Never hate your enemies. It affects your judgement.

Joined June 2016
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Nobody tells you this, but great SEO is iterative & obsessive. Even the best don’t see every opportunity in v1 — sometimes you miss the biggest. That’s why a piece is never done. You stalk the results and change a little here, a little there. That’s the only way you win big.
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Saturday thoughts on this market and unit economics. I've spoken with a ton of startups in the last couple of weeks - both in and out of my portfolio - who are facing some tough decisions. More >>
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Substitute limits for benchmarks and life for business, then you might just have created a great 2022 resolution.
I dislike most benchmarks. The goal in business is to blow them away, not accept them as facts.
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Jonathan Dharmaraj retweeted
Ring in the holidays with the gift of sound. 🔊 RT for a chance to win the new @Bose #QC45! (Rules: bose.life/3FwtptZ)
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#ICYMI We’re giving you all a second opportunity to enter our @Yubico x @TwitterSecurity giveaway! Make sure you’re following @TwitterSecurity and @Yubico and Retweet this Tweet for a chance to win a YubiKey! See thread for details and eligibility. (1/3)
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For #CybersecurityAwarenessMonth, we're partnering up with our friends at @Yubico to do a #YubiKey #giveaway! For a chance to win, be sure to follow @TwitterSecurity and @Yubico on Twitter, and Retweet this Tweet! See thread for more giveaway details and eligibility. (1/2)
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You either die a founder or see yourself live long enough to be a VC.
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Raising money has got to be the most challenging thing for first-time startup founders to do. @RyanBreslow raised over $200 million for @bolt 🦄 and wrote the book on fundraising. I’m giving away 250 physical 📕 copies of the book. Want a copy? Like, retweet & reply with 🤑
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overheard in all hands: "you can't clean that up, that's _load bearing_ technical debt" ~@metaforgotten
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Marketing: I wish we could bring back those pop-ups from the 90s to ensure everyone sees our message. Growth team: hold my kombucha...
Was this intentional?!
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Big Apple 0-day in the wild. If you have an elevated threat model (activist, journalist, being harassed, in the public eye, etc) would recommend updating software on all Apple devices within the hour, if possible. All folks with all threat models, by EOD. techcrunch.com/2021/09/13/ap…
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When I was a founder I was completely clueless about fundraising and what investors would ask me. And also why they were asking certain questions. I don't think founders should ever be blindsided by the process. A thread -- read on >>
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Jonathan Dharmaraj retweeted
Thank you Angela @lemonsand @NYMag for chatting with me about the importance of password managers! And how to convince even the most worried among us to stop reusing passwords and store them encrypted: password manager salting. nymag.com/strategist/article…
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Launching a new startup: It's called the "care team metaverse" and it's where your primary care physician and specialist both actually interact with each other
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Unpopular opinion: we should get rid of all fundraising round names and just use numbers. Eg: “I’m raising $5m” Vs “I’m raising a pre-seed, seed, mango seed, post-seed, avocado seed, pre-A, series A depending on who is interpreting.”
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Jonathan Dharmaraj retweeted
Just because you’re struggling with a new thing doesn’t mean you’re just not good at it, or that you naturally don’t like it. Grind it out. Keep at it even without instant gratification. See if it gets easier as you go, see if you’re energised by it, ONLY then decide.
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What the @#*($&# is product market fit? I've been trying to study PM fit for the last decade. First with my own startup (that never reached PM fit) and then with my < 300 companies I've invested in and the tens of thousands I've reviewed. Here are my thoughts on PM fit:
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Jonathan Dharmaraj retweeted
I used to believe that my job as a designer was optimizing for ease of use. That was myopic. It can lead to dire consequences.
Born 15 years ago today: the infinite scroll. Then-22-year-old Aza Raskin's innovation was spurred by his frustration with Google's multi-page search results. He now regrets creating the feature and its role in keeping people glued to their phones. bit.ly/InfiniteScroll06
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Replying to @hnshah
Startups are like kids always pretending to be grown up and mature in front of Enterprise customers. Businesses are like the midlife crisis dad's with their ripped jeans to appear young and innovative.
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