arian ghashghai ✓

@arian_ghashghai

investing pre-seed in weird stuff and founders on the fringe @EarthlingVC | ex-ai/ml engineer @Meta @RealityLabs

12 043Followers

1 183Following

12 159Posts total

127.1KViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

6 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 10K–100K follower range. shown widely, but few of those viewers react.

Median views7 858this account2 578median for 10K–100K

Reach, %65.25%this account7.77%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %0.96%this account1.47%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	7 858	2 578	3.05×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	65.25%	7.77%	8.40×
Engagement rate	0.96%	1.47%	0.65×

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Growth & engagement

How the posts we collected actually performed: views and reaction rate post by post, what the audience did with them, and where the follower count goes.

Views per post

94K2 Sep

17.1K3 Sep

15.3K

136

436

128

Last 6 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

0.34%2 Sep

0.15%3 Sep

0.55%

2.94%

1.38%

1.56%

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 1.47%.

What the audience does

Likes69.9%391 in total

Reposts3.4%19 in total

Replies4.1%23 in total

Quotes1.3%7 in total

Bookmarks21.3%119 in total

Share of every reaction we collected for this account. Replies mean argument, reposts mean endorsement, bookmarks mean the post was worth keeping.

The follower curve appears once this account has two daily snapshots — we take one a day, and this one is on its first.

Latest posts

@arian_ghashghai This is solved by having actual former operators be one's VCs rather than ppl hired to be VCs 128 views · 1 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies 03 Sep 2026 @arian_ghashghai @saranormous's response here on differentiation is spot-on here. "Work hard and be helpful" doesn't seem differentiated to LPs, but it is exactly what founders want from their GPs. https://t.co/vC5JWBIlkg 436 views · 5 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies 03 Sep 2026 @arian_ghashghai the “do not hurt” rule is so true but I am personally a huge fan of VCs that already have a big unfair advantage and can offer it to their portfolio companies, like @gtmfund 136 views · 4 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 03 Sep 2026 Once again, I think this kind of behavior is also driven by LPs down onto VCs: A guaranteed question almost every net new prospective LP will ask a GP is some flavor of “why do founders pick you/how do you add value to companies you invest in” Realistically, the best case for 15.3K views · 72 likes · 3 reposts · 7 replies 03 Sep 2026 Travis Kalanick says the incentive is structural: VCs are trying to make a mark on the world so they make it on the thing in front of them, which is your roadmap https://t.co/OYnmExPq2F 17.1K views · 18 likes · 2 reposts · 3 replies 03 Sep 2026 I loved how Pat Grady (@gradypb) described Sarah's fundraising strategy: "I don't have a strategy, I'm just going to go win. If you're an LP, that's not a good pitch. But there are only so many people in our business who can just go execute, and she's one of those." https://t. 94K views · 291 likes · 14 reposts · 11 replies 02 Sep 2026