Laurence Constable

Founder @KiplinVC. Partner, investor, helper. Views are mine alone, unless you share them.

[Laurence Constable @LGConstable]

Kiplin basics:
🌱: US Pre-Seed & Seed
🌐: B2B & B2B2C tech in Large Data Ecosystems
🤝: Strategic partnership with founders
📈: Growth-focused, multi-sector network
🫂: Equity, inclusion & opportunity

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Go Catamounts!

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Take it in, @UVMmsoccer, you're heading to the #MCollegeCup National Championship. 🤩

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@tunechistark From the final episode... Sometimes it takes a while to understand just how great a thing is. https://t.co/74rE3ANsWu

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@madbeatboy @RadioFreeTom @SuzyQEyes I think we’re in agreement. I appreciate the dialogue.

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@madbeatboy @RadioFreeTom @SuzyQEyes The answer is, yes. Thankfully, most European countries have coalition governments with institutional guardrails, compared to our norms and traditions. I assume you’re anti-authoritarian (as am I). Be careful not to defend Europe’s far right, in an effort to denounce America’s.

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@madbeatboy @RadioFreeTom @SuzyQEyes https://t.co/EC49BtfLXn

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@madbeatboy @RadioFreeTom @SuzyQEyes Europe immune? North to south, east to west - there’s a web of totalitarian, authoritarian, dictatorial & fascist European leaders, demagogues & political influencers stretching from ancient Rome to the present. The historical European track record is far worse than the US.

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@fredwilson As a former lawyer turned venture investor, I appreciate this! 😉

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@dougboneparth Backing the "Eat, Pray, Love" platform.

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@JHWeissmann https://t.co/LaCuZGnpRB

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@ChadPergram https://t.co/LaCuZGnpRB

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@MollyJongFast https://t.co/LaCuZGnpRB

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@dougboneparth I hardly knew ya. (I didn't know ya.) Godspeed.

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@MrFamilyOffice Every FO is different, so no clear answer to this. But it’s one area where we see large variability and differing approaches to FO management.

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@MrFamilyOffice Telling how next-gen focus represents the least amount of time. Most FOs are built to be multi-gen. Does this show that the top gen isn’t focused on next-gen leadership, or that next-gen involvement is so baked into structure that it doesn’t need a specific time allocation?

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@paulg RIP Chowhound

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@Samirkaji @OfficialBBrooks This is true in terms of LP investment goals. It’s also true in terms of regulatory objectives.

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@OfficialBBrooks Also, an interesting data point from the founder side: angels are shifting away from funding pre-rev development and focusing more on revenue traction before investing. I.e., the pool for pre-seed development capacity may be shrinking even more.

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@OfficialBBrooks Getting over the track record hurdle for seed-stage emerging managers is a bear. Esp investing in B2B and enterprise tools (companies with longer dev time and sales cycles).

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@alexrkonrad My preferred is both on the aisle, across from each other. Enough distance that you have your 'own' space, so you can talk or not talk without consequence. https://t.co/XToGNqeLjW

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@galeforceVC Yes - 100%! Especially at the early stages, a good active investor should be there to help, strategically, without getting in the way. That means both knowing what you know and what you don’t know.