i move money around. partner
@outsizedvc
, ex-partner
@sosv
($1.8B AUM). i shoot from the hip and (most of the time) stick to my gun$. posts self-destruct.
i wasn’t sure about canceling my WeWork membership
but i walked in today to find every outlet in the building is covered so you stay only as long as you have battery left
im not unsure anymore
most of the vc industry is bs
i'm an LP in a fund and i got an email saying that unfortunately they had to sell a company for scraps and we are getting ten cents on the dollar
i open Linkedin and another investor *in the same company* and in *the same round* posted
"Exited
i seriously don’t know why AI companies are obsessed with voice as an input modality
think about how many text messages you send vs phone calls you make daily
it doesn’t make sense to me
@martymadrid
in a few years maybe
but at the same time?
one is a success the other one is a 90% loss - but they’re supposed to be the same thing?
maybe im not cut out to be in venture
to everyone that DMs me about how to become a VC and have a "great lifestyle"
you picked the wrong position in the value chain
you should be asking how does one "become an LP"
- he’s an as$hole and not in the way we like
- in the last episode, chamath said it was a stupid idea
- my friend at lightspeed had dinner with the sequoia partner they’re talking to and she said they’re passing
- every series A fund we know backed their competitor
most people don't realise what it takes for a company the size of meta to move from the whole metaverse fiasco to a leading position in the hottest category in software in a year
Zuck is on a complete different level
the best VCs i know are not on twitter
the best founders i know never raised vc money
the most productive people i know don’t read about productivity
the most successful people i know don’t think about the future, they protect the present