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Joined March 2012
Cassia Trusty retweeted
Awesome data. I share a lot of deals w/our angel community. ~1/30 founders I offer that to opts out bc they want $50k+ checks. Huge loss on their part! A $5k angel check can result in customer intros, investor intros, advice around the clock, round momentum, etc.
Delusional founder: "We're raising $500k, minimum check is $25k". Meanwhile, in the real world:
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Finishing something is always a good idea.
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Cassia Trusty retweeted
Our big competitors are terrible. Saying “they have clunky products with unhappy customers” is another way of saying “they are very feature complete, and customers continue renewing despite frustrations because they solve a real business need.” Respect your competitors.
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sorry to the 30 people i promised i'd hang out with this week, i was having one good day and wasn't myself
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Cassia Trusty retweeted
The fact that employees with a stay-at-home spouse have a dramatic advantage in the workplace over employees that don’t isn’t discussed nearly enough
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Cassia Trusty retweeted
There is a weird myth that making more money doesn't make you happier. I assure you it does. It makes your entire life easier. It takes away many concerns. It gives you options. No basic need is a concern, and specialized needs are addressed with choices.
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How insane is it that big venture firms other institutions gave Fast over $125M in funding without doing basic diligence on its founder? That is the FOMO world we live in. Ask for diligence, miss the deal.
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Ohhhh sorry I thought EOD meant End of December my bad. Sending now
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Cassia Trusty retweeted
The only ideas that are worth anything are the ones that are executed
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i haven't known what day of the week it is since august
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Cassia Trusty retweeted
Do you think people lay on their death bed wishing they'd done more side projects
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Cassia Trusty retweeted
Oh no, when I said I’ll get back to you by EOD, I didn’t mean End of day, I meant End of Delta. You’ll have the deliverable by the next mutation.
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Cassia Trusty retweeted
you could build a startup at age 13 or like actually be a kid and enjoy life
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Full grown adults that can’t swim, cycle, skate, backpack, take a gap year, vacation, play an instrument or speak multiple foreign languages. Just a lifetime of hustling and trying to leave survival mode. These are subtle poverty metrics that no one really talks about.
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Cassia Trusty retweeted
Founders and VCs, please find your tribe. You need to have peers you can go to and vent to, party with, and ask confidential questions. That last part is so important. The ability to call a peer and ask "How much carry did you get" or "what was on your term sheet" is needed
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Cassia Trusty retweeted
Waiting for the perfect time to do it is just an excuse not to do it
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Nothing quite as undignified as having to do leetcodes as a grown ass adult
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