Ryan Laverty
@ryanjlaverty
Tweets about startups and the future of learning. Co-Founder @arist (YC S20)
By the time I was 24 I'd raised over $17m -- here's all the worst pieces of advice I got:
at some point in life i need to dedicate a year to collecting legos peak human happiness
The Collison brothers single-handedly fighting tech’s anti-alcohol trend irish founders true to form
One of the best parts of Stripe is working with the world's most interesting businesses. Taking advantage of this, we're launching a podcast where we host founders and leaders for a cheeky pint in our hastily-constructed office pub. Coming soon: episodes with @gdb, Meta’s Susan…
Successive rounds as seen as proportionate but in my xp seed > series a is 100x harder than everything else Great ideas and team > well managed cash flowing business with high nrr + growth rate
Getting from seed to Series A is difficult AF at the moment. Glut of startups at every stage, lots of bridging and extensions, lots of anxiety beneath the 1 or 2 massive AI round headlines. Hoping many are trying to avoid raising after their seeds but I'm skeptical
This. A country has never been lifted out of poverty while creating no billionaires No one realizes each also creates thousands of millionaires, often more Massive net positive
We should have more billionaires
10% of parents thinking their kids will go pro, when .001% do, is insane
It's not hard to see why PE keeps pushing into youth sports • ~60 million US children • $40 billion annual revenue Youth Sports Parents: • 2 in 10 think their child can go D1 • 1 in 10 think their child can go pro And the average family spent $1,016 on their kid's primary…
the best ideas happen when you’re bored which is tough, because the modern world is great at making sure we’re never bored
*sigh* the least fun things often yield the best results
Execution in startups is mostly resisting the urge to work on things that matter less and obsessing on things that matter the most.
You can just do things
What’s happening with the Panama Canal? I went down to see for myself this week.
this easily made us over $2m in pipeline in 24 hours
get people to your booth by having a jar of money and a ceo wearing a dinosaur suit
I'm hiring a GTM lead to run our entire marketing and outbound sales motion This person will report to me directly, manage a team of freelancers, and be responsible for growing several key channels that are working. We're 2-4x'ing YoY, Series A/B DM or email if interested!
tried this it’s incredible
launching an AI newsletter tool for B2B SaaS / Services founders within the next 2-3 weeks. looking for some beta users before the launch. DM if you'd like to check it out and get early access
AI is great at building content fast, but it means nothing if we only look at speed to build. We need to look at speed to getting someone to proficiency A snippet from my chat with the great Chris Rainey. And we're both far more famous on LinkedIn 🙃
✅ side quest of a genetically matched date ❌ trying to explain any of this to my parents
side quest: today @nucleusgenomics took me on a blind date with a genetically compatible match