working on @altalogy - a design and engineering studio behind @langfuse, @rollupsHQ, @morningbrew, @chemistry, @hummingbirdvc, @intelligenceco and more.
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One picture that continuously for years takes my envy to another level is @dhh workspace
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You might like some of these
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It's been precisely 336 hours (2 weeks) since @zebulgar announced raising $9 million for @vardaspace on Twitter.
As we all are yet to see their official website, we couldn't resist playing around with different UI concepts.
How did we arrive at this one?
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"What does a tool for collective migration look like?"
wrote @balajis in his recent post about Miami and @FrancisSuarez as CEO of the city.
We spent a few hours today trying to answer that question, and here's the final UI mock 🌴
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Visit a few VC websites these days, and you'll notice a sea of sameness in their messaging.
Here are a few that stand out:
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How do you describe your conviction, ambition, and returns to a 5 y.o?
Hemingway readability grade 1.
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9:25 am - I see @swyx posted a request for startup
9:32 am - Showing the tweet to the team "Hey, you know, sounds like a cool idea to wireframe..."
14:39 pm - Team:
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A long-overdue announcement, but the final iteration landed last week!
We're guilty of making the nickname "The fintech VC firm with a notion website" obsolete.
Thanks @_laurenmessner @pitdesi @iamjakestream for being a fantastic team to work with 💥
btv.vc
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I once explained react to the person who started parse, then led developer products at facebook.
He didn't cut me short. I learned two weeks later randomly checking his linkedin. Never felt more embarassed lol
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Altalogy Showreel 2023 😉
Features our amazing partners ❤️
@vertex_protocol @HustleFundVC @btv_vc @MorningBrew @RevelXyz @tari @HummingbirdVC @EqualVentures @neurosity @Nilus_finance @matrixvc @FlumeInternet @gruntwork_io @GroundUpVC @Kasheeshpay and more!
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I always say marketers have two lives, and the second begins when they realize it's about people, not traffic or funnels.
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„Don't judge a book by it's cover is terrible advice in an infinite market of information”
- @jackbutcher
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Deeply in love with @Compound demo UI
Any other saas / fintech companies do it?
demo.withcompound.com
Compound - Wealth Management for Entrepreneurs, Professionals and Retirees
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Fwiw lidl is pretty awesome, it’s my grocery go-to. Started as a discount grocer but it goes up market since the last couple of years
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This is wild
If @JamesClear DMs you to learn more about a piece of your work, you know you probably won't have any better incentive to get back to writing
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Better Tomorrow Ventures 2.0 has just landed!
It's not a revolution, but rather an update to the original brand.
The intention was to capture how @btv_vc has evolved over the last three years.
But, the current website has been working well so why bother?
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Congrats!
While the placeholder site looks incredible, would someone be kind enough and help Kathryn find their new design team to continue the great work? 👀
Maybe @pitdesi or @austin_rief? 🙃
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Few realize the only valuable feature would be a hard limit on number of bookmarks saved, pretty much like on characters.
Otherwise it'll become another facebook saved or Pocket - a place you save interesting things to make sure you never reopen them again.
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I’ve been looking for a Linear for CRM for years.
Found it.
🤌 @attio
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On my way back from the IP2 Conference in Victoria, B.C.
Can’t stop thinking about one thing.
@klijakub and I were the only participants from Poland.
Out of almost 100 people I guess there were less than 10 folks outside of north america.
Met @aniamargaret, a canadian with polish last name.
Turned out not only she spent a few childhood years in a city when I lived in, but we almost lived next door in the same neighborhood!
Plus, she went to the elementary school with my wife!
What were the odds?!
0.00001?% Idk.
Anyway, had a blast there.
Two days hanging out and learning from @awilkinson @nickgraynews @stephsmithio @ShaanVP @gregisenberg and many more Interesting People.
Thank you Andrew, Karen, Monica, Nick!
The premise was that we all hate conferences and this one will be almost an anti-conference.
And you all overdelivered!
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We tried so many wireframe kits and always spent hours on customization.
Since we couldn't find the perfect kit for SaaS apps, we finally decided to create our own SaaS wireframes system explicitly purposed for complex, data-driven interfaces.
Teaser 👇
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We recently helped @Nilus_finance prepare for a grand 2022 season finale - announcing their $8.6M seed round led by @BessemerVP and @btv_vc on the cap table (@pitdesi intros ftw)
I really like this animation for its simplistic way of conveying the platform's value prop.
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It's been one hell of a year at @altalogy
I couldn't be more grateful for our fantastic team and all the incredible partners we've been fortunate to work with.
Here's to 2023 🥂
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Introducing Altalogy for Fintech.
A tribute to founders and our partners.
A space to tell why we spent the last 3 years in fintech.
altalogy.com/fintech
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The idea behind this high-fidelity SaaS wireframe kit is simple.
As a founder, you can convey your idea quickly and use it in your pitch deck.
As a designer, you build a wireframe, and you don't have to repeat 100x times, "it's not UI, it's not final, it's just a wireframe."
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Founders, can confirm @pitdesi is super helpful 😍
That intro to @austin_rief led to something great. Check it out!
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Carvalho Capital is a VC firm based in 🇨🇦 focused on empowering space economy startups.
We have had the pleasure to come up with their style guideline and design the landing page.
Let me start with a backstory 🧵
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Would never take money from a vc who doesn’t offer a resources portal with useful links for founders.
They should have a way to find out about Notion and Zapier
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Couldn't help but share that little UX nugget from
@vertex_protocol platform UI.
Vertex doubles down on accessibility and efficiency.
The ability to customize visible portfolio stats is loved by bravado traders and those who easily get cold feet.
great job @wojteklosa🙌
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What I adore about working with teams like @vertex_protocol is how fast they move.
When they see an opportunity, they act and ship big time.
It also lets us explore design avenues we wouldn't visit otherwise.
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I saw @swyx request for startup yesterday and thought it's a cool idea to play around with.
Shortly after, I posted a concept with three UI mocks.
A few DMs later, here we are!
Soulcast helps you find your love based on podcasts you listen to! 🎧💙
soulcast.netlify.app
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"I don't have time" is never the case. Instead
•You don't have the energy
• It's not a priority
• You lack incentives
• It's not exciting
Usually in that order.
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I learned about #GumroadDay thanks to @arvidkahl 💥
Our Figma SaaS Wireframe Kit is $5 instead of $29
83% off only today.
gumroad.com/l/veuzlU/8y6cz9r
Here's to all creators around the world! 🍸
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Last weekend @brian_armstrong announced his new company @newlimit, co-founded with @byersblake
For now, it's a placeholder page and a blog post.
We've been playing around with different ideas of visually conveying the mission of extending human healthspan.
How it's going 🧵
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A sales coach I used to work with for a short time used to say that you can't control who comes to you, but you can control who you reach out to.
The art is to attract the right person.
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Don't forget you always set your goal at 0.001% improvement and you always exceeded expectations
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75% of all answers on Quora are inbound marketing attempts. I guess many people stopped using it because it was more of a listing of agencies trying to get clients.
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This ❤️ I think soon I will write a long book review for the first time . Thanks @swyx for this gem
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@naval humorous takes on China
"Call me when they invent something new."
"Call me when their GDP per citizen crosses ours. "
And a few more funny "call me" sentences were fantastic and surprising in a positive way.
It made you more real. So be like that more often!
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Sharing the concept of a tool for collective migration, inspired by a great piece on Miami and Startup Cities published by @balajis, was a blast!
Received lots of great ideas, insights, and feedback.
Thanks @BrianNorgard for the winning idea!
moveapp.webflow.io
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Maybe some survivorship bias here as slow starters might not have the chance to shine. I generally agree, but experienced the opposite as well
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John Fowles "The Magus"
Fun fact: I had been listening to Hotel California and got interested in the twisted lyrics. Googled and discovered that this masterpiece had inspired the song
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Downplaying design at an early stage is over.
It enables hiring great talent, compellingly telling your story, or simply looking legit for customers.
Good design isn't optional.
Especially in a crowded space like fintech, where the bar for aesthetics is super high.
Thus, all @btv_vc The Mint accelerator startups have access to our design sprints.
We helped set the foundational visual language, tweak product mockups, or ponder the brand from the ground up.
September was a crazy ride, not gonna lie.
But the opportunity to work alongside the founders in the batch almost all at once is unforgettable.
Looking forward to the demo day!
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This is my favorite about section we’ve ever made.
New VC brand and website launching soon 👀
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There’s a reason we made the Mexican cuisine cooking workshop annual tradition at @altalogy
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I was so pleased with the recent episode of @myfirstmilpod with @awilkinson that I couldn't help but highlight the comparison of a perfect business and New Zealand in my latest essay. @theSamParr @ShaanVP Thank you guys for the best episode to date.
altabits.substack.com/p/you-…
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In 2004-2007 as a teenager, I accidentally created Poland's largest online science forum.
Today I reflected on the roots of how it happened - my distribution channels, growth tactics, and why the internet was an entirely different beast back then.
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No wonder I planned my office to sit in front of a large corner window.
The room still has more walls than glass, but the acoustics is terrible.
The Macbook's built-in microphone became useless. I sounded like I was speaking from a submarine.
@dhh do you ever make zoom calls from this office?
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We've helped several venture firms with their LP decks.
Some insights:
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New firms devote anywhere between 4-8 slides full of venn diagrams, lifecycle charts, and market maps to explain their thesis.
Veterans raising another fund don't exceed 3 pages (unless they have many vintages and the performance table spans over more than a slide)
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While both always include their teams, starting a new firm means introducing yourself from the get-go and focusing on your past career track record.
Also, larger funds have separate investing and ops teams, and it's easier to list everyone within the last slides.
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Interestingly, it doesn't matter if you're an emerging manager or a seasoned patagonia vest wearer when comes to portco founders' testimonials.
We've found 4 is the sweetspot, but it's better to use them contextually if you're raising for the first time.
Namely, to back specific claims, instead of grouping them all together on a testimonial slide.
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That might be a surprise but it actually exists
@craftdocs
It's a *superhumanized* Notion
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I watched a documentary, and as I recall correctly, his decision was kind of an aftermath of a mental breakdown when he realized no one in the world can actually understand (and appreciate) his body of work.
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This whole website is a masterclass in storytelling.
Addressing the BS in the industry and leveraging their name for an authentic narrative.
All done with great gusto.
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„There’s no actual skill called business” is one of the most resonating concepts I picked up from @naval. The actual skill is to know and apply game theory in life and business in a way it works for you in an ethical way.
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Almost 3 years ago I DMed @pitdesi here with an idea for a new BTV website.
In 2023, our VC work hit mid 6-figures revenue milestone, and tripled YoY.
To celebrate, here's quick microsite built at an internal hackathon 🙌
altalogy.com/vc
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Couldn't be more excited about the launch!
Our team @altalogy has had the pleasure of working with @kshenster, @Mark_Goldberg_ , @ethankurz and @jimbovig for the last few months on Chemistry brand.
Some backstory:
@kerby introduced me to Kristina.
Two days earlier, @pitdesi mentioned that Mark will be in touch.
At that point I had no idea these weren't two independent opportunities.
So when I jumped on a call with Kristina and saw Mark sitting next to her I was like:
"Okay, they're brewing something big..." 🔥
Two weeks later, we were ready to go.
And the word that perfectly describes our connection from day one?
Chemistry.
🌟 Personal update 🌟 - Today, I’m thrilled to unveil Chemistry (@chemistry_fund), a new $350M early-stage venture fund I co-founded with my good friends @ethankurz and @Mark_Goldberg_! We’re dedicated to making high-conviction investments at the Seed and Series A.
A thread 👇
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That's the right playbook to follow!
Many large players have not figured it out yet, though.
I wrote about it here
altalogy.com/blog/veem-ux-re…
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This is my grandmother, Wilhelmina.
She always wanted to post something on social media but was too shy and scared to do it.
She turns 87 tomorrow.
Let’s wish her happy birthday!
I’ll show her this tweet and ask to share her longevity stack 😉
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Software ages pretty much like cars
Old cars' interior looks almost always crappy and terrible, so does old web apps UI. You almost wonder how one could ever let it come out.
Yet technology under the hood evokes admiration and respect for achieving so much with so little.
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Inspired by @linear method, we decided to soft launch a part of our ongoing rebranding.
What do you think of the new logo? 😉
Sneak peek time! 👀
Our new logo mark is a variation of "a," containing shapes consistent with the Geograph typeface.
The goal has been to respect the typeface letters ratio while making the mark stand out from the logotype.
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Vasu and I met here in DMs over two years ago.
We wanted to do something together, but we initially couldn't find a perfect fit for the first project.
Changing priorities, availability, expertise-scope alignment etc.
That changed in the summer of '22
This was the first time we got to design human-machine interfaces.
Web and mobile UX/UI are at our core, and we had to break design rules that felt almost ingrained in our minds.
Font sizes, paddings, composition - all seemed odd at first.
We were lucky to receive thoughtful feedback and guidance, working closely with Vasu and his team.
Really appreciate your trust, @VasuNadella!
Huge congrats to the whole @vitalbio team for putting in crazy amounts of effort to create something meaningful in one the hardest (if not the hardest) spaces.
All design credits go to @mm_olczak 💪
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UI components for a fintech workflow builder platform.
#daretoshare24
Stoked to see @altalogy team members @dorotaresovie @mm_olczak and @muamartaw taking a page out of the best SaaS design playbooks, while making it fresh, distinctive, and tailored to fintech audience (big fan of the ilu style)
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Just came back from the best @altalogy offsite ever, and just can’t help dumping a few random pictures rn
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Totally forgot about these awesome pics from our May offsite.
@castillo__io @andrewjaykeller when Neurosity sport focus mode?
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Running an agency or service business. All the mistakes to avoid, best secret sauce techniques (cold emails, handling client issues, upselling, closing big deals)
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@wolfejosh is one of my all-time fav Twitter follows.
Always thoughtful with unique insights, yet avoiding the hype and not trying too hard to play Guru.
Now it's time to listen to him on a pod. And boy, this episode probably won't be a disappointment.
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Build once, sell twice, and your life will never be the same.
What a feeling 😍
Sharing discounted version with you all to celebrate my first digital product launch!
($29 -> $9)
gumroad.com/l/veuzlU/20off
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Late November 2020, I started posting some work-related stuff here. Mostly UI concepts and client mocks. Maybe 7 shots in total.
It generated ~$300K GMV worth of agency leads so far. I closed around 20%, 40% is in progress.
Building in public - time to go all in? 🔥
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Soon we're launching the world's largest business risk and intelligence platform.
The engineering team (4 senior devs) behind it will be available in about 2 months.
Stack: Phoenix Elixir, AWS, React
Who should we work with next?
RT for visibility🙏
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@jasoncarvalhoHQ from @CarvalhoCapVC came across our Varda UI concept on Dribbble.
A few calls later, we ended up choosing the final mock for the hero section.
The goal has been to attract both sides, investors and founders, to learn more and sign up.
Here's how we iterated 👇
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The most addictive drugs are fast feedback loops. That’s why people love getting likes, upvotes, shares. All social media platforms are based upon that, and dopamine fasting is apparently the rehab.
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This attempt missed the mark. Even though it looks nice and fresh, it's too technical.
Spacesuit is just a fraction of the technology landscape involved in the space industry.
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Had a blast last week on internal project retro.
We touched on our design process, webflow and communication.
Key takeaways:
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Special thanks to @SloaneNichole @_laurenmessner for working closely with us on this, and the whole BTV team ( @digmonster @jbahrdestefano @iamjakestream @pitdesi @nbobba) for your collective feedback!
Here's to our partnership 🥂
Check it out! btv.vc
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