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Caleb Bushner retweeted
Day 1: the glorious resistance has begun. This is what decolonization looks like.
Day 4: You can't prove those dead babies didn't have heads.
Caleb Bushner retweeted
Excited to share that @Unusual_VC is opening the next round of Unusual Academy — a hands-on program to equip seed-stage founders with the tactics, network and funding to get started.
The most difficult phase of the entrepreneurial journey is when you’re going from zero to one — that’s when founders need the most support. How do you actually find PMF? How do you make your first hire? How do you fundraise for capital? These are just some of the challenges entrepreneurs face during the seed stage.
Applications are open now and close Sept 8! To apply or learn more: bit.ly/45wJvB0.
Caleb Bushner retweeted
🏅🚨 Stigg’s BIGGEST product announcement is here, and it’s truly one of a kind! 🚨✨
Introducing true hybrid pricing: 2023 is the year when companies rethink usage-based or subscription pricing. To really unlock revenue *and* conversions, it’s no longer either/or.
Caleb Bushner retweeted
“The first investor to believe in us."
"Fighting alongside us to find a Series C lead when everyone else gave up."
We just turned 5 and asked some of our founders for their Unusual stories.
So proud to be Unusual, and excited for what the next five years will bring! 🙌
Caleb Bushner retweeted
Thrilled to finally announce our seed investment in @Vizcom_ai and the future of 3D product design 🙌 .. along with @BasisSet, @natfriedman and a slew of great angels.
Here's a bit more about what makes this generative AI company special 🙂
Caleb Bushner retweeted
Excited to share that we’ve published Part 3 of the @unusual_vc OSS Field Guide - this one’s all about how to build a disruptive GTM using OSS.
We cover what founders need to know about open source GTM.
Check it out!
field-guide.unusual.vc/field…
Caleb Bushner retweeted
As an early-stage founder, when do you know to pivot? How should you prototype?
@Amplitude_HQ co-founder & CTO @curtisbliu tells @Sandhya how they pivoted to become the #1 product analytics platform, in the newest episode of the Startup Field Guide 👇🎙️
spoti.fi/3kRVTcR
Caleb Bushner retweeted
OSS can be an unfair startup advantage.
But there are important differences in the #opensource company-building playbook.
The new #OSS Field Guide explains how to go from open-source idea to PMF.
Here's a 🧵 summary of what we've covered so far 👇
field-guide.unusual.vc/field…
Caleb Bushner retweeted
Are you going up against an incumbent solution? Minimum Viable Product might not be enough to win.
Learn how @jyotibansalsf and the @harnessio team look beyond MVP, focusing on Minimum SELLABLE Product, instead.
unusual.vc/post/how-harness-…
Caleb Bushner retweeted
We live under a tyranny of expensive software.
What's the reason we haven’t seen a viable competitor of Twitter? (or Instagram? or FB?)
🌶 take: It's because the way we build software is broken & too expensive. [1/7]
Caleb Bushner retweeted
It's not quite right to say that it's all been leading up to this, because I don't really think it's ever been leading anywhere. But it was for sure always going to wind up somewhere like this. defector.com/americas-id-wil…
Caleb Bushner retweeted
Early stage founders need more than advice.
We explained how our whole TEAM is structured to support founders by building alongside them in the early days of their journey.
Read @Cookie's full story in @TechCrunch 👇
techcrunch.com/2022/05/05/un…
Caleb Bushner retweeted
Announcing Unusual Fund III
$485M to lead investments in seed-stage startups across infrastructure, SaaS, fintech, & consumer applications.
@jvrionis explains how Fund III helps founders reach product-market fit
bit.ly/3ygZG7Z
Caleb Bushner retweeted
1/ Every day I get emails from engineers or operators asking me what are the best under-the-radar startups they should consider joining.
I declare email bankruptcy. Instead we’re getting everyone together IRL and we’ll make magic there!
We did this pre-covid and it was fun👇
Caleb Bushner retweeted
Join us in welcoming Lars Albright, our newest General Partner.
Lars is a repeat founder and Fortune 50 executive who will be leading investments in consumer software, fintech and vertical SaaS.
Learn about how his experience supports founders:
bit.ly/354kO4I
Caleb Bushner retweeted
This would be embarrassing, farcical, if it were not so dangerous.
A Florida bill that would prohibit public schools and private businesses from making white people feel “discomfort” when they teach students or train employees about discrimination in the nation’s past received its first approval Tuesday.
apne.ws/3a6xyCh
Caleb Bushner retweeted
“A growth team that’s optimizing drivers of a network effect can have a compounding impact on the growth of that business.”
Learn how to set up growth teams for success in this @twentyminutevc chat with @Unusual_VC Partner @ibringtraffic & @HarryStebbings
bit.ly/3wVnrQ1
Caleb Bushner retweeted
Thank you @henrysward for sharing the story of @cartainc and answering critical questions for early-stage startups.
Kudos to @sandhya from @Unusual_VC for this chat. Unusual is great at frictionlessly slipping in these legendary guest chats in your calendar as opt-in on the go.
🚨 Event Alert 🚨: On September 15th, Partner @sandhya will host a fireside chat with @cartainc's CEO, @henrysward, to discuss Carta's early journey, including how they scaled from 100 to 5,000+ customers. Register here: bit.ly/2WCjFNU
