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Warren Shaeffer - How to think and act like a venture-backed founder!
👉🏼 About the Guest:
Warren Shaeffer is a seasoned entrepreneur, 3x founder, dad, writer, and 1st gen immigrant. He built three companies in the past and sold them to giants like Giphy. Notably, his latest startup Knowably was sold to Medium. Overall he raised more than $12M from some of the world's best investors, including Andreesen Horowitz, Initialized Capital, and First Round Capital. He preaches and practices transparency, vulnerability, and authenticity. Currently, he serves as a VP at Medium and shares his tips of raising venture capital.
👉🏼 About the Host:
Sharath is a founder, creator, and community builder. He is also a serial maker who built and shipped 15+ projects using no-code tools. His SaaS product Shoutout generates $30k ARR. Prev, Sharath worked for world-changing startups like Product Hunt and On Deck, where he helped build and nurture communities. He also grew his audience on Twitter from 200 to 20,000 using give-first principles and creating high-value content. Currently, he is the Head of Community at Threado and runs a newsletter called Sharath's CliffNotes alongside hosting this podcast.
👉🏼 Resources mentioned in the pod:
- The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
- Writer.com
- Good Strategy Bad Strategy Book
- The Outsiders Book
👉🏼 Shoutouts to awesome people:
- Garry Tan
- Alexis Ohanian
- May Habib
- Ev
👉🏼 Where to find Warren Shaeffer:
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/wwshaef
- Medium: https://medium.com/@warrenshaeffer
👉🏼 Where to find Sharath:
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/5harath
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@5harath
- Website: https://5harath.com/
- Newsletter: https://5harath.substack.com/
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By Sharath Kuruganty👉🏼 About the Guest:
Warren Shaeffer is a seasoned entrepreneur, 3x founder, dad, writer, and 1st gen immigrant. He built three companies in the past and sold them to giants like Giphy. Notably, his latest startup Knowably was sold to Medium. Overall he raised more than $12M from some of the world's best investors, including Andreesen Horowitz, Initialized Capital, and First Round Capital. He preaches and practices transparency, vulnerability, and authenticity. Currently, he serves as a VP at Medium and shares his tips of raising venture capital.
👉🏼 About the Host:
Sharath is a founder, creator, and community builder. He is also a serial maker who built and shipped 15+ projects using no-code tools. His SaaS product Shoutout generates $30k ARR. Prev, Sharath worked for world-changing startups like Product Hunt and On Deck, where he helped build and nurture communities. He also grew his audience on Twitter from 200 to 20,000 using give-first principles and creating high-value content. Currently, he is the Head of Community at Threado and runs a newsletter called Sharath's CliffNotes alongside hosting this podcast.
👉🏼 Resources mentioned in the pod:
- The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
- Writer.com
- Good Strategy Bad Strategy Book
- The Outsiders Book
👉🏼 Shoutouts to awesome people:
- Garry Tan
- Alexis Ohanian
- May Habib
- Ev
👉🏼 Where to find Warren Shaeffer:
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/wwshaef
- Medium: https://medium.com/@warrenshaeffer
👉🏼 Where to find Sharath:
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/5harath
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@5harath
- Website: https://5harath.com/
- Newsletter: https://5harath.substack.com/