John Komkov

Founder @ Fathom. Previously VC at @lightspeedvp and @AustinVentures, tech banking at @MorganStanley & economist at @WhiteHouse. Double-dip at @Stanford.

[John Komkov @johnkomkov]

@bgurley Algorithmically, the pro probably exploits "trappy minimax" more than standard minimax as the pro's perception of the skills gap widens. Would be interesting to know how the novice reacts though...

Minimax -- https://t.co/N4gFW6ooWH

Trappy Minimax -- https://t.co/Yu7lPrY7zy

[John Komkov @johnkomkov]

Let us harmonize over avocado toast, minimalist furniture and reclaimed wood... https://t.co/L4AZH1VFnp

[John Komkov @johnkomkov]

5 out of the 5 largest US companies by market cap are now tech -- https://t.co/xexM2d4hva

[John Komkov @johnkomkov]

We're all just on the bad end of Roko's basilisk I guess ;-) https://t.co/668EkruIY9

[Aaron Batalion @abatalion]

Everyone should google “simulation theory”. I’m slightly more convinced of it tonight, b/c this one is not going well. Glad there are more.

[John Komkov @johnkomkov]

*Meanwhile in Seattle: Two-pizza team meeting in progress to spin up the reactionary BWaaS team* https://t.co/evJElPUM68

[Peter Hebert @peterjhebert]

@semil cmon, no brainer BWaaS would take off

[John Komkov @johnkomkov]

Probably best to keep me left wing... I'm more one-footed than Arjen Robben. https://t.co/DXL134Zpl2

[Matt Slotnick @matt_slotnick]

@ataussig @lightspeedvp @wakohler @jvrionis @jmelul need to bring @johnkomkov along as a center back

[John Komkov @johnkomkov]

The world of Nozickian experience machines... On the horizon and approaching quickly -- https://t.co/bjS1cQW6kt

[John Komkov @johnkomkov]

Decomposing narrowing global term spreads...Falling LT rates overpowering rising ST rates -- https://t.co/cWiLWrCGoS

[John Komkov @johnkomkov]

Great point-in-time overview of serverless with a fair treatment of drawbacks yet to be solved (e.g. local state) -- https://t.co/Xg9p7Tj5CP

[John Komkov @johnkomkov]

"Bot thots"... Interested to see how ads adapt to hugely reduced slotting inventory & black-box impact on search --https://t.co/Wyf5SpY2G2

[John Komkov @johnkomkov]

Quality of documentation... The hidden factor underlying much of the success (or failure) of any given OSS project. https://t.co/sw1FUaqC1J

[◢ @joemccann]

The @kubernetesio docs are quite good and the tutorials are _actually_ useful. Nice work k8s team.

https://t.co/CjFmEgIyj2

[John Komkov @johnkomkov]

96% of genome studies based on people of Euro descent (...Haplogroupthink) -- https://t.co/pyCFayfKfW

[John Komkov @johnkomkov]

I'm always a fan of the understated "macaw on the shoulder"... Like a subtle epaulet that periodically chimes in... https://t.co/XiUiKrBTKm

[◢ @joemccann]

24 minutes til @NodeSource Board meeting and I'm still deciding on which animal to wheel in.

[John Komkov @johnkomkov]

When MMUs wore skirts and hose... https://t.co/Ax3RqSmi2P

[Jason ward @JasonWardmc]

This is what a TB of storage looked like 70 years ago

[John Komkov @johnkomkov]

Human vs. machine money, UBI and grappling with the ultimatum of unlimited human wants -- https://t.co/t6TiLtG9sl

[John Komkov @johnkomkov]

Reorienting from a world (and attending socioeconomic models) that until now have been defined by capital scarcity - https://t.co/mhBARYUvLu

[John Komkov @johnkomkov]

Succession Planning: The Biggest Problem Facing VC ("Founders Capital" concept is an intriguing remedy...) -- https://t.co/Iq7DC4RncF

[Aaron Batalion @abatalion]

I just published “A New High Bar for AR — The Post Pokemon GO Era” https://t.co/kpgioueF15

[John Komkov @johnkomkov]

"“If you address a mkt that really wants your product you can screw up everything + still succeed." h/t @arachleff https://t.co/zmlIsP5rAA

[John Vrionis @jvrionis]

I get amped when founders start distinguishing between those "cool I'm interested" prospects vs the "I'm dying over here" situations.

[John Komkov @johnkomkov]

Time to diversify yo bonds https://t.co/Qm0CrYhAFq