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From Homeless to VC • Founder @TRGCapi • InfraGeek • Startups • SpinOuts • Stoic • Bibliophile • GlobeTrotter •

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Ecclesiastes 1:1-14
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So, how did you end up in web3?
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Smart contract auditors be like; "That'll be $45,000"
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Meanwhile in Paris 🇫🇷
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TRGC 2.0 🥳👑🔥
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@EtienneTRGC
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A current lack of merchant acceptance of cryptocurrencies at points of sale and online means that consumers are required to exchange cryptocurrencies into local currency in order to make everyday purchases. Enter STACK! 😎👍 @STKtoken #ICOs #Investing
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$5 $HTR = FUD (1st attempt at shilling, lmao)
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Can we please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, stop saying: "onboarding the next billion users to web3" Thank you 🙏🏾 😭 🤮
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3 years
Y'all still have weekends? I lost track of time. I don't have memories, everything is the same for the past 11 months.
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4 years
Looking for an instant 3000x on your mental health? Detach net-worth from your self-worth, NOW! ✅😉
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@EtienneTRGC
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7 years
The 6-year-old US spelling maestro is the youngest contestant to ever compete in the Scripps National Spelling Bee.
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7 years
Just so you know. Ich. Bin. Ein. Bourgondiër. 😚
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@EtienneTRGC
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Excuse me for being blunt Mr. CEO. Of course you can sellout the whole private presale to your VC buddies. Just don't cry when your shitcoin goes to ZERO trading volume. I'm skipping it on principle. #cryptocurrency #Bitcoin #ethereum #investing #ico #BTC #rekt #UCLfinal
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Can we please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, stop saying: "onboarding the next billion users to web3" Thank you 🙏🏾 😭 🤮
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"Always Short Jim Cramer"
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GM ☀️ Freud once said, "One day, in retrospect, the years of struggle will strike you as the most beautiful."
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99,9% of everything happening today will not matter in 10 years ... have a drink, and enjoy your weekend. 😅
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@EtienneTRGC
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While chasing unicorns, I stumbled upon this. Not sure on its authenticity, but nevertheless ...
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@EtienneTRGC
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Crypto taxes, oh boy 😪 10 different Blockchain explorers, 13 exchanges, 64 wallets, ... wish me luck ...
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"The coolest thing I've ever been called in my entire life, is dad." 😎
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How can you boost your chances of securing funding by 16%? Be an attractive woman. 😅 “Attractive female entrepreneurs are 16% more likely to receive start-up business investments from men, a new study from the University of St. Gallen has shown.” Not the headline I was
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Founders disputes kill more startups than you want to believe. Leave your ego at the door son. 🤐🤕
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So 60% of blockchain-infra is on AWS Should we call out those using centralized solutions?
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GM 🥳
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Sometimes you're right, sometimes you're wrong. Sometimes you're not even in the same universe...
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Which of the largest accelerators are most successful at producing unicorns? By a significant margin, @ycombinator produced a higher percentage of unicorns than other well-known accelerators such as @Techstars , @MassChallenge , @500GlobalVC & @SOSV In the 2010-2015 YC
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"I made a fortune selling too early." JPM
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OK, here goes ... 1. Do. Not. Install. Telegram. 2. Ready for sleepless nights? 3. Read up on "counter party risk" 4. Whether you make FU money or not, you'll still develop some form of ADD 5. Surround yourself with 8 LOYAL partners 6. Web3 is global, get ready to travel
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Best advice for someone just getting into web 3?
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@EtienneTRGC
Etiënne | TRGC
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Most (un)surprising piece of insight today. "Of the 2023 Fortune 100 CEOs, ONLY 11.8% attended an Ivy as undergrads, and only 9.8% hold an Ivy League MBA." I guess college elitism in business doesn’t exist to the extent that it does in academia? Thoughts anyone?
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Greetings from sunny California 🌞 There's something about Palo Alto 😍 🫡
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"You're still chasing B2B SaaS startups like it's 1999?" "Yes, but AI enabled" 🤓
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Greetings from Paris 🇫🇷 Contrary to public opinion, we're not in a bear market. It's a soft-bull. Thank you @BlackRock 🙏🏽👌🏽
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@EtienneTRGC
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Greetings from Monaco 🇲🇨 #FamilyOfficeSummit
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Join our betting pool sir. We're taking wagers, currently ranging between: 1. Dude Walks, lives long and prosper, sipping fresh Pina Colada in Bali. Raise 100M after 1yr for a AI startup to detect true EA. 2. Max 5yrs in a low sec prison, with daily Kale salads and fresh Thai
@Ingalandia
Ingalandia @ Nashville 🐉
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SBF has plot armor and won't be sentenced to years in prison.
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Back in Berlin after 4 years and Beer is still cheaper than water (and therapy). The efficiënt market hypothesis 😉
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Why are Harvard's grades inflating over time? 👀 The Flynn Effect? or, Goodhart's Law? "When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure" Now, grade inflation has been going on for a while now. Between 1890 and 1950, the average GPA at Harvard was 2.5. In
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"Almost one-third of all foreign profits reported by U.S. corporations in 2003 came from just three small, low-tax countries: Bermuda, the Netherlands and Ireland.” 🥳
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Someone said; "Luxury weakens your genes" (and now I can't sleep, seriously considering my life choices ...) 😅
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Bubbles are an essential part of who we are as a society, however they're criminally misunderstood. We just need to reframe how we view them... Often when people use the term, it's to discredit or discard whatever new wave captured the airwaves. But, if you spin it around for
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Before you leave the office and greet the weekend, think about your stance on "Universal Basic Income" #UBI 😉 Just a thought
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Speed is relevant, so is control. Step on it...
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We are here in the hype curve. Fasten your seatbelts, get some popcorn, and enjoy the ride.
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I'll just leave this here ... 😅🥳🧐
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E-ve-ry-thing is "OverSubscribed". All degens got xx richer last year. Money is cheaper than rice. (Today in Crypto)
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Someone needs to lock Anthony Davis in a bunker with David Goggins and Tim Grover. Smh 👀🙄 #NBAPlayoffs #LALvsGSW
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Crypto 101 1. Survive, counterparty risk is REAL. 2. Stay at the table long enough to get lucky. 3. Diversify out, you're going to donate your gains back to the house. 4. Nothing is what you think it is. 5. Read #1 again. 6. Do network, you're solving a puzzle, everyone has a
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Remember the "we'll never see $BTC below 10K again" tweets? 🙄
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Ashley, allow me to steal 32 seconds of your precious time?
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I will never understand men’s obsession with sports
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LBJ live in action Bucketlist ☑ Next...
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Rise and Shine! ☀️
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Gensler is blocking Balajis 1M #bitcoin dream ...
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if Gary Gensler is fired, will crypto pump?
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Asking yourself WHY you want to get ahead of 99% of people gets you more insights on life than HOW to accomplish that. I wish more YouTube Hustle influences talked about this ... (Source: Trust me bro)
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SaaS? Stalking as a Service! 💯😉🔥
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Lakers Warriors!!! 🔥🔥💕💕😍😍
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Any startups out there disrupting the Dental industry? Just survived a root canal treatment ...
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The Warriors have Poole, the Lakers have Russell. That's all... 😉😭
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Humor is such an undervalued (and unknown) measure of intelligence. ////
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"Confidence is a drug, and winning is the dealer ... " TGrover
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The outcome of a great brainstorm session is not a long list of great ideas, it's disciplined action... (and of course great food) Happy Easter everyone 😉
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. @razor_network IDO on @BalancerLabs doing well, @litentry trading on @binance , @EthereumDenver 2021 is underway ... Looking forward to my #weekendgoals
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Overheard someone saying: "You can't scare me, I'm a crypto investor" (My new slogan, and I need it on a t-shirt)
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"In a world of power-law returns, the costs of missing out were higher by far than the risk of losing one times your money" 🧐
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You left out one TINY detail: Warren Buffett didn't make his 100B with Index Funds ...
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@FluentInFinance
Andrew Lokenauth | TheFinanceNewsletter.com
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STOP GAMBLING AND START INVESTING YOUR MONEY IN INDEX FUNDS! There are over 2,500 index funds to invest in so here are the 5 best:
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Three not needed, two is enough: BLIND TRUST
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griff.eth - $GIV Maxi
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In THREE words, what is fiat?
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Modern man, privacy loving libertarians, celebrating public bankaccounts being displayed on big G. I guess Crypto solved the Panama Papers problem. Smh... (spectacle of the bizarre.)
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nalin 🇺🇸
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🚀🚀🚀 It's fully launched now! You can search any Ethereum address in Google and you'll see the Ethereum balance right in search results (alongside a link to Etherscan)
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Go shorty, it's muh birthday 🎂 🔥🎊💐🍷🍻🎉
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Today, just like any other day, started in darkness. Embrace... 😉
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Which Ethereum opinion gets you this response? #Blasphemy
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“Risk means more things can happen than will happen.” (Elroy Dimson) > (Readings omw to Berlin) 👀
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So long San Fran, see you soon 😉😎
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gm 3,3 😎
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After a 5 day conference: - take the day off - no calls - book a spa - read some fiction, ideally cartoons - full body massage - 50m walk - 45m yoga ... got tips to decompress?
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The downside of crypto success? Insomnia, carpal tunnel syndrome and sounding like a deranged weirdo at family gatherings. Anyway, gm my web3 besties 👋🏽
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"At age 5, she defeated a family friend without looking at the board. After the game, the friend joked: "You are good at chess, but I'm a good cook." Judit replied: "Do you cook without looking at the stove?"
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Overheard someone say: "Darkpools are Tornado Cash for TradFi" 🤓🤔
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Today is world #Firgun day. Firgun (פירגון) is an informal Hebrew term, which describes genuine, unselfish delight or pride in the accomplishment of another person. My Firgun list?: @shannonewing @alexopeagbe @shetoshi1 @TimArmoo @laszlo__szabo @Taran_ss @LouYUKC
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That's Easy 😉
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Looking for an intern [unpaid] for a side project. Here are some of the must-have prerequisites: - 5 years of experience with CUDA 12 - 7 years of experience working with DGX GH200 - 10 years of experience with Vision Pro - 12 years of experience with GPT4 Ping me if interested
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After 11 years, brute violence! 😅
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Only after technology came for "high skilled labor" will we consider UBI?
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Never bet against a founder with a chip on their shoulder.
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(DeFi Security Summit Day II) Overheard a group of founders Founder 1: "we're building what your building, your threat detection is compelling but we took a different approach" F2: "oh cool, let's collaborate, what stage are you guys?" Stunned 👀
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It's that time of the year. 🧡 @northseajazz
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Portugal 🇵🇹 is undervalued, underrated, it's wild ...
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We've reached a state of perfect equilibrium 👌🏽
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Blackrock has an ETF approval rate of 575-1 yes But Bitcoin ETFs have an approval rate of 0-100 or more? lol Two strong statistics collide
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"If more information was the answer, we'd all be billionaires with perfect abs."
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Sober is a superpower 😉😎
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I'm in Love ❤️, ありがとうございます Japan 🇯🇵
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Farewell Auntie Anna Mae ... You're simply the best!! Best Live concert:
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Definitely not the headlines I expected to read today. "The cybersecurity industry is rushing to build defences for AI"
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Hmmm ... interesting 🤔👀
@RockTreeCapital
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"Over past 100 days, #China & #USA have been on divergent paths when it comes to #Web3 #regulation " by @OmerOzden0x @RockTreeCapital 🇭🇰Hong Kong’s example 💴China’s great pivot 🗽The Big Apple sours! 💵100 days of contrast in #Crypto Pls Like & ReTweet
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Incubators should consider a "Wall of Great Intentions & Happy Accidents". Just to signal deep appreciation to all the founders who didn't make it but who taught us so much about what works and what doesn't. We salute you 🙏🏽 🥂. For every @gitlab we probably need 87 matchstick
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From now on it's no longer called "selling", it's "converting to fiat" 😂😂😭😭
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POLL 🖐🏽 For the next 15 years, what do you feel safe holding?
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Always remember,... "The crypto market is a place where things go on sale and all of the buyers run out of the store" ~Cicero
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The total value of both our assets and liabilities become highly correlated to interest rates ... 🤡
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A sunny day in London, bullish signal? 36000 incoming... 🤓
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The Oracle said "Good judgement comes experience, and experience comes from bad judgement" 👌🏽😉
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If "Let Them Eat Cake" was a Tweet 🥳
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Whatever it cakes!
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