Grow your business faster with the world’s top leaders including the Founders of Zillow, Reddit, Kayak, and 3k+ more on Intro. An @a16z company
Joined February 2015
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One of our favorite customers at @intro who works with experts on an ongoing basis
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Skyler's business was stuck. 15 minutes with the right person unstuck it.
That person was me!
Skyler Braun came to me with an ops problem. He's running a home service and e-commerce marketing agency, he's the bottleneck, and he knows it.
Here's how he found me: he got on @Intro, a platform where you can book 1-on-1 video calls with real operators who've actually built what you're trying to build.
He searched for ops and systems people, and booked me for 15 minutes.
We got on the call and I'm like, oh my gosh, I know exactly what you need. I've been through this. This is my life that I lived.
We even ended up working together.
Most problems you're facing have already been solved by someone else. But there's a million people who know exactly what to do.
Just talk to them. That's what @Intro is for. Find me on there 😎
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“How do you know when you've found Product Market Fit? PMF is like being in love — you know it when you feel it.” — @eshear
I love this sentiment, but it's not a strategy.
In the AI era, you can build everything.
So many teams are:
- 9-9-6
- chasing every idea and calling it “iteration”
- Running out of runway before they learn anything
It’s largely wasteful of precious engineering time
From working with @markpinc at Zynga (300M MAU) to supporting founders @ycombinator, @GoogleLaunchpad, and now @speedrun I have seen what works and what doesn't and have some advice to share:
The teams that find and keep PMF on a live product do not usually get lucky.
They:
- pick a metric they want to move before committing to a feature
- prioritize ruthlessly
- measure everything
PMF isn’t just something you feel. It’s something you earn.
More tips on how to find PMF can be found here: speedrun.substack.com/p/how-…
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Hey everyone,
At @intro we have been very deliberate with who we add to our amazing team. We’re best-in-class in product, development, and operations. We have folks who previously built billion dollar companies from brands like Uber, Calm, Mercari, and more.
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We love @ghoshal and @dupedotcom.
He used @intro to take his business to the next level and it was the “best money ever spent”
.@ghoshal's bet the company moment:
"We had three months of runway before we pivoted the company to @Dupe_solana. We worked with @Nikitabier on it."
"No one was using dupe dot com so we reached out to the broker and they wanted the most insane price."
"We negotiated a lower price for dupes dot com, went back to the owner of dupe, and said, 'if you don't sell this domain to us we're going to pull the trigger on dupes' and they sold it to us on the spot."
"We gave them all of our money. It was a literal bet the company moment."
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Just wrapped a Riverside session with the Intro folks. Cannot wait for you to hear this. Dropping all kinds of startup advice and war stories.
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I loved my @useintro call with @krushil_a, a talented college student who hustles (landed jobs with @garyvee & @michaelrubin), is smart, and incredibly kind. He is destined for success.
All my calls are great, but it's the ones like these that make all of the hard work worth it
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Human connection is what has made our species great. It is also what is needed for us to thrive long into the future. In a rapidly changing world, belongingness and a deep sense of connectivity to one another is how we'll survive.
On @StrictlyVC, our own @katelin_cruse talks about what drives her as an investor: creating tools and opportunities that give people the chance to realize their full potential.
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One prime example?
@UseIntro, a platform offering mentorship at scale. Giving people *direct* access to the leaders they admire can shift perspectives, open doors, and truly change lives.
Check out the full episode↓
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On @StrictlyVC, our own @katelin_cruse talks about what drives her as an investor: creating tools and opportunities that give people the chance to realize their full potential.
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The fastest-growing companies I know don’t have 500 employees.
They have 5… and a powerful AI stack.
That’s why I created LeanAILeaderboard[.]com
And wrote the Lean AI Startup Playbook… to spotlight and share how founders are scaling smarter, not bigger.
The best teams today use AI to:
• Automate ops
• Replace manual workflows with prompts
• Move faster with fewer people
I’ve seen it firsthand.
At Super[.]com, we scaled to $150M+ in revenue, lean team, high leverage - using AI.
Launched 5 new products post-COVID without bloating headcount.
Most founders overhire and overbuild.
The next breakout companies will stay lean.
Lately, I’ve been getting a lot of DMs from founders asking how to tighten their AI workflows.
Today, I’m giving away the Lean AI Startup Playbook and offering select high-impact 1:1 advisory calls on @useintro, alongside the founders of Zillow, Reddit, Inc., and veteran VCs and experts like Andrew Chen
If you’re building in AI, or using it to scale without bloat, I can help.
✔️ Lean AI playbooks, tools & stack design
✔️ AI-native growth strategy
✔️ Fundraising for AI startups
✔️ Scaling without hiring sprees
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I just found out that one of my clients on @useintro had his company acquired this past week. We changed his GTM, business model, and positioning. The result? His revenue grew very fast and now his company was just acquired.
Life changing! I’m beyond thrilled for him!
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New @Forbes piece about Intro and our founders @Raadmobrem @TimWatson. Thank you @Miss_WIT for sharing our story!
forbes.com/sites/sarahhernho…
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Getting mentorship from experts on Intro has been a huge difference in my startup.
