Ali Debow @ali_debow
building @joinswsh | @thielfellowship @zfellows_ joinswsh.com nyc Joined September 2021-
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I’m coming to sf from tmrw until next thursday. dm me if you’re around ;)
🎉 Bringing together awesome Asian founders/people in tech for an @lucky8dinner AAPI month event on May 2nd @ 7pm in NYC! Who should we invite? Link below 🔗
Happy Passover 💙🇮🇱 “Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, Nothing is going to get better. It's not.” Dr. Seuss, The Lorax
Unfortunately, our 5 month acquisition process for @getivella fell through, so we’re opening up the process to our friends on X. Ivella is a banking app that helps couples manage their finances - from the time they start dating until they get divorced or die. We have four…
pausing regularly scheduled tech-related content to honor @taylorswift13’s new album normal programming will resume tomorrow
college founders these days act older to gain legitimacy, but if you don’t allow yourself to be your own age, you’re doing a disservice to your future self
seeing u somewhere somehow
seeing u somewhere somehow
If it doesn't feel like the universe actively opposes your work, then it's probably not worthwhile.
I only invest in founders who got that dog in them
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The two biggest biases you’ll run into when doing a startup are from people that know *too* much: 1. This problem is already solved and doesn’t need a new solution 2. Every time this problem has been attempted to be solved it never works Sometimes you just need fresh eyes.
Anton Ego's monologue in Ratatouille is absolutely incredible. "But there are times when a critic truly risks something, and that is in the discovery and defense of the new."
Samuel Spitz @samuel_spitz
15K Followers 893 Following CEO @ stealth AI startup. @forbes 30u30. Prev founded @gently // Raised millions and scaled to 100,000s of customers by age 23Cory Levy @cory
23K Followers 3K Following entrepreneur and early stage investor | Z Fellows @zfellows_Eric Zhu @ericzhu105
44K Followers 1K Following 16 years old | Co-Founder @joinaviato | Investor @BachmanityFund💫Ric Burton @ricburton
68K Followers 26K Following 🇬🇧 in 🇺🇸 & 🇿🇦 Helping teams wherever I can. Building @RES_COMPUTER—An Open Source Voice AI AppMo Mahmood 🗽 @momahmood_
10K Followers 4K Following founder @MoreMonuments. accelerating @WorldsFairCo, @LaunchpadBuild. kickstarting the American Renaissance.Leo 🫧 @leozaroff
2K Followers 1K Following founder @ stealth | prev @uchicago philosophy & US fencing | z fellowJoshua Browder @jbrowder1
105K Followers 4K Following CEO, @DoNotPay 'Robin Hood of the Internet' according to BBC. [email protected] - Building products to save people time and moneyAndrew Gao @itsandrewgao
27K Followers 2K Following techno optimist! currently: @nomic_ai @stanford; prev @LangChainAI; Z Fellow 🇺🇸Shubhan Dua @defi_dua
1K Followers 957 Following Building @answersai_ai | @ucberkeley @dormroomfund prev @artemis__xyz @calblockchain IlahiCaelin is in SF 🌉 @caelin_sutch
2K Followers 1K Following building // recovering exited consumer-social founderAugustus Doricko @ADoricko
11K Followers 977 Following Making 💦 WATER ABUNDANT💦 @ RAINMAKER. DM to discuss deadlifts #beastmodeJonathan Chang @thechangj
12K Followers 2K Following ucla alum // former videographer but now a VC working with startups @brexhq (extra perks https://t.co/4nzN7NvOn8) // founder/vc @genzscout & @daydreamvcjess lozano @JessLozanoS
33K Followers 4K Following aviation VC @JetBlueVentures | Master's in Business Analytics | all opinions are (unfortunately) my ownerica wenger🏕️ @erica_wenger
25K Followers 905 Following entrepreneur & investor | gp @parkrangerscap 🏕️ | nyc ambassador @brexhq | host @ dear twentysomething pod | speaker @tedx | booking inquiries [email protected]Charis Zhang @gmchariszhang
3K Followers 1K Following building @stiddleapp | prev @rizz_ai (acq) | dropout @ucberkeley | did @zfellows_jack mcclelland 🕺 @jackmmcclelland
15K Followers 900 Following eng & investor @aforevc (pre-seed: [email protected]) • nyc • fmr intern @accel @batteryventures @foundationcap @crowdstrike @eightfoldai • recovering dj • go bc 🦅ari dutilh @aridutilh
3K Followers 500 Following 19, cooking @mergedotclub, founder @buildergroop, figuring things out at https://t.co/N0TF9bzJAsUdayraj Parmar @udayrajparmar1
951 Followers 6K Following Growth Marketing | Drove 970+ User Surge in 24 Hours | Achieved 400% ROI on Campaigns | Customer Funnel Optimization | PMI-ACP, SFC |Osh 🐺🔊 @Osh_mahajan
6K Followers 6K Following Very fun, very nerdy. Love Fashion and technology .⌛️In search of growing markets and lost time .Kasumba Martin @kasumbamrtn
2 Followers 26 FollowingAmyJennings @UtDx61N6K3P3d2A
0 Followers 215 FollowingAlex @secondwavealex
1 Followers 367 FollowingA.Thusi @AMT58241693
10 Followers 47 Following Curiousity drives what I do. Building for style points. There's no pressure like your own pressure.Alex Yang @alex_yang15
97 Followers 397 Following SMU Tennis | NYU Stern Grad 🎾 | I write about edtech at https://t.co/UhwZOG1Ou5SquaDeFi.xyz @squadefi
11K Followers 2K Following The ultimate on-chain trader’s social app. Stack gains from DeFi copy trading, following and every follower. TGE dropping soon, stay hyped!Deepanker Seth @DeepankerSeth
34 Followers 535 FollowingLaulloo @Laulloo8A9
0 Followers 268 FollowingShaurya Narang @NarangShaurya
115 Followers 480 Following Product designer for AI mobility. @ucberkeley HCI. Ex: @duolingo, Ex:@doordash, 80k on Tik Tok, featured in @vox, posting design experimentsbihan @bihanmahadewa
764 Followers 1K FollowingAryan Deshpande @aryanscript
140 Followers 1K Following computers and humans, i love em both. diving into szn 5 @_buildspace. building autonomous agents @ somewhereMatt Donne @Matt_Donne
458 Followers 911 Followingjosh @j_mcgraph
522 Followers 815 Following founding member of @datologyai | PhD student @dsg_uwaterloo | poodle enthusiastBelleYin @BelleYin147
665 Followers 1K FollowingJohn So @johnrso_
366 Followers 378 Following robots @1x_tech, @stanford | prev @berkeley_ai, prez @BerkeleyML, @accel scholarsRiddhi Jain @riddhixjain
11 Followers 119 Following Co-Founder at https://t.co/DTCMDo0faY•Tech and Entrepreneurship•Documenting my learnings and progress•16 y/oRyan Waas @ryan_waas
1K Followers 368 Following Founder of Leveraged Media. In Search & Service of Builders. Prev AngelList.Toulor @ToulorfginyU
0 Followers 145 FollowingElaineLucius @YMxUgq9xA7mDl
104 Followers 3K FollowingNiceLad @niceladlol
487 Followers 1K Following surfing around The Web and @unibogazici. contributed, @citigroup + some chad vcsjonah katz @katz_jonah
232 Followers 740 Following Co-Founder & CEO @ Layer | Forbes 30U30 close-up magic enthusiastCesar Sepulveda @cesegos
261 Followers 340 Following Software Engineer @ 100Devs - Full-stack Software Engineer specializing in building web applications and services from scratch 👨🏻💻alex @axculebras
300 Followers 463 Following aerospace engineer, now building in consumer prev. cloud engineer @ IBM / strategy @ BBVAFrank e/acc for biote.. @BeFrankmit
206 Followers 2K Following MIT PostDoc building @openbiobank https://t.co/eE116b9xJS. CEO of BGI Innovation. cofounder of @descisino. Serial entrepreneur and veteran on biotech. @MITDipam Paul @theboyfrom_kol
375 Followers 5K Following vc associate @BoschGlobal | grad student @CMUEngineeringPloaroa @ploaroa33539
0 Followers 199 FollowingAustin Nick Piel @austinnickpiel
322 Followers 661 Following building | fmr: @NotionCalendar, founder, @tryexplo, @airbnbAJ Chadha @AJChadha
10K Followers 4K Following https://t.co/UQulaGEhGU Strategy for Startups | @IndieRaising Connecting indie makers and investors | Marketing consultant with 13+ yrs B2B/B2C SaaS experienceHeshan Gambhir @heshangambhir
1K Followers 298 Following A 17-year-old high school dropout turned entrepreneur building the next big thing in healthcare technology.GloriaGrant @1JHIOU334z03T8
0 Followers 274 FollowingTearkore @tearkore61358
0 Followers 306 FollowingEtienne Boutan @etienneboutan
329 Followers 348 Following GP @intuitionvc | 30 under 30 @vanityfair 🇫🇷Marc Andreessen 🇺�.. @pmarca
1.4M Followers 24K Following Techno-optimist. E/acc. Technology brother. Move Fast and Make Things. p(Doom) = 0; p(“1984”) = not 0.Alexandr Wang @alexandr_wang
143K Followers 703 Following ceo at @scale_ai. rational in the fullness of timeSamuel Spitz @samuel_spitz
15K Followers 893 Following CEO @ stealth AI startup. @forbes 30u30. Prev founded @gently // Raised millions and scaled to 100,000s of customers by age 23Cory Levy @cory
23K Followers 3K Following entrepreneur and early stage investor | Z Fellows @zfellows_Maanav Khaitan @MaanavKhaitan
3K Followers 2K Following learnooor @ucberkeley // prev @calderaxyz @warpdotdev // maanavkhaitan.ethEric Zhu @ericzhu105
44K Followers 1K Following 16 years old | Co-Founder @joinaviato | Investor @BachmanityFund💫Mo Mahmood 🗽 @momahmood_
10K Followers 4K Following founder @MoreMonuments. accelerating @WorldsFairCo, @LaunchpadBuild. kickstarting the American Renaissance.Nikita Bier @nikitabier
322K Followers 2K Following I make apps grow really fast. founder @gasappteam (acq by discord), ex-founder @thetbhapp (acq by facebook), ex-new products @meta@levelsio @levelsio
419K Followers 1K Following 👕https://t.co/w98s8lFJiK $9K/m 💆https://t.co/AoNP9BW2Dp $3K/m ✨https://t.co/BmbkrX4Zyf $1K/m 📸https://t.co/lAyoqmSBRX $58K/m 🏡https://t.co/1oqUgfD6CZ $45K/m 🌍https://t.co/BjTozWAXwG $28K/m 🛰https://t.co/ZHSvI2wjyW $42K/mLeo 🫧 @leozaroff
2K Followers 1K Following founder @ stealth | prev @uchicago philosophy & US fencing | z fellowAusten Allred @Austen
331K Followers 773 Following Co-founder & CEO @bloomtech: the school that invests in you. Will tweet as I wish and suffer the consequences.Joshua Browder @jbrowder1
105K Followers 4K Following CEO, @DoNotPay 'Robin Hood of the Internet' according to BBC. [email protected] - Building products to save people time and moneySuhail @Suhail
295K Followers 464 Following Founder: @playground_ai, @mixpanel Pizzatarian, programmer, music makerGarry Tan @garrytan
435K Followers 4K Following President & CEO @ycombinator —Founder @Initialized—PM/designer/engineer who helps founders—YouTuber—San Francisco Democrat accelerating the boom loop—e/accAndrew Gao @itsandrewgao
27K Followers 2K Following techno optimist! currently: @nomic_ai @stanford; prev @LangChainAI; Z Fellow 🇺🇸Shubhan Dua @defi_dua
1K Followers 957 Following Building @answersai_ai | @ucberkeley @dormroomfund prev @artemis__xyz @calblockchain IlahiShaurya Narang @NarangShaurya
115 Followers 480 Following Product designer for AI mobility. @ucberkeley HCI. Ex: @duolingo, Ex:@doordash, 80k on Tik Tok, featured in @vox, posting design experimentsKamil Ruczynski @unable0_
203 Followers 1K Following founder. techno-optimist. making something people want.jonah katz @katz_jonah
232 Followers 740 Following Co-Founder & CEO @ Layer | Forbes 30U30 close-up magic enthusiastAustin Nick Piel @austinnickpiel
322 Followers 661 Following building | fmr: @NotionCalendar, founder, @tryexplo, @airbnbMatt Robinson @mattjackrob
4K Followers 13 Following Love building businesses. Co-founder at Nested and GoCardless. Angel investor in great founders at 175+ companies. Also found at https://t.co/yJAxvwh80gDaniel Druger @DanielDruger
416 Followers 1K Following Co-Founder @WithMarketAI | Co-Host of @TakingInvPod | Angel Investor | Prev: COO @AlgoLift (acq. by @Vungle) and Head of Global Revenue Partnerships @SnapchatJamesborow @JamesBorow
2K Followers 4K Following Co-Founder @WithMarketAI, Co-Host of @TakingInvPod, built stuff @Snapchat (acquired my first co’s tech), and founding partner @Crexinc. Angel investor.Taking Inventory @TakingInvPod
157 Followers 76 Following Ex @snap execs, founders & angel investors @jamesborow and @DanielDruger cover ad tech, big tech, and the digital economy.Etienne Boutan @etienneboutan
329 Followers 348 Following GP @intuitionvc | 30 under 30 @vanityfair 🇫🇷pavan sethi @pavansethi_
5K Followers 5K Following something new. prev @serenaventures @cent @orderaheadapp (acq square)Ramin B @i8ramin
391 Followers 419 Following CTO/Cofounder @dupedotcom & @addtocarrot - previously founding engineer @wework & @weworklabs, early engineer @etsy - Native NY’er, now roamingBobby from Dupe.com �.. @ghoshal
8K Followers 687 Following CEO/cofounder @dupedotcom + Cofounded @livecandid, was Head of growth & design @wework, host @highrespodcast (8M+ views/listens). Product/Design/GrowthAshley Pokorski @ashleyanne_p
2K Followers 409 Following Founder & CEO of @goingsoloapp - Helping solo travelers make friends on their trips🕺social media marketing | new here!Sofia Haft @SofiaHaft
6K Followers 2K Following rebooting the arsenal of democracy @anduriltech | @navy_reserve | fmr head of policy + impact @snap | big fan @compasscoffeedc | @uchipolitics board & nerdAidan Pratt 🥑 @aidan__pratt
715 Followers 618 Following Unlocking data for back office agents. Fellow @kleinerperkins, @8vc, @zfellows_, @neo Prev @withdefault, @withcherry, @atlantaventures, @georgiatechEliott | 🇫🇷/acc @eliotthoff
663 Followers 429 Following having smart conversations with AI 🤖 | 23 y/o | Sigma² | waymo driverMatt Grimm @mttgrmm
10K Followers 752 Following Co-founder @anduriltech. Prev: VC at Mithril, BD @PalantirTech. Also: husband to perfect wife; father to three human children and one fur baby.Abby Albright @abba7
2K Followers 2K Following Investing. Previously @Meta, @Activision, @Tribecap, @IDCVentures, Co-Founder @WXRFund and @Snocapvc, 📚 @Wharton @UCBerkeleyMihika Kapoor @mihikapoor
5K Followers 927 Following product-design-eng hybrid • product @figma • angel investorEyal Yakoby @EYakoby
9K Followers 176 Following UPenn Student combating anti-Semitism and anti-Americanism plaguing our country. Featured on @cnn @foxnews @washingtonpost @bloomberg and many more.Jon Chu @heyjchu
2K Followers 399 Following Partner @khoslaventures, founder @ Koality (exited), OG @ PLTR, OPEN, Docker, ML @ FBJAKE @0FJAKE
3K Followers 0 Following Podcasting, writing, investing, etc.. Previously: chief of staff for @balajis, tech investment banking, startup founder. Reasonably optimistic. DMs open.Jack Burlinson @jfbrly
3K Followers 454 FollowingChris Klaus @cklaus1
2K Followers 4K Following CEO of Fusen. Connecting students with mentors, investors, and funding opportunities through our Fusen accelerators.Brooke Martin @brookemrtn
164 Followers 225 Following something new ✨| @stanford | prev founder @iCPooch & investor @floodgatefundJoseph Jojoe @josephjojoe_
717 Followers 200 Following https://t.co/q678ClsOze — dm me if you have a couch in sf i can crash on :)Daniel Mason @dgmason
5K Followers 2K Following Founder @anonplatform 🔌🌐 Before: partner @hiframework & founder @springlabsCampbell Brown @campbell_brown
22K Followers 3K Following Mom to my two amazing boys; former VP of Media Partnerships at Meta; Co-Founder of https://t.co/fOfgiLga3rShai Davidai @ShaiDavidai
101K Followers 1K Following Jewish Israeli. Father. Partner. Zionist. Assistant Professor @Columbia_BizAdam Fisher @AdamRFisher
12K Followers 585 Following Venture capitalist at BVP partnering with founders from the earliest stages. I write on high tech, Israel and politics. Proud liberal Zionist. 🇮🇱Bangaly Kaba @iambangaly
3K Followers 368 Following Currently @youtube. Prev @Reforge @Instacart @Instagram @Facebook “Progress disappoints in the short run, surprises in the long run” 📈Benjamin Ling @bling0
21K Followers 1K Following Founder and GP at @blingcapital, GP @khoslaventures, Fitness junkie, formerly @YouTube @Google @FacebookKahlil Lalji @bykahlil
1K Followers 368 Following co-founder & ceo @getivella | startups, design, angel investing, & triathlonAndrew Pouliot @andpoul
3K Followers 1K Following ✨exploring✨ prev: @figma, https://t.co/bhZo33p9V1, https://t.co/vlRo6fisyN, https://t.co/HiBMxjo269 find me on https://t.co/i0daz5xhUBRobin Guo @zebird0
8K Followers 1K Following Investing staff @a16z, building SPEEDRUN and investing in games, web3, anime, gamified consumer, UGC. | Prev. VC @riotgames | top 200 head-clicker @pubgKelly Peng @ZiqiPeng
11K Followers 7K Following Founder @kuratech_ai | silicon, AI, robotics, photonics inventor 🤖 | prev @stanford nano, UCB, Forbes 30u30 | multimodal AI for empower + connect peopleGreg Hochmuth @grex
4K Followers 3K Following product & engineering @midjourney. very early engineer @instagram. “A dream you dream together is reality.” —Yoko OnoMike Rundle @flyosity
30K Followers 1K Following Designing something fun for your iPhone ⟣ Onchain toys with @foolproofxyz ⟣ Previously AI tooling @Square ⟣ You know me from that site I made awhile backHersh Desai @Hersh_Desai
4K Followers 728 Following Investing in startups with @natfriedman + @danielgross; run @aigrant_ and the Andromeda Cluster; stan dogs and warm carbs & cheeseShyam Sankar @ssankar
16K Followers 212 Following CTO @Palantirtech, Chairman @Ginkgo https://t.co/oaEBf1su2x https://t.co/mf1cSAPtefHarshita Arora @aroraharshita33
6K Followers 3K Following Engineer and entrepreneur. Co-founder of AtoB (https://t.co/K4GSvO9VhC).Andy Weissman @aweissman
43K Followers 2K Following USV | real names be proof | maybe so and maybe notJohn Willett @johnwillettrogo
1K Followers 2K Following Co-Founder at Rogo (@rogodata) | He/him | @nyc @princeton | Hiring!Seeing the mind virus that has taken over these privileged young brains, seemingly so desperate for meaning and purpose in their lives beyond the social-validation contest they pursue in their screens, is still so wild to me. And of course so dangerous for, at least initially, a…
“[Hamas] are not terrorists. They are resistance fighters. They are freedom fighters. And they are heroes for a new world . . . We stand with the Palestinian resistance and their heroic brave action on October 7.” The crowd cheers.
Here at Orchard Robotics, we are assembling the world’s largest open dataset of apple weights, densities, and measurements. 🍎💪 All of this to deliver industry-best yield estimations & precision crop data to our incredible farmers. (After measuring – and snacking – the rest…
I asked someone on their Z Fellows interview today about previous projects they'd built In high school they built facial recognition software that used their school's CCTV to track class attendance Try getting out of class now lol
just witnessed a young woman break a heel and and shout “fuck you, Aperol Spritz!” on MacDougal Street, spring is here ☺️☺️☺️
central park being beautiful and sneezey today 🌸🤧
constantly haunted by an unbridled need to change the world
One year ✅ -94 lbs 315 —> 221 Long way to go, but I live life with the motto: one step at a time 💪. Here’s my tips for anyone that wants to change their body:
I’m a Jewish college dropout. I’m now Head of Growth at a startup and work with a bunch more. If you want to leave school and work in startups/VC, my DMs are open.
I get a lot of questions on how @nucleusgenomics started. I keep all the notebooks that were the foundation of the company locked up in a safe in my room. Today, I opened up the first page in the first notebook, right after I had left @UofPenn. The “Plan” was simple and the…
Unfortunately, our 5 month acquisition process for @getivella fell through, so we’re opening up the process to our friends on X. Ivella is a banking app that helps couples manage their finances - from the time they start dating until they get divorced or die. We have four…
The only founder trait that truly matters is how much you love learning. Everything else (vision, tactical skills, etc.) can be learned, but only if the subject wants to and enjoys it.
college founders these days act older to gain legitimacy, but if you don’t allow yourself to be your own age, you’re doing a disservice to your future self
Bring your kid to work day at SG HQ. Teaching them about entrepreneurship, work ethic and capitalism
@BenSharf @justinwolz @andruyeung @dj @jordihays @srcasm @skirano @Isabella_Kndrd daw 🙏 - adding @princeghosh97, @ali_debow, @EmilioDiMarco2 , and @LisaPopovici to this list
being a smart woman is a curse. every time you make a well-analyzed, well-thought out point it gets invalidated and scrutinized forever only to be right later. while everyone drools over a confident sounding man with half your intelligence.
long live the canon g7x, dinner parties, & @joinswsh for sharing the digi + film pics
If it doesn't feel like the universe actively opposes your work, then it's probably not worthwhile.