Derek Lee

Serial Founder (2 Exits), Investor, Advisor // Strategic Video // … and incubating something new

[Derek Lee @dereklee]

What a beautiful eulogy and you gave me a lot of this in my earliest career working with you. I still look back and am amazed by how unstructured my role was and how you told me something like, “XYZ is your job, but it should only take up 60% of your time. Find some way to be valuable in the remaining time.” (all as a 22 year old) Well.. I ended up automating a lot of that role so it really ended up taking about 10% of my time which gave me a lot of autonomy to do my own research and take on other tasks at the fund. Thank you

[Derek Lee @dereklee]

@HarryStebbings Fear is way more powerful

[Derek Lee @dereklee]

People love dunking on @ForbesUnder30 as a fraud factory but they're missing the actual insight:

ANY list of exceptional young achievers will over-index on fraudsters.

Outsized results come from exactly two places:
→ Extraordinary talent and hard work
→ Cheating

Same selection bias that made Bernie Madoff look like a genius for decades.

This isn't a Forbes vetting problem. It's math.

[Derek Lee @dereklee]

@alexchungtweets You learned this way earlier in your life than I did, it’s just going to compound for you. And I am looking forward to watching

[Derek Lee @dereklee]

The word "networking" makes me cringe.
Anyone else? Is it a me thing? 📜 👇

[Derek Lee @dereklee]

@lilyimbibes The people is thirsty 🙃

[Derek Lee @dereklee]

Networking = "let me add you to my list."

Relationship building = "let me invest in you over years, create real value, and see where this goes."

Who do you consider genuinely excellent at building long-term relationships? What makes them different?

[Derek Lee @dereklee]

Neither of them are playing the networking game.

They're building relationships that compound over decades.

[Derek Lee @dereklee]

@HarryStebbings I’m building something to help with exactly this. Would love to see if I can be helpful, @HarryStebbings

[Derek Lee @dereklee]

To everone that's "still buzzing from.." some event. No you're not, you're just outsourcing your copywriting to @sama without going back and making your own edits. 😂😂😂

[Derek Lee @dereklee]

@idea2go @Samsung Looking forward!!!

[Derek Lee @dereklee]

Freepik
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• nano banana pro for opening image
• wan 2.2 for video.. took like 7 tries to get it right.. (gemini 3 to refine prompt)

Tiktok - to add music.. posted it there, then downloaded video to post here

[Derek Lee @dereklee]

In this weeks episode of: Should Derek become an AI artist? 😂😂

Shoutout: NanoBanana Pro, Wan2.2