@thefounderadvisorRyan | Startup Founder Advice

AMA @ starting a company, bootstrapping fundraising, investors, venture capital

card updated Sep 28, 2026 · 13 clips parsed · following 187 · 56,500 likes total

Engagement5.2%normal range

Account summary

@thefounderadvisor has 12,600 followers and 84 videos. Across the 13 parsed clips the average is 36,053 views and 1,641 likes. Engagement to views is 5.2%, which is normal range for TikTok. On the newer half of the feed the response is falling (−0.37 pp). Posts roughly 0.1 times a week. An average clip reaches 286% of the follower count.

Followers

12.6K

+0 in period

Engagement

5.2%

−0.37 pp newer half

Average views

36.1K

median 4.3K

Likes per clip

1.6K

55 comments avg

Shares / saves

178 / 717

1.99% of viewers save

Posting rate

0.1 / wk

reach 286% of followers

Latest clips

13 collected

This might be controversial, but hear me out… #gethired #jobsearch #jo — @thefounderadvisor

8411:29This might be controversial, but hear me out… #gethired #jobsearch #jobhunt #jobmarket #resume 35016

I’m a three-time founder, I’ve raised $250m and sold two of my compani — @thefounderadvisor

3.6K3:09I’m a three-time founder, I’ve raised $250m and sold two of my companies and I’m currently building my third company –124101335

1.6K1:43I’m a three-time founder, I’ve raised $250m and sold two of my companies and I’m currently building my third company – B601815

I'm a two-time founder, and I've raised over $250 million for my compa — @thefounderadvisor

1.9K3:23I'm a two-time founder, and I've raised over $250 million for my companies. I usually post about how to fundraise, hire,738639

Best practices for #startup #founder to mange their #boardofdirectors — @thefounderadvisor

5.5K1:50Best practices for #startup #founder to mange their #boardofdirectors #vc #venturecapital3081435135

#boardofdirectors #founder #foundertok #vc #venturecapital — @thefounderadvisor

8.5K2:41#boardofdirectors #founder #foundertok #vc #venturecapital3071054138

#startuptok #startups #boardofdirectors #founder #vc — @thefounderadvisor

4.3K1:19#startuptok #startups #boardofdirectors #founder #vc253172193

Replying to @CodyWhen investors join your board their seats will be ir — @thefounderadvisor

2.6K0:44Replying to @CodyWhen investors join your board their seats will be irrevocable - meaning that they will effectively be 6841620

Here is a pro tip if you're going to launch your own startup that can — @thefounderadvisor

3K1:02Here is a pro tip if you're going to launch your own startup that can save you tens of thousands when you start your c153172464

75% of founders are fired from the companies that they started. Elon M — @thefounderadvisor

40.7K1:3275% of founders are fired from the companies that they started. Elon Musk, Steve Jobs, Travis Kalanick, and Peter Thiel 1.6K48107465

Seventy-five percent of founders are dismissed before their companies — @thefounderadvisor

174.4K1:59Seventy-five percent of founders are dismissed before their companies are either sold or go public. Even if their compan7.6K2611.5K5.5K

Mark Zuckerberg has total control over Facebook. I’m going to explain — @thefounderadvisor

119K2:23Mark Zuckerberg has total control over Facebook. I’m going to explain how he accomplished this and if he can actually be4.3K87200875

The majority of founders get fired from the companies that they starte — @thefounderadvisor

102.8K1:04The majority of founders get fired from the companies that they started. Don Valentine, the founder of Sequoia, one of t6.5K2422831.9K

Engagement per clip

13 parsed clips · newest on the right · click a bar to open the clip peak: 6.8% ER

Sep 13Jul 29Mar 24

Date	Views	Likes	Comments	Shares	Saves	ER
Mar 24, 2026	841	35	0	1	6	4.28%
Jun 27, 2025	3,639	124	10	13	35	4.04%
Jun 26, 2025	1,640	60	1	8	15	4.21%
Jun 25, 2025	1,880	73	8	6	39	4.63%
Aug 2, 2024	5,458	308	14	35	135	6.54%
Jul 30, 2024	8,520	307	10	54	138	4.35%
Jul 29, 2024	4,257	253	17	21	93	6.84%
Jul 23, 2024	2,578	68	4	16	20	3.41%
Jul 17, 2024	2,976	153	17	24	64	6.52%
Jul 15, 2024	40,700	1,629	48	107	465	4.38%
Apr 10, 2024	174,400	7,578	261	1,545	5,521	5.38%
Jan 31, 2024	119,000	4,253	87	200	875	3.82%
Sep 13, 2023	102,800	6,497	242	283	1,917	6.83%