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Hooman Radfar reposted thisHooman Radfar reposted thisIf you’re a solopreneur, the countdown is on. For solopreneurs, especially those operating as an S Corp, one of the most important tax deadlines of the year is coming in less than 2 weeks. Before March 16, business owners should make sure they’ve: • Finalized prior-year bookkeeping • Reviewed profit and loss statements • Confirmed owner distributions are properly recorded • Filed the business return or submitted an extension The earlier this is handled, the more strategic flexibility you have. Waiting until the last minute often limits your options and increases stress. Strong businesses treat tax compliance as part of operations, not an afterthought. If keeping up with bookkeeping has felt overwhelming, Collective can help.
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Hooman Radfar shared thisOur name, Collective, is at the heart of the brand we want to build. Community is something we believe in and want to invest in. We are looking for someone creative, passionate and that wants to help us advance 27M solo business owners forward. If you're interested, or know someone - let us know!Hooman Radfar shared thisExciting role alert: We’re hiring a Community & Events Manager at Collective! 🚀 We’re looking for someone who’s ready to hustle, travel, and create unforgettable experiences for our members. This role is all about bringing our community to life and making our members feel like the VIPs they are. We'd love to meet someone who: ✨ Takes ownership and thrives in fast-moving environments 🎉 Gets energy from planning and executing events 🤝 Naturally connects people and makes everyone feel welcome 🤖 Leverages AI and tools to track impact and work smarter 📸 Has an eye for content and moments worth capturing ✈️ Enjoys traveling and being on the ground with members If this sounds like you, apply here 👉 https://lnkd.in/gaD98cW5 #Hiring #RemoteJobs #CommunityManager #EventsManager #Startups
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Hooman Radfar reposted thisHooman Radfar reposted thisWe are hiring - ping me if you know anyone amazing!
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Hooman Radfar shared thisIncredibly proud of the team Gather AI for being listed as one of Fast Company's Most Innovative companies in 2026. Been proud to support Sankalp Arora and team as they lead the development of their platform from an R&D project out of Carnegie Mellon to now being the leading Physical AI platform for Intralogistics, used by some of the largest companies in the world. Excited for the road ahead!Hooman Radfar shared thisProud to see Gather AI named to Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies of 2026 in the Logistics category. This is one of the most competitive recognitions in business, spanning hundreds of companies across industries, and we’re in strong company alongside organizations like Google, NVIDIA, adidas, and Walmart. Warehouses run the global economy, yet for decades operators have been making critical decisions without a clear view of what’s actually happening on the floor. We built Gather AI to change that - bringing real-time, reliable data into physical operations and turning it into action. This recognition reflects the scale of that shift and the team and customers driving it forward. Over the past year, we’ve doubled our operational footprint, grown bookings 250%, and raised a $40M Series B to expand globally. Still early, but the direction is clear. Read more about this year’s #FCMostInnovative list here: https://lnkd.in/gDHVpBtJ
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Hooman Radfar reposted thisHooman Radfar reposted thisMarch 16th is days away. Have you made your decision? Single-member LLC or the LLC with S-Corp election? It's one of the most important financial decisions you'll make as a solopreneur, and the deadline to make a timely election for the 2026 tax year is just a few days away. Here's the thing you'll hear us say on repeat: neither structure is "better." They're just different. And the right fit depends entirely on where you are in your business. You may consider staying a single-member LLC if you want simplicity, lower upfront costs, and flexibility while you're still finding your footing. You might consider the S-Corp election if you're a high-earning solopreneur who's ready to stop overpaying on self-employment taxes and start keeping more of what you make. We broke down the full comparison in this handy cheat sheet. Save or screenshot it, or send it to a fellow solopreneur who it could help. The deadline is March 16th. If you're still not sure which path is right for you, that's exactly what Collective is here to figure out together.
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Hooman Radfar reposted thisHooman Radfar reposted this🏆 We’re thrilled to share that Collective has been named one of America’s Best Startup Employers by Forbes for the fourth year in a row! 🎉 This recognition reflects the culture we’ve built together and the impact we make every day. We’re proud to support our members as they grow their businesses and pursue their passions. Thank you to the teams that make this possible. 💫 https://lnkd.in/dGSX3ahr #CollectiveCrew #Forbes #BestStartupEmployers #HiringForbes 2026 America's Best Startup Employers - Ranked ListForbes 2026 America's Best Startup Employers - Ranked List
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Hooman Radfar shared thisAmazing fund. Amazing partners. My first call on every new project and first rec for every new founder doing serious work in AI. Go Gradient! Excited for the road ahead.Hooman Radfar shared thisIn 2017 we made a bet that AI would define the next generation of technology. Not as a feature, but as the foundation. We believed in it enough to not hedge. That conviction led us to 500+ founders building AI into the foundation of their industries, including Lambda, ŌURA, Streamlit, and many others. Fund 5 is what nine years of that looks like. We're just getting started.
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Hooman Radfar shared thisCongrats to David Meister the Axiom Trust Company. David is a unicorn for this problem - a lawyer and technologist with the drive to match his intelligence. Excited to see you come out of stealth. Massive opportunity to disrupt a trillion dollar market via AI. Proud to be a supporter and friend.Hooman Radfar shared thisToday, Axiom Trust Company is launching publicly with $11.8M in funding led by Lightspeed, with participation from Wischoff Ventures, Runa Capital, SNR, Immad Akhund, Primetime Partners, and The Fintech Fund 🚀. Trust administration is the last undigitized layer of financial infrastructure. The industry still operates on PDFs, email chains, and institutional memory. $2.5 trillion in wealth flows through trusts and estates every year — and that number is only growing. A massive inventory of dormant trusts is waking up and requiring real administration. Axiom Trust is the infrastructure layer for the Great Wealth Transfer. Every T&E attorney, advisor, and private bank needs a trust company that is transparent, responsive, and flexible — a real partner, not just a lead source. And when a case gets complicated, contested, or outside the box, that partner can't just say no. We've built Axiom to be that company. We work with the attorneys, advisors, bankers and institutions who build client relationships. Not around them. Experienced fiduciaries handle the judgment calls. Axiom and its AI platform handle the paperwork — document parsing, monitoring, audit trails, and distribution packages that hold up decades later. We're faster, fully transparent, and more defensible than anything legacy institutions can offer. T&E attorneys, family offices, advisors, CPAs, and bank trust officers — let's talk. You can reach me at david@axiom-trust.com. Full story in today's Axios piece from Lucinda Shen. Link in comments. Aaron Frank Justin Overdorff Katherine Zhang Sam Eisler Nichole Wischoff Michael Fanfant Kevin Patrick Mahaffey Abby Levy Nik Milanović Hooman Radfar Stephen Sikes Aaron LaRue Victoria Treyger Daniel Hatkoff Alex Cohen Harry Campbell Nick Abouzeid, EA Peter B. Sahej Suri
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Hooman Radfar reposted thisIf you're a PM in DC/VA or looking to move there, I would highly recommend checking out Range. They are doing great work and Fahad Hassan is an amazing founder/leader. Very proud to be a supporter and friend to him/Range and think big things are coming!Hooman Radfar reposted thisWe're looking to hire a few more Product Managers (2-4) to our team at our HQ in the Washington DC area (located in Mclean, VA specifically). 7-10 Years of post university experience needed (minimum). I'll be conducting a group interview, directly with me, in the next week or two for about 90 minutes total. If you pass - you'll do a 3-5 hour loop with our team; and pending that - we'll make an offer within 24 hours. If you're interested, DM me or flag yourself (or a friend) in the comments and I'll share the date/time of the group interview -- if your background meets the criteria we're looking for. If you don't get a reply, it's probably not a fit and I unfortunately can't get back to every single person. Things to note: - You must have at least 1 job lasting 4 years to be considered. - No hybrid; this is full time 5 days a week - We offer salary, equity, benefits, signing bonuses, etc - You must bring a laptop to the group interview - You must be ready to start within 30 days of interviewing NOTE: If you are a recruiter and you message me - just an FYI, I block you, and all future messages. Please DO NOT spam me.
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Hooman Radfar liked thisHooman Radfar liked thisIMO jobs aren’t disappearing "because" of AI, but the bar is rising. The advantage is shifting to people who learn fast, stay curious, and actually go out of their way to use the tools. If you’re not actively leveling up, you’re falling behind. We’ve got some exciting engineering and product opportunities opening up at Collective for builders who think this way. Stay tuned, or reach out now if you’re a product engineer or PM leader and want to start a conversation
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Hooman Radfar liked thisHooman Radfar liked thisIf you 🫵🏼 are building an AI-native services company, we wrote this guide for you. Link in comments!
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Hooman Radfar liked thisHooman Radfar liked thisIf you’re a solopreneur, the countdown is on. For solopreneurs, especially those operating as an S Corp, one of the most important tax deadlines of the year is coming in less than 2 weeks. Before March 16, business owners should make sure they’ve: • Finalized prior-year bookkeeping • Reviewed profit and loss statements • Confirmed owner distributions are properly recorded • Filed the business return or submitted an extension The earlier this is handled, the more strategic flexibility you have. Waiting until the last minute often limits your options and increases stress. Strong businesses treat tax compliance as part of operations, not an afterthought. If keeping up with bookkeeping has felt overwhelming, Collective can help.
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Hooman Radfar liked thisHooman Radfar liked this$11.3M → $10.1B. This picture is me in 2017 at Penn State. I was a WHOOP user before most people had ever heard the name. Back then it wasn’t a consumer brand - it was a tool that elite athletes and programs were quietly adopting because the data was real and nothing else came close. I didn’t wear it because it was trendy. I wore it because I was obsessed with understanding what was actually happening inside my body - recovery, strain, sleep, readiness. The things that determined whether I played well on Saturday or not. WHOOP started with a student-athlete at Harvard who was frustrated by the same thing I was: the lack of objective data on what actually drives performance. No one in venture took the space seriously at Seed. Too niche. Too athlete-specific. Too early. Then the NFL adopted it. The NBA adopted it. Olympic programs adopted it. And suddenly the “niche” product became the standard for anyone who takes their body seriously - from pro athletes to first responders to your neighbor training for a marathon. $30/month subscription. 2.5 million global members. $10.1 billion. Here’s what most people miss: WHOOP didn’t scale because it was a consumer product. It scaled because it was validated by the most demanding users on the planet first. Professional athletes with nine-figure contracts trusted their bodies to this technology. That validation created the brand halo, the data credibility, and the consumer pull that made everything after it possible. That pattern - elite sports validation → downstream market explosion - is not unique to WHOOP. It’s the same path Hyperice followed. Catapult. BodyArmor. And it’s the same path being carved right now by the next generation of founders building at the intersection of human health, human performance, and human potential. I live inside the locker rooms where these products get adopted. I wear them. I give feedback on them. I watched what worked and what didn’t. And now I invest alongside hundreds of other pro athletes at the earliest stages of companies following this exact trajectory. The sports ecosystem is one of the most powerful technology validators in the world. And the founders who understand that - the ones solving real problems they’ve seen firsthand - are building the next $10B companies right now. Most people will see this chart and think “I missed WHOOP.” I see it and think “the next one is already in the building.” WHOOP Will Ahmed Fitt Insider
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Hooman Radfar liked thisCongrats on the merger. So much to be excited about!Hooman Radfar liked thisTrellis completed its merger into Gen last week, and I couldn't be more excited. Vincent Pilette Travis Witteveen and Richard Correia are fiercely executing on an ambitious and inspiring vision to help millions of people with a trusted and comprehensive financial wellness platform. Team Trellis and I feel incredibly honored by the responsibility to deliver best-in-class insurance advisory to the millions of people who use Gen's products today (e.g. Norton, LifeLock, MoneyLion) and to the millions more people who soon will. There were SO many times that Trellis came close to an early end over the past 7 years. But in every moment of doubt, Trellis was saved by a courageous hero who often had to make a great personal sacrifice or take a great reputational risk to sponsor us and keep us going. A few people I can't possibly fail to mention: - My incredible wife Linda van Weele for encouraging me to start Trellis in the first place and for over 2,500 consecutive days of unconditional moral and logistical support. Who else can say their wife passed an insurance licensing exam in the middle of her Biology PhD just to help their start-up with some silly logistical issues? - My parents George Demetri and Susan Frankl and my friend Louis Beryl for committing investments into Trellis even when it wasn't clear whether we'd successfully raise a Seed - Spencer Lazar and Niko Bonatsos for leading General Catalyst's Seed investment when no other VC's would step up to lead - Matt Burton Nigel Morris and Frank Rotman for leading QED Investors' Series A and even more importantly for following-on when the going got tough - Harshul Sanghi and Eva Reda for sponsoring American Express' strategic investment and partnership, which carried us through a challenging insurance market - Alvaro Rodriguez Arregui and Christine Kenna for leading IGNIA Partners' critical bridge investment in us - Laura Bock and Andrew Artz for patiently directing our board for years and years - Keith Schreer Drew Bolles and Chuong Nguyen for bravely rowing the boat with me full-time for >5 years - The 685 other AMAZING and TALENTED people who poured their hearts and souls into Trellis at one point or another (and may of whom still do!) - Yahya Mokhtarzada for leading Rocket Money's early and ongoing partnership with Trellis, which defined our focus and trajectory - Scott Emberley and Andy Tam's team for tirelessly guiding Trellis into its new home, and the McDermott Will & Schulte legal team for making sure we docked the ship without a scratch I can't wait to see Trellis expand its reach over the coming year and to touch so many more people's lives than we ever could on our own. If you're excited too, don't be shy! https://lnkd.in/e4jskixA
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Method and Apparatus for Data Processing
Issued US 8266274
A method and system can include multiple data handling stages for manipulating tracked information associated with content distributed to users and/or computers, such as static objects, media objects, and/or software objects, for example. The content can be distributed as widget instances and the associated tracked information can be received over a network. The information received can be associated with a session corresponding to each widget instance and/or with multiple identifiers, such as…
A method and system can include multiple data handling stages for manipulating tracked information associated with content distributed to users and/or computers, such as static objects, media objects, and/or software objects, for example. The content can be distributed as widget instances and the associated tracked information can be received over a network. The information received can be associated with a session corresponding to each widget instance and/or with multiple identifiers, such as widget, user, content, session, content aggregation point, processor, and/or placement identifiers, for example. Data handling processes, including sorting, storing, filtering, combining, queuing, and/or authenticating, for example, can be performed during the data handling stages. The processed information can be used to determine modifications to a behavior associated with widgets and/or widget containers.
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Method and apparatus for widget-container hosting and generation
Issued US 8056092
A method includes receiving at least one of a widget or a reference to a widget, where the widget can be at least one of a static data object, a media object, or a software object. At least a portion of a widget container, which is a procedural software framework containing a service module associated with the widget and the widget, is generated. The service module can be a pre-defined function associated with the widget container before the widget container is generated. The widget container…
A method includes receiving at least one of a widget or a reference to a widget, where the widget can be at least one of a static data object, a media object, or a software object. At least a portion of a widget container, which is a procedural software framework containing a service module associated with the widget and the widget, is generated. The service module can be a pre-defined function associated with the widget container before the widget container is generated. The widget container can be configured to be executed at a widget-container processing device in response to a reference to the widget container being accessed from a processor-readable vehicle.
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Methods and apparatus for management of inter-widget interactions
Issued US 20100100605
See patentn one embodiment, a processor-readable medium storing code representing instructions to cause a processor to perform a process includes code to transmit using a communication channel a discovery signal from a first virally spread widget that has at least a portion executed at a content aggregation point to a second virally spread widget. The code also includes code to receive at the first virally spread widget a response signal sent from the second virally spread widget in response to the…
n one embodiment, a processor-readable medium storing code representing instructions to cause a processor to perform a process includes code to transmit using a communication channel a discovery signal from a first virally spread widget that has at least a portion executed at a content aggregation point to a second virally spread widget. The code also includes code to receive at the first virally spread widget a response signal sent from the second virally spread widget in response to the discovery signal.
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Method and Apparatus for Widget and Widget-Container Platform Adaptation and Distribution
Issued US 20080222232
See patentA method includes receiving a request for a widget-container defined in response to a reference to the widget-container being accessed from a content aggregation point. The widget-container is a procedural software framework configured to be executed within the content aggregation point. The widget-container has a portion configured for receiving a widget. The method includes modifying a portion of the widget-container. The portion of the widget-container is based on a first configuration…
A method includes receiving a request for a widget-container defined in response to a reference to the widget-container being accessed from a content aggregation point. The widget-container is a procedural software framework configured to be executed within the content aggregation point. The widget-container has a portion configured for receiving a widget. The method includes modifying a portion of the widget-container. The portion of the widget-container is based on a first configuration before the modifying and based on a second configuration substantially compliant with a content rule associated with the content aggregation point after the modifying.
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CIT GAP 50 - 50 Most Innovative Entrepreneurs in Virginia
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Commencement Speaker - Information Networking Institute
Carnegie Mellon University
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Dean's List
University of Pennsylvania
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Digital 100 - World's Most Valuable Tech Companies
Business Insider
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Eta Kappa Nu - Engineering Honor Society
University of Pennsylvania
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Global 250 - Top Private Companies in the World
AlwaysOn
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INC 500 - Fastest 500 Growing Companies in America
Inc Magazine
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Tech's Best Entrepreneurs - Top 30 Under 30 in America
BusinessWeek
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Washington Tech Titan - Top 100 Technology Leaders
Washingtonian
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Whiting-Turner Lecturer - Technology Business Leadership Award
A. James Clark School of Engineering - University of Maryland
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iMedia 25 - Top 25 Marketing Leaders and Innovators Online
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