I'm a strategist, entrepreneur and investor in growth, innovation, and projects that matter. Looking to connect with others seeking to make a difference.
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Jon Sandbrook retweeted
Peter Thiel: “It’s always a big mistake going after a giant market on day 1... Almost all of the successful companies in Silicon Valley had some model of starting with small markets and expanding.
What’s very counterintuitive about many of these companies is that they often start with markets so small that most people don’t think they’re valuable at all.
You want to be a one-of-a-kind company where it’s the only one in a small ecosystem… large existing markets typically mean you have tons of competition and it’s very hard to differentiate.”
Start with focusing on a small market and dominate that market first. Then expand concentrically from there.
Jon Sandbrook retweeted
Out now! AgFunder’s 2023 global #agrifoodtech investment report…
Global investment in agrifoodtech startups have declined 44% on record-breaking 2021 levels, but several climate-related categories bucked the global trend, posting YoY increases. Read more in our free 2023 Global #AgriFoodTech Investment Report - out today bit.ly/AGFUNDERGLOBAL23
Jon Sandbrook retweeted
if I asked you about startups, you'd probably give me the skinny on about every book and blog post ever written. paul graham. you know a lot about him. essays. y combinator. hacker news. his vision. his investments. the whole works, right?...
Jon Sandbrook retweeted
A few things VCs are saying about today's market behind closed doors, which may not be obvious to founders
Read on 🧵
Jon Sandbrook retweeted
A “razor” is a rule of thumb that simplifies decision making.
The most powerful razors I’ve found:
Jon Sandbrook retweeted
I was at Amzn early '00s when we lost 95% of our market cap. Later at FB I negotiated a down-round in '09, and then in '12 our stock dropped 50% post-IPO. I was on the board of a public company that went bankrupt (Borders) and a start-up that went under (Hello). Some lessons:
Jon Sandbrook retweeted
What got you $500K won't get you $5M.
The evolution of a bootstrapper:
Master these 5 roles to scale your startup:
Jon Sandbrook retweeted
"Build audience before product" — But how do you do it?
Here's my take on how to do it using a mix of marketing & writing, based on 4 years of growing my own startups.
Jon Sandbrook retweeted
On Tuesday with @kidsandprose, Disability Rights activist @judithheumann and @kristenjoiner present ROLLING WARRIOR, the young readers' edition of Heumann's memoir (Ages 12+) bit.ly/3q5xe2w
Jon Sandbrook retweeted
Founder 1: Runs startup for five years. Sells for ~$100M. Makes $30M.
Founder 2: Running startup for ten years (and counting). Valued at ~$1B. Founder shares valued at $30M.
Which founder would you rather be?
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Jon Sandbrook retweeted
An analysis of over 3,700 AngelList seed deals revealed that seed-stage startups have a 50% chance of making it to Series A—regardless of whether or not they have a top VC involved in their seed round.
angellist.com/blog/top-vc-se…
Jon Sandbrook retweeted
1/ The first 18 months of a startup:
After starting my 2nd company in 2019, I decided I would write down useful lessons I learned or re-learned along the way. Some were hard-earned & others required steady focus. A thread that I hope may help other founders starting out 👇
Jon Sandbrook retweeted
Encouraging founders to raise less VC feels like telling people to eat spinach when everyone in the startup world is munching on Shake Shack, but it has benefits:
🥇 Better partners
💰 Smaller preference stack
🛣️ More Options
😬 Less stress
💸 Self-control
⏱️ Time to grow
1/🧵
Jon Sandbrook retweeted
Frameworks v0.1
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Jon Sandbrook retweeted
Here's some footage (with sound!) from the surface of another planet, and you're just gonna scroll past it without even noticing to continue looking at memes, aren't you
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
This is not an actual video, but a panorama image from the Curiosity rover (Not the Perseverance) that was stitched together with audio that may or may not be from the surface of Mars. youtube.com/embed/X2UaFuJs…
Jon Sandbrook retweeted
🌊"The next wave of great VC investors will build AND invest." @paul_d_andersen
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@ljin18 SHS
@shl Gumroad
me Startup-Investor Matching Tool
🙌🏽 @tstock915 @siiyeah thx for writing about operator-investors and including @thecommunityvc + me!
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Jon Sandbrook retweeted
New Blog Post: A Fair Pricing Model for Pre-Seed Rounds
startuphacks.vc/blog/pre-see…
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