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The handbooks of

Julian Shapiro

I write handbooks to hold myself accountable to mastering hard skills. Each takes around 500 hours. They've been read by millions.

About

For my work, I invest in hardware startups via Julian.capital. If you’re fundraising, I’d love to hear from you. Few VCs are as helpful as we are. I also run three side projects: DeepChecks.vc, VCSheet.com, and ExtremeHiFi.com. Previously, I led customer growth for startups including Webflow, plus went through Y Combinator, and coded Velocity, an animation engine used by Samsung, Uber, WhatsApp, and thousands more.

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