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If you can't raise $1M for your startup, it's a skill issue. Let me prove it 👇 "Wahhhhh I don't have any revenue". Nonsense. Here's how you do it: Get your friend to Venmo you $1 for your vibe coded app. You've now have $1 of revenue in just ONE second. Annualized, that's $31,556,926. Take your $31.5 million in ARR and pitch it to Sequoia. Show them you're at zero percent churn with a clear roadmap to revenue expansion (another dollar you found on the street) You then raise at $250m pre, put it all in your bank account, and live off the interest. Why aren't more people doing this? I should have thought of this before starting Central. Anyways, if you're spending more than a few hours a month on payroll, state compliance, accounting, taxes, check out - centralhq.com. Our customers end up spending literally zero time on this stuff so they have more time to POAST on Linkedin :)

This 3X entrepreneur and YC founder chose Central over Rippling. Why? Watch Paul Sinaï explain what's broken with HR/payroll platforms. The root cause? Traditional platforms are built for HR experts at large companies. Not founders. Your edge case = their ticket number 48,210 Your urgent question = their support article Your compliance problem = their "not my problem" This is why we built Central to be like a teammate that actually gets work done using agents & human in loop experts. You can just ask things like: - "Handle my state registration" - "Am I exempt from withholding taxes?" - "What's a W8?" - "Give Paul a $100k bonus" :) Rippling = Software you manage Central = Team that manages everything This is why 30% of our customers switched from Rippling/Gusto/Deel. We're super proud to be supporting the best founders like Paul so they can focus on building. Thanks for choosing Central, Paul! --- Still wasting time on manual payroll/compliance work? Try Central for free. Migration/setup takes just 10 mins - centralhq.com

Zoom in. The tiny details on Taylor's ring are absolutely mesmerizing. Look carefully. Surprised nobody is talking about this. Truly fascinating. centralhq.com

Startups pitch their fundraise to the press WAY TOO SOON. Here's how we did it at Central (centralhq.com) & drove tons of revenue: 1) 𝗢𝘄𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 We spent months refining our story and positioning, rewriting our blog posts multiple times, and revising our logo and brand. We even rebuilt our entire website and A/B tested everything above fold. You're going to get more traffic, so you might as well capture it. 2) 𝗕𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 We stayed quiet for months post-raise, processing 80M+ in payroll and focusing on building something hundreds of startups actually loved. Reporters see over 50+ fundraising pitches daily, so you have to stand out if you want to get picked up. 𝟯) 𝗛𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝗮 𝗣𝗥 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀 Get help from a PR consultant who knows reporters and does this for a living. We worked with and highly recommend Kathleen Osborne! 𝟰) 𝗢𝗻𝗲 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘁, 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗵𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗶𝘁 Message your team, investors, customers, friends, and get everyone to engage with ONE LinkedIn/X post in the first hour. The algorithm rewards speed and concentration. This is how you own social for the day and show up on everyone's feed. The result: Leads. Customers. Lots of them. Check out centralhq.com

Everyone is lying. This is your regular reminder that: No one knows what they're doing. No one is actually crushing it. No one has anything figured out. Money raised means jack shit. It's all fugazi. Startups are hard. But we're trying at Central Come say hi at centralhq.com

Founders - This is a great life hack, but the startup version is even better. If you sign up for a bunch of SaaS tools, and can't pay for them, the companies will start calling you (with AI agents) All you have to do is say you're "about to head into a meeting" and will "prioritize this as soon as you come up for air". Do this again and again. They legally can't do anything. I think there's a law about this somewhere. I've been saying "I'm about to go into a huge meeting, one second" for about 7 years now. Remember: Do things that don't scale. Say 'playbook' below for the full playbook. Source: ChatGPT 3.5 Turbo PS - Please don't do this sort of thing with you company payroll LOL. Also if you're sick of your current platform and ever wondered why don't they do all the work? Switch to Central for free in 15 mins - centralhq.com