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Startup/VC blogger. Director of funds, adviser to founders. Top Quora writer, TEDx etc.

London
Joined September 2009
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FOUNDERS: Come pitch me, 8VC (@Jimmy_S_Yun ), Greylock (@SethGRosenberg) and a few other amazing partners at top firms on June 10th in SF. Hosting our first ever Pop-up Pitch Day. 5 startups, 20 minute slots Must be raising pre-seed or seed rounds Ideally based in SF, bonus points for building a vertical AI co Follow the link below to apply. Deadline is June 1st. You will know if you have been selected by June 5th. Woo!
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1/ Superthread: Microsoft Copilot AI means we all have our own executive assistant. I spent time with the @Microsoft @Microsoft365 team this am, they are partnered with OpenAI/GPT. Here's what you need to know. #AI
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“Silicon Valley gets what it deserves! Screw tech, startups and VCs!” -Sent from an iPhone via Twitter and Instagram, w an ARM processor instruction set by Marvell, code repo by GitHub, delivered via Cloudflare, while driving a Tesla Model 3 and Slack/Gmail w co-workers
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How do you know if a social app will be a "hit?" Predicting what goes mainstream - and what stalls out - might seem random. But after years of leading growth @Snap & investing in consumer social at @a16z, I've found early signs of huge products 👇
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1/ Just released. New Lux LP letter. Q4 2022… (a few LPs have said it has ome of our boldest calls + positioning in a decade––based on what we believe happens next in MARKETS + MACRO—even as cutting-edge science + technology marches ahead…)
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Readers added context they thought people might want to know
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That time Warren Buffett NAILED crypto cons: “It draws in a lot of CHARLATANS…who are trying to create various sorts of EXCHANGES, where people who are of less-than-stellar character…CLIP PEOPLE who are trying to get rich because their neighbor’s getting rich.” @SBF_FTX to a T
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Matt Mochary has been CEO coach to @naval, the founders of OpenAI, Notion, Rippling, Robinhood, Coinbase, Reddit, Plaid, Flexport, Opendoor, partners at Sequoia, YC, Benchmark, and many others. He also open-sourced his entire curriculum, templates and all. Here's a link 👇
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Here is the note we sent to our LPs in GGFIII regarding FTX.
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…but what does it do?
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TIL you can own your own private rail car & attach it to an Amtrak train only ~100 private cars in operation in the US, they are extremely expensive (~$300k+) + Amtrak charges ~$5/mile. But there are 100 rich train lovers out there! amtrak.com/privately-owned-r…
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This 1986 Puma shoe, R-Computer, had a microprocessor built into the heel to record your run and download the data on an Apple III or an IBM PC or a C64 [original ads: buff.ly/2KqF0xS] [2018 release: buff.ly/2G9u1Md]
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One of the most interesting videos I’ve ever seen.
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I’m here for the fishing scandal — these dudes put fish filets and weights inside their fish. I understand there is big money at stake.. much better scandal than the J4 poker hand
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fintwit meme lords am i doing this right? 😅😅
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Nike sells greatness, not clothes. RedBull sells adrenaline, not drinks. Polaroid sells memories and nostalgia, not cameras. Shopify sells the dream of entrepreneurship, not websites. The best brands sell stories, not things.
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That time Elon had to tell Jason Calacanis (paraphrasing) “you’re embarrassing me, bruh” about Jason marketing his $TWTR SPV to retail. Jason replies that he’d “jump on a grenade (sic)” for Elon: “I’m ride or die brother.” (Actual quote)
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Solid British Pound analysis via Reddit
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These covers are three weeks apart
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(1/5) The VC industry has the highest level of dry powder after a record breaking fundraising season and a summer slowdown in deal pace. There is ~$290 B in dry powder available for startups in VC funds - when will the funding floodgates open?
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