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Billy Gallagher
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Billy Gallagher
Crosby
@GallagherBilly
Head of Marketing @Crosbylegal Prev: cofounder of Prospect, first 30 @Rippling, VC @KhoslaVentures
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    Billy Gallagher
    Crosby
    @GallagherBilly
    Mar 31
    I’m thrilled to announce that Prospect is joining Crosby, where I will lead marketing. Today, we’re announcing our $60M Series B led by @Lux_Capital & @IndexVentures with participation from @sequoia, @eladgil, @BainCapVC, and @01Advisors.
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    Ryan Daniels
    Crosby
    @ryanjdaniels
    Mar 31
    📣 Update: we raised our $60m Series B from @Lux_Capital, @IndexVentures and @01Advisors, with participation from @sequoia, @eladgil and @BainCapVC . When we came out of stealth 283 days ago, we had negotiated contracts worth $30m for our clients. As of last month, that number
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    Billy Gallagher
    Crosby
    @GallagherBilly
    Aug 26, 2023
    1/ The way you’re doing a startup job search is wrong. You join Ramp instead of taking guaranteed cash from FAANG because you believe the equity will be worth more in the future. This is a VC decision and you need VC tools to make it.
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    Billy Gallagher
    Crosby
    @GallagherBilly
    Sep 21, 2023
    Instacart is a wildly successful startup that just pulled off one of the largest IPOs of the decade. Yet employees who joined after the Series B would’ve earned higher returns joining FAANG or being paid in cash and investing that in the market.
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    Billy Gallagher
    Crosby
    @GallagherBilly
    Nov 1, 2023
    Join a startup early and you can make millions. Join a growth stage startup and you have way better odds of seeing an exit. But what stage offers the optimal tradeoff between risk and reward? We looked back at 14,000 startups that raised in 2014-15 and found the highest
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    Billy Gallagher
    Crosby
    @GallagherBilly
    Apr 10, 2019
    Conventional wisdom says you should send VC's a pitch deck. Conventional wisdom is wrong. Here's how we raised our $45M A @ripplingapp rippling.com/blog/company-n…
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    Billy Gallagher
    Crosby
    @GallagherBilly
    Feb 26, 2018
    Replying to @Casey
    thanks Casey! Glad you liked it. Your followers can grab a copy here:
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    How to Turn Down a Billion Dollars: The Snapchat Story
    From amazon.com
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    Billy Gallagher
    Crosby
    @GallagherBilly
    Sep 24, 2014
    Wow @espn is the worst. @BillSimmons rightfully calls out Roger Goodell sbnation.com/2014/9/23/6834… & ESPN suspends him
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    Billy Gallagher
    Crosby
    @GallagherBilly
    Jan 5, 2020
    Planning 2020 reading
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    Billy Gallagher
    Crosby
    @GallagherBilly
    Aug 26, 2023
    Replying to @GallagherBilly
    2/ Prospect helps you find startups worth betting your career on by giving you an independent projection of what your equity is likely to be worth. You can use Prospect to kick off a startup job search & compare job offers: joinprospect.com
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    Billy Gallagher
    Crosby
    @GallagherBilly
    Aug 26, 2023
    Replying to @GallagherBilly
    7/ Check out our launch in @axios today by @imkialikethecar axios.com/2023/08/26/sta… We're also on ProductHunt: producthunt.com/posts/prospect And find your next startup role at Prospect: joinprospect.com
    Illustrated collage of a rocket, money, and squares.
    A mission to help prospective employees maximize equity
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    Billy Gallagher
    Crosby
    @GallagherBilly
    Nov 1, 2023
    Replying to @GallagherBilly
    Our analysis resonates with this take from @jrichlive - if you are joining at Series C or earlier, you are taking VC risk and can earn VC returns. If you are joining in the late stages, you should think deeply about whether the company still has venture-like growth ahead of it.
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    Billy Gallagher
    Crosby
    @GallagherBilly
    Oct 10, 2017
    I wrote a book about Snapchat! How to Turn Down a Billion Dollars comes out February 13th. You can preorder it now:
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    How to Turn Down a Billion Dollars: The Snapchat Story
    From amazon.com
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    Billy Gallagher
    Crosby
    @GallagherBilly
    Aug 26, 2023
    Replying to @GallagherBilly
    3/ Prospect was inspired by my job search in 2018, when I used what I learned as a VC at Khosla Ventures to join Rippling before its Series A. Our data scientist Ben built Opendoor's first consumer-facing pricing model.
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    Billy Gallagher
    Crosby
    @GallagherBilly
    Nov 24, 2020
    2020 list: @faire_wholesale @anduriltech @Rippling
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    Keith Rabois
    @rabois
    Nov 14, 2010
    If I were an aspiring entrepreneur, I would apply to @Square, Airbnb, Quora and Eventbrite. 3 years at any of these would be amazing.
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