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founder at Forte growth, 15 years in Go to market & sales, ex co-founder at Flowla

Camden Town, London
Joined February 2022
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I just cancelled our @GammaApp subscription. Why would anyone need Gamma when they have @claudeai code which does everything and way better.
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Scary thing is 1 year ago today I was using Gamma for every presentstion and evangelizing it to my network religiously
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At this pace all products will be conquered by Claude and we’ll end up living in a monopolistic tool society
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the founder journey is about 3 things: 1- believe in your capacity to achieve great things even when others don’t 2- identify where you fall short and ask for help to get there faster And 3-…👇
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So @jasonlk has made $416M in net profit from his top 3 investments. Salesloft: 8% at a $25.BN acquisition: $200M Pipedrive: 10% at a $1.5BN acquisition: $150M Logikcull: 22% at a $300M acquisition: $66M Net proceeds: $416M Today we deep dive investing lessons from $416M net gains: 👇
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I started 20VC 10 years ago. I have done 2,439 interviews. Todays episode with @sama @bradlightcap was the highlight of a 10 year journey. The impact of @OpenAI on the world is unparalleled. This was truly special. 👇
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Are you tracking the number of people involved in a deal. Has that number increased recently? Let me tell you how we’re winning more by increasing our magnitude of influence.
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Are you tracking the number of people inside a deal room to predict chances of closing? Has that number gone up recently?
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Bye bye Erdogan 👋 Your authoritarian rule ends today!
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Failure is inevitable. Failures you experience in life show there is a better way and prepares you for a better way forward - from Tribe of Mentors by Timothy Farris
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Events have no meaning apart from the ones you assign to them - from the book Unf”ck yourself by @GaryJohnBishop
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Name the best thing you did last week. I’ll go first 👇
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Taking a break from posting on social media
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Best gift you can give an early stage startup founder? Tag them under relevant posts.
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I was basically talking to an ape 😁
This is hilarious and also why startups should never hire MBA consultants who have never built a company before.
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Speaking to 10+ B2B saas founders last week and an ear on the linkedin floor 1- the new reality brought by economic scrutiny has us all thinking creatively like never before 2- not enough to be a painkiller product the pain has to be absolute top 3 in the buyers’ lists 3-founders of today are the best problem solvers and so resourceful that next boom cycle will be even more epic 🚀
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Linkedin vs reality :) two pics from my little break in Canarias 🇪🇸 which one will I share on social media? 🤔 my point is: we all have ups and downs but social media emphasizes the highs creating a distorted reality. If you measure your worth and success by it, you’ll end up sad. Be AWARE!
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What was your proudest achievement in February?
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If you're on a journey from 0 to 1 as a startup founder, this one is for you 👇 A couple of weeks ago, @poyark joined @AYurder on the Sales Therapy to talk about the art of growth in the SaaS industry 👇 buff.ly/3uICSyv #SaaS #growth #podcast
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