Sam Barkati @SamBarkati
Founder & CEO of startup Verjet (https://t.co/uAwI3A6o0h), a wholesale marketplace for high-value items like jewelry and diamonds | Entrepreneur | Engineer | Poet | 🏂 | 🤿 twitter.com/verjetusa Los Angeles, CA Joined February 2017-
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Many people are intrigued by venture capital, but few outside the industry really understand what VCs do. Why? There are only a few thousand VCs, information has been closely held, and some of the practices are counterintuitive. Here’s a thread on VC in layman’s terms 📝
Seventeen years ago I met @keyvanm when he was a PhD student at @Stanford. He told me one day we speak to our cars, our phones,etc. and he is building @SoundHoundApp to realize that dream. Today Soundhound went public!
I am happy someone at least talked about this,
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I don't do drugs but I swear there is definitely a high that comes with writing a story about a super interesting company.
LOOP Seed vs Series A stats: Seed - 77 VCs - 134 meetings - 100% outbound - 4 mo to close Series A - 5 VCs - 13 meetings - 100% inbound - 30 days to close Anyone facing rejection right now: Keep executing. They all become believers in time. 🙏🏾
Early founders, don't be disappointed when you see your product has some bugs, even 400 billion dollars company makes some mistakes. @TikTokSupport @TikTokComms @tiktokcreators #softwaretesting #GlitchTechs #tiktokglitch #founders #startup #tech
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Admittedly, any portfolio companies that don't send me monthly mentor/investor updates I assume either: a) they're almost dead b) they don't need my help Send updates, it's a lot easier to help founders that do.
1 year ago, I announced the launch of @cambrianhq as a Solo-GP. It's been an incredible journey since then. some things that have surprised me most along the way. First, a snapshot. Fund I is now (1) >60% deployed (2) 22 portco's strong, 80% of which are pre-seed, which means…
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@MrBeast I changed my strategy. I will share all the revenue with EVERYONE who likes this tweet. Split equally. It will be a small amount, but at least it’s better than nothing!
I’ve decided to give everything away Sharing my full VC database: 👉 41 investor lists 👉 +39,000 VCs and Angels 👉 Filter by stage, industry, etc People are selling this for $179/mo But for you it's FREE for the next 24 hrs Like & Comment “VC” and I’ll DM you must follow
As I have been saying. Get your mvp built any way you can. That grit will impress vcs.
"I need VC money to build a MVP!" That's not how it works. Here's how founders fund themselves in the real world: 1️⃣ Husband or wife salary 2️⃣ Unemployment benefits 3️⃣ Side gigs and freelancing 4️⃣ Downsizing/Nomading 5️⃣ Personal savings 6️⃣ Grants & Subsidies
They are looking for one that includes a financial report.
Does anyone have a template or sample for a business plan that you could share? Asking for a founder.
Back by popular demand! Bring your pitch deck, and a sense of humor -- let me tear your deck apart politely. 💚 #PitchTheDeck 3:30pm PST Frihttps://twitter.com/i/spaces/1LyxBqaQdoYJN
What you hold on to, mentally, is 1 of 3 things: 1. Accelerators: pushing you forward 2. Stabilizers: holding you steady 3. Anchors: dragging you down Examine quickly & move on it: - Cut the anchors - Hold the stabilizers - Feed the accelerators You've got things to do.
VCs making intros to other investors, giving advice, helping raise money is table stakes. Which VC is helping w/ GTM, customer development, celebrity partnerships, design partnerships at the Seed? We're trying hard to do this and want to collab with more firms doing same.
Going to a meet up at a burger and brew pub tonight. Since I don’t drink or eat fried foods or gluten, I will be the guy with water and a lettuce wrapped bacon cheeseburger. 💪💪
It's not as hard as you think to build a company. Just focus on serving a specific customer. If you genuinely care about improving their lives, you can't lose.
When you have goals or things you want to change or do differently, it is important to write them down so you can revisit them often and have people to help you stay accountable. Without both, goals often become regrets or things you wish you'd done.
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If you've ever responded to any of my posts, I consider you a friend.
Please don't DM someone you've never engaged with, addressing them as "bro" in your pitch. 💚
We're closing 3 deals via VITALIZE Angels and 2 (maybe 3) deals via our fund right now. We believe this is a GREAT time to invest. ✨
9/ What I appreciate about the work I get to do at @HustleFundVC is that I'm now in a position to provide mental models to people earlier in their investing journeys. Particularly with angel investing, in collab with @b_nicks11 and Angel Squad.
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