Puffcon keeps getting bigger every year. The scale, production, and evolution behind this event is wild.
You can’t run every business like a tech startup. 📉 What happens when investors stop buying the hype?
800 followers. One Instagram DM. Six years of collaboration. Sometimes you just have to recognize talent early.
First Smoke Of The Day retweeted
.@travisk says only 1% of VCs are actually helpful:
“ An operator who's running a company, if they're good, is a grandmaster of chess.”
”And the VC is a chess enthusiast. They check in on the chess match once every three months and they're trying to make a mark on the world. They have an opinion.”
“And you're like, don't go to Jordan and tell him how to dunk, and definitely don't go to him and tell him how to dribble. But it's hard because everybody has an opinion.”
“The way to think about it is—you're on the Serengeti. If an antelope limps in the Serengeti, the lion will take it down, even if it's not hungry. Can't even fucking help it. It's just what he does. That's kind of the nature of most VCs.”
Sometimes the best lessons come from the most unexpected mentors. Every story teaches you something if you're willing to listen.

