Are there any examples of successful outcomes for companies that raise $100M+ in first 2 years? Might be a newer phenomenon, so maybe not enough data.

"What's your investment criteria?" "Well I mostly just back CEOs that can jump in the shape of their logo"

techcrunch.com/2024/07/10/spo… This will be a big unlock for the podcast world in general, esp. if you can eventually see comments on specific time markers. From fully isolated experience to a social one.

If this future looks exciting to you, and you have strong background in manufacturing + tech, DM Micah. NY-based. Go forth and build difficult things.

Founder backstories are the coolest. I met a founder this morning who mentioned he swam freestyle in the Olympics in 2012: Me: "You swam against Michael Phelps? How'd it go?" Him: "Yeah...not good."

I’ve never seen a bigger marketing push than Deadpool Wolverine over past month. No one can power a project like Ryan Reynolds. Not a coincidence his companies keep selling for top dollar and his movies succeed in a broken box office. He puts his full weight behind it all.

Waymo, please make toy versions of your cars before Christmas season. Thank you in advance Waymo

Meet Spellbook Associate: The first AI Agent for law Two years ago we launched the first GenAI copilot for lawyers. We had no idea it would now be used by 2,500+ legal teams! Today we're launching the first full-fledged agent that can break down legal projects into plans,

This was a single day of pitch or follow-up meetings I took in NYC in Aug 2014. Recognize anyone? Ankur Nagpal Proper Cloth Hinge Yinon Ravid Albert Owen’s Craft Mixers Justin McLeod

Investment Banks used to just take out full page ads in tech magazines flexing how big IPOs or acquisitions were. This one is from Dec 2000. Little did they know 🤯

I'm having a blast reading old tech magazines. Amazon was considered 'overvalued' in late December of 2000, midway through the dot com bust. It's grown about ~250x since then. (ref. Red Herring, Dec 2000, share prices reflected are prior to stock splits)

I can't drive past Funston Street in SF without saying to myself "we out here tryna Funston"

The new NAR ruling creates a multi-$B opportunity for entrepreneurs. Anyone building a PropTech/Real Estate tech business in that direction, please reach out! -competitive marketplace for agents -managing entire offer-to-closing process -anything else simplifying home-buying