I'm so envious and in awe

I’m fed up with venture-funded companies. I interviewed the founders of Airbnb, Y Combinator, and Zapier. More than 2,000 incredible entrepreneurs over 17 years. These people were creative. • Joe Gebbia sold cereal to keep the lights on at Airbnb. • Paul Graham met YC’s

for those of you who plan on getting wasted today... + it will make you dumber by damaging your brain + destroys your sleep and your cancer surveillance + make you depressed and slow

I encourage a deep dive into the Democratic Socialist platform for all Minnesotans. This is not a progressive wing of the Democratic Party. It is a completely different ideology that would require changing the Constitution. dsausa.org/dsa-political-…

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0% AI is slow. But 100% AI is slop. So the optimal amount of AI is actually between 0-100%. The exact figure varies by situation, but just the idea that 0% and 100% are both suboptimal is useful. It's the Laffer Curve, but for AI.

"The best time to start a Meetup or happy hour focused on your industry was 5 years ago. The 2nd best time is now." - modern Chinese proverb

Venture capital is very simple. You just have to find the psychologically impaired, unhinged founders. Give them money and support where helpful. I have interviewed almost every decacorn founder, yet to find one that is not unhinged.

Haven’t looked at a seed deal this entire summer that has gone done <$20m Sorry to say this, but the math doesn’t math at these valuations Failure rate and dilution are too hard to achieve the MOIC to justify seed investing Gonna be a very tough environment for seed returns

80–90% reduction across all crash/injury metrics If there were some intervention that achieved this, safety advocates would be demanding its wholesale adoption immediately, even if it were costly or inconvenient

Returns while each president was in office: Oil and Gas E&P ETF (XOP) Trump -57% Biden +92% Trump 2 -11% Clean Energy ETF (ICLN) Trump 1 +277% Biden -63% Trump 2 +46%

Last week we had our full company meetup in Whistler, BC, CA. We flew people in from around the world and rented out most of the Nita Lake Lodge. Gorgeous spot. People are aways curious about what we do with the time, so I figured I'd share the full schedule for the week. There

Peter Thiel says Mamdani deserves credit for at least talking about young people's economic problems, and that Millennials increasingly see "capitalism" as an "unfair racket" that is "just an excuse for people ripping you off." Thiel is, of course, agreeing on the diagnosis.

As predictable as the sun coming up: 1) Price of a commodity increases 2) Politician very publicly calls for agency to investigate 3) Agency confirms laws of supply and demand are at work 4) Investigation is quietly closed

if you genuinely feel a kindred soul with the customer base you serve I say it's both

“Does not allow AI-generated content” will be the rule that lets new social media apps beat the ones we rely on today

The willingness to just produce a constant application of force in all aspects of your work for years on end is as predictive of success as any particular skill or talent. The fact that this is often tiring, monotonous, and uncomfortable is why not everyone can do it.

A quick summary of what you can and can’t replace with AI today: - Outbound SDRs: you can replace most SDRs with AI today, possibly 100% … but you still need humans managing it and training it. Every day. IF you truly go deep, train a platform, and orchestrate it >daily< you

Required Reading: Michael Green has pulled together a tremendous essay that helps to explain why so many Americans feel financially stressed today. Maybe it is because, as he shows, the annual family income "Survival Line," as he calls it, is $140,000. yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-li…