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Brayton Williams
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Co-Founder of : We Invest $500k in Sci-Fi Founders. BAYC #9370. Advisor . BOD .
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1/ has raised $90m, our largest fundraise yet! We believe Sci-Fi/DeepTech startups will be the most iconic, world changing and valuable companies of the future. We want to be the first check for those founders 💰
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The time spent avoiding burnout is a big new distraction for some founders. Burnout hits harder when things aren't going well. Learn to manage it but don't overthink it.
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Big launch from an OG crypto team. Lot of work iterating to bring #Bitcoin to #Ethereum with v2 🤝
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We are officially live! 🎉 Introducing tBTC v2’s first mainnet release. Be the first to earn with your #Bitcoin on #DeFi with the industry’s only decentralized and scalable BTC-to-ETH bridge. Mint tBTC now👇 dashboard.threshold.network/tBTC
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DeepTech founders: so important to show MOMENTUM to investors, customers and team quickly and often. Unlike many startups, you typically don't have a chart to show off. This is a skill.
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Sales is the most common skill lacking in deeptech founders. Tech doesn't matter if you can't talk about it. Sales is for revenue. Sales is for hires. Sales is for fundraising.
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Founders: your company should be a MAJOR piece of your identity. So always rep it! Also, always surprised more people don't take advantage of the Zoom background for branding.
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Big launch today from an epic team 🚀
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🚀 We're excited to launch the first lending protocol for NFT assets on @arbitrum 👉 defrag.fi 1️⃣ Deposit NFTs. 2️⃣ Borrow USDC. 3️⃣ Repay anytime. 🙏 Huge thank you @realpennybags & all early users from @TreasureDAO collateralizing over $200K🔥 How it works: 🧵👇
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"We are lucky to get to work w/ you. We don't take it lightly that you have decided to challenge the people who believe things are impossible & inspire belief. You are the optimists of the world. In the coming decade, the optimists win." - to new co's today
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On-boarding the next batch of companies into the portfolio this week! Tribe 19! - 13 companies - crypto, robotics, space, biotech, climate, VR - 4 countries (only 1 bay area) - mostly second time founders All pre-seed making Sci-Fi a Reality! 🤩
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Founders go quiet when things aren't going well. If we haven't heard from a founder in awhile, 99% of the time the company is near the end. Communicate before it is too late!
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Awesome origin story from company ⚡️ CEO: Whenever someone asks me where I went to school, I jokingly answer, “SpaceX”
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A message from our CEO, Doug Bernauer, on why he founded Radiant and our commitment to transparency and delivering on key milestones. radiantnuclear.com/blog/why-i-sta
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Some companies making epic hires in this market 💪 Fantastic time to strengthen your roster if you are growing and have the 💰 The previously unattainable hire is now in reach 🦸
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Just had an 'investor' message a crypto project telegram belittling the group for not believing enough in the project to buy him out of his SAFE. We are in that part of the cycle. Reputations are made in bear markets. Keep building.
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Charge your customers more. Most founders have no issue asking investors for more money. Rarely do they ask customers for more.
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What do you do when you verbally/email agree to a deal, but then founder or investor tries to renegotiate afterwards?
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  • Negotiate (within reason)
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Bitcoiners - check this out 👇 and the team are on the front lines advancing Bitcoin's capabilities focused on security and functionality.
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Introducing Liana, by @Wizardsardine . A new type of Bitcoin wallet built around Miniscript: it feels like any wallet BUT it has a big difference: you have a recovery path after you stop moving funds for a while. What does this mean, practically? -> backups -> inheritance 1/n
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Congrats and team! Excited to be a part of the journey and now more than ever, we need more DeFi in the world!
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We are thrilled to announce that Pods has raised $5.6MM in seed funding 🥳 This round funds the team's mission to establish frictionless structured products for crypto assets. Read more about it here 👇🏼 blog.pods.finance/pods-raises-5- 1/
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This is a huge deal! If you have a VR headset and haven't played yet - DO IT NOW! Best casual experience with friends in VR. I just played Pebble Beach (never played in person) ⛳️
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We are excited to announce that GOLF+ is officially the Exclusive VR Golf Game of the @PGATOUR! Coming in Feb 2023, GOLF+ players will be able to experience PGA TOUR events in an entirely new way, starting with the @WMPhoenixOpen and @THEPLAYERSChamp.
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