alex

Partner 3kVC. Cyclist, coffee obsessed.

[alex @bnkly]

Who says VCs don’t build?

[alex @bnkly]

@danprimack @chrisfralic Maybe want to use the SpaceX IPO to raise $? If they just merged the company would likely be public since Tesla already is.

[alex @bnkly]

@akothari Doesn’t redirect for the first time?!???

[Akshay Kothari @akothari]

No thrill better than launch day. I fucking love it.

[alex @bnkly]

@nic_detommaso Great. But if this were accurate Shana would be on here.

[Weco AI @WecoAI]

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[TechCrunch @TechCrunch]

Rudy Arora and Sarthak Dhawan, two 20-year-old college dropouts, are behind Turbo AI, one of the fastest-growing AI notetaker tools. https://t.co/19TYuAY9TC

[alex @bnkly]

These testimonials are so cool and show the awesome work the incomparable Dr. Aimee Layton is doing: https://t.co/xU6DURTW40

[alex @bnkly]

@srcasm @WeWork That first WeWork labs (and even the second) was incredibly magical

[alex @bnkly]

@micahjay1 Would check out your shoes. I get sore knees if I’m running in my low drop trail runners, but in more cushiony shoes for longer runs I’m totally fine.

[alex @bnkly]

@shaneferro I'd love to know more of the story behind Signature, b/c that one really looked like the govt just saying "We don't like you"

[alex @bnkly]

@shaneferro they were absolutely ready. Now, to be fair, mobile banking still doesn't work and I couldn't get a wire out until 4pm yesterday (stability was worse yesterday than Friday AM), but I think that's more of a rush for the exits problem.

[alex @bnkly]

@shaneferro I've never seen the government work in a way that was so smooth and took so many of the right actions (and frankly at the end of the day the FDIC likely won't even be net negative, or at least not by much)

[alex @bnkly]

@shaneferro I think when it comes to banks its not the worst thing in the world. When it's humans there's usually no power for the human, but when it's a bank it's all about power for the depositor. The govt's ability to spin up a working bank over a weekend was nothing short of beautiful

[alex @bnkly]

@beller That’s the last thing it should be. I want those banks wide open!!!!

[alex @bnkly]

@daveambrose Same dinner. Just an hour ago so slightly more tense 😂

[alex @bnkly]

@TurnerNovak Honestly “that guy” should get free fries for life or something. How else could SVB justify charging barely anything for these lines if there hadn’t been at least one?

[alex @bnkly]

@TurnerNovak And total win win because there’s no way anyone ever defaults on this (except that one guy apparently)

[alex @bnkly]

@TurnerNovak Funds love to juice that IRR

[alex @bnkly]

@shaneferro Oh and Aimee’s favorite

[alex @bnkly]

@shaneferro