#  @suffiyanmalikk Suffiyan Malik Suffiyan Malik posts on X about list, $spot, ai, business the most. They currently have [-----] followers and [---] posts still getting attention that total [-----] engagements in the last [--] hours. ### Engagements: [-----] [#](/creator/twitter::1490799432874430464/interactions)  - [--] Week [-----] +7,178% - [--] Month [------] -83% - [--] Months [-------] +1,772% - [--] Year [-------] +277% ### Mentions: [--] [#](/creator/twitter::1490799432874430464/posts_active)  - [--] Months [--] +100% - [--] Year [--] -20% ### Followers: [-----] [#](/creator/twitter::1490799432874430464/followers)  - [--] Week [-----] +0.08% - [--] Month [-----] +0.93% - [--] Months [-----] +8.50% - [--] Year [-----] +28% ### CreatorRank: [---------] [#](/creator/twitter::1490799432874430464/influencer_rank)  ### Social Influence **Social category influence** [stocks](/list/stocks) 14% [finance](/list/finance) 14% [technology brands](/list/technology-brands) 13% [vc firms](/list/vc-firms) 5% [social networks](/list/social-networks) 4% [countries](/list/countries) 4% [events](/list/events) 2% [celebrities](/list/celebrities) 2% [automotive brands](/list/automotive-brands) 2% [cryptocurrencies](/list/cryptocurrencies) 2% **Social topic influence** [list](/topic/list) 5%, [$spot](/topic/$spot) 4%, [ai](/topic/ai) 4%, [business](/topic/business) 4%, [$bkng](/topic/$bkng) 3%, [ceo](/topic/ceo) 3%, [investment](/topic/investment) #4968, [youtube](/topic/youtube) 3%, [in the](/topic/in-the) 3%, [polymarket](/topic/polymarket) 3% **Top accounts mentioned or mentioned by** [@wethebuilders](/creator/undefined) [@luxcapital](/creator/undefined) [@farshchi](/creator/undefined) [@m2jr](/creator/undefined) [@vardaspace](/creator/undefined) [@zoox](/creator/undefined) [@goformic](/creator/undefined) [@covariantai](/creator/undefined) [@cobibgantz](/creator/undefined) [@floodgatefund](/creator/undefined) [@forbes](/creator/undefined) [@osmanrashid](/creator/undefined) [@chegg](/creator/undefined) [@packym](/creator/undefined) [@reindsummit](/creator/undefined) [@naryavc](/creator/undefined) [@a16z](/creator/undefined) [@bookingholdings](/creator/undefined) [@appliedint](/creator/undefined) [@zebulgar](/creator/undefined) **Top assets mentioned** [Spotify Technology (SPOT)](/topic/$spot) [Booking Holdings Inc (BKNG)](/topic/$bkng) [Marriott International Inc (MAR)](/topic/$mar) [Uber Technologies, Inc. (UBER)](/topic/$uber) [Boeing Co (BA)](/topic/$ba) [Tesla, Inc. (TSLA)](/topic/tesla) [RAMP (RAMP)](/topic/$ramp) [Alphabet Inc Class A (GOOGL)](/topic/$googl) [Coca-Cola Co (KO)](/topic/$ko) ### Top Social Posts Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours "I got to sit down with Glenn Fogel CEO of @BookingHoldings the largest travel company in the world. $BKNG market cap is $160B as of today when I am publishing this. For context its market cap is 2x that of Marriott ($83B) and AirBnB ($74B) which are [--] and [--]. I knew travel was big but I did not know it was roughly 10% of Global GDP. According to World Travel & Tourism Council in [----] travel is expected to contribute an all-time high of $11.7 Trillion to the global economy a 7.3% growth since [----]. The global travel industry has seen a better growth rate than the $AMZN stock over the last year" [X Link](https://x.com/suffiyanmalikk/status/1996676069693575518) 2025-12-04T20:20Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Current patent system works really well for large corporations with teams of lawyers but not for early stage startups. I would argue that the best startups were always using trade secrets to create categories and were aware of the threat of human version of LLMs. That will just continue being the case. Not filing patents and using trade secrets will become more common. Why Because the second you file your patent every LLM is going to be able to train on it. Then everyone on the planet can ask for a work around to file a competitive patent. Your IP is no longer yours Not filing patents and" [X Link](https://x.com/suffiyanmalikk/status/2020999768294686737) 2026-02-09T23:14Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Excited to publish @WeThe_Builders E15 with Mike Maples (@m2jr) cofounder of @floodgatefund 8x @Forbes Midas List investor and author of Pattern Breakers. I first found Mike when I came across his podcast with @osmanrashid (Cofounder of @Chegg) about [--] years ago. I have since admired Mikes philosophy on startups and investing. Mike is an early investor in category defining companies like @X @okta Chegg @Twitch @CloverHealth and @AppliedInt to name a few. I hosted a dinner on the topic of technological stagnation about [--] years ago with Mike and a few other investors and founders this was" [X Link](https://x.com/suffiyanmalikk/status/2021455580137914598) 2026-02-11T05:25Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Full episode also available on: Youtube: Spotify: Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/we-the-builders/id1829681453i=1000749186224 https://open.spotify.com/episode/3yx6M0f1FtsXkFGWeHbEoesi=7HADHXdsR3aWRjyw4G5LzA https://youtu.be/UEl0sSsLvkIsi=Tjt0ADNHdwKtZrOn https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/we-the-builders/id1829681453i=1000749186224 https://open.spotify.com/episode/3yx6M0f1FtsXkFGWeHbEoesi=7HADHXdsR3aWRjyw4G5LzA https://youtu.be/UEl0sSsLvkIsi=Tjt0ADNHdwKtZrOn" [X Link](https://x.com/suffiyanmalikk/status/2021458769209966899) 2026-02-11T05:38Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "On substack: https://open.substack.com/pub/suffiyanmalik/p/e15-mike-maples-of-floodgate-on-patternr=128bhp&utm_medium=ios&shareImageVariant=app https://open.substack.com/pub/suffiyanmalik/p/e15-mike-maples-of-floodgate-on-patternr=128bhp&utm_medium=ios&shareImageVariant=app" [X Link](https://x.com/suffiyanmalikk/status/2021512820287029623) 2026-02-11T09:13Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "Even being different worse is better sometimes than being better at the same (thing). - @m2jr Excited to publish @WeThe_Builders E15 with Mike Maples (@m2jr) cofounder of @floodgatefund 8x @Forbes Midas List investor and author of Pattern Breakers. I first found Mike when I came across his podcast with @osmanrashid (Cofounder of @Chegg) about [--] years ago. I have https://t.co/6jBNjuThNq Excited to publish @WeThe_Builders E15 with Mike Maples (@m2jr) cofounder of @floodgatefund 8x @Forbes Midas List investor and author of Pattern Breakers. I first found Mike when I came across his podcast with" [X Link](https://x.com/suffiyanmalikk/status/2021513185753489589) 2026-02-11T09:14Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Mike Maples (@m2jr) on traits of great startups what storytelling means for founders and why it is important: - The sole purpose for a startup to exist is "to change the subject" - Unlike normal businesses that build competitive moats and compound advantages a startup must avoid the comparison game because customers will not buy from a startup if they have any reasonable alternative. - Customers will only buy from a startup if they are desperate for what the startup offers and no one else has it. - Founders must convince people to move with them to that different future which requires being a" [X Link](https://x.com/suffiyanmalikk/status/2021729138751496460) 2026-02-11T23:32Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "https://x.com/suffiyanmalikk/status/2021729138751496460s=20 Mike Maples (@m2jr) on traits of great startups what storytelling means for founders and why it is important: - The sole purpose for a startup to exist is "to change the subject" - Unlike normal businesses that build competitive moats and compound advantages a startup must https://t.co/0P35Vi2gA6 https://x.com/suffiyanmalikk/status/2021729138751496460s=20 Mike Maples (@m2jr) on traits of great startups what storytelling means for founders and why it is important: - The sole purpose for a startup to exist is "to change the subject" -" [X Link](https://x.com/suffiyanmalikk/status/2021730695929016450) 2026-02-11T23:38Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "Full episode also available on: Substack: Youtube: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/3yx6M0f1FtsXkFGWeHbEoesi=7HADHXdsR3aWRjyw4G5LzA https://youtu.be/UEl0sSsLvkIsi=Tjt0ADNHdwKtZrOn https://wethebuilders.us/p/e15-mike-maples-of-floodgate-on-patternr=128bhp&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web https://open.spotify.com/episode/3yx6M0f1FtsXkFGWeHbEoesi=7HADHXdsR3aWRjyw4G5LzA https://youtu.be/UEl0sSsLvkIsi=Tjt0ADNHdwKtZrOn https://wethebuilders.us/p/e15-mike-maples-of-floodgate-on-patternr=128bhp&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web" [X Link](https://x.com/suffiyanmalikk/status/2021730981879632211) 2026-02-11T23:40Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "I asked Mike Maples (@m2jr) how seed investing has changed [--] years after he started and what he has learned from his parents. Floodgate's strategy and the evolution of seed investing: - Multi-stage investors must double down when a company is raising money at a $20 billion valuation to get an exit that will return billions of dollars of exit profit. - Some seed fund investments can 2x or 3x a fund (in that $20B round) - While seed investing is hyper-competitive at entry good seed funds understand there is exit arbitrage. - Floodgate has a different partner who oversees follow-on strategy and" [X Link](https://x.com/suffiyanmalikk/status/2022052893608554975) 2026-02-12T20:59Z [----] followers, [---] engagements ".@m2jr on what he learnt from his dad: I remember when I was a kid did some coding and was excited about video games I told my dad I want to sell a company to Disney one day. My dad said that is the wrong attitude you should aim to buy Disney one day. Excited to publish @WeThe_Builders E15 with Mike Maples (@m2jr) cofounder of @floodgatefund 8x @Forbes Midas List investor and author of Pattern Breakers. I first found Mike when I came across his podcast with @osmanrashid (Cofounder of @Chegg) about [--] years ago. I have https://t.co/6jBNjuThNq Excited to publish @WeThe_Builders E15 with Mike" [X Link](https://x.com/suffiyanmalikk/status/2022053097334620633) 2026-02-12T21:00Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Mike Maples (@m2jr) on why disagreeableness matters in founders: A startup is a disagreeable act. You must be willing to depart from consensus. There are people who are invested in the status quo and are maintaining the status quo and they wont like the radical idea. So you have to decide whether you care more about the future that you want to manifest or succeeding in the current status quo. Excited to publish @WeThe_Builders E15 with Mike Maples (@m2jr) cofounder of @floodgatefund 8x @Forbes Midas List investor and author of Pattern Breakers. I first found Mike when I came across his" [X Link](https://x.com/suffiyanmalikk/status/2022364244029624416) 2026-02-13T17:36Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Full episode on wherever you find your podcasts. Substack: YouTube: Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/we-the-builders/id1829681453i=1000749186224 https://youtu.be/UEl0sSsLvkIsi=Tjt0ADNHdwKtZrOn https://wethebuilders.us/p/e15-mike-maples-of-floodgate-on-patternr=128bhp&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/we-the-builders/id1829681453i=1000749186224 https://youtu.be/UEl0sSsLvkIsi=Tjt0ADNHdwKtZrOn https://wethebuilders.us/p/e15-mike-maples-of-floodgate-on-patternr=128bhp&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web" [X Link](https://x.com/suffiyanmalikk/status/2022364246491713967) 2026-02-13T17:36Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "Lisa Su @LisaSu CEO of @AMD at the AI Summit and were only half way through Is D.C the new temple of technology Hill and Valley is the IRL version of TBPN imo @zebulgar @johncoogan @CGarrett_15 accurate" [X Link](https://x.com/suffiyanmalikk/status/1948093255964307529) 2025-07-23T18:50Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Howard Lutnick on now here at the AI Summit @howardlutnick Right before we had: - Scott Bessent Sec Treasury @SecScottBessent - Jensen Huang @nvidia Is @Polymarket doing predictions on whether well have the entire cabinet on stage by the end of the day" [X Link](https://x.com/suffiyanmalikk/status/1948113127478071800) 2025-07-23T20:08Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "@jamessinka @Farshchi @Lux_Capital @VardaSpace @zoox @goformic @CovariantAI You know the drill Like Subscribe Repost Force Your Friends to Repost In that order" [X Link](https://x.com/suffiyanmalikk/status/1949247848434032816) 2025-07-26T23:17Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "@andruyeung @Farshchi @Lux_Capital @VardaSpace @zoox @goformic @CovariantAI Thank you Andrew" [X Link](https://x.com/suffiyanmalikk/status/1949262384838922545) 2025-07-27T00:15Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "@packyM @Farshchi @Lux_Capital @VardaSpace @zoox @goformic @CovariantAI Thanks Packy Excited to have you on in Sep" [X Link](https://x.com/suffiyanmalikk/status/1949265304741388485) 2025-07-27T00:27Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "@E_Bruxxx @Farshchi @Lux_Capital @VardaSpace @zoox @goformic @CovariantAI Appreciate it" [X Link](https://x.com/suffiyanmalikk/status/1949270141839237632) 2025-07-27T00:46Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "@ash_at_monty @Farshchi @Lux_Capital @VardaSpace @zoox @goformic @CovariantAI Thank you Ash" [X Link](https://x.com/suffiyanmalikk/status/1949277707327660537) 2025-07-27T01:16Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "@SofiaHaft @Farshchi @Lux_Capital @VardaSpace @zoox @goformic @CovariantAI thank you Sofia" [X Link](https://x.com/suffiyanmalikk/status/1950096318376124873) 2025-07-29T07:29Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "@ali_moiz @Farshchi @Lux_Capital @VardaSpace @zoox @goformic @CovariantAI Thank you Ali" [X Link](https://x.com/suffiyanmalikk/status/1950096361010905407) 2025-07-29T07:29Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "We The Builders Live is back in SF on Aug [--] for a conversation with David Cramer @zeeg - cofounder and CPO of Sentry @getsentry has raised over $200m from top tier VC firms like @NEA and @Accel and is valued at $3B. They help developers find and fix bugs faster so they can get back to the fun parts of building. David started Sentry as an Open Source side project in 2012; today its used by over four million developers at over [------] organizations including companies like Anthropic Disney Instacart Duolingo Slack and Cursor. In his spare time he builds projects to dogfood Sentry on and is an" [X Link](https://x.com/suffiyanmalikk/status/1951029813839536636) 2025-07-31T21:18Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "This Friday on @WeThe_Builders I interviewed @CGarrett_15 Partner at @137ventures a $5B+ AUM growth-stage venture fund known for backing generational cateogory defining technology companies investments include @SpaceX @figma @anduriltech @PalantirTech @Spotify @Airbnb @turo @AppliedInt and @Uber. Shoutout to my friends at @reindsummit who put together an incredible event in Detroit mid-July this interview was recorded on the sides of the conference. Christian also cofounded The Hill and Valley Forum with @zebulgar at @foundersfund and @jacobhelberg to connect Capitol Hill and Silicon Valley" [X Link](https://x.com/suffiyanmalikk/status/1951551163289190408) 2025-08-02T07:50Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "We issued an update to the map of Thiel disciples founded venture firms from The Generalist's four part series on Founders Fund called "No Rivals" which did not originally include [---] Ventures and Gigafund. @137ventures was cofounded by Justin Fishner-Wolfson (Former Principal at Founders Fund) and @alexjacobson (Former EIR at Founders Fund). Christian brought up in the pod that the info-graph was missing key data - well now it's taken care of. Other venture funds Thiel and his former associates have gone on to start include: @foundersfund @8vc @1517fund @NaryaVC @LongJourneyVC @A_StarVC" [X Link](https://x.com/suffiyanmalikk/status/1951782416848167118) 2025-08-02T23:09Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Episode with @mehul cofounder of @maticrobots is now live on We The Builders. Matic has raised $28m to bring the home automation revolution to every consumer starting with the best robot vacuum. Full masterplan in the pod. Mehul moved to Silicon Valley about [--] years ago. He has gone from moving to the US at [--] barely speaking English to an early career in DC-area dot-com startups to product leadership at Salesforce (back when it was just [---] people) and building and working with teams that launched like dot com (acquired by google for $100M) Flutter (vision-based gesture recognition;" [X Link](https://x.com/suffiyanmalikk/status/1956576616165134756) 2025-08-16T04:39Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Full episode on Substack: https://wethebuilders.us/p/the-future-of-home-robotics-withr=128bhp&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false https://wethebuilders.us/p/the-future-of-home-robotics-withr=128bhp&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false" [X Link](https://x.com/suffiyanmalikk/status/1956576619377627591) 2025-08-16T04:39Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "@abemurray Cats are the best Is that a bengal" [X Link](https://x.com/suffiyanmalikk/status/1956738976565653550) 2025-08-16T15:25Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "@abemurray Sounds like an adventurous childhood This is awesome Do they also sleep on your face in the morning or meow until theyre let out into the wild" [X Link](https://x.com/suffiyanmalikk/status/1956960466917634057) 2025-08-17T06:05Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "What was @SpaceX like from the inside in its early days I sat down with @karantalati in Detroit during the @reindsummit we talked about his journey being an early engineer at SpaceX to raising $30M for @firstresonance Karan tells us what SpaceX early days looked like how does SpaceX compare to legacy brands like Boeing in terms of culture and what Elon Musks relationship with Gwynne Shotwell taught Karan about co-founder relationships. His journey started just over a decade ago: Illinois engineering grad early SpaceXer (he arrived when Falcon [--] launches were still cool and they risked blowing" [X Link](https://x.com/suffiyanmalikk/status/1960266732234580363) 2025-08-26T09:03Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "What does it take to walk away from millions in unvested shares at @Tesla I sat down with @VivasVK7 founder & CEO of Mitra Chem. They have raised $100M in equity but more interestingly they have secured $150M+ in grants from the @ENERGY and the state of Michigan. Backers include bestie @chamath (who personally led the $20M Series A) and @Mitra_Chem is now building Americas first large-scale iron-based cathode factory. Vivas took an education leave from Tesla to attend Stanford Business School (MBA). During this time Teslas stock price skyrocketed 25x and the unvested equity he would have" [X Link](https://x.com/suffiyanmalikk/status/1962971187262509232) 2025-09-02T20:09Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Huge congrats to @JeffreyHarmon @nealsharmon @JordanHarmon and the entire team @AngelStudiosInc. They went public today and are now listed on @NYSE Founding story discussion on media and more with Jeff and Jordan coming out later this month on @WeThe_Builders. A historic moment at the @NYSE 🎉 The Harmon brothers celebrate as Angel goes public proof that bold faith and light-amplifying storytelling can shape the future of entertainment 📷 #AngelTakesNYSE @nealsharmon @JeffreyHarmon @JordanHarmon https://t.co/cX3UuGPEjc A historic moment at the @NYSE 🎉 The Harmon brothers celebrate as Angel" [X Link](https://x.com/suffiyanmalikk/status/1966261141434413260) 2025-09-11T22:02Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "NEW on @WeThe_Builders: Episode w/ @auren founder of @LiveRamp ($RAMP) @flexcapital @SafeGraph and @NQB8_. This is one of the most interesting conversations I have had on the show so far. He grew LiveRamp to a $300m exit has invested in 180+ companies through Flex Capital a seed stage fund is chair of Safegraph ($370m data company backed by Sapphire Ventures Peter Thiel Ridge Ventures) and is host of World of DaaS a podcast and community for data nerds. Auren is thinking of and validating new ideas on almost a weekly cadence. He continues to start new companies through NQB8 which includes a" [X Link](https://x.com/suffiyanmalikk/status/1971312098920767789) 2025-09-25T20:33Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "@KianSadeghi5 Exciting times Keeping your head down and staying away from distractions is the new most in the world of attention deficit disorder" [X Link](https://x.com/suffiyanmalikk/status/1975584886288466357) 2025-10-07T15:31Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Was great catching up with @Zhaslan_Madiyev Kazakhstan Minister of Digital and Space Yerzhan Ashikbayev the Ambassador to the U.S. and Asset Abdualiyev at Silkroad Innovation Hub in Palo Alto yesterday. Excited to continue our partnership to find and accelerate the best entrepreneurs in the Central Asia region. In the last year or so of working with about [--] entrepreneurs from the region I have seen a trend. We have met some of the most resilient people from this region great engineers and founders with a focus on profitability above all else. We invested in Citix last year which is now" [X Link](https://x.com/suffiyanmalikk/status/1816925172940833257) 2024-07-26T19:54Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "@williewockets Should I remove your email" [X Link](https://x.com/suffiyanmalikk/status/1863825230147543526) 2024-12-03T05:58Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Finally got to see the HQ of Making America Healthy Again. Caught up with Kian about building direct distribution founder friends fundraising and going all-in Super pumped about Nucleus. Kian keeps talking about his comms team. TIL: he is the comms team. His logical side of the brain gives him sound advice but then theres the high agency lets fuck shit up Kian You have to become the media. No other way" [X Link](https://x.com/suffiyanmalikk/status/1890190778187620738) 2025-02-14T00:06Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "We The Builders EPISODE [--] is LIVE with @Farshchi at @Lux_Capital Shahin has invested in companies manufacturing in space (@VardaSpace) building autonomous transportation systems (@zoox) providing robots as a service (@goformic) automating industries (@CovariantAI) using space to revolutionize the Earth observation industry (@planet) 3D printing rockets (@relativityspace) and many more. The Jetsons Future I thought I would be living in [----] is partly being built. We have a long way to go but this is exactly how we inspire the next generation. If someone from [----] woke up and read this they" [X Link](https://x.com/suffiyanmalikk/status/1949244755235479762) 2025-07-26T23:05Z [----] followers, 23.6K engagements "I asked Shahin @Lux_Capital how his thinking has evolved having been in both a PhD researcher and founder shoes. His response:" [X Link](https://x.com/suffiyanmalikk/status/1950102501484568690) 2025-07-29T07:54Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "I asked @Farshchi at @Lux_Capital about how frontier tech startups should think about value creation. He had an interesting take where he separated breakthrough innovation from shareholder demand. His full response: "What we're solving for ultimately as VCs is not selling products or even taking companies public. What we're solving for is shareholder demand because shareholder demand drives share price. You want to buy shares in your company at a dollar and sell those shares in the next [--] years for $100. That's what we're ultimately trying to do now. Whatever it takes for those shares to" [X Link](https://x.com/suffiyanmalikk/status/1950250285882032592) 2025-07-29T17:41Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "@thejesonlee @Farshchi @Lux_Capital @join_savant @UCLA Great get and great topic" [X Link](https://x.com/suffiyanmalikk/status/1973899706788163689) 2025-10-02T23:55Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "@liangsays @tszzl @a16z @bigthink @LumaLabsAI @elevenlabsio @theworldlabs Friends @bigthink are the real deal" [X Link](https://x.com/suffiyanmalikk/status/1981168099111162042) 2025-10-23T01:17Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "@liangsays @a16z @AlecStapps chart posting streak might finally get challenged" [X Link](https://x.com/suffiyanmalikk/status/1982627665866788996) 2025-10-27T01:57Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "@TurnerNovak Thanks for the public service message for all marketers Turner. Gods work" [X Link](https://x.com/suffiyanmalikk/status/1987214383936905370) 2025-11-08T17:43Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "Around [-----] Americans are retiring every single day for the next [--] years. 60m people in the US are retired. Medicare is one of the biggest problems among this community there are 100s of providers and choosing the wrong one could either mean losing thousands of dollars or your life (I think Cobi quoted a report citing 20% fatality on choosing the wrong provider). If your parents are not in that age group yet you probably havent started thinking about this but it is one of the biggest and most underserved markets in the US. The opportunity is not to just help senior citizens with Medicare" [X Link](https://x.com/suffiyanmalikk/status/1989135217265897515) 2025-11-14T00:56Z [----] followers, 110.1K engagements "@bhalligan @TimDraper To encourage that he built in a lot of rule-breaking into the programs @draper_u" [X Link](https://x.com/suffiyanmalikk/status/1989201578713313458) 2025-11-14T05:19Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "@DefenseAnalyses Reminded me that we need more black tie events in sf/Bay Area" [X Link](https://x.com/suffiyanmalikk/status/1989202521706098990) 2025-11-14T05:23Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "@hannah_ahn Too many distractions" [X Link](https://x.com/suffiyanmalikk/status/1989597722265944353) 2025-11-15T07:33Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "@mddstephens Take it to the peninsula guaranteed overnight change" [X Link](https://x.com/suffiyanmalikk/status/1989598755989889501) 2025-11-15T07:38Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "@bayareawriter Ai agents will rescue you soon in [--] years" [X Link](https://x.com/suffiyanmalikk/status/1989643889033261239) 2025-11-15T10:37Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "This is the kinda attitude all frontier tech founders should have. I know someone is probably thinking: Sorry were not accommodating honeymoon on the moon yet @aaronkemmer maybe you can help @billythalheimer Sorry I havent finished the supersonic jet yet @billythalheimer Sorry I havent finished the supersonic jet yet" [X Link](https://x.com/suffiyanmalikk/status/1989858331264258054) 2025-11-16T00:49Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Predictions for which elite university will go down first Maybe @Kalshi or @Polymarket should integrate these predictions on @X Wait long enough and almost all of the abhorrent people and institutions destroy themselves with little need for any external effort. Wait long enough and almost all of the abhorrent people and institutions destroy themselves with little need for any external effort" [X Link](https://x.com/suffiyanmalikk/status/1989861648589619406) 2025-11-16T01:02Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "What does Palantir actually do We finally got the answer for the timeline Thanks @CobiBGantz Around [-----] Americans are retiring every single day for the next [--] years. 60m people in the US are retired. Medicare is one of the biggest problems among this community there are 100s of providers and choosing the wrong one could either mean losing thousands of dollars or https://t.co/L9SYdGI2mz Around [-----] Americans are retiring every single day for the next [--] years. 60m people in the US are retired. Medicare is one of the biggest problems among this community there are 100s of providers and" [X Link](https://x.com/suffiyanmalikk/status/1989894491441144032) 2025-11-16T03:13Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "What does Palantir actually do We finally got the answer for the timeline Thanks @CobiBGantz" [X Link](https://x.com/suffiyanmalikk/status/1989894614560772593) 2025-11-16T03:13Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "@Andercot @ycombinator Andrew ScFi LLM. Go for it" [X Link](https://x.com/suffiyanmalikk/status/1990111819718070464) 2025-11-16T17:36Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "You can have a billionaire cofounder like Vivek Ramaswamy have Peter Thiel and JD Vance on the board and still struggle to fundraise if investors disagree with your thesis of the problem and your vision. Well in some cases it does happen not always. Cobi on fundraising dynamics: @CobiBGantz @askchapter Around [-----] Americans are retiring every single day for the next [--] years. 60m people in the US are retired. Medicare is one of the biggest problems among this community there are 100s of providers and choosing the wrong one could either mean losing thousands of dollars or" [X Link](https://x.com/suffiyanmalikk/status/1990226452521046324) 2025-11-17T01:12Z [----] followers, 104.8K engagements "You can have a billionaire cofounder like Vivek Ramaswamy have Peter Thiel and JD Vance on the board and still struggle to fundraise if investors disagree with your thesis of the problem and your vision. Well in some cases it does happen not always. Cobi on fundraising dynamics: @CobiBGantz @askchapter s/o to everyone with early conviction. @NaryaVC @addition @SusaVentures @MaverickVent" [X Link](https://x.com/suffiyanmalikk/status/1990227743615881341) 2025-11-17T01:17Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "@packyM @kwharrison13 We thank the men in the arena for the public service message" [X Link](https://x.com/suffiyanmalikk/status/1990358286034751825) 2025-11-17T09:56Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "We thank the men in the arena for the public service message Choosing what to work on what you should spend not one but potentially many decades doing should be a very hard decision and you should explore until you can build conviction. This doesnt happen overnight and the cofounders you meet for these missions are usually not people you met at happy hour last week. Build long term relationships and explore ideas together do projects together. You cannot accelerate trust this usually takes years. To stress test these ideas one good framework is to answer the [--] questions in the book Zero To" [X Link](https://x.com/suffiyanmalikk/status/1990359830721089834) 2025-11-17T10:02Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "@teddypowday Wheres the Kalshi or Polymarket for the next round at $40B in Q1 [----] @X maybe integrate prediction markets in replies" [X Link](https://x.com/suffiyanmalikk/status/1990618810228093050) 2025-11-18T03:11Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "@chadwahl @CobiBGantz was recently on my pod and finally told the listeners what Palantir does. Would be great to do a deep dive on some of the offerings Up for coming on the show" [X Link](https://x.com/suffiyanmalikk/status/1990622705163644963) 2025-11-18T03:26Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "@_nontechnical Key is to start with may I meet you" [X Link](https://x.com/suffiyanmalikk/status/1990632246181835248) 2025-11-18T04:04Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Can someone explain why new models come out around each other. p.s did I miss the Gemini [---] launch Introducing Grok [---] a frontier model that sets a new standard for conversational intelligence emotional understanding and real-world helpfulness. Grok [---] is available for free on https://t.co/AnXpIEOPEb https://t.co/53pltyq3a4 and our mobile apps. https://t.co/Cdmv5CqSrb Introducing Grok [---] a frontier model that sets a new standard for conversational intelligence emotional understanding and real-world helpfulness. Grok [---] is available for free on https://t.co/AnXpIEOPEb" [X Link](https://x.com/suffiyanmalikk/status/1990655690919264527) 2025-11-18T05:37Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "@xai Can someone explain why new models come out around each other. p.s did I miss the Gemini [---] launch" [X Link](https://x.com/suffiyanmalikk/status/1990655719654449348) 2025-11-18T05:38Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "@Jo_Minimis Looks like youve never sold to dow" [X Link](https://x.com/suffiyanmalikk/status/1991062334299910606) 2025-11-19T08:33Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "In case someone was wondering why theyre a $30B company. Google Sheets and Excel havent been meanginfully challenged in a long long time Today were launching Ramp Sheets the AI spreadsheet editor built to 10x finance teams operators and founders. Ramp Sheets plans executes and formats automatically. Its already being used to model budgets forecast revenue and reconcile financial statements. https://t.co/iCh45te4Zr Today were launching Ramp Sheets the AI spreadsheet editor built to 10x finance teams operators and founders. Ramp Sheets plans executes and formats automatically. Its already being" [X Link](https://x.com/suffiyanmalikk/status/1991928579844948283) 2025-11-21T17:55Z [----] followers, 12.7K engagements "@gilbert @djrosent How do you like the cherry coke. On that note Coke [----] 🤔 or Kochs. Either would be an incredible episode" [X Link](https://x.com/suffiyanmalikk/status/1992017896068010051) 2025-11-21T23:50Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "@roelofbotha @Springboks @RassieRugby Did you ever get into cricket Because South Africa just beat India in India" [X Link](https://x.com/suffiyanmalikk/status/1992372995118002485) 2025-11-22T23:21Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "No swag at We The Builders either. We will only do Oscars but for the best guests Itll be Statue of Liberty in an astronaut suit representing freedom and progress Were so contrarian at Weekend Fund. Weve never made swag. Were so contrarian at Weekend Fund. Weve never made swag" [X Link](https://x.com/suffiyanmalikk/status/1992383956558488026) 2025-11-23T00:05Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "This reminded me of the Hermes episode on Acquired. Personally I would much rather build a premium product/service. What business model do builders on the timeline prefer and why @AcquiredFM @Hermes_Paris Anyone who says B has never had B Anyone who says B has never had B" [X Link](https://x.com/suffiyanmalikk/status/1992399368134205597) 2025-11-23T01:06Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "@awwstn Wasnt this last year 2024" [X Link](https://x.com/suffiyanmalikk/status/1992399812197773610) 2025-11-23T01:08Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "@awwstn Wow time flies" [X Link](https://x.com/suffiyanmalikk/status/1992400062060843511) 2025-11-23T01:09Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "@telmudic You forget to add millions in VC funding raised" [X Link](https://x.com/suffiyanmalikk/status/1992416384668606545) 2025-11-23T02:14Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Add in millions in vc funding raised I asked nano banana to generate a really annoying twitter profile and this is what it output https://t.co/m8oeafq5oS I asked nano banana to generate a really annoying twitter profile and this is what it output https://t.co/m8oeafq5oS" [X Link](https://x.com/suffiyanmalikk/status/1992416571554464204) 2025-11-23T02:15Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "If i like or quote repost some folks from the timeline why does the timeline show me 10x more of their content @nikitabier" [X Link](https://x.com/suffiyanmalikk/status/1992417208065241254) 2025-11-23T02:17Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "@salinasdanielf @elonmusk It is truly incredible. But lately Idk man i think my DMs are getting lost in the endless ocean" [X Link](https://x.com/suffiyanmalikk/status/1992423636284887507) 2025-11-23T02:43Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "Whatever shopify did with TBPN for Black Friday worked. My timeline is flooded with tweets from Shopifys team" [X Link](https://x.com/suffiyanmalikk/status/1994963866133106771) 2025-11-30T02:57Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "This is so true. I think Brian Armstrong said something like action produces insights but also action creates chances Most of the biggest business shifts in my career have come shortly after I just got on a plane to go do stuff and it worked. Get out of the building and talk to people Most of the biggest business shifts in my career have come shortly after I just got on a plane to go do stuff and it worked. Get out of the building and talk to people" [X Link](https://x.com/suffiyanmalikk/status/1996757713003729410) 2025-12-05T01:45Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Special announcement for my fellow binge podcast listeners and viewers: Today we are launching @WeThe_Builders holiday extravaganza. Expect an episode to drop every other day. Next four releases: - @zebulgar Founders Fund and Varda Space - @m2jr Floodgate - @packyM Not Boring - @robleclerc AgFunder And ICYMI I had Glenn Fogel CEO of Booking Holdings on my last episode. We teed it off with world history. I got to sit down with Glenn Fogel CEO of @BookingHoldings the largest travel company in the world. $BKNG market cap is $160B as of today when I am publishing this. For context its market cap" [X Link](https://x.com/suffiyanmalikk/status/1997111143853359262) 2025-12-06T01:09Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Attention of the right niche is worth orders of magnitude more. The more I think about it the more I realise how many people read Zero To One but dont get it. From this pod I also noticed something in them similar to James Dyson (on @davidsenra) - differentiation for differentiations sake. e.g the set they started reading tweets from was classic country club lounge vibes but as they got copied they moved to the ultra dome because they wanted to make sure they are different" [X Link](https://x.com/suffiyanmalikk/status/1998094169701830712) 2025-12-08T18:15Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "Attention of the right niche is worth orders of magnitude more. The more I think about it the more I realise how many people read Zero To One but dont get it. From this pod I also noticed something in them similar to James Dyson (on @davidsenra) - differentiation for differentiations sake. e.g the set they started reading tweets from was classic country club lounge vibes but as they got copied they moved to the ultra dome because they wanted to make sure they are different. Great conversation on @DialecticPod with @tbpn hosts for anyone doing media: One of the great challenges of building a" [X Link](https://x.com/suffiyanmalikk/status/1998094436178280937) 2025-12-08T18:16Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "@DStrachman I endorse as professor of cold DMs" [X Link](https://x.com/suffiyanmalikk/status/1999375656514470109) 2025-12-12T07:07Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "Specifically true for early stage when you are giving as @DStrachman would say belief capital to the team more than the idea. This reminds me of when I asked @CobiBGantz about doing financial planning/forecasting as a startup on @WeThe_Builders Ep [--] he mentioned how it is complete bullshit. You want the truth Go ahead and write up a plan but dont put too much faith in it. Because the only real way to find something out is to do it You want the truth Go ahead and write up a plan but dont put too much faith in it. Because the only real way to find something out is to do it" [X Link](https://x.com/suffiyanmalikk/status/2000725757341880467) 2025-12-16T00:32Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "@katiekirsch @a16z Gorgeous. Why not burgundy chairs" [X Link](https://x.com/suffiyanmalikk/status/2002544548749398335) 2025-12-21T01:00Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "@DavidSacks Bullish on Austin in the long long term 15-20 years. Still bearish on Miami. NYC will come back" [X Link](https://x.com/suffiyanmalikk/status/2006811538884276275) 2026-01-01T19:35Z [----] followers, 48K engagements "@aphysicist @DavidSacks Austin shouldnt try to be SF and Miami shouldnt try to be NYC. Cities should apply zero to one and differentiate" [X Link](https://x.com/suffiyanmalikk/status/2006819964687470958) 2026-01-01T20:08Z [----] followers, 46.7K engagements "Hardware isnt a new moat. Investors just stopped funding it for [--] years. Look at the 2004-2024 funding era its somewhere around $4T invested in software companies vs. $380B in hardware. That directly translates to the kind of future we are experiencing a quarter of a way through the 21st century. great piece by @scottbelsky. Number of useful predictions including -hardware as a new moat -ordinary data as a less valuable moat -emergence of successful AI health coaches great piece by @scottbelsky. Number of useful predictions including -hardware as a new moat -ordinary data as a less valuable" [X Link](https://x.com/suffiyanmalikk/status/2007214472361054604) 2026-01-02T22:16Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "@antoniogm Only day in the year to New York Jeep guys" [X Link](https://x.com/suffiyanmalikk/status/2015514492805771503) 2026-01-25T19:57Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "@Mat_Sherman Too far from D.C. and NYC. Austin is more central I feel" [X Link](https://x.com/suffiyanmalikk/status/2015621017100492816) 2026-01-26T03:01Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "@Mat_Sherman Im talking about Austin for proximity i guess most places [--] hrs away with decent flight frequency and touching 2-3/5 of the power metros are fine" [X Link](https://x.com/suffiyanmalikk/status/2015628106095022253) 2026-01-26T03:29Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "NEW on @WeThe_Builders Ep.10 with @ColinGreenspon just dropped. He is the co-founder of @NaryaVC a venture capital fund he cofounded with Vice President JD Vance and Falon Donohue (also cofounder of @reindsummit). Before Narya Colin was on the investment team at Mithril Capital working alongside Peter Thiel. As a technologist if you go over the Twitter/X timeline it will be hard to miss hype videos of hardtech companies announcing their new funding rounds or showcasing early prototypes of their product. You would see photos of founders in a giant warehouse with the American flag hanging at" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1976467174463320432) 2025-10-10T01:57Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Full Episode [--] on Substack: https://open.substack.com/pub/suffiyanmalik/p/e12-glenn-fogel-ceo-booking-holdingsutm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web https://open.substack.com/pub/suffiyanmalik/p/e12-glenn-fogel-ceo-booking-holdingsutm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web" [X Link](https://x.com/suffiyanmalikk/status/1996676072172318993) 2025-12-04T20:20Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "@andruyeung I would argue [--] years per project. One should think long and hard about what they want to spend their time on" [X Link](https://x.com/suffiyanmalikk/status/2018397988201079099) 2026-02-02T18:55Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "In NYC. Later today recording with Glenn Fogel CEO of Booking Holdings ($BKNG) and another exciting unicorn startup in healthcare. (More on that tomorrow) Glenn has been at the company for 20+ years and was leading corp dev and has now been CEO for almost [--] years. As I was researching got to learn a lot about them which I wasnt aware of. Some history on Booking Holdings it was known as Priceline Group until [----] and is the parent company of Opendoor Booking . Com Priceline Adora and Kayak. Priceline was founded back in [----] by Jay Walker with a name your own price model for hotels flights car" [X Link](https://x.com/suffiyanmalikk/status/1985379976720396676) 2025-11-03T16:14Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "This is a great guide for asking for an intro and how not to ask https://t.co/TLYwGcneDF https://t.co/TLYwGcneDF" [X Link](https://x.com/suffiyanmalikk/status/2013371774289805375) 2026-01-19T22:03Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "E14 with @packyM about building Not Boring new media business models Ramp vs Brex (timely) his thesis of vertical integrators his creative process and more. If youve spent any time in tech over the past few years youve probably read Not Boring or at least seen a screenshot of it on X/Twitter. Packy built it from a Substack assignment during @david_perell's Write of Passage course into one of the most-read newsletters in technology now at over [------] subscribers. Encouragement goes a long way. David in that course told him his first assignment was the best piece of writing he had seen in the" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/2014750783607050669) 2026-01-23T17:23Z [----] followers, 15.3K engagements "Also available wherever else you listen I prefer you do it on substack. Substack: YT: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4GUoEdkcyqKF26u5sB4omDsi=xSQ3kYHnQI2-mVmpQCr38w https://youtu.be/uT-rgzqY_eUsi=ONOpbGHp4NT4zazP https://wethebuilders.us/p/e14-packy-mccormick-on-writing-investingr=128bhp&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web https://open.spotify.com/episode/4GUoEdkcyqKF26u5sB4omDsi=xSQ3kYHnQI2-mVmpQCr38w https://youtu.be/uT-rgzqY_eUsi=ONOpbGHp4NT4zazP https://wethebuilders.us/p/e14-packy-mccormick-on-writing-investingr=128bhp&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web" [X Link](https://x.com/suffiyanmalikk/status/2014751373074567391) 2026-01-23T17:25Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "I am biased and not because Im an investor but my pick is @CobiBGantz https://x.com/suffiyanmalikk/status/1989135217265897515s=46 most underrated founder right now that nobody's talking about https://x.com/suffiyanmalikk/status/1989135217265897515s=46 most underrated founder right now that nobody's talking about" [X Link](https://x.com/suffiyanmalikk/status/2015570887030735241) 2026-01-25T23:42Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "I asked @packyM how he handles critique and sees through the noise while writing in public: In short - you are defensive in the beginning and eventually you stop caring because people either don't get your sarcasm or are quote tweeting and commenting for bangers/engagement. E14 with @packyM about building Not Boring new media business models Ramp vs Brex (timely) his thesis of vertical integrators his creative process and more. If youve spent any time in tech over the past few years youve probably read Not Boring or at least seen a https://t.co/S1obmaKj1W E14 with @packyM about building Not" [X Link](https://x.com/suffiyanmalikk/status/2015868258927190513) 2026-01-26T19:23Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "We will then move to the Star Wars cinematic universe. It's going to be tough for startups when all the Lord of the Rings names are taken and the only thing left is something like Bombadil AI. It's going to be tough for startups when all the Lord of the Rings names are taken and the only thing left is something like Bombadil AI" [X Link](https://x.com/suffiyanmalikk/status/2015907637641040013) 2026-01-26T22:00Z [----] followers, [---] engagements Limited data mode. Full metrics available with subscription: lunarcrush.com/pricing
@suffiyanmalikk Suffiyan MalikSuffiyan Malik posts on X about list, $spot, ai, business the most. They currently have [-----] followers and [---] posts still getting attention that total [-----] engagements in the last [--] hours.
Social category influence stocks 14% finance 14% technology brands 13% vc firms 5% social networks 4% countries 4% events 2% celebrities 2% automotive brands 2% cryptocurrencies 2%
Social topic influence list 5%, $spot 4%, ai 4%, business 4%, $bkng 3%, ceo 3%, investment #4968, youtube 3%, in the 3%, polymarket 3%
Top accounts mentioned or mentioned by @wethebuilders @luxcapital @farshchi @m2jr @vardaspace @zoox @goformic @covariantai @cobibgantz @floodgatefund @forbes @osmanrashid @chegg @packym @reindsummit @naryavc @a16z @bookingholdings @appliedint @zebulgar
Top assets mentioned Spotify Technology (SPOT) Booking Holdings Inc (BKNG) Marriott International Inc (MAR) Uber Technologies, Inc. (UBER) Boeing Co (BA) Tesla, Inc. (TSLA) RAMP (RAMP) Alphabet Inc Class A (GOOGL) Coca-Cola Co (KO)
Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours
"I got to sit down with Glenn Fogel CEO of @BookingHoldings the largest travel company in the world. $BKNG market cap is $160B as of today when I am publishing this. For context its market cap is 2x that of Marriott ($83B) and AirBnB ($74B) which are [--] and [--]. I knew travel was big but I did not know it was roughly 10% of Global GDP. According to World Travel & Tourism Council in [----] travel is expected to contribute an all-time high of $11.7 Trillion to the global economy a 7.3% growth since [----]. The global travel industry has seen a better growth rate than the $AMZN stock over the last year"
X Link 2025-12-04T20:20Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Current patent system works really well for large corporations with teams of lawyers but not for early stage startups. I would argue that the best startups were always using trade secrets to create categories and were aware of the threat of human version of LLMs. That will just continue being the case. Not filing patents and using trade secrets will become more common. Why Because the second you file your patent every LLM is going to be able to train on it. Then everyone on the planet can ask for a work around to file a competitive patent. Your IP is no longer yours Not filing patents and"
X Link 2026-02-09T23:14Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Excited to publish @WeThe_Builders E15 with Mike Maples (@m2jr) cofounder of @floodgatefund 8x @Forbes Midas List investor and author of Pattern Breakers. I first found Mike when I came across his podcast with @osmanrashid (Cofounder of @Chegg) about [--] years ago. I have since admired Mikes philosophy on startups and investing. Mike is an early investor in category defining companies like @X @okta Chegg @Twitch @CloverHealth and @AppliedInt to name a few. I hosted a dinner on the topic of technological stagnation about [--] years ago with Mike and a few other investors and founders this was"
X Link 2026-02-11T05:25Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Full episode also available on: Youtube: Spotify: Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/we-the-builders/id1829681453i=1000749186224 https://open.spotify.com/episode/3yx6M0f1FtsXkFGWeHbEoesi=7HADHXdsR3aWRjyw4G5LzA https://youtu.be/UEl0sSsLvkIsi=Tjt0ADNHdwKtZrOn https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/we-the-builders/id1829681453i=1000749186224 https://open.spotify.com/episode/3yx6M0f1FtsXkFGWeHbEoesi=7HADHXdsR3aWRjyw4G5LzA https://youtu.be/UEl0sSsLvkIsi=Tjt0ADNHdwKtZrOn"
X Link 2026-02-11T05:38Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"On substack: https://open.substack.com/pub/suffiyanmalik/p/e15-mike-maples-of-floodgate-on-patternr=128bhp&utm_medium=ios&shareImageVariant=app https://open.substack.com/pub/suffiyanmalik/p/e15-mike-maples-of-floodgate-on-patternr=128bhp&utm_medium=ios&shareImageVariant=app"
X Link 2026-02-11T09:13Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"Even being different worse is better sometimes than being better at the same (thing). - @m2jr Excited to publish @WeThe_Builders E15 with Mike Maples (@m2jr) cofounder of @floodgatefund 8x @Forbes Midas List investor and author of Pattern Breakers. I first found Mike when I came across his podcast with @osmanrashid (Cofounder of @Chegg) about [--] years ago. I have https://t.co/6jBNjuThNq Excited to publish @WeThe_Builders E15 with Mike Maples (@m2jr) cofounder of @floodgatefund 8x @Forbes Midas List investor and author of Pattern Breakers. I first found Mike when I came across his podcast with"
X Link 2026-02-11T09:14Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Mike Maples (@m2jr) on traits of great startups what storytelling means for founders and why it is important: - The sole purpose for a startup to exist is "to change the subject" - Unlike normal businesses that build competitive moats and compound advantages a startup must avoid the comparison game because customers will not buy from a startup if they have any reasonable alternative. - Customers will only buy from a startup if they are desperate for what the startup offers and no one else has it. - Founders must convince people to move with them to that different future which requires being a"
X Link 2026-02-11T23:32Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"https://x.com/suffiyanmalikk/status/2021729138751496460s=20 Mike Maples (@m2jr) on traits of great startups what storytelling means for founders and why it is important: - The sole purpose for a startup to exist is "to change the subject" - Unlike normal businesses that build competitive moats and compound advantages a startup must https://t.co/0P35Vi2gA6 https://x.com/suffiyanmalikk/status/2021729138751496460s=20 Mike Maples (@m2jr) on traits of great startups what storytelling means for founders and why it is important: - The sole purpose for a startup to exist is "to change the subject" -"
X Link 2026-02-11T23:38Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"Full episode also available on: Substack: Youtube: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/3yx6M0f1FtsXkFGWeHbEoesi=7HADHXdsR3aWRjyw4G5LzA https://youtu.be/UEl0sSsLvkIsi=Tjt0ADNHdwKtZrOn https://wethebuilders.us/p/e15-mike-maples-of-floodgate-on-patternr=128bhp&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web https://open.spotify.com/episode/3yx6M0f1FtsXkFGWeHbEoesi=7HADHXdsR3aWRjyw4G5LzA https://youtu.be/UEl0sSsLvkIsi=Tjt0ADNHdwKtZrOn https://wethebuilders.us/p/e15-mike-maples-of-floodgate-on-patternr=128bhp&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web"
X Link 2026-02-11T23:40Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"I asked Mike Maples (@m2jr) how seed investing has changed [--] years after he started and what he has learned from his parents. Floodgate's strategy and the evolution of seed investing: - Multi-stage investors must double down when a company is raising money at a $20 billion valuation to get an exit that will return billions of dollars of exit profit. - Some seed fund investments can 2x or 3x a fund (in that $20B round) - While seed investing is hyper-competitive at entry good seed funds understand there is exit arbitrage. - Floodgate has a different partner who oversees follow-on strategy and"
X Link 2026-02-12T20:59Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
".@m2jr on what he learnt from his dad: I remember when I was a kid did some coding and was excited about video games I told my dad I want to sell a company to Disney one day. My dad said that is the wrong attitude you should aim to buy Disney one day. Excited to publish @WeThe_Builders E15 with Mike Maples (@m2jr) cofounder of @floodgatefund 8x @Forbes Midas List investor and author of Pattern Breakers. I first found Mike when I came across his podcast with @osmanrashid (Cofounder of @Chegg) about [--] years ago. I have https://t.co/6jBNjuThNq Excited to publish @WeThe_Builders E15 with Mike"
X Link 2026-02-12T21:00Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Mike Maples (@m2jr) on why disagreeableness matters in founders: A startup is a disagreeable act. You must be willing to depart from consensus. There are people who are invested in the status quo and are maintaining the status quo and they wont like the radical idea. So you have to decide whether you care more about the future that you want to manifest or succeeding in the current status quo. Excited to publish @WeThe_Builders E15 with Mike Maples (@m2jr) cofounder of @floodgatefund 8x @Forbes Midas List investor and author of Pattern Breakers. I first found Mike when I came across his"
X Link 2026-02-13T17:36Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Full episode on wherever you find your podcasts. Substack: YouTube: Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/we-the-builders/id1829681453i=1000749186224 https://youtu.be/UEl0sSsLvkIsi=Tjt0ADNHdwKtZrOn https://wethebuilders.us/p/e15-mike-maples-of-floodgate-on-patternr=128bhp&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/we-the-builders/id1829681453i=1000749186224 https://youtu.be/UEl0sSsLvkIsi=Tjt0ADNHdwKtZrOn https://wethebuilders.us/p/e15-mike-maples-of-floodgate-on-patternr=128bhp&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web"
X Link 2026-02-13T17:36Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"Lisa Su @LisaSu CEO of @AMD at the AI Summit and were only half way through Is D.C the new temple of technology Hill and Valley is the IRL version of TBPN imo @zebulgar @johncoogan @CGarrett_15 accurate"
X Link 2025-07-23T18:50Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Howard Lutnick on now here at the AI Summit @howardlutnick Right before we had: - Scott Bessent Sec Treasury @SecScottBessent - Jensen Huang @nvidia Is @Polymarket doing predictions on whether well have the entire cabinet on stage by the end of the day"
X Link 2025-07-23T20:08Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"@jamessinka @Farshchi @Lux_Capital @VardaSpace @zoox @goformic @CovariantAI You know the drill Like Subscribe Repost Force Your Friends to Repost In that order"
X Link 2025-07-26T23:17Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"@andruyeung @Farshchi @Lux_Capital @VardaSpace @zoox @goformic @CovariantAI Thank you Andrew"
X Link 2025-07-27T00:15Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"@packyM @Farshchi @Lux_Capital @VardaSpace @zoox @goformic @CovariantAI Thanks Packy Excited to have you on in Sep"
X Link 2025-07-27T00:27Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"@E_Bruxxx @Farshchi @Lux_Capital @VardaSpace @zoox @goformic @CovariantAI Appreciate it"
X Link 2025-07-27T00:46Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"@ash_at_monty @Farshchi @Lux_Capital @VardaSpace @zoox @goformic @CovariantAI Thank you Ash"
X Link 2025-07-27T01:16Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"@SofiaHaft @Farshchi @Lux_Capital @VardaSpace @zoox @goformic @CovariantAI thank you Sofia"
X Link 2025-07-29T07:29Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@ali_moiz @Farshchi @Lux_Capital @VardaSpace @zoox @goformic @CovariantAI Thank you Ali"
X Link 2025-07-29T07:29Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"We The Builders Live is back in SF on Aug [--] for a conversation with David Cramer @zeeg - cofounder and CPO of Sentry @getsentry has raised over $200m from top tier VC firms like @NEA and @Accel and is valued at $3B. They help developers find and fix bugs faster so they can get back to the fun parts of building. David started Sentry as an Open Source side project in 2012; today its used by over four million developers at over [------] organizations including companies like Anthropic Disney Instacart Duolingo Slack and Cursor. In his spare time he builds projects to dogfood Sentry on and is an"
X Link 2025-07-31T21:18Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"This Friday on @WeThe_Builders I interviewed @CGarrett_15 Partner at @137ventures a $5B+ AUM growth-stage venture fund known for backing generational cateogory defining technology companies investments include @SpaceX @figma @anduriltech @PalantirTech @Spotify @Airbnb @turo @AppliedInt and @Uber. Shoutout to my friends at @reindsummit who put together an incredible event in Detroit mid-July this interview was recorded on the sides of the conference. Christian also cofounded The Hill and Valley Forum with @zebulgar at @foundersfund and @jacobhelberg to connect Capitol Hill and Silicon Valley"
X Link 2025-08-02T07:50Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"We issued an update to the map of Thiel disciples founded venture firms from The Generalist's four part series on Founders Fund called "No Rivals" which did not originally include [---] Ventures and Gigafund. @137ventures was cofounded by Justin Fishner-Wolfson (Former Principal at Founders Fund) and @alexjacobson (Former EIR at Founders Fund). Christian brought up in the pod that the info-graph was missing key data - well now it's taken care of. Other venture funds Thiel and his former associates have gone on to start include: @foundersfund @8vc @1517fund @NaryaVC @LongJourneyVC @A_StarVC"
X Link 2025-08-02T23:09Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Episode with @mehul cofounder of @maticrobots is now live on We The Builders. Matic has raised $28m to bring the home automation revolution to every consumer starting with the best robot vacuum. Full masterplan in the pod. Mehul moved to Silicon Valley about [--] years ago. He has gone from moving to the US at [--] barely speaking English to an early career in DC-area dot-com startups to product leadership at Salesforce (back when it was just [---] people) and building and working with teams that launched like dot com (acquired by google for $100M) Flutter (vision-based gesture recognition;"
X Link 2025-08-16T04:39Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Full episode on Substack: https://wethebuilders.us/p/the-future-of-home-robotics-withr=128bhp&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false https://wethebuilders.us/p/the-future-of-home-robotics-withr=128bhp&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false"
X Link 2025-08-16T04:39Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"@abemurray Cats are the best Is that a bengal"
X Link 2025-08-16T15:25Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@abemurray Sounds like an adventurous childhood This is awesome Do they also sleep on your face in the morning or meow until theyre let out into the wild"
X Link 2025-08-17T06:05Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"What was @SpaceX like from the inside in its early days I sat down with @karantalati in Detroit during the @reindsummit we talked about his journey being an early engineer at SpaceX to raising $30M for @firstresonance Karan tells us what SpaceX early days looked like how does SpaceX compare to legacy brands like Boeing in terms of culture and what Elon Musks relationship with Gwynne Shotwell taught Karan about co-founder relationships. His journey started just over a decade ago: Illinois engineering grad early SpaceXer (he arrived when Falcon [--] launches were still cool and they risked blowing"
X Link 2025-08-26T09:03Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"What does it take to walk away from millions in unvested shares at @Tesla I sat down with @VivasVK7 founder & CEO of Mitra Chem. They have raised $100M in equity but more interestingly they have secured $150M+ in grants from the @ENERGY and the state of Michigan. Backers include bestie @chamath (who personally led the $20M Series A) and @Mitra_Chem is now building Americas first large-scale iron-based cathode factory. Vivas took an education leave from Tesla to attend Stanford Business School (MBA). During this time Teslas stock price skyrocketed 25x and the unvested equity he would have"
X Link 2025-09-02T20:09Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Huge congrats to @JeffreyHarmon @nealsharmon @JordanHarmon and the entire team @AngelStudiosInc. They went public today and are now listed on @NYSE Founding story discussion on media and more with Jeff and Jordan coming out later this month on @WeThe_Builders. A historic moment at the @NYSE 🎉 The Harmon brothers celebrate as Angel goes public proof that bold faith and light-amplifying storytelling can shape the future of entertainment 📷 #AngelTakesNYSE @nealsharmon @JeffreyHarmon @JordanHarmon https://t.co/cX3UuGPEjc A historic moment at the @NYSE 🎉 The Harmon brothers celebrate as Angel"
X Link 2025-09-11T22:02Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"NEW on @WeThe_Builders: Episode w/ @auren founder of @LiveRamp ($RAMP) @flexcapital @SafeGraph and @NQB8_. This is one of the most interesting conversations I have had on the show so far. He grew LiveRamp to a $300m exit has invested in 180+ companies through Flex Capital a seed stage fund is chair of Safegraph ($370m data company backed by Sapphire Ventures Peter Thiel Ridge Ventures) and is host of World of DaaS a podcast and community for data nerds. Auren is thinking of and validating new ideas on almost a weekly cadence. He continues to start new companies through NQB8 which includes a"
X Link 2025-09-25T20:33Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"@KianSadeghi5 Exciting times Keeping your head down and staying away from distractions is the new most in the world of attention deficit disorder"
X Link 2025-10-07T15:31Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Was great catching up with @Zhaslan_Madiyev Kazakhstan Minister of Digital and Space Yerzhan Ashikbayev the Ambassador to the U.S. and Asset Abdualiyev at Silkroad Innovation Hub in Palo Alto yesterday. Excited to continue our partnership to find and accelerate the best entrepreneurs in the Central Asia region. In the last year or so of working with about [--] entrepreneurs from the region I have seen a trend. We have met some of the most resilient people from this region great engineers and founders with a focus on profitability above all else. We invested in Citix last year which is now"
X Link 2024-07-26T19:54Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"@williewockets Should I remove your email"
X Link 2024-12-03T05:58Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Finally got to see the HQ of Making America Healthy Again. Caught up with Kian about building direct distribution founder friends fundraising and going all-in Super pumped about Nucleus. Kian keeps talking about his comms team. TIL: he is the comms team. His logical side of the brain gives him sound advice but then theres the high agency lets fuck shit up Kian You have to become the media. No other way"
X Link 2025-02-14T00:06Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"We The Builders EPISODE [--] is LIVE with @Farshchi at @Lux_Capital Shahin has invested in companies manufacturing in space (@VardaSpace) building autonomous transportation systems (@zoox) providing robots as a service (@goformic) automating industries (@CovariantAI) using space to revolutionize the Earth observation industry (@planet) 3D printing rockets (@relativityspace) and many more. The Jetsons Future I thought I would be living in [----] is partly being built. We have a long way to go but this is exactly how we inspire the next generation. If someone from [----] woke up and read this they"
X Link 2025-07-26T23:05Z [----] followers, 23.6K engagements
"I asked Shahin @Lux_Capital how his thinking has evolved having been in both a PhD researcher and founder shoes. His response:"
X Link 2025-07-29T07:54Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"I asked @Farshchi at @Lux_Capital about how frontier tech startups should think about value creation. He had an interesting take where he separated breakthrough innovation from shareholder demand. His full response: "What we're solving for ultimately as VCs is not selling products or even taking companies public. What we're solving for is shareholder demand because shareholder demand drives share price. You want to buy shares in your company at a dollar and sell those shares in the next [--] years for $100. That's what we're ultimately trying to do now. Whatever it takes for those shares to"
X Link 2025-07-29T17:41Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"@thejesonlee @Farshchi @Lux_Capital @join_savant @UCLA Great get and great topic"
X Link 2025-10-02T23:55Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@liangsays @tszzl @a16z @bigthink @LumaLabsAI @elevenlabsio @theworldlabs Friends @bigthink are the real deal"
X Link 2025-10-23T01:17Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"@liangsays @a16z @AlecStapps chart posting streak might finally get challenged"
X Link 2025-10-27T01:57Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@TurnerNovak Thanks for the public service message for all marketers Turner. Gods work"
X Link 2025-11-08T17:43Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"Around [-----] Americans are retiring every single day for the next [--] years. 60m people in the US are retired. Medicare is one of the biggest problems among this community there are 100s of providers and choosing the wrong one could either mean losing thousands of dollars or your life (I think Cobi quoted a report citing 20% fatality on choosing the wrong provider). If your parents are not in that age group yet you probably havent started thinking about this but it is one of the biggest and most underserved markets in the US. The opportunity is not to just help senior citizens with Medicare"
X Link 2025-11-14T00:56Z [----] followers, 110.1K engagements
"@bhalligan @TimDraper To encourage that he built in a lot of rule-breaking into the programs @draper_u"
X Link 2025-11-14T05:19Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@DefenseAnalyses Reminded me that we need more black tie events in sf/Bay Area"
X Link 2025-11-14T05:23Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"@hannah_ahn Too many distractions"
X Link 2025-11-15T07:33Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"@mddstephens Take it to the peninsula guaranteed overnight change"
X Link 2025-11-15T07:38Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@bayareawriter Ai agents will rescue you soon in [--] years"
X Link 2025-11-15T10:37Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"This is the kinda attitude all frontier tech founders should have. I know someone is probably thinking: Sorry were not accommodating honeymoon on the moon yet @aaronkemmer maybe you can help @billythalheimer Sorry I havent finished the supersonic jet yet @billythalheimer Sorry I havent finished the supersonic jet yet"
X Link 2025-11-16T00:49Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Predictions for which elite university will go down first Maybe @Kalshi or @Polymarket should integrate these predictions on @X Wait long enough and almost all of the abhorrent people and institutions destroy themselves with little need for any external effort. Wait long enough and almost all of the abhorrent people and institutions destroy themselves with little need for any external effort"
X Link 2025-11-16T01:02Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"What does Palantir actually do We finally got the answer for the timeline Thanks @CobiBGantz Around [-----] Americans are retiring every single day for the next [--] years. 60m people in the US are retired. Medicare is one of the biggest problems among this community there are 100s of providers and choosing the wrong one could either mean losing thousands of dollars or https://t.co/L9SYdGI2mz Around [-----] Americans are retiring every single day for the next [--] years. 60m people in the US are retired. Medicare is one of the biggest problems among this community there are 100s of providers and"
X Link 2025-11-16T03:13Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"What does Palantir actually do We finally got the answer for the timeline Thanks @CobiBGantz"
X Link 2025-11-16T03:13Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"@Andercot @ycombinator Andrew ScFi LLM. Go for it"
X Link 2025-11-16T17:36Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"You can have a billionaire cofounder like Vivek Ramaswamy have Peter Thiel and JD Vance on the board and still struggle to fundraise if investors disagree with your thesis of the problem and your vision. Well in some cases it does happen not always. Cobi on fundraising dynamics: @CobiBGantz @askchapter Around [-----] Americans are retiring every single day for the next [--] years. 60m people in the US are retired. Medicare is one of the biggest problems among this community there are 100s of providers and choosing the wrong one could either mean losing thousands of dollars or"
X Link 2025-11-17T01:12Z [----] followers, 104.8K engagements
"You can have a billionaire cofounder like Vivek Ramaswamy have Peter Thiel and JD Vance on the board and still struggle to fundraise if investors disagree with your thesis of the problem and your vision. Well in some cases it does happen not always. Cobi on fundraising dynamics: @CobiBGantz @askchapter s/o to everyone with early conviction. @NaryaVC @addition @SusaVentures @MaverickVent"
X Link 2025-11-17T01:17Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"@packyM @kwharrison13 We thank the men in the arena for the public service message"
X Link 2025-11-17T09:56Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"We thank the men in the arena for the public service message Choosing what to work on what you should spend not one but potentially many decades doing should be a very hard decision and you should explore until you can build conviction. This doesnt happen overnight and the cofounders you meet for these missions are usually not people you met at happy hour last week. Build long term relationships and explore ideas together do projects together. You cannot accelerate trust this usually takes years. To stress test these ideas one good framework is to answer the [--] questions in the book Zero To"
X Link 2025-11-17T10:02Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"@teddypowday Wheres the Kalshi or Polymarket for the next round at $40B in Q1 [----] @X maybe integrate prediction markets in replies"
X Link 2025-11-18T03:11Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"@chadwahl @CobiBGantz was recently on my pod and finally told the listeners what Palantir does. Would be great to do a deep dive on some of the offerings Up for coming on the show"
X Link 2025-11-18T03:26Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"@_nontechnical Key is to start with may I meet you"
X Link 2025-11-18T04:04Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Can someone explain why new models come out around each other. p.s did I miss the Gemini [---] launch Introducing Grok [---] a frontier model that sets a new standard for conversational intelligence emotional understanding and real-world helpfulness. Grok [---] is available for free on https://t.co/AnXpIEOPEb https://t.co/53pltyq3a4 and our mobile apps. https://t.co/Cdmv5CqSrb Introducing Grok [---] a frontier model that sets a new standard for conversational intelligence emotional understanding and real-world helpfulness. Grok [---] is available for free on https://t.co/AnXpIEOPEb"
X Link 2025-11-18T05:37Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"@xai Can someone explain why new models come out around each other. p.s did I miss the Gemini [---] launch"
X Link 2025-11-18T05:38Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"@Jo_Minimis Looks like youve never sold to dow"
X Link 2025-11-19T08:33Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"In case someone was wondering why theyre a $30B company. Google Sheets and Excel havent been meanginfully challenged in a long long time Today were launching Ramp Sheets the AI spreadsheet editor built to 10x finance teams operators and founders. Ramp Sheets plans executes and formats automatically. Its already being used to model budgets forecast revenue and reconcile financial statements. https://t.co/iCh45te4Zr Today were launching Ramp Sheets the AI spreadsheet editor built to 10x finance teams operators and founders. Ramp Sheets plans executes and formats automatically. Its already being"
X Link 2025-11-21T17:55Z [----] followers, 12.7K engagements
"@gilbert @djrosent How do you like the cherry coke. On that note Coke [----] 🤔 or Kochs. Either would be an incredible episode"
X Link 2025-11-21T23:50Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@roelofbotha @Springboks @RassieRugby Did you ever get into cricket Because South Africa just beat India in India"
X Link 2025-11-22T23:21Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"No swag at We The Builders either. We will only do Oscars but for the best guests Itll be Statue of Liberty in an astronaut suit representing freedom and progress Were so contrarian at Weekend Fund. Weve never made swag. Were so contrarian at Weekend Fund. Weve never made swag"
X Link 2025-11-23T00:05Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"This reminded me of the Hermes episode on Acquired. Personally I would much rather build a premium product/service. What business model do builders on the timeline prefer and why @AcquiredFM @Hermes_Paris Anyone who says B has never had B Anyone who says B has never had B"
X Link 2025-11-23T01:06Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"@awwstn Wasnt this last year 2024"
X Link 2025-11-23T01:08Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@awwstn Wow time flies"
X Link 2025-11-23T01:09Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@telmudic You forget to add millions in VC funding raised"
X Link 2025-11-23T02:14Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Add in millions in vc funding raised I asked nano banana to generate a really annoying twitter profile and this is what it output https://t.co/m8oeafq5oS I asked nano banana to generate a really annoying twitter profile and this is what it output https://t.co/m8oeafq5oS"
X Link 2025-11-23T02:15Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"If i like or quote repost some folks from the timeline why does the timeline show me 10x more of their content @nikitabier"
X Link 2025-11-23T02:17Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"@salinasdanielf @elonmusk It is truly incredible. But lately Idk man i think my DMs are getting lost in the endless ocean"
X Link 2025-11-23T02:43Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"Whatever shopify did with TBPN for Black Friday worked. My timeline is flooded with tweets from Shopifys team"
X Link 2025-11-30T02:57Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"This is so true. I think Brian Armstrong said something like action produces insights but also action creates chances Most of the biggest business shifts in my career have come shortly after I just got on a plane to go do stuff and it worked. Get out of the building and talk to people Most of the biggest business shifts in my career have come shortly after I just got on a plane to go do stuff and it worked. Get out of the building and talk to people"
X Link 2025-12-05T01:45Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Special announcement for my fellow binge podcast listeners and viewers: Today we are launching @WeThe_Builders holiday extravaganza. Expect an episode to drop every other day. Next four releases: - @zebulgar Founders Fund and Varda Space - @m2jr Floodgate - @packyM Not Boring - @robleclerc AgFunder And ICYMI I had Glenn Fogel CEO of Booking Holdings on my last episode. We teed it off with world history. I got to sit down with Glenn Fogel CEO of @BookingHoldings the largest travel company in the world. $BKNG market cap is $160B as of today when I am publishing this. For context its market cap"
X Link 2025-12-06T01:09Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Attention of the right niche is worth orders of magnitude more. The more I think about it the more I realise how many people read Zero To One but dont get it. From this pod I also noticed something in them similar to James Dyson (on @davidsenra) - differentiation for differentiations sake. e.g the set they started reading tweets from was classic country club lounge vibes but as they got copied they moved to the ultra dome because they wanted to make sure they are different"
X Link 2025-12-08T18:15Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"Attention of the right niche is worth orders of magnitude more. The more I think about it the more I realise how many people read Zero To One but dont get it. From this pod I also noticed something in them similar to James Dyson (on @davidsenra) - differentiation for differentiations sake. e.g the set they started reading tweets from was classic country club lounge vibes but as they got copied they moved to the ultra dome because they wanted to make sure they are different. Great conversation on @DialecticPod with @tbpn hosts for anyone doing media: One of the great challenges of building a"
X Link 2025-12-08T18:16Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"@DStrachman I endorse as professor of cold DMs"
X Link 2025-12-12T07:07Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"Specifically true for early stage when you are giving as @DStrachman would say belief capital to the team more than the idea. This reminds me of when I asked @CobiBGantz about doing financial planning/forecasting as a startup on @WeThe_Builders Ep [--] he mentioned how it is complete bullshit. You want the truth Go ahead and write up a plan but dont put too much faith in it. Because the only real way to find something out is to do it You want the truth Go ahead and write up a plan but dont put too much faith in it. Because the only real way to find something out is to do it"
X Link 2025-12-16T00:32Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"@katiekirsch @a16z Gorgeous. Why not burgundy chairs"
X Link 2025-12-21T01:00Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"@DavidSacks Bullish on Austin in the long long term 15-20 years. Still bearish on Miami. NYC will come back"
X Link 2026-01-01T19:35Z [----] followers, 48K engagements
"@aphysicist @DavidSacks Austin shouldnt try to be SF and Miami shouldnt try to be NYC. Cities should apply zero to one and differentiate"
X Link 2026-01-01T20:08Z [----] followers, 46.7K engagements
"Hardware isnt a new moat. Investors just stopped funding it for [--] years. Look at the 2004-2024 funding era its somewhere around $4T invested in software companies vs. $380B in hardware. That directly translates to the kind of future we are experiencing a quarter of a way through the 21st century. great piece by @scottbelsky. Number of useful predictions including -hardware as a new moat -ordinary data as a less valuable moat -emergence of successful AI health coaches great piece by @scottbelsky. Number of useful predictions including -hardware as a new moat -ordinary data as a less valuable"
X Link 2026-01-02T22:16Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"@antoniogm Only day in the year to New York Jeep guys"
X Link 2026-01-25T19:57Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"@Mat_Sherman Too far from D.C. and NYC. Austin is more central I feel"
X Link 2026-01-26T03:01Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@Mat_Sherman Im talking about Austin for proximity i guess most places [--] hrs away with decent flight frequency and touching 2-3/5 of the power metros are fine"
X Link 2026-01-26T03:29Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"NEW on @WeThe_Builders Ep.10 with @ColinGreenspon just dropped. He is the co-founder of @NaryaVC a venture capital fund he cofounded with Vice President JD Vance and Falon Donohue (also cofounder of @reindsummit). Before Narya Colin was on the investment team at Mithril Capital working alongside Peter Thiel. As a technologist if you go over the Twitter/X timeline it will be hard to miss hype videos of hardtech companies announcing their new funding rounds or showcasing early prototypes of their product. You would see photos of founders in a giant warehouse with the American flag hanging at"
X Link 2025-10-10T01:57Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Full Episode [--] on Substack: https://open.substack.com/pub/suffiyanmalik/p/e12-glenn-fogel-ceo-booking-holdingsutm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web https://open.substack.com/pub/suffiyanmalik/p/e12-glenn-fogel-ceo-booking-holdingsutm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web"
X Link 2025-12-04T20:20Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@andruyeung I would argue [--] years per project. One should think long and hard about what they want to spend their time on"
X Link 2026-02-02T18:55Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"In NYC. Later today recording with Glenn Fogel CEO of Booking Holdings ($BKNG) and another exciting unicorn startup in healthcare. (More on that tomorrow) Glenn has been at the company for 20+ years and was leading corp dev and has now been CEO for almost [--] years. As I was researching got to learn a lot about them which I wasnt aware of. Some history on Booking Holdings it was known as Priceline Group until [----] and is the parent company of Opendoor Booking . Com Priceline Adora and Kayak. Priceline was founded back in [----] by Jay Walker with a name your own price model for hotels flights car"
X Link 2025-11-03T16:14Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"This is a great guide for asking for an intro and how not to ask https://t.co/TLYwGcneDF https://t.co/TLYwGcneDF"
X Link 2026-01-19T22:03Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"E14 with @packyM about building Not Boring new media business models Ramp vs Brex (timely) his thesis of vertical integrators his creative process and more. If youve spent any time in tech over the past few years youve probably read Not Boring or at least seen a screenshot of it on X/Twitter. Packy built it from a Substack assignment during @david_perell's Write of Passage course into one of the most-read newsletters in technology now at over [------] subscribers. Encouragement goes a long way. David in that course told him his first assignment was the best piece of writing he had seen in the"
X Link 2026-01-23T17:23Z [----] followers, 15.3K engagements
"Also available wherever else you listen I prefer you do it on substack. Substack: YT: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4GUoEdkcyqKF26u5sB4omDsi=xSQ3kYHnQI2-mVmpQCr38w https://youtu.be/uT-rgzqY_eUsi=ONOpbGHp4NT4zazP https://wethebuilders.us/p/e14-packy-mccormick-on-writing-investingr=128bhp&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web https://open.spotify.com/episode/4GUoEdkcyqKF26u5sB4omDsi=xSQ3kYHnQI2-mVmpQCr38w https://youtu.be/uT-rgzqY_eUsi=ONOpbGHp4NT4zazP https://wethebuilders.us/p/e14-packy-mccormick-on-writing-investingr=128bhp&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web"
X Link 2026-01-23T17:25Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"I am biased and not because Im an investor but my pick is @CobiBGantz https://x.com/suffiyanmalikk/status/1989135217265897515s=46 most underrated founder right now that nobody's talking about https://x.com/suffiyanmalikk/status/1989135217265897515s=46 most underrated founder right now that nobody's talking about"
X Link 2026-01-25T23:42Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"I asked @packyM how he handles critique and sees through the noise while writing in public: In short - you are defensive in the beginning and eventually you stop caring because people either don't get your sarcasm or are quote tweeting and commenting for bangers/engagement. E14 with @packyM about building Not Boring new media business models Ramp vs Brex (timely) his thesis of vertical integrators his creative process and more. If youve spent any time in tech over the past few years youve probably read Not Boring or at least seen a https://t.co/S1obmaKj1W E14 with @packyM about building Not"
X Link 2026-01-26T19:23Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"We will then move to the Star Wars cinematic universe. It's going to be tough for startups when all the Lord of the Rings names are taken and the only thing left is something like Bombadil AI. It's going to be tough for startups when all the Lord of the Rings names are taken and the only thing left is something like Bombadil AI"
X Link 2026-01-26T22:00Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
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