Stan Lee (founder)
@stanleefounder
founder in sf | dropped out of yc | dropped out of stanford | building a $1 trillion startup in sf (i'm in sf btw)
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sf is insane
just asked a group of 20 cracked founders their weekend plans
all of them answered in perfect unison
"building the next $100 trillion company"
wow
so glad i live in sf
hi i'm stella and i just moved to sf
a bit about me:
- single
- 23 years old
- working in gtm/marketing ops
- looking to meet handsome young founders who just raised series a/b
don't be shy ;)
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bro from first principles the overton window has shifted. that's why im building an AGI startup that's basically the lindy effect but for retardmaxxing. it's high signal bro and with the network effects of bayesian analysis this will hyperscale. we even got into yc bro but we dropped out bc of the low signal we were getting from other yc founders here in sf.
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was out getting froyo (frozen yogurt) with some founders in sf (san francisco) last night
one of them said he and his team works 996
i told him i remember my first part-time job
every other founder laughed hysterically (we were all pretty intoxicated from the sweet sugary toppings of the froyo)
he was so embarrassed that he was forced to shut down his startup and move to la, effectively killing his ambition and relegating him to a useless career where he will accomplish nothing
i love being the king of sf (i live in sf btw)
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guarantee that builders in miami and nyc are taking the day off today
not here in sf
my employees get fired if they even take a lunch break on saturday
built different
it's 5am on saturday morning and my team still hasn't left the office from yesterday
we are too locked in on building
none of us have showered in 4 days
the only woman on our team quit her first day
no girls allowed anymore
i love being in sf
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founder friend in miami just asked for my plans this weekend
sent him a pic of my laptop
he replied with a pic of him with a bunch of hot girls at a club
pretty sad that he lives in a city with literally zero important startups
so glad im in sf
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had dinner with 200 stanford grads all building companies
the hostess at the restaurant initially said they couldn't accommodate us
but then I told her we are all stanford grads
they quickly kicked everyone else out and put all 40 of their tables together into one giant mega table for us to sit at
we stayed for 6 hours chatting about how we all went to stanford
sf is so wild man
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sf is wild man
just saw a guy vibe coding at a blue bottle coffee
on a friday morning
holy shit
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no chance people in LA or miami are working today at all
just met an 11-year old cracked founder in sf
he already hit $10m mrr and raised $25m
bro is supposed to be in 3rd grade but dropped out to build
sf is so insane man
sf is wild
went to a startup event this morning
literally everyone there had a billion dollar+ idea
been to startup events in other cities and everyone there had like ~$100 million business ideas
done with places where everyone thinks small
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such an insane night in sf yesterday
went to a startup pitch competition at 6pm
the energy was insane
but get this - right after, a bunch of people from the event go out to get frozen yogurt
we were out until like 8:45
so crazy
only in sf man
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sf makes no sense man
got an uber across town
was supposed to be $19
I just so happen to randomly puke (barely) in the backseat because i was nervous for my startup pitch
driver tried to charge me an extra $125
does he not realize this literally happens all the time to founders in sf?
exploring my legal options now
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sf is wild man
met a guy who sold his company for $500 million
now he lives in a 2 bedroom apartment with 3 roommates
and they have cockroaches
can't match the hustle of this city (sf btw)
sf is wild man
guy at a startup event pitched me on his autonomous gooning robot
next day he was my uber driver
never leaving this city (sf)
met a founder who raised a $3 million seed round
he spent $2.9 million on his launch video
he has $100k left and about 1,200 followers on X thanks to the launch
what should he do with the rest of the money to reach product market fit?
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only send an investor update when you IPO for $10 billion+
Your investors don't want to hear about the losses
founders: only send investor updates when you're winning.
Listen has sent 3 in its history. All fundraise announcements.
Nobody reads a bad update and helps. They just mark you as dying.
know a guy who's a "senior GTM engineer" at a startup. he sends cold emails all day.
Is the term "sales" being replaced by "GTM"? Seems kind of bogus frankly.
friend got into yc
dropped out day 1
that was his plan all along
so much aura in dropping out
makes people think you know something no one else does
he's already getting calls from huge investors asking if they can invest
my friend is a genius
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sf is wild man
just saw a homeless guy outside an office building
asked if he needed breakfast
he told me to leave quickly, he's not actually homeless- he's really a sales rep for a b2b saas company looking to overhear conversations from employees leaving the building so he can find some pain point to sell into at these accounts
only in sf
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