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I've seen three startups up-close as an early software engineer, product manager, and founder who does a lot of random stuff. I helped build a team of over 100 people at Dropcam who re-framed a market, defined a product category, and changed millions of lives and homes by providing safety and security. We joined Google and re-branded as Nest Cam and Nest Aware in 2014. I've mentored and advised 50+ founders. I help them raise funding, learn to lead, and build good products and teams. I've been the funder as an angel investor and venture capitalist. From top-tier investors, I learned how to look at companies and markets for VC-desired outcomes. And what stories a company needs to tell for this type of funding. I'm also working on a few product ideas.
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What advice would you give someone who is starting their own company?
I wish someone had told me how much time it would take. I was so naive when I started my company, thinking that it would be easy to get off the ground and make a name for myself. What I didn't realize until later is that there's so much work involved in building a business and so many things that can go wrong. I'm grateful for my experience now, but if I could go back and tell myself something about starting a company, it would be: "Don't expect things to go smoothly. And if you had to pivot... PIVOT!"
Social media manager/tools that have worked for you
Hello all, I'd like to publish 'text-only' content to multiple SM platforms like Twitter, LinkedIn, FB and track responses. My desired workflow: I type in a text snippet which will be auto-posted to Twitted, LinkedIn and FB. Please let me know what tools/services have you used that have worked for you specifically to manage your SM workflows. Thanks!