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would anyone be interested in a handbook on VC / founder / investor relationship best practices?
currently working on a handbook for how personality disorders affect founders and how best to recognize the signs / support them as a (prospective) investor or mentor 📈
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favourite thing i read today…
~ Slack CEO Stewart Butterfield is leaving Salesforce, which bought Slack for $27.7B in 2021. One of many reasons: “I fantasize about gardening,” Butterfield explained. ~
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@prettygirll4L
few people talk about how brutal it is to be heartbroken whilst still *in* a relationship
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who is building something new from scratch? i'm talking early early idea stage right now before you've incorporated or made any deck
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me, for once, because i’ve been feeling incredibly lost and directionless as of late, but showing up is half the battle
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Day 4 in Austin and I must admit, of all the moves I've made in my life this is the most immediately exciting. There's an energy to the city I haven't quite put my finger on yet.
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question, do we think it’s possible for a female founder to raise a million dollar pre-seed round in this economy?
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it blows my mind how many people in this day and age have no interest in putting in the work
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guys i really want to dress up in a gown and feel silly before the end of the year if i throw an investor / founder glamorous holiday party who wants in?
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this morning i saw that the startup that used and abused me earlier this year have gone live with all of my ideas and strategy... and hired an old friend of mine to implement them. i don't know whether to be upset or flattered?!
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“i have no idea, but i’m going to find out”
the best kind of people
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themes i would like to see less on my timeline: crypto, vc in shambles, threadbois, elon
more: food conversations, alt finance, scientific breakthroughs and random acts of kindness
is that too much to ask?
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nyc tech week friends: i'm hosting an investor dinner for investors who are actively deploying.
small group, we'll hang out, eat great food, share deal flow, and discuss the latest trends in both vc and angel circles.
who wants in?
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another year later and it’s still easier for a (female) founder to bootstrap and be profitable than raise a VC round
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friends that send you articles, introduce you to investors, and write / podcast about your work >>>>>
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this is the real kicker in VC, founders have little understanding of how the mechanics work behind the scenes, and VCs have little time or patience to explain it
would any of you be interested in some education content?
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if you had $100,000 to invest right now, where would you put it?
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working on a new model that inverts the way vc currently works. right now, the $ is at the centre, and the investors roll around it, and the founders roll around the investors to get access.
what if we flipped that and put the founders at the centre? what might that look like?
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Today is a weird day for me. Today marks 4 years since the most horrific experience of my life.
33% of women who are raped contemplate suicide. 13% attempt. 70% of rape or assault victims experience moderate to severe distress, a larger % than for any other violent crime.
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we’re a couple of weeks into tech layoffs at this stage… who are the most interesting startups hiring right now?
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that heartbreaking moment when the startup hits the tipping point and all of a sudden turns corporate 💔
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elections, layoffs, crypto, $8 badges, weinstein, bankruptcy, anyone talking about anything fun this week or is this the new world order?
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today it hit me that although i work my ass off, i've only worked 5 months of 2022 due to sexual assault, immigration laws and a company hiring me, using me for 3 weeks to raise money and letting me go.
it's hard to stay positive when it feels like i have no say in my own life.
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i often think about investing in people > ideas
i go back and forth on both the ethics and outcomes, has anyone got any interesting stories or data around this?
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brb just heard the term “entreprenista” for the first time and i’m throwing up
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a hill i will die on: times new roman is the best font for day to day everything
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we're hosting an investor evening in LA on the 18th october... who's in town and wants to know more 👀
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your favourite irish gal just had her first american bank account in her own name opened and her new lease approved 😭🥰❤️💥☀️⚡️
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have commit to a half- marathon 6 weeks away 🤠
it’s my first! i’ve been an athlete my entire life but never distance running. what do i need to know?
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i have absolutely no idea what happens from here, but i can't do it anymore. thank you to all my wonderful friends both irl and here on twitter for supporting me, but until this industry wakes up to the crazy problems plaguing it and actually *does something* about it, i'm out.
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if you're hoping to raise money in the next 12 months you should be considering a multi-pronged approach:
- traditional VC
- angels / HNWI
- SPVs
- RegA+ or Reg Cf
underpinning this, is that you should be building a *company* that *makes money*
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been using
@perplexity_ai
for many months but it's been 3 days of using it as my default search engine and i don't think i'll ever go back
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over a year ago i invited folks to a group around working out, fitness and accountability. time to open the invite for round 2… if you want in, just shout!
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thankful for all the wonderful friends i’ve made here this past year
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"I don’t have the luxury of walking away from opportunities to raise money — no matter how uncomfortable they make me." -
@JesseDraper
A must read for all in VC. We're not a charity. We're not here to make up DEI quotas. And we're not your sex toys.
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the way some people talk about thanksgiving dinners you would swear it’s the only day of the year they actually sit at the table and share a meal with others
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Please today, if nothing else, be kind. Be compassionate. And think twice about the world you live in. Because this day four years ago my life changed forever.
And that innocent girl with big dreams was lost. I'm still learning who the woman who replaced her is.
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super proud of this one... last week my entire life got flipped upside down when i was suddenly and unexpectedly let go
this week i started my dream role with my dream CEO
sometimes good things have to fall apart for better things to fall together 💥
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there is nothing more energising than a deep dive call with a founder... their energy, drive, belief and relentlessness is infectious
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reminder that every time you ask someone for their time you are not only asking for something incredibly valuable, you're also incurring an opportunity cost on what they could have spent that time doing
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last night at an event i put together for nytw *specifically* to create a safe space for investor conversations a man hounded me for 20 minutes about how it was ridiculous for me to “not trust men”. this was *after* i spoke about the book i wrote on sexual assault in tech. smh.
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kind of want to do a physical challenge between now and the new year... anyone else in?
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as someone who makes big life decisions very quickly, i’ve never once regretted following my intuition
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being generally helpful, quick to respond and straight shooting will put you ahead of 96%
these things cost nothing and you can do them right now
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a friend reminded me this morning that everyone has influence... maybe at different scales but you impact others, all day, every day. think about what you want to be known for and why.
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starting the day with ☀️ and movement instead of 💻 is the single greatest modern life hack there is
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Sunday story… today I got to play hockey here in AZ! I grew up playing many sports but hockey was my number 1. As a kid, I sat on the side of the pitch as my mom played… I started before I could walk and played competitively until I left Ireland. I’ve missed it every day.
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morning all but especially to everyone who told me what they were building in the past 24 hours i see you 👀🤍
reminder that it takes minutes to spin up a landing page and graphic to test and share your idea online and the only person stopping you is yourself
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seriously thinking about spending next summer, june through august, in california... any of you have homes or recommendations?
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the sooner the vc seed market returns to bold founders taking big swings vs incremental advances using modern tools (AI) the better imo
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there’s something magic about everyone’s mood the first weekend in december
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hate nothing more than when i unfollow someone and the twitter algorithm still puts them on my timeline
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this morning i read that more than third of american adults eat fast food every day and i'm still in shock although not surprised
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psychological safety is the greatest gift you can give another human being
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asking great questions and being able to listen is the most underrated gift in the world
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it's incredible what a couple of days of true rest can do for your body, mind and soul
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hear me out but one thing i think we seriously under index in venture is sanity
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happy fridayyy just me or was this hands down the longest week of 2022?
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from strange inappropriate conversations, to the usual getting looked up and down, to having to prove my intellect and worth every 5 minutes.
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once again reminding you it costs nothing to be kind, please, we're all pretty fragile right now and doing our best
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walking and breakfasting in venice tomorrow morning, who’s joining us this week? ⚡️
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today
@lucasjace
and i were featured on MFM and it was pretty f-ing hilarious. cheers for the shout out
@ShaanVP
and
@thesamparr
. thanks for instigating the first MFM marriage.
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this week a calendly invite ended up on my calendar that i did not arrange or sign up for - a whole new dystopian way of cold outreach. had never heard of the company or person i was supposed to be meeting. terrifying.
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