Irene Alvarado

@ire_alva

Founder Berry Fertility and Early Works studio • product innovation, building 0→1, ML • Ex @GitHubNext, @Google, prof @ITP_NYU.

San Francisco, CA

berryfertility.com

Joined June 2009

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Irene Alvarado
@ire_alva
Aug 14, 2023
What is the best CRM out there for an early stage startup? Most important consideration is that it does a few core things well and has an nice UX for a team of 10-20.
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Irene Alvarado
@ire_alva
Jul 30, 2023
What beautiful sentiment expressed in @sariazout’s “Letter to a friend who is thinking of starting something new”.
letter to a friend who is thinking of starting something new
From sublimeinternet.substack.com
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Irene Alvarado
@ire_alva
Jul 19, 2023
“While it’s easy to build a prototype in ~5 lines of code, it’s still deceptively hard to take an application from prototype to production… The main issue is application performance–something that works ~30% of the time is good enough for a demo, but not for production”
LangChain
@LangChain
Jul 18, 2023
🦜🛠️ Introducing LangSmith 🦜🔗 A unified platform to help developers debug, test, evaluate, and monitor their LLM applications. Integrates seamlessly with LangChain, but doesn't require it.
Irene Alvarado
@ire_alva
Jul 13, 2023
"Many people misunderstand how great products are built. They think that a great product comes from a strategy doc, but that’s not true. ... They're built through continuous tinkering and adjustments. Every product we love has been built this way."
Why Shopify Elevated the IC Career Path and Ditched Meetings | Kaz Nejatian
From creatoreconomy.so
Irene Alvarado
@ire_alva
Jul 12, 2023
Feels like this applies not just to teaching kids about entrepreneurship. Adults should also just “build the things they really want” when starting out and see if there’s any real traction.
Paul Graham
@paulg
Jul 12, 2023
Replying to @paulg
I also told them the most important thing to do when they are ready to start: turn off the filter that requires the idea to be a "business idea." If there's anything your friends truly want and that you can build, just build that.