who were in stores, in the press, & on award stages.
And still had to shut it down.
The 9 in “9 out of 10 startups don’t make it.”
The ones who couldn’t raise the next round.
Who built real products. Had real customers.
Who were in stores, in the press, & on award stages.
And still had to shut it down.
May 1, 2025 at 1:47 PM
The other side of startup life rarely makes the headlines.
The 9 in “9 out of 10 startups don’t make it.”
The ones who couldn’t raise the next round.
Who built real products. Had real customers.
Who were in stores, in the press, & on award stages.
And still had to shut it down.
The 9 in “9 out of 10 startups don’t make it.”
The ones who couldn’t raise the next round.
Who built real products. Had real customers.
Who were in stores, in the press, & on award stages.
And still had to shut it down.
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Lessons from 900+ startups.
Gustaf Alströmer, Partner at YC, joined me at the @eth-ai-center.bsky.social for a fireside chat with AI researchers, founders, and @ethzurich.bsky.social's students.
The key question: How do you actually build a fundable, scalable startup today – especially in Europe?
Gustaf Alströmer, Partner at YC, joined me at the @eth-ai-center.bsky.social for a fireside chat with AI researchers, founders, and @ethzurich.bsky.social's students.
The key question: How do you actually build a fundable, scalable startup today – especially in Europe?
April 28, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Lessons from 900+ startups.
Gustaf Alströmer, Partner at YC, joined me at the @eth-ai-center.bsky.social for a fireside chat with AI researchers, founders, and @ethzurich.bsky.social's students.
The key question: How do you actually build a fundable, scalable startup today – especially in Europe?
Gustaf Alströmer, Partner at YC, joined me at the @eth-ai-center.bsky.social for a fireside chat with AI researchers, founders, and @ethzurich.bsky.social's students.
The key question: How do you actually build a fundable, scalable startup today – especially in Europe?
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Remember when FinTech could (and was) genuinely be mistaken for Finnish Technology — and no one would blink an eye if you explained it that way?
Back then, digital banking didn’t exist. What looked automated was often just someone manually pushing things through behind the scenes.
Back then, digital banking didn’t exist. What looked automated was often just someone manually pushing things through behind the scenes.
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April 17, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Remember when FinTech could (and was) genuinely be mistaken for Finnish Technology — and no one would blink an eye if you explained it that way?
Back then, digital banking didn’t exist. What looked automated was often just someone manually pushing things through behind the scenes.
Back then, digital banking didn’t exist. What looked automated was often just someone manually pushing things through behind the scenes.
What it looks like to build a startup vs what it’s actually like to build a startup.
December 15, 2024 at 10:57 PM
What it looks like to build a startup vs what it’s actually like to build a startup.
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Somewhere right now: “Dear diary, today I had to write my own emails and debug my own code.”
December 12, 2024 at 1:32 AM
Somewhere right now: “Dear diary, today I had to write my own emails and debug my own code.”
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Weekend reminder for you: You’ve got this!💪🏽🚀
November 30, 2024 at 10:42 PM
Weekend reminder for you: You’ve got this!💪🏽🚀