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Dan Hightower
@Danhightower
Building RUVs and more for startups @rollupshq. Small angel investor. Dad. Prev: 2x founder and prior Special Forces medic (18-D).
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    Dan Hightower
    @Danhightower
    Feb 16, 2025
    I just wrapped up 40 straight days of: - no booze - lifting or cardio - 10k+ steps - 200g protein Honestly, it was whatever. Maybe these stunts are only gamechangers for people who have completely let the wheels fall off the bus.
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    Dan Hightower
    @Danhightower
    Feb 17, 2025
    Replying to @seanfrank
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    Dan Hightower
    @Danhightower
    Dec 11, 2020
    Non-accredited investors should be rioting in the streets seeing YC turn $20k turn into $2,200,000,000. Allowed to buy lotto tickets, but can't invest in startups?! You've got to be kidding me.
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    Dan Hightower
    @Danhightower
    Jun 20, 2024
    Want to go faster? Bring fewer people. I learned this the hard way one long night during Army Special Forces Assessment & Selection. Our team of 10 guys had to carry a full-length telephone pole (1,200lb) for double-digit kilometers. Imagine holding 120lbs in one hand. The
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    Dan Hightower
    @Danhightower
    Feb 16, 2025
    Replying to @Clark_JM
    Yeah I also didn't stare directly into the sun for 20 mins. Mainly bc i live in DC. There is no sun here. Budget cuts.
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    Dan Hightower
    @Danhightower
    Feb 26, 2024
    VC: "what if Google builds this?" Founder: "lol"
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    Dan Hightower
    @Danhightower
    Jun 20, 2021
    I'd rather invest in a founder of a failed startup who is trying again than a founder who worked at Google for 5 years, ate the free snacks, and was never faced with a terribly hard day.
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    Dan Hightower
    @Danhightower
    Aug 17, 2020
    Hey startups, trying to raise money, but don't have great VC connections? Here's a list of investor forms you can fill out to get access without a warm intro! *If I've missed any, please add!* 🧵...
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    Dan Hightower
    @Danhightower
    Feb 19, 2021
    Wana try intermittent fasting, but not sure how? Found a startup.
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    Dan Hightower
    @Danhightower
    Nov 20, 2020
    Before becoming a founder, I worked at a VC. We dunked on startups after pitches behind closed doors: "their model doesn't work" "their competition'll beat them" "its just a feature" Now that I'm a founder, my first thoughts are "Damn. What you're doing is hard! Keep going!"
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    Dan Hightower
    @Danhightower
    Jan 9, 2022
    VC's invest in $0 revenue startups at $30M valuations but get all sweaty-palmed and analytical when a $15M ARR startup is raising at $100M.
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    Dan Hightower
    @Danhightower
    May 17, 2021
    "But what's your competitive differentiator?" asks the VC with the website that reads, "we invest in any industry between idea stage and IPO".
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    Dan Hightower
    @Danhightower
    Feb 7, 2024
    I got gaslit so hard this AM: - Person schedules call with me - Call starts, 10 mins go by, no show - I drop off after 10 mins - Person apparently joins later - Person emails, "you didn't show up. Not a good first impression." Lol. Wut.
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    Dan Hightower
    @Danhightower
    Feb 17, 2025
    Replying to @DrSiyabMD
    Do you see any non-obvious correlations btwn behavior and heart health in your practice? I always like hearing these.
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