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Alfred Wahlforss
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Alfred Wahlforss
@itsalfredw
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Joined June 2010
- Just got a masterclass in leadership from Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang. Mind blown. Takeaways: He has 55 direct reports, no 1:1s, just group talks = max transparency. Org chart is modeled like a neural network, breaking the old pyramid model. Nvidia bets on new grads to lead huge
- AI writes your code. Now it talks to your users. We raised $27M from @sequoia to build @ListenLabs. Listen runs thousands of interviews to uncover what users want, why they churn, and what makes them convert. See how @Microsoft and @canva use it:
00:00 - At Listen, we love hard problems and even harder puzzles. Decode the billboard, get the next challenge. Win an all-expenses Berlin trip + Berghain guest list (you'll see why).
- Terrible take. Lovable launched 4 times and it got zero traction 3/4 launches. Conviction is everythingThat’s why focus is overrated. Lovable started as a weekend project (like most successful startups). Go viral, then focus. I’ve almost never seen a startup take off when nothing happened for months after launch. Focusing on the wrong project leads to burnout (been there).Readers added contextThe post is incorrect. Lovable was launched three times (before going viral). x.com/itsalfredw/sta…
- Merlin is hiring founding engineers! We give $2K to any recommendation that leads to a hire. Why recommend/join Merlin? - Our user numbers are growing like crazy! - The best investors in Silicon Valley back us. - We pay top-of-market SF salaries, with high equity + cash, and
- Our first salesperson has closed $1M ARR in May. Now I’m building the dream team. Here's 6 roles I'm looking for: - technical staff - csm - product design - sales - growth - ops tag someone you know & if I hire them, I'll give you $10,000.
00:00 - Replying to @itsalfredwWhat truly blew my mind was that this taken on the day of the earning call. He was cool as a cucumber
- Just received approval for my O-1 visa! Eternally grateful for the opportunity to build in 🇺🇸
- I built an AI to save my failing startup. Today, we’ve raised $27M in funding, led by Sequoia, to bring vibe user research to everyone. A few years ago, the image app Florian and I built went viral overnight – 20,000 users in one day. Our success should have been a dream comeAI writes your code. Now it talks to your users. We raised $27M from @sequoia to build @ListenLabs. Listen runs thousands of interviews to uncover what users want, why they churn, and what makes them convert. See how @Microsoft and @canva use it:00:00
- I've texted Charlie at 6am, 3am, 2pm, 9pm. He always responds within 1 min. @sequoia partners are built different.i fell in love with @listenlabs's product after experiencing it at @sequoia. what could have been weeks of labor-intensive research on potential investment themes, it turned into hours of work what did it do?
- Tobias has joined Merlin AI as a founding engineer! He has previously worked at Jane Street and Tesla Autopilot and studied at Carnegie Mellon University. Tobias is a competitive programmer (IOI silver medal and 3x ICPC world finalist), which puts him at the top 0.001% on
- Replying to @0interestratesNothing is more powerful than naivety and the hunger to learn.
- Excited to help some of the fastest growing products reduce their churn"AI does its own exit interviews" When people cancel Claude Code, they get invited to an interview, facilitated by AI This is done by Listen Labs, started by @itsalfredw and @florian_jue It's an AI loop
