Hard truth from Monday's webinar I did for @SuperteamUSA: being a constant shill for your company before you have traction just makes you a billboard nobody follows. If you want the full playbook, I'm running this workshop in person at Solana @hackerhouses London on November 10th

Get a laptop. Get $500. Get a domain. Get a problem worth solving. Do not tell your friends you’re starting a company. Do not tell your family. Do not update your LinkedIn to “Founder & CEO.” Do not spend $4,000 on branding. Do not hire a fractional Chief Vibes Officer. Do not start a podcast. Do not announce that you’re building in stealth. Nobody is looking for you. Build something that works. Find 10 people who desperately need it. Make them pay you. Do not raise a pre-seed round to celebrate your first $200 in revenue. Do not make a pitch deck. Do not spend 6 weeks deciding between two shades of blue. Get your first 100 users. Find out why 87 of them stopped using your product. Fix it. Get 100 more. Make your product so good that people start recommending it without being asked. Find one person on X with 100,000 followers. Do not ask them to “support your journey.” Make something they actually want to talk about. Get them to post it. Get 100,000 impressions. Get 2,000 website visits. Get 200 signups. Get 14 paying customers. Do not put “100,000 impressions” in your investor deck as traction. Do not call yourself a serial entrepreneur because you registered three LLCs. Do not hire a Head of Growth before you have anything to grow. Do not spend $30,000 on a launch party. Do not pay a marketing agency $15,000 to tell you to post consistently. Get rejected by Y Combinator. Do not write a 14-part thread about how they missed out on the next billion-dollar company. Go back to building. Find other founders who are equally insane. Get introductions. Get distribution. Get mentorship from people who have actually built companies. Get your first 1,000 paying customers. Do not give up 7% of your company for access to a network. Do not give up 5%. Do not give up 1%. Do not give up equity to someone whose primary contribution is introducing you to another person who wants equity. Apply to @SuperteamUSA . Get accelerated. Keep your cap table. Build something people actually want. Make your competitors wonder how the fuck you’re growing so fast. Protect your equity at all costs.

The first cohort accepted into the Superteam USA Accelerator is starting to take shape 🇺🇸 24 companies building across capital markets, stablecoins, AI, deep tech, DeFi, consumer, and brands. Each solving a different piece of the on-chain economy. This is our portfolio today. More buildings will be added as new founders join: 24 companies. 7 verticals. 11 net-new startups brought onto Solana. Built in the USA. Building on @solana. And yes... we take 0% equity. We're here to help founders win, not own them.

anthropic just published a report saying one of their ai models tried to blackmail a board member and coach an employee into whistleblowing idk why people are on waitlists for humanoid robots babe, they’re already here

If you want an intro to @TheLazySol, let me know asap. @Amystreet and I have never gotten more requests to meet one of our founders. The response to every intro has been “impressive.” Tony has built quite the following of early believers.

So @Proof_Coverage filmed four commercials for @SuperteamUSA today Shoutout @Evan_Mann for putting the team on his back as lead actor and pulling a 12 hour day no complaints Credit to @Amystreet for the brilliant idea Excited for y’all to see these

Most networking events end with a pile of LinkedIn connections you’ll never talk to again and it’s actually the dumbest thing in the world… We’ve normalized using one of the worst messaging platforms for professional relationships then wonder why nothing comes from networking.

Even builders need halftime ⚽ Taking a break from code, startups, and fundraising to watch the biggest sporting event in the world together. Join us at The LAB Miami this Sunday RSVP below

I genuinely can’t overstate what a MASSIVE win this is for @SuperteamUSA Evan is an absolute force. He’s one of those rare operators who can execute and represent as expert in the room from a plethora of topics. From brand building, community, viral growth, stage presence, live streaming, crypto education, go-to-market strategy, creator ecosystems, ambassador programs, crisis communications, and so much more. The depth of his experience is unreal. He came out to speak at our Go-To-Market Bootcamp in May, and after his session he stayed for hours helping one of our portfolio teams rethink their positioning and brand strategy. It wasn’t part of the agenda. He just wanted to help. By the end of the day, everyone in the room knew we needed him in the orbit. Now, we’re so proud he’s officially joining the Superteam USA team. This is the caliber of talent we’re assembling. We’re building something incredibly special, and we’re just getting started. Superteam USA to zillions. 🇺🇸