Nate Martins @martin_plural
Head of Content @firstround. Prev: Marketing Partner @foundationcap, early @notionhq. MFA in writing @usfca. Snacks with the fridge door open. San Francisco, CA Joined October 2012-
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ClassDojo first built a network. Then they built a business. Most edtech companies think schools are their end customer, but @samchaudhary_ , co-founder and CEO of @ClassDojo, had conviction they should build for parents, students and teachers. Then a conversation with LinkedIn…
Founders building in stealth know that “Are we ready to launch?” isn’t a simple yes-or-no question. @clairetbutler calls this sliding scale the seesaw of launch readiness. On one side, you can only come out of stealth once, so you want your product and messaging to be perfect.…
There's been a lot of takes floating around about the "95% of AI pilots are failing" stat. With @firstround's Applied Intelligence, we're dedicated to bringing you the optimistic yet unvarnished stories of companies that *are* getting AI to work in production. Some are well…
In 2012, @a85 built a Chrome extension to tidy up his APIs for side projects. That personal hack would later become @getpostman, a $5B platform used by over 40 million developers. On In Depth, @brettberson sits down with Abhinav to explore what it means to build an enduring…
What excites me about Applied Intelligence is we’re telling all the stories, not only the big names, but also the quiet and often scrappy companies unlocking huge impact with AI. Case in point: @Linktree_ and how they’re putting AI to work.
Going into 2025, @Linktree_ faced a choice: aggressively scale headcount to build against their ambitious roadmap, or stick to their culture of staying lean (<200 people) and bet on AI. They chose the latter. The results more than halfway into the year: - Headcount still steady…
Every founder has a horror story about payroll, compliance, and benefits. Random government letters, surprise fines, state registrations you didn’t know about, health plans randomly canceled. There’s all these “modern” payroll/HR platforms out there to help, but they still make…
Cameron Adams, @canva co-founder and CPO, details the onboarding process that was an early unlock for user retention.
Thirteen years ago, I founded @Color without any experience in healthcare. Learning a new industry as you build requires you to constantly revisit your assumptions. On the @firstround Review, I share what I’ve learned from our years-long iterative building process, from the…
Stop talking to customers like they’re your investors. @emilykramer has seen too many early-stage startups copy the same lofty language they used in their pitch deck onto the homepage of their website, leaving prospects confused about what they actually do. But you don’t have…
Don’t ship your pitch deck to your website. And what to do instead: review.firstround.com/how-to-adapt-y… Can't tell you how many times I've suggested shifting visionary 10 year plan stuff to the about page to keep a homepage focused on what a product does for customers. Thanks @emilykramer!
Don’t ship your pitch deck to your website. As an advisor to dozens of early-stage startups, @emilykramer has seen many founders make this marketing mistake: using the same story they told to investors to explain what they do to customers. “Your pitch deck might have helped you…
Here’s how @adamguild knew he’d found product-market fit for @owner: He faced a firehose of inbound demo requests. The pandemic had wiped out the company’s bootstrapped revenue practically overnight. So Guild scrapped the original product, a website builder optimized for…
Mercury co-founder and CEO @immad on the dangers of copy-and-pasting startup advice to your own company
Being cost conscious is one of Applied Intuition’s values. Here’s what co-founder and CEO @qasar believes that unlocks for the company.

Camille Ricketts @camillericketts
11K Followers 1K Following Partner @xyz_vc. Formerly marketing & brand @notionhq. Wrote things for @firstround. Fan of all things original.
Alex Hao @alexhaobao
4K Followers 860 Following certified freak, 2 days a week. the other 5, i’m the social media marketing manager @BAGGU. past lives @partiful @perplexity_ai @NotionHQ
Ivan Zhao @ivanhzhao
55K Followers 2K Following CEO @NotionHQ. LEGO for software. Tools for thought. https://t.co/D246L7CmX5
Red Gregory @RedGregory1
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David Tibbitts @davidtibbies
2K Followers 802 Following Product marketing @NotionHQ • Formerly @AesopSkincare, @Vivino • Human after all 🏳️🌈
Thomas Frank @TomFrankly
143K Followers 993 Following Building @FlylighterHQ and other tools for @NotionHQ. YouTuber (2.9m) & @WatchNebula co-founder.
Lexie Barnhorn @lexxbarn
2K Followers 697 Following Leading influencer @anthropicai, prev did influ and social at @notionhq amongst other things like TikTokin’ | Views are my own ✌🏼
Camille Blanchod @CBlanchod
3K Followers 392 Following https://t.co/lQ0KWcOtpS Community builder | Co-founder / admin @notionfrance | 🇫🇷 🇬🇧 🇵🇹
Cory Etzkorn @coryetzkorn
5K Followers 1K Following building superintelligent dating. early design & engineering @notionhq.
Marie Poulin @mariepoulin
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Francesco D'Alessio @FrancescoD_Ales
38K Followers 8K Following Co-founder https://t.co/Yr57B3NbPw | 🍱 Bento Focus
Monica Lim @monicalimco
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aNotioneer @aNotioneer
15K Followers 433 Following Certified Notion Consultant, Notion Ambassador, creator & app developer. By @AlexIsMaking.
Alejandra Cienfuegos @heyiamAC
4K Followers 968 Following I build products in @notionhq | Notion Certified Consultant | Cofounder of Noxen Studio (ex @notionologia) |https://t.co/ABkldCwbM8
Roberta Thomson @Pancake_girl
1K Followers 3K Following Building AI @ Hasbro. Former Notion, Facebook, Brunswick, Deloitte. Proud Mom. Transatlantic transplant.
Zoe Ludwig @zoeraeludwig
471 Followers 477 Following education @notionhq | earlier: lambda school + teach for america ✨🌼⚡️💛👩🏼💻
Jake 🎉 @jitl
3K Followers 1K Following Official Gold Sponsor of '🎉' • https://t.co/tzM2epMhRC • building @NotionHQ
Zohair Madhani @ZM42439
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Charles Aschkenasy @CAschkenasy
17 Followers 163 Following Student at @Penn | Building and Exploring
Othman Laraki @othman
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Todd Jackson @tjack
16K Followers 1K Following Partner @firstround. Former VP Product @Dropbox, Product Director @twitter, co-founder @coverscreen, PM @google, @facebook. Amateur golfer and dad.
nancy burner @nancy_y_chen
133 Followers 440 Following i sometimes talk about why tech should care about brand, but mostly use this burner account to lurk and repost @NotionHQ tbh
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Jennifer Fitzpatrick ... @ambient_jen
19 Followers 531 Following CEO, founder, & engineer building the future of reading @ Ambient Books.
Jessi Craige Shikman @jessicraige
2K Followers 1K Following Editorial @firstround. Alum @mcchrystalgroup @evernote @georgetown. YYC to H-town to SF. Dog (and human) mom, politics nerd, gluten-free baker. 🇨🇦-🇭🇺-🇺🇸
Liz Wessel @lizwessel
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Liya_Fuad @Liya_Haiqal
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Ash @AshwinRathie
514 Followers 451 Following I code, I write about startups, and (@cerebral_valley) I bring builders together. prev @ Georgia Tech, Palantir, Microsoft
David Kossnick 🇮�... @DKossnick
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BenvAZA @BenvAZA
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Souhail @souhezzil
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Ab @abrahamcr
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Michal Valko @misovalko
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Andrew Paterson @apaterson
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First Round @firstround
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Shythith @ShythithHpOAxh
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adam.sol ◎ @adhcrypto
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Yarco Hayduk @yarcoha
1K Followers 7K Following No, I do not post a lot | Investing at @PragmaVentures. PhD / Distributed Systems.
JR | Multicoin Capita... @johnrobertreed
10K Followers 10K Following Partner, nCMO @Multicoincap | Opinions are my own / not a solicitation / not an offer for investment advisory services
Tushar Kotangale @KotangaleTushar
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Toly @tolykvitnitsky
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BarbaraFred @JGd2DcNoURrN7Dr
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Thotetest @ThotetestKxX
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JeanWill @JO7C5E643Y3O35R
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Camille Ricketts @camillericketts
11K Followers 1K Following Partner @xyz_vc. Formerly marketing & brand @notionhq. Wrote things for @firstround. Fan of all things original.
Alex Hao @alexhaobao
4K Followers 860 Following certified freak, 2 days a week. the other 5, i’m the social media marketing manager @BAGGU. past lives @partiful @perplexity_ai @NotionHQ
Ivan Zhao @ivanhzhao
55K Followers 2K Following CEO @NotionHQ. LEGO for software. Tools for thought. https://t.co/D246L7CmX5
David Tibbitts @davidtibbies
2K Followers 802 Following Product marketing @NotionHQ • Formerly @AesopSkincare, @Vivino • Human after all 🏳️🌈
Lexie Barnhorn @lexxbarn
2K Followers 697 Following Leading influencer @anthropicai, prev did influ and social at @notionhq amongst other things like TikTokin’ | Views are my own ✌🏼
Cory Etzkorn @coryetzkorn
5K Followers 1K Following building superintelligent dating. early design & engineering @notionhq.
Raphael Schaad @raphaelschaad
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Monica Lim @monicalimco
6K Followers 4K Following PM for Events and Special Projects | Mother of two | Currently obsessed with: air fryer, stationary, and tennis
aNotioneer @aNotioneer
15K Followers 433 Following Certified Notion Consultant, Notion Ambassador, creator & app developer. By @AlexIsMaking.
🦋: @stacyannhayles... @stacyannhayles
2K Followers 132 Following No longer here. Find me over on the bird app.
Roberta Thomson @Pancake_girl
1K Followers 3K Following Building AI @ Hasbro. Former Notion, Facebook, Brunswick, Deloitte. Proud Mom. Transatlantic transplant.
Zoe Ludwig @zoeraeludwig
471 Followers 477 Following education @notionhq | earlier: lambda school + teach for america ✨🌼⚡️💛👩🏼💻
Jake 🎉 @jitl
3K Followers 1K Following Official Gold Sponsor of '🎉' • https://t.co/tzM2epMhRC • building @NotionHQ
Othman Laraki @othman
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Lulu Cheng Meservey @lulumeservey
112K Followers 3K Following Founder of ROSTRA. Ex-Activision and Substack. “Meservey isn’t your typical flack.” -The Information. Writing https://t.co/4xKo7wQTQo
Todd Jackson @tjack
16K Followers 1K Following Partner @firstround. Former VP Product @Dropbox, Product Director @twitter, co-founder @coverscreen, PM @google, @facebook. Amateur golfer and dad.
nancy burner @nancy_y_chen
133 Followers 440 Following i sometimes talk about why tech should care about brand, but mostly use this burner account to lurk and repost @NotionHQ tbh
Gizem Akdag @gizakdag
62K Followers 1K Following Creative Director, AI Explorer || Creative Ambassador @perplexity_ai || For inquiries: [email protected]
Jessi Craige Shikman @jessicraige
2K Followers 1K Following Editorial @firstround. Alum @mcchrystalgroup @evernote @georgetown. YYC to H-town to SF. Dog (and human) mom, politics nerd, gluten-free baker. 🇨🇦-🇭🇺-🇺🇸
David Kossnick 🇮�... @DKossnick
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Phi Hoang @apostraphi
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KetoneIQ @Ketoneiq
199 Followers 6 Following ⚡️ Fuel Fantastic with Ketone-IQ 🚀 High Performance Energy 🥇 Trusted by World Champions
Nico Stainfeld @nicostainfeld
221 Followers 750 Following Fintech Partner @foundationcap || Previously @generalatlantic | @citiventures | @stanford
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Pear VC @pearvc
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Jess McCuan @jessdujour
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Jaya Gupta @JayaGup10
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Vinay Iyengar @VinIyengar
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Joanne Chen @joannezchen
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Cristina Cordova @cjc
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The Twenty Minute VC @twentyminutevc
41K Followers 2K Following The Twenty Minute VC is the worlds leading independent VC podcast featuring the likes of Peter Fenton and Brad Feld https://t.co/gNBvTsLMLR
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