When I entered VC, I thought founders would want my help with: - algorithms - sw architecture - advice on leveraging data 😂 Here's what they usually want: - recruiting help - best practices/"what've you seen in this situation?" - someone who believes in them - emotional support
1/ A few years ago a ton of “Uber for X” startups got funded, but very few of them - maybe none? - worked out. It sounds good but ultimately most failed on the supply side. Let’s explore why.
All of these brilliant people (@nntaleb @naval @nickkokonas) talk about the importance of doing things or investing in things with “asymmetric risk” (huge upside, limited downside). But I’ve never seen a list of what those things might be. Let’s create one. I’ll start...
I’ve gotten asked a lot about YC interviews in the last week. Here are some tips:
The cheat codes for raising angel funding...
Here goes my second book thread about my learnings of the wonderful book "Shoe Dog" by Phil Knight, Founder of @Nike This habit might have not been possible if it wasn't for @naval & @Douglas9162
📖 Got about 15 chapters done for Refactoring UI so far, things are coming along awesome! Will be sending out another free preview this week to anyone subscribed for updates: https://t.co/KWmLPhiuhf https://t.co/CrFVvCRwz6
Lambda School but for __________ instead of programming
I'm interested in partnering in a small product design/development studio. Think what MetaLab was 5-10 years ago. If you look like this, get in touch: • Based in Canada or another low cost location • Design + Development • Super talented 3-15 pers team
Anyone else think this is a good idea? Who would you want to hear/learn from?
1/ What drives decisions for (bad) VCs. This is going to be fun.
@eriktorenberg @jrdngonen @dksf @CaseyNeistat @368 YC took off in part because of the lack of education and a playbook for starting a company and raising money. I’m not sure YC would be a fraction of what it is today if it started in 2018. So, which industries today have a simi…
The broadcasting of @LambdaSchool's demoday via @zoom_us is interesting There is a certain appeal to watching something together with other people. Eg - I instantly checked who i know by name - People cheer (muted) after a demo Imho there is a media startup hidden in here… h…
@ItsHogg @levelsio @ProductHunt @sarah__jackson @jsfiddle Here is a slightly tweaked version of @levelsio that actually generates a downloadable gif 🎉 insert your emojis and then right click on the image 'save image as' 👍 https://jsfiddle. net/moritzkobrna/oxwjdc2m/
@boyney123 @waldobroodryk https://t.co/mA3Ercau0S — 11 million software professionals out of 7.5 billion people, so significantly less than one quarter of one percent of the world.
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