Welcome to the new season of our podcast…upgraded to Pattern Breakers.

The successor to Starting Greatness.

Dedicated to people who want to dominate the future.

Season intro:

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Spotify: spoti.fi/3JDv2dp

Enjoy!
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A legend. When Mike and I were getting started with Floodgate we would visit Austin and in being frugal we would stay at his parents’ house. One of my favorite parts was having the chance to get a bit of Mike Sr. wisdom

Nooks, a team I backed during Covid, has pivoted their way to some INSANE customer love. It's exciting to see customers talking about the direct productivity gains they've seen (5x'd pipeline!). They're announcing their $22M Series A - let me know if you are interested in working…

This one's a fun one!! Take a listen 🎧
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/121…

New Stanford University President Jonathan Levin spoke against the university issuing official statements on social and political events during a recent faculty meeting.

I hope he’ll lead Stanford to adopt an official policy of Institutional neutrality.

What a fantastic choice!

Somewhat correct but you're missing a few folks:
- Nima is a cousin who runs AI partnerships for NVIDIA
- Susanne Pari is my mom who is a critically acclaimed novelist and used to read books to dara khosrowshahi when he was a toddler
- @darius_hedayati is a cousin who runs zendesk's…

I went to Seattle Public Schools and these programs set me up to be the person I am today - this is really sad

My dad was studying for grad school, we didn’t even think to private schools based on cost, and these public school programs provided an incredible educational…

How it started vs. How it's going

The AI work being done by Scott Shapiro, Scott Shapiro, and Ruzica Piskac is simply extraordinary. It's an amazing interdisciplinary partnership that will make a huge difference in the world. news.yale.edu/2024/03/25/ais…

Let’s go Yale Men's Basketball !!!!

Mem is one of the most advanced AI-centric networked notetaking apps and a popular choice for Second Brain builders

So I've invited author and podcaster Srini Rao to dive into the best features of this powerful app

Watch Applied Intuition’s CEO @Qasar Younis and CTO @Peter Ludwig discuss our recent Series E financing round and recent $6B valuation. And learn more about Applied Intuition’s plans for further investments in generative AI and the future of our ADAS and AD solutions.

This is one of the best teams I know. It's telling that I know former students who have worked there for 4 years when their only office is in Mountain View and is 5 days a week in person... Greatness is a magnet

I am mentoring student who is visually impaired and keen to become a product manager. She is absolutely brilliant and motivated. Any ideas on people who could help mentor her?

Another key area of mentoring is HOW TO DO PROPER OUTREACH. Before connecting with someone, whether face-to-face, over the phone or via email, I'd suggest the following protocol /1

I've wrapped up my deep dive into Ann Miura-Ko's podcast interviews. The full set of notes, sources, and all her book recommendations can be found here: monicavc.notion.site/Ann-Miura-Ko-7…

Ann has been remarkably consistent over the last 5 years. Her descriptions of what she's looking for…

Introducing Matrix

The interface to AGI.

I can’t even imagine this. The horror. Then the words of encouragement. And then living the music

Excited to share my insightful chat with Linda
on She Leads! From the moment she discovered that we get 🧬 data from saliva to founding 23andMe. This + cofounding lessons, navigating speed in a biotech startup, and investor insights in today's biotech enviro. Sneak peak 👇