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rohit (@krishnanrohit)
📅 Jun 27, 2025 · ❤️ 331 · 👁 45,797
George Church on Dwarkesh, talking about spotting talent, is one of the best bits on the subject. Also the clearest view on benefits of multidisciplinarity I've read in a while. https://t.co/16WLFk5Kux
andrew chen (@andrewchen)
📅 Apr 21, 2025 · ❤️ 1,392 · 👁 286,257
my current ChatGPT custom prompt -- curious what others are using/doing? Have been slowly iterating over time...
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At the start of a response, create a summary table at the beginning, if appropriate and helpful to answer the question
Always provide the pros and cons of something if you can. Be critical.
Add links throughout the answer for jargon and concepts that start new chats
Provide a maximally detailed answer with multiple levels of depth. Use maximum tokens
Use detailed examples, facts and figures
Be comprehensive and detailed by using bulleted answers
After a response, provide 5 follow-up questions. Format in bold as Q1, Q2, and Q3 and put in a bulleted list
Suggest solutions that I didn’t think about—be proactive and anticipate my needs
Be opinionated rather than neutral when appropriate
Treat me as an expert in all subject matter
Value good arguments over authorities, the source is irrelevant
Consider new technologies and contrarian ideas, not just the conventional wisdom
You may use high levels of speculation or prediction, just flag it for me
Recommend only the highest-quality, meticulously designed products like Apple or the Japanese would make—I only want the best
No moral lectures
Discuss safety only when it's crucial and non-obvious
If your content policy is an issue, provide the closest acceptable response and explain the content policy issue
Link directly to products, not company pages
No need to mention your knowledge cutoff
No need to disclose you're an AI
Adam Silverman (Hiring!) 🖇️ (@adamsilverman)
📅 Jan 3, 2025 · ❤️ 1,293 · 👁 200,164
Here is everything that happened in AI Agents this week 🧵
(save for later) https://t.co/JBVYke3Cin
David Tso (dave.base.eth) (@davidtsocy)
📅 Nov 26, 2024 · ❤️ 1,396 · 👁 249,667
If you’re coming from Solana to @base for the first time, here are 10 cool apps to try, 10 ways to earn onchain, 10 communities to join, and 10 articles to read:
10 Cool Apps to Try
- @Drakulaapp: viral videos meet viral coins
- @moshicamera: customizable polaroids
- @rodeodotclub: experimental artworks
- @zora: post for fun earn for real
- @warpcast_: programmable social network
- @blackbird: IRL restaurant passes
- @OnboardGlobal: universal financial platform
- @AerodromeFi: trading and liquidity marketplace
- @frenpetonbase: casual and idle game
- @BLOCKLORDS: action and strategy game
10 Ways to Earn Onchain
- https://t.co/dbZohhHJe5: building
- @TokemakXYZ: ETH yield
- @pendle_fi: BTC yield
- @MorphoLabs, @aave: lending
- @SeamlessFi, @DefinitiveFi: looping
- @arcadia, @ExtraFi_io: leveraged LPing
- @harvest_finance x @MoonwellDeFi, @torosfinance x @synthetix: auto-compounding yield
- @interfacedapp, @frenslol: copy trading
- @virtuals_io, @_proxystudio: AI launchpad
- @wow, @apedotstore: token launchpad
10 Communities to Join
- https://t.co/bfhuMXsHff: Base Discord
- @tybasegod: Disciples of B
- @callusfbi: global founders
- @compassdotfun: consumer builders
- @latenightonbase: podcasts and spaces
- @FWBtweets: creatives and builders
- @basedandyellow: creators
- @paragraph_xyz: writers
- @cooprecsmusic: artists
- @podsdotmedia: podcasters
10 Articles to Read
- Base’s strategy by @jessepollak: https://t.co/RtyUJwdUz2
- How to be based by @jessepollak: https://t.co/EaopYjiYAm
- Everyone is a builder by @jessepollak: https://t.co/woimUK3DAh
- Base’s 2024 mission, strategy, and roadmap: https://t.co/l2rjGxIeDi
- The genesis of Base: https://t.co/7T0Du9pYlN
- Based memes: https://t.co/C5kS42dIPL
- What’s happening at Coinbase by @AlanaDLevin: https://t.co/tRWaU9aUzZ
- The Read Write Own manifesto by @cdixon: https://t.co/lgHejFZIES
- Onchain by @js_horne: https://t.co/8Iyef5TarU
- Making Ethereum alignment legible by @VitalikButerin: https://t.co/Bxmaybkbxq
Welcome to the global onchain economy that increases innovation, creativity, and freedom 🔵
Kitty Claw (@openkittyclaw)
📅 Nov 26, 2024 · ❤️ 15 · 👁 1,756
$ai16z business income model an insider sent me some confidential internal documents https://t.co/fawEGgWMpL
RAVI KUMAR SAHU (@RAVIKUMARSAHU78)
📅 Oct 15, 2024 · ❤️ 4,947 · 👁 888,132
ChatGPT Prompts to finish your hours of work in seconds: only Copy and Paste these prompts! https://t.co/lugGcthMCV
Arjun Khemani (@arjunkhemani)
📅 Oct 13, 2024 · ❤️ 3,013 · 👁 247,947
.@elonmusk: Generally, you want education to be as close to a video game as possible, like a good video game. You do not need to tell your kid to play video games. They will play video games on autopilot all day.
So if you can make it interactive and engaging, then you can make education far more compelling and far easier to do.
You really want to disconnect the whole grade level thing from the subjects and allow people to progress at the fastest pace that they can or are interested in, in each subject. It seems like a really obvious thing.
Most teaching today is a lot like vaudeville, and as a result, it's just not that compelling. It's like somebody standing up there and lecturing to you, and they've done the same lecture several years in a row. They're not necessarily all that engaged in doing it.
A university education is often unnecessary. That's not to say it's unnecessary for all people, but I think you probably learn about as much in the first two years. Most of it is from your classmates.
For a lot of companies, they do want to see the completion of the degree because they're looking for someone who's going to persevere and see it through to the end. And that's actually what's important to them.
So it really depends on what somebody's goal is. If the goal is to start a company, I would say there's no point in finishing college.
ً (@xeenini)
📅 Oct 8, 2024 · ❤️ 103,605 · 👁 5,722,477
sharing this link I found years ago. language learning collection.
https://t.co/VmmB96Y9aL https://t.co/iPDFzqtKDI
John (@FI_investor)
📅 Oct 7, 2024 · ❤️ 1,166 · 👁 4,705,382
20+ Reddit subreddits where you can submit your startup:
r/RoastMyStartup
r/IMadeThis
r/IndieBiz
r/AlphaandBetausers
r/GrowthHacking
r/Digitalnomad
r/SideProject
r/SmallBusiness
r/LifeProTips
r/lifehacks
r/explainlikeimfive
r/todayilearned
r/Promotereddit
r/Analytics
r/Content_marketing
r/Advertising
r/Entrepreneur
r/EntrepreneurRideAlong
r/Startups
r/Growmybusiness
r/Linkbuilding
r/SEO
r/Freepromote
r/SocialMediaMarketing
r/PPC
r/AskMarketing
Avoid direct self-promotion since the community usually hates it and you'll most likely get roasted.
Provide value and tell a story since that's what usually works. Then subtly mention your startup in the post or only mention it when someone leaves a comment and asks for it (safer option).
Luke Miler (@lukemiler)
📅 Oct 3, 2024 · ❤️ 2,521 · 👁 209,801
This is how I launch every product.
Distribution is everything.
AMA 👇 https://t.co/NacOnNvXyc
Reads with Ravi (@readswithravi)
📅 Sep 29, 2024 · ❤️ 1,954 · 👁 222,170
The Four Levels of Reading ‼️ https://t.co/8JM7zYweUI
Blake Emal (@heyblake)
📅 Sep 12, 2024 · ❤️ 13 · 👁 3,263
Want to sound smarter?
Eliminate these words from your writing:
→ Just
→ Very
→ Well
→ Some
→ Really
→ Very
→ Literally
→ Actually
→ Basically
→ Maybe
→ Kind of
→ Sort of
→ Like
→ That
→ Quite
→ Rather
→ Somewhat
sharvil (@0xSharvil)
📅 Feb 13, 2023 · ❤️ 63 · 👁 15,646
VCs invest based on specific investment theses that define their preferred types of investments.
Tokenomics is one such make or break factor where investors are very particular about which models they invest in.
I've collated 45+ VC token theses from the top crypto funds 🧵
Startup Archive (@StartupArchive_)
📅 Aug 6, 2024 · ❤️ 531 · 👁 71,184
Uber founder Travis Kalanick: “Every angel deal that gets done is a momentum play”
Below are the key excerpts from Travis’s blog post Startup Seed Raising Skillzzz:
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Priming the Pump. "Go to angel gatherings, industry conferences, any and all networking events. Meet people who are angels or who know angels. Give ‘em the elevator pitch… make sure you’re meeting with somebody new EVERY DAY."
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Intro meetings. “Informal discussion where you pitch the company over a lunch/coffee/etc., and expand potential angel network through referrals. Get your pitch down to 5-10 minutes, and prepare a tight FAQ in your head so that you have tight answers to the top 20 questions. Let them pay. Be proud of your scrappiness."
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ABC’s – Always Be Closing. "At the end of every meeting, get a clear understanding of where they stand on your deal opportunity."
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Referrals are key. "Most angels will immediately offer up a couple folks they can hook you up with… always ask for more folks you can connect with."
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Advisors: "Turn a couple of these potential angels into advisors. Having a few top-notch people in your corner can make all the difference in turning the tide in an angel round."
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Thought Partner: "Pick one advisor, co-founder, or mentor who will be your thought partner in managing the process."
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TheList: "Keep a list (aka pipeline) of the people you’re meeting with, the referrals that they provide you, and the level of their interest in the seed round. Stay on the ball…Always follow up."
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Passion/Charisma. "Focus on the positive, have confidence, be amped, bring passion to your game, and share the love with the person across from you."
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Credibility. "DO NOT FIGHT THE TRUTH… Do not try to spin out of what your weak points are. Do not try to make something certain that is not. Do not pretend to know something that you don’t. Credibility is the name of the game in fundraising."
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Momentum and Urgency. "Investors are fickle creatures, they are motivated by fear and greed… Time IS NOT YOUR FRIEND! The longer the process drags out, the more it seems that nobody is interested in your deal, and the less likely you are to actually get one."
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Getting the Lead. "Until you have a lead, you don’t have a deal… The way to get a lead is to spur one of the larger, most interested investors into making an offer."
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The Competitive Deal – The Need for Speed. "The second you have a single term sheet, you need to move very quickly to get a second one. You don’t have a lot of time, because momentum at this point is crucial to closing… Your second term sheet will be easier to get than your first, but it will make a HUGE impact on your deal. Without a second termsheet, you will be in a position to take whatever crappy terms the original lead provided, and it’s quite possible that the terms could get worse (or even go away!) as the one-termsheet deal drags out."
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Herding the cattle. "Once you start working the competitive leads, you need to start getting word out to ALL of the interested parties, that this deal is getting hot, and that you could start moving to close in very short order… This makes them anxious about the competitive situation you’ve created b/c now your deal has been validated."
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Anti-Collusion. "The heavyweights in your deal will have the inclination to collude to make the terms better… Keep it short and sweet with each potential colluder, and draw a very straight firm line that the material terms are not changing."
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Sprint through the close. "Until the deal is closed, you have at best a 50/50 shot of it happening. Keep working new seed investors, keep the competitive leads warm, get your deal oversubscribed, because until your deal is done, it’s just a nice fantasy in your head."
Video Source: @TechCoHQ
Andrew Yeung (@andruyeung)
📅 Jul 22, 2024 · ❤️ 2,776 · 👁 708,581
All the startup accelerators you can apply for:
- PearX ($250k-$2m)
- Accel Atoms ($500k)
- Antler ($200k for 8%)
- Soma Capital ($100k)
- Sequoia Arc (Variable)
- a16z Speedrun ($750k)
- LAUNCH ($125k for 7%)
- OpenAI Converge ($1m)
- Techstars ($20k for 6%)
- Alchemist ($25k for 5%)
- NEO ($600k Uncapped)
- AngelPad ($120k for 7%)
- The Mint ($500k for 10%)
- AI2 Incubator ($50-$150k)
- HF0 ($125k for 7% + $375k)
- AI Grant ($250k Uncapped)
- Betaworks AI Camp ($500k)
- 500 Startups ($112.5k for 6%)
- Entrepreneur First ($125k for 8%)
- Y Combinator ($125k for 7% + $375k)
- Conviction Embed ($150k Uncapped)
- Founders Fellowship ($150k for 5-10%)
- SPC Fellowship ($400k for 7% + $600k)
(More info below)
Who am I missing?
Chris (@itsCblast)
📅 Jul 10, 2024 · ❤️ 22,842 · 👁 4,398,784
It's Crazy How Accurate this Chart Is
Developed in 1875 By a Farmer Based on Solar Cycles https://t.co/KCVNgqA195
Ash (@ahboyash)
📅 Jul 8, 2024 · ❤️ 842 · 👁 219,467
Token listing strategy playbook
📔 Founders especially, save this if you are planning to launch a token soon.
When discussing portfolio value add, it’s not just making introductions to other VCs/angels to fill up the fundraising round but actually getting hands-on with founders to devise a proper strategy for success. One of it includes a proper token listing strategy on trusted centralised exchanges (CEX).
Here is a high-level guide I’ve written to help you and your project navigate the murky waters of getting your token listed on a major CEX.
I’ll break it down into 5 sections:
• Token listing documents
• CEX and market maker negotiations
• Community
• Media coverage
• Misc
Before diving deeper, it is imperative to have a good fundraising plan before launching a token strategy.
Make sure you nail the following:
• Carve out a budget to pay for exchange listing fees (gets higher in a bull market) and market making (retainer) fees.
• Strategise on how to fundraise from the venture arm of large CEXes (@BinanceLabs, @cbventures, @OKX_Ventures) as it improves the chances of listing.
• Build relationships with VCs/ angels who have strong connections in the industry.
- Token listing documents
In anticipation of a token launch, projects will need to prepare a few documents beforehand and they are the main requirements for a CEX listing.
This includes:
• A well written whitepaper (detailing the project’s vision and mission, explaining the protocol mechanism, team, roadmap).
• Tokenomics (token details, utility, vesting schedule, sustainable distribution).
• Protocol security and token audit from a trusted audit provider.
• Legal documents (entity documents, legal opinion from a lawyer).
• Investment and fundraising documents (last valuation raised at, cap table).
• Completed CEX listing forms (each CEX will have its own unique token listing form to fill up —> generally includes company incorporation, financial data, team, tokenomics, protocol mechanism, community and traction, legal documents).
- CEX and market maker negotiations
(a) CEX
These days, every CEX listing involves a listing fee and these varies from paying in stablecoin USD terms to giving out a % of the token total supply. From our discussions, expect to pay a fee between $200k - $500k (sometimes more) or give out 5-20% of total token supply.
Apart from listing fees, projects can also be expected to pay for technical fees (audit, token integration), marketing fees and security deposits.
There is a backlog on every CEX now as more and more projects vie for a token listing. Building relationships + connections with the right people can expedite your success.
It is also crucial for founders to apply for listings on multiple CEXes to increase the chances of securing a token listing + use it for negotiations. Good to have a collaboration + marketing campaign with DeFi wallets of various CEXes for more eyeballs.
(b) Market Makers (MM)
Onboarding MMs is a necessary part of the listing process to maintain price stability and ensure healthy liquidity for the token.
MMs typically fall into 2 categories:
• Loan + option model: MM borrow tokens from the project to provide liquidity and are granted call options (the right to purchase the token at a cheaper price)
• Retainer + profit share model: project pay the MM monthly fees to maintain liquidity
@0xLouisT and @minjung_eth did some good research on MMs:
• https://t.co/5nOK7HTyIl
• https://t.co/hFUo85Q9zS
- Community and socials
Form a strong (almost cult-like) and engaged community who will serve as your first set of users and word of mouth marketers.
Some tips:
• Discord <> Telegram/WeChat <> Twitter —> nail the trifecta of social media.
• Hire good community managers to manage Discord and Telegram groups, ecosystem/ BD leads to secure partnerships and localisation strategies (e.g. APAC lead/ head of marketing in Korea).
• Be active on Twitter from the main account + founder’s account to keep users informed with project updates + evangelise the product. Bonus if the project has a dedicated intern account/shitposter to get maximum mindshare (@intern <> @monad_xyz, @HugoMartingale <> @Polymarket).
• Integrate with major questing platforms for another source of GTM (e.g. @Galxe, @zealy_io and @layer3) and building communities.
• Founders need to be constantly evangelising their project and be excited about what they are building. (Study @keoneHD <> @monad_xyz, @Punk9277 <> @_kaitoai, @SmokeyTheBera <> @berachain, @taran <> @stix).
• Airdrops to power users + making them rich is one of the best ways to form a loyal set of users (albeit a bit hard these days with industrial farms and sybils).
- Media coverage
Crypto Twitter (CT) is inundated daily with memes, shitposts, charts, project updates, threads. Projects need a well-designed + comprehensive marketing plan to ensure all angles are adequately covered.
High level strats:
• Publishing on major crypto news portals to get maximum coverage from publications like @TheBlock__, @Foresight_News, @BlockBeatsAsia and @panews.
• KOL marketing which usually involves paid promotion or letting them invest at a lower valuation in exchange for marketing content (threads, articles, videos, channel shoutout).
• Outsourcing to top tier marketing agencies. Some of the good ones I have had the pleasure of working with includes @snow949494, @cryptofreedman <> @hypepartners, @JiraiyaReal <> @TailoredWeb3, @ciaobelindazhou <> @ShardDXB.
• Publishing deep research articles: apart from the big bois like @Delphi_Digital, @MessariCrypto, @blockworksres, there are many high quality firms that can be used like @Ian_Unsworth <> @kairos_res, @Steve_4P <> @FourPillarsFP, @blocmates, @asxn_r and @Shoalresearch.
- Misc
• @coingecko / @CoinMarketCap token listing.
• @dexscreener enhanced token information.
• @DefiLlama project listing.
• @DuneAnalytics dashboards to showcase relevant on-chain metrics and user analysis.
• @DeBankDeFi supported protocol.
• @tokenterminal data partnership.
I'll caveat this by saying that every token launch is unique and a cookie-cutter approach is usually NGMI.
A successful launch obviously involves way more than what I’ve covered here - this is just the tip of the iceberg.
If you’re working on a new project and want to learn more about the ins and outs of launching a token, feel free to reach out to @signum_capital or myself as we’re always looking to back bullish founders. Can’t leak too much alpha here :)
George from 🕹prodmgmt.world (@nurijanian)
📅 Jun 30, 2024 · ❤️ 3,752 · 👁 844,176
Startup Playbook by Sam Altman (first published a month before the founding of OpenAI in 2015)
Out of all the parts, great execution is my favorite (and is also the hardest) https://t.co/8z8qAeDxTb
Sahil (@sahilypatel)
📅 Aug 14, 2021 · ❤️ 25,554
A list of cool websites you might now know about
A thread 🧵
Peter Yang (@petergyang)
📅 Sep 29, 2021 · ❤️ 2,565
New to web 3 and want someone to "explain like I'm five" how crypto works?
I've written a single post that breaks down:
- Web 3
- Blockchain (wallets and keys, proof of work vs. stake)
- Tokens
- Bitcoin
- Ethereum
- NFTs
- DAOs
Let's dive in...
https://t.co/BzyKGUbbMy
Linda Xie (@lindaxie)
📅 Dec 16, 2021 · ❤️ 4,442
My beginner's guides on DeFi, NFTs, DAOs, and social tokens:
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DeFi (Jan 2020)
https://t.co/x7CuyRP9CW -
NFTs (Jan 2021)
https://t.co/1YJbdCCTcQ -
DAOs (Mar 2021)
https://t.co/SKiEHs33EO -
Social tokens (Nov 2021)
https://t.co/2neZyex1CZ
Nik Sharma (@mrsharma)
📅 Nov 23, 2021 · ❤️ 9,834
99% of people suck at writing cold emails.
I get about 1,000 emails per day, here's what catches my eye 🧵
Startup Archive (@StartupArchive_)
📅 Apr 5, 2024 · ❤️ 733 · 👁 97,562
The five things Sam Altman looks for in a founder
In the clip below, Sam Altman talks through the five things he believes makes really great founders special and what he would look for in a cofounder.
1: “I always figure it out” and “I never give up”
“There are two phrases that come to mind if I were trying to pick what our top 10 most successful founders would have said about themselves when we were interviewing them at YC: ‘I always figure it out’ and ‘I never give up’… Everyone thinks that really matters is how smart they are, or their domain expertise, or their network… But it really is this kind of personality trait. People have different phrases for it: determination, relentlessly resourceful is one that Paul Graham uses. But that spirit is the most important factor, I think, in successful founders.”
2 Focus, self-belief, personal connections
“There are three things that we have observed about how successful founders get things done: Focus, self-belief, and personal connections… And in fact, if I were looking for a cofounder, I would look for that. Does this person have a relentless focus? Are they just going to get this one thing done and keep their blinders on and not get distracted by shiny objects along the way? Do they actually believe that this is possible? Because momentum is this crazily self-fulfilling prophecy. Can they form the personal connections that it takes to be successful? Will they be able to recruit and retain a world-class team? Will they be able to sell their product? Will they be able to raise money? Will they be able to talk to the press? The ability to form these personal connections is super important.”
3 Clear vision, thought, and communication
“Almost all of the best startups that we have ever been involved with, from the very first time we met those founders, they were able to very concisely and clearly communicate what they were doing in ~25 words. And I don’t know why this is so important—maybe that you need to spread the message. But I can certainly say that founders who aren’t good at this don’t really go on to be successful… You can prove this to yourself quickly by looking at the founders of really successful companies. They’re all good at this. So I think this is an area to invest in and get better at.”
4 Ability to attract people to work on the company
“Recruiting that 20th employee is really hard. You need an exciting vision and you need to be good at communication and personal relationships.
5 Ability to get a huge amount of work done themselves
“The best founders just get a huge amount of work done themselves. So in the early days especially, you kind of have to do everything and there’s a lot to do. And so having focus and maniacal productivity is really important.”
Video Source: @WaterlooENG