Quentin Wallace

Cofounder and Partner @archangel_vc. Mentor @startmate and @techstars SportsTech. Advisor @antlerglobal. Ex lawyer and GC @cultureamp.

[Quentin Wallace @QuentinWallace]

@intothemetabert IYKYK the waterfall is very shallow after this…

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@rexsalisbury @toptal Australian Safes often have a maturity clause where they can be converted at a set price. This has been done to avoid a Toptal scenario.

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@vidags10 @superzac Founders Institute 💀

[Dani Grant @thedanigrant]

"Cold emailing VCs is a waste of time"

Nope, Outdoor Voices got their first VC meetings from cold emails

As a VC, I read every cold email

Here's my 4 tips to send cold emails to VCs:

[Quentin Wallace @QuentinWallace]

#eshaythursday #nothalloween

[Quentin Wallace @QuentinWallace]

@apglo She doesn’t agree

[Balaji @balajis]

LOSING THE MANDATE OF HEAVEN

Let’s be real: US political leaders since the Gulf War are perhaps the worst leaders in the history of the world.

In 1991, they inherited a hyperpower that wins everywhere without fighting. But by 2021 they produced a declining power that fights everywhere without winning. It’s thirty years of unmitigated domestic and international failure, from San Francisco to Syria, from financial crisis to coronavirus.

With every inherited advantage, US leaders nevertheless produced historical collapses in life expectancy[1] and manufacturing capacity[2], in patriotic loyalty and involvement in community[3]. They also delivered concomitant rises in drug overdoses[4], out-of-wedlock births[5], and homeless encampments[6].

And no, they have no historical, philosophical, or literary depth. The historical analogies begin and end with 1939. The philosophy is little more than constant accusations of racism. And the reading level of US presidential speeches has measurably[7] dropped like a rock, to idiocratically elementary levels.

The only thing the establishment *has* delivered on is their own bottom line. Think about Pelosi’s stocks[8], BLM’s mansions[9], Obama’s book deals, and 10% for the big guy. The corruption is now flagrant and public. As others have observed, we’re in the looting-the-treasury phase of imperial collapse, as the national debt soars past $33T with literally no limit in sight.

STUPID, OR EVIL?
And that's what leads to the "conspiracy theories." Are US leaders stupid, or evil? Did they unintentionally ruin what was once the greatest country on earth, or was it intentional and done for their own gain?

The conspiracy theories are a way for mere proles to make sense of the senseless. They aren't all wrong, mind you — WMD was fake, the AAA mortgage-backed securities were fake, Russiagate was fake, and so on. Evil was involved in intentionally faking these stories.

But ultimately, thinking of US leadership as evil gives them too much credit. It's just hard to remain global #1. The nature of entropy means there are countless ways for the world order to shatter, and only a few ways to keep it intact. Maybe George Washington could find one of those ways, but we have Joe Biden. And that's why DC is losing the Mandate of Heaven[10].

[1]: https://t.co/USoeXzI5AR
[2]: https://t.co/jjn8Gwz6zi
[3]: https://t.co/Ts1Ya44imK
[4]: https://t.co/YNX8NUXUOx
[5]: https://t.co/yGYVcEAR8w
[6]: https://t.co/mBiCgL2kVz
[7]: https://t.co/U9AXZzTfGD
[8]: https://t.co/ztInETxmw0
[9]: https://t.co/BDpameYVpn
[10]: https://t.co/00q7bHP8z7

[Quentin Wallace @QuentinWallace]

@rayn_ong You don’t

[Quentin Wallace @QuentinWallace]

@vidags10 @alistercoleman Key takeaway: no one knows what the future will be like

[Quentin Wallace @QuentinWallace]

If you’re an Aussie early stage founder @sxswsydney and you want to chat f2f with a VC about your startup ➡️ DM. I’ll be here all week.

#startups #aussiefounders #aussievc #SXSWSydney #1atround1

[Quentin Wallace @QuentinWallace]

@oliviagrivas 🙏

[Quentin Wallace @QuentinWallace]

A special team for a special mission!

⁦@archangel_vc⁩ is delighted to lead CLT Toolbox’s pre seed round with support from Adrian Hondros, BluescopeX, Ecotone, @flyingfoxvc⁩ and Gravel Road.

#aussiefounders #aussievc #startups #vc #1atround1 https://t.co/eUcmwKF9zr

[Quentin Wallace @QuentinWallace]

@m0nty I think you misunderstand the concept of duty of care and it’s role in torts. If a duty of care is established, someone’s conduct still has to breach that duty of care. Nonetheless, people should stop talking about duty of care in a legal sense, these are AFL not legal rules.

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@TrungTPhan @anothercohen No because it trashes the kettle. Can’t reuse it. Boiling eggs probably OK and genius.

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@TrungTPhan @anothercohen 100% cringe
100% selfish

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@Jen2310 Sub #igniter

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@rayn_ong Good luck with that… 🤣

[Quentin Wallace @QuentinWallace]

@deanmcevoy I judge the Google Meet people more… 🍳

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@Ryeaxes @hasumpstuffedup Why wasn’t it a 50m penalty? Late contact with no intention to spoil or go for the ball. Now 6 weeks out…

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@DanBrockwell You actually get messages?