Matt Espinoza ✦ @MattEspoz Twitter profile

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Matt Espinoza ✦

20 days

Exciting news: Journey+ has officially been acquired 🎉 1/ Here's the crazy story of how we built, scaled, and sold a company to private equity (in 3 months):👇

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Matt Espinoza ✦

@MattEspoz

28 days

I'm building a portfolio of internet companies with this tech stack: Frontend: @nextjs Backend: @supabase Analytics: @posthog Deployment: @vercel Payments: @stripe Emails: @loops Automation: @zapier Growth: @ChartMogul Recordings: @msftClarity Roadmaps: @cannyHQ Documentation:…

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Matt Espinoza ✦

@MattEspoz

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This guy is building an empire of bootstrapped SaaS companies. In 2024, he scaled his 24 companies to 10M+ users. He's using the same method to grow all his softwares. Meet the guy who is outcompeting VC-backed companies:

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Matt Espinoza ✦

@MattEspoz

2 years

I’m thrilled to announce that my web3 company Agora Labs has been acquired by @TalentProtocol (A $50 Million Dollar company) 🎉 But how did we get here? And where am I going next? (A Thread by a 20 y/o) 🧵 ⬇️

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Matt Espinoza ✦

@MattEspoz

2 years

Insanely hyped to finally share the news that my startup Agora Labs has been acquired by @TalentProtocol 🎉 Here's the long nights of building and to joining an incredible web3 company✨

Talent Protocol

@TalentProtocol

2 years

1/ We have exciting news! 🎉 We've just acquired Agora Labs, a social token and NFT infrastructure platform for creators to build and scale their communities 🎊 Here's why and what does it mean for our community 👇 🧵

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Matt Espinoza ✦

@MattEspoz

20 days

Only build products to solve problems. From search data alone, there was strong search indicators of of the problem we were solving: (side note: I'm building a tool to figure out pain killer ideas -- DM to get access)

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Matt Espinoza ✦

@MattEspoz

2 years

Humble personal update: 🎉 I'm dropping out a school... (for at least one week) Excited to announce I've accepted my offer to join ZFellows as part of their Crypto Cohort as I scale @0xAgora w/ my co-founders. 🧩 Let's do this ! cc: @dropout_dao , @cory , @zackabaker

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Matt Espinoza ✦

@MattEspoz

18 days

Found the next big arbitrage. Completely overlooked space: - zero competitors - unlimited distribution - mass market Will be heads down building. Excited to release this new product. I think it will outdo anything I've ever built.

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Matt Espinoza ✦

@MattEspoz

3 months

hosted a dinner and chatted about everything from longevity to holding companies toronto tech scene is so back

Matt Espinoza ✦

@MattEspoz

3 months

I'm hosting a dinner w/ @thematt_ross next week in Toronto ✨ 8 different people, & 5 topics of discussion Here are the list of topics: ◆ Longevity ◆ Virtual Reality ◆ Creator Economy ◆ Artificial Intelligence ◆ Holding Companies Reply if interested!

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Matt Espinoza ✦

@MattEspoz

4 months

Two years ago I didn't know how to code. Today, I've built software used by hundreds of thousands of users Here's what no one tells you about becoming technical: 🧵

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Matt Espinoza ✦

@MattEspoz

13 days

I sold my first company at 19. After that I was kinda lost. All my friends were raising millions of dollars for their startups. Yet I somehow stumbled into the world of venture studios & holding companies. Journey+ was our first portfolio company We sold it 3 months later to…

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Matt Espinoza ✦

@MattEspoz

1 year

I'm hosting a dinner every Friday for the next 5 weeks in Toronto ✨ 8 different people per dinner & one main topic of discussion. Here are the list of topics for the next 5 weeks: ◆ Web3 ◆ AI/ML ◆ Creator Economy ◆ Venture Capital ◆ Healthcare Reply if interested!

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Matt Espinoza ✦

@MattEspoz

2 years

my web3 year in review 💫 started my journey through @desoprotocol 🚀 raised capital for @BitPerks 👨🏻‍💻 worked on creator growth features for @Meta 🖼 bought my 1st NFT(s) - @adidasoriginals (1 of 30K) 📚 building the first-ever tokenized book w/ @erickoester cont... 🧵

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Matt Espinoza ✦

@MattEspoz

3 months

I ran all of the Sora prompts through Pika Labs The result? Sora won by a long shot. Here are some side-by-side vids: Video #1 Prompt: A movie trailer featuring the adventures of the 30 year old space man wearing a red wool knitted motorcycle helmet, blue sky, salt desert,…

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Matt Espinoza ✦

@MattEspoz

2 years

Part of @developer_dao 🏔

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Matt Espinoza ✦

@MattEspoz

3 months

I'm obsessed with building a software empire. We've raised $0 and have been profitable from day 1. Today we are at six-figures and growing quickly. Here's how I'm playing asymmetric bets so I don't lose: This might be the most important post I've written in a while... 1/…

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Matt Espinoza ✦

@MattEspoz

20 days

I'm obsessed with building an empire of internet companies with my co-founder @theRyanKaufman 12 companies in 12 months. To hear about the next company: - Drop your email: - Follow this twitter account + turn on notifications - @MattEspoz

The Halation Newsletter

halation.beehiiv.com

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Matt Espinoza ✦

@MattEspoz

2 years

Officially 20… 🎉 What advice would you give a 20 y/o web3 founder?

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Matt Espinoza ✦

@MattEspoz

2 years

Hate to break it to you.. Making everything fully decentralized makes everything harder to do not easier

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Matt Espinoza ✦

@MattEspoz

1 month

In 2 years, Marc Lou ( @marc_louvion ) built a $1.2m ARR portfolio of businesses. He built it all himself, zero capital raised. Here are his unusual operating principles... 👇

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Matt Espinoza ✦

@MattEspoz

10 months

Startups x NYC

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Matt Espinoza ✦

@MattEspoz

3 months

I'M BUYING! I'm acquiring SaaS products in the 1-50k MRR range. DM are open -- if you're interested in exiting 📬

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Matt Espinoza ✦

@MattEspoz

1 year

Meet AI Toronto. Had a blast chatting with some other likeminded people Another Toronto dinner in the books!

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Matt Espinoza ✦

@MattEspoz

3 months

i'm putting a small team together to build my next venture in my holdCo ( @halationco ) ✦ double digit revenue share ✦ get to work w/ exited operators ✦ ideal experience in growth & sales either we get acquired in 7 months, or it becomes a high cashflow company who's down?

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Matt Espinoza ✦

@MattEspoz

1 year

First Toronto Dinner in the books (1/5) ✦ Theme: Web3 ✦ Next Week: AI

Matt Espinoza ✦

@MattEspoz

1 year

I'm hosting a dinner every Friday for the next 5 weeks in Toronto ✨ 8 different people per dinner & one main topic of discussion. Here are the list of topics for the next 5 weeks: ◆ Web3 ◆ AI/ML ◆ Creator Economy ◆ Venture Capital ◆ Healthcare Reply if interested!

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Matt Espinoza ✦

@MattEspoz

20 days

We even pitched at @Supabase community meetup in New York City:

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Matt Espinoza ✦

@MattEspoz

1 month

4/ The same playbook is used to grow the companies 1. Idea (pain, trends, needs) 2. Validation (launch waitlist, if >100 signs up then cont.) 3. Build (avoid coding, use templates for MVP) 4. Grow (SEO, affiliates, user-led, content marketing) 5. Monetize (LTD, freemium, ads)

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Matt Espinoza ✦

@MattEspoz

3 months

There’s nothing better than winning with your closest friends alongside you

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Matt Espinoza ✦

@MattEspoz

4 months

I sold my first software company when I was 19. I was still just a student. Since then, I've advised a couple startups to million-dollar exits Here's what I've learned about selling tech companies: 👇

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Matt Espinoza ✦

@MattEspoz

3 months

Highlight of the day: My favourite podcast of ALL time just followed me. @myfirstmilpod 😮

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Matt Espinoza ✦

@MattEspoz

20 days

We built Journey+ ( @journeyplusai ) as a way to use Midjourney without Discord. It was the first portfolio company in @HalationCo (holding company). Now we are launching ONE new company a month, but Journey+ was the one that started it all.

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Matt Espinoza ✦

@MattEspoz

20 days

Got the A-team together. Brought on the best designer I know ( @_hannahahn ) to create the product mockup. And my close friend ( @MiguelSarenas ) to develop the software alongside me. Little did I know what would happen next..

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Matt Espinoza ✦

@MattEspoz

1 month

These next 30 days are going to be insane. - Bringing on 2 new full-timers (growth & dev) to @halationco - Headed to SF as part of a @neo scholars trip - Announcing the future of @journeyplusai - Scaling operations at @DesignFlairCo - Publicly launching 🤫 We're truly just…

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Matt Espinoza ✦

@MattEspoz

1 year

Second Toronto Dinner in the books (2/5) ✦ Theme: AI/ML

Matt Espinoza ✦

@MattEspoz

1 year

I'm hosting a dinner every Friday for the next 5 weeks in Toronto ✨ 8 different people per dinner & one main topic of discussion. Here are the list of topics for the next 5 weeks: ◆ Web3 ◆ AI/ML ◆ Creator Economy ◆ Venture Capital ◆ Healthcare Reply if interested!

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Matt Espinoza ✦

@MattEspoz

20 days

Not only was it the first major win from the holding company, it was proof that the venture studio model works. Now it's time to take the liquidity and take on bigger bets.

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Matt Espinoza ✦

@MattEspoz

2 months

hot take: studios are the future of startups

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Matt Espinoza ✦

@MattEspoz

1 month

I'll be in San Fransisco for the weekend, who should I meet?? 👀👀

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Matt Espinoza ✦

@MattEspoz

20 days

We aggressively grew over the next 3 months. At our peak we were getting 5 new users every 3 seconds. And customers absolutely LOVED us. Churn rate was nearly non-existant.

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Matt Espinoza ✦

@MattEspoz

2 months

It's all coming together. Things are working beyond what I ever could have imagined The last 3 years have all led up to this moment

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Matt Espinoza ✦

@MattEspoz

20 days

We experimented ALOT with different growth channels. But we finally found it: influencers & directories From there, we doubled our revenue every month after.

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Matt Espinoza ✦

@MattEspoz

20 days

Our launch went VIRAL! Hundreds of comments in a couple hours. And even hundreds more through direct messages. We easily got our first batch of paying customers.

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Matt Espinoza ✦

@MattEspoz

9 months

🪄 Just shipped my new personal website ~ ~

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Matt Espinoza ✦

@MattEspoz

9 months

Absolutely insane. Just launched my newest venture at Microsoft HQ

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Matt Espinoza ✦

@MattEspoz

20 days

Just like that I signed one of the most important contracts of my life. Absolute shivers. I sold majority stake of Journey+ to private equity 🎉

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Matt Espinoza ✦

@MattEspoz

3 months

One of my software companies got featured on a 500K+ AI newsletter ( @AIToolReport ) We just doubled our revenue in the last 24 hours 🎉

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Matt Espinoza ✦

@MattEspoz

3 months

Things that never fail to improve my mood: - Solving a technical problem - Hitting the gym in the morning - Calling my mom to check up on her - Helping friends figure out a decision Doing things bigger than yourself are all catalysts for happiness.

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Matt Espinoza ✦

@MattEspoz

3 months

My Twitter banner shows a bit of my past, a bit of my present and a bit of my future. I'll add to it after we launch the next company in my holdCo :)

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Matt Espinoza ✦

@MattEspoz

3 months

Andrew Wilkinson [ @awilkinson ] just announced that he is starting a newsletter. He's already built a $500m empire while in Canada. I think this is a strategic step to be the next Hormozi. Here are my predictions on how things will play out: 1/ A newsletter is just the start…

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Matt Espinoza ✦

@MattEspoz

25 days

WE’VE. BEEN. COOKING.

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Matt Espinoza ✦

@MattEspoz

3 months

I'm hosting a dinner w/ @thematt_ross next week in Toronto ✨ 8 different people, & 5 topics of discussion Here are the list of topics: ◆ Longevity ◆ Virtual Reality ◆ Creator Economy ◆ Artificial Intelligence ◆ Holding Companies Reply if interested!

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Matt Espinoza ✦

@MattEspoz

2 years

4/ By February, I kickstarted my journey to Silicon Valley through joining founder communities inc. @envisionaccel & @ripplexfellow Scaled my crypto knowledge with @KERNEL0x , @CryptoSocietyS1 , @Safaryclub , & @developer_dao Dropped School (for 1 week) for $10K through ZFellows

Matt Espinoza ✦

@MattEspoz

2 years

Humble personal update: 🎉 I'm dropping out a school... (for at least one week) Excited to announce I've accepted my offer to join ZFellows as part of their Crypto Cohort as I scale @0xAgora w/ my co-founders. 🧩 Let's do this ! cc: @dropout_dao , @cory , @zackabaker

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Matt Espinoza ✦

@MattEspoz

4 months

Quick Life Hack: I have a shared Apple note with my closest friends Allows us to keep track of the main topics we want to chat about next time we call:

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Matt Espinoza ✦

@MattEspoz

20 days

Yet, at the peak of our growth... we got a message. It was from a growth equity partner. They saw the potential to scale it even further. Through a couple discussions, it was clear it was the right fit.

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Matt Espinoza ✦

@MattEspoz

2 years

#NewNFTProfilePic

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Matt Espinoza ✦

@MattEspoz

3 months

I've started to notice an interesting pattern with my most successful friends. The time it takes for them to make a decision is short. But once they know what to do, they go all in unless proven otherwise. Then they repeat the cycle

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Matt Espinoza ✦

@MattEspoz

2 years

Super excited to one of the the ten selected to be apart of the $10K @harmonyprotocol grant. Let's do this 🚀 cc: @JerryDizs , @freemanxjiang , @0xCharles1

Verci

@vercinyc

2 years

🎨 @MattEspoz is building Agora Labs, a web 3 patreon-like platform that allows creators to make consistent income, and while providing rewards/perks to their top supporters in web 3.

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Matt Espinoza ✦

@MattEspoz

3 months

Quick Update: We just tripled total revenue in the last 72 hours 🤯

Matt Espinoza ✦

@MattEspoz

3 months

One of my software companies got featured on a 500K+ AI newsletter ( @AIToolReport ) We just doubled our revenue in the last 24 hours 🎉

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Matt Espinoza ✦

@MattEspoz

1 year

It's true what they say - the tech industry is a small world. With so few degrees of separation, everyone knows everyone. Reputation is everything.

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Matt Espinoza ✦

@MattEspoz

2 months

Smaller scrapper teams, with less extensive funding is becoming the new norm @anuatluru has mentioned the term of “one round wonders” which perfectly sums up this trend The next stage of startups will not be like the last

Ananth Veluvali

@AnanthVeluvali

2 months

Seed-strapping will become the big trend of our post-ZIRP era. Exceptional founders will raise a few million (at most) and then scale their companies to billion dollar valuations. Don’t believe me? Midjourney has gotten to $200M in revenue without raising a single cent.

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Matt Espinoza ✦

@MattEspoz

10 months

Startups x NYC (pt. 2)

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Matt Espinoza ✦

@MattEspoz

1 year

When I got into tech, I made two bold bets: 1) I'd be able to build, scale, and sell my first startup => sold Agora to Talent Protocol 2) Building a group w/ my overpowered tech friends would lead to exponential learnings & bonding => scaled @InnerCircle_HQ to 450+ members

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Matt Espinoza ✦

@MattEspoz

1 month

hiring is hard AF. I want people that are mercenaries. spent all of March going through interviews. less than 72 hours ago I brought on 2 full-timers to Halation. now we scale.

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Matt Espinoza ✦

@MattEspoz

1 month

90% of building companies is really just: - Working with A-players - Solving a major pain point - High feedback loops It's little stuff that makes all the difference.

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Matt Espinoza ✦

@MattEspoz

3 months

Called my shot almost a year ago today:

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Matt Espinoza ✦

@MattEspoz

20 days

I have an even bigger announcement coming out in the next 14 days.. 1. Follow me @MattEspoz to hear about it 2. Like/Retweet the tweet below if you think others can benefit from learning about this:

Matt Espinoza ✦

@MattEspoz

20 days

Exciting news: Journey+ has officially been acquired 🎉 1/ Here's the crazy story of how we built, scaled, and sold a company to private equity (in 3 months):👇

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Matt Espinoza ✦

@MattEspoz

2 years

Almost exactly a year ago I did the @ripplexfellow program where I first introduced to the world of startups! Today we are coming full circle as I'm now doing a fireside chat to students of the latest cohort 🏕

RippleX Fellowship

@ripplexfellow

2 years

We're excited to be bringing back fireside chats! Our next one will be on Friday, November 11 at 7 PM ET with @MattEspoz , Co-Founder & CEO of @0xAgora (acquired by @TalentProtocol ). In this chat, we’ll cover the startup acquisition process. Sign up here:

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Matt Espinoza ✦

@MattEspoz

3 months

Life after exit isn't talked about enough. All my friends who have sold their businesses felt 'lost' for a year. For me, it took me a 14 months to figure out the next highest leverage thing to work on. Since then I haven't looked back

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Matt Espinoza ✦

@MattEspoz

3 months

I turn 22 in a month 🎉 What advice would you give me before my birthday?

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Matt Espinoza ✦

@MattEspoz

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3/ All the companies he owns creates a shared ecosystem. This allows John to build companies FAST: → website builder. → SEO on 100% autopilot. → lists a tool on up to 1000 directories

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Matt Espinoza ✦

@MattEspoz

10 months

Just came back from the @coinbase office. (I’m the one holding the sign!) + met @rubinovitz !

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Matt Espinoza ✦

@MattEspoz

20 days

Thank you for everything. <3 Humbly setting the foundation for the next decade.

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Matt Espinoza ✦

@MattEspoz

3 months

Sora from openai was the final piece needed to build a full production machine: - eleven labs for voice - gpt for content ideas - dalle for images - sora for video Someone needs to build a mechanism to seamless connect them all together

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Matt Espinoza ✦

@MattEspoz

3 months

gm. now back to building high cashflow companies

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Matt Espinoza ✦

@MattEspoz

3 months

My playbook for finding your own path: 1) View life in decades instead of individual years 2) Take what you admire about others and understand why you admire that aspect of them. 3) Reverse engineer where you wanna go by comparing someone’s stage one, not their stage ten.

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Matt Espinoza ✦

@MattEspoz

2 years

5/ With world-class advisors on our side, we started scaling at a whole other level. In a matter of 5 weeks we got funded for over $100K+ in blockchain grants from @desoprotocol and @harmonyprotocol , amongst others.

Matt Espinoza ✦

@MattEspoz

2 years

Super excited to one of the the ten selected to be apart of the $10K @harmonyprotocol grant. Let's do this 🚀 cc: @JerryDizs , @freemanxjiang , @0xCharles1

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Matt Espinoza ✦

@MattEspoz

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2/ In 2021, I was first introduced to the potential of Social Tokens and built my first token on @desoprotocol I quickly became OBSESSED with solving problems in this new web3 economy.

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Matt Espinoza ✦

@MattEspoz

2 years

💌 reached 1.2K in my crypto newsletter 🇨🇦 finalist for Next 36, Voila, and Human Capital 🎉 built a community of 200+ web3 enthusiasts 💎 setup launch for $MATT token on @BlockPerksNFT

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Matt Espinoza ✦

@MattEspoz

3 months

Quick Life Hack: I have a private discord channel for just myself Allows me to keep an organized (and searchable) collection of my thoughts:

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Matt Espinoza ✦

@MattEspoz

20 days

We’re starting to take things to another level Incubate companies based off data and proof points Not by intuition. At Halation we are building an internal tool to determine the next companies we build

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@PalmquistCaleb

20 days

I’m continually blown away by smart people. They’re on another level.

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Matt Espinoza ✦

@MattEspoz

2 months

Massive congrats to the Talent Protocol team! Have loved their mission and team from day one. 💜 CC: @TalentProtocol

Talent Protocol

@TalentProtocol

2 months

We’re excited to announce the launch of Talent Protocol V2 💫 A new type of resume, for the onchain era of the internet. Let’s get into it 👇🏻

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Matt Espinoza ✦

@MattEspoz

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1/ John ( @johnrushx ) is the Founder of MarsX, an operating system for software development. It breaks every startup advice you've heard - Each company run by 2 people - Zero capital raised - Apps built using 'templates' - Public about growth & revenue

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Matt Espinoza ✦

@MattEspoz

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3/ In January, we built and shipped our token rewards platform to our waitlist of THOUSANDS + finalized our founding team [ @freemanxjiang , @0xCharles1 , @JerryDizs ] ✨ Think Patreon, but supercharged by web3. 🥇 We built the infrastructure for tokenized creators.

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Matt Espinoza ✦

@MattEspoz

2 years

10/ As part of the acquisition, I will be joining Talent Protocol in October 💫 In the meantime, check out $MATT token for more updates on my career path ✨

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Matt Espinoza ✦

@MattEspoz

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2/ Projects > Courses There's tons of courses & programs about: 'How to Code.' As soon as you got the basics, I would then start building projects. Find tutorials on how to build projects, not on how to code. Work backwards from your end goal.

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Matt Espinoza ✦

@MattEspoz

2 years

11/ Huge thank you to EVERYONE that's supported me through this insane past year I'm unbelievably grateful for where I am today ❤️ From what started as a little side project has slowly reeled me into this wack world of tech, and I wouldn’t have changed it for anything.

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Matt Espinoza ✦

@MattEspoz

2 years

12/ 📄 Official Press Release ⤵️ 1) Blog: 2) Yahoo:

Agora Labs is Acquired By Talent Protocol

My startup Agora Labs has been acquired by Talent Protocol (A $50M Dollar Company). 🎉

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Matt Espinoza ✦

@MattEspoz

3 months

I just put the final touches on latest newsletter: > how I went from non-technical to building products used by hundreds of thousands link in the next message:🫡

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Matt Espinoza ✦

@MattEspoz

2 years

8/ At the end of the sprint, we had 4 offers from companies who wanted to acquire us - a mix of stealth startups and multi-million dollar companies. From DAY ONE, @TalentProtocol was the ideal company; I truly resonated with their mission and culture. 💫

Talent Protocol

@TalentProtocol

2 years

1/ We have exciting news! 🎉 We've just acquired Agora Labs, a social token and NFT infrastructure platform for creators to build and scale their communities 🎊 Here's why and what does it mean for our community 👇 🧵

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Matt Espinoza ✦

@MattEspoz

2 years

6/ In March, @filmacedo invited to me join a Twitter space to talk about my journey in building @0xAgora ⚡️ It became clear that the day to join efforts would eventually come 💼 ( @pcbo , @Francisco__Leal 💪)

Talent Protocol

@TalentProtocol

2 years

Talent Protocol #TwitterSpaces has approached its 10th Episode: Creator Economy in Web3 with @MattEspoz Let’s start getting to know Matthew a bit better (until you hear everything about him tomorrow 😉)

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Matt Espinoza ✦

@MattEspoz

2 years

9/ This leads us to today. Where I'm excited to officially make the announcement — MY STARTUP HAS GOTTEN ACQUIRED! 🥳

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Matt Espinoza ✦

@MattEspoz

4 months

1/ The Rule of Two I've never had fun building solo projects—it get boring very quickly. All my most impactful projects I did with at least one other person. Find someone that is 10% better than you then start BUILDING.

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Matt Espinoza ✦

@MattEspoz

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5/ Get Paid to Learn Cold email early stage startups. Go to VC Firms & Startup Accelerators then search by recently companies they have invested in. Email all the startups that are interesting to you. You just need one to take a chance on you. Prove your worth.

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Matt Espinoza ✦

@MattEspoz

2 years

7/ Over the next 3 weeks, I learned as much as I could about doing an acquisition process: from valuing your startup to negotiating offers. I was soaking up all the information I found on @MicroAcquire through their videos and blogs. 🍿

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Matt Espinoza ✦

@MattEspoz

3 months

Hiring web & product designers at @DesignFlairCo ✨

Hannah Ahn

@_hannahahn

3 months

Is anyone in my network a talented brand/web or product designer network who would be interested in working on a retainer? 👀 Will guarantee consistent work, design reviews to help you level up, and fair remuneration ❣️

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Matt Espinoza ✦

@MattEspoz

2 years

At this point, the most important thing is leaving a legacy

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Matt Espinoza ✦

@MattEspoz

4 months

3/ Stick with a Single Tech Stack Instead of mastering a language, focus on mastering a stack. I recommend looking into the MERN stack if you want to build web apps. From there you can branch out to other stacks.

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Matt Espinoza ✦

@MattEspoz

3 months

The highest ROI thing I’ve ever done is build side project’s Leads to: > new friendships > fast learning cycles > potential income

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Matt Espinoza ✦

@MattEspoz

6 months

The threshold to build products has decreased massively The true winners are going to be distribution plays

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Matt Espinoza ✦

@MattEspoz

3 months

Over the past, I have read 20 books on buying & selling companies. 80% of them weren't worth it Save yourself the time and just read these 🧵👇

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Matt Espinoza ✦

@MattEspoz

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In the next 12 months I'll be launching 12 companies. 60% of them will have full-time operators running them. 40% of them will be short-term cashflow plays. And at least one of them we will raise external capital for.

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