πŸŽ„A Christmas Carol for Founders

Morning Builders,

Instead of a typical newsletter, we shook things up to spread some holiday joy. Reply at the end if it gave you a smile. πŸŽ…


'Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the space,

Not a founder was shipping, not even a trace; πŸ‘€

The laptops were closed by the peloton with care,

In hopes that VCs soon would appear; πŸ’°

The coders were settled all snug in their sweats,

While visions of startups IPO'd in their heads; πŸ’­

With Elon making rockets, and Dorsey leaving twitter,

It all makes full sense why Andreessen grew bitter, 🐦

Then out on my Alexa, there arose such a noise,

I jumped from my bed hearing the 4 all-in boys. πŸ“£

It was J-cal, Friedberg, Sacks and Chamath,

They were yelling again about crypto and SPACs. πŸ’Έ

The DAOs on the rise of new discord threads,

Caused the bicker of politicians plus many feds, 😑

When what to my curious eyes should appear,

But J-Powell and E-Warren strutting with fear. 😱

With a couple NFTs, so bright and so true,

I knew in a moment, inflation was due. πŸ’²

COVID counts on the climb with no stop in sight,

Made Branson and Benioff book private flights ✈️

Now, ELON! Now, DORSEY! Now, NAVAL and JACK MA!

On, ALEXIS! On FERRISS! On ELLEN and OPRAH! ⭐️

To the top of your tweets! To the top of your calls!

Teach Web 3! Teach Web 3! Teach Web 3 to all! πŸ“š

As Allbirds get shipped, and Oura rings get ordered

I can't help but see these seed rounds get shorter ⏰

Godspeed to bootstrappers, and courage to Gen Z,

This building a startup thing ain’t that easy πŸ™

It’s really a shame this Omicron has arrived

Since its stopping our startup founders to thrive πŸ‘Ž

Closing gyms and events, plus the NHL

Guess it's back to building startups or Netflix and chill? πŸ“Ί

To land this plane let’s switch to unity

and give our overdue thanks to this Kernal community πŸ’š

You all make our day and your ideas shine so bright

We wish we could host you for dinner tonight 🍽

We’d order the best dishes and wines in the west

And we’d toast to each of your startup successes 🍷

Your stories inspire and we can’t wait to say:

β€œWe met all those founders and recall their 1st day” πŸŽ‰

That’s all from us for this year's startup ballad

If you liked it please tweet it or tell DJ Khaled πŸ”‘

Now go close your email and don’t take a call

Go soak up your Christmas, Happy Holidays to all πŸŽ„

πŸ’š The Kernal Fam