Your attention, like land, is a finite resource. My bestie @joemarchese has written a book on the future of this valuable piece of real estate whttps://www.amazon.com/dp/B0HHC3BRG6
Perhaps the best sentiment I've seen written by a VC: “I want to work with founders where I deeply care and enjoy the holistic journey, no matter the outcome. I optimistically believe if I do that, the aggregate returns will take care of themselves. That's the beauty of real venture capital.”
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Some startups make unbelievable financial returns, but most don't. I'm fortunate enough to have a reasonably good track record as an investor, but I never know which will be which deterministically.
I realized that fact a long time ago and resolved to try to work with founders that I love in a deep and intangible way. Folks I wake up wanting to help every day. People I try to help however I can, whether it's a weekday or weekend, a personal matter or a work one, a happy situation or a sad one.
I want to work with founders where I deeply care and enjoy the holistic journey, no matter the outcome. I optimistically believe if I do that, the aggregate returns will take care of themselves. That's the beauty of real venture capital.
@stevekrouse is a real one. I loved every minute of Val Town and I'm excited to continue the journey with him for another few decades if he'll have me
This, and what happened in Alaska, begs the question: "How many people are getting ahead simply because they share the same name as someone else?" xitter.twitterapi.xyz/FanSince09/status/2119…
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Millennials finally took advantage of the fact that we've aged super well xitter.twitterapi.xyz/Berlinger/status/21191…
so my article for vogue about hot politicians made it to fox new and now they are ... debating who is and isnt hot? (poor talarico taking strays)
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The 2027 Oscar race is heating up xitter.twitterapi.xyz/jaredjct/status/211909…
do people in Mississippi understand there are people on the New York City Subway right now going, “pick another protein? Sheeeeiiiiiii”
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Silicon Valley is a perpetual gold rush, but this time we're selling robot pickaxes to robotic miners.
From the "pick another protein" senator to the Iowa Prada male model governor, Trump has unwittingly unleashed at least ten future Obamas (unique, generational political talents).
Did a 200,000-square-foot UC medical center-tied immunology and immunotherapy nonprofit, founded before 2025 and with UC campus officials on its board, write this? xitter.twitterapi.xyz/kevinakwok/status/2118…
We broke the Boomer glass ceiling xitter.twitterapi.xyz/Smorgasboredom/status/…
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What @rbfasho and @_oliver_hill are doing will change a generation's relationship with screens: xitter.twitterapi.xyz/rbfasho/status/2116998… New problems call for new solutions.
“I currently do not have the bandwidth to handle everything and knowing I have some help to handle the tech and another set of eyes (on screen time) gives me a lot of peace.” xitter.twitterapi.xyz/rbfasho/status/2116998…
Basically your job as a founder is to come up with new, good ideas xitter.twitterapi.xyz/zebriez/status/2116972…
h/t @mlchild, who not only gave me this insight, but also does this.
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Don't believe in Simulation Theory because who could come up with a left bag of kibble on the floor of a Waymo
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The fact that they're running the Stanford Prison Experiment again on Netflix is all you need to know about 2026.
Steve Jobs and Elizabeth Holmes wore black turtlenecks every day to reduce decision fatigue. They also decided that the rest of us could never ever wear one again.
AI-generated posters are going to go the way of handlebar mustaches, perms, or skinny jeans; everywhere, and then, all of a sudden, nowhere.
















