The Founder’s Guide to Social Media That Actually Gets You Meetings

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The Founder’s Guide to Social Media That Actually Gets You Meetings

One investor recently said he won’t even take meetings with founders who don’t post on X (Twitter).

Why? 

Because without warm referrals, your social presence is often the only way they can see:

What this means for you as a founder:

Social media isn’t just marketing—it’s due diligence in public.
If investors are checking your feed, what do they find? Silence… or signals?

A simple playbook:

The goal isn’t to go viral. The goal is to build apublic record that shows:

In today’s market, your feed is your open-source resume. Investors, partners, and early adopters are all watching—even if they never hit “like.”

Want to go deeper? We’ve put together a full deep-dive on how early-stage founders can turn social media into an investor-magnet strategy.

Read the full guide here.

a16z Just Dropped the Top 100 GenAI Apps You Need to Know

 a16z Top 100 GenAI “All Stars” Keep Winning Year After Year

After 2.5 years of explosive growth, AI’s wild west is settling. The market is consolidating around durable use cases.

 Takeaway: The hype is fading. Stickiness, retention, and niche strength now define the winners.

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From Rejection to $91B: Airbnb’s Pitch Deck Story

 Airbnb was worth $0 in 2008. Today it’s $91B.

Sixteen years ago, Airbnb launched. Today, it’s worth $91B.

But rewind to 2008—Brian Chesky and team were struggling to raise just $150K at a $1.5M valuation. A $150K check back then would now be worth $3B+.

The reality? Even billion-dollar ideas get dismissed at the fundraising stage:

❌ 5 investors rejected them.
❌ 2 never responded.

No funding. No belief. Just rejection.

Yet Airbnb broke through—and the rest is history.

The lesson for founders: your pitch deck isn’t just slides—it’s the bridge between being ignored and being funded. Even the next $91B company can look “too risky” if the story isn’t told right.

That’s why a resource like 490+ Pitch Decks That Raised Millions is invaluable.

496 real, investor-winning decks from startups that actually secured funding.
Perfect for founders, freelancers, and creators.

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️ OpenAI’s gpt-realtime Voice Agents Is Here

OpenAI just moved its Realtime API out of beta, introducing a next-gen speech-to-speech model with:

⚡ 82.8% accuracy on audio reasoning (up from 65.6%)
Natural conversation flow with nonverbal cue detection + language switching
️ Image inputs for reasoning on photos/screenshots
Model Context Protocol (MCP) support for seamless external integrations

 Why it matters: Voice agents are no longer futuristic—they’re becoming enterprise-ready. From customer support to custom voice apps, this upgrade brings conversational AI closer to human-level interaction.

Explore the full rundown of OpenAI’s gpt-realtime and what it means for the future of AI-powered voice agents here.

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Winning in sales today means going beyond email—multichannel engagement is the new standard. Here are 10 AI-powered tools leading the way:

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 Startups Buzz

 Startup exits are finally back in play.

2025 is shaping up as the year of billion-dollar IPOs and mega M&A:

Momentum is building—and founders, VCs, and operators should pay attention.

️ Full Crunchbase report here

⏱️ After 60+ hours diving into Musk’s biography and distilling 40 pages of notes, this Founders episode reveals exactly how he thinks, works, and builds.

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 7 Mental Models Jeff Bezos Swears By to Build Amazon’s Empire — from regret minimization to the two-pizza rule, reversible decisions, and always working backwards from the customer.

  ️ Read the full breakdown here 

✨ Why Some Founders Are Skipping LinkedIn and Building on Discord

Communities are shifting. Founders are finding Discord more effective than LinkedIn for authentic engagement, niche networking, and real-time conversations.

See why Discord might be the new growth hub for founders

 The New Breed of Founders: AI Agents as Co-Founders

Startups are now experimenting with AI agents as actual co-founders—handling tasks from strategy to execution. It’s not science fiction, it’s happening.

Explore how AI agents are shaping the next generation of startups

 How AI Sales Agents Are Quietly Replacing SDR Teams

Traditional SDR teams are under pressure—AI sales agents are automating outreach, qualifying leads, and booking meetings at scale.

Discover how AI sales agents are changing the sales playbook

 Why VCs Are Buying Small Newsletters for Deal Flow

Venture capitalists are snapping up niche newsletters as sources of deal flow, trendspotting, and founder access—a quiet but powerful shift.

Find out why newsletters are becoming a VC’s secret weapon

 Founder Hacks: Creative GTM Strategies That Actually Worked

From scrappy viral campaigns to clever partnerships, founders are proving you don’t need huge budgets to win early traction.

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 The Startup That Investors Rejected—Now Worth Billions

Canva’s founder faced 100+ rejections before building one of today’s most valuable startups. Proof that persistence (and a strong vision) beats skepticism.

Read how rejection turned into a billion-dollar success story

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