Great job, Dan. This is progress. Next step, add "Jesus." Let's come all the way out the closet. Draw out the rest of the closeted Christians in sports media.
How easy is it for us to start something when we learn the path? How about creating the path when it’s important and non-fatal? Failure is the ultimate pressure. #learntofail#sethgodin#akimbo
@nic_detommaso Tevin Mostoller
Modern R&D solutions, industry focused machine learning
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Pragmatic problem solver, approaching each solution with humility and tenacity; no question too simple, no problem too small.
I visited Africa’s largest urban slum - Kibera in Nairobi - on June 15. The next day I was in nearby Upper Hill - Kenya's richest square mile - to talk at the East Africa Venture Capital Association's conference. Here's a thread about innovation, inclusion & humanity.🧵 1/6
VC Job Openings🪄
Breaking into venture is hard. Even finding available roles is difficult. We need more visibility into who is hiring.
Check out this week's openings (June 30-July 6)👇
1) MaC Venture Capital Announces $203M Fund II After Strong Fund I Performance. I'm excited to finally be able to share this news publicly. Our team has worked hard to make our 1st fund a success & are committed to doing the same for fund II. https://t.co/sHGZZ86mH7
After reading Seth’s blog for almost a year and a half, he demonstrates incredible consistency on shipping the work. Delivering perfectly doesn’t equate to more success or engagement, however shipping when you say would likely will.
Switch before perfect https://t.co/pWDib9fOoG
I founded The Consumer VC to learn how the top VCs invest in consumer startups.
But the truth?
There is no one way to invest.
On the podcast, I've heard a diversity of different takes; here are just a few:
🧑🎤 Celebrities and athletes are increasingly investing in start-ups and some have even started their own VC funds.
Here is a list of funds started by famous people that are making outsized returns 👇
So one of the knocks on Palantir for years was that it wasn't really a software company
Fast forward to 2022, and it's at $2B ARR, with 80% gross margins, growing 31%
That's a software business. A very good one.
5 Interesting Learnings: ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️
Fear based decision making will continue to drive impostor syndrome, good demonstration of how the lizard brain works in even the most “confident” settings.
It’s starting. Investor panic seeping into boardrooms. Just when we need steadfast determination and clear thinking.
Reviving an old post on the topic - fear and the venture capitalist.
https://t.co/SdgLpPrWjS