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RT a16z<br>Amjad Masad on Going Direct &amp; Founder Storytelling<br><br>Replit CEO Amjad Masad joins a16z's Erik Torenberg on how he went from crippling stage fright to one of the most famous CEOs on X, which platforms actually matter and why, and what founders get wrong about building in public.<br><br>00:50 Memeing a dream into reality<br>03:02 Conquering stage fright<br>04:00 Make your mistakes early<br>05:23 Building in public<br>06:41 The authenticity edge: Elon, Zuck, Trump<br>08:42 Become uncancellable<br>10:47 Advice for Anthropic and OpenAI<br>15:09 The day AI deleted prod<br>17:39 Who should go direct?<br>19:37 X vs Instagram vs YouTube<br>22:52 Go direct role models<br><br>@amasad @eriktorenberg<br><video width="1920" height="1080" src="https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/2079249135128195072/vid/avc1/1920x1080/M3wA24vzHNS8ibE_.mp4?tag=29" controls="controls" poster="https://pbs.twimg.com/amplify_video_thumb/2079249135128195072/img/1TFTBpScTOBRgiV4.jpg"></video>