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mike
@michael_yu
cofounder/ceo @usevesta. advisor @cognition.
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    mike
    @michael_yu
    Oct 10, 2024
    Replying to @brianryhuang
    js also has a strong culture of teaching that humility is a high virtue because overconfidence is what blows up firms. i feel like 25% of the internship was just learning all the stories of other firms blowing up this way
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    mike
    @michael_yu
    Feb 2, 2021
    congrats @saradu and @alloyautomation on their big announcement + funding 😍 techcrunch.com/2021/02/02/all…
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    mike
    @michael_yu
    Jan 27, 2022
    excited to announce what @ydev and i have been up to at @usevesta for the last year+. there is so much to build in financial infrastructure, and the ecosystem is waiting on the next generation of core platforms. and of course, we're hiring!
    techcrunch.com
    Vesta closes on $30M in an a16z-led Series A to build a new kind of mortgage infrastructure |...
    If you’ve ever taken out a mortgage, you know how painful and tedious the process can be. In an effort to make it simpler, faster and cheaper, a pair of
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    mike
    @michael_yu
    Dec 28, 2022
    Replying to @jamiequint
    it's that no founder actually building the future should have to tolerate somebody who is sitting on the sidelines telling them how and when to work hard.
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    mike
    @michael_yu
    Jul 16, 2021
    feeling deeply grateful today. i'm only a small part of the $blnd story but it is such a big part of mine - that team taught me everything i know. thank you thank you thank you
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    mike
    @michael_yu
    Jan 12, 2023
    Replying to @kennybauf
    the thing i always wonder about these founders is: at the celebratory dinner, are they like “fuck yeah i made a bunch of money” or “oh fuck they actually bought it i'm totally going to jail now”?
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    mike
    @michael_yu
    Dec 30, 2022
    .@nwischoff doing deals at the dinner table in cdmx 🙄 meanwhile im a peaceful founder with my holiday ooo responder set up
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    mike
    @michael_yu
    Nov 4, 2024
    today marks 4 years of @usevesta -- while it's not been without challenges, this past year has been our strongest yet. we saw the signs of life in the mortgage market, signed marquee customers, and continued to rewrite the core architecture of the industry
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    mike
    @michael_yu
    Aug 18, 2023
    get yourself an investor (@baincapvc) who will serve you 🥩 with a side of great memes
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    mike
    @michael_yu
    Sep 7, 2022
    Replying to @NWischoff
    mortgage loan origination systems
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    mike
    @michael_yu
    Jul 20, 2022
    Replying to @NWischoff
    glad to have been reduced to "a founder"...
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    mike
    @michael_yu
    May 20, 2021
    excited to meet exceptional builders at startup fair by @contrarycapital in july! if you're an ambitious engineer and want to work with me/see me use capital letters, apply at startupfair.com.
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    mike
    @michael_yu
    Jan 8, 2022
    Replying to @kimberlywtan
    hi kimberly, i sent u a dm. hope to chat more about my metaverse company. thx
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    mike
    @michael_yu
    Oct 27, 2023
    i've had like 4 people send me this and i have never seen a tweet that felt so personal
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    Rona Wang
    @ronawang
    Oct 27, 2023
    dudes complaining about mortgages while getting rejected by every girl … you’re worried about the wrong interest rate 😭
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