Daniel Dhawan on X: "The SF Group Chat" / X
To view keyboard shortcuts, press question mark View keyboard shortcuts Home Explore Notifications Chat SuperGrok Premium+ Bookmarks Creator Studio Articles Profile More Post tk @heettike Article See new posts Conversation Daniel Dhawan @daniel_dhawan The SF Group Chat 14 16 140 66K Nobody tells you about The Group Chat before you move to SF. There's no orientation. But the moment you start building here, you're already in it, and it's already forming an opinion about you The Group Chat is the invisible, collective judgment that SF's investors, founders, and operators hold about you and your startup. It's shaped by what you post on X, your pitches, news, rumors, and hallway chatter. Think of it like a massive WhatsApp group that everyone important is in – except no one ever added you, and you can't see the messages. The Group Chat has two powers. When The Group Chat’s wind is a tailwind, raising money is easy. You get inbound from investors, talented employees want to join your company
Nobody tells you about The Group Chat before you move to SF. There's no orientation. But the moment you start building here, you're already in it, and it's already forming an opinion about you The Group Chat is the invisible, collective judgment that SF's investors, founders, and operators hold about you and your startup. It's shaped by what you post on X, your pitches, news, rumors, and hallway chatter. Think of it like a massive WhatsApp group that everyone important is in – except no one ever added you, and you can't see the messages. The Group Chat has two powers. When The Group…
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