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I’m a 2x founder and early stage space, defense, and frontier tech investor.
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A second affair for Jensen? $NVDA has erased $500B in value since the first allegation. Now down >6% after hours...
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Important phishing PSA for defense and deep tech ecosystem. Do your research! @JoshuaSteinman dutchosintguy.com/post/phish…
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The marginal utility of an extra hour worked after 80 hours of grinding is effectively 0. Approach 90 and you're a net detractor. Really appreciate Matt's take here. Young Founders: Listen to those who've walked the walk. Everyone else talks.
GFY
Propaganda bullshit. Expected, I suppose, from a Nashi propagandist.
I have 3 miniature humans that aren't my hobby - they're my entire raison d'être. To say nothing of my delightful wife that I greatly enjoy spending as much time with as possible.
Every single late night at the office, business dinner, investor event/retreat, trip to a supplier, visit to a customer, etc is a direct trade-off against my being an involved and present father (and husband). It's a difficult balance! And yet I've done it.
The real talk side of the "hustle culture" bullshit that nobody talks about is how your work output falls off a cliff around ~60 hours. Maybe a bit more if you're super young, but I doubt it. In most cases, that 80th hour at your desk is performative - it's theater.
Balanced lives (whether it's raising kids, sailing, tinkering on hobby cars, fitness, whatever) directly lead to balanced thinking and a FAR more sustainable lifestyle than "all work no play."
And, more importantly, it models for your employees that balance is actually good for output, morale, retention, etc.
Building big, impactful companies is a marathon. An ultra marathon. 10 years of marathons back to back. Your mind (and body) do need to actually rest and restore, or else you burn out. Fact of life.
Nonsense claims like this are propaganda from the (typically) VC crowd who want to see MOAR HOURS as if that makes PMF happen, under the misguided belief that hours in linearly equals company value out.
Have hobbies. Have kids. Take a vacation with your partner. And also work hard to build your company. The balance is difficult to find, but very doable.
.@SilentVentures defense portco just closed a 9-figure contract larger than most late stage funding rounds.
You love to see it.
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Health insurance covers nothing. The system is purposely opaque. Nothing is in-network. Co-pays don’t exist.
All health insurance plans should be viewed as catastrophe insurance. Combine premium, deductible, and max out of pocket expenses and you’re looking at $10,000s per year.
Buy the cheapest plan with the highest deductible. The purpose and experience is identical to the highest premium / lowest deductive plan. Insurers just receive less of your hard-earned money.
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Three companies, three missile types, one America. Humbled to be an investor in these great companies: @Castelion @anduriltech @Furientis. The United States is safer because of them. Also, keep an eye out for more @SilentVentures memos.
48 hours later. And so it continues. Innovators are being punished by regulators. You voted for this.
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Didn’t have this on my bingo card. Very lofty valuation. Curious to see how this turns out.
Defense tech startup Shield AI hits $28.8 Billion Valuation with $5.3 billion acquisition of radar firm bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
Make no mistake, last night was a referendum on Trump. He was on the ballot. He made the entire race about himself, literally campaigning across the nation: "vote like I'm on the ballot," and Americans did.
Republicans must finally distance themselves from him. Trump is a lame duck President and one of the most unlikeable leaders in American history.
Pundits will over-analyze this election cycle. It's simple. Here's why Republicans lost. Here's why Trump is a cancer:
- The Iran conflict is necessary, but Americans didn't vote for a new prolonged war with White House comms more opaque than Iraq.
- Tariffs do not work. Trump's gut-feeling doesn't override empirical economical modeling. Stop pretending.
- Inflation skyrocketed. Prices are astronomically high. Blaming Biden after two years of conservative governance is a losing strategy. Accountability is absent.
- Graft. Corruption. Whatever you want to call it, people in Trump's circle -- family, relatives, and friends especially -- continue to get much, much richer for no other reason than their relation to the administration.
- Clinton and Obama deported millions more illegal immigrants than Trump, but they did so quietly and without twisted exuberance. Humanity matters.
- Civility: 24/7 hate, anger, loudness, bitterness and egregious behavior is exhausting. Sarcasm, insults, etc. are childish and unnecessary. No one enjoys this, let alone from the President.
Trump will not learn. Trump will not change. He will never internalize he is the reason Kansas, Texas, South Carolina, etc. went blue. Expect more volatility and chaos from this man. If the GOP has an iota of intelligence, it will take this beating, learn, and turn its full attention to the Presidential race. America will become a very dangerous place if a Republican isn't elected two years from now.
As an aside, only the @GOP could've achieved such a disastrous outcome. Ken Paxton. Really?
*Starting January 2027, expect more lawlessness, higher taxes, astronomical fraud, fewer liberties, more illegal immigration, worse healthcare, higher unemployment, decimated business sentiment, bear markets, an unfilled Supreme Court seat, etc.
God bless America. We need the Lord's guidance now more than ever.
You think two quarters of inflation is bad? Those who voted for this blue wave cannot fathom how much more costly living in America will become.
You get what you vote for. History doesn’t lie.
Atlas Atomics not looking so hot now. Co-Founder just got booted from becoming governor. Won't be able to use the state for his graft. The only good thing about this night so far.
This is devastating. An entire family. Praying for them, their loved ones, and the Austin community. Absolutely heartbreaking.
#UPDATE: The nine people killed in Sunday's Learjet 60 crash in Palm Beach County, Florida, have been identified, according to TMZ.
TMZ reports that 44 year-old Austin tech entrepreneur Adam Robinson, his wife Helen, their two children, their nanny, and two close family friends were aboard the aircraft.
The two pilots have also been identified as 55 year-old Captain Jeff Gregory and 20 year-old co-pilot Nathalia Gadelha, who earned her pilot's license at just 17 years old.
Source: TMZ
tmz.com/2026/11/02/florida-p…
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Good boy(s).
This company is too cool.
Congrats, @BenLamm and @PalmerLuckey.
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