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Omar Waseem

@omarwasm

founder of @alifdotbuild (investing seed) and co-owner of founders arm.

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Today, we’re announcing: The Tournament. It's the world's greatest no-code hackathon. Presented by Alif x Replit. January 17-18, 2026. San Francisco, CA. I'll see you there: alif.build/tournament


Ambition isn’t enough. Direction is.


Some of my best hires have come from Instagram. Investing heavily into shortform content for the next 4 months. 60 trial reels a month from my main Instagram account + a handful of secondary accounts posting clips from the podcast. Will post learnings here along the way.

2021 - 2025: distribution is the moat. 2025 and beyond: recruiting (and retaining) is the moat.



Every Thursday from 5pm to 10pm, builders pull up our office and hack on their ideas. At the end of the night, everyone demos what they're working on. Come through: lu.ma/alif

On Thursdays, we host Side Projects Nights.



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Early YC phase where @reductoai had to pivot from their acceptance idea. Full episode on YouTube,search "Omar Waseem"


Yes, you can fundraise in December. I'm looking to write 1 or 2 more $75k-$100k checks before the end of the year. If you're building the future and haven't raised anything yet, would love to be your first check!


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Just locked in the best possible venue for the world's greatest hackathon... (00:00) - crashing out (00:50) - big reveal


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life recently

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Your analytics dashboards are lying to you "cold email" led to a big sale - even though someone at a conference really sold them "meta ads" - even though an SEO guide is what sold them "google search" but they came from your tweets Always ask where people found you


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"The point of venture capital is to allow a founder to run an experiment against a hypothesis that is knowable, testable, where a true dramatically changes the EV of the company. If you look over history that's when it has performed best, and that's really how it works. Using a…

credistick's tweet image. "The point of venture capital is to allow a founder to run an experiment against a hypothesis that is knowable, testable, where a true dramatically changes the EV of the company. 

If you look over history that's when it has performed best, and that's really how it works. Using a…

"In the early days of Valar, a lot of VC’s passed on us because they didn’t believe we could raise the money." Yes, VCs will pass on a company out of fear that other VCs will pass on it. This is institutionalised insecurity. Venture capital emerged from opportunity of frontier…

credistick's tweet image. "In the early days of Valar, a lot of VC’s passed on us because they didn’t believe we could raise the money."

Yes, VCs will pass on a company out of fear that other VCs will pass on it. This is institutionalised insecurity. 

Venture capital emerged from opportunity of frontier…


Good founders build distribution, systems, etc. Great founders build people.


Does anyone still read weekly newsletters?


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a couple of months ago, i did an interview with @omarwasm at Alif for their launch i never really shared it widely, but whenever someone asks me why i love startups or wants advice on getting into them, this is what I send if you’re curious about my journey, link is below

endpoint's tweet image. a couple of months ago, i did an interview with @omarwasm at Alif for their launch

i never really shared it widely, but whenever someone asks me why i love startups or wants advice on getting into them, this is what I send

if you’re curious about my journey, link is below

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The world’s greatest….

Today, we’re announcing: The Tournament. It's the world's greatest no-code hackathon. Presented by Alif x Replit. January 17-18, 2026. San Francisco, CA. I'll see you there: alif.build/tournament



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