Lewis Hower

Living The Dream

[Lewis Hower @lewishower]

@hpierrejacques @PeterJ_Walker A very important call out for the increased impact on diverse founders. Absolutely need to focus efforts on access and to capital here.

[Lewis Hower @lewishower]

Come join the crew as we discuss trends in early stage venture. Rumor is @ijakemendel is going to be making some earth shattering crypto calls too!

[Lewis Hower @lewishower]

Sheridan Wyoming is on the map for the first time for anything! Will be interesting to see that trend play out @Liz_Cahill @ijakemendel

[Liz Cahill @Liz_Cahill]

Last but not least this quarters spotlight focused on Crypto and Blockchain company formation between 2015-2022. The data reveals emerging hubs in Los Angeles, CA, Miami, FL, Sheridan, WY, Austin, TX, and Atlanta, GA. Should out to @ijakemendel our resident expert.

[Lewis Hower @lewishower]

Great work from the team here! Now the real hot take question…how long until the dry powder avalanche @A0ddo

[Andrew Oddo @A0ddo]

Lots of hot takes right now on where early stage startups and VCs are at on funding, valuations, and more.

Well, here's first party data from @AngelList + @SVB_Financial based on thousands of early stage startups in Q3 + my own takes. Here we go 🔥😨

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[Lewis Hower @lewishower]

@caitlinbolnick1 @chiraag_deora @CRV Yes!! Let’s make this a thing! @The_HedgeFund feels like this is the better iteration of an insurance company doing a golf tourney?

[Lewis Hower @lewishower]

@atShruti @KatManalac @ycombinator @priyasaiprasad @SoftBank @PriyaRangarajan @SVB_Financial Brilliant session! Thank you to the awesome panel of leaders.

[Lewis Hower @lewishower]

@BigMekaStyle @WhitnieLow Amazing! Congratulations @WhitnieLow

[Lewis Hower @lewishower]

@maxhoma23 loving the bus stop ads in SF…will the fried chicken help you defend?!?! It so I’ll buy ya a bucket every day!

[Lewis Hower @lewishower]

Thanks for the thread @stu_tweedie it will be exciting to see where we land the back half of the year.

[Lewis Hower @lewishower]

This!!! So important, thank you @Bosefina

[Bo Ren @Bosefina]

Not sure who needs to hear this...it's okay to give yourself some grace and space. It's okay to say no to inbounds and requests. You're not letting anyone down if you're not recharging and pouring nutrients into yourself.

[Lewis Hower @lewishower]

This!!!

[Jake Mendel @ijakemendel]

Kind of wild you can buy a new iPad for less than a typical semester’s worth of textbooks

[Lewis Hower @lewishower]

@A0ddo @VCPlatform Curious how the answers differ from angels as compares to VCs. Also platform teams vs partners/GPS.

[Lewis Hower @lewishower]

@NatalieFratto Let’s build it!

[Lewis Hower @lewishower]

Learned something new today…the sport of Goalball (https://t.co/Vwg2ahiEoY) as I sit after a long day seeking inspiration and dove headlong into the #Paralympics and cannot stop watching.

[Lewis Hower @lewishower]

@sriramkri Just had a founder give the only available sliver of a top-tier led Series A to two angels who were net new and adding value from the sidelines well above and beyond existing seed investors. Value and engagement driving access!

[Lewis Hower @lewishower]

@TheValuesVC Love this concept! Any insight on how to balance value instead of just pure volume? Focus on outcomes? Or is the focus on the behavior training typically adequate?

[Lewis Hower @lewishower]

@sriramkri Don’t sleep on the meme game!

[Lewis Hower @lewishower]

@Basti @DJWilliams909 is the master and keeper of all things early stage in LA

[Lewis Hower @lewishower]

@shaig True statement…but what’s your primary driver for the why? Access? Investor intros? Fees? Ease of use?

[Lewis Hower @lewishower]

@ElizabethGore @Forbes @PauleannaR @HelloAlice @unleashingideas @salesforcesmb @pochouno1 @DerrickNAACP @NAACP @CNTR4growth @Vistaprint @USCCFoundation Absolutely brilliant! Congrats!