Harry Stebbings
@HarryStebbings
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The work you do in private is the work you are rewarded for in public. Today’s news is 10 years in the making. $400M raised. Time to get back to work and work harder than ever. ft.com/content/7b553b…
“Silicon Valley is just a status game for most people. Their goal isn’t to solve a problem they believe in. Their goal is to tell their friends they raised $10M and got a TechCrunch headline.” How fair do you think this is @typesfast @levie @zoink @RyanQualtrics 👇
Scale AI’s marketing leader for two years is saying this about their biggest competitor after listening to our 20VC today. 👇
I see so many founders getting distracted with shit that just doesn’t matter. Build shit people want. Prove they want it. Ideally, do both before fundraising. You will have more leverage. But build don’t pontificate.
30 minutes until one of the most anticipated shows we have ever done drops. The man who does no interviews. The man who scaled Surge to $1BN revenues with $0 funding. Hold tight…
In 2015, Under Armour was worth $19B. 📈 Beat Adidas in the U.S. 🏀 Steph Curry signed 📦 $1B+ in footwear revenue 📈 Stock at $53.78 👀 Everyone thought it was the next Nike Then CEO Kevin Plank made $710M of mistakes … and lost $17 BILLION in market cap. He bought 3…
No 1 Rule of Marketing and PR: If you don’t tell and shape your story, someone else will do it for you. And you just might not like what they say. So get good at crafting a story, get good at selling and put yourself out there.
I used to fucking hate Sunday night. Back to school Monday was the worst. I wake up every Monday feeling the happiest person in the world to never be anything but jacked for the week ahead. Do what you love, be kind, work hard. ❤️
I am so fed up of the regurgitated Silicon Valley guests talking about frameworks and first principles BS. Give me people with insane stories who have never done shows. Give me people with real trauma and wisdom who will share it. Enough of the podcast circuit BS.
Ten years into 20VC, I have never wanted to win more. I have never had more energy to take the fight to the competition. LFG time for beast mode. 😉
Surge is the most underdiscussed story in tech. Founded in 2020, Surge has scaled to $1BN+ revenue with zero funding. Scale AI, their closest competitor, raised $1.6BN to get to $850M in ARR. Surge’s Founder, Edwin Chen, never does interviews. Tomorrow he shares all 👇