David J. Phillips

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Top categories

• Personal Story — smart avg 70.5 across 19 posts (2.6× typical)
• Industry Insight — smart avg 57 across 24 posts (2.1× typical)
• Event — smart avg 45.6 across 65 posts (1.7× typical)
• Meme / Humor — smart avg 36 across 76 posts (1.3× typical)

Top posts

• 2025-11-12 · David J. Phillips · Personal Story568 eng. (431 likes · 131 comments · 6 shares)

  Met a founder who didn't have enough cash to make the next payroll (~$100k) To stay alive, he had to be creative So he asked ChatGPT to buil…

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• 2026-03-11 · David J. Phillips · Product Update496 eng. (270 likes · 185 comments · 41 shares)

  Today we’re launching something new at Fondo: FREE TaxPass. Since we started Fondo, we've helped thousands of startups including Legora, Ele…

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• 2026-02-14 · David J. Phillips · Hiring / Recruiting422 eng. (399 likes · 19 comments · 4 shares)

  Founders taking a team photo with their first 10 employees

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• 2026-01-18 · David J. Phillips · Meme / Humor306 eng. (284 likes · 22 comments · 0 shares)

  Claude Code just made an offer on a house for me. I got outbid by $100k. Then, it automatically bid up $150k. I got outbid again by $50k. Ev…

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• 2025-12-29 · David J. Phillips · Personal Story241 eng. (226 likes · 13 comments · 2 shares)

  People ask me how I reached an nine-figure net worth after only 5 years in tech: Year 1 - $65K (1st job) Year 2 - $72K (asked for raise) Yea…

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