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Howard Lerman

2 years

Today I'm announcing my next company, @roam . It's an All-In-One Cloud HQ that cuts meeting times in half, increases productivity, builds community and culture and makes teams happy. Roam is your whole company together in one HQ.

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👋 Say hello to Roam Beta, and say goodbye to endless meetings! A note from our Founder & CEO, @howard

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Howard Lerman

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2 months

Founders, a reminder to avoid taking a public political stand in the US President election You have zero to gain, & half the world to lose who will immediately judge you and your company You are not a billionaire VC with nothing to lose Your company is all that matters

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Holy shit looks like @paulg (Formerly Paul Graham) was banned. This is going to end badly.

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2 years

@elonmusk Kim Jong UNiversity 🤣🤣🤣

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I love how so many Founders are absolutely fired up by @paulg 's Founder Mode essay today. On a Sunday. On a Holiday weekend. I know I am. Building a company is all I know how to do, and all I ever want to do.

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When scaling a company, experts will advise you to delegate. Ignore this advice and delegate nothing. Then, when you must, delegate in this order: legal, accounting, finance, hr. Then GTM. Never, ever product. Product market fit is the forever job of the founder.

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2 years

@APompliano The opposite will happen. Tech companies will shift from hiring in expensive areas to lower cost regions (including global) and get equally as good people

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1 month

As founder of Confide, I find the French arrest of Telegram founder Pavel Durov to be a terrifying step backwards for humanity. I call on France to release Pavel. I call on French entrepreneurs to protest this injustice. I call on American entrepreneurs to be wary of setting

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2 years

@jack Why do you want this to happen so badly? It's a bad thing for the United States.

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2 years

15 years ago I helped put NYC tech on the map with @yext . I will be starting my next company in Miami, announcing soon.

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4 months

The most successful people i know didn’t work the hardest. They took the most risk.

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4 months

I would be very, very careful about launching an AI startup right now. Unless you have something extremely special and you know exactly what you're doing.

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2 months

@JWLevitt Stand for your company.

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7 years

Thank you @HamillHimself for your hilarious talk at Yext #ONWARD17 . It was great to meet you and your wonderful family!

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2 years

In miami, more common to meet for a workout than a drink.

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@howard

3 years

This guy is acting like Winston Churchill

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The President of Ukraine stood with his citizens last night and fought against the Russians as they invaded his country. Then he posted a video this morning making sure everyone knew he was still standing and he wasn’t leaving. What a badass.

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2 years

100% of founders i know running big companies secretly wish they were running small companies again

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1 year

Sunday Night Exec Meetings Once I read Tim Cook held his exec meetings Sunday nights which made me chuckle because for 20 years I’ve done that too. By the time Sunday night rolls around, most people - and especially C-suite execs - have their computers open anyway, working,

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1 year

@Altimor @zebulgar Whether the future of work is remote, hybrid, in office, or something else is the wrong question. 100% of scaled companies become distributed. The challenge to solve is how to get the whole company working together as if they were in one HQ from anywhere.

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2 years

Not all investor updates are up and to the right momentum.

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1 year

Founders: No one is going to steal your idea. You'll to have to scream it from the rooftop for anyone to pay attention to you

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2 years

OK i am hearing from dozens of founders about what to do at SVB. It's an all out bank run.

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2 years

The number of successful Founders and entrepreneurs moving to Miami right now is so insane it’s a full time job trying to meet all of them.

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2 years

@alex and I were just tweeting with him this morning about a book called "Life in the English Country House" that he recommended to me. @elonmusk I've backed you until now, but this is totally crazy.

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6 months

@nikitabier What about Community Adjusted Ebidta?

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@howard

1 year

There are very few second time founders because anyone smart enough to succeed the first time isn't dumb enough to do it all over again.

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@howard

3 years

After 15.5 years, I am resigning as CEO of @Yext . I couldn’t be more excited to be passing the torch to Mike Walrath to lead our next phase! I’m sharing the letter I just sent to the company.

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2 years

@elonmusk Better not give him a crib at HQ

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@howard

4 months

I'm at my peak when obsessed and slightly delusional

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@howard

1 year

I ran a public company for 5.5 years. Now I’m having a blast going from zero to one again. I'm using some cheat codes to go way faster this time around.

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Howard Lerman

@howard

9 months

Everything is plagiarized. Apple copied Xerox Microsoft copied Apple Xerox itself is literally a copier Google copied the entire internet Picasso says geniuses steal I plagiarized my parents genes The beatles copied beethoven, roll over ChatGPT makes shit up based on the

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@howard

2 years

100% of people rich enough to retire young never do

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@howard

2 years

@sama I can deal with email and exercise, but a strict diet is unbearably challenging

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@howard

2 years

Isn't SVB the safest bank in the world right now to keep cash? All deposits are 100% insured by the FDIC? No one else has that, technically.

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@howard

1 year

17 years ago today we founded Yext and I set up my first desk with @bdistel . This old doctor's office is NYC's take on the fabled silicon valley garage. I had big ideas for the future back then and I still do today.

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@howard

2 years

Spend your time with people who energize you, and avoid those who drain it.

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@howard

8 months

Yes Brickell is becoming the capital of capital, but the big secret about Miami is the true future lies with a group of “Cool Nerds” who live in the Venetian Islands.

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3 months

Founders- this is your fucking shot, so give it everything you've got, and make whatever it is your'e doing fucking awesome 👊

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@howard

11 months

Founders - your job is to build a great small company. Do that first.

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@howard

2 years

I ran a billion dollar SaaS company. I'm running one that's going to be even bigger. This is my calendar. I use @roam .

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@howard

1 year

Zoom has confused the world into thinking a short conversation should be a meeting

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2 months

@andruyeung Their lightsaber is not red

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@howard

2 years

Take Risk.

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1 year

@nikitabier Correct. The entire system needs to just work. Optimizing some system does nothing for the entire output.

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Howard Lerman

@howard

3 years

Lots of pearls of wisdom in this. My favorite: "Every customer service ticket is a product flaw". @APompliano @rabois

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@APompliano

3 years

New episode with @rabois is now live! - building tech companies - great hiring questions - identifying the best founders - Miami - Afghanistan - China - OpenStore - Square - Founders Fund - state of the media A masterclass in clarity of thinking. Enjoy!

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7 months

My god he is so good, and so correct. "I wish upon you pain and suffering"

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@howard

5 months

The best advice I have for young people seeking meaning is to get married early and have kids

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@howard

2 years

@davidu @itsandrewgao I agree. I expressed myself poorly. The need to work out, and eat healthy does not scale with wealth. You cannot purchase a workout. You have to put yourself through it.

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@howard

2 years

Imagining ChatGPT as a search engine like Google is imagining a faster horse

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@howard

2 years

It’s distasteful when VCs and Founders who capitalized on the zero interest rate tailwind from 2010-2021 scold the founders of 2021 through today for not knowing how to run a business. Many of those same people advised founders to raise as much as they could, while they could.

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@howard

8 months

In Miami it’s not - let’s grab a drink to discuss business. It’s lets work out together and discuss business.

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@howard

10 months

Wow @roam just crossed 300 paying customers, signed up in our first year. Thank you. We can't wait to ship several major new things for you in the next 2 weeks. And we can't wait to transform many more companies as we open up to GA next year. The Office of Tomorrow Awaits You

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@howard

1 year

My general advice to founders is to stop obsessing about fundraising and start obsessing about building and selling. More money and higher valuations rarely help you achieve more. Just do it

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@howard

1 year

I have this gut feel that ChatGPT is Netscape

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@howard

1 year

Founders, just remember: Nobody ever really knows what they’re doing

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@howard

9 years

Entrepreneurship is the intersection of thinking big and doing small

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2 years

@gokulr Any CPO capable of finding Pmf for a Series C startup is better off starting their own company

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7 months

If you're a founder, and you're not thinking about your company on Saturday mornings and Sunday nights ...

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@howard

4 months

STOP OVERTHINKING EVERYTHING AND JUST DO IT

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@howard

1 year

@paulg They know what's good for you but not what's great for you.

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@howard

3 years

Zoom is cancelled

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@howard

1 year

March @Roam Update +43% paid members (+1063 net new; 3503 total) +609 waitlist requests +60% Meeting Minutes (5.3 million vs 3.3) +110% Messages Sent (237k vs 110k) 78% free to paid conversion 100% logo retention $0 s&m investment except one Roamania Miami dinner

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Howard Lerman

@howard

4 months

Reminding Founders today to no comment on all politics. You have zero upside, only downside. No politics at work. Separation of Work and State.

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Howard Lerman

@howard

2 years

I'm jumping back in the arena! Founding my new company w/ Tom Dixon, Sean MacIsaac, @jbrod , Grace Sutherland, Jane Lu, @Jeffrey903 , Jesse Katz, John Huffsmith, Kevin Caffrey, Klas Leino, Max Golden, Nico Schlumprecht, Patrick White, Peter Lerman, & Vincent Le. Full Statement:

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@howard

2 years

Dear VCs, For 20 years you sent people to SVB for banking. Yesterday you ran around and told everyone to get out of SVB ASAP. Today you need to form a consortium and bail them out.

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@howard

1 year

For 20 years, I've only ever given live product demos. Everyone says it's crazy. If your product isn't good enough for a live demo in front of prospects, how could it be good enough for actual customers to pay for and rely on?

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@howard

1 year

Getting an MBA to start a company is like watching Rocky to become a boxer.

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@howard

6 months

The gap between saying you'll do something for somebody and actually doing it is everything.

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@howard

10 months

Founders, don’t do it!

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@howard

6 months

100% of the people I’ve seen in Miami today are in a great mood

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@howard

8 years

“You have to be odd to be number one” - Dr. Seuss

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@howard

3 years

I have a feeling 2022 is going to be awesome

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@howard

1 year

2 weeks later than I thought 30 days ago ... but 2 MONTHS earlier than I thought on Jan 1, @roam just hit the halfway point of our annual goal of 8,333 paid members ($1M of ARR) on May 3.

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@howard

3 years

And a special thank you to @AsraNomani . Your willingness to speak loudly for the silent (and overwhelming) majority was impressive. TJ is a rare jewel in the public edu system. You turned the tide against silly attacks on competence . #TJHSSTForever

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@howard

2 years

@WillManidis @zebulgar That’s because it wants to be used in China

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@howard

1 year

I can't believe there are over 400 incredible founders coming to Roamania NYC tonight. @Roam is in its very early stages. So are most of their companies. We're bringing together a community of kick-ass founders who will push and challenge each other for greatness every day.

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@howard

3 months

In April, @roam spent $15k on DataDog, and $780 on OpenAI to power tens of thousands of Magic Minutes. Does that not seem inverted in terms of value provided?

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Howard Lerman

@howard

9 years

Lucky to live in a world where the founder & CEO of Facebook is an amazing human being.

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@howard

6 months

That bit from Jensen Huang about pain and suffering is literally the exact opposite of working at FAANG

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@howard

11 months

Founders should watch the mastery of @IlirSela at @slice . He has overcome humble beginnings to build a pizza empire that rivals @dominos in scale, and crushed them in taste. His story is worth your careful study. You must first build a great small company to build a big one.

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@howard

7 years

Just had a wonderful conversion with @HamillHimself . Wow! I can't wait for his closing session at @Yext #ONWARD2017

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@howard

2 months

@enlightenedcoop Conviction is exactly what your company needs

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@howard

8 months

Founders, your #1 is QA of your own product. No one can find bugs like a Founder

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@howard

1 year

The ultimate status symbol on twitter is not a blue check. It’s having your first name as your username 🔥🔥🔥

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4 months

Murph complete in 40:57 (no pack) Honoring the fallen soldiers. God Bless 🇺🇸

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2 months

@GritGrowthCap No but I'm building the Roam where it happened.

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5 months

Taxing unrealized gains is the fastest way to switch an entrepreneur from maximizing the value of their company to minimizing the value of it.

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@howard

3 years

@APompliano @naval And especially against those unwillingly drafted

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@howard

2 years

Just took out my CC to pay for something. Hard to look at.

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@howard

11 months

Congrats to @andruyeung for winning NYC Tech Week with the “must attend” gala for Founders 👊👊👊 @scottbelsky @nikitabier and so many more amazing people!

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@howard

4 years

The key to being lucky is not hard work, it's taking risk.

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@howard

10 months

Hey @sama since you obviously don't want to use Microsoft Teams, and you got burned by Google Meet, how about trying @roam as the @OpenAI Virtual Office? The AI of Tomorrow should be operating from the Office of Tomorrow.

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@howard

1 year

When the best email app and the best virtual office agree on style. @superhuman will get you to Inbox Zero @roam will get you go Calendar Zero @rahulvohra ’s brilliance has greatly influenced Roam

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@howard

1 year

Roamania NYC @roam

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@howard

3 years

@Reston_VA_Dem @AsraNomani I usually don’t respond to anonymous Twitter users (especially those with only a couple followers), but I will make an exception to say: I don’t care what political party someone who is pro-STEM votes for. Math and technology are neither democratic nor republican.

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@howard

1 year

I've been founding companies for 25 years and learned two things. 1) It never gets old. 2) It never gets easier.

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@howard

8 months

If you want to go slower, add more people.

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@howard

2 years

A Gold Verification Check for @roam and Roam logo next to my name @howard ! Thank you @elonmusk cc @Jason , @DavidSacks !

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@howard

2 months

July @roam Investor Update Strong month of accelerating organic growth, retention & record usage. All numbers Month over Month: +6% paid members (all organic) +12% meetings +16% chats +18% meeting minutes Record 98.9% reported meeting quality $0 S&M spend

Howard Lerman on LinkedIn: July Roam Investor Update | 16 comments

July Roam Investor Update Strong month of accelerating organic growth, retention & record usage. All numbers Month over Month: +6% paid members (all organic)… | 16 comments on LinkedIn

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Howard Lerman

@howard

8 years

Today, I along with 400 other NYC Tech CEOs signed a letter to President Trump opposing his immigration ban. @yext @jkrohrs @AGSchneiderman

Tech:NYC

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More than 400 NYC tech leaders stand up against keeping immigrants & refugees out #NoBanNoWall

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