Hayden Kim

Investor @ Sidekick Partners. Early stage investments across tech, services and consumer. Dartmouth alum, Minnesota sports fan. Opinions here are personal!

[Hayden Kim @HaydenKVC]

@blueprintsmb22 Why do you think college is unclear ROI? I had a very similar background to you and don’t think I’d be where I am today without Dartmouth, and am very grateful for it

[Hayden Kim @HaydenKVC]

@ThugKukrix @signulll That doesn’t make sense

[staysaasy @staysaasy]

What I love the most about these "omg I missed out on $500m because I didn't respond to Cursor" posts:

People are falling out of the woodwork posting DMs from @mntruell where he's asking for help and/or trying to recruit people to a miniscule startup called Cursor. In every screenshot the dude is polite and reasonable, but more importantly he's sitting at MIT, or I guess some random apt in SF after he drops out, and just really really really really really trying to make his totally unknown startup work.

So he DMs what appears to be the entire tech community (not me but it's ok I'm not mad) trying to hustle and get stuff done. Big fancy MIT brain, could probably be doing quant trading or big tech and making bank somewhere (although not $60b!), and instead he's at his startup sending cold emails like he's a Salesforce SDR who just graduated from ASU with a dual degree in waterpolo and beer pong.

Cold outreach sucks. I once sent 120 straight recruiting emails (in fact, trying to recruit MIT students from campus recruiting) and got exactly 0 responses. It's a gloriously pure form of rejection. So many people, especially ones with fancy credentials, refuse to do this sort of thing.

So anyway, I really respect the humility and drive, and I hope that he spends his share of the $60b on something awesome.

[Hayden Kim @HaydenKVC]

@the_P_God Market holidays don’t count

[Hayden Kim @HaydenKVC]

@theblakkmamba24 @DynastyZoltanFF Where is this feature?

[Hayden Kim @HaydenKVC]

@JakobSanderson @32BeatWriters How do you treat the draft pick after? Does sleeper let you delete a pick or do you just need to remember to make the guy take a kicker for that pick?

[Hayden Kim @HaydenKVC]

@SatSunJP @StickToTheModel Off what metrics / story lines?

[Hayden Kim @HaydenKVC]

@HenryTheBlasian He lost everyone except his dad during covid, dickhead

[Hayden Kim @HaydenKVC]

@BenRitholtzNBA That’s BS for Towns. Not his fault he got in foul trouble. Bad calls

[Hayden Kim @HaydenKVC]

@mattturck It’s just so tiresome lugging the podcast gear around

[The Athletic NBA @TheAthleticNBA]

As Karl-Anthony Towns pushes for a title, many Timberwolves fans aren't watching with regret. They're watching with pride.

For those who backed KAT through nine seasons in Minnesota, this moment feels validating.

Read for free, from @JonKrawczynski: https://t.co/AsQ9NkdI8F

[evan conrad @evanjconrad]

best possible lee kuan yew quote: “the american culture is we start from scratch, and we beat you”

[Hayden Kim @HaydenKVC]

@shaig He scored in that pic btw

[Hayden Kim @HaydenKVC]

@CGarciaTrashCan @Kgformvp211 Fuck you

[Hayden Kim @HaydenKVC]

@DannyParkins We didn’t trade him for parts. We had to because of the second apron. You really think MN wanted that bum Randle?

[Hayden Kim @HaydenKVC]

@VLONEPREDATOR Fuck you

[Hardwood Paroxysm @HPbasketball]

KAT Finals MVP is going to hit like crack.

[jb @lockedupjb]

Biggest lie ever told about this guy was that he is soft

[Hayden Kim @HaydenKVC]

@LongOnlyLarry @shwinnypooh He’s been special his whole career and I hate that people never respected him before just because he’s been on the timberwolves