Johnny Walker

Passionate International Medical Entrepreneur 🇦🇺🦘disrupting Healthcare for the better! Next big bet...@JingaLife +

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@Wealthnationx Connection; Strength; Breakthrough;

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@NiallHarbison Love you Mate! Keep it lit! 🌻🙏🌴🐺🐶

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@jerrykennelly ...or Kerry! 😉🌻

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Popped down to taste the new brew just a skip from my place here at the revamped Dun Laoghaire Baths...what a terrific smile and wonderful witty craic from Mark who took my order...and my money...commanding the till...with perfect pitch! @HappyOut @TogetherAcademy

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[Dave McClure @davemcclure]

reflecting: it’s so much easier to discuss non-traditional (aka “crazy”) VC investment strategies with 15 yrs of data / 2,000+ co’s in the rear view mirror.

back in 2008-10, i spoke with hundreds of (smart & experienced) VCs & LPs who said i was insane… and when I said the firm name was going to be called “500 Startups” (thx for that domain @hnshah 🙏🏼❤️) they literally laughed in my fucking face.

fundraising was hell for many years because nobody thought it made any goddamn sense (and tbh, i was scared shitless it might not work). even after we were on our 3rd fund and >1,000 investments, ppl still thought we were crazy and it wouldn’t work.

but i was very lucky a few folks gave us a shot in the early days (@foundersfund @Redpoint @accel @bluerunventures @JoshKopelman @pmarca @mkapor @fredwilson @marcusogawa among many others)… the checks were small but they were enough to get started, and we never looked back.

today i have a lot of sympathy for rookie VCs and founders aspiring to try out their “crazy investing ideas” — especially in such a tough market, altho 2009-10 was pretty similar in a lot of ways.

it’s a GIANT pain in the ass starting a company or a VC fund, and it takes a lot of support and believers, AND a lot of hard work & persistence.

and even then, many many times we will fail. and try again. and fail again. and try again. and fail again.

but i want to let people know — keep working on your crazy ideas!

because one time, a few times, sometimes… you will SUCCEED.

and that makes all that failure and doubt and persistence worthwhile.

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@paulhayesman Hazy...Great to have bumped in Dun Laogharie today with your young Cal and my Bunch...its what it's all about!Happy Fathers' Day Mate!

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[HuffPost @HuffPost]

"I do it to blow off steam," the professor reportedly told officials investigating his alleged bestiality. https://t.co/wo9Pm3L5ac

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@halletecco @CatchTheBaby @kirtipatelmd 😳

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Pat...you are such an Irish Jewel! 🙏😉

[Patrick J Rigney @SHEDDISTILLERY]

Thrilled and so thankful for Forbes outstanding recommendation for summer 2023

#enjoyresponsibly #winner #spiritbrandoftheyear

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@NiallHarbison God love you Mate! Sending lots of love from breezy Dun Laoghaire. Miss you heaps. 🙏 🐶

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Seven key enablers in transforming Ireland's digital health landscape https://t.co/B3UrcX4DA9

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@cliftonsellers AI

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@heyBarsee Free

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Quickbooks...

[Caroline Casson @carolinecasson_]

📕What are the best bookkeeping platforms for pre-seed companies? A few founders have recommended Pilot, Bench, and Backoffice. I've also heard of CFO Plans, Forecastr, and others. Which is the best AND affordable at pre-seed (limited budget)?

[Romeen Sheth @RomeenSheth]

2023 tech reality check:

1. Nobody owes you $2 million for having an idea.
2. DCFs are easy when interest rates are 0.
3. Value creation does not mean value capture.
4. Stock based compensation is still compensation; dilution isn't free.
5. Margins matter.

[James Lucas @JamesLucasIT]

Frank Sinatra e Elvis Presley, The Voice e The King, 12 maggio 1960

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@heyBarsee Free

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24me

[Easlo @heyeaslo]

In your opinion, what's the best calendar app?

[Patrick Dexter @patrickdextervc]

Féile, a tune about hope even in the darkest of times. From the west of Ireland, wishing you a warm and lovely weekend ☃️