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[Pepe Borrell @borrellpepe]

😂😂 this is brilliant

[@levelsio @levelsio]

🇪🇸 Barcelona is particularly interesting

The tourist center used to be just pickpockets targeting tourists, but now you have the highest crime rate in El Raval with drug dens/squats (narco piso), violent robberies and stabbings

The problem as a tourist in a new city you'd never know that because Google Maps doesn't tell you

But Hoodmaps does 😊

[Camus @newstart_2024]

“ADHD is not a disorder of not knowing what to do. It’s a disorder of not doing what you already know.”

Dr. Russell Barkley just delivered one of the clearest explanations of ADHD I’ve ever heard.

He says the brain can be split in two: the back part acquires knowledge, the front part (the executive system) uses it. ADHD acts like a meat cleaver that severs the two.

You already have the skills and information other people your age have. You just can’t apply them when it counts.

That’s why life becomes an endless series of last-minute crises. You’re time-blind — you can only deal with what’s right in front of you. The further away a goal or deadline is, the less real it feels.

The solution isn’t teaching more skills. It’s changing the environment at the exact point where the problem occurs — the “point of performance.”

It’s a game-changing way to understand why traditional approaches often fail.

[Pepe Borrell @borrellpepe]

@chrisbarber @ItzSuds @gefkovicz @benmtaft @kokoxsu @carloagostinel2 👋 https://t.co/TmLg89HR7g (2025)

[Pepe Borrell @borrellpepe]

@sarahdrinkwater @calfonsorico @deckelly @_CommonMagic @AnkeHuiskes @Gloria_Bae @MaxClaussen @ManuGrossmann @andreasklinger how inspiring! 🫶

[samir kaji @Samirkaji]

There is NO one way to generate returns. It depends on the manager. If a manager has an excellent network/sourcing and the ability to access small non-lead checks, model is small funds, more positions. If someone has shown picking ability in a domain, fewer companies, higher ownership and follow-ons.

This whole notion that there is "one" way to optimize VC performance is silly. Every few months, VC Twitter and LinkedIn light up with debates about “concentrated vs. diversified” portfolios or “high reserves for follow-ons vs. no reserves.”

But the truth is, there’s no single way to drive returns in venture. It all depends on the manager and their unique strengths. If you have exceptional sourcing and access, a diversified approach with more positions—even smaller checks—can work. If you’re a proven picker in a domain, fewer companies with higher ownership and big follow-ons make sense.

The idea that there’s one way to optimize VC performance is just industry groupthink. Success in this business comes from leaning into what you do best, not following some rigid, one-size-fits-all playbook.

[Pepe Borrell @borrellpepe]

It was a blast, and very inspiring

[Pol @ Fermat @polbaladas]

Yesterday was a blast!

Camila Toro, from PUIG (JP Gaultier, CH) & Sven Kloẞ from s.Oliver group joined us in conversation around how Generative AI is shaping Global Fashion & Luxury brands.

Thanks @AldeaVentures & @ctrenchs, @borrellpepe for hosting. We will definitely do this again.

[Andreas Klinger 🦾 @andreasklinger]

Europe – we need your help.

Please sign this petition to create a pan-european legal entity and promote it as much as you can: https://t.co/4tUsJd3ay2

We got RIGHT NOW a once in a generation chance to improve Europe for startups. 🔥

We got 6 weeks until the new comission sets their work agenda for the years to come. Uniting the European startup ecosystems needs to be part of this agenda!

The solution is known, it's just one out of hundreds for politicians. It's our job as industry to show how important it is.

First co-signatories are people like @patrickc, @nzennstrom, @martinmignot, @MattClifford, @Taavet, Eléonore Crespo, @jobvo, @roxannevarza and many many more coming in the next weeks. Hopefully including you! ✌️

How you can help:
- Sign this
- Get your friends, your team, your investors, your portfolio to sign
- Share this in your whatsapp, slack and discord groups
- Get this in front of press, newsletters, and influencers

https://t.co/UlL8qA0DZ7

For Europe, for the next generations to come: Let's make Europe the best place for innovators.

Uniting as one ecosystem is the first step - a pan-european ecosystem is the key here. Let's go!

[Pepe Borrell @borrellpepe]

@SaizPa Cambio de dueños y equipos. Grupo inversor detras y los que vamos desde hace años no estamos molt contents.

[Pepe Borrell @borrellpepe]

@sergibenet https://t.co/AnEOzI4tRt

No les costará incluir mas países - yo lo miro bastante

[Pepe Borrell @borrellpepe]

@moonlaggoune Well done Mounir & team. Excited to be part of the Finary journey. Keep pushing!

[Pepe Borrell @borrellpepe]

❤️ 🏑

[L'Esportiu de Catalunya @lesportiuCAT]

🔙 Memòria de l'Esport - Tal dia com avui
🗓 2004 | 🏑 Hoquei sobre herba
El Polo és el campió de la copa d'Europa. El RC Polo guanya per primera vegada la copa d’Europa en derrotar l’An der Alster alemany (1-0) ... @fcdehockey @rfe_hockey @RCPoloBarcelona https://t.co/EtpUWfgIcn

[Pepe Borrell @borrellpepe]

@ErikaBatista @GetLago Vamos Erika! Suerte!!! 🍀

[Pepe Borrell @borrellpepe]

@t_blom @Albert_Nieto was a decent player! 🎾

[Pepe Borrell @borrellpepe]

@IvanLandabaso @Jordi10Noguera 💪🏽 aupa!

[Pepe Borrell @borrellpepe]

@javisantana nosotros

[Pepe Borrell @borrellpepe]

@jaimenovoa @Opositatest está roto

[Pepe Borrell @borrellpepe]

@shriyanevatia @AzaharaGEspejo from @HearstLab

[Pepe Borrell @borrellpepe]

@polfananas @deale_app 🙏

[Pepe Borrell @borrellpepe]

@fesja @JesusGallent 👌🏼