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Finbarr Taylor
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Finbarr Taylor
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Visiting Partner @ycombinator. Founder & former CTO & CEO @Shogun. Angel investor in 60+ companies. Startups, the universe and everything. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
Silicon Valley, CA
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    Finbarr Taylor
    @finbarr
    Nov 5, 2024
    I was robbed at gunpoint with an assault rifle in San Francisco. Within hours, @SFPD caught the criminals 🙌 Within months, the gunman was diverted and released without charge "in the interests of justice" 🤦‍♂️ Within a year, "mayor" @LondonBreed was hanging out with the gunman
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    Finbarr Taylor
    @finbarr
    Nov 5, 2024
    Replying to @devahaz @kane and 2 others
    The second the defense tells the prosecution you're a drug addict, the DA's office takes a totally different posture in SF. It's utter bullshit.
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    Finbarr Taylor
    @finbarr
    Nov 5, 2024
    Replying to @einarvollset @SFPD and @LondonBreed
    The only explanation I got from the DA's office was it was "in the interests of justice". Apparently if you claim to be a drug addict in SF, it's a free pass to commit crimes.
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    Finbarr Taylor
    @finbarr
    Dec 29, 2024
    “Tier 1” VC firms is the biggest psyop going in Silicon Valley. I see so many young founders falling for this shit. It’s marketing. The things to optimize for in a fundraise are control, dilution, and the individual person you will be working with at the firm, in that order.
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    Finbarr Taylor
    @finbarr
    Nov 28, 2024
    Replying to @Austen
    The 1% avoid a lot of "income" though. If you look at net worth generated vs taxes paid, it's a different story. And yes, I know taxing unrealized gains is not a good idea.
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    Finbarr Taylor
    @finbarr
    Feb 20, 2020
    I’m thrilled to announce that Shogun has raised a $10m Series A investment! Thank you to our amazing team for making this possible, and our incredible investors @Initialized, @vmg_partners and @ycombinator. Exciting times in e-commerce ahead!
    techcrunch.com
    Shogun raises $10M to help e-commerce brands build faster websites | TechCrunch
    Amazon may have a market cap of more than $1 trillion, but Finbarr Taylor, CEO of Y Combinator-backed startup Shogun, said the e-commerce giant is "kind
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    Finbarr Taylor
    @finbarr
    Dec 11, 2020
    YC is one of the greatest businesses of our time. This week AirBnB ($ABNB) and DoorDash ($DASH) went public. I don't think this is the last time 2 YC companies will go public in the space of a week.
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    Finbarr Taylor
    @finbarr
    Nov 5, 2024
    Replying to @MatthewBerman @SFPD and @LondonBreed
    Diverted means they decide not to pursue a criminal case and put you into a program of some kind instead.
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    Finbarr Taylor
    @finbarr
    Jun 30, 2021
    We've raised $67.5m at a $575m valuation bringing our total raised to over $115m 💸 We've helped merchants make billions of dollars and we're just getting started 🚀 Thanks to our team, partners, customers and investors 🙏
    techcrunch.com
    Shogun, a front-end e-commerce page builder, nabs $67.5M as retailers look for alternatives to...
    E-commerce marketplaces continue to play a major role in how consumers buy goods online and how retailers show off and sell goods to those consumers,
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    Finbarr Taylor
    @finbarr
    Aug 26, 2025
    I was recently diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis 😬 Thanks to modern medicine, my prognosis is a normal life 🙏 Yea science! Let's keep accelerating 🚀
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    Finbarr Taylor
    @finbarr
    Oct 7, 2020
    .@Shogun has raised a $35m Series B! Thanks to our amazing team, our customers, and our investors @Accel, @Initialized, @vmg_partners, @ycombinator. We're helping our customers drive millions of dollars a day in sales and we're just getting started.
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    Helping Brands Sell Online: Shogun Raises $35M Series B
    From news.crunchbase.com
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    Finbarr Taylor
    @finbarr
    Feb 20, 2020
    Replying to @mwseibel
    This is an incredible post specifically about the SaaS model stripe.com/atlas/guides/b… Thanks for this one @patio11
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    Finbarr Taylor
    @finbarr
    Nov 5, 2024
    Replying to @Tylerart1337 @SFPD and @LondonBreed
    @BrookeJenkinsSF. This happened recently.
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    Finbarr Taylor
    @finbarr
    Nov 5, 2024
    Replying to @devahaz @kane and 2 others
    Jenkins unfortunately. This happened recently.
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