[New] from a16z a16z speedrun 🧊: The Outsider founders are winning the AI B2B race we used to say founder x market fit was everything but in this AI wave, Outsider founders who are AI native are outmaneuvering their industry veteran competitors just look at Tennr

THE ANTI-PITCH: One-liner rebuttals that kill startup ideas The optimist has the Pitch, and the skeptic has the Anti-Pitch. The Pitch — and sometimes we call it the elevator pitch — is sacred inside the tech industry. We pithily describe a new idea, how it works, and why it’ll

Let's keep our eyes on the ball. One enemy attacked America on 9/11 to weaken us, plunging us into two wars. This enabled greater threats to silently grow in strength while we were distracted. Now, others are using 9/10 to divide America from within. Don't let them. The "people"

>be me >convince friends 9 months ago to go on a 100km hike in Spain >but doesn't pack until the night before >realize that I forgot to bring the right shoes while I'm on the plane >remembers that one friend is in Berlin for a wedding before this hike >Berlin is good because my

What kind of legacy is it to be used by everyone's agenda

🚨 We’re hiring Army Reserve Ambassadors! I’m working with the U.S. Army Reserve to bring on more Ambassadors—especially those with a tech background—for the Army Reserve Ambassador (ARA) program in: Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Idaho, Kansas, Mississippi, New Mexico, North

You only get one shot at life, are you going to spend it building someone else’s dream? For my co-founder Serj Kazar and me, the answer was no. That's why we went all in on Exia Labs. Applications for Speedrun close tomorrow. Don't wake up years from now wishing that you

Some thoughts on the state of gaming: 1. The “demise” of Western game development is overplayed. Yes, gaming overhired during the pandemic—interest rates were low, capital was flowing, and there was a growing customer base paying for digital experiences. 20%-30% of these

You can't build great products at early stage companies with "no" in your heart. Definitely screen for this in your interviews; don't just focus on technical competence and the smell test.

First impressions of Washington DC since I last visited in the summer: 1) awfully quiet / empty streets, 2) National Guard soldiers walking around, nobody seems to mind it, 3) food prices are higher than West Coast (CA/WA), 4) bodega owner worried about the shutdown/economy.

Our booth vs.

Tough to follow Marc Andreessen 🇺🇸 but we got two a16z speedrun 🧊 003 founders representing on Stanford DEFCON panels

The best time to find out who your friends truly are is during a layoff, starting a company, etc. You'll quickly see who sends checks, opportunities, or performances.

Consider me a baseball fan after this series....

Elon Musk was right. The best way to keep orgs lean is to do a combination of 1) zero-based budgeting (literally we cancelled all of our credit cards), 2) cancel all requirements without an owner, 3) headcount reductions to prevent bloat and overspend, 4) focus on outputs.

'AI & Decision Advantage in National Security' panel with founders and executives from Smack Technologies Inc., Scale AI, and Vannevar Labs at the 3rd Annual Stanford Conference on Tech + National Security.

You spend the first 40 years of your life gathering people and the next 40 losing them. I've seen way too many people kill decades-long relationships over one or a few bad moments.

It's easy to complain when transit sucks, but I gotta say in my extensive travel over the past month, whether it's coast to coast or along the West Coast, it's been smooth sailing by air, train, and bus. Very short lines at the airport - thanks to TSA and others who show up.

When I moved to the Bay Area in 2007, everyone wanted to go viral. Growth was the dream. Marketing was decoration. People believed great products sold themselves. That idea wasn’t new. HP’s founders said the same in the 1950s. They thought marketing was what you did when your

Doing a startup is poetry, drama, adventure, heartbreak, and sometimes extreme joy