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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.

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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
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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
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@mr_james_c and force feed them unhealthy milk alternatives
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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
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idk why i read it with Borat's voice
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@HottleJared brilliant 😅
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european VCs as soon as a west coast vc drops a term sheet on a founder they’ve been ghosting
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@renegadesilicon this is gold 🤣
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as an LP (tiny one) i find it quite interesting that in most cases the breakout companies in a fund portfolio are the ones “not in thesis”
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so basically founder VC LP right?
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@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
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Who got that one tweet
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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"
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since 2020 ive been investing small LP checks into emerging managers did 9 so far these are them today
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@patriciawexler that last point is very valid
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Anthony Hopkins’ letter to Bryan Cranston after binge watching breaking bad game recognize game
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screen glare
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What’s stopping you from working like this?
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had a great time at YC’s demo day
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€7.40 for a better version in a hole in the wall restaurant in Sicily
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Dover Piccata at Carbone at Aria is a favorite! We get it almost every time. $160
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Socialism only works in two places: Heaven where they don't need it and hell where they already have it. Ronald Reagan
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“Hope this email finds you well.” hey cold inbound sales guy, yeah today…it did
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- he’s an as$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
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Investors won’t give you the real reason they are passing on your startup
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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
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just saw the numbers of one of the "leading" European funds you wouldn't believe them have no idea why people keep giving them money
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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
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emerging vc fund managers in 2024
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i hereby accept all cookies in every website forever and ever
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@VestlessVC not a bad take
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success is having a life which you don’t need a vacation from
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@juanbuis what’s the use case?
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