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8 years ago I moved to SF to start my first company, officially becoming a founder. I had no clue what I was getting myself into, but I went all in. A huge part of my education was walking around the streets of SoMa every day listening to other founders' origin stories, wondering if I was doing the right things, making the right mistakes, focusing on the right metrics. I was obsessed with learning from founders before me who had found success. How I Built This with Guy Raz by Guy Raz became my go-to. I was a sponge. It's a bit of a full circle moment. Today I want to announce the launch of my new podcast, Founder Uncovered. When Nick Madrid, CFA and Drew Glover came to me a few months ago and threw out the idea, it was one of those instant 'hell yeah' moments. I deeply care about seeing other founders win, and a huge part of that is sharing stories from founders who are making it happen. My hope is that through sharing more founders' stories, the amazing things they're building and the challenging times they all went through to make it happen, listeners leave more educated, more inspired, and with their souls lit up knowing they can accomplish their dream. Founders never forget, 'We are the music makers, and we are the dreamers of dreams.' Episode 1 drops tomorrow. Subscribe here so you don't miss it → www.founderuncovered.com

In 2008, Garry Tan (now CEO of Y Combinator) volunteered as a photographer at YC just to get his foot in the door. Most people aren’t afraid to chase their dreams. They’re afraid to be seen starting small. The ones who win adopt a whatever-it-takes mentality. (Also…nice Easter egg: Zuck in the background of this now-iconic photo.) Big thanks to Gabriel Jarrosson for resurfacing this gem and reminding us of something simple: The people who change their lives aren’t the most ready. They just aren't afraid to be seen starting small. 💙

Hubble turned one today. 🥳 And honestly, I’m most proud of one thing. The people. Not just our team but the experts who show up every day and actually care. We accept less than 10% of people who apply. Not because we’re trying to be exclusive. But because most platforms get this wrong. They optimize for credentials. We optimize for character. We have hundreds of exited founders, VCs on fund II and III, and operators at some of the best companies in the world. All impressive. But that’s not what we’re actually looking for. Before anyone gets in, we: → Research them → Spend 45 minutes on a real 1:1 conversation Not a screening. A conversation. Because a resume doesn’t tell you what matters. We’re looking for something deeper: Does this person still have fire? Do they show up with presence? Do they actually want to see someone else win? Do they show up with soul? Or are they just impressive on paper? Because when you’re a founder in the middle of it, fundraising, hiring, pivoting, trying to survive… You don’t need someone who looks good in a bio. You need someone who gives a damn what happens after the call ends. That’s what makes a marketplace special and that’s the bar at Hubble. And it always will be. Founders, choose your advisors carefully. One conversation can change everything. Hubble helps → www.hubble.social

Here are 39 investors you can talk to today on Hubble. 💰 Hubble isn’t built for transactional fundraising. It’s built for feedback, momentum, and real relationships that often turn into funding or unlock something even more valuable along your founder journey. Every founder–investor conversation is a chance for something unexpected to happen. 💰𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬 & 𝐕𝐂𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐇𝐮𝐛𝐛𝐥𝐞  (𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑐𝑘 𝑠𝑖𝑧𝑒𝑠: $25𝐾–$5𝑀) Adam Bo – A12i Alana Sierra Mann - Eleven Wall Ventures Ankur Sethi – Winner Capital Anouk ter Haar - First Degree Capital Brandon Hoffman – Sunset Ventures Bruno Villetelle – VU Ventures Carina Cunha - Forus Chris Tottman – Notion Capital Claire Cherry – Era VC Colin Gardiner – Yonder Collin Groves - BDev Ventures David Y. – Ethos Fund Drew Glover – Fiat Ventures Dylan Kaplan - Alumni VC Erik Åkesson - Erik Ventures Elana Gold – Red Beard Ventures Ethan Austin – Outside VC Etienne Boutan – Intuition VC James Roycroft-Davis – Evio Jason Mackey - RavenRock VC Jahn Karsybaev - Big Sky Kenneth Kashif Thomas – BackFuture VC Larissa S. - Critical Capital Leon Eisen, PhD – Network VC Matt Shoss - Dragonfruit Ventures Michael O'Brien - Síol Venture Capital Nikhil Choudhary – Nirman Ventures Ohad Tzur – Venture Forward Olivia O'Sullivan – Forum VC Pablo Srugo – Mistral Riley Rodgers - Valia Ventures Sahith Aula— Katha VC Sam Beni — Platin VC Samarth Bhasin - Partner at VC Shane Ray Martin – B Ventures Sam Merullo - UpsideDown VC Sébastien Gros - Headline & Will Trace Cohen – Six Point Ventures Yannick Kpodar - Aventra Capital There are 600+ investors, operators, founders, and builders on Hubble and we’re adding more every week. Search their name at the link below→ book the 1:1 https://lnkd.in/g5iDDX-g

We built Hubble with 5 engineers and this stack. Here's everything actually open on my screen running a marketplace with 600+ experts, and nearing 400k in GMV. Run the team 1. Slack — where all comms live. Also a ton of meme's and bad jokes. 2. Notion — strategy, product briefs, investor updates, roadmaps etc. 3. Linear — engineering tickets. Non-negotiable for any tech company. 4. Sentry — catches bugs before our users do. Saves us every week. 5. PostHog — super valuable. Session replays, every founder interaction 6. Gather — virtual office for remote teams that is actually kinda cool. 7. GSuite — obviously Build the product 1. Figma — every pixel before it gets built. 2. Cursor — AI code editor our engineers live in. We built Hubble with this. 3. Claude — AI agent that works across the entire codebase. 4. Recall.ai — powers our meeting intelligence layer. 5. Hiver — shared inbox for our help desk. Keeps support clean as we scale. 6. Screen Studio — just started using this to create onboarding videos. 7. Hubble — yes, we eat our own cooking. Raise capital 1. Dropbox DocSend — track exactly who's reading your deck 2. Carta — cap table management. Just use it. 3. Notion — our pitch deck lives here and it never stops evolving. The one that changed everything 1. Claude cowork— I'll be honest, I didn't expect this to become core to how I operate. It reads my Slack, updates Notion, drafts investor emails, researches experts, and helps me shut down properly at the end of the day. I used it to run most of today. It's less like a tool and more like having an extra person on the team who never drops a ball. You don't need a massive team or a massive budget. You need the right few tools and the discipline to use them. And an idea that pulls you out of bed everyday. Find what works for you and go have some fun. 🤙

To all my founders out there. Stay at it 🚀

I gave an AI access to my Google Workspace, Notion, Slack, and email. Here's what happened. In one afternoon, Claude Co-work helped me: → Write a full expert engagement playbook (campaigns, messaging, metrics) → Audit our entire website and prioritize the highest-impact fixes → Draft a product brief to make expert discovery feel effortless Then it organized everything into our team Notion. In the right place. Without being asked....all these suggestions were fire and honestly better than I could have come up with. We're 1 year into Hubble with thousands of paid calls...The bottleneck isn't ideas, it's time and what to prioritize. Claude Cowork felt like hiring elite talent who already knew our business before walking in the door. and the craziest part....this all went down in 30 minutes. Founders, your strategy backlog doesn't have to sit there anymore. What's the one thing you've been meaning to tackle for awhile? This is the era of feeling limitless. 🚀

Most founders get trapped by what’s working. Elon Musk is willing to walk away from it. Tesla is phasing out the Tesla Model S and Tesla Model X, products that helped define the company and are still profitable. Not because they’re failing. Because they’re not the future. This is the difference between operators and visionaries. Operators optimize what exists. Visionaries reallocate toward what’s next. Even if it means: - killing products that still make money - letting go of what built the business - taking heat in the short term Most people never do this. They ride the current thing too long. They protect it. They defend it. They build their identity around it. And that’s exactly how companies get stuck. The best founders stay loyal to the mission. Not the product. Founders, be willing to walk away from something good… to build something great. We are the music makers and the dreamers of dreams. ✌️

Amazon wasn’t the first online retailer. Google wasn’t the first search engine. YouTube wasn’t the first video platform. Facebook wasn’t the first social network. Uber wasn't the first ride share on demand. Apple's iPhone wasn't the first smartphone. Netflix wasn't the first DVD rental service. None of them were first. All of them won. We’re obsessed with being first, first to market, first to launch, first with the idea. But first just means you get to make all the expensive mistakes before anyone’s watching. The real advantage? Showing up after the dust settles, learning from everyone who went before you, and then doing it better. Markets aren’t won on launch day. They’re won over years of iteration, distribution, and relentless improvement. Late movers get something first movers never do: a roadmap of what not to do. So no...you don’t need to be first. You need to be the version people can’t imagine living without. The one that makes them forget anything came before it. That’s not a timing advantage. That’s a product advantage. And product advantages compound. The greats don’t arrive first. They just make you forget who did. Skip the expensive mistakes. Book a 1:1 Hubble helps → https://lnkd.in/g5iDDX-g #startups #entrepreneurship

Y Combinator's Demo Day was yesterday…most founders didn’t make it in. Their acceptance rate is notoriously low...around 1%. If you got rejected or didn't get a chance to pitch on the stage, you’re not alone. Here’s what YC would’ve taught you...had you gotten in: 1. 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐘𝐂 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝟏𝟎 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐬 https://lnkd.in/gBRU-nFV 2. 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐚 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐩 https://lnkd.in/gNyizgeM 3. 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐓𝐨 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐀 𝐂𝐨-𝐅𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫  https://lnkd.in/gXbvQFsX 4. 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐄𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐩 𝐈𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐬 https://lnkd.in/gRZX_8Ar 5. 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐓𝐨 𝐓𝐚𝐥𝐤 𝐓𝐨 𝐔𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐬 https://lnkd.in/gCXwCVQB 6. 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐁𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝 𝐀𝐧 𝐌𝐕𝐏 https://lnkd.in/gpqJizuK 7. 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐋𝐚𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐡 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐩 https://lnkd.in/geRYBkwg 8. 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐩 𝐅𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬  https://lnkd.in/gEmqParZ 9. 𝐁𝟐𝐁 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐩 𝐌𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐬  https://lnkd.in/gX2A-zCp 10. 𝐁𝟐𝐂 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐩 𝐌𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐬  https://lnkd.in/gkvGeduH 11. 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐩 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐩 𝐨𝐫 𝐑𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐕𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞? https://lnkd.in/g8arr6AP 12. 𝐋𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝟏,𝟎𝟎𝟎+ 𝐘𝐂 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐩𝐬 https://lnkd.in/gnP4GY3g And just like that, you didn’t need to move to SF or give up 7% equity. You don’t have $500K or the YC logo but you now have access to the same knowledge. The truth is most of the best companies in the world didn't go through YC. If you want advice from someone who’s actually done it...that’s why we built Hubble. It's full of Founders. VCs. Operators....who have actually done the things most people just talk about. Book a 1:1 → www.hubble.social Hubble helps.

17 years ago, Airbnb launched, and today, it's worth $80 billion 📈 They almost didn't make it. On June 26, 2008, Brian Chesky, the co-founder and CEO, along with his team, presented their idea to seven influential Silicon Valley investors. They aimed to secure $150,000 at a $1.5 million valuation. A $150,000 investment would have translated into a 10% ownership stake in Airbnb, a share that, as of today, would be valued at $3+ billion. But plans didn't unfold as expected. After the meetings, rejection emails started coming in from five investors (see photo). The other two investors opted to ghost the team and not respond at all. This is the reality of fundraising. It's crucial not to take it personally. In moments of rejection, recall these emails. They serve as a reminder that even brilliant minds can overlook significant opportunities. Innovation tends to slip through the cracks of even the brightest investors. #startups #venturecapital _____ And if you’re building through rejection right now, Book 1:1 time with founders and investors who’ve survived it → https://lnkd.in/g5iDDX-g

3 new investors just joined Hubble yesterday. 💸 Alexi Sevastopoulos – Santa Cruz Ventures Tobias Bauer – TB Ventures Brent Fulfer – TB Ventures Having gotten to know each of them these past few weeks, all are awesome people! That brings us to +200 GPs/VCs you can book a 1:1 with today. Hubble isn't built for transactional fundraising. It's built for feedback, momentum, and real relationships that often turn into funding or unlock something even more valuable along your founder journey. Every founder–investor conversation is a chance for something unexpected to happen. 💰 𝐈𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐇𝐮𝐛𝐛𝐥𝐞 (𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑐𝑘 𝑠𝑖𝑧𝑒𝑠: $25𝐾–$5𝑀) 🆕 Alexi Sevastopoulos – Santa Cruz Ventures 🆕 Brent Fulfer – TB Ventures 🆕 Tobias Bauer – TB Ventures Adam Bo – A12i Alana Sierra Mann – Eleven Wall Ventures Ankur Sethi – Winner Capital Brandon Hoffman – Sunset Ventures Bruno Villetelle – VU Ventures Carina Cunha – Forus Chris Tottman – Notion Capital Claire Cherry – Era VC Colin Gardiner – Yonder Collin Groves BDev Ventures David Y. – Ethos Fund Drew Glover – Fiat Ventures Dylan Kaplan – Alumni VC Elana Gold – Two Roads Erik Åkesson – Erik Ventures Ethan Austin – Outside VC Etienne Boutan – Intuition VC Jason Mackey – RavenRock VC Jahn Karsybaev – Big Sky Kenneth Kashif Thomas – BackFuture VC Larissa S. – Critical Capital Leon Eisen, PhD – Network VC Matt Shoss – Dragonfruit Ventures Nikhil Choudhary – Nirman Ventures Ohad Tzur – Venture Forward Olivia O'Sullivan – Forum VC Pablo Srugo – Mistral Riley Rodgers – Valia Ventures Sahith Aula – Katha VC Sam Beni – Platin VC Sam Merullo – UpsideDown VC Samarth Bhasin – Partner at VC Yannick Kpodar – Aventra Capital There are 600+ investors, operators, founders, and builders on Hubble and we're adding more every week. Search their name here → book the 1:1 www.hubble.social

Founders, You can work hard for years…and then it all comes together in an instant. I’ve seen this happen time and time again on my journey. Don’t get discouraged if it feels slow or like you’re in a season of waiting. Do the most you can with what you have everyday....and watch it all come together. The key is to keep going…and never lose faith. 💙 #startups #entrepreneurship

One conversation can change everything. 🔥 Here are 11 that could: 1. Mike Walsh – First investor in Uber. Also early in Salesforce, Carta, Forge, and Hubble. Founder of Leverage Software (acquired). 150+ startups backed across 20+ years. If you're raising, he knows what investor-ready looks like before you do. 2. Emily Dunlop – Founder of The Authority Academy™. Helps coaches and founders scale to $50K+ months by turning personal brands into revenue engines. Has helped clients land global brand deals, Forbes features, and 6-figure contracts. 3. Sarah Miner – Was on Reddit's founding sales team and helped scale revenue from $800K to $70M through startup to IPO. $100M+ partnerships at Disney. Salesforce during hyper-growth. Now runs CARRY1. The rare person who's done it at every stage. 4. Ethan Austin – Partner at Outside VC, writing the first checks into founders traditional VC overlooks. Built one of the original crowdfunding platforms used by millions. His goal: lift 100M people into the middle class over the next decade. 5. Becca Chambers – CMO at Scale Venture Partners. Ranked #2 Woman on LinkedIn in the U.S. with 4M+ monthly impressions. Featured in the Wall Street Journal, Fortune, and Forbes. If personal brand and thought leadership are on your roadmap, start here. 6. Emma Rees – Award-winning 4x Founder across B2C, B2B, and Enterprise SaaS. Has guided companies through $35M+ raised. Now investing at Included VC, backing underrepresented founders globally. She's been on both sides of the table. 7. Rinki Sethi – CISO & CSO with 23 years building security infrastructure for IBM, Walmart.com, eBay, Intuit, PG&E, and Palo Alto Networks. Managed teams of 500 and budgets exceeding $100M. If you're scaling fast and security keeps you up at night, she's who you call. 8. Thomas Panton – 3x venture-backed founder now investing in Climate Tech. Former Greenpeace campaigner and international competitive swimmer. Mentor at Techstars, Imperial College London, and Virgin Startup. One of the most genuinely mission-driven people. 9. Nathan Beckord – Built Foundersuite, used by 100K+ startups and top accelerators including YC, Techstars, and 500 Startups. Involved in 3 tech IPOs and nearly 40 acquisitions. CFA Charterholder. Also once sailed 10,000+ nautical miles across the Pacific. 10. Andy Walsh – 4x Founder with 2 exits, scaled companies to $10M+ ARR. Host of the Startups Decoded Podcast with 400K+ downloads (Top 2% globally). If you need someone who's actually built the thing and can think through it with you, Andy's your call. 11. Elana Gold – Former partner at Red Beard Ventures ($25M+ Web3 fund). Leads the RBV Syndicate which has deployed $50M+ into 210+ startups with 3,900+ LPs. Forbes 30 Under 30. Founder of The Girls Table, which has brought 20,000+ people into investing. A genuine community builder. The smartest founders don’t go it alone. Search any of their names in the marketplace. Hubble helps → www.hubble.social

If you're raising pre-seed/seed, bookmark this list. Actual first-check funds + the VCs and angels available on Hubble. 💸 𝐏𝐫𝐞-𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐬 1) Boost VC 2) Outside VC 3) VU Venture Partners 4) Yonder 5) Gacsym Ventures 6) Treeo VC 7) Baukunst 8) XRC Ventures 9) Underscore VC 10) Outlander VC 11) Forum Ventures 12) Hustle Fund 13) Everywhere Ventures 14) FOVC 15) Geek Ventures 16) Baobab Network 17) Panache Ventures 18) Riceberg Ventures 19) Pear VC 20) Precursor Ventures 💰 𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬 & 𝐕𝐂𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐇𝐮𝐛𝐛𝐥𝐞 (𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑐𝑘 𝑠𝑖𝑧𝑒𝑠: $25𝐾–$5𝑀) Adam Bo – A12i Alana Sierra Mann – Eleven Wall Ventures Ankur Sethi – Winner Capital Anouk ter Haar – First Degree Brandon Hoffman – Sunset Ventures Bruno Villetelle – VU Ventures Carina Cunha – FORUS Cesare Pesci – YOBE Ventures Chloé Lozac’h'h – VU Ventures Chris Tottman – Notion Capital Claire Cherry – Era VC Colin Gardiner – Yonder Collin Groves – BDev Ventures Dallas Price – Forum Ventures David Y. – Ethos Fund Drew Glover – Fiat Ventures Dylan Kaplan – Alumni VC Elana Gold – Two Roads Elizabeth Coston McCluskey – TruStage Erik Åkesson – Erik Ventures Ethan Austin – Outside VC Etienne Boutan – Intuition VC Eva Dobrzanska – Tramlines Ventures Giancarlo Vergine – Over Ventures Jahn Karsybaev – Big Sky James Roycroft-Davis – Evio Jason Mackey – RavenRock VC Jeff Erickson – Founders N' Funders Kenneth Kashif Thomas – BackFuture VC Keshia Theobald-van Gent – BDev Ventures Leon Eisen, PhD – Network VC Matt Shoss – Dragonfruit Ventures Nikhil Choudhary – Nirman Ventures Noa Khamallah – Don't Quit Ventures Ohad Tzur – Venture Forward Olivia O'Sullivan – Forum VC Pablo Srugo – Mistral Pankaj Kedia – 2468 Ventures Sam Marchant – Inaugural Sam Merullo – UpsideDown VC Samarth Bhasin – VC Partner Sébastien Gros – Headline & Will Shane Ray Martin – B Ventures Thomas Panton – EndGame Cap Tobias Bauer – tb Ventures Trace Cohen – Six Point Ventures Yannick Kpodar – Aventra Capital 😇 𝐀𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐥𝐬 𝐚𝐯𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐇𝐮𝐛𝐛𝐥𝐞 (𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑐𝑘 𝑠𝑖𝑧𝑒𝑠: $5𝐾–$500k) Abhay Ghatpande, PhD, MBA Amit Giladi Andrew Woodfield Ben Lang Bettina Briz Blerina Sanocki Brandon Pierce Chang Kim Craig Du Bruyn Dan Hibell Dario de Wet Erin O'Keefe Graham Jason Atkins Kasey Roh Kat Weaver Mike Walsh Sayu Sinha Don't cold pitch. Use Hubble to get feedback on your business and learn what would make it impossible to pass on when you announce your round. Search their name on Hubble Book that 1:1 → www.hubble.social

In 2023, I took a call with a kid who had nothing but courage and a wild idea. No network in tech. Didn’t know anyone in SF. Just DM’d me and asked if I’d talk. We ended up speaking a dozen times over the next year. Every conversation came back to the same thing: “If you can’t stop thinking about it… that’s your sign. Go all in.” Eventually, he did. Quit his job, left Missouri, and moved into a cheap Airbnb in East San Jose. No safety net. Just belief. A few months later he made his way to SF and started building real momentum. And the idea he couldn’t shake? A nuclear reactor. I remember thinking…this guy is either crazy or brilliant. I don't really know which one. lol Fast forward to today. Sam Gibson and Hadron Energy, Inc. merged in a deal valuing the company at $1B+. 🔥 He’s the first guest on the podcast. We talk about leaving stability, moving to SF with no plan, and what it actually takes to build in one of the hardest industries in the world. If you’re sitting on an idea you can’t shake…this ones for you. 🎙️ Episode 1 of 'Founder Uncovered' is live → https://lnkd.in/gaEgQXMf

Outcomes are a distraction. Focusing on the process you have to do to get the outcome is the most important thing you have to do. Got to see my best friends daughter get her black belt yesterday. Great moment! Founders, no one hands you the outcome. You earn it in the process.

Founders — in the early days, you are the brand. You’re: - the story - the signal - the traction - the salesperson - customer support - the problem solver - the conviction Everything. You have to be your company’s biggest fan long before the world even knows it exists or cares. Before anyone bets on your company, they’re betting on you and the vision you see for something better. So give them a reason to.

Founders, stop stressing over fundraising. These 30 Hubble experts will get you from A to B in just one call: 1. Elana Gold | Partner, Red Beard Ventures 2. Bettina Briz | Angel Investor 3. Chris Tottman | Partner, Notion Capital 4. Kat Weaver | Angel Investor & Advisor 5. Katie Dunn | Angel Investor & Advisor 6. Olivia O'Sullivan | Partner, Forum Ventures 7. James Roycroft-Davis | Investor, Evio VC 8. Ben Lang | Angel Investor 9. Harold Hughes | Angel Investor & Advisor 10. Brandon Hoffman | GP, Emerging 11. Trace Cohen | GP, Six Point Ventures 12. Noa Khamallah | GP, Don't Quit Ventures 13. Carina Cunha | Investor, FORUS Fund & Blockchain 14. Sam Marchant | Partner, Inaugural 15. Monica Jain, MD, FACS | Partner, Wavemaker Three-Sixty Health 16. Shane Ray Martin | VC, B Ventures Group 17. David Y. | GP, Ethos Fund 18. Dario de Wet | LP, Angel Investor & Fund Advisor 19. Ethan Austin | Founding Partner, Outside VC 20. Pankaj Kedia | MP, 2468 Ventures 21. Jason Atkins | VC, Torus 22. Dan Hibell | Angel Investor & Advisor 23. Colin Gardiner | Solo GP, Yonder 24. Yotam Rosenbaum | Partner, First Peak Ventures 25. Denise N. Bronner, Ph.D. | VC-Fluent Startup Advisor 26. Khang Tran | Fellow, Goodwater Capital 27. David Levine | Principal, Manchester Angels 28. Serephina Ha | Managing Director, Founder Institute 29. Saleem Ahmad 🤎 | Fundraising Strategist 30. Dallas Price | VB, Forum Ventures Don't let your fundraising plan be the reason you put off your business dreams for another year. One conversation can change everything. Search their name → book the 1:1.  👉 www.hubble.social

Two years ago, I wrote a post about Uber’s first investor and how much their investment was worth at IPO. 💰 A $25K check that turned into $25M. One of the better venture returns of all time. The post got +10 million impressions. One of my first real mega viral moments on this platform for me. At the time, I was just showing up on LinkedIn daily, sharing stories to help other founders. Every post was never about me but just to educate or inspire others. When you drop a mega viral post, the comment section is always funny. A word of the wise is usually stay out of the comment section but I dabbled. I’m scrolling through the comments… and someone’s got 2,000 likes on theirs. I’m like, “Who the hell is this guy?” Mike Walsh Uber’s first investor. "Oh sh*t. That’s the guy I just wrote about!" So I send a connection request. Over the next year, we interact here and there....Nothing crazy. Fast forward to a year ago, we’re about to launch Hubble. I send him a DM: “You’d be an incredible mentor on the platform.” He replies right away... “Let’s do it.” Two days later, we’re on a call. Sharp. Humble. Zero ego. Exactly the kind of person we want around founders....love the guy. At the very end, he asks: “What’s the status of your raise?” Pro-tip when an investor asks this question without you bringing it up it's always a good sign. I tell him we’re about done....about $50K left. But It kinda caught me off guard and I wasn't nearly as warm about the idea as I should have been. That night I’m laying in bed thinking: “Kevin…you’re an idiot. Get Mike on the cap table....that's Uber, Salesforce, Carta's etc. early investor and he's awesome!" I plan to follow up the next week. But he beats me to it. The next morning, in the middle of our launch, putting out fires, I get a DM: He’s in. Calls me “pal” like we’ve known each other for years....straight of wall street. No pitch. No chase. No convincing. Just trust. The post that brought us together…was about him. I had no idea he’d ever see it. He had no idea he’d end up backing me. It wasn't even the point of it all. That’s the thing about showing up and creating. You can’t always see who’s watching. You just keep laying bricks and focusing on what you can give not what you can get. This moment was years in the making. For the business but also me personally as a founder. Grateful to have Mike Walsh on Hubble and on the cap table and as a close supporter and friend now. Keep laying bricks. The right people will help you finish the house. 💙

From a dropped pass in the 4th quarter…to working on closing a $4M Seed Round. 💰 Not exactly the path I drew up. I sat down with Andrew Sridhar 🌊 a Navy SEAL and told the unfiltered story of my journey so far. We talked about: → The 7-year stretch most people never see → Failed launches and 14 months of uncertainty → Writing on LinkedIn at my lowest point → How that became my breakthrough → Where true conviction comes from → And what a true “aha” moment actually feels like One thing I’ve learned: Most people fail because they quit in the desert. If you’re in your own desert season right now, this episode is for you. 🎧 Listen here: https://lnkd.in/gPBuftBp Hope this gives you a little inspiration, education, and a few moments of laughter to help you on your journey.

I didn't go to an Ivy League. I actually dropped out one semester before graduation because I signed an NFL contract with the Eagles. My NFL career lasted 2.5 years. After that, I somehow landed at Morgan Stanley as a financial advisor. I didn't know much about stocks or bonds…I remember sitting in the interview and I was the least qualified of the group by far. I passed my Series 7 with a score of 72. In finance, we call that a perfect score because it's the minimum passing grade. Had I missed one more question, I would've failed. I'll never forget the joy of passing…I studied so hard for that test. After four years, I was managing almost 100 million in AUM. But I wasn't happy. So I packed everything I owned into one car and drove 30 miles north to San Francisco. I didn't know what company I was going to start. Just that I needed to start one. For four years I wandered. Failed launch after failed launch. My diet was peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. That was just life. I didn't quit though. I kept moving. Literally. I walked around SoMa listening to founder podcasts…I'm talking 20k steps a day everyday for years. That's how I learned. And I quickly realized that starting is easy. Building something people love is insanely hard. Then I started writing on LinkedIn. Not with a plan. Just to help founders win…to share lessons, inspire, or just make them laugh. I knew how hard it was and I just wanted to help. As my following grew, DMs poured in. For years, I tried to help every founder who reached out…calls, chats, whatever it took. I always showed up. That's when I found it. My real passion. Helping others win. That's what led me to build Hubble…a community for founders who see this journey the same way I do. Tough. Hard. But somehow worth it. If I can go from nearly failing my Series 7 to surviving on PB&J to this… One conversation and a little bit of perseverance really can change everything. 💙 #startups #entrepreneurship

9 years in. Here's what turned out to be true: 1/ You have to be obsessed with the problem you're solving. If you aren't, you'll give up long before you see any signs of success. 2/ In the beginning, pick one thing you can do better than anyone else. Win there first. Everything else is a distraction. 3/ If people aren't knocking down your door to use it, it's either not good enough yet, or the problem isn't painful enough. 4/ Building a great product takes time and a lot of iterations. The first version of your first product won't work and that's totally normal. Honestly, I've never seen someone's first version of their first thing work. Ever. 5/ Good ideas come from your customers. Most founders know this. Few actually do it. 6/ Motivation fades. Momentum is what matters. Most wins come from showing up on the days you don't feel like it. 7/ You should almost try to convince early team members not to join. If you lay out the reality, hard, underpaid, uncertain and they still want in? That's exactly who you want. 8/ The best early employees often don't come from conventional backgrounds. People used to big teams and big resources struggle in a scrappy environment. You want the ones who say yes, then figure it out. 9/ Adopt a mindset of trying to get it right, not trying to be right. This shift will change everything for you and your team. 10/ Your emotional state matters more than you think. The team takes cues from you, especially in hard moments. Staying calm and grounded isn't optional. It's part of the job. 11/ At some point you become the bottleneck. That's not a badge of honor. If you can't let go and build leaders, the company stops growing the moment you do. 12/ Every person and every company is on their own timeline. Comparison really is the thief of joy and innovation. 13/ There is no finish line. Every milestone just reveals the next set of problems. 14/ Staying in the game really is the game. 15/ Your job isn't to look like a CEO. It's to do whatever the company needs. Most of it isn't glamorous. But this is the job. And honestly…it's pretty awesome. 💙

Playing it safe is the riskiest thing you can do as a leader. I've been building companies for 9 years. The moments I regret most aren't the ones where we swung and missed. They're the ones where we didn't swing big at all. Courage isn't something people arrive with. It's something you give them. Every time you punish a failed attempt, you quietly tell your team: "don't try." Every time you celebrate a bold swing, win or lose, you tell them: "this is who we are." Culture is built in moments after things go wrong. The best teams I've been part of had one thing in common. Failure wasn't the end of a conversation. It was the beginning of one. "What did we learn?" hits completely different than "what went wrong?" At Hubble, I'd rather take ten big swings and miss three of them than play it safe and never know what we were capable of. The companies that change industries aren't staffed by careful people. They're staffed by brave people who had a leader that made it safe to be brave. You don't build that with a policy. You build it with every decision you make when the stakes are real. Give your team permission to fail. Mean it. The results will surprise you. 💙 ___ If you're building a team and want to think through culture, leadership, or what it actually takes to scale, the right advisor conversation can change everything. Hubble helps → www.hubble.social

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