co-hosted an @AforeVC x @PrimaryVC dinner the other night for some incredible founders in the nyc ecosystem can recommend checking out grandma's home (外婆家) for some great food near flatiron

“founder-market fit” is real, but many founders' origin stories seem backfilled (to sound good to investors) life isn’t always linear, many founders start companies because the timing feels right, it's not always due to a perfectly planned arc

the best moat at the pre-seed stage is speed

recently co-hosted an afore x greylock founder dinner with @sophia_luo_ - thanks to rho for making it happen an an amazing house in haight-ashbury one attendee mentioned they’re in a “typewriting club” where they meet on weekends to write with actual typewriters - so cool

everyone seems to have a different definition of what "pre-seed" / "seed" actually means

seeing a wave of startups selling to smb's, with the goal of fully automating them later • workflow automation for marketing agencies -> ai marketer • software for design firms -> ai designer • software for home inspectors -> ai home inspector, sell direct to banks

useful framework for personal clarity / self-improvement: "if your life were a movie, what would the audience be yelling at the screen for you to do?"

1/ We're 🍳#cooking this summer… #nonchalant✌🏾 if you have no idea what we’re saying...welcome to the life: just invested in 24 #studentfounders before they've had jobs, degrees, or even dorm room keys! a📷 on AforeVC's latest program, Founders-in-Residence University! #FIRU