I signed the Founder Mental Health Pledge, committing to take an active role in encouraging mental healthcare for founders and the greater startup community. I hope others consider supporting, pass it on! Many thanks, Naveed Lalani for your leadership here. docs.google.com/document/d/1TT…

Me to the folks in charge of blue checks

Here’s my TV show pitch: Succession meets Schitt’s Creek meets Ted Lasso. -Roy family loses their money. -Roman’s only remaining asset is the random birthday gift he forgot he bought, the Hearts soccer team. -Roman coaches the Hearts for three epic seasons. (All the Emmys)

An hour of my life I will never get back but was sort of worth it... ChatGPT to create lyrics for We Didn't Start the Fire from 1990-2020. Included 7 or 8 iternations back and forth, including websites as references guides +making sure the verse patterns followed the original.

On the latest episode of Venture Unlocked, samir kaji (KF20) invites Satya Patel and Hunter Walk to discuss: 🔹 Moving to an evergreen fund structure with Homebrew 🔹 Supporting underrepresented GPs with capital & mentorship at Screendoor open.substack.com/pub/ventureunl…

Re: #EmpireFinTech Why is this conference different from all other conferences? Because they have BOTTLED SHIRLEY TEMPLES. Jon Zanoff + Empire Startups team, you crushed it again. Congrats. Amazing fintech conference.

Big takeaway from this 🔥 panel on Open Banking at #EmpireFinTech: The key to evolving toward open banking is COLLABORATION among companies and encouragement of it by VCs. Nice job, Emily Man, megnakamura, Elle Bruno, Mark Chorazak and Mike Nugent.

Two of my favorites and among the smartest and thoughtful in the business. Excited for this one with Meghan Reynolds and samir kaji.

Dear LEGO, As a Die Hard fan, proposing Lego sell a Nakatomi Plaza adult lego set. Like the recent The Office set, but 35 floors. With all characters (including both special Agent Johnsons), helicopters, Al’s squad car, and of course Argyle’s stretch limo.

Needed a little of this today, it’s just so good. Chris Cornell x John Lennon 🔥. Both gone way too soon. open.spotify.com/track/4h6Fu6GP…

My three favorite versions are the original by Sublime, this one by Blues Traveler (below) and of course the live version by The Wolf Of All Streets, not necessarily in that order. open.spotify.com/track/7o6R1HEL…

Such a pleasure catching up with my Kauffman Fellows friends from around the world this afternoon 🤩

I try to post this, one of my favorite blog posts, every year. It’s by the great Nicole Glaros, from 2017. Enjoy this gift of a read as the new year approaches. nearlynicole.com/2017/08/19/we-…

Had a great time moderating the closing panel of the Venture Days conference on the 'Current State of Venture Capital'... 🙏 to my friends Jeremy Shure Michael McGraw Victoire Laurenty philippe Banca Sella Inovia Capital Excellent event by Luxinnovation lpea_lux in #Luxembourg

Median time between seed and Series A is now very close to 2 years. From A to B or B to C it is over 2 years… Don’t be caught with not enough cash… yannickoswald.com/post/why-cash-…