April Fools 😜. We’re alive and better than ever!
CoFounder Weekly is a micro-newsletter covering the zeitgeist of startups.
This week: 🤔 Thought Starters, 📆 Day in the Life of Jerry Neumann, 💌 Out of Office: Hall of Fame, 👩💻 Founder & 🤑 Investor stuff, and 😸 Funnies.
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🤔 Thought Starters
(Five Tweets this week that made us think )
📆 Day in the Life: Jerry Neumann
Every once in a while, you come across someone who lives by the beat of their own drum. Jerry Neumann is one of those people.
Jerry is an NYC-based VC. He has invested in companies like Simple (acquired by BBVA), Tradedesk (IPO), and Datadog. Since Jerry invests his own money, he sets his own schedule and makes it intentionally flexible.
While every day may look a bit different for him, here’s a Day in the Life of Jerry Neumann:
Interested in learning more about Jerry, and how he thinks about investing? You can find him on Twitter and check out this great podcast interview.
💌 Out of Office: Hall of Fame
On vacation? At a conference? At some point, we all agreed on writing homogenous auto-replies when we’re out of the office.
We got our hands on some of the more creative OOO messages (although these peeps may not have jobs when they return):
👩💻 Founder & 🤑 Investor Stuff
Fundraising anytime soon or interesting in learning what the grueling process is like? Here’s a list of 25 tips and tricks to prepare for a raise:
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😸 Funnies
(LOLs from this week)
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Shorting $LYFT,