Founder @ASTRSKPR (PR for companies that embrace their rebellious side), investor, lp in @PrimaryVC @MacVentureCap & @FcubedVC, angel in @selltosimply, @omsom +
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Underrepresented founders with less than 1.5 million in funding: Only 3 days left to apply to our annual pro bono contest to win a free year of PR from my firm @ASTRSKPR (250K value)! Link in bio!
Ok I'm back on here! Lets talk about PR for startups. Just launched astrskacademy.com to help founders learn how to do PR in 20 mins a day - anyone want a free year access (just would ask for quick feedback in return)!
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Phone calls are WAY better than Zoom. Zoom kinda sucks tbh. Computer glitches, having to look at your own face while you speak, not intimate. You can't walk around. It's super awkward if the doorbell rings. You have to deal with background notifications.
I will die on this hill.
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I’ve never used a pitch deck to fundraise. 👀🌶️
Instead, I kicked off every raise with a Memo. (And brought in over $42M for Rupa with 15+ term sheets 🤯)
Here’s why I think founders should use memos more (and not always decks):
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The @betaworks team will chat about the Apple Vision Pro announcement with our old friend @etherington today at 1pm et. Some founders building for AR/VR may stop by, too. Don’t miss it.
teapawt.org/i/spaces/1ynJOapVVDEKR
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In 2011, Dippin' Dots, aka the "ice cream of the future", went bankrupt.
After being swooped up for relative pennies at just $12M, they were acquired last year for $222,000,000.
The crazy part? Most of the company's value wasn't from selling ice cream.
Here's the wild story:
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Tune in this evening at 6:30pm ET (3:30pm PT) to @NBCNightlyNews to see @WonderDynamics' latest tool, Wonder Studio, in action! The team had a lot of fun putting this together—if you can’t catch the segment tonight, it will also be airing at 7pm ET/4pm PT tomorrow on CNBC 🤖🎥
Planning a trip to Azores (sao miguel) anyone been/ got any tips on things not to miss? Also, did you all know this European island chain is only a five hour and 30 minute direct flight from NYC? @_azoresairlines
100000%
I'm asked to make intros all the time. I always request a forwardable email I can use to easily send for a double-opt in. Goes for any type of intro.
Here's great content from @HustleFundVC about how to write one:
hustlefund.vc/blog-posts-fou…
My favorite time of the year is back - applications are now open!
Over the past decade, we've seen incredible brands - and the communities they service - not receive the funding, recognition and press coverage they deserve.
So, we decided to do something about it. Announcing ASTRSK's 6th Annual Pro Bono Contest🙌
astrskpr.typeform.com/probon…
Another banger from @matthewer and the Welco.me team 🔥
Meet Tripnotes, a travel A.I. with taste. Ask it for recommendations, itineraries, and more. Head to tripnotes.ai to give it a spin!
Ok I never go to Twitter to publicly shame, but @United has “lost” my bad for last 2 days and now says pending delivery and I can see it hadn’t moved (thank you AirTags)!
If baby PR Elliot could see this in 2008 at my first job in SF, I'd be bawling. Wait, i am bawling, NOW. THANK YOU to all that mentioned me!
A few weeks ago @dunn asked, and his followers answered: "who's the best PR human you've ever worked with?" We know it's @elliotPR, and we're so excited to see him (very highly!) recommended👏 Check out Andy Dunn's full list:
#publicrelations #PR #media
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Was off Twitter for a second and came back to a bunch of new followers because of the responses to this tweet, thank you all!
Congrats Monique!!
Today, I’m officially announcing Cake Ventures (@cakeventures) Fund I, a $17M seed and pre-seed fund to invest in founders building companies and products whose growth is accelerated by demographic change.
forbes.com/sites/alexkonrad/…