I agree.

What do you like about Gemini sales team?

I made my validation thesis and frameworks that i used to run discovery open - https://aishwarya-48913.medium.com/startup-pivots-how-we-ite...

And the process of defining ICP, finding them here - https://aishwarya-48913.medium.com/founder-led-sales-for-us-...

This is hilarious

This is a really good piece especially the part on what and why makes sense to build with AI or not

My egg maker.

A chicken?

I agree

and company culture does that matter at all?

    > …a long stint as a founder…

I perceive the typical "startup culture" to be one where heroics are the norm…

    1. You're expected to work 10 hour days

    2. You're expected to do the jobs of 3 people

    3. You might not get paid on schedule

    …

That would be an absolute cultural mismatch for me.

I’m honestly not sure I could answer this one, I’ve never really worked at a company that pushed a unified culture. At most of the places I’ve worked, the teams were pretty siloed and insulated, so each team ended up having its own “culture.”

I was in a similar position around 1.5 years ago. What helped me was: 1. Reaching out to people on X sharing that i just moved, would love to meet with offering some ideas where i can add value. 2. 1-2 meetups initially via luma/partiful. Most of them are noisy but even if you meet 1-2 good people that leads to long term connections. 3. Signing up for hobby classes - Most of the people in SF are in tech so you end up meeting a lot of like minded folks. 4. Going to popular coffee shops/coworking to work. Serendipitous encounters are easy to happen here.

Good luck!