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Let me tell you a ghost story.
My Ghost first arrived in the year 2000 and would haunt me for the next sixteen years. It was a secret, known only to a handful of my closest loved ones.
Andy Dunn
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Andy Dunn
@dunn
A founder of Bonobos, Pie, Monica + Andy, and Red Swan. Author of Burn Rate: Launching a Startup and Losing My Mind. 🎢 Posts on startup, leadership, culture.
- Yesterday I was humbled to be invited to speak at a prestigious event hosted by a male VC. He offered to fly me on a private jet to an amazing place to be there. Wow. I was about to accept. Then I saw the list of advertised attendees. 20 men, 0 women. No thank you. @AllRaise
- When I got to NYC in 2007 I was told we don’t make billion dollar tech companies here. We’ve seen the data that only 9% of VCs are women & only 3% of founding CEOs are. Today NYC minted it’s 2nd billion dollar woman-led & founded company *this week.* @RenttheRunway @glossier 🦄🦄
- Idea: a YouTube show called grandma.VC. We find five grandmothers to do pre-seed investing. $2m fund that writes 20 x $100k pre-seed checks. 20 deals over 2 years, 200 pitches so ~2 pitches a week and 10% investment rate. Hypothesis is the grandmas outperform most
- Recently we moved at our company to 5 days a week in-person, all day every day for everyone. We had to 100% change out personnel on a small team. Everyone leaving had an offer to move and 90 days of severance if they didn't want to. With nothing but gratitude to the people that
- There comes a moment in everyone’s life when it’s time to face down your demons. For me, today is that day.
- If you’re into the intersection of AI x consumer social x the loneliness epidemic, react to this post or DM me.
- Replying to @dunnBURN RATE: Launching a Startup and Losing My Mind 🔥 📒 burnratebook.com
- In 11 years of building @BONOBOS I have never been more proud. Today we relaunch our brand not just around the evolution of menswear, but the evolution of men. #EvolveTheDefinitionWe interviewed 172 individuals across a spectrum of body shape, race, age, and identity about the definition of “masculine.” Add your voice to theirs and help us #EvolveTheDefinition and create a world where every man fits.
- Have an executive coach you've worked with who you *love*? I'll put out a list once folks have weighed in. 🏅
