Blossom Social

🤯 We just launched the ultimate chat experience for investors... 💬 When we set out to build DMs for Blossom, we had a choice: 🥱 Build a plain cookie-cutter chat feature like you'd find on the countless messaging apps crowding your phone... ...or completely reimagine the messaging experience with a tailor-made solution built specifically for investors 📈 👀 Can you guess which we chose? 🔥 Introducing the Blossom Investing Superchat - now live on the App Store and Google Play! To get access, make sure you update Blossom to the latest version! 🌟 With Blossom Investing Superchat, you can: - 📈 Tag stocks and charts directly in the chat - 💸 Show off your buys, sells, and daily portfolio performance - 🐝 Share custom Blossom stickers - 🔐 And stay safe from scams with our powerful scam detection 👏 Shout out to my incredible team for this huge release and to Gonzalo from Intuitive Labs for your hard work leading the design of this awesome new feature! 🕶 I can't wait for you all to try it out! Let me know what you think in the comments!👇 P.S. Check out this awesome 1-minute video for a sneak-peak of what makes Blossom Investing Superchat so special 😍

🤯 It was a WILD week in the stock market with Amazon, Microsoft, Meta, and Apple reporting earnings and the S&P having its worst day since 2022… 😥 If you were a bit overwhelmed by it all don’t worry, I got you covered 🫡 Here are the cliff notes (and no this isn't ChatGPT this is MaxGPT after 6 hours of research in a cafe 😅): Amazon ($AMZN) - 🛍️ Amazon stock plummeted 12%, with Price to Operating Cash Flow Falling to the Lowest Point in 14 Years - 📈 Net Income DOUBLED, crushing expectations by 23% - 🎯 Despite this, the stock got hit hard as Amazon’s revenue forecast for next quarter fell short of expectations Meta ($META) - 🔊 Meta up 4% with “Healthy Global Ad Demand” - 💰 Revenue passed $39B, a 22% increase from the previous year, beating analysts expectations - 💸 Net income has skyrocketed 73% compared to last year as Meta has reined in costs (particularly in the Metaverse division) Microsoft ($MSFT) - 🧑💻 Microsoft Down 5.4% After AI Revenues Disappoint - 😢 Microsoft was hit hard as its Azure cloud computing and AI-heavy intelligent cloud division unit came in below estimates - 💰 Microsoft (and the rest of big tech) has invested billions into AI infrastructure but, according to some, is “failing to convince Wall Street that AI is paying off.” Apple ($AAPL) - 🍎 Apple Up 1.2% Despite Declining iPhone Sales - 👴🏻 Warren Buffet / Berkshire Hathaway slashed his stake in Apple by nearly half but continues to hold Apple as his biggest holding - 📲 Despite this, the stock rose over anticipation of the launch of Apple’s AI software update later this fall 👇 Read even more detail in the Weekly Buzz 🐝 along with my breakdown of Nvidia, Intel, and the overall market!

I had a wonderful chat with Michael Thibodeau on the Pitch Please podcast all around product market fit. - How do you know when you have it? - What are the false signs of product market fit? - What are sneaky signs of product market fit that people often miss? We get into it all in this podcast! 🙌🏻

😰 For the second time, Y Combinator (the most popular start-up accelerator in the world) made a video about tarpit ideas... aka "startup ideas that seem to attract many founders but have been tried by many founders before with little to no success" 👀 Ironically, an example they LOVE to use is social investing: "During the pandemic, a lot of start-up ideas were someone saw Wall Street Bets and was like hey I'm going to make a start-up out of this somehow" 🪦 And to some extent, they're not wrong. There is a GRAVEYARD of 'investing social networks' that raised 5-10x more capital than Blossom Social and shut down in 2022/23 once we hit the bear market (including many that YC funded) 🚀 In contrast, Blossom has rocketed to over 150,000 users, has retention rates in the top 10% of all finance apps across North America, is on track for over $1M in revenue this year, and just hosted in-person events with over 1,200 folks coming out, some driving 2+ hours to join us! 🔥 If that isn't proof that this isn't a 'tarpit idea,' I don't know what is! 🤔 So what's the difference? 🔑 I believe the key is in our mission: "to empower the world to make better financial decisions together." 📊 While our competitors catered to risky short-term investing, we were obsessed with building a community that helped encourage and promote real financial literacy and long-term investing. This meant: - Working with the right content creators like Brandon Beavis, Adrian Bar, and many more to help build the right foundation for our community - Saying no to copy-trading and reminding folks to do their own research and not just blindly follow what other people are doing - Focusing feature development on dividend tracking, education, and other tools to empower long-term investors 🐻 And as a result, when the bear market hit, the short-term investors ran away (with the founder of one competitor that shut down telling me they saw an over 90% drop off in engagement) but Blossom Social continued to thrive and grow! 🤝 We've also been fortunate to work with incredible ETF partners who share our mission, like BMO Global Asset Management, Harvest ETFs, Global X Canada, Purpose Investments, and many more, and are well on track to be profitable in 2025! (something that never would have been possible if we faltered from our mission) 🥰 So for one, I am SO happy that I didn't listen the first time in 2022 when I saw Y Combinator essentially calling Blossom Social a tarpit idea (although I'll admit it kept me up that night 😅...) 👋 And for two, Dalton and Michael - it might be time for a new example! 😉

🥳 AND THAT'S A WRAP 🚀 5 sold out events 🤯 Over 1,200 attendees 💡 17 legendary panels ✨ 10 amazing sponsors ♾️ Infinite fun and knowledge 🔥 All ending off with an incredible final event in the Blossom home city of Vancouver! 🥹 We’ve been truly humbled by the love and support from the Blossom community on this tour! ✨ It’s been so special to come together and celebrate our shared passion for investing and learn and grow together. It’s left us all so inspired in our investing journeys and so energized to keep building for this incredible community ❤️ To everyone who was able to take time out of your busy schedules to make it out, we love you so much and it was truly amazing to get to share these special moments with you all! 🤩 WE CAN'T WAIT FOR NEXT YEAR!!!!

🤠 Yeehaw Calgary, we had so much fun with ya'll! 🔥 We had an absolute blast at the second last stop of the Blossom Investor Social Tour hanging with over 100 folks from the Blossom community (plus getting to enjoy the last day of the legendary stampede)... 💡 Other than meeting our amazing members, one of my favourite parts of the Blossom events has been getting to moderate some incredible panel discussions with our ambassadors. In Calgary we had two awesome topics: 💰 Investing for Beginners, Tips to Get Started with Brandon Beavis, Zac Hartley and Joyee Yang 💸 Growth, Real-Estate or Yield, Which to Prioritize with Adrian Bar, Daniel Pronk, and Bilaal Dhalech And for those who haven’t been able to make it out, here are some of the key lessons that stood out to me: - ⏰ The most important rule of investing by far is to just get started. The power of compound interest is your friend, and time in the markets is far more important than timing the markets. - 🔋 If you want AI exposure, don't just focus on the obvious players. AI is heavily constrained by infrastructure, and power players (like Brookfield $BN) have also been major beneficiaries of the AI wave. - 🇨🇦 A big pitfall investors make is suffering from 'home-bias' aka over-investing in companies in the country they live in. - 💸 When investing in dividend stocks, never forget at the end of the day, you're investing in the underlying company. Don't get so caught up in chasing yield that you look past the underlying business. - 🧠 Half the battle with investing is in the mind. For those who can't resist speculating, Benjamin Graham recommends keeping 10% of your money for more risky bets. And that's just my top five... the evening was jam-packed with electric and insightful discussions and there were so so many more incredible lessons shared! 🥹 These events are truly the highlight of my year and while I look forward to getting back to heads down on the app, I'm a little sad we'll be wrapping it up with our last event in Vancouver on Thursday. 👏 Thanks to everyone who's made it out to the tour and thanks again to our incredible sponsors Harvest ETFs, Global X Canada, BMO Global Asset Management, Moomoo Canada, and addy for making these events possible!

Thank you to the Blossom Social team for organizing an amazing event in Calgary, Alberta! Harvest ETFs was proud to support and enjoyed meeting all the enthusiastic attendees. #blossomsocial Special thanks to Maxwell Nicholson, Brandon Beavis, Tim Johnson, Annika Ng, and other members of the Blossom team!

🥳 Pumped to share that Blossom now connects with Webull Securities (Canada) Limited!!! 🔥 Shout out to the Canada CEO Michael J. Constantino and Mia Zhao for helping get this across the finish line. 😎 Michael is one of the chillest CEO's I've ever met and it's been so easy and refreshing working with him and the team. 🚀 Webull's been making some big moves in Canada (like launching TSFA and RRSP support last week) and I'm happy to add Blossom connnectivity to their growing list of wins in this new geo! Excited to see what's next in store...

It was such an honour to speak at the Blossom Social events in Toronto , New York & Montreal 🔥 Vancouver and Calgary see you soon 👀

🌷 Last week, I had the incredible experience of attending Blossom Social's investor event in Toronto. Picture this: 600 investors and brand champions all under one roof. This is the true essence of community building. The standout panels at the event covered everything from real estate and AI to dividends, featuring some of North America's top investing influencers, including Braden Dennis, Daniel Pronk, Richard Coffin, CFA, CFP (aka The Plain Bagel ), Eric Pan (aka Ericnomics), Cody Yeh, Nathan Kennedy (aka New Money Nate Media), Adrian Bar (aka Canadian in a T-Shirt ), Shay Huang (aka The Humbled Trader), Joyee Yang, Navjot Bindra (Nav) (aka Grow with Nav Inc), and Matt Shoss. 📢 📖 It's one thing to see investor numbers tick up on a campaign page, but seeing this level of in-person support and endorsement is on another level. Hundreds of investors showing up to back a company and a founder they believe in—absolutely inspiring. The Blossom community is a melting pot of diversity, with people of all ages and backgrounds united by their passion for investing. The sense of kinship and community was truly tangible and serves as a compelling testament to the game-changing impact of equity crowdfunding. Not only does it empower local businesses, create jobs, and fortify communities, but it also champions diverse entrepreneurship and catalyzes innovation in our financial landscape. Hats off to Maxwell Nicholson and the outstanding team at Blossom Social on their well-deserved success! 🌼👏