“Investing in branding can help your startup seem bigger, more established, and more trustworthy.' – Emily Kramer

More advice on the ROI of branding and how to time your startup's rebrand in this guide by Jessica Strelioff and Danielle LaRoy: bit.ly/3rx9clK

Looking for a rich kid venture associate. Must have Angel invested at 24!

Well this explains why I have to drink water in a beer can every time I go to a show. LiveNation strikes again.

.@DanielZarick just called me the Bon Iver of marketing and 2008 me thinks this is the best compliment ever. Relatedly, I live in New Hampshire now.

Showing only men in your quotes section of your website or main images on blog posts = gross and out of touch

A “diverse” image masking a non-diverse list = also gross and out of touch

So what are we doing about people who consistently copy other peoples images, diagrams, and posts with no credit these days? Do I just accept and try to feel honored? Write friendly but direct replies calling people out?

Wait…so renters in the Bay Area are still just using Craigslist and Facebook marketplace to find a place?! How have none of the other products won?!

And if you need a 3-4 month rental in a 3 bed house in Oakland this summer…I got one.

Great companies transform a technology innovation into a go-to-market advantage.

In the last five major cycles (internet, social, mobile, cloud, web3), startups seized the new technologies of the era to create a distribution advantage.

What will it be for AI?

Imagine if a bakery had this pricing

| one 🍩 | 6 🍩 | dozen 🍩 |
| $2 | $10 | CALL US! |

Last night, I lost my sidekick and my favorite thing in the world, my dog Tenenbaum. Tenny loved an adventure, a new toy, a nap in the sun, feeling the breeze with her head out the car window, and making her presence known—that’s my guide for living too. 💔

Wish I'd come up with these myself...

It’s extra fun to invest when you can support your friends and the 🌍

Marketers: you can learn a lot from @Mercury over the past 72 hours (and in general). To launch a new product (Vault), come across as helpful rather than solely opportunistic, and even nail the in-product announcements (image below) that quickly in a crisis is hard work. 👏