(0048) textiles, CPG margins, and a music copilot

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People

• Denver Rayburn

  • Prior CEO of a holding company of textile brands now working in stealth for 3mo on “the future of textile manufacturing”.

  • Twitter / LinkedIn

• Kurt Wolf

  • Ex-Uber engineer and previous founder of a Series B company now founding MarginWiz to find hidden costs for CPG brands.

  • Twitter / LinkedIn

• Marcelo Barrera

  • NYU student that grew an online trivia game to $350k ARR. He’s active in the startup space, but it’s unclear if he’s currently working on a startup. Definitely worth keeping an eye on though.

  • Twitter / LinkedIn

• Nataly Delcid

  • Harvard student building Harmoniq, a copilot for writing music.

  • Twitter / LinkedIn

Funded Founders Followed

• https://x.com/prakulatzephyr

• https://x.com/Bhardwaj7rahul

• https://x.com/jamie_niu

• https://x.com/TomsCe

• https://x.com/trumpetisawesom

• https://x.com/jordan_dearsley

• https://x.com/kaddyiitr

• https://x.com/real_ioannis

• https://x.com/mrgalkon

• https://x.com/HannesDernehl

• https://x.com/benjamin_cogan

Investors Followed

• https://x.com/ZeelMPatel

• https://x.com/jack_moshkovich

• https://x.com/factorialfunds

• https://x.com/maxzpchen

• https://x.com/PseudonymBear

• https://x.com/juicy_kix

• https://x.com/ADINonline

• https://x.com/LindseyLi_

Engineers Followed

• https://x.com/olepedersen22

• https://x.com/_xLany

• https://x.com/ristovuorio

• https://x.com/0xPHBD

• https://x.com/pranavpatil931

• https://x.com/GitMaxd

• https://x.com/Quasicodo

• https://x.com/TimteBeek

• https://x.com/cleptric

• https://x.com/lucgiovanny

• https://x.com/NumaanAshraf

Designers Followed

• https://x.com/schwa23

Researchers Followed

• https://x.com/XanderChin

• https://x.com/christinexye

• https://x.com/yoshiyama_akira

Notes

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