Everette Taylor

📣 Female Tech Founders in NYC — New Accelerator Alert! Scale Ready Studio is a new 12-week, revenue-focused growth program for women building tech startups in NYC, created by Women.NYC in partnership with Get Sh!t Done. This program is designed to help founders scale sustainably through: - Revenue and profit growth - Strong systems and operations - Weekly strategy labs - Hybrid coaching (1:1 + group) - Technical assistance - In-person Founder Days The program culminates in a Deal Day, where participants pitch to a curated group of investors. 🗓 Applications close January 12

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I’m thrilled to officially announce our $3M seed investment in Propel People, a company we built inside the 1848 Ventures studio to tackle one of the biggest challenges facing the #construction industry today: the skilled #labor shortage. For small and medium-sized contractors, hiring isn't just a challenge. It's the number one threat to their growth, profitability, and safety. With 94% of contractors struggling to find qualified workers, it’s clear that traditional hiring methods aren't built for the trades. That’s why we built Propel People. It’s a mobile-first, AI-powered hiring platform designed for how construction actually works: in the field. By leveraging smart candidate ranking, instant #SMS-based screening, and a fully #bilingual interface, Propel helps contractors build great crews faster and more efficiently. I’m also thrilled to formally announce that industry veteran Dexter Bachelder is at the helm as CEO. Having worked with Dexter and the team over the last few months, we've already seen the impact of his leadership. His 25 years of experience scaling construction tech companies will be instrumental as Propel People enters this initial stage of growth. This investment reinforces our core thesis at 1848 Ventures: building AI-native companies that solve fundamental pain points for the #SMBs that form the backbone of our economy. A huge congratulations to Dexter and the entire Propel People team on this milestone. We are incredibly proud to partner with you to support the people who build our world. Read the full announcement below. #constructiontech #venturecapital #seedfunding #ai #skilledtrades #smb

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Most accelerators are all theory. At Launchpad, we believe in direct support. Not just panels and photo ops. That’s why one of the core parts of the day is 1-on-1 mentorship. Founders sit down with experienced mentors, operators, and investors to get real-time, tailored feedback on their business. This is where I believe the magic happens. Founders ask hard questions. Mentors give honest feedback.  The breakthroughs that help founders shift from “What should I do?” to “Here’s what I’m doing next.” 🎥 Watch our behind the scenes look at how we help founders move faster and smarter with intentional guidance. Boyd Innovation Center, powered by GrowCo Benedict College Statewide Investment Accelerator

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Speaking at TRANSFORM VC's Impact a Billion Summit to answer your most asked questions. Topic: How we're turning cold outreach into warm connections at Valley. The mission: Kill spam forever. We asked a simple question: What if every message in your inbox actually mattered to you? Most outreach is noise. Spray-and-pray tactics that waste everyone's time. Valley's building the alternative - outreach so relevant and thoughtful that prospects welcome it. What I'll cover: → How signal-based targeting beats volume approaches → Why AI personalization finally works (when done right) → The death of "blast 10K emails and pray" The vision: Connection comes first. Spam becomes history. If you're building in the outreach/sales space or just tired of terrible cold emails, come find me there. What are some questions you've always wanted to ask me about Valley? Sign up: impactabillion.com Looking forward to the conversations.

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I’m thrilled to announce defy.vc’s investment in Birches Health as part of their $20M combined Seed and Series A funding round, alongside incredible partners like AlleyCorp, General Catalyst, Will Ventures, and others. As someone deeply passionate about backing companies that tackle important problems for our society, I couldn’t be more excited about what Birches is building—a national virtual clinic dedicated to treating gambling addiction and related behavioral disorders like gaming, sex, porn, and internet addictions. What excites me most is Birches’ innovative health assurance model: proactive, accessible, and affordable care that’s evidence-based and delivered right at home. With the explosion of legal sports betting—think nearly $1.5 billion wagered on this year’s Super Bowl alone—we’re staring down a looming public health emergency. Traditional options like hotlines or generic therapy fall short for this high-acuity issue, but Birches changes that by offering specialized therapy from trained clinicians, multimodal treatment, and peer support, all covered by major insurers like United Healthcare, Cigna, Aetna, and Blue Cross Blue Shield. It’s available in all 50 states, breaking down geographical and financial barriers that have left so many without help. The impact is already profound: 96% of patients report an improved quality of life, and 94% give Birches a 5/5 rating. By partnering with state governments, payors, and policymakers, Birches is pushing gambling addiction into the spotlight of behavioral health conversations, where it’s been neglected for too long—often leading to shame, worsened outcomes, and higher suicidality risks. This funding will supercharge their growth: expanding the provider network, boosting clinical excellence, scaling infrastructure, and deepening insurance and state partnerships to meet surging demand. Very excited to partner with Elliott Rapaport and the entire Birches team! See more about our POV in the blog post linked in the comments. #GamblingAddiction #BehavioralHealth #HealthTech #VentureCapital #Innovation

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New partnership alert!! Excited to announce that Black Flag is partnering with xAI to give founders free credits and direct access to Grok - xAI’s family of powerful, multi-modal, real-time models. Across essentially any end product you're applying to Black Flag with, Grok will deliver: - Deep reasoning across text, code, and context - Faster inference and improved function calling - CUI: Secretary of War Pete Hegseth just announced that Grok is being adopted for handling Controlled Unclassified Information If you're building in critical technology areas important to the West - space, energy, autonomy, cyber - the next generation of secure software will be built with Grok and you can now get a head start through Black Flag. Only 18 days left to apply to Black Flag’s January batch - apply at the link in the comments!

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At the Brooklyn Tech Expo yesterday, Ramm.ai founder Alan Avidan emphasized the theme of 'AI Agents are everywhere.' A key point of discussion was the distinction between an agent and an Agentic system. The presence of agents is indeed notable, with WPP reporting 50,000 working on their behalf, raising questions about the cost and influence of such a workforce. A defining characteristic of an agent is its ability to act with agency and operate autonomously, unlike a bot that relies solely on prescribed LLMs or RAGs. However, a pressing question remains: how much autonomy does agentic AI truly possess without any human oversight? For instance, can it make purchases independently or comment on blog posts without human approval? What is its capacity to interact with other agents outside its ecosystem? Indeed in the case of fashion who decides what to put in your wardrobe for the new season? It appears there may be a spectrum of autonomy influenced by future governance and regulation. A critical question for businesses and society is how much independence should agentic structures be granted. While blockchain can serve as a verification mechanism to ensure data authenticity within an independent system, is this sufficient? Moreover, is it risky to embed such authority in a system that is challenging to modify? As AI agents become increasingly prevalent, the discussions surrounding their deployment are equally significant everywhere.

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Today we're changing Clay's pricing. Pricing changes are scary (for you and me!), but we are trying to do this in the most authentically Clay way possible - thoughtful, transparent and community-first. We've been thinking about this for almost a year (maybe too long Karan!), and have talked to hundreds of customers and partners. We want to align our business model with how our product is being used today, and set us up to grow sustainably together. When we launched, our customers used us for data enrichment. And now our community is using Clay to power their GTM engineering motions. But the pricing model hasn't evolved, so we're making some changes to reflect that. Here’s what’s important to note: First: nobody is getting forced off their plan. Every existing customer can stay on their existing plan. We have to earn the right for you to move to a modern plan. Second: most customers will see better value for their money with this change. If we think you'll save money by switching to the new pricing, we're going to reach out and tell you proactively. Third: we're separating the cost of data from the cost of the platform. We want to keep bringing down the cost of data in Clay, and make the value tied to what you orchestrate and build with it. Fourth: our best features are now more accessible. The new Growth plan includes things that used to live exclusively on Pro at a 38% lower price. Many of our most advanced users will save thousands a year. Our plans now come with a new metric called Actions, which measures the orchestration work Clay does for you: the workflows, AI research, and logic that turns raw data into a GTM motion. 90% of customers will never hit their Actions limit. We want most people to never think about it. That way, we’re only winning if you are. Data Credits now cover just the data - and they're cheaper. We’re reducing the cost of the data in our marketplace by 50–90%, making prices comparable to what you’d pay externally. Karan and I recorded a video walking through the full reasoning and who gets affected - positively and negatively (including us – we’re taking a 10% revenue hit). If you're a Clay customer and have questions, we want to hear them! Full pricing announcement and the internal memo we sent our team below. Announcement: clay.link/nF1eKMH Internal memo: clay.link/wiw2NHK

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Year in Review: 𝗙𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗛𝗮𝗿𝗱, 𝗥𝗶𝘀𝗲 𝗛𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿 2025 delivered major wins: product breakthroughs at Envisify, gained full ownership, network expansion as Fractional CEO, and Ambitio's growth alongside powerhouse women execs. The falls? They mattered just as much, shaping core values, resilience under fire, and standing taller after every hit. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗼𝗮𝗱 𝗔𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗱 More bold learning (what others call "failures"), purpose-driven leadership, and relentless focus on scalability & innovation across business, friendships, and life. This morning, while listening to a podcast, one line stuck with me: 𝘼𝙫𝙤𝙞𝙙 𝙙𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙞𝙢𝙥𝙚𝙙𝙚 𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣. Here's to 2026, the Year of the Fire Horse: fierce, unstoppable, ready to charge 🔥 #motivation #leadership #growth #innovation

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