Nike paid it's outgoing CEO John Donahoe $104 million during the five years he ran the company During that time, Nike lost $40 billion in market value

Just had an excellent conversation with President @NayibBukele! We talked a lot about the nature of reality, future of humanity and how technology like AI and robotics will affect the world. El Salvador has an amazing leader.

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“This would be the largest venture capital round of all time, topping the $6 billion raised earlier this year by Elon Musk's xAI.”

Amazing, Arthur Rock still active... 98yrs old!

Interesting. Apollo CEO: A year from now, you won't be able to tell the difference be... youtu.be/djdTjFta0RE?si… via YouTube

Good read on SF/Bay Area politics, from local to national. theinformation.com/articles/the-s…

Of the Silicon Valley founders I know who went on some of the psychedelic self-discovery trips, almost 100% quit their jobs as CEO within a year. Could be random anecdotes, but be careful with that stuff.

That was a fun episode! 👌🇨🇱

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Intel's last two months August: • 8/1 - Misses earnings, Announces layoffs, Suspends dividend • 8/2 - Shares have worst day in 50 years • 8/7 - Shares down 60% YTD September: • 9/16 - Signs deal with Amazon, Lands $3B CHIPS act grant, Spins off chipmaking business • 9/20 -

Scoop: OpenAI rival Anthropic has started talking to investors about raising capital in a deal that could value the startup at $30 billion to $40 billion, roughly doubling its valuation from a funding that closed early this year. w/ Anissa Gardizy theinformation.com/articles/opena…

Peter Gleason CEO of National Association of Corporate Directors talking good governance with Evan Epstein. - being reactive vs being proactive. - being too operational vs being strategic. - looking backwards vs looking out to the future. Classic pitfalls of boards. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/boa…

This is so sad.

How important is Novo Nordisk to its home country? Denmark GDP growth (2023): • Overall +1.8% • W/o pharma industry -0.1% Novo's expected to drive ~50% of Denmark's economic growth this year

Star FTX Witness Caroline Ellison Sentenced to Two Years in Prison wsj.com/finance/curren…

👀 “The FBI probe has also engulfed one of Silicon Valley’s most storied investment platforms, AngelList, which took an $80mn cash injection from Hone between 2015 and 2016. In exchange, Hone was given access to all “syndicate” deals in its system” on.ft.com/4eyut1Q

I shared the following note with the OpenAI team today.

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