Tom Hammer 🔨

no one makes a better CEO than a founder
but how do you make a founder a better CEO❓

we'll help you make offers that win candidates 💲
intro advisors with domain expertise you need 👩‍🔬
navigate immigration to build + hire in America 🇺🇸

speedrun.a16z.com/apply ⬅️ apply by 11/1

if my schwab account tells me anything today, its that investors believe democrats love:

shopping
AI-vulnerable SaaS
pharma
gold (yes I know)

and hate:

AI infra
nuclear
defense
elon

cooking up a new way for folks in the broader startup ecosystem to advise @speedrun founders

this is built on a few beliefs:

1) a great functional advisor can have a profoundly positive impact on a startup

apps for @speedrun close at midnight tonight, but just in case you're too close to the wire we gave everyone an extra hour with daylight savings time at least i think thats how that works

honestly the combination of genuine passion and expertise is so infectious