Matthew Adams

Destroyer of value.

[Paul Lee @iPaulLee]

The emerging manager fundraising timeline nobody talks about:

Most GPs think fundraising starts when they open the data room.

Most LPs think fundraising started 2-3 years earlier.

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[Will Manidis @WillManidis]

https://t.co/qNAVuG3xsz

[Essence Venture Capital @EssenceVenture]

It’s official📢 @EssenceVenture Fund IV: $41M🎉

Announced today in @TechCrunch, alongside a feature on our one-of-a-kind GP @tnachen and his founder-first approach to backing technical founders from day zero.

Read here➡️https://t.co/sXdTb2ebvF

#VC #SoloGP #Tech #Infra #AI #OSS

[Matthew Adams @Matthew_Adams1]

@sniffpetrol @Carpervert

[FadeHubb @FadeHubb]

Bro threw him like a paper airplane😭

[Matthew Adams @Matthew_Adams1]

My father, a veteran of the Vietnam War, shares his story with the folks at Honor Flight Chicago. #honorflight

https://t.co/4OkhPr1zjJ

[Matthew Adams @Matthew_Adams1]

@terronk @marcepntoja Ha! So simple. We only invest in top quartile funds. Access is easy, too.

[Matthew Adams @Matthew_Adams1]

#whamageddon

[Packy McCormick @packyM]

as promised:

https://t.co/lFUeUgmONA

[Lionel Page @page_eco]

It is regrettable that many Western commentators repeated Putin’s narrative that the problem came from an aggressive NATO expansion aimed at encircling Russia.

Time for a reset of narratives. Here are some simple insights, informed by our work on the game theory of alliances. 🧵

[Aleator Press @aleatorpress]

"Transformer Poetry: Poetry Classics Reimagined by Artificial Intelligence" (2019) by @kane

A collection of computer poetry generated by submitting the opening stanzas of various famous poems as prompts to GPT-2, which completes them.

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[Ryan Holiday @RyanHoliday]

The keys to a productive life…
...wake up early
...limit interruptions
...make a little progress everyday
...say no (a lot)
...learn from your mistakes
...pick yourself back up when you slip
...waste no time measuring yourself against other people

[Matthew Adams @Matthew_Adams1]

#Whamageddon

[Sam Altman @sama]

Spoke to some really smart college kids recently.

Almost universally, they had a belief that climate change was an unstoppable disaster and the most pressing issue of our time.

[fintechjunkie @fintechjunkie]

Last week was pretty crazy. I knew what was coming first thing Monday morning and the week didn’t disappoint.

A few thoughts on how the VC ecosystem is quickly evolving:

[NIHL Northern Illinois Hockey League @NIHL_Hockey]

First puck drop, of the first game in the 2021-2022 Northern Illinois Hockey League season. The Skokie and the Express, PeeWee Gold teams kicked off the season for us. We wish all the teams in the league an exciting year! Hockey's back baby!

[All Raise @AllRaise]

It Takes Two to make it outta sight! It Takes Two is our virtual event series where a founder and a funder share about their collaborations and challenges. Join these two, @jessicajchang of @weecareco and @kerby of @EqualVentures with moderator Alexandra Pinckney of @allraise.

[aileenlee @aileenlee]

Understand why so many in tech change careers to try to help fix healthcare after supporting a loved one with a serious health issue. Even meh results seem to req so much advocacy, $$, + waiting on hold/running around. Excited + hopeful more will be fixed in the next decade.🤞

[Harry Stebbings @HarryStebbings]

I want to do something fucking different:

@usmangul could have chosen many different financing partners but he chose @joshbuckley and me.

Usman, we are so grateful to be on this journey with you and @airlift_tech.

The next chapter will be special.

https://t.co/MeRGqNfl6R

[The Gentleman Racer Ltd @GentlemanRacer]

In case you’ve yet to experience Richard doing his thing in the @singervehicles x @Tuthill_Porsche ACS, enjoy!

🎥 @thisisgrip

[fintechjunkie @fintechjunkie]

1/26: It’s hard to produce a 3X+ #VC fund. It’s much harder to do this consistently. Our first 4 funds are mature enough to know where they’ll end up and all of them will handily beat this benchmark. I reviewed our portfolio this morning and jotted down 12 notes. Shared: