Martin Tobias (Pre-Seed VC) ✓

@MartinGTobias · joined 13 Jun 2007

Entrepreneur, Investor, girldad, cyclist, surfer, poker player. Pre-seed up to $500K. Chat with me https://t.co/96wsMImeiy. Get $$ https://t.co/d7utyst2XW

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Martin Tobias (Pre-Seed VC) ✓@MartinGTobias4 Sep

Stop calling it bad luck. The churned logo. The failed hire. The term sheet that got pulled. Every one of them showed you something a good year never would. You don't find your ceiling in the win. You find it in the recovery. 1.9K views · 32 likes · 0 reposts · 7 replies Open on X →

Martin Tobias (Pre-Seed VC) ✓@MartinGTobias4 Sep

The more important number is what % of each batch does a down or flat round next? In my experience it is a majority. To be sure I have invested in companies that kept going, but the premium is not earned across the board. 3.8K views · 25 likes · 1 reposts · 5 replies Open on X →

Martin Tobias (Pre-Seed VC) ✓@MartinGTobias4 Sep

The AI doomers have it wrong. I have been saying for some time that AI will be a net job creator. Some data is starting to come in. GE Appliance has implemented tons of AI in their manufacturing and are adding 600 people to their plant to make more stuff because AI makes them h 1.2K views · 3 likes · 0 reposts · 2 replies Open on X →

Martin Tobias (Pre-Seed VC) ✓@MartinGTobias4 Sep

@MartinGTobias I agree... Had a lead investor beg me to let him take the full allocation and give him a month more to close. I agreed because he invested in my last company and we had a good relationship... That month dragged out to three months. I eventually had to cut him loose 90 views · 0 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Martin Tobias (Pre-Seed VC) ✓@MartinGTobias4 Sep

@MartinGTobias My worst story is of an investor that rug pulled me ON THE DAY we were meeting to sign and wire! Dude, I paid for that meal, and afterwards he drops the news that he’s not investing. Like WTF!? 😳 That put me in a bad position. However we’ve signed our first cus 143 views · 1 likes · 0 reposts · 2 replies Open on X →

Martin Tobias (Pre-Seed VC) ✓@MartinGTobias4 Sep

@MartinGTobias getting wrecked first is the fastest education in cap tables 78 views · 0 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Martin Tobias (Pre-Seed VC) ✓@MartinGTobias4 Sep

Everyone wants the clean cap table and the fast round. The founders who compound got wrecked first. Missed payroll. Sued. Ghosted by a lead investor at the eleventh hour. Then they knew exactly what they'd do next time. Comfort teaches you nothing you can use. 4K views · 26 likes · 1 reposts · 9 replies Open on X →

Martin Tobias (Pre-Seed VC) ✓@MartinGTobias4 Sep

After dozens of A/B tests I have got to say I like Opus for writing better than Fable. Anyone else have model preferences for different tasks that may not be frontier ? 1.9K views · 9 likes · 0 reposts · 18 replies Open on X →

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8 posts des 90 derniers jours, à côté de la tranche de 10K–100K abonnés. en dessous de ses pairs à la fois en portée et en engagement.

Vues médianes1 576ce compte924médiane pour 10K–100K

Portée, %2.62%ce compte3.62%médiane pour 10K–100K

Engagement, %0.88%ce compte1.52%médiane pour 10K–100K

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Vues médianes par post	1 576	924	1.71×
Portée (vues ÷ abonnés)	2.62%	3.62%	0.72×
Taux d'engagement	0.88%	1.52%	0.58×

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