Melanie Gabriel
@melaniexgabriel.bsky.social
👩🏽💻 Co-Director & COO @eth-ai-center.bsky.social
🦄 Co-founder Yokoy & @followthegradient.bsky.social
🚀 Board member, Angel Investor & Advisor
👩🏽🏫 Lecturer at ETH & HSG
🦄 Co-founder Yokoy & @followthegradient.bsky.social
🚀 Board member, Angel Investor & Advisor
👩🏽🏫 Lecturer at ETH & HSG
Some people pack swimsuits.
We pack startup books.
While half of tech is OOO and LinkedIn’s algorithm is gasping for engagement, it’s finally time to read the stuff that doesn’t fit in a Slack thread or podcast.
So we pulled together our favorite @followthegradient.bsky.social summer reads⤵️
We pack startup books.
While half of tech is OOO and LinkedIn’s algorithm is gasping for engagement, it’s finally time to read the stuff that doesn’t fit in a Slack thread or podcast.
So we pulled together our favorite @followthegradient.bsky.social summer reads⤵️
July 30, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Some people pack swimsuits.
We pack startup books.
While half of tech is OOO and LinkedIn’s algorithm is gasping for engagement, it’s finally time to read the stuff that doesn’t fit in a Slack thread or podcast.
So we pulled together our favorite @followthegradient.bsky.social summer reads⤵️
We pack startup books.
While half of tech is OOO and LinkedIn’s algorithm is gasping for engagement, it’s finally time to read the stuff that doesn’t fit in a Slack thread or podcast.
So we pulled together our favorite @followthegradient.bsky.social summer reads⤵️
It’s a match!
I’m incredibly honoured and excited to step into the role of Co-Director & COO of the @eth-ai-center.bsky.social, alongside Alex Ilic and Andreas Krause
I’m incredibly honoured and excited to step into the role of Co-Director & COO of the @eth-ai-center.bsky.social, alongside Alex Ilic and Andreas Krause
July 3, 2025 at 10:11 AM
It’s a match!
I’m incredibly honoured and excited to step into the role of Co-Director & COO of the @eth-ai-center.bsky.social, alongside Alex Ilic and Andreas Krause
I’m incredibly honoured and excited to step into the role of Co-Director & COO of the @eth-ai-center.bsky.social, alongside Alex Ilic and Andreas Krause
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.
🧵
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 🧵
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.
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?
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.
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.”
Reposted by Melanie Gabriel
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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!💪🏽🚀
You can’t learn to build a startup by 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 reading about it. You also have to 𝘥𝘰 it.
When I was a student, I wanted a course that taught the hands-on, 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭 startup experience—cold calls, scrappy landing page that convert traffic into customers, real investor scrutiny. It didn’t exist.
When I was a student, I wanted a course that taught the hands-on, 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭 startup experience—cold calls, scrappy landing page that convert traffic into customers, real investor scrutiny. It didn’t exist.
November 30, 2024 at 10:31 PM
You can’t learn to build a startup by 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 reading about it. You also have to 𝘥𝘰 it.
When I was a student, I wanted a course that taught the hands-on, 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭 startup experience—cold calls, scrappy landing page that convert traffic into customers, real investor scrutiny. It didn’t exist.
When I was a student, I wanted a course that taught the hands-on, 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭 startup experience—cold calls, scrappy landing page that convert traffic into customers, real investor scrutiny. It didn’t exist.