Justin Voon

Life enjoyer.

[Justin Voon @jusvoon]

@daltonc It's been 57 years and we can't wait to go back!

[Justin Voon @jusvoon]

RIP Harambe

[The White House @WhiteHouse]

Today, we remember a legend.

On this day in history, Harambe would have celebrated another birthday. An icon that became part of internet history, American culture, and an entire generation’s timeline.

Tomorrow marks 10 years since we lost him. Ten years since the moment the world stopped scrolling and collectively mourned something bigger than a meme.

He became a symbol of loyalty, strength, chaos, unity, and the strange beauty of the internet bringing millions of people together for one cause: never forgetting Harambe.

Everyone remembers where they were when they heard the news. And somehow, a decade later, his legacy still lives on.

Gone, but never forgotten.
Rest easy to a true patriot. 🕊️🇺🇸

May 27, 1999 — May 28, 2016
Forever in our hearts.

[Garry Tan @garrytan]

Geoffrey Moore says startups die in the chasm because pragmatist buyers demand a "whole product." These folks won't tolerate gaps. They need references. They need the complete solution. The chasm is lethal because because the buyers won't buy without perfection.

But Moore's model assumes there's an EXISTING solution the buyer is comparing you to. The whole framework assumes the buyer has a status quo they're comfortable with.

When the *bar is zero*, when the alternative is literally "we die" or "we do this entirely by hand with 2,000 people" (Block's compliance team) or "we just don't have this capability at all"?

The chasm doesn't exist for those.

Buyers start acting like visionaries instead of skeptics, because they have to buy. The alternative doesn't exist. They'll tolerate a 60% solution, missing features, no references, because 60% of something beats 100% of nothing.

The companies I get most excited about aren't disrupting incumbents. They're filling voids. 9 Mothers in the YC Spring 2026 batch is a counter-drone defense co for whom bar is zero, there is no viable close quarters defense otherwise! There's no chasm to cross for that.

The practical implication for founders: if you're in a market where the bar is zero, stop worrying about whole product, stop worrying about crossing the chasm, stop worrying about pragmatist references. Ship the 60% solution. They're begging for it.

If you're NOT in a bar-is-zero market (if there's an incumbent, a status quo, a "good enough") then Moore applies in full and you need the whole playbook (beachhead, bowling alley, whole product, the works).

The question every founder should ask: is my customer's current alternative literally nothing? If yes, you're in a different game than the textbooks describe. Ship it in whatever form you have. You'll know. And it's a great place to be.

[Justin Voon @jusvoon]

Robocop with Chinese characteristics

[Alerta News 24 @AlertaNews24]

🇨🇳 | En Shenzhen, China, un robot policía está practicando el patrullaje junto a policías humanos.

[Justin Voon @jusvoon]

Lol

[Nassim Nicholas Taleb @nntaleb]

Some fields work in theory but not in practice. Some fields work in practice but not theory.
The uniqueness of economics is that it works in neither theory nor practice.

[Justin Voon @jusvoon]

Cortana and Google Now - that's a throwback.

[Justin Voon @jusvoon]

@JeffBezos This is amazing, congratulations!

[Justin Voon @jusvoon]

@indicatorfn @grok no way this is real

[Justin Voon @jusvoon]

@GeringerAdam Wouldn't it hurt to have Airbnb take a big cut from the booking?

[Justin Voon @jusvoon]

@mazemoore

[Justin Voon @jusvoon]

Game recognize game.

[Justin Voon @jusvoon]

@CalebDeannn Congrats! Is the est. accurate and what's the impetus for the sale?

[Justin Voon @jusvoon]

@ChristianHeiens High quality ragebait. The Fed's dual mandate is clear. Look at the softening jobs report.

[Justin Voon @jusvoon]

So the government taking over private industries is a good thing now?

[Justin Voon @jusvoon]

@AJA_Cortes Source? Could it be Korean eunuchs in palaces live significant better lives than peasants in the farms?

[Justin Voon @jusvoon]

The nut-gate scandal

[Bryan Johnson @bryan_johnson]

@marclou it’s been upgraded to glass and will ship soon. glass is more expensive and breaks more in transit.

[Justin Voon @jusvoon]

@levelsio But your car may be broken it into

[Justin Voon @jusvoon]

@SawyerMerritt no money bro

[Justin Voon @jusvoon]

@elonmusk right now

[Justin Voon @jusvoon]

Who the heck says "one thousand basis points"? Just say "one percent" bro.