#  @FintechKristen Kristen Anderson Kristen Anderson posts on X about money, fintech, company, if you the most. They currently have [------] followers and [---] posts still getting attention that total [-------] engagements in the last [--] hours. ### Engagements: [-------] [#](/creator/twitter::2202027271/interactions)  ### Mentions: [--] [#](/creator/twitter::2202027271/posts_active)  ### Followers: [------] [#](/creator/twitter::2202027271/followers)  ### CreatorRank: [-------] [#](/creator/twitter::2202027271/influencer_rank)  ### Social Influence **Social category influence** [finance](/list/finance) [technology brands](/list/technology-brands) [stocks](/list/stocks) [cryptocurrencies](/list/cryptocurrencies) [social networks](/list/social-networks) [travel destinations](/list/travel-destinations) [events](/list/events) [automotive brands](/list/automotive-brands) [vc firms](/list/vc-firms) [countries](/list/countries) **Social topic influence** [money](/topic/money), [fintech](/topic/fintech), [company](/topic/company), [if you](/topic/if-you), [build](/topic/build), [how to](/topic/how-to), [in the](/topic/in-the), [ai](/topic/ai), [open ai](/topic/open-ai), [business](/topic/business) **Top accounts mentioned or mentioned by** [@cashapp](/creator/undefined) [@ajambrosino](/creator/undefined) [@zachpettet](/creator/undefined) [@jack](/creator/undefined) [@milessuter](/creator/undefined) [@nachunja](/creator/undefined) [@alexhjohnson](/creator/undefined) [@sytaylor](/creator/undefined) [@camworboys](/creator/undefined) [@empirestartups](/creator/undefined) [@nikmilanovic](/creator/undefined) [@money2020](/creator/undefined) [@steipete](/creator/undefined) [@catchbenefits](/creator/undefined) [@anothercohen](/creator/undefined) [@jevgenijs](/creator/undefined) [@callmegillette](/creator/undefined) [@0xjoshuasl](/creator/undefined) [@poundtheproduct](/creator/undefined) [@lacallada_](/creator/undefined) **Top assets mentioned** [Bitcoin (BTC)](/topic/bitcoin) [Block, Inc. (XYZ)](/topic/$xyz) ### Top Social Posts Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours "At the risk of completely losing my DMs to real estate vampires: We're looking for office space in Manhattan Minimum space for [--] people prefer space for 40-50. Prefer midtown. Who should I talk to" [X Link](https://x.com/FintechKristen/status/1408537303480508427) 2021-06-25T21:27Z 27.4K followers, [--] engagements "@rebekah_bastian You have way more autonomy to shape the world than you might think. Dont get complacent or cynical" [X Link](https://x.com/FintechKristen/status/1424432605630455808) 2021-08-08T18:09Z 27.4K followers, [--] engagements "Who is building something thats easy to get excited about Now that its no longer cool Im ready to start looking at cutting some angel checks. Im most likely to fund fintech. I know nothing about AI and am allergic to hype. But I am open to any pitch that fits in a tweet" [X Link](https://x.com/FintechKristen/status/1773133674340356159) 2024-03-27T23:43Z 28.3K followers, 49.2K engagements "Super exited to share Im taking on a new role at Cash. Going forward Ill be leading our P2P and Community Products. The future of finance is about people. Lets go" [X Link](https://x.com/FintechKristen/status/1890177865398006043) 2025-02-13T23:14Z 27K followers, 12K engagements "Jake was the first angel to give me real money and not just more generic advice. His bet unlocked insane opportunities for us. And while I havent returned him 100x (yet) Im confident he and Sheel are still the very best fintech founder-pickers out there. Congrats BTV ❤ Look Ma Look Ma" [X Link](https://x.com/FintechKristen/status/1973590643273560077) 2025-10-02T03:27Z 28.3K followers, [----] engagements "This was a fun one to unlock 💚🏃♀ Quote: @alexisohanian retained existing sponsors Toyota and Tiffany & Co while adding new brands including mobile payment platform @CashApp to provide athletes with prize money "literally when the score is logged." https://www.reuters.com/sports/athlos-eyes-sustainable-durable-growth-track-start-ups-second-year-2025-10-09/ https://www.reuters.com/sports/athlos-eyes-sustainable-durable-growth-track-start-ups-second-year-2025-10-09/" [X Link](https://x.com/FintechKristen/status/1976426338350420428) 2025-10-09T23:15Z 27.4K followers, [----] engagements "Money2020 pool for vitamins chapstick and Gatorade. our next round of giveaway payouts starts now ✨ tell us what you're pooling for with #CashAppPools our next round of giveaway payouts starts now ✨ tell us what you're pooling for with #CashAppPools" [X Link](https://x.com/FintechKristen/status/1976717725365157962) 2025-10-10T18:33Z 27.4K followers, [----] engagements "I love writing BOD/Investor updates. The act of explaining what you're doing and why is incredibly clarifying to your product vision and roadmap. It's a simple way to hold yourself accountable and iterate on the story you tell internally and externally every day" [X Link](https://x.com/FintechKristen/status/1976785081323995337) 2025-10-10T23:01Z 27.4K followers, [----] engagements "When I was in 2nd grade I had a chalkboard easel where I would make up bigger and bigger long division problems. For fun. In 3rd grade the teacher sent me into the hall every day with the 5th grade math book. I did pre-algebra in a full-time GT class in 6th grade. I got bullied in 8th grade with a classmate de-facing my yearbook photos with I love math I won 3rd in a state-wide trig test sophomore year. I majored in mathematics. Some kids just really do love the beauty of abstract mathematics and we should encourage it not ban it. Some kids genuinely enjoy math. Why would we hold them back if" [X Link](https://x.com/FintechKristen/status/1979199872306942386) 2025-10-17T14:56Z 27.4K followers, [----] engagements "@briannekimmel @nikitabier Product talent and craft very much makes a difference. Engineers and designers rowing the same direction with aligned purpose and clear vision. 👌 Sent this to Andrew this morning and have the same feeling as you" [X Link](https://x.com/FintechKristen/status/1980043610390446537) 2025-10-19T22:49Z 27.4K followers, [----] engagements "I'll be a @money2020 this year After missing last year I'm super eager to catch up with old favorites new partners amazing founders and potential friends. Cash App is back in build mode and it's a great time to be part of our next era. What events are can't-miss" [X Link](https://x.com/FintechKristen/status/1980308070338265547) 2025-10-20T16:20Z 27.4K followers, [----] engagements "Im pumped that less than [--] months in to his time at OpenAI @ajambrosino has joined the Codex team and can confirm he has *also* never been more excited for the future of software. Codex hackathon over. Counted not less than [--] demos presented today team will be locked in over coming weeks to bring you the best of it. Never been more excited for the future of software Codex hackathon over. Counted not less than [--] demos presented today team will be locked in over coming weeks to bring you the best of it. Never been more excited for the future of software" [X Link](https://x.com/FintechKristen/status/1980869743293948314) 2025-10-22T05:32Z 27.4K followers, [----] engagements "Builders everywhere should be really excited about this. Patents shouldn't be used to put up walls from genuine innovation. Proud of this company and our leaders. 🚀 Were introducing OpenIP. Our approach to making innovation more accessible. Patents should foster innovation not prevent it. OpenIP = our commitment to use IP rights defensively not against good faith builders. Why Because the best ideas are found when everyone can 🚀 Were introducing OpenIP. Our approach to making innovation more accessible. Patents should foster innovation not prevent it. OpenIP = our commitment to use IP" [X Link](https://x.com/FintechKristen/status/1981783732039426193) 2025-10-24T18:03Z 27.4K followers, [----] engagements "I am in Vegas. I am caffeinating. I am hydrating. I already have a blister. Im so excited to talk about what we can build for the next generation in fintech (And learn from founders who are thinking differently) Happy Money20/20. DM or text if youre cool. No solicitation" [X Link](https://x.com/FintechKristen/status/1982578713037607025) 2025-10-26T22:42Z 27.4K followers, 12.8K engagements "Group stuff is just more fun. We said our pools sweepstakes had more to come and this time were going even bigger. Start a pool to win exclusive prizes and once-in-a lifetime experiences including: 🚗 Free @lyft rides for a year (up to $5000) 🌴 [---] Outpost VIP party invites with @drink818 🏀 Courtside https://t.co/YHWnen1aoi We said our pools sweepstakes had more to come and this time were going even bigger. Start a pool to win exclusive prizes and once-in-a lifetime experiences including: 🚗 Free @lyft rides for a year (up to $5000) 🌴 [---] Outpost VIP party invites with @drink818 🏀" [X Link](https://x.com/FintechKristen/status/1982906569345081824) 2025-10-27T20:25Z 27.4K followers, [----] engagements "One of the best parts of Money20/20 is every year I make [--] new fintech besties and [--] new memories with the OGs. Grateful to be building with this community whose loyalty runs deep. Excited for some of the fresh faces were bringing in. Lets go. So much to build" [X Link](https://x.com/FintechKristen/status/1983597588600516985) 2025-10-29T18:11Z 27.5K followers, [----] engagements "A few times a month I find myself working late and getting really excited about what's possible. If you had told me this would be true working for a big company while I was a founder I would not have believed it. And yet: the opportunity grows. More to share tomorrow 🙃" [X Link](https://x.com/FintechKristen/status/1985557506421321979) 2025-11-04T03:59Z 28K followers, [----] engagements "Next week. Its all happening" [X Link](https://x.com/FintechKristen/status/1985796742558998929) 2025-11-04T19:50Z 28K followers, [----] engagements "Oh you want growth Oh you want profitability Oh you want a unique moat that unites capabilities in ways only we can You want efficiency through AI-native development Hold my MF beer. Long $XYZ. I was having a conversation with Owen a few weeks back about internal priorities and focus areas. He said something simple about what our priorities needed to be that has stuck with me: High quality. High velocity. Customers. Thats it. I was having a conversation with Owen a few weeks back about internal priorities and focus areas. He said something simple about what our priorities needed to be that" [X Link](https://x.com/FintechKristen/status/1987272856242430356) 2025-11-08T21:35Z 28.2K followers, 31.8K engagements "Ive been working in consumer fintech for 10+ years. This is the a really important essay to understand if you want to build better tools for people who cant afford an emergency. Psychology is everything. @mattyglesias now do one on savings shifts due to on demand income replacing the risk of unemployment The paradoxical "affordability criss" in which people are consuming more goods and services than ever and median household income and median weekly earnings are higher than ever. https://t.co/eZee9Tn4CN https://t.co/xoxhK7P80s The paradoxical "affordability criss" in which people are" [X Link](https://x.com/FintechKristen/status/1987885864933032012) 2025-11-10T14:11Z 28.2K followers, [----] engagements "Just arrived in NYC for Cash App Releases and thought Id give yall a quick peak of my brand new Cash App card. So dreamy. ☁✨" [X Link](https://x.com/FintechKristen/status/1988072333299642865) 2025-11-11T02:32Z 28.2K followers, 12.7K engagements "Miles isnt playing. Hes paying bounties to folks who onboard Square merchants for their first btc transactions. All this before we even drop Releases tomorrow. Explosive. We are building a real bounty system to pay out @CashApp customers that onboard new @Square merchants to BTC payments but why wait Reply with a video of you and a new merchant receiving their first bitcoin payment and Ill send you $25 in for each new addition to the map 📍 https://t.co/4G2SxrHHwx We are building a real bounty system to pay out @CashApp customers that onboard new @Square merchants to BTC payments but why wait" [X Link](https://x.com/FintechKristen/status/1988426177753870680) 2025-11-12T01:58Z 28.2K followers, 11.2K engagements "Moneybot. Stablecoins. Expressive payments. Green status. Btc payments with USD. We have been building. We have been shipping. Per usual doing all of it with iconic style. Happy Releases @CashApp 💚" [X Link](https://x.com/FintechKristen/status/1988935148931543122) 2025-11-13T11:41Z 28.2K followers, 14.3K engagements "@PhilipErik125 @milessuter @Stromens @CashApp Kristen Anderson. The product lead for P2P 🙃" [X Link](https://x.com/FintechKristen/status/1988958006432964990) 2025-11-13T13:11Z 28K followers, [--] engagements "Peer to peer is a relationship not rails. $XYZ I (non-US resident with no @CashApp account) sent @owenbjennings [--] cents with zero fees instantly to his @CashApp account just with his Cashtag. Im in shock. Need time to process. $XYZ I (non-US resident with no @CashApp account) sent @owenbjennings [--] cents with zero fees instantly to his @CashApp account just with his Cashtag. Im in shock. Need time to process" [X Link](https://x.com/FintechKristen/status/1988960305507192845) 2025-11-13T13:21Z 28.2K followers, [----] engagements "The DRI for my work on Releases was @camworboys. Every time we met he asked what would help you go faster And then proceed to go deep unblocking and clearing the path on *anything.* Not micromanaging but deeply involved in details and clear on his role to enable velocity. @FintechKristen How much were Owen Jack and other senior execs telling you how to work and micro managing vs. not Curious when and how they engaged. What is the right level of exec engagement to drive this output Can have a call if you dont want to answer here. @FintechKristen How much were Owen Jack and other senior execs" [X Link](https://x.com/FintechKristen/status/1988990684444127384) 2025-11-13T15:21Z 28.2K followers, [----] engagements "I first heard @jack talk about Moneybot (in the abstract) in a small meeting where p2p eng was demoing the primitive that became pools. We were thrilled with the simplicity of the entry point on keypad. He challenged us to imagine Cash App with no UI. Visionary stuff. @nachunja Exactly. @jack has been leading the charge here and is deeply involved in almost every aspect of the project. Even named it which customers loved yesterday. @nachunja Exactly. @jack has been leading the charge here and is deeply involved in almost every aspect of the project. Even named it which customers loved" [X Link](https://x.com/FintechKristen/status/1988996439645777954) 2025-11-13T15:44Z 28.2K followers, 14.8K engagements "Impressing Nik Career goal ✅ @CashApp really crushed today @CashApp really crushed today" [X Link](https://x.com/FintechKristen/status/1989103441076277701) 2025-11-13T22:49Z 28.2K followers, 27.8K engagements "This [---] min clip from the Releases Keynote is so meaningful to me. I spent [--] years fighting for the idea that we'd entered a new era of income. It's so fulfilling to see Cash App embrace the thesis we had at Catch and build amazing financial products for modern earners 💚" [X Link](https://x.com/FintechKristen/status/1989113087061106917) 2025-11-13T23:28Z 28.2K followers, [----] engagements "I just hired a part time family manager and I cant describe to you how much better my life just got. Have felt so much stress and guilt these last few months with [--] under [--]. Money doesnt buy happiness but buying back free time might" [X Link](https://x.com/FintechKristen/status/1990636737845211230) 2025-11-18T04:22Z 28.2K followers, 384.1K engagements "@abidladdy Since we recently moved we need new pediatrician dentist dermatologist landscaper handyman moving the car registration insurance drivers licenses voter registration etc. Also weekly grocery and lunch prep for the toddlers. Date night 1x a month. Travel booking" [X Link](https://x.com/FintechKristen/status/1990645436475191738) 2025-11-18T04:57Z 28.2K followers, 19.9K engagements "@lsvb83mj2ms10g @abidladdy $30 per hour and we are aiming for roughly [--] hours per week. It is a privilege to have that disposable income but its not a full-time staff role ($$$$). Its chipping away at the little annoying things and doing occasional babysitting for our sanity" [X Link](https://x.com/FintechKristen/status/1990806055828541892) 2025-11-18T15:35Z 28.2K followers, [----] engagements "@CallofFracoooty Grow up. No one who has kids is prepared for it" [X Link](https://x.com/FintechKristen/status/1990827416072454425) 2025-11-18T17:00Z 28.2K followers, [----] engagements "@emceecoy_ Maybe upside of living in the Bay Area. It's a site maintained by local parents (probably who work at google or reddit or something). They vet folks who sign up and then you can post/interact with the community. Lots of stuff on parks and nannys and local service providers" [X Link](https://x.com/FintechKristen/status/1990840682001674606) 2025-11-18T17:53Z 28.2K followers, [----] engagements "The mobs have found me today and decided I dont love my kids Gonna go blast TSwifts CANCELLED and go right on with my life. ✌" [X Link](https://x.com/FintechKristen/status/1990918871600279734) 2025-11-18T23:03Z 28.2K followers, 14.7K engagements "Block discloses that [--] products generate over $100m of gross profit to the company. $XYZ https://t.co/GzoAPdl9Sm Block discloses that [--] products generate over $100m of gross profit to the company. $XYZ https://t.co/GzoAPdl9Sm" [X Link](https://x.com/FintechKristen/status/1991273786537308185) 2025-11-19T22:34Z 28.2K followers, 16.2K engagements "Curiosity has always been an advantage. More so since the internet. But in the age of AI It might be the most important thing to hire and train for in any role: intense and unrelenting knowledge-seeking. Quick synthesis. Genuine hunger to learn and grow. Evolution faster" [X Link](https://x.com/FintechKristen/status/1993204017493930006) 2025-11-25T06:24Z 28.2K followers, [----] engagements "Its so fun to be able to partner inside Block and enable things like this. Amazing artists. Life changing awards. All made possible by Cash App. Congrats to Tidal and Lily [--] more coming This felt so amazing for the whole Tidal team. $100k dropped in an artist's Cash App with no strings attached and zero restrictions for the work ever. Just supporting outstanding musicians uploading to Tidal. 🫶 Congratulations to Lily Amiclo for being the first Tidal Upload This felt so amazing for the whole Tidal team. $100k dropped in an artist's Cash App with no strings attached and zero restrictions for" [X Link](https://x.com/FintechKristen/status/1993856168327102627) 2025-11-27T01:35Z 28.2K followers, [----] engagements "Cash App. We arent using the other apps anymore Matt. Oh no Venmo is down How am I going to pay the softball moms https://t.co/UpVqOVuPgK Oh no Venmo is down How am I going to pay the softball moms https://t.co/UpVqOVuPgK" [X Link](https://x.com/FintechKristen/status/1996426265394598085) 2025-12-04T03:48Z 28.2K followers, [----] engagements "Launching the Agentic AI Foundation with @OpenAI and @AnthropicAI is a super important step forward in protocols that touch the things we care about most. Proud of @blocks and our beloved Goose for leading with open and interoperable standards. 🪿 https://block.xyz/inside/block-anthropic-and-openai-launch-the-agentic-ai-foundation https://block.xyz/inside/block-anthropic-and-openai-launch-the-agentic-ai-foundation" [X Link](https://x.com/FintechKristen/status/1998537752254755032) 2025-12-09T23:38Z 28.3K followers, [----] engagements "Business reality TV is such a self-soothe. Bar Rescue Owning Manhattan Undercover Boss give me such a sense of safety and ease. I assume because these shows exist lots of other people also find public accountability of business execution really relaxing. Right" [X Link](https://x.com/FintechKristen/status/1998977686929314239) 2025-12-11T04:46Z 28.3K followers, [----] engagements "Our design team is absolutely ungovernable and I love it. New payment backgrounds ready for every teen you know" [X Link](https://x.com/FintechKristen/status/1999221481512054879) 2025-12-11T20:55Z 28.3K followers, [----] engagements "@BitcoinCadet @CashApp Great feedback. Totally hear you. I know @milessuter has been thinking a lot about how to keep our large bitcoin holders close 💚" [X Link](https://x.com/FintechKristen/status/1999338563742367828) 2025-12-12T04:40Z 28.2K followers, [--] engagements "The OpenAI holiday party was Collective Dream themed and places like the Astral Lounge were an absolute surreal trip. Congrats on a wild [--] years. Hard to imagine what the next [--] have in store" [X Link](https://x.com/FintechKristen/status/1999880481513583059) 2025-12-13T16:33Z 28.3K followers, 15.6K engagements "Ive been unusually tall all of my adult life. It doesnt bother me much the memories of being called Daddy Long Legs in high school are mostly gone. Then your [--] year old draws a picture of you and you are thrown right back into the height (ha) of insecurity 😅" [X Link](https://x.com/FintechKristen/status/2000324726196187380) 2025-12-14T21:59Z 28.3K followers, [----] engagements "Ill admit I wouldnt have expected this to work as well as it did. Cash App customers laying the groundwork to enable Square sellers to accept bitcoin. Its the weirdest form of product market fit Ive seen up close and I freaking love it. Bitcoin army you amaze me. 🧡 @CashApp @milessuter @Square Can confirm. https://t.co/EyZJEOVsSN @CashApp @milessuter @Square Can confirm. https://t.co/EyZJEOVsSN" [X Link](https://x.com/FintechKristen/status/2000723686882730490) 2025-12-16T00:24Z 28.3K followers, 17.1K engagements "FAFO seems to imply that the outcome is bad. But in my experience some of the most magical moments of achievement happened because I had the audacity to claim my autonomy and FAFO. Just something to consider if you want to achieve boldness and not the mean" [X Link](https://x.com/FintechKristen/status/2001698500871098459) 2025-12-18T16:58Z 28.3K followers, [---] engagements "Kind of a secret weapon to have kids with someone much smarter than you. You can be at home with toddlers during the holidays 🎄 and also brush up on the latest coding agents with a personal tutor during nap time 😴 🧠 🤗" [X Link](https://x.com/FintechKristen/status/2002506503828484415) 2025-12-20T22:28Z 28.3K followers, [----] engagements "Yesterday Andrew ended up in the ER needing a few stitches. Today our two year old gave herself bangs 💇♀ I think [----] is telling me it is time to move on ✌ To the new year and new adventures. There are some big things coming" [X Link](https://x.com/FintechKristen/status/2006461936532337087) 2025-12-31T20:26Z 28.3K followers, [----] engagements "Went to the beach after the king tides and big rainfalls in the Bay. Ended up looking like a ChatGPT advertisement; but at least heres a timeline cleanse of someone not shouting very ignorant opinions about foreign or tax policy. Can we get back to work yet Time to build" [X Link](https://x.com/FintechKristen/status/2007637655769755846) 2026-01-04T02:18Z 28.3K followers, [----] engagements "Every great product has a non-obvious insight that once you hear it seems undeniable. When explaining it to someone on the street you get the reaction of yeah duh. Best PM signal is ability to identify and articulate those types of insights" [X Link](https://x.com/FintechKristen/status/2008936332048146774) 2026-01-07T16:18Z 28.3K followers, [----] engagements "@evancharles Idk but with dynamic pricing where instacart wants to charge me a different price than my neighbor for an apple simply because I browse more luxury brands this chart is not looking the same as it did [--] years ago. Consumer surplus continues to erode. https://www.consumerreports.org/money/questionable-business-practices/instacart-ai-pricing-experiment-inflating-grocery-bills-a1142182490/ https://www.consumerreports.org/money/questionable-business-practices/instacart-ai-pricing-experiment-inflating-grocery-bills-a1142182490/" [X Link](https://x.com/FintechKristen/status/2009385041139245342) 2026-01-08T22:01Z 28.3K followers, [---] engagements "I'm a pretty vibes-y PM because I think data is shackled by historical context that doesn't usually map to future opportunity. But I just got some experiment results back I thought would show harm to core metrics that actually improved them. I am humbled by the data gods today" [X Link](https://x.com/FintechKristen/status/2009417487956500822) 2026-01-09T00:10Z 28.3K followers, [----] engagements "What happens here https://cash.app/pay/link/w8idl6ge https://cash.app/pay/link/w8idl6ge" [X Link](https://x.com/FintechKristen/status/2009781871312556436) 2026-01-10T00:18Z 28.3K followers, 10.4K engagements "@camworboys Ok but now we need to figure out how to get a rich preview on X. The cutoff link looks shady AF" [X Link](https://x.com/FintechKristen/status/2009791060764205301) 2026-01-10T00:55Z 28.3K followers, [---] engagements "@camworboys @laurenloprete PMs are incredibly grateful. Probably eliminates 6-10 conversations a month between PMs and compliance ops and program management. Peak efficiency. Very crispy" [X Link](https://x.com/FintechKristen/status/2010811461552259402) 2026-01-12T20:29Z 28.3K followers, [----] engagements "I hate spreadsheets. I try to use them as little as possible for product work. Spreadsheets kill the joy of building. Github is the source of truth. Figma describes what goes in github. Docs frame the context of what goes in Figma. But sometimes. a thoughtful spreadsheet" [X Link](https://x.com/FintechKristen/status/2011229232270360948) 2026-01-14T00:09Z 28.2K followers, [----] engagements "Petition to officially rename software PMs as Henchmen as well. This is the job description. And if this is not the job you want then you do not want to work in Product. New Valar job just dropped: HENCHMAN. "We handle the BS so the engineers can keep building. And we handle the wild goose chases so the engineers can KEEP BUILDING. You will start with the dirty jobs. But if you prove yourself you can forge a path and a place in the outfit." New Valar job just dropped: HENCHMAN. "We handle the BS so the engineers can keep building. And we handle the wild goose chases so the engineers can KEEP" [X Link](https://x.com/FintechKristen/status/2011488863303451054) 2026-01-14T17:21Z 28.3K followers, [----] engagements "Ironically enough after so many big tech companies have tried to destroy the function product is one of the best suited for the work of the future. Synthesis and judgment are the limiting factors now. Not syntax and pixels. A controversial take - but I think the software world hasnt priced in the fact that PMs are uniquely suited to thrive in this new world. Especially one where the gap between idea and execution has shrunk SO much. Good PMs are constantly thinking of new ideas spending A controversial take - but I think the software world hasnt priced in the fact that PMs are uniquely suited" [X Link](https://x.com/FintechKristen/status/2011807693221347425) 2026-01-15T14:28Z 28.2K followers, [----] engagements "What a life. [--] degrees with the sun shining. Little giggles from girls deep in play. 🛝 Spicy repos being pushed. Never a better time to be a builder" [X Link](https://x.com/FintechKristen/status/2013383796884938795) 2026-01-19T22:51Z 28.2K followers, [----] engagements "Spent all day yesterday using Codex. By bedtime I was a raving fanatic. I couldnt sleep last night thinking about what Codex will be doing by the end of the *month* let alone by the end of the year. Team is on fire. So fun watching the Codex team execute; hard to imagine what it's going to look like at the end of this year if things keep compounding at this rate. So fun watching the Codex team execute; hard to imagine what it's going to look like at the end of this year if things keep compounding at this rate" [X Link](https://x.com/FintechKristen/status/2013437179406532818) 2026-01-20T02:23Z 28.3K followers, [----] engagements "Yeah no judgment on their CEO. Purely on a strategic vector P2P as a late follow to high monetizing products not an early growth wedge is just not something Ive played out in my head. Im just not sure its a retention product if you dont *already* have the network advantage baked in. Im curious to better understand which customers were asking for this. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2013748151501627529 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2013748151501627529" [X Link](https://x.com/FintechKristen/status/2013748151501627529) 2026-01-20T22:59Z 28.3K followers, [---] engagements "Bay Area folks (or visitors) looking to get to know the Neighborhood ahead of the Super Bowl should hop on board for Square Stops Here to see some of our favorite local sellers in SF 🖤 See you there 🥪🍝☕ 🔲 https://myle.com/square-stops-here https://myle.com/square-stops-here" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/2019262328127226346) 2026-02-05T04:10Z 28.3K followers, 88.1K engagements "You can be petty or you can speak to the inspirations of millions to create a better future. Cynics are good for a cheap laugh but Im with the builders.💙 You can just build things. https://t.co/g0JCVjbSef You can just build things. https://t.co/g0JCVjbSef" [X Link](https://x.com/FintechKristen/status/2020652315724898599) 2026-02-09T00:13Z 28.3K followers, [----] engagements "A high performance culture is set by what a leader will and wont tolerate who a leader invests in and rewards and how clearly both of those are communicated to the team. Muddying the waters on expectations is the fastest way to sink your culture for mediocre outcomes" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/2021013149173121168) 2026-02-10T00:07Z 28.3K followers, [----] engagements "Im so so grateful for the opportunity to build products that tens of millions of people use and value. I fail frequently I learn constantly. I am trying to grow to meet the moment were in. If I succeed it will only be because I took enough risk to really fail" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/2021450400675790893) 2026-02-11T05:05Z 28.3K followers, [----] engagements "@hungryroot @amysundae @Honest @littlespoon @literati Oh you have no idea I've converted multiple families from the Upper East Side to Brooklyn to Hoboken. (Also we share a board member in the fabulous @gabbycontro from Crosslink Capital)" [X Link](https://x.com/FintechKristen/status/1582098516913967104) 2022-10-17T19:57Z 28.3K followers, [--] engagements "It's now easier than ever to request money on P2P Send a link in a text DM or group chat and let your friends pay you back in a single tap. Our eng lead sent me a text with the link. I tapped it. I paid. MAGIC. Rolling out now. Happy holidays go get paid. We managed to get a delightful lil feature shipped before the holidays and I'm excited to share more about it in a couple days. A few of you have it already. See if you can figure out how we've made it even easier for you and your friends to send (and receive) money.🕵♀🤑 We managed to get a delightful lil feature shipped before the holidays" [X Link](https://x.com/FintechKristen/status/1999564501717340216) 2025-12-12T19:38Z 28.3K followers, 131.2K engagements "This is so cool. Our internal red team publicly shared the results of trying to compromise our AI agents. It's a little scary. But this is why we act early. https://engineering.block.xyz/blog/how-we-red-teamed-our-own-ai-agent- https://engineering.block.xyz/blog/how-we-red-teamed-our-own-ai-agent-" [X Link](https://x.com/FintechKristen/status/2013680049799733501) 2026-01-20T18:28Z 28.2K followers, [---] engagements "@nachunja Thoughts on Klarna launching European P2P" [X Link](https://x.com/FintechKristen/status/2013743592964030580) 2026-01-20T22:41Z 28.2K followers, [---] engagements "(Much) Cheaper insurance for Tesla FSD: this is the sort of stuff that makes high end technology go mainstream. This is amazing. True value for customers and a big moment for autonomous driving adoption. Congrats @Lemonade_Inc https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260121169700/en/Lemonade-Unveils-Autonomous-Car-Insurance-Slashing-Rates-for-Tesla-FSD-Miles-by-50 https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260121169700/en/Lemonade-Unveils-Autonomous-Car-Insurance-Slashing-Rates-for-Tesla-FSD-Miles-by-50" [X Link](https://x.com/FintechKristen/status/2014202293097558412) 2026-01-22T05:03Z 28.3K followers, [----] engagements "For no reason at all I picked up my copy of [----] from my bookshelf to re-read last night before bed. I did not remember that the first journal entry Winston writes is about a movie of the military shooting refugees in the water and people laughing" [X Link](https://x.com/FintechKristen/status/2014746403160170503) 2026-01-23T17:05Z 28.2K followers, [----] engagements "Because codex is the best for development. Everyone knows this. We arent using the other coding tools anymore. Clawdbot* was coded with Codex 🤔 Clawdbot* was coded with Codex 🤔" [X Link](https://x.com/FintechKristen/status/2016654310625738982) 2026-01-28T23:27Z 28.2K followers, [----] engagements "Can confirm we got this advice from Evan. FWIW the mandate for an S&P [---] company from the Board/the Street is not all that dissimilar. To be fair sometimes Im like I dont know how but you need to grow a lot faster but also spend less. And then they actually do it. (And I give myself the credit ofc) To be fair sometimes Im like I dont know how but you need to grow a lot faster but also spend less. And then they actually do it. (And I give myself the credit ofc)" [X Link](https://x.com/FintechKristen/status/2016707945602687195) 2026-01-29T03:00Z 28.3K followers, [----] engagements "My 4yo just asked me if there was one human born before other humans. Shes poking at the edges of evolution. My 2yo just said Im a duck quack quack. And wow just the breadth of cognitive development between [--] and [--] is wild" [X Link](https://x.com/FintechKristen/status/2017792076667359609) 2026-02-01T02:48Z 28.3K followers, [----] engagements "@PPercy46098 @nachunja @torovictorioso @positivelyforth Were building a high performance culture. Every day. Outcomes over effort. Velocity over voracity. Never satisfied. Always an act of becoming" [X Link](https://x.com/FintechKristen/status/2021446899237257509) 2026-02-11T04:51Z 28.3K followers, [---] engagements "@lacallada_ @BlockIR @Meetup Here's one from my eng manager :) No "Link Management" right now but we're open to feedback if that's useful Right now pov is that it's pretty low friction so you could just create another link rather than a heavy UI to find an old link. But challenge that if you disagree" [X Link](https://x.com/FintechKristen/status/2021688782383464798) 2026-02-11T20:52Z 28.3K followers, [--] engagements "@conealcpa @milessuter the people are calling for a fab collab 🤫" [X Link](https://x.com/FintechKristen/status/2021688942983061554) 2026-02-11T20:52Z 28.3K followers, [--] engagements "@SophistInvest It's not either/or it's both/and The core network *has* to keep growing. And making it easier to pay and get paid will always be core job to making sure we don't turn into a legacy payment option that gets eaten up by a more seamless way to send and receive" [X Link](https://x.com/FintechKristen/status/2021794258735468876) 2026-02-12T03:51Z 28.3K followers, [---] engagements "We had slowly built a great network of smart people (mostly in SF) thanks to some generous introductions and interesting folks like @sososazesh and @iamjakestream and @louisberyl. But no angel wanted to be our last $50k before we sputtered out. (I get that) 4/" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1207857102569517061) 2019-12-20T02:55Z 28.3K followers, [---] engagements "But really everyone was looking for proof. Or credentials. Andrew and I were nobodies (according to a partner at @Accomplices who meant no harm). No ivy league. No top tech. No previous exit or failures of note. Great VCfirms dragged us along. We were asking for a lot of $. 5/" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1207857103907545088) 2019-12-20T02:55Z 28.3K followers, [---] engagements "It almost didn't happen. But for a lot of hard work and a lot of luck. We are so proud of what we've done and so aware of how many people we have to thank for supporting us. Point of the story: put in the effort build the network never give up on hoping for luck. 12/" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1207857114082881536) 2019-12-20T02:55Z 28.3K followers, [----] engagements "Founders out there - the holidays can be hard. Most people aren't working. You're under tremendous stress. Keep going. You never know when you might just get caught up in a miracle. /End" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1207857115219537920) 2019-12-20T02:55Z 28.3K followers, [----] engagements "Soooo. is that a pass on our Series A we are not raising so this is possibly the most pre-emptive pass I've ever gotten 😭" [X Link](https://x.com/FintechKristen/status/1223419974385045506) 2020-02-01T01:37Z 28.3K followers, [---] engagements "Guess whos [--] today and spending the next two weeks as a digital nomad beachfront in Miami 🏝👩💻" [X Link](https://x.com/FintechKristen/status/1271102376640905217) 2020-06-11T15:29Z 28.3K followers, [---] engagements "When I was [--] a boy defaced my photo in everyone's yearbook with an "L" on my forehead and the words "I love Math" coming out of my mouth. That's it that's the tweet. https://www.businessinsider.com/fintech-early-stage-consumer-finance-investors-2020-7 https://www.businessinsider.com/fintech-early-stage-consumer-finance-investors-2020-7" [X Link](https://x.com/FintechKristen/status/1286316986134298626) 2020-07-23T15:07Z 28.3K followers, [---] engagements "I got married on October [--] [----] when I was [--] years years old. I have a few thoughts to share on marriage given that mine ended (happily healthily eventually) today. First that Im so grateful to the man I shared my 20s with: @ConnorTyrrell. 1/" [X Link](https://x.com/FintechKristen/status/1352071839355428864) 2021-01-21T01:53Z 28.3K followers, [---] engagements "I dont like mean girls. They were popular in high school and think theyre entitled to everything. So when they come after the nerds who move the world forward because theyre bitter its frustrating. A lot of us have been bullied by these women for a long time. Enough" [X Link](https://x.com/FintechKristen/status/1358588704797949957) 2021-02-08T01:29Z 28.3K followers, [---] engagements "Everyone kept saying we needed something that would drive urgency on the Series A Here goes nothing 🤷♀" [X Link](https://x.com/FintechKristen/status/1361090244821483526) 2021-02-14T23:09Z 28.3K followers, [---] engagements "You only need one "Yes." 🥳" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1366840492957200385) 2021-03-02T19:59Z 28.3K followers, [---] engagements "Your Dispo photos are not good" [X Link](https://x.com/FintechKristen/status/1369749273902903298) 2021-03-10T20:37Z 28.3K followers, [---] engagements "A lot of people don't understand that being good at prioritizing doesn't just mean "figuring out what's most important." It means being willing to be accountable for things that are less important *not* getting done and standing by your choices. None of us can do everything" [X Link](https://x.com/FintechKristen/status/1371994472016404480) 2021-03-17T01:19Z 28.3K followers, [---] engagements "I'm so excited to announce that Catch is relocating HQ to NYC this summer. A few key decisions went into this. 🧵 https://catchkristen.medium.com/choosing-success-71e08cf457a4 https://catchkristen.medium.com/choosing-success-71e08cf457a4" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1389362991850823680) 2021-05-03T23:35Z 28.3K followers, [---] engagements "So uh I guess I live in New York City now Who's around" [X Link](https://x.com/FintechKristen/status/1416505193290768384) 2021-07-17T21:08Z 28.3K followers, [---] engagements "Seems like after founding a company and having a baby together we were finally ready to make a commitment. No fancy outfits or staging. Just in PJs on the couch after putting the baby to bed and getting back to shipping product. Perfectly our style. 💍 🚀" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1432486385018101762) 2021-08-30T23:32Z 28.3K followers, [---] engagements "I just looked at a 950sqft [--] bedroom in Chelsea and was told with a straight face that if I signed the lease to move in today I could pay $8590/mo for the next year but if I signed today for move in next month it would be $9050/mo. [--] bedroom. 950sqft. Wtf is going on" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1543343853780041732) 2022-07-02T21:20Z 28.3K followers, [----] engagements "Rich kids have one very important advantage in life: they see from early childhood how to find leverage and use money to free up time. It's a crazy important skill for VC-backed founders and part of why the learning curve can be so steep for non-rich people (like how I grew up)" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1544415803596062720) 2022-07-05T20:19Z 28.3K followers, [----] engagements "When you've been a founder long enough you start to become allergic to hand-wavey vague business bullshit and develop an intolerance to being around people who can't get things done. Do we call this CEOliac's Disease Or Hacktose Intolerance" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1565772004376121346) 2022-09-02T18:41Z 28.3K followers, [---] engagements "Anyone who thinks we didn't get rich at Catch is wrong. Welcome Zoe James" [X Link](https://x.com/FintechKristen/status/1637112402536812547) 2023-03-18T15:23Z 28.3K followers, 53.1K engagements "The faster you are the less good you have to be. See a problem fix 60% of it in an hour You're a rockstar. See a problem hold [--] meetings spend [--] weeks researching and use [--] engineers to fix 90% a month later You're a problem. Velocity is sustenance for a startup" [X Link](https://x.com/FintechKristen/status/1661518313984237568) 2023-05-24T23:43Z 28.3K followers, 106K engagements "Public service announcement: two children in daycare at @BrightHorizons in Cambridge MA costs $95400/year. This is after-tax money (ie about $130k in income would be needed to afford this). Shame on this country. Cc @reshmasaujani" [X Link](https://x.com/FintechKristen/status/1678405532841914376) 2023-07-10T14:07Z 28.3K followers, 304.3K engagements "In ten+ years in fintech all Ive ever wanted is to solve hard problems with wonderful people. Now Im jumping in as a Product Lead @CashApp and Ill get to to do both of those things *at scale.* I cant wait to share more soon. 💚" [X Link](https://x.com/FintechKristen/status/1688335474174132224) 2023-08-06T23:45Z 28.3K followers, 60.2K engagements "Wow a lot of you are really angry and resentful about a mom being proud of herself for earning a small amount of success. Yikes. Go touch some grass" [X Link](https://x.com/FintechKristen/status/1738881879439479135) 2023-12-24T11:18Z 28.3K followers, 124.6K engagements "The best founder quote I've heard: "This weird thing happens too; you have this minute where you're watching the fire and you're thinking 'If I don't do anything this place will burn down and all of my anxiety will go away with it.' And then you put the fire out." - The Bear" [X Link](https://x.com/FintechKristen/status/1741985142325809355) 2024-01-02T00:49Z 28.3K followers, 36.3K engagements "So @jack made Tuesdays a "No Meeting Day" across Block and I am unbelievably pumped. @paulg has been saying it for years but you have to aggressively preserve maker time or nothing gets done. Less talk about the work. More work. Here for it. Thanks @jack" [X Link](https://x.com/FintechKristen/status/1766212513958367381) 2024-03-08T21:20Z 28.3K followers, 185.4K engagements "Believe it or not I'm not an easy employee to manage. I email @jack about once a month with very particular *opinions.* I always get a response within a few days. I am primarily an IC. I am often unreasonable. And that kind of respect from a CEO is pretty extraordinary 💚" [X Link](https://x.com/FintechKristen/status/1866880134742978711) 2024-12-11T16:18Z 28.3K followers, 85.9K engagements "My unsolicited take one week into Bay Area life after a shitty opener: Feels like a lot of people got very rich felt really guilty did a lot of misguided things in the name of helping "the poor." Screwed over the middle class. Ignored antisocial behavior. We should fix this" [X Link](https://x.com/FintechKristen/status/1973898012163481682) 2025-10-02T23:48Z 28.3K followers, 112.9K engagements "I was a bitcoin skeptic when I started working at Cash App. Mostly because as an investment vehicle bitcoin value seemed speculative and not based on utility. But bitcoin as everyday money Lets. Go. true true" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1987970202081112244) 2025-11-10T19:46Z 28.3K followers, 131.8K engagements "When I started at Cash App we could barely launch one major feature a quarter. The turnaround to Releases today where we have [--] major announcements and [---] improvements shipped at the same time is staggering. We are not slowing down. Acceleration only. Cash App Releases [---]. it's finally here. sneak peak of just [--] of the main launches from my pov. Cash App Releases [---]. it's finally here. sneak peak of just [--] of the main launches from my pov" [X Link](https://x.com/FintechKristen/status/1988964742732624241) 2025-11-13T13:38Z 28.3K followers, 49.2K engagements "We were turned down or ghosted by at least [--] VC firms. @MatrixPartners @BessemerVP @gcvp @NEA and other greats. All no. Our hopeful angels stuck around and kept providing guidance but no cash yet. 6/" [X Link](https://x.com/FintechKristen/status/1207857105098686466) 2019-12-20T02:55Z 28.3K followers, [---] engagements "10 weeks after that we closed a $5.1M seed before Demo Day from the best investors at @khoslaventures @nycapartners and @KindredVentures (plus some other greats). We were lucky enough to be choosy. 10/" [X Link](https://x.com/FintechKristen/status/1207857111578873856) 2019-12-20T02:55Z 28.3K followers, [---] engagements "Our growth isnt working. Our numbers are going up but we all know internally its from too much of a lean on paid acquisition. People who use our product love it loudly but we havent found a repeatable plan or channel. 😱 Real-time insights folks 🤯 https://medium.com/@catchkristen/our-growth-isnt-working-9c84f076377b https://medium.com/@catchkristen/our-growth-isnt-working-9c84f076377b" [X Link](https://x.com/FintechKristen/status/1225547762676256770) 2020-02-06T22:32Z 28.3K followers, [----] engagements "Ok I'll say it. Elizabeth Holmes ruined black turtlenecks for really pale female founders with larger than average-sized eyes. I'm not thrilled" [X Link](https://x.com/FintechKristen/status/1229177072549060614) 2020-02-16T22:53Z 28.3K followers, [----] engagements "I spend a lot of my time as CEO writing. I don't know how you'd do the job if you weren't a clear and structured writer. Vision VC updates team chats marketing collateral blogs landing pages legal & partner docs etc. I haven't taken an English class since I was [--]. 🤭😬" [X Link](https://x.com/FintechKristen/status/1245818207144984576) 2020-04-02T20:59Z 28.3K followers, [---] engagements "I'm wrapping up our data room (entirely in @NotionHQ) and I have never been more excited. "I would not give a fig for the simplicity this side of complexity but I would give my life for the simplicity on the other side of complexity." (an @ajambrosino favorite quote)" [X Link](https://x.com/FintechKristen/status/1356423135667617793) 2021-02-02T02:04Z 28.3K followers, [---] engagements "Normally founders tout funding high valuations or acquisitions. Today I thought about some of our team's other wins: 💍 [--] Engagements 👰♂ [--] Weddings 🏠 [--] New Houses 👶 [--] Baby (+ [--] soon 🤰) The impact of these milestones means just as much. Grateful I get to share in them 😍" [X Link](https://x.com/FintechKristen/status/1374519980306300933) 2021-03-24T00:34Z 28.3K followers, [---] engagements "We just closed a candidate I've been subtly working for [--] months. I'll introduce her soon but today it's time to savor the sweet sweet victory of knowing that you've got the best damn team on earth building the future we're all dreaming of. 🤩 I'm grateful" [X Link](https://x.com/FintechKristen/status/1397351992297676803) 2021-05-26T00:40Z 28.3K followers, [---] engagements "Our "before" picture. DAY [--] in our brand spanking new NYC headquarters We have a lot to do before all the incoming hires start in the next [--] weeks Startup life in a photo 🚀" [X Link](https://x.com/FintechKristen/status/1426240614543380482) 2021-08-13T17:53Z 28.3K followers, [---] engagements "Whats amazing about startup people is their ability to show up day after day knowing theyll likely fail but still believing theyll win. These are the people who change the world. Its an intoxicating combination of faith confidence risk appetite and optimism. I crave it" [X Link](https://x.com/FintechKristen/status/1535410722385035266) 2022-06-10T23:56Z 28.3K followers, [---] engagements "PS: I want a show that explains how people built leverage. Like "the average realtor sells 5-8 houses a year and last year I sold 140" Ok I don't want to watch you flip this house explain to me the network you built that enabled you to do that. Who's your guy for everything" [X Link](https://x.com/FintechKristen/status/1544432041470693377) 2022-07-05T21:24Z 28.3K followers, [---] engagements "When my company first announced we raised a Seed we got a Cease and Desist from a Fortune [--] company. When we told our lead investor he said Congratulations. Frame it. Here are the best lawyers in the world. Its actually the opposite. If no ones upset at your startup youre irrelevant. https://t.co/Oe7OhGFSnY Its actually the opposite. If no ones upset at your startup youre irrelevant. https://t.co/Oe7OhGFSnY" [X Link](https://x.com/FintechKristen/status/2021983362844701111) 2026-02-12T16:22Z 28.3K followers, [----] engagements "I loved mathematics because beauty in visual design was harder for me to explain. Axiomatic proofs worked better for my brain than what I felt were subjective rules in art. It turns out what thrilled me about math are the same things that make art remarkable. Prediction: In the AI age taste will become even more important. When anyone can make anything the big differentiator is what you choose to make. https://t.co/3GQUlfH58t Prediction: In the AI age taste will become even more important. When anyone can make anything the big differentiator is what you choose to make. https://t.co/3GQUlfH58t" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/2022695831024046152) 2026-02-14T15:34Z 28.3K followers, [----] engagements "Green flag. Any big tech company that doesnt have a long list of former founders on staff and alumni currently founding is ngmi. One thing @steipete and I talked about over lunch last week was how many former founders are at OpenAI. Its a really neat part of the culture. One thing @steipete and I talked about over lunch last week was how many former founders are at OpenAI. Its a really neat part of the culture" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/2023211359790662017) 2026-02-16T01:42Z 28.3K followers, [----] engagements "Our daughters minds were absolutely blown by this book. This was when I first realized what people like me who got bored in one semester of Python were going to be able to achieve. one of the great non-coding things i made when working on the Codex app was a book for my kids. [--] pages. First pass was script then image prompts then image gen. And all the artifacts can be reused. I highly recommend it. https://t.co/RLtxwxiG9C one of the great non-coding things i made when working on the Codex app was a book for my kids. [--] pages. First pass was script then image prompts then image gen. And all" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/2023591626820739407) 2026-02-17T02:53Z 28.3K followers, [----] engagements "A year ago today we were almost out of money. We had a consulting client who owed us $450k but was trying to negotiate down on the amount despite work being fully delivered in September. Then "the holidays" hit. 1/" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1207857097276309505) 2019-12-20T02:55Z 28.3K followers, 10.8K engagements "Crazy You bet. #ReleaseFriday" [X Link](https://x.com/FintechKristen/status/1213247399281463297) 2020-01-03T23:54Z 28.3K followers, [--] engagements "I want every little girl every child really out there to know this is what a venture-backed CEO negotiating for tens of million of dollars looks like" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1369816993780535298) 2021-03-11T01:06Z 28.3K followers, 36.9K engagements "@abarrallen @ScottKirsner @BostonGlobe @LearnLux @catchbenefits @getcozykin It starts early with exceptionally conservative investors who don't take big bets at Seed. We had to raise out west for huge vision. VC and angels here start trying to get multiples far earlier than SF equivalents. How many SF IPOs got asked to prove CAC/LTV ratio before an A" [X Link](https://x.com/FintechKristen/status/1129721923250917377) 2019-05-18T12:14Z 28.3K followers, [--] engagements ""Believe it or not among the privileges I had been looking forward to enjoying as a new citizen signing up for @CatchBenefits was one of them." Get citizenship ✅ Sign up for Catch ✅ 🙌🥰🗽 (we're working on identity verification for residents too)" [X Link](https://x.com/FintechKristen/status/1176556134045368320) 2019-09-24T17:56Z 28.3K followers, [--] engagements "Just going to say it: if you have "strategy" and "early-stage" in your bio I don't believe you. That's MBA talk for high salary and low results and it has no business here. We *execute* 'round these parts" [X Link](https://x.com/FintechKristen/status/1179506729035472896) 2019-10-02T21:21Z 28.3K followers, [---] engagements "Me: No VC meetings outside fundraising. VC: 👋 Me: No. VC: Look at our great portfolio. We are so helpful. Me: No. VC: How about lunch with these founders we back Me: Mayb.no. VC: Happy hour @ Money2020 Me: Son of a. Fine. You win. How did you do that 🤷♀🥂" [X Link](https://x.com/FintechKristen/status/1187152223702339584) 2019-10-23T23:42Z 28.3K followers, [---] engagements "Its really rich that VCs are talking about how important revenue and unit economics are like they *werent* the ones pumping hundreds of millions of dollars into companies with upside down business models and no hope of profitability. Enough outta you all. You did this" [X Link](https://x.com/FintechKristen/status/1187875670963163136) 2019-10-25T23:36Z 28.3K followers, [---] engagements "Everyone at this client company evaporated for at least two weeks. Our burn rate was high-ish because we were building across three different regulated industries (banking investment insurance). Our funds kept trickling out. Traction existed but was not entirely compelling. 2/" [X Link](https://x.com/FintechKristen/status/1207857099641950214) 2019-12-20T02:55Z 28.3K followers, [---] engagements "My co-founder @ajambrosino and I had been trying to raise VC funds since May [----]. Not full time but we bought into the "build relationships" trope and the "they'll fund you when you don't need money" bit. We completely failed at driving urgency. 3/" [X Link](https://x.com/FintechKristen/status/1207857101365817344) 2019-12-20T02:55Z 28.3K followers, [---] engagements "On December [--] I was talked in to applying for @ycombinator. I filled out the application late at night after crying all evening because I thought we were going to have to shut the company down. I stopped. Sucked it up. And wrote the best damn application I've ever written. 7/" [X Link](https://x.com/FintechKristen/status/1207857106256375809) 2019-12-20T02:55Z 28.3K followers, [---] engagements "The next day we were scheduled for an interview in California on January [--]. We spent the holidays in a daze. Knowing the $450k wouldn't clear. Payroll would keep going out. And there wasn't much we could do to be any better prepared for our interview. 8/" [X Link](https://x.com/FintechKristen/status/1207857107866918919) 2019-12-20T02:55Z 28.3K followers, [---] engagements "After the most depressing NYE of my life Andrew and I went down to Mtn View. Showed that our users were demanding our product. Guaranteed we would do whatever it took to succeed. Made a promise to make something people need. @daltonc called us [--] hours later. We got in. 9/" [X Link](https://x.com/FintechKristen/status/1207857109058105344) 2019-12-20T02:55Z 28.3K followers, [---] engagements "YC took a bet on us when no one else would. They gave us a chance and lit a fire of urgency under VCs in the Valley. Within [--] hours we closed $1M pre-seed from @UrbanInnoFund and @kleinerperkins. [--] hours after that the $450k check cleared. 9/" [X Link](https://x.com/FintechKristen/status/1207857110429700097) 2019-12-20T02:55Z 28.3K followers, [---] engagements "Now at the end of the year we've hit multiples and scale we weren't sure we could reach from our early pitch deck. We've got revenue. Partners. Incredible product traction. We are underwater with feature requests and users wanting more benefits. But today I'm reflecting. 11/" [X Link](https://x.com/FintechKristen/status/1207857112761679873) 2019-12-20T02:55Z 28.3K followers, [---] engagements "We were in a fancy bar a year ago. Terrified we wouldn't get in to YC. Scared we wouldn't raise the money we needed to carry on. But @ajambrosino and I are truly MUCH happier tonight on the eve of [----] at home in PJs sketching out a better architecture for our UI. #heresto2020" [X Link](https://x.com/FintechKristen/status/1212205265585680384) 2020-01-01T02:53Z 28.3K followers, [--] engagements "Who should have VC funding and who shouldn't. A thread from a person whose opinion means very little. Part of the reason I think funding rounds keep getting bigger and bigger is not that the money is required to succeed. It's the opposite. The money ISN'T required" [X Link](https://x.com/FintechKristen/status/1214742122638782465) 2020-01-08T02:54Z 28.3K followers, [---] engagements "I told my father when I was [--] that I was born to be a CEO. He laughed and said "I know." Reaching that goal less than [--] years later has been both exactly what I thought and also nothing like what I could have imagined. (A vulnerable thread on leadership.)" [X Link](https://x.com/FintechKristen/status/1220330198962446336) 2020-01-23T12:59Z 28.3K followers, [----] engagements "This is anecdotal but female VCs have been reaching out asking how I'm doing. Male VCs have told me what to expect given the Fed's decisions. I'm really glad I've got a network of badass female VCs because sometimes I just want someone to ask if I'm ok. (I am) 🥰 @AllRaise" [X Link](https://x.com/FintechKristen/status/1239621824834678784) 2020-03-16T18:37Z 28.3K followers, [---] engagements "I think remote work is great for some jobs. Maybe even millions of jobs. But early stage startups I dont think so. The spontaneous collision of unintended insight needs time space and proximity to flourish. It will be a big differentiator above those who start remote" [X Link](https://x.com/FintechKristen/status/1258575790909906947) 2020-05-08T01:53Z 28.3K followers, [---] engagements "HBS students seeking internship: I'd like to work for your company. Us: Great we need some help in acquisition and ops. Them: Yes I am quite good at strategy. Maybe I could do product work too Us: Them: Yes Senior Product & Strategy Lead. Sounds good. Us: Them: Hello" [X Link](https://x.com/FintechKristen/status/1258827735914491905) 2020-05-08T18:34Z 28.3K followers, [----] engagements "Oh my god after [--] months of failing to understand what our go-to-market is supposed to be I finally figured it out. It's amazing how it just punches you in the face. This is why founders work on weekends. Intuition flourishes with space and quiet" [X Link](https://x.com/FintechKristen/status/1264585997024722947) 2020-05-24T15:56Z 28.3K followers, [---] engagements "There is a new manic pixie dream girl in San Francisco right now. Shares too much on Twitter Knows how to code but doesnt anymore Very aware of the ratio she benefits from in dating Outdoorsy in the half-day-hike sense DTC brands only Angel invests What is the name for it" [X Link](https://x.com/FintechKristen/status/1265448735062048769) 2020-05-27T01:04Z 28.3K followers, [---] engagements "Getting COVID test. Saw people who want to be tested walk away because it is $160 out of pocket unless you are a health worker. Watched a hospital admin be told her title didnt count for insurance to cover it. We are doing this so fucking wrong. Insurance is killing us" [X Link](https://x.com/FintechKristen/status/1276960830668648448) 2020-06-27T19:29Z 28.3K followers, [---] engagements "I have a female founder joke but it doesnt have enough traction the total market is too small and there are already a lot of competitors in the space" [X Link](https://x.com/FintechKristen/status/1287370071548006401) 2020-07-26T12:51Z 28.3K followers, [---] engagements "Today an incoming freshman who deferred this semester applied to be a PM at Catch. His resume said BS in Computer Science at top school on leave This seems deceptive to me no Kid hasnt done one day of class at school. Wish I had the confidence of an [--] year old" [X Link](https://x.com/FintechKristen/status/1295538852174745601) 2020-08-18T01:51Z 28.3K followers, [---] engagements "When we got in to YC in January [----] we were processing about $10000 of income each week. Last week we processed more than $1000000 of income. We've 100x our processing rate and our team has only doubled. Leverage in scalable technology blows my mind. 🤯" [X Link](https://x.com/FintechKristen/status/1310245021434642433) 2020-09-27T15:48Z 28.3K followers, [----] engagements "We love being able to inspire new products and great design but we're a little surprised how much our tiny UX team has been able to direct $billions+ company design. Start using Catch now. You'll be way ahead for next year's trends. 💁♀ @zacklabadie @ajambrosino" [X Link](https://x.com/FintechKristen/status/1321212601947312133) 2020-10-27T22:10Z 28.3K followers, [---] engagements "A year ago we were spending $8000/day (I KNOW I KNOW) to get users into the top of our funnel during Open Enrollment. We got about 5000/week. This year we've seen 90000+ people in the first week. You know how much we've spent so far $1717. I think we've found it folks" [X Link](https://x.com/FintechKristen/status/1324452328146087938) 2020-11-05T20:43Z 28.3K followers, [---] engagements "I cried when Trump won in [----]. It felt like being a kid when bullies won. I couldnt believe the real world was so cruel. Now I cry because we came back. We refused to let the bullies keep power. And we put a woman in the White House. For the time in history. Proud" [X Link](https://x.com/FintechKristen/status/1325129814055907329) 2020-11-07T17:35Z 28.3K followers, [---] engagements "If you're looking to move from junior VC/consulting/MBA to an early stage startup I suggest you reframe your language from "helping a company" to "building something." Even strat/ops/finance/CX in the early days have to be done by builders. That's who I want to hire" [X Link](https://x.com/FintechKristen/status/1330887046299316224) 2020-11-23T14:52Z 28.3K followers, [---] engagements "Folks I'm concerned I may only know ONE female fintech CEO other than myself. That. can't be right. 😟 Help me. Tag them. Tag them all. fwiw I define fintech as having financial regulatory overhead and a product that touches flow of funds" [X Link](https://x.com/FintechKristen/status/1334638519340462083) 2020-12-03T23:19Z 28.3K followers, [---] engagements "A tale of two partnerships. Company A and Company B are similar-sized competitors. Very different approaches to the same market. Company A is tech-centric. Company B is sales-centric. Both piloted partnerships with us in [----]. Should we talk about some results" [X Link](https://x.com/FintechKristen/status/1343650356530733061) 2020-12-28T20:09Z 28.3K followers, [---] engagements "I told my cofounder if we ever had to shut Catch down that maybe I'd just go to HBS. He said "Sure why not" I said "Well assuming I could get in." He said "Oh I thought you meant go be a professor." Get you a cofounder who thinks you're the professor not the student" [X Link](https://x.com/FintechKristen/status/1344323717720109056) 2020-12-30T16:45Z 28.3K followers, [---] engagements "What % of VCs have ever raised money from VC Not raising a fund but raising venture $$$ for a business. Is there any data on this I feel like I hear so much about being at a startup or in tech but so few seem to have been venture-backed founders" [X Link](https://x.com/FintechKristen/status/1350259992448921601) 2021-01-16T01:54Z 28.3K followers, [---] engagements "I'd like to make an announcement. Two years after raising our Seed round and finishing Y Combinator: We've officially used all of our free AWS credits. The training wheels are off. We're a big-girl company now. 🥳" [X Link](https://x.com/FintechKristen/status/1362445234093789186) 2021-02-18T16:53Z 28.3K followers, [---] engagements "Morning A) this is not my house. I am co-living with [--] founders @launch_house 🥰 B) check out @CatchBenefits; we're doing awesome things 🤙 C) I am privileged (maybe less than it seems). I also work extremely hard & have been lucky. Those things aren't mutually exclusive. ✌" [X Link](https://x.com/FintechKristen/status/1370041423425236992) 2021-03-11T15:58Z 28.3K followers, [---] engagements "Quick story about the worst VC meeting I've ever had. Note: I've heard MUCH worse so I do think it's important to call out this was unpleasant and not horrifying and for that I'm grateful. It's September [--] [----]. Catch hasn't raised any venture and Andrew and I are green" [X Link](https://x.com/FintechKristen/status/1396892239754928136) 2021-05-24T18:13Z 28.3K followers, [----] engagements "I thought of this story today because we're back in the office with the team things are moving faster than ever. The future of portable benefits is becoming more inevitable every day. . and Andrew and I were both wearing black shirts this morning. 😅" [X Link](https://x.com/FintechKristen/status/1396892254460157953) 2021-05-24T18:14Z 28.3K followers, [---] engagements "Welcome to the world Austen Leigh Ambrosino. There is so much to do. Thank you to @ajambrosino for giving me the opportunity to be your co-founder partner and now the mother of your children. And to think the journey for all of those things is just beginning 😍" [X Link](https://x.com/FintechKristen/status/1403076436836106241) 2021-06-10T19:47Z 28.3K followers, [---] engagements "Our Series A. "The next two years of milestones that Andrew and I are looking forward to now include first words & first steps but were more certain than ever that were in the early days of building a huge iconic company and a tiny miraculous human." https://catchkristen.medium.com/first-comes-love-then-comes-a-series-a-213cc8bfb5ad https://catchkristen.medium.com/first-comes-love-then-comes-a-series-a-213cc8bfb5ad" [X Link](https://x.com/FintechKristen/status/1421106626669563910) 2021-07-30T13:53Z 28.3K followers, [---] engagements "Save your energy asking me how I'm a new mom and VC-backed CEO. I have resources money and an unmatched support network. We should all be way more in awe of new parents who *aren't* well-off and *don't* get to make all the decisions about when and how they work. Respect" [X Link](https://x.com/FintechKristen/status/1430329110300172289) 2021-08-25T00:40Z 28.3K followers, [---] engagements "Why do SO MANY people with a CS degree/background want to be product managers What can we do to make engineering jobs exciting and appealing to problem-solvers who are interested in the customer experience Feels like this exacerbates the current shortage of developers" [X Link](https://x.com/FintechKristen/status/1430626520901500932) 2021-08-25T20:21Z 28.3K followers, [---] engagements "CEO stands for: Preseed: Chief Exploration Officer Seed: Chief Execution Officer Series A: Chief Expansion Officer Series B: Chief Engagement Officer Series C: Chief Endurance Officer IPO: Chief Executive Officer FYI It's not always the same person who is best at all of these" [X Link](https://x.com/FintechKristen/status/1436331947836444673) 2021-09-10T14:13Z 28.3K followers, [---] engagements "Years ago a man I worked with sexually assaulted me. I never told anyone. I was afraid. I still am. Today I learned he has been fired for misconduct. To the women who have been brave enough to speak out: thank you. Your strength is helping victims you may never meet" [X Link](https://x.com/FintechKristen/status/1437540942504939522) 2021-09-13T22:17Z 28.3K followers, [---] engagements "Making a unicorn has been a lot of hard work but it is so very rewarding. 🦄" [X Link](https://x.com/FintechKristen/status/1454072269093879812) 2021-10-29T13:06Z 28.3K followers, [----] engagements "In the last [--] months I have: - had a baby - raised a series A - moved company & family to nyc - hired 20+ people - led through a pandemic - prepared for our biggest year yet It is a lot. Protecting your mental health is investing in your performance. We cant build in public And burnout in private. This sets an unrealistic standard for all following us. Managing mental health and burnout is a big part of founder life. We cant build in public And burnout in private. This sets an unrealistic standard for all following us. Managing mental health and burnout is a big part of founder life" [X Link](https://x.com/FintechKristen/status/1470881427474558981) 2021-12-14T22:20Z 28.3K followers, [---] engagements "I am officially finished pumping and if you've never strapped your chest to a machine to turn yourself into a heifer every day for [--] months then you probably don't understand why today is a celebration but know that you should be happy for me and give all working moms a high five" [X Link](https://x.com/FintechKristen/status/1493404947161006090) 2022-02-15T02:01Z 28.3K followers, [---] engagements "I've been rejected a lot: - Cool kids (high school) - Yale (college) - McKinsey (early career) - Sequoia (venture investors) If this is what rejection looks like I'm incredibly pumped for the next [--] years. (yes I'm having a cocktail as I fly to Vegas 🍸🍸🍸)" [X Link](https://x.com/FintechKristen/status/1499184403335024647) 2022-03-03T00:46Z 28.3K followers, [---] engagements "Baby girl your mom is in the Sunday print edition of the New York Times so we took you for the first time to Times Square. Sometimes we make sacrifices and take risks. And sometimes you get external validation that its worth it. Not always. But sometimes" [X Link](https://x.com/FintechKristen/status/1500560349359136773) 2022-03-06T19:54Z 28.3K followers, [---] engagements "I thought startups were supposed to be the volatile unpredictable ones and VCs the clear-eyed 10-year thinkers. But omg the last [--] months you all are so indecisive with insane valuations and shaky after layoffs. take a breath my dudes. We're here for the long run" [X Link](https://x.com/FintechKristen/status/1522391480844828672) 2022-05-06T01:43Z 28.3K followers, [---] engagements "When I was little my dad taught me how to fix a toilet. "You never want to pay $500 for something you can easily do yourself." And while the ability to do labor is hugely valuable the resource I was ALWAYS taught to conserve was money. It was part of our DNA on a single income" [X Link](https://x.com/FintechKristen/status/1544415804950716419) 2022-07-05T20:19Z 28.3K followers, [---] engagements "Whereas rich kids are more likely taught how and when exchange money to free up the MOST valuable resource: time. Giving your kid an ability to know how to make the tradeoff when to buy more time and what to do with that time is easy when money isn't a strict constraint" [X Link](https://x.com/FintechKristen/status/1544415805907017730) 2022-07-05T20:19Z 28.3K followers, [---] engagements "Obviously not all rich kids are skilled at leverage and not all non-rich kids are bad at it but I think it's an important lens for how VCs look at founders' growth and development needs. Knowing money isn't always the most scarce resource was a big and multi-year lesson for me" [X Link](https://x.com/FintechKristen/status/1544415807039385600) 2022-07-05T20:19Z 28.3K followers, [---] engagements "Really important reminder: Your boss is not your therapist. Your manager is not your emotional stability. It's an unfair and unhealthy expectation and NOT what it means to bring your whole self to work" [X Link](https://x.com/FintechKristen/status/1544708483211223042) 2022-07-06T15:42Z 28.3K followers, [----] engagements "A meeting was canceled 4x in [--] months. It was finally on the calendar for today. With no note the EA adjusts the invite to 10min. I responded: This doesn't seem to be a priority. Reach out if it becomes one. Protect your time. Don't let "important" people overlook your worth" [X Link](https://x.com/FintechKristen/status/1550155367728009217) 2022-07-21T16:26Z 28.3K followers, [---] engagements "The concept of "runway" is a little odd at pre-seed. Your goal is not to survive for many years until the market changes it's to validate the idea you have right now. Telling founders to optimize for existence pre-PMF tells me a lot of VCs still don't understand their business" [X Link](https://x.com/FintechKristen/status/1602668742961496064) 2022-12-13T14:16Z 28.3K followers, [---] engagements "Were shutting down. We started building [--] years ago with a crazy idea that our benefits shouldnt be tied to traditional employment and a W2 form. https://catch.co/thank-you/ https://catch.co/thank-you/" [X Link](https://x.com/FintechKristen/status/1632796267360272387) 2023-03-06T17:32Z 28.3K followers, 423.3K engagements "In the [--] hours since our announcement hundreds of customers have come forward suggesting crowdfunding a willingness to pay more and expressions of grief at our "break up." You bring us to tears. We are so grateful for you" [X Link](https://x.com/FintechKristen/status/1632923024214171648) 2023-03-07T01:56Z 28.3K followers, 84K engagements "For all the advice about diversifying deposits please think it through. A $10M Series A would require FORTY different banks to get full FDIC coverage. And sure say MM or Treasury. But teams of [--] dont have bandwidth to manage complex financial products. That is not the job" [X Link](https://x.com/FintechKristen/status/1634360337259479040) 2023-03-11T01:07Z 28.3K followers, 467.7K engagements "Most people agree that if you've only ever worked at sub-50 person startups there's a steep learning curve to be in a bigCo. What astounds me is how few people understand the opposite. Just because you've led teams of [---] does NOT mean you're ready for a whole company of 10" [X Link](https://x.com/FintechKristen/status/1664643459511209988) 2023-06-02T14:41Z 28.3K followers, 78.5K engagements "So the thing about having kids that I feel like no one says because it seems obvious but before you have them it really isnt: You have to be home by 6pm pretty much every night. Like not most nights. Every night. Imagine a 6pm curfew for the next [--] years. Thats little kids" [X Link](https://x.com/FintechKristen/status/1670233219680071681) 2023-06-18T00:53Z 28.3K followers, 436.2K engagements "Told my daughter Id had a tough day and that I was sorry for yelling at her. She said I can help you with your work. No worries. We will fix it because I love you forever. She is [--] and I have just been schooled in how to support another human with supernatural empathy. 🤯" [X Link](https://x.com/FintechKristen/status/1823537979870105718) 2024-08-14T01:51Z 28.3K followers, 23.3K engagements "One time a VC asked us to do a final meeting at 7am to get all partners there. When we arrived they joked about a term sheet being hidden in muffins. The meeting went well. Three days of ghosting. Then a pass. Just a reminder to protect your hearts founders" [X Link](https://x.com/FintechKristen/status/1834770893785973088) 2024-09-14T01:47Z 28.3K followers, 81.7K engagements "From my humble seat as a lowly PM: - Alignment on what we were doing. A single list of what the priorities are from c-suite. - Managers as ICs. Less emphasis on coordination more on building. - Rituals that show not tell. Demo code every week. Including VERY rough living code to @jack - Killing consensus in favor of speed with DRIs. - Direct escalation. Disagree and commit. Make a decision within [--] hours. - Unreasonableness on behalf of customers and experience. Intolerance of process that doesnt add value. - Hunger. Ambition. And a huge chip on our shoulder. @FintechKristen what changed in" [X Link](https://x.com/FintechKristen/status/1988983329979527659) 2025-11-13T14:52Z 28.3K followers, 215.4K engagements "Asking someone to provide you weekly updates in [----] should be illegal. I'm not saying the AI summaries are perfect. Some things require nuance and synthesis to unblock but those should be real-time and person to person. Generic "what happened last week" updates:" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/2018751943221674014) 2026-02-03T18:22Z 28.3K followers, [----] engagements "New design drop of custom P2P backgrounds ahead of the Big Game. Friends dont send friends bank to bank transfers. 😴 Enjoy responsibly. 🏈💚🤑" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/2019873041413812332) 2026-02-06T20:37Z 28.3K followers, [----] engagements "@NWischoff We did [--] under [--] as well. The first 4mo were easier than the next 12mo. Got easier again when #2 was full walking + talking. Right now: lean on dad. Make time for 1:1 dates with #1. Know your non-negotiables and dont cave to pressure bc youre tired or hormonal. You got this" [X Link](https://x.com/FintechKristen/status/2013408961022828935) 2026-01-20T00:31Z 28.3K followers, [----] engagements "Congrats @ajambrosino @embirico @thsottiaux and the whole team. This changes everything for those of us too challenged to use the CLI. 😍 Introducing the Codex appa powerful command center for building with agents. Now available on macOS. https://t.co/HW05s2C9Nr Introducing the Codex appa powerful command center for building with agents. Now available on macOS. https://t.co/HW05s2C9Nr" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/2018386906988564936) 2026-02-02T18:11Z 28.3K followers, [----] engagements "Ok that's a good looking piece of work @ajambrosino 🙃 Automate tasks with Codex @ajambrosino showed us how to turn repetitive work into background processes that handle daily reports fix bugs overnight and manage PR health automatically https://t.co/9Jn3c1ehBg Automate tasks with Codex @ajambrosino showed us how to turn repetitive work into background processes that handle daily reports fix bugs overnight and manage PR health automatically https://t.co/9Jn3c1ehBg" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/2018480557639021028) 2026-02-03T00:24Z 28.3K followers, [----] engagements "Learn the rules like a pro so you can break them like an artist. - Picasso with some fine words for crypto and fintech builders I think a lot of the disillusionment is that many of the folks in crypto were half-wide-eyed idealist who thought reinventing banking would be easy and half either deliberate or inadvertent scammers who launched tokens into huge fanfare PR and self-enrichment without having I think a lot of the disillusionment is that many of the folks in crypto were half-wide-eyed idealist who thought reinventing banking would be easy and half either deliberate or inadvertent" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/2019445997840048182) 2026-02-05T16:20Z 28.3K followers, [---] engagements "BNPL just got a major glow up onto the Cash App Card. just started rolling out Afterpay on the Cash App Card PRE-PURCHASE onward --- https://t.co/RNPs7mYk6K just started rolling out Afterpay on the Cash App Card PRE-PURCHASE onward --- https://t.co/RNPs7mYk6K" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/2019568217979777518) 2026-02-06T00:25Z 28.3K followers, [----] engagements "I will henceforth only use agents if I can watch them work in Threadcraft. Theyre adorable. This might be my favorite thing Ive ever had the pleasure of watching @ajambrosino build. And we built a company together for [--] years. when you build the codex app using codex app your automations can be add something random to the codex app run [--] - threadcraft https://t.co/bfWyHNCku2 when you build the codex app using codex app your automations can be add something random to the codex app run [--] - threadcraft https://t.co/bfWyHNCku2" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/2019596560406061550) 2026-02-06T02:18Z 28.3K followers, [----] engagements "People are saying. @CashApp Is Cashapp for lovers @CashApp Is Cashapp for lovers" [X Link](https://x.com/FintechKristen/status/2022734975930647032) 2026-02-14T18:09Z 28.3K followers, [----] engagements "Those of you following me on Twitter have known for a bit 😉 Were seeing great early traction and would love feedback. Great for: - frequent Requesters (roommates) - group organizers (rec leagues) - business customers (goods and services) The easy way to get paid. New from Cash App 👀 Peer-to-Peer Payment Links Starting today all eligible Cash App customers can generate a shareable Cash App payment request link. - Shareable anywhere: text email social media messaging apps - Reusable: same link can be used to request money from https://t.co/zmX4jNs5vs New from Cash App 👀 Peer-to-Peer Payment" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/2021674598841167942) 2026-02-11T19:55Z 28.3K followers, [----] engagements "Goose do not toy with me today. Enough with the [--] questions" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/2023906483474481280) 2026-02-17T23:44Z 28.3K followers, [---] engagements Limited data mode. Full metrics available with subscription: lunarcrush.com/pricing
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Top accounts mentioned or mentioned by @cashapp @ajambrosino @zachpettet @jack @milessuter @nachunja @alexhjohnson @sytaylor @camworboys @empirestartups @nikmilanovic @money2020 @steipete @catchbenefits @anothercohen @jevgenijs @callmegillette @0xjoshuasl @poundtheproduct @lacallada_
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Top Social Posts
Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours
"At the risk of completely losing my DMs to real estate vampires: We're looking for office space in Manhattan Minimum space for [--] people prefer space for 40-50. Prefer midtown. Who should I talk to"
X Link 2021-06-25T21:27Z 27.4K followers, [--] engagements
"@rebekah_bastian You have way more autonomy to shape the world than you might think. Dont get complacent or cynical"
X Link 2021-08-08T18:09Z 27.4K followers, [--] engagements
"Who is building something thats easy to get excited about Now that its no longer cool Im ready to start looking at cutting some angel checks. Im most likely to fund fintech. I know nothing about AI and am allergic to hype. But I am open to any pitch that fits in a tweet"
X Link 2024-03-27T23:43Z 28.3K followers, 49.2K engagements
"Super exited to share Im taking on a new role at Cash. Going forward Ill be leading our P2P and Community Products. The future of finance is about people. Lets go"
X Link 2025-02-13T23:14Z 27K followers, 12K engagements
"Jake was the first angel to give me real money and not just more generic advice. His bet unlocked insane opportunities for us. And while I havent returned him 100x (yet) Im confident he and Sheel are still the very best fintech founder-pickers out there. Congrats BTV ❤ Look Ma Look Ma"
X Link 2025-10-02T03:27Z 28.3K followers, [----] engagements
"This was a fun one to unlock 💚🏃♀ Quote: @alexisohanian retained existing sponsors Toyota and Tiffany & Co while adding new brands including mobile payment platform @CashApp to provide athletes with prize money "literally when the score is logged." https://www.reuters.com/sports/athlos-eyes-sustainable-durable-growth-track-start-ups-second-year-2025-10-09/ https://www.reuters.com/sports/athlos-eyes-sustainable-durable-growth-track-start-ups-second-year-2025-10-09/"
X Link 2025-10-09T23:15Z 27.4K followers, [----] engagements
"Money2020 pool for vitamins chapstick and Gatorade. our next round of giveaway payouts starts now ✨ tell us what you're pooling for with #CashAppPools our next round of giveaway payouts starts now ✨ tell us what you're pooling for with #CashAppPools"
X Link 2025-10-10T18:33Z 27.4K followers, [----] engagements
"I love writing BOD/Investor updates. The act of explaining what you're doing and why is incredibly clarifying to your product vision and roadmap. It's a simple way to hold yourself accountable and iterate on the story you tell internally and externally every day"
X Link 2025-10-10T23:01Z 27.4K followers, [----] engagements
"When I was in 2nd grade I had a chalkboard easel where I would make up bigger and bigger long division problems. For fun. In 3rd grade the teacher sent me into the hall every day with the 5th grade math book. I did pre-algebra in a full-time GT class in 6th grade. I got bullied in 8th grade with a classmate de-facing my yearbook photos with I love math I won 3rd in a state-wide trig test sophomore year. I majored in mathematics. Some kids just really do love the beauty of abstract mathematics and we should encourage it not ban it. Some kids genuinely enjoy math. Why would we hold them back if"
X Link 2025-10-17T14:56Z 27.4K followers, [----] engagements
"@briannekimmel @nikitabier Product talent and craft very much makes a difference. Engineers and designers rowing the same direction with aligned purpose and clear vision. 👌 Sent this to Andrew this morning and have the same feeling as you"
X Link 2025-10-19T22:49Z 27.4K followers, [----] engagements
"I'll be a @money2020 this year After missing last year I'm super eager to catch up with old favorites new partners amazing founders and potential friends. Cash App is back in build mode and it's a great time to be part of our next era. What events are can't-miss"
X Link 2025-10-20T16:20Z 27.4K followers, [----] engagements
"Im pumped that less than [--] months in to his time at OpenAI @ajambrosino has joined the Codex team and can confirm he has also never been more excited for the future of software. Codex hackathon over. Counted not less than [--] demos presented today team will be locked in over coming weeks to bring you the best of it. Never been more excited for the future of software Codex hackathon over. Counted not less than [--] demos presented today team will be locked in over coming weeks to bring you the best of it. Never been more excited for the future of software"
X Link 2025-10-22T05:32Z 27.4K followers, [----] engagements
"Builders everywhere should be really excited about this. Patents shouldn't be used to put up walls from genuine innovation. Proud of this company and our leaders. 🚀 Were introducing OpenIP. Our approach to making innovation more accessible. Patents should foster innovation not prevent it. OpenIP = our commitment to use IP rights defensively not against good faith builders. Why Because the best ideas are found when everyone can 🚀 Were introducing OpenIP. Our approach to making innovation more accessible. Patents should foster innovation not prevent it. OpenIP = our commitment to use IP"
X Link 2025-10-24T18:03Z 27.4K followers, [----] engagements
"I am in Vegas. I am caffeinating. I am hydrating. I already have a blister. Im so excited to talk about what we can build for the next generation in fintech (And learn from founders who are thinking differently) Happy Money20/20. DM or text if youre cool. No solicitation"
X Link 2025-10-26T22:42Z 27.4K followers, 12.8K engagements
"Group stuff is just more fun. We said our pools sweepstakes had more to come and this time were going even bigger. Start a pool to win exclusive prizes and once-in-a lifetime experiences including: 🚗 Free @lyft rides for a year (up to $5000) 🌴 [---] Outpost VIP party invites with @drink818 🏀 Courtside https://t.co/YHWnen1aoi We said our pools sweepstakes had more to come and this time were going even bigger. Start a pool to win exclusive prizes and once-in-a lifetime experiences including: 🚗 Free @lyft rides for a year (up to $5000) 🌴 [---] Outpost VIP party invites with @drink818 🏀"
X Link 2025-10-27T20:25Z 27.4K followers, [----] engagements
"One of the best parts of Money20/20 is every year I make [--] new fintech besties and [--] new memories with the OGs. Grateful to be building with this community whose loyalty runs deep. Excited for some of the fresh faces were bringing in. Lets go. So much to build"
X Link 2025-10-29T18:11Z 27.5K followers, [----] engagements
"A few times a month I find myself working late and getting really excited about what's possible. If you had told me this would be true working for a big company while I was a founder I would not have believed it. And yet: the opportunity grows. More to share tomorrow 🙃"
X Link 2025-11-04T03:59Z 28K followers, [----] engagements
"Next week. Its all happening"
X Link 2025-11-04T19:50Z 28K followers, [----] engagements
"Oh you want growth Oh you want profitability Oh you want a unique moat that unites capabilities in ways only we can You want efficiency through AI-native development Hold my MF beer. Long $XYZ. I was having a conversation with Owen a few weeks back about internal priorities and focus areas. He said something simple about what our priorities needed to be that has stuck with me: High quality. High velocity. Customers. Thats it. I was having a conversation with Owen a few weeks back about internal priorities and focus areas. He said something simple about what our priorities needed to be that"
X Link 2025-11-08T21:35Z 28.2K followers, 31.8K engagements
"Ive been working in consumer fintech for 10+ years. This is the a really important essay to understand if you want to build better tools for people who cant afford an emergency. Psychology is everything. @mattyglesias now do one on savings shifts due to on demand income replacing the risk of unemployment The paradoxical "affordability criss" in which people are consuming more goods and services than ever and median household income and median weekly earnings are higher than ever. https://t.co/eZee9Tn4CN https://t.co/xoxhK7P80s The paradoxical "affordability criss" in which people are"
X Link 2025-11-10T14:11Z 28.2K followers, [----] engagements
"Just arrived in NYC for Cash App Releases and thought Id give yall a quick peak of my brand new Cash App card. So dreamy. ☁✨"
X Link 2025-11-11T02:32Z 28.2K followers, 12.7K engagements
"Miles isnt playing. Hes paying bounties to folks who onboard Square merchants for their first btc transactions. All this before we even drop Releases tomorrow. Explosive. We are building a real bounty system to pay out @CashApp customers that onboard new @Square merchants to BTC payments but why wait Reply with a video of you and a new merchant receiving their first bitcoin payment and Ill send you $25 in for each new addition to the map 📍 https://t.co/4G2SxrHHwx We are building a real bounty system to pay out @CashApp customers that onboard new @Square merchants to BTC payments but why wait"
X Link 2025-11-12T01:58Z 28.2K followers, 11.2K engagements
"Moneybot. Stablecoins. Expressive payments. Green status. Btc payments with USD. We have been building. We have been shipping. Per usual doing all of it with iconic style. Happy Releases @CashApp 💚"
X Link 2025-11-13T11:41Z 28.2K followers, 14.3K engagements
"@PhilipErik125 @milessuter @Stromens @CashApp Kristen Anderson. The product lead for P2P 🙃"
X Link 2025-11-13T13:11Z 28K followers, [--] engagements
"Peer to peer is a relationship not rails. $XYZ I (non-US resident with no @CashApp account) sent @owenbjennings [--] cents with zero fees instantly to his @CashApp account just with his Cashtag. Im in shock. Need time to process. $XYZ I (non-US resident with no @CashApp account) sent @owenbjennings [--] cents with zero fees instantly to his @CashApp account just with his Cashtag. Im in shock. Need time to process"
X Link 2025-11-13T13:21Z 28.2K followers, [----] engagements
"The DRI for my work on Releases was @camworboys. Every time we met he asked what would help you go faster And then proceed to go deep unblocking and clearing the path on anything. Not micromanaging but deeply involved in details and clear on his role to enable velocity. @FintechKristen How much were Owen Jack and other senior execs telling you how to work and micro managing vs. not Curious when and how they engaged. What is the right level of exec engagement to drive this output Can have a call if you dont want to answer here. @FintechKristen How much were Owen Jack and other senior execs"
X Link 2025-11-13T15:21Z 28.2K followers, [----] engagements
"I first heard @jack talk about Moneybot (in the abstract) in a small meeting where p2p eng was demoing the primitive that became pools. We were thrilled with the simplicity of the entry point on keypad. He challenged us to imagine Cash App with no UI. Visionary stuff. @nachunja Exactly. @jack has been leading the charge here and is deeply involved in almost every aspect of the project. Even named it which customers loved yesterday. @nachunja Exactly. @jack has been leading the charge here and is deeply involved in almost every aspect of the project. Even named it which customers loved"
X Link 2025-11-13T15:44Z 28.2K followers, 14.8K engagements
"Impressing Nik Career goal ✅ @CashApp really crushed today @CashApp really crushed today"
X Link 2025-11-13T22:49Z 28.2K followers, 27.8K engagements
"This [---] min clip from the Releases Keynote is so meaningful to me. I spent [--] years fighting for the idea that we'd entered a new era of income. It's so fulfilling to see Cash App embrace the thesis we had at Catch and build amazing financial products for modern earners 💚"
X Link 2025-11-13T23:28Z 28.2K followers, [----] engagements
"I just hired a part time family manager and I cant describe to you how much better my life just got. Have felt so much stress and guilt these last few months with [--] under [--]. Money doesnt buy happiness but buying back free time might"
X Link 2025-11-18T04:22Z 28.2K followers, 384.1K engagements
"@abidladdy Since we recently moved we need new pediatrician dentist dermatologist landscaper handyman moving the car registration insurance drivers licenses voter registration etc. Also weekly grocery and lunch prep for the toddlers. Date night 1x a month. Travel booking"
X Link 2025-11-18T04:57Z 28.2K followers, 19.9K engagements
"@lsvb83mj2ms10g @abidladdy $30 per hour and we are aiming for roughly [--] hours per week. It is a privilege to have that disposable income but its not a full-time staff role ($$$$). Its chipping away at the little annoying things and doing occasional babysitting for our sanity"
X Link 2025-11-18T15:35Z 28.2K followers, [----] engagements
"@CallofFracoooty Grow up. No one who has kids is prepared for it"
X Link 2025-11-18T17:00Z 28.2K followers, [----] engagements
"@emceecoy_ Maybe upside of living in the Bay Area. It's a site maintained by local parents (probably who work at google or reddit or something). They vet folks who sign up and then you can post/interact with the community. Lots of stuff on parks and nannys and local service providers"
X Link 2025-11-18T17:53Z 28.2K followers, [----] engagements
"The mobs have found me today and decided I dont love my kids Gonna go blast TSwifts CANCELLED and go right on with my life. ✌"
X Link 2025-11-18T23:03Z 28.2K followers, 14.7K engagements
"Block discloses that [--] products generate over $100m of gross profit to the company. $XYZ https://t.co/GzoAPdl9Sm Block discloses that [--] products generate over $100m of gross profit to the company. $XYZ https://t.co/GzoAPdl9Sm"
X Link 2025-11-19T22:34Z 28.2K followers, 16.2K engagements
"Curiosity has always been an advantage. More so since the internet. But in the age of AI It might be the most important thing to hire and train for in any role: intense and unrelenting knowledge-seeking. Quick synthesis. Genuine hunger to learn and grow. Evolution faster"
X Link 2025-11-25T06:24Z 28.2K followers, [----] engagements
"Its so fun to be able to partner inside Block and enable things like this. Amazing artists. Life changing awards. All made possible by Cash App. Congrats to Tidal and Lily [--] more coming This felt so amazing for the whole Tidal team. $100k dropped in an artist's Cash App with no strings attached and zero restrictions for the work ever. Just supporting outstanding musicians uploading to Tidal. 🫶 Congratulations to Lily Amiclo for being the first Tidal Upload This felt so amazing for the whole Tidal team. $100k dropped in an artist's Cash App with no strings attached and zero restrictions for"
X Link 2025-11-27T01:35Z 28.2K followers, [----] engagements
"Cash App. We arent using the other apps anymore Matt. Oh no Venmo is down How am I going to pay the softball moms https://t.co/UpVqOVuPgK Oh no Venmo is down How am I going to pay the softball moms https://t.co/UpVqOVuPgK"
X Link 2025-12-04T03:48Z 28.2K followers, [----] engagements
"Launching the Agentic AI Foundation with @OpenAI and @AnthropicAI is a super important step forward in protocols that touch the things we care about most. Proud of @blocks and our beloved Goose for leading with open and interoperable standards. 🪿 https://block.xyz/inside/block-anthropic-and-openai-launch-the-agentic-ai-foundation https://block.xyz/inside/block-anthropic-and-openai-launch-the-agentic-ai-foundation"
X Link 2025-12-09T23:38Z 28.3K followers, [----] engagements
"Business reality TV is such a self-soothe. Bar Rescue Owning Manhattan Undercover Boss give me such a sense of safety and ease. I assume because these shows exist lots of other people also find public accountability of business execution really relaxing. Right"
X Link 2025-12-11T04:46Z 28.3K followers, [----] engagements
"Our design team is absolutely ungovernable and I love it. New payment backgrounds ready for every teen you know"
X Link 2025-12-11T20:55Z 28.3K followers, [----] engagements
"@BitcoinCadet @CashApp Great feedback. Totally hear you. I know @milessuter has been thinking a lot about how to keep our large bitcoin holders close 💚"
X Link 2025-12-12T04:40Z 28.2K followers, [--] engagements
"The OpenAI holiday party was Collective Dream themed and places like the Astral Lounge were an absolute surreal trip. Congrats on a wild [--] years. Hard to imagine what the next [--] have in store"
X Link 2025-12-13T16:33Z 28.3K followers, 15.6K engagements
"Ive been unusually tall all of my adult life. It doesnt bother me much the memories of being called Daddy Long Legs in high school are mostly gone. Then your [--] year old draws a picture of you and you are thrown right back into the height (ha) of insecurity 😅"
X Link 2025-12-14T21:59Z 28.3K followers, [----] engagements
"Ill admit I wouldnt have expected this to work as well as it did. Cash App customers laying the groundwork to enable Square sellers to accept bitcoin. Its the weirdest form of product market fit Ive seen up close and I freaking love it. Bitcoin army you amaze me. 🧡 @CashApp @milessuter @Square Can confirm. https://t.co/EyZJEOVsSN @CashApp @milessuter @Square Can confirm. https://t.co/EyZJEOVsSN"
X Link 2025-12-16T00:24Z 28.3K followers, 17.1K engagements
"FAFO seems to imply that the outcome is bad. But in my experience some of the most magical moments of achievement happened because I had the audacity to claim my autonomy and FAFO. Just something to consider if you want to achieve boldness and not the mean"
X Link 2025-12-18T16:58Z 28.3K followers, [---] engagements
"Kind of a secret weapon to have kids with someone much smarter than you. You can be at home with toddlers during the holidays 🎄 and also brush up on the latest coding agents with a personal tutor during nap time 😴 🧠 🤗"
X Link 2025-12-20T22:28Z 28.3K followers, [----] engagements
"Yesterday Andrew ended up in the ER needing a few stitches. Today our two year old gave herself bangs 💇♀ I think [----] is telling me it is time to move on ✌ To the new year and new adventures. There are some big things coming"
X Link 2025-12-31T20:26Z 28.3K followers, [----] engagements
"Went to the beach after the king tides and big rainfalls in the Bay. Ended up looking like a ChatGPT advertisement; but at least heres a timeline cleanse of someone not shouting very ignorant opinions about foreign or tax policy. Can we get back to work yet Time to build"
X Link 2026-01-04T02:18Z 28.3K followers, [----] engagements
"Every great product has a non-obvious insight that once you hear it seems undeniable. When explaining it to someone on the street you get the reaction of yeah duh. Best PM signal is ability to identify and articulate those types of insights"
X Link 2026-01-07T16:18Z 28.3K followers, [----] engagements
"@evancharles Idk but with dynamic pricing where instacart wants to charge me a different price than my neighbor for an apple simply because I browse more luxury brands this chart is not looking the same as it did [--] years ago. Consumer surplus continues to erode. https://www.consumerreports.org/money/questionable-business-practices/instacart-ai-pricing-experiment-inflating-grocery-bills-a1142182490/ https://www.consumerreports.org/money/questionable-business-practices/instacart-ai-pricing-experiment-inflating-grocery-bills-a1142182490/"
X Link 2026-01-08T22:01Z 28.3K followers, [---] engagements
"I'm a pretty vibes-y PM because I think data is shackled by historical context that doesn't usually map to future opportunity. But I just got some experiment results back I thought would show harm to core metrics that actually improved them. I am humbled by the data gods today"
X Link 2026-01-09T00:10Z 28.3K followers, [----] engagements
"What happens here https://cash.app/pay/link/w8idl6ge https://cash.app/pay/link/w8idl6ge"
X Link 2026-01-10T00:18Z 28.3K followers, 10.4K engagements
"@camworboys Ok but now we need to figure out how to get a rich preview on X. The cutoff link looks shady AF"
X Link 2026-01-10T00:55Z 28.3K followers, [---] engagements
"@camworboys @laurenloprete PMs are incredibly grateful. Probably eliminates 6-10 conversations a month between PMs and compliance ops and program management. Peak efficiency. Very crispy"
X Link 2026-01-12T20:29Z 28.3K followers, [----] engagements
"I hate spreadsheets. I try to use them as little as possible for product work. Spreadsheets kill the joy of building. Github is the source of truth. Figma describes what goes in github. Docs frame the context of what goes in Figma. But sometimes. a thoughtful spreadsheet"
X Link 2026-01-14T00:09Z 28.2K followers, [----] engagements
"Petition to officially rename software PMs as Henchmen as well. This is the job description. And if this is not the job you want then you do not want to work in Product. New Valar job just dropped: HENCHMAN. "We handle the BS so the engineers can keep building. And we handle the wild goose chases so the engineers can KEEP BUILDING. You will start with the dirty jobs. But if you prove yourself you can forge a path and a place in the outfit." New Valar job just dropped: HENCHMAN. "We handle the BS so the engineers can keep building. And we handle the wild goose chases so the engineers can KEEP"
X Link 2026-01-14T17:21Z 28.3K followers, [----] engagements
"Ironically enough after so many big tech companies have tried to destroy the function product is one of the best suited for the work of the future. Synthesis and judgment are the limiting factors now. Not syntax and pixels. A controversial take - but I think the software world hasnt priced in the fact that PMs are uniquely suited to thrive in this new world. Especially one where the gap between idea and execution has shrunk SO much. Good PMs are constantly thinking of new ideas spending A controversial take - but I think the software world hasnt priced in the fact that PMs are uniquely suited"
X Link 2026-01-15T14:28Z 28.2K followers, [----] engagements
"What a life. [--] degrees with the sun shining. Little giggles from girls deep in play. 🛝 Spicy repos being pushed. Never a better time to be a builder"
X Link 2026-01-19T22:51Z 28.2K followers, [----] engagements
"Spent all day yesterday using Codex. By bedtime I was a raving fanatic. I couldnt sleep last night thinking about what Codex will be doing by the end of the month let alone by the end of the year. Team is on fire. So fun watching the Codex team execute; hard to imagine what it's going to look like at the end of this year if things keep compounding at this rate. So fun watching the Codex team execute; hard to imagine what it's going to look like at the end of this year if things keep compounding at this rate"
X Link 2026-01-20T02:23Z 28.3K followers, [----] engagements
"Yeah no judgment on their CEO. Purely on a strategic vector P2P as a late follow to high monetizing products not an early growth wedge is just not something Ive played out in my head. Im just not sure its a retention product if you dont already have the network advantage baked in. Im curious to better understand which customers were asking for this. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2013748151501627529 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2013748151501627529"
X Link 2026-01-20T22:59Z 28.3K followers, [---] engagements
"Bay Area folks (or visitors) looking to get to know the Neighborhood ahead of the Super Bowl should hop on board for Square Stops Here to see some of our favorite local sellers in SF 🖤 See you there 🥪🍝☕ 🔲 https://myle.com/square-stops-here https://myle.com/square-stops-here"
X Link 2026-02-05T04:10Z 28.3K followers, 88.1K engagements
"You can be petty or you can speak to the inspirations of millions to create a better future. Cynics are good for a cheap laugh but Im with the builders.💙 You can just build things. https://t.co/g0JCVjbSef You can just build things. https://t.co/g0JCVjbSef"
X Link 2026-02-09T00:13Z 28.3K followers, [----] engagements
"A high performance culture is set by what a leader will and wont tolerate who a leader invests in and rewards and how clearly both of those are communicated to the team. Muddying the waters on expectations is the fastest way to sink your culture for mediocre outcomes"
X Link 2026-02-10T00:07Z 28.3K followers, [----] engagements
"Im so so grateful for the opportunity to build products that tens of millions of people use and value. I fail frequently I learn constantly. I am trying to grow to meet the moment were in. If I succeed it will only be because I took enough risk to really fail"
X Link 2026-02-11T05:05Z 28.3K followers, [----] engagements
"@hungryroot @amysundae @Honest @littlespoon @literati Oh you have no idea I've converted multiple families from the Upper East Side to Brooklyn to Hoboken. (Also we share a board member in the fabulous @gabbycontro from Crosslink Capital)"
X Link 2022-10-17T19:57Z 28.3K followers, [--] engagements
"It's now easier than ever to request money on P2P Send a link in a text DM or group chat and let your friends pay you back in a single tap. Our eng lead sent me a text with the link. I tapped it. I paid. MAGIC. Rolling out now. Happy holidays go get paid. We managed to get a delightful lil feature shipped before the holidays and I'm excited to share more about it in a couple days. A few of you have it already. See if you can figure out how we've made it even easier for you and your friends to send (and receive) money.🕵♀🤑 We managed to get a delightful lil feature shipped before the holidays"
X Link 2025-12-12T19:38Z 28.3K followers, 131.2K engagements
"This is so cool. Our internal red team publicly shared the results of trying to compromise our AI agents. It's a little scary. But this is why we act early. https://engineering.block.xyz/blog/how-we-red-teamed-our-own-ai-agent- https://engineering.block.xyz/blog/how-we-red-teamed-our-own-ai-agent-"
X Link 2026-01-20T18:28Z 28.2K followers, [---] engagements
"@nachunja Thoughts on Klarna launching European P2P"
X Link 2026-01-20T22:41Z 28.2K followers, [---] engagements
"(Much) Cheaper insurance for Tesla FSD: this is the sort of stuff that makes high end technology go mainstream. This is amazing. True value for customers and a big moment for autonomous driving adoption. Congrats @Lemonade_Inc https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260121169700/en/Lemonade-Unveils-Autonomous-Car-Insurance-Slashing-Rates-for-Tesla-FSD-Miles-by-50 https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260121169700/en/Lemonade-Unveils-Autonomous-Car-Insurance-Slashing-Rates-for-Tesla-FSD-Miles-by-50"
X Link 2026-01-22T05:03Z 28.3K followers, [----] engagements
"For no reason at all I picked up my copy of [----] from my bookshelf to re-read last night before bed. I did not remember that the first journal entry Winston writes is about a movie of the military shooting refugees in the water and people laughing"
X Link 2026-01-23T17:05Z 28.2K followers, [----] engagements
"Because codex is the best for development. Everyone knows this. We arent using the other coding tools anymore. Clawdbot* was coded with Codex 🤔 Clawdbot* was coded with Codex 🤔"
X Link 2026-01-28T23:27Z 28.2K followers, [----] engagements
"Can confirm we got this advice from Evan. FWIW the mandate for an S&P [---] company from the Board/the Street is not all that dissimilar. To be fair sometimes Im like I dont know how but you need to grow a lot faster but also spend less. And then they actually do it. (And I give myself the credit ofc) To be fair sometimes Im like I dont know how but you need to grow a lot faster but also spend less. And then they actually do it. (And I give myself the credit ofc)"
X Link 2026-01-29T03:00Z 28.3K followers, [----] engagements
"My 4yo just asked me if there was one human born before other humans. Shes poking at the edges of evolution. My 2yo just said Im a duck quack quack. And wow just the breadth of cognitive development between [--] and [--] is wild"
X Link 2026-02-01T02:48Z 28.3K followers, [----] engagements
"@PPercy46098 @nachunja @torovictorioso @positivelyforth Were building a high performance culture. Every day. Outcomes over effort. Velocity over voracity. Never satisfied. Always an act of becoming"
X Link 2026-02-11T04:51Z 28.3K followers, [---] engagements
"@lacallada_ @BlockIR @Meetup Here's one from my eng manager :) No "Link Management" right now but we're open to feedback if that's useful Right now pov is that it's pretty low friction so you could just create another link rather than a heavy UI to find an old link. But challenge that if you disagree"
X Link 2026-02-11T20:52Z 28.3K followers, [--] engagements
"@conealcpa @milessuter the people are calling for a fab collab 🤫"
X Link 2026-02-11T20:52Z 28.3K followers, [--] engagements
"@SophistInvest It's not either/or it's both/and The core network has to keep growing. And making it easier to pay and get paid will always be core job to making sure we don't turn into a legacy payment option that gets eaten up by a more seamless way to send and receive"
X Link 2026-02-12T03:51Z 28.3K followers, [---] engagements
"We had slowly built a great network of smart people (mostly in SF) thanks to some generous introductions and interesting folks like @sososazesh and @iamjakestream and @louisberyl. But no angel wanted to be our last $50k before we sputtered out. (I get that) 4/"
X Link 2019-12-20T02:55Z 28.3K followers, [---] engagements
"But really everyone was looking for proof. Or credentials. Andrew and I were nobodies (according to a partner at @Accomplices who meant no harm). No ivy league. No top tech. No previous exit or failures of note. Great VCfirms dragged us along. We were asking for a lot of $. 5/"
X Link 2019-12-20T02:55Z 28.3K followers, [---] engagements
"It almost didn't happen. But for a lot of hard work and a lot of luck. We are so proud of what we've done and so aware of how many people we have to thank for supporting us. Point of the story: put in the effort build the network never give up on hoping for luck. 12/"
X Link 2019-12-20T02:55Z 28.3K followers, [----] engagements
"Founders out there - the holidays can be hard. Most people aren't working. You're under tremendous stress. Keep going. You never know when you might just get caught up in a miracle. /End"
X Link 2019-12-20T02:55Z 28.3K followers, [----] engagements
"Soooo. is that a pass on our Series A we are not raising so this is possibly the most pre-emptive pass I've ever gotten 😭"
X Link 2020-02-01T01:37Z 28.3K followers, [---] engagements
"Guess whos [--] today and spending the next two weeks as a digital nomad beachfront in Miami 🏝👩💻"
X Link 2020-06-11T15:29Z 28.3K followers, [---] engagements
"When I was [--] a boy defaced my photo in everyone's yearbook with an "L" on my forehead and the words "I love Math" coming out of my mouth. That's it that's the tweet. https://www.businessinsider.com/fintech-early-stage-consumer-finance-investors-2020-7 https://www.businessinsider.com/fintech-early-stage-consumer-finance-investors-2020-7"
X Link 2020-07-23T15:07Z 28.3K followers, [---] engagements
"I got married on October [--] [----] when I was [--] years years old. I have a few thoughts to share on marriage given that mine ended (happily healthily eventually) today. First that Im so grateful to the man I shared my 20s with: @ConnorTyrrell. 1/"
X Link 2021-01-21T01:53Z 28.3K followers, [---] engagements
"I dont like mean girls. They were popular in high school and think theyre entitled to everything. So when they come after the nerds who move the world forward because theyre bitter its frustrating. A lot of us have been bullied by these women for a long time. Enough"
X Link 2021-02-08T01:29Z 28.3K followers, [---] engagements
"Everyone kept saying we needed something that would drive urgency on the Series A Here goes nothing 🤷♀"
X Link 2021-02-14T23:09Z 28.3K followers, [---] engagements
"You only need one "Yes." 🥳"
X Link 2021-03-02T19:59Z 28.3K followers, [---] engagements
"Your Dispo photos are not good"
X Link 2021-03-10T20:37Z 28.3K followers, [---] engagements
"A lot of people don't understand that being good at prioritizing doesn't just mean "figuring out what's most important." It means being willing to be accountable for things that are less important not getting done and standing by your choices. None of us can do everything"
X Link 2021-03-17T01:19Z 28.3K followers, [---] engagements
"I'm so excited to announce that Catch is relocating HQ to NYC this summer. A few key decisions went into this. 🧵 https://catchkristen.medium.com/choosing-success-71e08cf457a4 https://catchkristen.medium.com/choosing-success-71e08cf457a4"
X Link 2021-05-03T23:35Z 28.3K followers, [---] engagements
"So uh I guess I live in New York City now Who's around"
X Link 2021-07-17T21:08Z 28.3K followers, [---] engagements
"Seems like after founding a company and having a baby together we were finally ready to make a commitment. No fancy outfits or staging. Just in PJs on the couch after putting the baby to bed and getting back to shipping product. Perfectly our style. 💍 🚀"
X Link 2021-08-30T23:32Z 28.3K followers, [---] engagements
"I just looked at a 950sqft [--] bedroom in Chelsea and was told with a straight face that if I signed the lease to move in today I could pay $8590/mo for the next year but if I signed today for move in next month it would be $9050/mo. [--] bedroom. 950sqft. Wtf is going on"
X Link 2022-07-02T21:20Z 28.3K followers, [----] engagements
"Rich kids have one very important advantage in life: they see from early childhood how to find leverage and use money to free up time. It's a crazy important skill for VC-backed founders and part of why the learning curve can be so steep for non-rich people (like how I grew up)"
X Link 2022-07-05T20:19Z 28.3K followers, [----] engagements
"When you've been a founder long enough you start to become allergic to hand-wavey vague business bullshit and develop an intolerance to being around people who can't get things done. Do we call this CEOliac's Disease Or Hacktose Intolerance"
X Link 2022-09-02T18:41Z 28.3K followers, [---] engagements
"Anyone who thinks we didn't get rich at Catch is wrong. Welcome Zoe James"
X Link 2023-03-18T15:23Z 28.3K followers, 53.1K engagements
"The faster you are the less good you have to be. See a problem fix 60% of it in an hour You're a rockstar. See a problem hold [--] meetings spend [--] weeks researching and use [--] engineers to fix 90% a month later You're a problem. Velocity is sustenance for a startup"
X Link 2023-05-24T23:43Z 28.3K followers, 106K engagements
"Public service announcement: two children in daycare at @BrightHorizons in Cambridge MA costs $95400/year. This is after-tax money (ie about $130k in income would be needed to afford this). Shame on this country. Cc @reshmasaujani"
X Link 2023-07-10T14:07Z 28.3K followers, 304.3K engagements
"In ten+ years in fintech all Ive ever wanted is to solve hard problems with wonderful people. Now Im jumping in as a Product Lead @CashApp and Ill get to to do both of those things at scale. I cant wait to share more soon. 💚"
X Link 2023-08-06T23:45Z 28.3K followers, 60.2K engagements
"Wow a lot of you are really angry and resentful about a mom being proud of herself for earning a small amount of success. Yikes. Go touch some grass"
X Link 2023-12-24T11:18Z 28.3K followers, 124.6K engagements
"The best founder quote I've heard: "This weird thing happens too; you have this minute where you're watching the fire and you're thinking 'If I don't do anything this place will burn down and all of my anxiety will go away with it.' And then you put the fire out." - The Bear"
X Link 2024-01-02T00:49Z 28.3K followers, 36.3K engagements
"So @jack made Tuesdays a "No Meeting Day" across Block and I am unbelievably pumped. @paulg has been saying it for years but you have to aggressively preserve maker time or nothing gets done. Less talk about the work. More work. Here for it. Thanks @jack"
X Link 2024-03-08T21:20Z 28.3K followers, 185.4K engagements
"Believe it or not I'm not an easy employee to manage. I email @jack about once a month with very particular opinions. I always get a response within a few days. I am primarily an IC. I am often unreasonable. And that kind of respect from a CEO is pretty extraordinary 💚"
X Link 2024-12-11T16:18Z 28.3K followers, 85.9K engagements
"My unsolicited take one week into Bay Area life after a shitty opener: Feels like a lot of people got very rich felt really guilty did a lot of misguided things in the name of helping "the poor." Screwed over the middle class. Ignored antisocial behavior. We should fix this"
X Link 2025-10-02T23:48Z 28.3K followers, 112.9K engagements
"I was a bitcoin skeptic when I started working at Cash App. Mostly because as an investment vehicle bitcoin value seemed speculative and not based on utility. But bitcoin as everyday money Lets. Go. true true"
X Link 2025-11-10T19:46Z 28.3K followers, 131.8K engagements
"When I started at Cash App we could barely launch one major feature a quarter. The turnaround to Releases today where we have [--] major announcements and [---] improvements shipped at the same time is staggering. We are not slowing down. Acceleration only. Cash App Releases [---]. it's finally here. sneak peak of just [--] of the main launches from my pov. Cash App Releases [---]. it's finally here. sneak peak of just [--] of the main launches from my pov"
X Link 2025-11-13T13:38Z 28.3K followers, 49.2K engagements
"We were turned down or ghosted by at least [--] VC firms. @MatrixPartners @BessemerVP @gcvp @NEA and other greats. All no. Our hopeful angels stuck around and kept providing guidance but no cash yet. 6/"
X Link 2019-12-20T02:55Z 28.3K followers, [---] engagements
"10 weeks after that we closed a $5.1M seed before Demo Day from the best investors at @khoslaventures @nycapartners and @KindredVentures (plus some other greats). We were lucky enough to be choosy. 10/"
X Link 2019-12-20T02:55Z 28.3K followers, [---] engagements
"Our growth isnt working. Our numbers are going up but we all know internally its from too much of a lean on paid acquisition. People who use our product love it loudly but we havent found a repeatable plan or channel. 😱 Real-time insights folks 🤯 https://medium.com/@catchkristen/our-growth-isnt-working-9c84f076377b https://medium.com/@catchkristen/our-growth-isnt-working-9c84f076377b"
X Link 2020-02-06T22:32Z 28.3K followers, [----] engagements
"Ok I'll say it. Elizabeth Holmes ruined black turtlenecks for really pale female founders with larger than average-sized eyes. I'm not thrilled"
X Link 2020-02-16T22:53Z 28.3K followers, [----] engagements
"I spend a lot of my time as CEO writing. I don't know how you'd do the job if you weren't a clear and structured writer. Vision VC updates team chats marketing collateral blogs landing pages legal & partner docs etc. I haven't taken an English class since I was [--]. 🤭😬"
X Link 2020-04-02T20:59Z 28.3K followers, [---] engagements
"I'm wrapping up our data room (entirely in @NotionHQ) and I have never been more excited. "I would not give a fig for the simplicity this side of complexity but I would give my life for the simplicity on the other side of complexity." (an @ajambrosino favorite quote)"
X Link 2021-02-02T02:04Z 28.3K followers, [---] engagements
"Normally founders tout funding high valuations or acquisitions. Today I thought about some of our team's other wins: 💍 [--] Engagements 👰♂ [--] Weddings 🏠 [--] New Houses 👶 [--] Baby (+ [--] soon 🤰) The impact of these milestones means just as much. Grateful I get to share in them 😍"
X Link 2021-03-24T00:34Z 28.3K followers, [---] engagements
"We just closed a candidate I've been subtly working for [--] months. I'll introduce her soon but today it's time to savor the sweet sweet victory of knowing that you've got the best damn team on earth building the future we're all dreaming of. 🤩 I'm grateful"
X Link 2021-05-26T00:40Z 28.3K followers, [---] engagements
"Our "before" picture. DAY [--] in our brand spanking new NYC headquarters We have a lot to do before all the incoming hires start in the next [--] weeks Startup life in a photo 🚀"
X Link 2021-08-13T17:53Z 28.3K followers, [---] engagements
"Whats amazing about startup people is their ability to show up day after day knowing theyll likely fail but still believing theyll win. These are the people who change the world. Its an intoxicating combination of faith confidence risk appetite and optimism. I crave it"
X Link 2022-06-10T23:56Z 28.3K followers, [---] engagements
"PS: I want a show that explains how people built leverage. Like "the average realtor sells 5-8 houses a year and last year I sold 140" Ok I don't want to watch you flip this house explain to me the network you built that enabled you to do that. Who's your guy for everything"
X Link 2022-07-05T21:24Z 28.3K followers, [---] engagements
"When my company first announced we raised a Seed we got a Cease and Desist from a Fortune [--] company. When we told our lead investor he said Congratulations. Frame it. Here are the best lawyers in the world. Its actually the opposite. If no ones upset at your startup youre irrelevant. https://t.co/Oe7OhGFSnY Its actually the opposite. If no ones upset at your startup youre irrelevant. https://t.co/Oe7OhGFSnY"
X Link 2026-02-12T16:22Z 28.3K followers, [----] engagements
"I loved mathematics because beauty in visual design was harder for me to explain. Axiomatic proofs worked better for my brain than what I felt were subjective rules in art. It turns out what thrilled me about math are the same things that make art remarkable. Prediction: In the AI age taste will become even more important. When anyone can make anything the big differentiator is what you choose to make. https://t.co/3GQUlfH58t Prediction: In the AI age taste will become even more important. When anyone can make anything the big differentiator is what you choose to make. https://t.co/3GQUlfH58t"
X Link 2026-02-14T15:34Z 28.3K followers, [----] engagements
"Green flag. Any big tech company that doesnt have a long list of former founders on staff and alumni currently founding is ngmi. One thing @steipete and I talked about over lunch last week was how many former founders are at OpenAI. Its a really neat part of the culture. One thing @steipete and I talked about over lunch last week was how many former founders are at OpenAI. Its a really neat part of the culture"
X Link 2026-02-16T01:42Z 28.3K followers, [----] engagements
"Our daughters minds were absolutely blown by this book. This was when I first realized what people like me who got bored in one semester of Python were going to be able to achieve. one of the great non-coding things i made when working on the Codex app was a book for my kids. [--] pages. First pass was script then image prompts then image gen. And all the artifacts can be reused. I highly recommend it. https://t.co/RLtxwxiG9C one of the great non-coding things i made when working on the Codex app was a book for my kids. [--] pages. First pass was script then image prompts then image gen. And all"
X Link 2026-02-17T02:53Z 28.3K followers, [----] engagements
"A year ago today we were almost out of money. We had a consulting client who owed us $450k but was trying to negotiate down on the amount despite work being fully delivered in September. Then "the holidays" hit. 1/"
X Link 2019-12-20T02:55Z 28.3K followers, 10.8K engagements
"Crazy You bet. #ReleaseFriday"
X Link 2020-01-03T23:54Z 28.3K followers, [--] engagements
"I want every little girl every child really out there to know this is what a venture-backed CEO negotiating for tens of million of dollars looks like"
X Link 2021-03-11T01:06Z 28.3K followers, 36.9K engagements
"@abarrallen @ScottKirsner @BostonGlobe @LearnLux @catchbenefits @getcozykin It starts early with exceptionally conservative investors who don't take big bets at Seed. We had to raise out west for huge vision. VC and angels here start trying to get multiples far earlier than SF equivalents. How many SF IPOs got asked to prove CAC/LTV ratio before an A"
X Link 2019-05-18T12:14Z 28.3K followers, [--] engagements
""Believe it or not among the privileges I had been looking forward to enjoying as a new citizen signing up for @CatchBenefits was one of them." Get citizenship ✅ Sign up for Catch ✅ 🙌🥰🗽 (we're working on identity verification for residents too)"
X Link 2019-09-24T17:56Z 28.3K followers, [--] engagements
"Just going to say it: if you have "strategy" and "early-stage" in your bio I don't believe you. That's MBA talk for high salary and low results and it has no business here. We execute 'round these parts"
X Link 2019-10-02T21:21Z 28.3K followers, [---] engagements
"Me: No VC meetings outside fundraising. VC: 👋 Me: No. VC: Look at our great portfolio. We are so helpful. Me: No. VC: How about lunch with these founders we back Me: Mayb.no. VC: Happy hour @ Money2020 Me: Son of a. Fine. You win. How did you do that 🤷♀🥂"
X Link 2019-10-23T23:42Z 28.3K followers, [---] engagements
"Its really rich that VCs are talking about how important revenue and unit economics are like they werent the ones pumping hundreds of millions of dollars into companies with upside down business models and no hope of profitability. Enough outta you all. You did this"
X Link 2019-10-25T23:36Z 28.3K followers, [---] engagements
"Everyone at this client company evaporated for at least two weeks. Our burn rate was high-ish because we were building across three different regulated industries (banking investment insurance). Our funds kept trickling out. Traction existed but was not entirely compelling. 2/"
X Link 2019-12-20T02:55Z 28.3K followers, [---] engagements
"My co-founder @ajambrosino and I had been trying to raise VC funds since May [----]. Not full time but we bought into the "build relationships" trope and the "they'll fund you when you don't need money" bit. We completely failed at driving urgency. 3/"
X Link 2019-12-20T02:55Z 28.3K followers, [---] engagements
"On December [--] I was talked in to applying for @ycombinator. I filled out the application late at night after crying all evening because I thought we were going to have to shut the company down. I stopped. Sucked it up. And wrote the best damn application I've ever written. 7/"
X Link 2019-12-20T02:55Z 28.3K followers, [---] engagements
"The next day we were scheduled for an interview in California on January [--]. We spent the holidays in a daze. Knowing the $450k wouldn't clear. Payroll would keep going out. And there wasn't much we could do to be any better prepared for our interview. 8/"
X Link 2019-12-20T02:55Z 28.3K followers, [---] engagements
"After the most depressing NYE of my life Andrew and I went down to Mtn View. Showed that our users were demanding our product. Guaranteed we would do whatever it took to succeed. Made a promise to make something people need. @daltonc called us [--] hours later. We got in. 9/"
X Link 2019-12-20T02:55Z 28.3K followers, [---] engagements
"YC took a bet on us when no one else would. They gave us a chance and lit a fire of urgency under VCs in the Valley. Within [--] hours we closed $1M pre-seed from @UrbanInnoFund and @kleinerperkins. [--] hours after that the $450k check cleared. 9/"
X Link 2019-12-20T02:55Z 28.3K followers, [---] engagements
"Now at the end of the year we've hit multiples and scale we weren't sure we could reach from our early pitch deck. We've got revenue. Partners. Incredible product traction. We are underwater with feature requests and users wanting more benefits. But today I'm reflecting. 11/"
X Link 2019-12-20T02:55Z 28.3K followers, [---] engagements
"We were in a fancy bar a year ago. Terrified we wouldn't get in to YC. Scared we wouldn't raise the money we needed to carry on. But @ajambrosino and I are truly MUCH happier tonight on the eve of [----] at home in PJs sketching out a better architecture for our UI. #heresto2020"
X Link 2020-01-01T02:53Z 28.3K followers, [--] engagements
"Who should have VC funding and who shouldn't. A thread from a person whose opinion means very little. Part of the reason I think funding rounds keep getting bigger and bigger is not that the money is required to succeed. It's the opposite. The money ISN'T required"
X Link 2020-01-08T02:54Z 28.3K followers, [---] engagements
"I told my father when I was [--] that I was born to be a CEO. He laughed and said "I know." Reaching that goal less than [--] years later has been both exactly what I thought and also nothing like what I could have imagined. (A vulnerable thread on leadership.)"
X Link 2020-01-23T12:59Z 28.3K followers, [----] engagements
"This is anecdotal but female VCs have been reaching out asking how I'm doing. Male VCs have told me what to expect given the Fed's decisions. I'm really glad I've got a network of badass female VCs because sometimes I just want someone to ask if I'm ok. (I am) 🥰 @AllRaise"
X Link 2020-03-16T18:37Z 28.3K followers, [---] engagements
"I think remote work is great for some jobs. Maybe even millions of jobs. But early stage startups I dont think so. The spontaneous collision of unintended insight needs time space and proximity to flourish. It will be a big differentiator above those who start remote"
X Link 2020-05-08T01:53Z 28.3K followers, [---] engagements
"HBS students seeking internship: I'd like to work for your company. Us: Great we need some help in acquisition and ops. Them: Yes I am quite good at strategy. Maybe I could do product work too Us: Them: Yes Senior Product & Strategy Lead. Sounds good. Us: Them: Hello"
X Link 2020-05-08T18:34Z 28.3K followers, [----] engagements
"Oh my god after [--] months of failing to understand what our go-to-market is supposed to be I finally figured it out. It's amazing how it just punches you in the face. This is why founders work on weekends. Intuition flourishes with space and quiet"
X Link 2020-05-24T15:56Z 28.3K followers, [---] engagements
"There is a new manic pixie dream girl in San Francisco right now. Shares too much on Twitter Knows how to code but doesnt anymore Very aware of the ratio she benefits from in dating Outdoorsy in the half-day-hike sense DTC brands only Angel invests What is the name for it"
X Link 2020-05-27T01:04Z 28.3K followers, [---] engagements
"Getting COVID test. Saw people who want to be tested walk away because it is $160 out of pocket unless you are a health worker. Watched a hospital admin be told her title didnt count for insurance to cover it. We are doing this so fucking wrong. Insurance is killing us"
X Link 2020-06-27T19:29Z 28.3K followers, [---] engagements
"I have a female founder joke but it doesnt have enough traction the total market is too small and there are already a lot of competitors in the space"
X Link 2020-07-26T12:51Z 28.3K followers, [---] engagements
"Today an incoming freshman who deferred this semester applied to be a PM at Catch. His resume said BS in Computer Science at top school on leave This seems deceptive to me no Kid hasnt done one day of class at school. Wish I had the confidence of an [--] year old"
X Link 2020-08-18T01:51Z 28.3K followers, [---] engagements
"When we got in to YC in January [----] we were processing about $10000 of income each week. Last week we processed more than $1000000 of income. We've 100x our processing rate and our team has only doubled. Leverage in scalable technology blows my mind. 🤯"
X Link 2020-09-27T15:48Z 28.3K followers, [----] engagements
"We love being able to inspire new products and great design but we're a little surprised how much our tiny UX team has been able to direct $billions+ company design. Start using Catch now. You'll be way ahead for next year's trends. 💁♀ @zacklabadie @ajambrosino"
X Link 2020-10-27T22:10Z 28.3K followers, [---] engagements
"A year ago we were spending $8000/day (I KNOW I KNOW) to get users into the top of our funnel during Open Enrollment. We got about 5000/week. This year we've seen 90000+ people in the first week. You know how much we've spent so far $1717. I think we've found it folks"
X Link 2020-11-05T20:43Z 28.3K followers, [---] engagements
"I cried when Trump won in [----]. It felt like being a kid when bullies won. I couldnt believe the real world was so cruel. Now I cry because we came back. We refused to let the bullies keep power. And we put a woman in the White House. For the time in history. Proud"
X Link 2020-11-07T17:35Z 28.3K followers, [---] engagements
"If you're looking to move from junior VC/consulting/MBA to an early stage startup I suggest you reframe your language from "helping a company" to "building something." Even strat/ops/finance/CX in the early days have to be done by builders. That's who I want to hire"
X Link 2020-11-23T14:52Z 28.3K followers, [---] engagements
"Folks I'm concerned I may only know ONE female fintech CEO other than myself. That. can't be right. 😟 Help me. Tag them. Tag them all. fwiw I define fintech as having financial regulatory overhead and a product that touches flow of funds"
X Link 2020-12-03T23:19Z 28.3K followers, [---] engagements
"A tale of two partnerships. Company A and Company B are similar-sized competitors. Very different approaches to the same market. Company A is tech-centric. Company B is sales-centric. Both piloted partnerships with us in [----]. Should we talk about some results"
X Link 2020-12-28T20:09Z 28.3K followers, [---] engagements
"I told my cofounder if we ever had to shut Catch down that maybe I'd just go to HBS. He said "Sure why not" I said "Well assuming I could get in." He said "Oh I thought you meant go be a professor." Get you a cofounder who thinks you're the professor not the student"
X Link 2020-12-30T16:45Z 28.3K followers, [---] engagements
"What % of VCs have ever raised money from VC Not raising a fund but raising venture $$$ for a business. Is there any data on this I feel like I hear so much about being at a startup or in tech but so few seem to have been venture-backed founders"
X Link 2021-01-16T01:54Z 28.3K followers, [---] engagements
"I'd like to make an announcement. Two years after raising our Seed round and finishing Y Combinator: We've officially used all of our free AWS credits. The training wheels are off. We're a big-girl company now. 🥳"
X Link 2021-02-18T16:53Z 28.3K followers, [---] engagements
"Morning A) this is not my house. I am co-living with [--] founders @launch_house 🥰 B) check out @CatchBenefits; we're doing awesome things 🤙 C) I am privileged (maybe less than it seems). I also work extremely hard & have been lucky. Those things aren't mutually exclusive. ✌"
X Link 2021-03-11T15:58Z 28.3K followers, [---] engagements
"Quick story about the worst VC meeting I've ever had. Note: I've heard MUCH worse so I do think it's important to call out this was unpleasant and not horrifying and for that I'm grateful. It's September [--] [----]. Catch hasn't raised any venture and Andrew and I are green"
X Link 2021-05-24T18:13Z 28.3K followers, [----] engagements
"I thought of this story today because we're back in the office with the team things are moving faster than ever. The future of portable benefits is becoming more inevitable every day. . and Andrew and I were both wearing black shirts this morning. 😅"
X Link 2021-05-24T18:14Z 28.3K followers, [---] engagements
"Welcome to the world Austen Leigh Ambrosino. There is so much to do. Thank you to @ajambrosino for giving me the opportunity to be your co-founder partner and now the mother of your children. And to think the journey for all of those things is just beginning 😍"
X Link 2021-06-10T19:47Z 28.3K followers, [---] engagements
"Our Series A. "The next two years of milestones that Andrew and I are looking forward to now include first words & first steps but were more certain than ever that were in the early days of building a huge iconic company and a tiny miraculous human." https://catchkristen.medium.com/first-comes-love-then-comes-a-series-a-213cc8bfb5ad https://catchkristen.medium.com/first-comes-love-then-comes-a-series-a-213cc8bfb5ad"
X Link 2021-07-30T13:53Z 28.3K followers, [---] engagements
"Save your energy asking me how I'm a new mom and VC-backed CEO. I have resources money and an unmatched support network. We should all be way more in awe of new parents who aren't well-off and don't get to make all the decisions about when and how they work. Respect"
X Link 2021-08-25T00:40Z 28.3K followers, [---] engagements
"Why do SO MANY people with a CS degree/background want to be product managers What can we do to make engineering jobs exciting and appealing to problem-solvers who are interested in the customer experience Feels like this exacerbates the current shortage of developers"
X Link 2021-08-25T20:21Z 28.3K followers, [---] engagements
"CEO stands for: Preseed: Chief Exploration Officer Seed: Chief Execution Officer Series A: Chief Expansion Officer Series B: Chief Engagement Officer Series C: Chief Endurance Officer IPO: Chief Executive Officer FYI It's not always the same person who is best at all of these"
X Link 2021-09-10T14:13Z 28.3K followers, [---] engagements
"Years ago a man I worked with sexually assaulted me. I never told anyone. I was afraid. I still am. Today I learned he has been fired for misconduct. To the women who have been brave enough to speak out: thank you. Your strength is helping victims you may never meet"
X Link 2021-09-13T22:17Z 28.3K followers, [---] engagements
"Making a unicorn has been a lot of hard work but it is so very rewarding. 🦄"
X Link 2021-10-29T13:06Z 28.3K followers, [----] engagements
"In the last [--] months I have: - had a baby - raised a series A - moved company & family to nyc - hired 20+ people - led through a pandemic - prepared for our biggest year yet It is a lot. Protecting your mental health is investing in your performance. We cant build in public And burnout in private. This sets an unrealistic standard for all following us. Managing mental health and burnout is a big part of founder life. We cant build in public And burnout in private. This sets an unrealistic standard for all following us. Managing mental health and burnout is a big part of founder life"
X Link 2021-12-14T22:20Z 28.3K followers, [---] engagements
"I am officially finished pumping and if you've never strapped your chest to a machine to turn yourself into a heifer every day for [--] months then you probably don't understand why today is a celebration but know that you should be happy for me and give all working moms a high five"
X Link 2022-02-15T02:01Z 28.3K followers, [---] engagements
"I've been rejected a lot: - Cool kids (high school) - Yale (college) - McKinsey (early career) - Sequoia (venture investors) If this is what rejection looks like I'm incredibly pumped for the next [--] years. (yes I'm having a cocktail as I fly to Vegas 🍸🍸🍸)"
X Link 2022-03-03T00:46Z 28.3K followers, [---] engagements
"Baby girl your mom is in the Sunday print edition of the New York Times so we took you for the first time to Times Square. Sometimes we make sacrifices and take risks. And sometimes you get external validation that its worth it. Not always. But sometimes"
X Link 2022-03-06T19:54Z 28.3K followers, [---] engagements
"I thought startups were supposed to be the volatile unpredictable ones and VCs the clear-eyed 10-year thinkers. But omg the last [--] months you all are so indecisive with insane valuations and shaky after layoffs. take a breath my dudes. We're here for the long run"
X Link 2022-05-06T01:43Z 28.3K followers, [---] engagements
"When I was little my dad taught me how to fix a toilet. "You never want to pay $500 for something you can easily do yourself." And while the ability to do labor is hugely valuable the resource I was ALWAYS taught to conserve was money. It was part of our DNA on a single income"
X Link 2022-07-05T20:19Z 28.3K followers, [---] engagements
"Whereas rich kids are more likely taught how and when exchange money to free up the MOST valuable resource: time. Giving your kid an ability to know how to make the tradeoff when to buy more time and what to do with that time is easy when money isn't a strict constraint"
X Link 2022-07-05T20:19Z 28.3K followers, [---] engagements
"Obviously not all rich kids are skilled at leverage and not all non-rich kids are bad at it but I think it's an important lens for how VCs look at founders' growth and development needs. Knowing money isn't always the most scarce resource was a big and multi-year lesson for me"
X Link 2022-07-05T20:19Z 28.3K followers, [---] engagements
"Really important reminder: Your boss is not your therapist. Your manager is not your emotional stability. It's an unfair and unhealthy expectation and NOT what it means to bring your whole self to work"
X Link 2022-07-06T15:42Z 28.3K followers, [----] engagements
"A meeting was canceled 4x in [--] months. It was finally on the calendar for today. With no note the EA adjusts the invite to 10min. I responded: This doesn't seem to be a priority. Reach out if it becomes one. Protect your time. Don't let "important" people overlook your worth"
X Link 2022-07-21T16:26Z 28.3K followers, [---] engagements
"The concept of "runway" is a little odd at pre-seed. Your goal is not to survive for many years until the market changes it's to validate the idea you have right now. Telling founders to optimize for existence pre-PMF tells me a lot of VCs still don't understand their business"
X Link 2022-12-13T14:16Z 28.3K followers, [---] engagements
"Were shutting down. We started building [--] years ago with a crazy idea that our benefits shouldnt be tied to traditional employment and a W2 form. https://catch.co/thank-you/ https://catch.co/thank-you/"
X Link 2023-03-06T17:32Z 28.3K followers, 423.3K engagements
"In the [--] hours since our announcement hundreds of customers have come forward suggesting crowdfunding a willingness to pay more and expressions of grief at our "break up." You bring us to tears. We are so grateful for you"
X Link 2023-03-07T01:56Z 28.3K followers, 84K engagements
"For all the advice about diversifying deposits please think it through. A $10M Series A would require FORTY different banks to get full FDIC coverage. And sure say MM or Treasury. But teams of [--] dont have bandwidth to manage complex financial products. That is not the job"
X Link 2023-03-11T01:07Z 28.3K followers, 467.7K engagements
"Most people agree that if you've only ever worked at sub-50 person startups there's a steep learning curve to be in a bigCo. What astounds me is how few people understand the opposite. Just because you've led teams of [---] does NOT mean you're ready for a whole company of 10"
X Link 2023-06-02T14:41Z 28.3K followers, 78.5K engagements
"So the thing about having kids that I feel like no one says because it seems obvious but before you have them it really isnt: You have to be home by 6pm pretty much every night. Like not most nights. Every night. Imagine a 6pm curfew for the next [--] years. Thats little kids"
X Link 2023-06-18T00:53Z 28.3K followers, 436.2K engagements
"Told my daughter Id had a tough day and that I was sorry for yelling at her. She said I can help you with your work. No worries. We will fix it because I love you forever. She is [--] and I have just been schooled in how to support another human with supernatural empathy. 🤯"
X Link 2024-08-14T01:51Z 28.3K followers, 23.3K engagements
"One time a VC asked us to do a final meeting at 7am to get all partners there. When we arrived they joked about a term sheet being hidden in muffins. The meeting went well. Three days of ghosting. Then a pass. Just a reminder to protect your hearts founders"
X Link 2024-09-14T01:47Z 28.3K followers, 81.7K engagements
"From my humble seat as a lowly PM: - Alignment on what we were doing. A single list of what the priorities are from c-suite. - Managers as ICs. Less emphasis on coordination more on building. - Rituals that show not tell. Demo code every week. Including VERY rough living code to @jack - Killing consensus in favor of speed with DRIs. - Direct escalation. Disagree and commit. Make a decision within [--] hours. - Unreasonableness on behalf of customers and experience. Intolerance of process that doesnt add value. - Hunger. Ambition. And a huge chip on our shoulder. @FintechKristen what changed in"
X Link 2025-11-13T14:52Z 28.3K followers, 215.4K engagements
"Asking someone to provide you weekly updates in [----] should be illegal. I'm not saying the AI summaries are perfect. Some things require nuance and synthesis to unblock but those should be real-time and person to person. Generic "what happened last week" updates:"
X Link 2026-02-03T18:22Z 28.3K followers, [----] engagements
"New design drop of custom P2P backgrounds ahead of the Big Game. Friends dont send friends bank to bank transfers. 😴 Enjoy responsibly. 🏈💚🤑"
X Link 2026-02-06T20:37Z 28.3K followers, [----] engagements
"@NWischoff We did [--] under [--] as well. The first 4mo were easier than the next 12mo. Got easier again when #2 was full walking + talking. Right now: lean on dad. Make time for 1:1 dates with #1. Know your non-negotiables and dont cave to pressure bc youre tired or hormonal. You got this"
X Link 2026-01-20T00:31Z 28.3K followers, [----] engagements
"Congrats @ajambrosino @embirico @thsottiaux and the whole team. This changes everything for those of us too challenged to use the CLI. 😍 Introducing the Codex appa powerful command center for building with agents. Now available on macOS. https://t.co/HW05s2C9Nr Introducing the Codex appa powerful command center for building with agents. Now available on macOS. https://t.co/HW05s2C9Nr"
X Link 2026-02-02T18:11Z 28.3K followers, [----] engagements
"Ok that's a good looking piece of work @ajambrosino 🙃 Automate tasks with Codex @ajambrosino showed us how to turn repetitive work into background processes that handle daily reports fix bugs overnight and manage PR health automatically https://t.co/9Jn3c1ehBg Automate tasks with Codex @ajambrosino showed us how to turn repetitive work into background processes that handle daily reports fix bugs overnight and manage PR health automatically https://t.co/9Jn3c1ehBg"
X Link 2026-02-03T00:24Z 28.3K followers, [----] engagements
"Learn the rules like a pro so you can break them like an artist. - Picasso with some fine words for crypto and fintech builders I think a lot of the disillusionment is that many of the folks in crypto were half-wide-eyed idealist who thought reinventing banking would be easy and half either deliberate or inadvertent scammers who launched tokens into huge fanfare PR and self-enrichment without having I think a lot of the disillusionment is that many of the folks in crypto were half-wide-eyed idealist who thought reinventing banking would be easy and half either deliberate or inadvertent"
X Link 2026-02-05T16:20Z 28.3K followers, [---] engagements
"BNPL just got a major glow up onto the Cash App Card. just started rolling out Afterpay on the Cash App Card PRE-PURCHASE onward --- https://t.co/RNPs7mYk6K just started rolling out Afterpay on the Cash App Card PRE-PURCHASE onward --- https://t.co/RNPs7mYk6K"
X Link 2026-02-06T00:25Z 28.3K followers, [----] engagements
"I will henceforth only use agents if I can watch them work in Threadcraft. Theyre adorable. This might be my favorite thing Ive ever had the pleasure of watching @ajambrosino build. And we built a company together for [--] years. when you build the codex app using codex app your automations can be add something random to the codex app run [--] - threadcraft https://t.co/bfWyHNCku2 when you build the codex app using codex app your automations can be add something random to the codex app run [--] - threadcraft https://t.co/bfWyHNCku2"
X Link 2026-02-06T02:18Z 28.3K followers, [----] engagements
"People are saying. @CashApp Is Cashapp for lovers @CashApp Is Cashapp for lovers"
X Link 2026-02-14T18:09Z 28.3K followers, [----] engagements
"Those of you following me on Twitter have known for a bit 😉 Were seeing great early traction and would love feedback. Great for: - frequent Requesters (roommates) - group organizers (rec leagues) - business customers (goods and services) The easy way to get paid. New from Cash App 👀 Peer-to-Peer Payment Links Starting today all eligible Cash App customers can generate a shareable Cash App payment request link. - Shareable anywhere: text email social media messaging apps - Reusable: same link can be used to request money from https://t.co/zmX4jNs5vs New from Cash App 👀 Peer-to-Peer Payment"
X Link 2026-02-11T19:55Z 28.3K followers, [----] engagements
"Goose do not toy with me today. Enough with the [--] questions"
X Link 2026-02-17T23:44Z 28.3K followers, [---] engagements
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