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Rich
@richzou
got rejected from 200 jobs built 1 community now ppl cold email me crazy what happens when you stop begging for a seat and build your own table- Hot take: Don’t drop out. Take a semester off and go work at a Series A or B startup instead. You’ll learn more in 6 months than 4 years of “building.” Most people don’t need to start a company - they need to see how a real one runs. Too many students are “dropping out” and
- My mom raised me solo. 7 days a week. 12+ hour shifts. No complaints. And you think I’m gonna sit in Excel for 100 hours a week building someone else’s dream? Nah. I’m building my own. Gonna retire my mom in 3 years. Watch me.
- The Paul brothers is somehow better investors than most VCFrom a $90M to $11.5B valuation, I’m a proud series A investor in @Whatnot Where commerce meets collectibles & community… I think we’re still in the very early stages of the live shopping boom. Huge congrats to the team for such an amazing milestone 💪🏼
- Bringing back Poker nights in SF. Highest talent-density table of founders, operators, and investors. My goal is simple: Connect the smartest young builders with the most respected investors in the game. Last poker night featured: - IOI medalists - Some of the youngest
- 6 Months in SF - What It’s Taught Me The past half-year in San Francisco has been the hardest and most rewarding stretch of my life. I learned that extreme effort compounds. The nights you spend alone grinding don’t go unnoticed - they quietly build your reputation. I’ve
- I’ve been angel investing recently. A bunch of people ask why I’m even doing this when: 1.I barely have enough money myself 2.I’m trying to retire my mom 3.I’m still early in my career Here’s the truth: I don’t spend much. My mom has been taking fewer shifts, and I send money
- there’s no playbook for breaking into startups & VC especially if you’re asian & first-gen no network no warm intros no roadmap a few mentors changed everything for me now i wanna pay it forward starting a small 10-person fellowship - weekly calls - surprise VC & founder
- Kalshi recently raised $300M+ at $5B from Sequoia, a16z, Paradigm and others. Since then, we've grown over 3x, hit $50B of annualized volume, and became the largest prediction market in the world. And today…Kalshi goes global. 140+ countries. 1 liquidity pool.
00:00 - i love stanford students but Waterloo > StanfordThere are just a lot of deep tech companies I know now that refuse to hire kids coming out of Stanford
- Going viral is easy if ur willing to risk ur reputation
