Alex Lieberman
@businessbarista
Family first (husband & girl dad). Founder second (@morningbrew, @storyarb, @youdistro, @growthpair, @tenex_labs)
Rihanna was the first female billionaire to perform a Super Bowl half-time show. What you probably don't realize is most of her money didn't come from music. Here are 5 lessons any entrepreneur can learn from the Barbadian icon:

I don’t think people understand how much of a founders work is mind-numbing. If you expect non-stop intellectual stimulation, you’re in for a rude awakening.
I’m not religious, but as I study the models powering chatgpt and realize how stupidly simple this technology is compared to the complexity of the human brain, I can’t help but wonder how something so profoundly powerful is even possible. OpenAI is spending >$13 billion on…
Hiring never seems to get easier as a founder. I’ve managed to fuck it up left, right, and sideways. So I took each of these fuckups and turned them into a list of questions I must answer before giving an offer. I call it my “Don’t fuck this up again you silly little man”…
I want to understand AI at a fundamental level. How neural nets work. How the transformer works. The math behind these models. So I’ve started binging 3Blue1Brown’s YouTube videos. They’re fantastic. 7m subscribers and the creator is incredible at breaking down complex…
Is it possible to succeed without founder-led social? Of course. Is it a very powerful tool in a company's marketing motion? Yes. The companies that I believe are crushing marketing today all have some flavor of founder-led social in their repertoire: @im_roy_lee at @cluely…
In this next phase of life, my north star is simple, but profound. Be a worldclass family man & entrepreneur. In that order. I want to prove to myself that it’s possible, and in doing so, prove to others that it’s possible. Because the startup world doesn’t have enough models…
Welcoming to the world Brooke Spencer Lieberman. Named in honor of my dad, Bruce Spencer Lieberman. She’s healthy and happy and so is mama. We are so very blessed.




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Every time I’m in a hospital, I’m reminded that we tech founders have the privilege of playing our fun little Internet games because the heroes on the front lines are doing god’s work. Truly so grateful for them.
We’re building Cursor for Content. An ai-native end-to-end content operating system. The last content software a marketer/creator will need. I’m hiring our first engineer. Probably the most consequential hire we’ll ever make. If you’re interested & have the right chops,…
Software engineering feels like one big paradox right now. - people say the future of the job is in jeopardy as they talk about founding engineer competitiveness - supply of software is skyrocketing, yet truly exceptional product experiences feel few and far between - coding…
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