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@ajhodls
recovering founder and self-loathing VC
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    @ajhodls
    Oct 2, 2025
    i've been getting *a lot* of inbound requests to check out founder pitches lately. we have 100+ portfolio companies, many of whom I meet with on a monthly basis. so my bandwidth for cold inbound is unfortunately pretty limited. of ~300 cold emails a month, i only take ~1-2
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    @ajhodls
    Oct 1, 2025
    you'll never get it if you don't ask for it
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    @ajhodls
    Sep 12, 2025
    90% of VC deals are done because of social connections (friends, relatives) the earlier you understand that the better you can play the game
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    @ajhodls
    Sep 26, 2025
    50/50 co-founder splits are the signal of a weak CEO
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    @ajhodls
    Mar 12, 2022
    all my vc friends want to be founders all my founder friends want to be vcs how does it end
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    @ajhodls
    Sep 16, 2025
    An average person with otherwise average intelligence and ambition has a 10x chance of getting rich if they move to SF. An exceptional person with exceptional intelligence and ambition has a 100x chance of getting rich if they move to SF.
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    @ajhodls
    Sep 21, 2025
    the pre series A founder salary formula should be: $75k: single, no kids +25% SF or NYC 🌉 🏙️ +25% married 💍 +100% 1st kid 🧒 +10% per additional kid 👧
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    @ajhodls
    Jul 22, 2025
    Replying to @MahyadGhassemi
    your servers broke with 250 DAU?
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    @ajhodls
    Jul 5, 2024
    one of the biggest alpha opportunities in early-stage VC is low charisma founders who don't pitch well, don't tweet, don't podcast, but just execute day in day out.
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    @ajhodls
    Sep 24, 2025
    startups with a COO co-founder ☠️☠️☠️
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    @ajhodls
    Oct 20, 2025
    elite founders send decks as PDFs
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    @ajhodls
    Sep 14, 2025
    in any given YC batch 90% of the founders would be better off financially if they shutdown and joined the top startups in the batch
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    @ajhodls
    Sep 17, 2025
    If you can’t build something without money you’re probably not going to build something great with money.
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    @ajhodls
    Sep 20, 2025
    call me old fashioned but if someone invested in your company they deserve to get a “i’m still alive”email at least every 6 months this is the problem with YC deals with no real lead investor
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    @ajhodls
    Nov 11, 2025
    talking to portfolio founder today about a $30M acquisition offer for his company, roughly 15x ARR. growth has been steady but not outstanding. he asked “won’t you be upset that we didn’t go for $1B?” my reply was that $15M (he owns about 50%) is a considerable sum for anyone,
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