How we treat people during times like these will be remembered - founders, VCs, and LPs - we are all in this together and we will get through this…together.

📣 Calling all of my network for help as I search for my ⭐ intern. I am currently recruiting for an intern to work directly with me at @TechTree_dev , the platform that helps you unlock the power of your network through hiring.

A harsh truth about growing up: Every few years, the game you're playing in life changes ― and so do the rules. A lot of people fail to recognize the these changes and keep stumbling in life. Some examples:

Nearly all the (enterprise) value is going to come from proprietary data (and models) and almost none of that data is going to make its way to the so-called "foundational" public models.

"Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts." — Winston Churchill

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I am astounded. A month ago I started the hiring process for a social media manager position in London. Salary: if you are world class, whatever works. Negotiable. Zero world class. Huge talent drought. If this is you. DM me.

I recently had a discussion with a group that brought up Howard Schultz. I consider Howard one of the greatest leaders I have encountered and it reminded me of a valuable leadership lesson he taught me. In 2015, Apple Music was about to launch in the US. Apple had been a partner

Big mistake VCs make when raising funds. They do not package the product well. You need to put yourself in a box. Consumer, Europe, seed. PERFECT. Pre-seed to series B, global with no sector focus, AWFUL. Package yourself for an LP to know what bucket to put you in.

Back in 2015, I was leading my first investment as a VC. It was a NYC based company in the HR space led by two non-technical founders who went to a state school, neither of which had ever worked at a startup (they came from finance). When I tried to syndicate the deal with

I have my guiding motto on a wall in my house. It’s a quote from George Bernard Shaw that says: “The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man.” I am

The Last 9 Months: India, Antler, and the Start of a Puzzle linkedin.com/pulse/last-9-m…

More than a decade ago, I was sitting in my apartment in San Francisco bemoaning the fact that the only thing I had in my refrigerator was hot sauce. Don’t get me wrong, I love hot sauce, but you can’t exactly make it a meal.

Thiel on America: “Companies started since 1990 worth $100B+. 11 are in the US, 6 in China. Zero everywhere else.” 🤯

For the first time, there is a rocket that can make all life multiplanetary. A fork in the road of human destiny.

Rape should never be a tolerated act of war. Condemn it loudly wherever and whenever it occurs.

If you told me 10 years ago that a group of the smartest engineers in the land would evoke the threat, "Do what I say or I will go to work at Microsoft," I would not have believed you. Amazing shift in corporate reputation (and much credit to Satya).

'there will never be $10B consumer subscription companies'

That thing people say can't be done All the alpha is doing it

Applied Intuition CEO Qasar Younis on choosing between being a founder and a VC: “[Being a VC is] a cerebral job. And fundamentally what a VC does is you buy and sell stock.” “As a founder, you have to love product and you have to love team building.” “You have to figure out