Jeff Bussgang ✓

@bussgang · Boston · joined 06 Jan 2009

Former entrepreneur turned VC @Flybridge, teach @HarvardHBS. Books: The Experimentation Machine (AI & PMF), Entering StartUpLand, Mastering the VC Game.

45 154Followers

1 134Following

6 418Posts total

293.8KViews on collected posts

Latest posts

Jeff Bussgang ✓@bussgang16 Sep

A lot has been written about AI safety and pacing in recent days. My partner @chazard takes an optimistic view on all of this. In truth, focusing on safety and trust is good for many, many reasons. https://t.co/g8I9GQtlEL 654 views · 2 likes · 0 reposts · 2 replies Open on X →

Jeff Bussgang ✓@bussgang25 Aug

🫡@paulg -- "In fact there are only two things universities need to change to be perfect at preparing founders: they need to make students feel that starting a startup is something they can do, and they need to encourage them to work on their own projects." @HarvardHBS @Harvard 1.2K views · 9 likes · 0 reposts · 4 replies Open on X →

Jeff Bussgang ✓@bussgang24 Aug

@bussgang @Harvard @nytimes https://t.co/dSxW2IWYZg 8 views · 0 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Jeff Bussgang ✓@bussgang23 Aug

@bussgang @chrisfralic @Harvard @nytimes A small part… but the AI replica is the cover photo! 👏 78 views · 2 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Jeff Bussgang ✓@bussgang23 Aug

Been fun to be a small part of this AI initiative at @Harvard, as captured in this weekend's @nytimes -- https://t.co/4DBpE5kPuR 1.5K views · 4 likes · 1 reposts · 2 replies Open on X →

Jeff Bussgang ✓@bussgang21 Aug

Proud of the team at our portfolio company @micro1_ai, who continue to prove the value of AI training data. $500m in revenue and accelerating. (another category that was supposed to be commoditized and yet…) https://t.co/AsiuxMFBaG 1.5K views · 8 likes · 1 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Jeff Bussgang ✓@bussgang19 Aug

Harvard agrees to pay millions after morgue manager sold body parts https://t.co/lwCM0moG0M 287.9K views · 428 likes · 146 reposts · 30 replies Open on X →

Jeff Bussgang ✓@bussgang6 May

pleased to share my annual rocket ship list -- the ~ 900 companies startup joiners should work for, including 35 insane "supernovas" https://t.co/5rtGTmasBJ 980 views · 6 likes · 0 reposts · 2 replies Open on X →

Against accounts of the same size

7 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 10K–100K follower range. ordinary reach for its size, weaker reaction than most.

Median views1 233this account924median for 10K–100K

Reach, %2.73%this account3.62%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %0.61%this account1.52%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	1 233	924	1.33×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	2.73%	3.62%	0.75×
Engagement rate	0.61%	1.52%	0.40×

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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

9806 May

287.9K19 Aug

1.5K21 Aug

1.5K23 Aug

824 Aug

1.2K25 Aug

65416 Sep

Last 8 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

0.82%6 May

0.22%19 Aug

0.68%21 Aug

0.47%23 Aug

2.56%

0.00%24 Aug

1.05%25 Aug

0.61%16 Sep

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 1.52%.

What the audience does

Likes61.7%459 in total

Reposts19.9%148 in total

Replies5.4%40 in total

Quotes2.4%18 in total

Bookmarks10.6%79 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.