Pamela Valdés

CEO & founder @musacycle 🎧 YC Alum, Thiel Fellow, HF0 alum. Past: @beek_io (YC W17, acq.)

[DHH @dhh]

Burnout happens when you work too hard with not enough meaning.

"He who has a why to live for can bear almost any how" — Nietzsche

[Pamela Valdés @PameVls]

So proud of this killer team!!

[Mackenzie Burnett @ciaomack]

announcing @ambrook's $30M series B, led by lachy groom. instead of a fundraising video, we typed up a letter - if you're curious, give us your address (link in thread) and we'll send you some snail mail.

like our customers already know, some good things take time.

[Mackenzie Burnett @ciaomack]

announcing @ambrook's $30M series B, led by lachy groom. instead of a fundraising video, we typed up a letter - if you're curious, give us your address (link in thread) and we'll send you some snail mail.

like our customers already know, some good things take time.

[Naval @naval]

When software was expensive - thin, horizontal, best-of-breed software stacks extracted rents across every business.

Now that software is cheap - value moves to vertically integrated businesses that deliver opinionated end-to-end experiences.

[Bryan Johnson @bryan_johnson]

Being mean is bad for your health.

A single hostile interaction:
+ locks you in a cortisol penalty box for 60-90 min
+ suppresses recovery capacity
+ elevates your heart rate

Kindness conserves your energy resources.

[Dave Font @davefontenot]

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[Chloe Samaha @bondwithchloe]

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[Pamela Valdés @PameVls]

Finishing Q2 with a great milestone 🔥🥰, and meeting a future Musa user…. Kai, my baby girl.

[Pamela Valdés @PameVls]

@askwhykartik Is the animation a video? Or were you able to 3d animate natively with ai?

[NBC Bay Area @nbcbayarea]

The man who died when a small jet crashed on a Texas highway was an entrepreneur well-known in the state for being at the center of Austin’s turbocharged evolution as a technology hub.
https://t.co/6BdAcpJrzc

[Chris Fralic @chrisfralic]

RIP @JoshuaBaer - here’s a great picture of him with Bob Metcalfe (and some Ethernet) and one of their UT “Longhorn Startup Lab” students in Cabo in January.

[Pamela Valdés @PameVls]

@chrisfralic @JoshuaBaer This was the last day I saw Josh. That day I was able to thank him in person for changing the trajectory of my life so significantly. He will be missed 😭

[Robert Scoble @Scobleizer]

All day I've been reading notes like this.

Some people really do improve the world, and some people build community both before and after they die.

I watched Joshua build Capital Factory at the beginning of Capital Factory's life due to my stature back then at South by Southwest. He was always a real kind dude, always was helpful, and really set up Austin's startup industry in a way that no other human could.

My friends who are involved in the Texas and particularly Austin areas are heartbroken, and my heart goes out to them.

I've been talking to people in Texas, and they're just heartbroken.

The loss for the technology and startup industries that happened last night cannot be overstated.

[Ash Maurya @ashmaurya]

We lost Austin's startup center of gravity today... Always curious, always learning, relentless.

[Joshua Baer ⚙️ @JoshuaBaer]

My life strategy: 1. Plant lots of seeds. 2. Water everyone's. 3. Repeat.

[Pamela Valdés @PameVls]

I’m still in shock. @JoshuaBaer, I’m going to miss you so much.

I’m grateful that one of the last times I saw you, I got to thank you in person for changing the trajectory of my life. You were the first person who truly believed in me as an entrepreneur, and you were the first to back all my crazy ideas when no one else would.

The thought of not having you around is heartbreaking. Your impact on me, and on countless entrepreneurs, is impossible to measure.

Thank you for believing in us.

[Austin Tech Council @ATCouncil]

The Austin tech community has a big hole in its heart today.

[Mike Maples, Jr @m2jr]

The passing of @JoshuaBaer is really hard for me to accept.

There are lots of ways to succeed. Many do it by riding the right Rocketship at the right time. Don’t get me wrong…the world benefits from their talents and they deserve their success.

But a rare few don’t ride the wave. They make the wave happen from nothing with their spirit and force of will and fundamental goodness. They make things happen that would have never happened otherwise. Josh Baer was this latter type.

One of my favorite movie quotes is “Heroes get remembered but legends never die.” I think that quote describes this notion. Sometimes you do something that transcends being successful. Sometimes you change the outcome in a way that makes you singular.

I will miss you, Josh. Thanks for being a legendary businessperson and human. My thoughts are with Amy and your family.

[Pamela Valdés @PameVls]

I am at a loss of words. @JoshuaBaer was the first person to ever believe in me, as an exchange student from Mexico at UT without a technical background. He let me into his startup class, and then invested in the 2 companies I have started. My life would not be the same if I had not met Josh, and I’m sure this is the same for thousands of entrepreneurs. Devastating news.

I’m so glad the last couple years I got to spend more time with Josh in Cabo, sharing very special memories. Josh, I will miss you so so much.

[Austin American-Statesman @statesman]

Capital Factory founder Joshua Baer, a visionary force in the Texas technology and start-up ecosystem, died Tuesday night in a private plane crash in Laredo, the organization confirmed to the American-Statesman.

"Joshua was a fearless leader, a brilliant partner, and a dear friend to so many of us," Capital Factory President Bryan Chambers said.

https://t.co/rYhKmYv0Yg

[Peter Corbett @corbett3000]

Huge loss on so many levels

Last year @JoshuaBaer invited me to his 50th bday in Austin. I live in NY. I don’t fly across country for friend’s bdays

…but like Joshua, he persisted. Wore me down. I felt so loved that he wanted me there. I went. It was the last time I saw him.