Rick Rubin’s House on the Mountain test:
Create according to your own taste, not for applause, critics, algorithms, or market demand.
“Imagine going to live on a mountaintop by yourself, forever. You build a home that no one will ever visit. Still, you invest the time and effort to shape the space in which you’ll spend your days. The wood, the plates, the pillows—all magnificent. Curated to your taste.”
“This is the essence of great art. We create our art so we may inhabit it ourselves.”
“I'm willing to go to extremes to make the thing that I want to inhabit and it's not for anyone else. it's just for me.”
The world is getting warmer while our infrastructure gets older: a recipe for disasters.
We’re excited to announce Fund II: $85M for early stage investments in disaster resilience.
Big congrats to @MarlonCNichols on being named to the 2026 LA500 by the @LABJnews.
Well deserved recognition for a leader continuing to back some of the most exciting founders & companies shaping the future through MaC Venture Capital. 🚀
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@saradu Seriously. Or growing in your career by managing more people. Seems the new metric should be something related to % of revenue from agents or margin expansion due to agents.
the masculine urge to grab your laptop, a starlink receiver, clear your schedule and go to a cabin in the woods for a few weeks to strictly vibe code and lift weights without human contact
wife of a yc founder - vacation edition:
7am - babe wtf pls take your calls in another room
9am - coffee 🫶
11am - babe we’re literally in hawaii pls finish
1p - babe I’m literally going to kill you, get off your computer
3p - yay beautiful hike
5p - get off x we need quality time
is vacation just them working in a different location?!