Early Facebook employee (#~10). Co-Founder @ Slow Ventures. Fmr. General Catalyst Seed investor in weird, ambitious people & companies. Boston / NYC / SF.
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Kevin Colleran retweeted
“Caviar bumps.” Wine pairings. How to read the room. Welcome to tech bro etiquette school. on.wsj.com/4tMyqHB
A new investment for @slow focused on my love of new ways to save money... a @MarthaStewart co-founded home ownership cost-savings platform called Hint
Hint, an AI home management startup cofounded by @MarthaStewart, company raised $10 million in seed funding. bit.ly/49t8tVW
Kevin Colleran retweeted
Most creator investors are looking for value in the wrong place: monetization software or tooling. The real value sits with the creator themselves. Here’s why:
1. People matter, brands don't
2. Own the niche, not the category.
3. Build worlds, not products.
4. AI culls the undifferentiated
5. Short the mass market.
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We are doing our part to prioritize the concept and importance of etiquette with the startup tech founder ecosystem!
The Slow Modern Etiquette Handbook has officially become the #1 New Release in Business Image & Etiquette on Amazon.
For founders and companies seeking a meaningful and practical holiday gift, we recommend adding it to your list.
Available in both Kindle and paperback. See link in the replies.
Congrats @yrechtman . Well deserved!
We're excited (and shocked) to announce that @yrechtman is being promoted to Partner.
As an explicitly non-expansionary firm there generally is no defined ‘path’ to partner / we don’t really do that. But most great things are exceptions to hard rules
my newest investment in a category I have spent my life over optimizing!
Most loyalty programs aren’t really about loyalty. They’re about financial engineering. Points are designed to expire, not to reward.
“Loyalty isn’t about marketing. It’s about deepening relationships.” John Sutton, CEO of @journeyrewards
Traditionally, hotel loyalty programs have been owned by CFOs, prioritizing margins over guest experience. As an avid traveler, John sees a massive opportunity to change that: to use AI to bring true loyalty back to the equation and level the playing field for boutique hotels.
The problem? Hotel tech is still a patchwork of legacy systems that don’t scale, making it nearly impossible to personalize experiences across different guest tiers.
@journeyrewards is tackling that head-on. With tech upgrades now touching every step of the guest journey, personalization is no longer just for the big chains. Boutique hotels can finally compete with real loyalty experiences, not just points.
A new travel investment for me & @slow given my love of travel hacks and points optimization
🚨Our investors don’t just believe in us. They fly with us. 🚀✈️
Thrilled to announce FlyFlat's $3M oversubscribed round led by @BessemerVP
Participation includes @slow @FjLabs @Jeffreyw5000 @spetrossov @noahsfriedman
Sign up below or dm to stay in touch for the next round!
Kevin Colleran retweeted
Slow is launching our first Creator Fund—backed by institutional LPs—to support creator-first founders and redefine the future of entrepreneurship.
Why does this matter? Because creators aren’t just glorified ad space anymore. The world is finally waking up to the real value they bring. Investors are seeing the returns, validating what we’ve believed all along: creators aren’t just influencers—they’re industry-shaping entrepreneurs with the power to build the next big thing.
Shout out to the team @mmlightcap @lessin @KevinColleran and Billy Parks
Excited to see what this team builds. It is an idea I have thought about for a very long time and I think these guys have a shot at making it all work.
Prospinity, which allows college students to share their future incomes, just raised $2 million trib.al/3ruvocW
Kevin Colleran retweeted
What you should have accomplished in your seed round?
- @KevinColleran
Kevin Colleran retweeted
How we @slow think software will probably eat the world... docsend.com/view/ah5wvb6bivv…
Kevin Colleran retweeted
There is so much wisdom in such a small moustache!!!
Todays episode with @wquist is absolute 🔥 discussing:
Why 95% of venture isn’t really venture capital?
Who the winners of the next decade of venture are?
The 5 levers to price a business.
👇
thetwentyminutevc.com/will-q…
My partner @wquist goes on record with @HarryStebbings on @twentyminutevc with his thoughts on the Venture Capital markets and the history/evolution of VC and related financial products
If you want to know what you really think, go on @twentyminutevc with @HarryStebbings...
thetwentyminutevc.com/will-q…
Harry is one of a few who think about venture as much as or even more than I do - was really run to try out some of my thoughts on him...
Thanks to @TechCrunch for covering our big news
Thanks to @Cookie at @TechCrunch for sharing our story about our new funds and focus @slow techcrunch.com/2022/04/26/sl…
