They just want a VC who is responsive, makes decisions quickly, offers fair terms, and isn’t a pain in the ass to work with.

“Never limit yourself because of others’ limited imagination; never limit others because of your own limited imagination.” – Mae C. Jemison

Announcing $20k in seed-stage funding for DAOs (via Orange DAO 🍊 | founders wanted) Apply at joinorigami.com Origami will help you launch your DAO w/ the best advice, software, and processes — so we can all find our "economic tribe." coindesk.com/business/2022/…

I've just claimed my Safe governance tokens and delegated my voting power to help steward the public good that is @Safe 🔰🫡

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1/ Today, we are excited to announce the launch of SVB DAO. In response to the recent collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), we are rallying to enable ownership participation in this pillar institution by the community it has served for four decades. #SVBDAO #SVB #startup #VC

being a VC is so easy, so high-status, the money is so great, and the lifestyle is so fun.   very dangerous trap that many super talented builders never escape from, until they eventually look back on it all and say “damn i’m so unfulfilled”.

I wish there was more intentionality from all types of investors (not just venture) on the effects of investing on others and the communities we operate in. I support the Mensarius Oath for ethical investing. govclab.com/the-mensarius-… #MensariusOath

Private equity people fundamentally don’t understand innovation and new technologies. Nuclear fusion is going to change literally everything in our economy and if you showed them a working prototype they will just ask what the top line is.

So clearly seems we've been overestimating the value of "consciousness" & its moat on what AI is able 2 do vs human capability. The clock has started & likely the only game left to play is how to aggregate the advantages AI provides 2 those who can leverage it over the status quo

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Always a great feeling to see portfolio companies reach their exits!

Thomas Burgess I'm working on the next generation AI systems myself, not on LLMs. So technically, I'm telling you "compete with me", or rather, "work on the same thing as me, because that's the way to go, and theore the merrier!"

I will give a talk at EDTECH WEEK 2025 on Harmonic Pathways: Moving from Fractured Systems to Thriving Communities. Hoping for a great turnout! #edtechweek #etw25 #started #edtech - via #Whova event app

Everyone’s taking the wrong lesson from this. Cursor scaled to $29B without traditional PMs because they’re building a developer tool for developers. Ryo can walk through the entire product with engineers because engineers are the customer, the user, and the builder. The

This is the way.

Circle's first entry into Bitcoin DeFi. Spoiler: they chose STX. Stacks is the first and only Bitcoin L2 to launch a USDC-backed stable (USDCx). USDCx makes BTCFi connected to the liquidity of the most trusted digital dollar across chains. 🧵 ⬇️

It is hard for us who have been in the game for a while to explain to others why Sequoia Capital is so far and away the #1 player backing founders when it matters. This should be seen as exhibit B (insane track record being exhibit A).

“The future belongs to those who see opportunity where others see obstacles, who imagine solutions when others see risk, and who dare to turn that imagination into reality. So what intelligent risks are you taking this week?” Food for thought for the weekend.