Spearhead with Naval Ravikant and Babak Nivi: My Original Brand Was in Growth Hacking

Podcast Notes Key Takeaways Naval got started out in Silicon Valley by co-building a Facebook app which got 20 billion installs very quicklyThis was his “calling card” when going to meet with entrepreneurs seeking investmentNaval was one of the last early investors in TwitterEv Williams, one of the co-founders, asked him – “Why should I let you invest?”“I got on a whiteboard for half an hour and laid out what little I knew about growth hacking, while he and his deputy watched. At the end he said, “This sounds great. We’re not going to do any of it because it’s against our ethos.” I respected him for that. But he was impressed enough that I cared and I’d thought about it, that I got a chance to invest in Twitter. That was my first major angel investment that worked out.” – Naval RavikantAngel investors that have a great brand:Ryan Hoover, the founder of Product Hunt“His Twitter game is among the best I’ve seen; he builds community on Twitter simply as a side effect of breathing. He’s going to have a good brand as an angel investor, especially with consumer companies.” – Naval RavikantPatri Friedman, who invests in “startup countries” and sovereign individual projects

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I pitched growth hacking to Twitter; they passed on it—but they let me invest.

• Ryan Hoover and Patri Friedman have interesting brands

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