@burcs first make it. then make it great.↗

We asked @adityaag about the thesis of @southpkcommons. "We started SPC in 2016 with the simple premise that if you are a talented technologist, do not waste your life tacking small ideas." "Our first belief is that great companies come out of insanely high talent density wher…↗

sam altman: “honestly, i feel so bad about the advice i gave while running YC i’ve been thinking about deleting my entire blog”↗

How to turn $1MM into a lot more: Buy a $2MM self storage facility. You’ll need $600k cash. Use $60k of your own cash (10% co-invest) and raise the $540k from limited partners. You own 10% of the deal but 1/2 the upside (the carry). Do this 10 times.↗

6 Things @rabois learned from @peterthiel 1. The value of time 2. The importance of focus 3. The importance of recruiting undiscovered talent 4. M&A opportunities and IPO exits are highly correlated 5. Eschew "general management" 6. The best startups are cults↗

Instead of asking "how can I be helpful?" I wrote this doc to send to founders. A founder just told me "every investor should have one of these" – so here it is to copy! notion.so/How-to-use-Sah…↗

I’ve learned a lot about giving advice over the past 5 years at YC (still more to learn). When I started I had a very formulaic / tactical view of how startups succeed. Over time and after seeing over 1000 startups go through YC that has changed.↗