Weekly Roundup: Will you accept this deal? 🌹

Happy Friday, DVC! This week Bloomberg reported that OpenAI is seeing “tremendous growth” in ChatGPT Enterprise - a corporate version of ChatGPT. It’s a game-changer for AI adoption, as it confirms that robotic answers hallucinating with 50% accuracy are indistinguishable from 90% of human C-Suite interactions.

It’s never been a scarier time to be a Wharton-educated Chief Director of Synergistic Communications.

Startup Discussion & Weekly Poll:

Last week I was lucky to be featured on the Next Big Thing HQ podcast with the great Connor Fata! Connor is an incredibly thoughtful and well-researched interviewer, and we had a blast covering topics like Doriot’s background, perceptions of equity crowdfunding, and the future of retail VC.

Side Note: Connor was very kind to imply in the title that I am currently a “Smart Investor”… when in reality I’m still working towards the “Mildly Competent” badge. Doesn’t play as well with the YouTube algorithm though….

There’s one topic I’ve been thinking about since our call: how to build better communities in the equity crowdfunding space. As Connor said, there’s millions being invested on platforms like Wefunder and StartEngine, but it’s hard to find the people behind the dollars.

We talked about how r/WallStreetBets, despite its flaws and dopamine-fueled risk taking, is an active community with organization, knowledge sharing, and the power to literally move markets.

That doesn’t seem to exist yet in RegCF.

But it could… and it’s what we aim to build with Doriot.

With your help, we want to create the #1 place for sharing ideas, meeting fellow startup enthusiasts, and putting concepts into real-world action. But perhaps with more focus on “diversification” and less on “taking out a 2nd mortgage to execute a short squeeze on Gamestop” :)

So, we humbly present 2 asks today:

1) If you know anyone who’s startup curious, invite them to subscribe to this newsletter or join the Discord:

2) Let us know what content you’d like to see:

Last Week’s Results:

Last week we asked if having “no red flags” automatically makes a startup a “good deal”… and 66% of you said “No - it’s just a starting point!” 🙅 

In Reality TV terms, the Red Flag Checklist is just Step 1 to see which startups will make it through the rose ceremony🌹 

Step 2 is watching drama unfold in the house (the Wefunder Q&A) to see who’s “here for the right reasons” 🕵️

Step 3 is telling Jesse Palmer that this is “the hardest decision of your life” before just investing in the one with the most Instagram followers 📱 

Doriot X The Bachelor(ette) deal diligence framework dropping soon…

Vote for New Deals:

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New companies suggested this week:

• Sistain, Fyta, Rabble, Infinity Fuel Cell and Hydrogen

Deal Review #79 Update - Offline:

In case you missed it, this week we’ve been looking at Offline - a startup building a monthly subscription service to help customers discover unique local restaurants!