# ![@DenehyXXL Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:26/cr:twitter::10471242.png) @DenehyXXL Ryan Denehy

Ryan Denehy posts on X about company, money, business, ceo the most. They currently have [------] followers and [---] posts still getting attention that total [---] engagements in the last [--] hours.

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### Social Influence

**Social category influence**
[finance](/list/finance)  25% [stocks](/list/stocks)  1.92% [automotive brands](/list/automotive-brands)  1.92% [social networks](/list/social-networks)  0.96% [technology brands](/list/technology-brands)  0.96% [luxury brands](/list/luxury-brands)  0.96%

**Social topic influence**
[company](/topic/company) 11.54%, [money](/topic/money) 8.65%, [business](/topic/business) 7.69%, [ceo](/topic/ceo) 7.69%, [you dont](/topic/you-dont) 4.81%, [bc](/topic/bc) 3.85%, [$1m](/topic/$1m) 3.85%, [arr](/topic/arr) 3.85%, [closed](/topic/closed) 3.85%, [the only](/topic/the-only) 2.88%

**Top accounts mentioned or mentioned by**
[@realestatetrent](/creator/undefined) [@reboundcapital](/creator/undefined) [@crimepenguin](/creator/undefined) [@stylesp](/creator/undefined) [@luvhuss](/creator/undefined) [@pitdesi](/creator/undefined) [@apompliano](/creator/undefined) [@jordanrcrook](/creator/undefined) [@primaryvc](/creator/undefined) [@bradsvrluga](/creator/undefined) [@electricai](/creator/undefined) [@sulemanali](/creator/undefined) [@relativityspace](/creator/undefined) [@robertmsterling](/creator/undefined) [@parkerconrad](/creator/undefined) [@kkbsoundsystem](/creator/undefined) [@kumar_amit](/creator/undefined) [@nuancefactcheck](/creator/undefined) [@jrichlive](/creator/undefined)

**Top assets mentioned**
[YETI Holdings, Inc. Common Stock (YETI)](/topic/$yeti) [Tesla, Inc. (TSLA)](/topic/tesla)
### Top Social Posts
Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours

"@realEstateTrent Had similar convo w/ a recently IPO'd tech exec. "RE sounds awesome Walk me through a typical deal" "But I want to do that deal without paying fees or managing the properties" "Why wouldn't you just put the money in an index fund" 💀💀💀💀"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DenehyXXL/status/2017368244298883412)  2026-01-30T22:44Z 14.5K followers, [----] engagements


"@rebound_capital Could be worse"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DenehyXXL/status/2019116793785381348)  2026-02-04T18:32Z 14.5K followers, 24.6K engagements


"@Crime_Penguin Worth noting @stylesp has a Holden-badged 6-speed SS 🔥"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DenehyXXL/status/2019624137308926366)  2026-02-06T04:08Z 14.5K followers, [---] engagements


"I have said this to pretty much everyone who has called me in the past [--] mos about VC-backed services rollups. Incremental margin gains come at the expense of significant reduction in pricing power. This is a great catch by Matt Levine. KPMG is trying to force its auditor to accept less money since accounting work can be significantly automated by AI. But KMPG . makes money . from accounting. So this looks like a company accidentally announcing to the world that its https://t.co/m42cbekhZx This is a great catch by Matt Levine. KPMG is trying to force its auditor to accept less money since"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DenehyXXL/status/2021238627213119878)  2026-02-10T15:03Z 14.5K followers, [----] engagements


"@luvhuss In the 80s my Dad and his two MBA colleagues had a big one and overslept for a work trip. His one friend ran into the terminal was told to run to the gate realized on the plane that his car was still running in front of the terminal"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DenehyXXL/status/2021274934299775298)  2026-02-10T17:27Z 14.5K followers, 29.6K engagements


"Spot on. At my last co we integrated w/ Lightspeed (POS/payments) - their resellers wanted to sell our stuff. Lightspeed leadership uninvited us from the reseller conference. We just booked a room at the Mandarin Oriental emailed their [--] biggest resellers and said "we'll be at pool for the next two days come by" We came home with an order book that was transformational for the company. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2021978195549929568 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2021978195549929568"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DenehyXXL/status/2021978195549929568)  2026-02-12T16:02Z 14.5K followers, [----] engagements


"@pitdesi $36K/mo on the credit card seems insanely low and $25K for two mos of air travel suggests he only flew a one way leg between NY and Florida. Interesting"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DenehyXXL/status/2022348588098154509)  2026-02-13T16:34Z 14.5K followers, [----] engagements


"Am I the only psychopath who rereads my own emails that I send to other people"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DenehyXXL/status/1285962178533580800)  2020-07-22T15:37Z 14.5K followers, [----] engagements


"Seed stage founders: after you raise an institutional round its totally ok to pay yourself a real salary ($100K) most investors are not going to push back on that. Pay your bills and stay focused"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DenehyXXL/status/1288790841092452352)  2020-07-30T10:57Z 14.5K followers, [---] engagements


"Roughly 70% of founder/cofounder relationships dont work out. Higher than the divorce rate in the US (45%) Way way better to start solo and build a killer early team than commit to a cofounder you dont have total conviction in"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DenehyXXL/status/1289164677172228097)  2020-07-31T11:43Z 14.5K followers, [---] engagements


"Aspiring founders: weekends are when you 10x your odds of startup success. Find product market fit *before* you quit your job. Spend nights/wknds talking to customers and drawing up a solution people love. Don't be the 45% of startups who fail b/c nobody wanted the thing"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DenehyXXL/status/1289340966013288449)  2020-07-31T23:23Z 14.5K followers, [---] engagements


"Early stage founders: I had 25+ firms tell me no in our Seed and that was *with* a signed term sheet from a great lead and two prior exits. A year later with almost $1M in ARR we almost couldn't fill our $1M Seed extension. This shit is hard for everybody"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DenehyXXL/status/1295394615303045121)  2020-08-17T16:18Z 14.5K followers, [---] engagements


"In [----] my co-founder was [--] days away from getting married. We had [--] days ofcash left. We planned to shut down after his wedding. On Friday a long-shot $300K investor came in 🤯🤯 When founders move w/extreme urgency it's b/c this really is a game of inches Every day counts"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DenehyXXL/status/1296802287248187398)  2020-08-21T13:32Z 14.5K followers, [----] engagements


"Big double standard Im seeing in VC across multiple deals lately. VC passes on founder: founder takes the news w/class and moves on Founder passes on VC: VC acts personally offended calls ppl in founders network doesnt take no for an answer Learn to lose like a pro"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DenehyXXL/status/1297235651105116162)  2020-08-22T18:14Z 14.5K followers, [----] engagements


"Activities that occupy 100% of your attention for extended periods of time create immense levels of mental clarity. For me riding my track bike does this. No brakes and no gears forces total concentration. What does everybody else do Meditation Gaming Other sports"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DenehyXXL/status/1297634573933842433)  2020-08-23T20:39Z 14.5K followers, [---] engagements


"In [----] the Series A for my previous company was $2M on $9M post. This was considered good. I feel old"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DenehyXXL/status/1298374853540618241)  2020-08-25T21:41Z 14.5K followers, [---] engagements


"When we were getting acquired by Groupon in [----] we ran out of cash before the deal closed and they had to spot us $200K for payroll. Grpn could have retraded us down to nothing. They didnt. Always default to *who* you do business with and their character first"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DenehyXXL/status/1299306816661225472)  2020-08-28T11:24Z 14.5K followers, [----] engagements


"I get all these great ideas when Im exercising and dont remember half of them when Im done. NOT ANYMORE Mounted a white board next to the Peloton 🤓 🤙"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DenehyXXL/status/1299710308529963013)  2020-08-29T14:07Z 14.5K followers, [---] engagements


"My 2-minute fundraising playbook [--]. meet w/VCs when you don't need $$$. figure out what questions keep coming up metrics that matter who you like/dislike [--]. keep VCs you like in the loop as you execute ask for help [--]. raise when one of them says "why don't you raise now""  
[X Link](https://x.com/DenehyXXL/status/1303685035946643458)  2020-09-09T13:21Z 14.5K followers, [---] engagements


"Some marketers pooh pooh 'gimmicks'. Well I have a story for you this quarter we gave away $4000 worth of Yeti coolers and booked $200000 of ARR from it. You don't get bonus points for sophistication"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DenehyXXL/status/1311510860280463360)  2020-10-01T03:38Z 14.5K followers, [---] engagements


"Even with great product market fit and huge TAM we still had to make [------] cold calls over nearly two years to get to our first $3M in ARR. Imagine a small TAM and questionable product Thats why investors push so hard on those things"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DenehyXXL/status/1311982023586861056)  2020-10-02T10:51Z 14.5K followers, [---] engagements


"If anyone is wondering the state of office leasing in NYC - we're signing a [--] yr lease on a space that's 45% larger than our current office at ONE THIRD the price we're paying now. Comparable location/quality/amenities"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DenehyXXL/status/1314551822816772096)  2020-10-09T13:02Z 14.5K followers, [----] engagements


"Flashback to starting my last co in 2012: we didn't know VCs couldn't code and didn't have money. I drove around LA for [--] months signing up our first $100K of customers w/a Powerpoint print out. Used that to raise $500K and hire engineers. Starting from zero Get out and sell"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DenehyXXL/status/1314626791458443264)  2020-10-09T18:00Z 14.5K followers, [---] engagements


"Two years ago we were out raising our Series B - I was mentally/physically falling apart. I woke up one Wednesday morning and: [--] Stopped drinking [--] Started exercising every day [--] Found an executive coach If you're super stressed/drained at work give some of these things a shot"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DenehyXXL/status/1316367202413617154)  2020-10-14T13:16Z 14.5K followers, [---] engagements


"More and more investors are looking for CEOs with high EQ - the emotional intelligence to admit you made a mistake don't know something can take feedback and not get defensive. Increasingly this is one of the biggest indicators of future success in company-building"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DenehyXXL/status/1316770193507483648)  2020-10-15T15:57Z 14.5K followers, [---] engagements


"15 years in the startup game and Im *still* surprised every time a VC passes on an idea because its really hard w/o bothering to see if the founder has a unique way of solving it. If youre a founder and youre actually solving the problem you dont need those people ✌"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DenehyXXL/status/1317529208843808771)  2020-10-17T18:13Z 14.5K followers, [---] engagements


"One of the biggest reasons startups fall behind when they start growing is simply not accounting for how long it takes to find hire and ramp new employees. We made this mistake in [----] - it was October and we hadn't started hiring the sales reps we needed to hit our Q1 numbers"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DenehyXXL/status/1318587802288881666)  2020-10-20T16:20Z 14.5K followers, [---] engagements


"Been doing this [--] years and still shocked how different the job of founder/CEO is at each stage - Seed: artist/storyteller - Series A: player coach - Series B: operations and strategy - Series C+: professional CEO Can't think of any other job that changes so much every year"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1326529642237489155)  2020-11-11T14:18Z 14.5K followers, [---] engagements


"I said this on the podcast with @APompliano the other day but it's worth repeating. If you're a startup growing quickly HIRE A HEAD OF PEOPLE. [--] employees is the right time potentially earlier if you're doing a lot of hiring. Find room in the budget. You can't afford not to"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DenehyXXL/status/1326898813831950337)  2020-11-12T14:45Z 14.5K followers, [---] engagements


"In a weird way having an unstable childhood gave me a lot of the predispositions needed to be an entrepreneur- comfortable being alone no need for recognition and extreme joy fending for myself. Over the years I found this to be an extremely common thread w/other founders"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DenehyXXL/status/1330874568819564544)  2020-11-23T14:03Z 14.5K followers, [---] engagements


"Some of my biggest hiring flameouts of the last [--] years have been super smart people who didn't play nicely with others. This is the worst kind of hire b/c they deliver numbers so you make excuses and keep them around meanwhile they crush everyone's soul"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DenehyXXL/status/1338951021863776256)  2020-12-15T20:56Z 14.5K followers, [---] engagements


"Investing in your employees is a lot cheaper than finding new ones"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DenehyXXL/status/1341016118203478018)  2020-12-21T13:42Z 14.5K followers, [----] engagements


"Low valuations can make everyone a lot of money. The Series A for my last company in [----] was $9M post money. The only reason we had a successful exit was *because* of the low valuation Don't hang yourself"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DenehyXXL/status/1346186779934814208)  2021-01-04T20:08Z 14.5K followers, [---] engagements


"If you think being a CEO involves anything other than managing people at a superhuman level you are sorely mistaken"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DenehyXXL/status/1347179938517028866)  2021-01-07T13:55Z 14.5K followers, [---] engagements


"There is a massive startup ecosystem in Africa that nobody in the US is paying attention to"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1347545074494791682)  2021-01-08T14:05Z 14.5K followers, [----] engagements


"I'm all for work/life balance but let's be honest great companies get built on weekends"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DenehyXXL/status/1348377098738675712)  2021-01-10T21:12Z 14.5K followers, [----] engagements


"A lot of people don't want to hear this but a huge chunk of startup success simply comes down to fixing problems quickly not brilliant new ideas"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DenehyXXL/status/1348683351583039489)  2021-01-11T17:29Z 14.5K followers, [----] engagements


"Call me crazy but when a company like Volvo can pull something like this together (Polestar [--] EV $59K) how unique is Tesla going to be in the market in [--] years"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DenehyXXL/status/1349383578573004807)  2021-01-13T15:51Z 14.5K followers, [---] engagements


"If you run a startup w/over [---] employees don't have an excellent head of people and don't have any HR issues I can tell you this: you have a lot of HR issues you just don't know about them. Hire a great head of people"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DenehyXXL/status/1350494778333474816)  2021-01-16T17:27Z 14.5K followers, [---] engagements


"I got a [----] out of [----] on the SATs in [----] and essentially told I would go nowhere. Young people: this stuff doesn't matter"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DenehyXXL/status/1351606391102959625)  2021-01-19T19:04Z 14.5K followers, [---] engagements


"There's so much press about huge VC funding rounds but right now is the best time ever to be running a bootstrapped/capital-light startup"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DenehyXXL/status/1352258995378135040)  2021-01-21T14:17Z 14.5K followers, [---] engagements


"Me and every other startup CEO after hiring a seasoned management team: How do you do fellow business executives"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DenehyXXL/status/1355942727104475148)  2021-01-31T18:15Z 14.5K followers, [---] engagements


"Most founders *vastly* overestimate the attention span of investors"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DenehyXXL/status/1359493200793264128)  2021-02-10T13:23Z 14.5K followers, [---] engagements


"When I was a first-time founder I wish someone had told me that 80% of the battle isnt about being smart its avoiding stupid decisions"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DenehyXXL/status/1361349258662858767)  2021-02-15T16:18Z 14.5K followers, [---] engagements


"Sales hiring is one of the biggest failure points of scaling saas startups that nobody talks about. It's a way way longer game than it seems We built a draft '21 budget in June of '20 started hiring in July for Sept start to have AEs producing in Jan/Feb '21"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DenehyXXL/status/1362770680023044099)  2021-02-19T14:27Z 14.5K followers, [---] engagements


"The most important lesson I learned in the last [--] months was: run the company like a human first and a CEO second and the rest will take care of itself. Congrats to our team for all the growth and our customers for being the best 🚀🚀🔥💯😎 Electric raises $40M Series C to put small-business IT in the cloud https://t.co/4xj6RpOSWl by @jordanrcrook Electric raises $40M Series C to put small-business IT in the cloud https://t.co/4xj6RpOSWl by @jordanrcrook"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DenehyXXL/status/1364235845809676290)  2021-02-23T15:29Z 14.5K followers, [---] engagements


"Time is zero sum. I keep finding I can do more by doing less. In the last [--] days we: - Closed our Series C - Had our first $1M week - Increased CSAT 11% And I got to spend a fair amount of time with my wife. Somehow did all that without ever logging into Clubhouse"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1366390519174209538)  2021-03-01T14:11Z 14.5K followers, [---] engagements


"Most of the really successful founders I know are actually pretty flawed or damaged people who just became masterful at channeling negative things into super positive things"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DenehyXXL/status/1369293852272693252)  2021-03-09T14:27Z 14.5K followers, [---] engagements


"Hiring people who are coachable and self-aware is one of the most important parts of creating high-performing teams. The problem is that 10/10 people will say they are coachable and self aware but in practice that number is probably closer to 2/10"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DenehyXXL/status/1371805178106687488)  2021-03-16T12:46Z 14.5K followers, [---] engagements


"Kanye 🐐 was $50 million in debt [--] years ago saying he'd be a billionaire at some point. Now he has a net worth of $6.6 billion by doing everything people called him crazy for. At a certain point you have to stop listening to anyone but yourself"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DenehyXXL/status/1372550005681176580)  2021-03-18T14:06Z 14.5K followers, [---] engagements


"In [--] years are you really going to remember the difference between a $9M valuation and $11M valuation or will you remember the fact that you picked an A+ partner and firm"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DenehyXXL/status/1377253536518520836)  2021-03-31T13:36Z 14.5K followers, [---] engagements


"Getting a company off the ground is mostly infuriating catch-22's (i.e. can't get a loan unless you already have $$ hard to sign customers until you have customers) once I embraced the idea that solving these *is the job* of a founder I started to enjoy it and it got easier"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DenehyXXL/status/1380539089649287170)  2021-04-09T15:12Z 14.5K followers, [---] engagements


"The solution to most problems starts with [--] hours of sleep"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DenehyXXL/status/1382312680753655810)  2021-04-14T12:39Z 14.5K followers, [---] engagements


"Every startup has a product but most startups don't figure out distribution and that's why most of them don't make it. At the end of the day without sales it's just a hobby 😎"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DenehyXXL/status/1385619745236529164)  2021-04-23T15:41Z 14.5K followers, [----] engagements


"Spoiler alert. Just focus on becoming excellent at recruiting and your odds of building a great company go up exponentially"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DenehyXXL/status/1387106815150809094)  2021-04-27T18:10Z 14.5K followers, [---] engagements


"If you're a CEO and normal human today is a good day to remind your employees they are free to respectfully speak their minds at work"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DenehyXXL/status/1387420757710487555)  2021-04-28T14:57Z 14.5K followers, [---] engagements


"We closed a $50K deal off a Bing search ad today. That's the tweet"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DenehyXXL/status/1387882487016267782)  2021-04-29T21:32Z 14.5K followers, [---] engagements


"Too many companies focus on management as the only path for career growth. The reality is *most* people don't want to be and probably shouldn't be managers but that doesn't mean they aren't extremely talented. Pathing for ICs is a huge missed oppty in a lot of companies"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DenehyXXL/status/1389215314525700099)  2021-05-03T13:48Z 14.5K followers, [---] engagements


"Major downside to sky-high valuations is the optionality you lose as a founder. For ex. $1M ARR company raises at $150M post can't afford major shifts in strategy and likely can't find a buyer at that price. Financing is a long game not a one-time event"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DenehyXXL/status/1389939633149067264)  2021-05-05T13:46Z 14.5K followers, [---] engagements


"Anyone can invest few can build"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DenehyXXL/status/1393336160026566659)  2021-05-14T22:43Z 14.5K followers, [----] engagements


"Raising $2M was significantly harder for me than raising $40M. Early stage founders have one of the toughest jobs in business"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DenehyXXL/status/1397541960232181764)  2021-05-26T13:15Z 14.5K followers, [----] engagements


"Summary of my CEO office convos: - December 2020: were fully remote - June 2021: were looking for space in Flatiron"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DenehyXXL/status/1402417511715553280)  2021-06-09T00:09Z 14.5K followers, [---] engagements


"Never been a better time to be a non-technical solo founder. Find a problem use free tools on the web to launch an MVP and go make your dreams come true. It's more complicated than that but also not really"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DenehyXXL/status/1402994376226185220)  2021-06-10T14:21Z 14.5K followers, [---] engagements


"Once I realized I was in the people business first and the technology business second the job got easier"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DenehyXXL/status/1404583403706634242)  2021-06-14T23:35Z 14.5K followers, [---] engagements


"1. Dont run out of money [--]. Hire the best people Just do that and your odds of startup success go up enormously"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DenehyXXL/status/1407678921336922112)  2021-06-23T12:36Z 14.5K followers, [----] engagements


"Being nice to people has exceptionally high ROI"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DenehyXXL/status/1409891901801734149)  2021-06-29T15:09Z 14.5K followers, [----] engagements


"I was fired from every non-founder job I ever had including both public companies I worked for. Sometimes the worst employees make the best founders"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DenehyXXL/status/1417565247343300611)  2021-07-20T19:21Z 14.5K followers, [---] engagements


"Main reason founders/CEOs obsess over deadlines is b/c time is zero sum in startups. Small misses compound and are staggeringly expensive when you factor in monthly burn and lost enterprise value. Inverse is also true delivering ahead of schedule is essentially free money"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DenehyXXL/status/1418568690405097476)  2021-07-23T13:48Z 14.5K followers, [---] engagements


"Theres a huge difference between hiring the best people and hiring the best people *who can all work effectively together*"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DenehyXXL/status/1420550677516988418)  2021-07-29T01:04Z 14.5K followers, [---] engagements


"There aren't enough founders thinking through the long-term implications of taking a 'nosebleed' valuation - if you're doing $10 or $15M in ARR and raise at $1B are you then going to raise at $2B at $30M and $4B at $60M Then what Bigger is not always better"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DenehyXXL/status/1437411140204650497)  2021-09-13T13:41Z 14.5K followers, [---] engagements


"Almost everything Im good at *now* as a CEO I totally sucked at in the beginning. For most founders the superpowers are in there they just have to be unlocked"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DenehyXXL/status/1440453596697354243)  2021-09-21T23:11Z 14.5K followers, [---] engagements


"A+ investors make all the difference. In [----] @PrimaryVC co-led our Seed at an $8M val. Today we're 100x that. They helped us hire dir of sales SVP sales CCO 20+ ICs helped us raise Series A B C and @bradsvrluga still holds it down on our board. Founders: take their money"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DenehyXXL/status/1450813724374278147)  2021-10-20T13:18Z 14.5K followers, [---] engagements


"I've was in a few 'we're fucked it's over' situations with my previous startups but this quote from Nims Purja in [--] Peaks really nails the optimistic side of it "when you think you're fucked you're usually only 45% fucked" Totally right"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DenehyXXL/status/1471491912657879040)  2021-12-16T14:46Z 14.5K followers, [---] engagements


"A weird but necessary part of scaling yourself as a leader involves rewiring your brain to *not* respond emotionally to the vast majority of day to day ups and downs. Being passionate is important but every human has a finite amount of emotional bandwidth. Use it wisely"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DenehyXXL/status/1472943241683165188)  2021-12-20T14:53Z 14.5K followers, [---] engagements


"Solid year @Electric_AI 👇 - ARR grew from $17M to $38M - Off the charts NPS for new customers - Raised Series C and D - Hired 200+ amazing people - Closed our second M&A deal TONS of work to do to keep this momentum up in '22. 💓 our team. Time to get after it"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DenehyXXL/status/1476988160403980292)  2021-12-31T18:46Z 14.5K followers, [---] engagements


"There are thousands of books and podcasts that talk about making your life better. I can summarize them all here: - get a lot of sleep - exercise - avoid shitty people - spend less than you make - never stop learning Heres to a huge [----] for everyone 💰👍💯"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DenehyXXL/status/1478416874933215245)  2022-01-04T17:23Z 14.5K followers, [---] engagements


"A lot of companies are brushing their high turnover under the "great resignation" rug. The reality is if people are leaving your startup in droves on their own accord that's not a cultural phenomenon it's a leadership problem"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DenehyXXL/status/1478746147455913984)  2022-01-05T15:12Z 14.5K followers, [---] engagements


"Friendly reminder that startups are supposed to be very hard"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DenehyXXL/status/1494788668732628992)  2022-02-18T21:39Z 14.5K followers, [----] engagements


"Taking feedback without getting defensive is an overlooked superpower"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DenehyXXL/status/1499798190643724292)  2022-03-04T17:25Z 14.5K followers, [---] engagements


"Company I invested in just got acquired and is returning 1.5x back to investors. Not bad. They never raised a ton or had a nose bleed valuation. Had they raised a massive A the economics of the sale would be *completely* upside down. Less capital lower val = more optionality"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DenehyXXL/status/1507360772804038657)  2022-03-25T14:16Z 14.5K followers, [---] engagements


"A bunch of people already asked me why we included ARR numbers in the TechCrunch article. Well we're a business 😂💰 didn't want to talk valuation without the metrics that stood behind it"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DenehyXXL/status/1508842760962510850)  2022-03-29T16:25Z 14.5K followers, [---] engagements


"One of the hardest mental shifts for ppl who haven't spent time at a high growth startup is accepting that the challenges *are* the job. The Zen proverb says it best "the obstacle is the path""  
[X Link](https://x.com/DenehyXXL/status/1511339715227750401)  2022-04-05T13:47Z 14.5K followers, [----] engagements


"For the first time in 2+ years I'm getting texts *daily* about talented execs quietly looking to leave late stage or public companies. The tide is going out and properly capitalized/valued companies can play offense"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DenehyXXL/status/1516774870859894789)  2022-04-20T13:44Z 14.5K followers, [---] engagements


"Asking how big is your company reveals a few types of founders: [--]. Those who answer with revenue [--]. # of employees [--]. Capital raised [--]. Vanity metrics The answer says everything about how the business is run"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DenehyXXL/status/1524139710251077632)  2022-05-10T21:29Z 14.5K followers, [----] engagements


"The first job of every CEO was is and will always be: don't run out of money"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DenehyXXL/status/1526740880874524672)  2022-05-18T01:46Z 14.5K followers, [----] engagements


"Had the first zero in our angel portfolio. Things happen. But when a Series B company shuts down youd think the company would reach out to all shareholders Emails turned off and shares still in Carta. Company wound down in May. Professionalism matters"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DenehyXXL/status/1546605937296871424)  2022-07-11T21:22Z 14.5K followers, [---] engagements


"Most people are avoiding the commute not the office"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DenehyXXL/status/1551568853334884353)  2022-07-25T14:03Z 14.5K followers, [----] engagements


"One of the things that nearly killed my first two companies was the fine line between optimism and denying reality. As a founder it can get really blurry sometimes"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DenehyXXL/status/1582758027547258880)  2022-10-19T15:38Z 14.5K followers, [---] engagements


"@realEstateTrent Quintessential NYC door man move was Billy McFarland's (Fyre Fest) door man in [----]. Sent the FBI to the wrong floor then ran up the stairs to Billy's apt and said "Mr McFarland the FBI is here. I can sneak you out the back""  
[X Link](https://x.com/DenehyXXL/status/1601223485833252864)  2022-12-09T14:33Z 14.5K followers, [---] engagements


"Zendesk made it from founding to IPO on $70M of lifetime burn. A lot of growth stage startups who raised last year still have that (or more) in the bank. No excuses if you cant make it from here to IPO with what you already have on hand"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DenehyXXL/status/1605570717306724352)  2022-12-21T14:27Z 14.5K followers, 178.5K engagements


"The role of the generalist is going to make a big comeback in [----]. The last 5-10 years encouraged too much hyper-specialization requiring a dozen people to screw in a lightbulb. Its bad business and nobody can afford that. [----] will be the year of the business athlete"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DenehyXXL/status/1609219230527881216)  2022-12-31T16:05Z 14.5K followers, 386.1K engagements


"State of angel investing today - this is a real check we got for the return of capital on an investment 😂😂"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DenehyXXL/status/1614298847114559488)  2023-01-14T16:30Z 14.5K followers, 627.5K engagements


"Bring a Trailer is doing well north of $100M in net revenue (on $1B+ in GMV) with [--] employees and virtuously no marketing. Strong case for the build for a small TAM thesis 💰🚗 💨"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DenehyXXL/status/1615105347894624257)  2023-01-16T21:54Z 14.5K followers, 211.2K engagements


"Biggest trap I see hardworking founders fall into is spending [--] hours a day on stuff thats urgent but not ever going to move the needle in the long term. Figuring this out is a superpower"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DenehyXXL/status/1615353171790135298)  2023-01-17T14:19Z 14.5K followers, 52.7K engagements


"Still shocked by the number of founders waiting for things to get back to normal 😭 THIS is closer to normal than anything in the last [--] years. Act accordingly"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DenehyXXL/status/1615702617233166336)  2023-01-18T13:28Z 14.5K followers, 75.5K engagements


"Dalio hit the nail on the head w/this "every day there will be many problems. Some big others small. There will be waves of problems. They will never end. The more successful you are the bigger your problems will be. To achieve your goals you must be a problem solving machine.""  
[X Link](https://x.com/DenehyXXL/status/1625495177078132737)  2023-02-14T14:00Z 14.5K followers, 254.1K engagements


"I spent a couple days with some public company CEOs a few weeks ago. Three common traits: [--]. Stress management black belts nobody was on edge or visibly stressed [--]. Little to no ego / need to prove themselves to anyone [--]. Good sense of humor Dont make it complicated"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DenehyXXL/status/1630221096745140226)  2023-02-27T14:59Z 14.5K followers, 49K engagements


"My cofounder at my first two companies never read management books nor had elegant frameworks for leading. We had two successful exits purely b/c of his relentless sense of urgency and desire to win. When in doubt there' s no substitute for default 'get shit done' mode"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DenehyXXL/status/1638858156167028736)  2023-03-23T11:00Z 14.5K followers, 41.2K engagements


"@sulemanali @relativityspace Reminds me a bit of Horacio Pagani - works at Lamborghini says carbon fiber is the future. Lambo execs dont care. - he buys an autoclave himself and starts Lamborghinis composites division - Leaves designs and builds carbon parts for other people - in [----] debuts the Zonda"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DenehyXXL/status/1758578011094270047)  2024-02-16T19:44Z 14.5K followers, 37.2K engagements


"@RobertMSterling Mentioning that your kid lived off steak frites exclusively for [--] years is a wonderful little self-own"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DenehyXXL/status/1773491961531380004)  2024-03-28T23:26Z 14.5K followers, 29.8K engagements


"Blade now generates roughly half their revenue ($120M) and all of their profit from their organ transport business. They bought a company in [----] called MediMobility which is now their biggest driver of growth. Wild. 🚁 🫁"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DenehyXXL/status/1776013187361513938)  2024-04-04T22:25Z 14.5K followers, 147.1K engagements


"@parkerconrad Someone should also tell Sacks that in a coup you dont generally take power and then fly the thing you just took over into the side of a mountain"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DenehyXXL/status/1816131730870526394)  2024-07-24T15:22Z 14.5K followers, 56.7K engagements


"When did my fellow founders get so entitled This is an excellent (albeit refreshingly blunt) pass email. If you're doing $1M in ARR and - don't have basic financials - experiencing high churn then this is the best and most accurate email you should expect to get. VC is also right re: price. Deal with it. Last year a VC begged to meet with us When we sent over our numbers they concluded that our MRR was "almost meaningless" Then they ended the email by trying to invest at half our valuation We did not take their money https://t.co/7P4JzJQLXD Last year a VC begged to meet with us When we sent"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DenehyXXL/status/1818321168656478209)  2024-07-30T16:22Z 14.5K followers, 199.8K engagements


"@kkb_soundsystem Inspiration for one of the greatest gifts Ive ever received"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DenehyXXL/status/1943654309268181390)  2025-07-11T12:51Z 14.5K followers, 26.8K engagements

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