I promoted a series of X posts in early October 2026 that announced the Founder Friends and Batter Up tour across five cities, shared RSVP links, and highlighted guest speakers.
Batter Up = founders pitch live while investors share real-time feedback on how they evaluate early-stage startups.
- October 8 — Singapore, SG — Founder Friends Singapore
- General HF events list: https://t.co/CVl3LZHDYi
Evaluate all companies (US or international) by: team quality, market size, willingness to pay.
One investor, Aydin Senkut, didn't buy the $50M ceiling and invested anyway. That company was Shopify, which is now worth around $100B.
- Builder/Backer/Advisor event: https://t.co/ZB0bLL4u3i
- Limited‑space pizza networking: https://t.co/xS4cN3crfv
- October 13 — Los Angeles, CA — Batter Up Los Angeles
- October 13 — San Francisco, CA — Founder Friends San Francisco
- October 13 — San Francisco, CA — Community Partner Event: Niural AI “Builder, Backer, Advisor” with Gokul Rajaram (#SFTechWeek)
- October 19 — Washington, D.C. — Founder Friends DC (fireside chat with Dhruv Rajendra)