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Jesse Pujji
@jspujji
Tweets about building ambitious companies. Exited @ampush. Now co-founder and CEO of @GatewayX, bringing ambitious AI founders to the Midwest.
St Louis, MO
gateway.xyz
Joined May 2008
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    Jesse Pujji
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    Feb 16, 2024
    Allow me to RE introduce myself. I’m Jesse. I was born and raised in St. Louis, MO USA. My parents were immigrants from india. My dad is an entrepreneur and my mom is a teacher. I like to think of myself as both. I was entrepreneurial from the start: selling popcorn tins
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    Jesse Pujji
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    Nov 19, 2022
    In only 2 weeks, @elonmusk has managed to: + cut costs 75% + ensure his team is fully aligned/bought in to his way of working + leverage the media to get billions of free impression (Chefs kiss) Has anyone gotten a turnaround going that fast before?!
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    Jesse Pujji
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    Jul 15, 2022
    Facebook & Instagram are NOT listening to your conversations. What they are doing is MUCH more effective! Here’s how it works👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽
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    Jesse Pujji
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    Feb 18, 2024
    Man, these Zuck memes today have me dying laughing. It turns out there are a lot of things money can’t buy. Here are my favorite memes:
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    Jesse Pujji
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    Dec 25, 2021
    Facebook is NOT listening to your conversations. What they are doing is MUCH more effective! Here’s how it works👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽
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    Jesse Pujji
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    Sep 15, 2021
    Starting a business can be painful. You feel lost 97% of the time - the ups and downs are gut-wrenching. I wish I had a cheat sheet of principles for my first startup. So I wrote one. Here are 40+ learnings about entrepreneurship I wish I knew sooner:
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    Jesse Pujji
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    Mar 18, 2022
    He just bought the most expensive home in LA for > $100 MILLION. But he's a self made, bootstrapped entrepreneur. Here's his story 👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽
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    Jesse Pujji
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    Jul 21, 2022
    Two mediocre students did everything wrong while taking $10,000 in credit card debt and turning it into a $67 BILLION company. The crazy part? They were profitable from day 1. This is the wild story 👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽
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    Jesse Pujji
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    Apr 22, 2022
    I asked 30 Shopify store owners making $2,000,000+ "What’s one Shopify App you can't live without?" Here are the 10 apps every Shopify store must know 👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽
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    Jesse Pujji
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    Jul 10, 2024
    This man runs a $6B startup from a remote village in India. It: • raised $0 funding • has 100M+ users • generates $1B+ in ARR Here’s the bootstrapped story you’ve never heard of:
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    Jesse Pujji
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    Aug 17, 2025
    Request for @nikitabier. I see it on all social platforms. I load the app, see something I want to read. Then the feed reloads and I lose it… can we fix this?
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    Jesse Pujji
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    Jul 23, 2021
    Two mediocre students did everything wrong while taking $10,000 in credit card debt and turning it into a $67 BILLION company. The crazy part? They were profitable from day 1. This is the wild story 👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽
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    Jesse Pujji
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    Dec 15, 2021
    Being an entrepreneur for the first time is painful. You feel lost 98% of the time - the ups and downs are gut-wrenching. I wish I had a cheat sheet for when I started my first company. So I wrote one. In honor of 2021, here are the 21 Lessons I wish I knew sooner 👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽
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    Jesse Pujji
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    Oct 27, 2021
    Leadership is hard. One of the hardest parts is delegation. How much guidance do you give? When do you do it yourself? When/How to track others to-dos? As a young leader, I wish I had a cheat sheet for delegation. So I wrote one. Read this 🧵 to accelerate your career: