Robbie DeWeese
@RobbieDeWeese
Helping founders validate the parts of their business they never knew needed validated. Find out where your business scores here👇
First half data: Ridge INCREASED our growth rate by 50% YOY We grew last year, we are growing 50% FASTER this year. Not stopping until we get to a billion in annual sales.
It’s an adversarial game. Eventually the pitch will be written by human + AI, and will require human + AI to decode. Even better - If I can’t decode a pitch quickly, I assume they’re trying to “sound smart” or aren’t smart enough to communicate clearly. Either way, move on.
Most companies fail at product and distribution but it’s easier to blame distribution. If you’re failing at distribution, check the product.
"Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people." -Eleanor Roosevelt
It’s important to not grade yourself on other people’s standards of what a good day is. Make sure to make definitions for yourself
Sam Altman's (OpenAI CEO) advice on startup ideas, productivity and living a successful life
Culture eats strategy for breakfast. Our culture needs courage, will, agency and audacity.
Something I’ve realized: I fail to achieve certain goals not because I’m dumb or incapable, but because I don’t have a system that drives progress towards that goal. What’s a system? A system is a set of key inputs done on a regular cadence. @jamesclear calls them habits. I…
Cluely spending $15 million from its Series A funding to create 10,000 TikTok accounts
making viral short form content is p much the same thing as finding product market fit. i call it finding content market fit. very simple: iterate as much as possible, try as many formats as possible, DO NOT TRACK BULLSHIT EARLY. when something starts working, you’ll KNOW. it…
Insane marketing lesson here. So, my city (Oklahoma City, @okcthunder ), just won the @NBA Finals. It is our first time EVER in the OKC era. The city is on a high like never before. One of our star NBA players, Alex Caruso , did a promo event in collaboration with @raisingcanes…
Validate! Validate!! Validate!! But what does that actually mean? To me, it’s not just “does it work?” It’s: how well can you make it work? Validation isn’t a yes/no. It’s a spectrum. That’s why I built Just Test It. Wanna see how your biz scores? 🔗 tally.so/r/m6ypG5
Confession: I made this mistake for 5 years. I ran a home service business for 5 years. Made money, but not enough to scale and not enough to shut down Despite all negative signals, I stayed in it trying to mine on. Fearing another option Top 3 mistake in my 25 years of life
There are two types of mistakes: mistakes of ambition and mistakes of sloth. The first is the result of a decision to act—to do something. This type of mistake is made with incomplete information, as it’s impossible to have all the facts beforehand. This is to be encouraged.…
When you build in silence, almost everything is 🤮. And that’s okay. Had a call with a founder yesterday. He built in silence for 2 years. Saved $100k. Quit his job. Had a wife and kids. He submitted his YC application, he was ready. He asks me to look at his business and…
Xfinity: Make something nobody wants
Everyone's tired. No one's playing at 100%. Everyone has injuries and bruises and tradeoffs they would've played differently if they had known better. Everyone has all that in common. The only thing that separates winners from losers is choosing to win anyways.