"You are a jigsaw puzzle piece of a certain shape. You could change your shape to fit an existing hole in the world. But there's another way that can often be better for you and for the world: to grow a new puzzle around you." -Jessica Livingston foundersatwork.posthaven.com/grow-the-puzzl…

“The road to success is paved with mistakes well handled” Stanley Marcus

😍Decent is hiring a driven and data-smart NURSE anywhere in the US to act as a Care Advocate, partnering with DPC doctors and getting employees and their families great specialty and emergency care. Refer someone we hire and I'll send you $2,000 and two bottles of whisky. 🥃

“After all, would those incumbents be happy with similar levels of rigor being assessed of their current activities” What’s behind all these assessments of digital health? – The Health Care Blog from ⁦Matthew Holt⁩ thehealthcareblog.com/blog/2024/04/2…

Sezzle results are out and they continue to be pure 🔥. One of the greatest MN tech success stories that's still under talked about.

Last January was the worst time in my career. I wasn't sure if Decent had a future. But since then we have worked incredibly hard to come back stronger than ever. Big thanks to our friends at Health Rosetta for the support and the business, and to Heather Landi and FierceHealthcare

Dreams do come true. My mail person just handed me this a few minutes ago. I’ve dreamed of this for over a decade and it took longer to make it happen. To partner with a commercial health insurer Thank you Allina Health Aetna for taking this giant step with us to shift healthcare

"The measure of wisdom is how calm you are when facing any given situation." Naval

When you ask a health tech startup how much revenue they have and they tout “covered lives”

“The only grow up is the founder”

This is spiritual Bryce Roberts. Pure power. I’ll add that Independence is being able to pursue ideas regardless of if we are in ZIRP or not.

Born Again Bootstrappers w/ Wistia link.medium.com/E4ubLVSmBMb

I’ve always believed the best founders have more in common with artists than executives. They’re obsessive about new and beautiful things, they're compelled to bring creation into the world, and they're often misunderstood for very long periods of time–even lifetimes.

A firm that’s small by design, that makes a handful of investments per year, and that eschews board seats and administrative control.

“I am no longer investing in new companies. This isn’t an indictment of investing now, it’s just that my strategy has run its course” A beautiful resignation letter from an all-time investor and human. Helluva run Jerry Neumann reactionwheel.net/2024/09/resign…

Smart partners negotiate fair deals because they know that lopsided deals are fragile and that most value accumulates in long term trust relationships. You can tell a lot about a potential partner by their opening offer. Naval

This is so good.

Imagine this: If you had $86,400 in your account and someone stole $10 from you, would you be upset and throw all of the remaining $86,390 away in hopes of getting back at the person who took your $10? Or move on and live? Right, move on and live. See, we all have 86,400 seconds

Value based care

So much inspiring truth from indievc youtu.be/ReGh-O6iYbY?si…