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Guillermo Rauch

06/03/25

@ Accel

Demos over memos is one of my principles; I prefer to show what we've built rather than just writing it down.

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Vercel’s Guillermo Rauch | Bold Visions Delivered Incrementally | S3E13 | Spotlight On | AccelVC

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Vercel’s Guillermo Rauch | Bold Visions Delivered Incrementally | S3E13 | Spotlight On | AccelVC

06/03/25

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