Ross O'Brien

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2025 investing predictions: https://t.co/kk8iwK6kUg

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“I sometimes wonder whether conspiracy theories are an attempt to re-enchant the world in a distorted way. It’s like religion knocking on the door and trying to come back in a strange and distorted form.”
— ​Adam Curtis

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“They intoxicate themselves with work so they won’t see how they really are.”
- Aldous Huxley

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“Pessimism is an indulgence, orthodoxy is the enemy of invention, despair an insult to the imagination.” 
— Wade Davis

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“Living in discovery is at all times preferable to living through assumptions”

- Rick Rubin, The Creative Act: A Way of Being

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Must dear for anyone who wants to understand the role of VC and the SVB collapse: Venture Catastrophists https://t.co/RDCAzVzBtl

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Knowing when to take risks is crucial. Learn how to develop new discoveries into something meaningful with @AllehLindquist, #CEO of @FloraWorks_USA.

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#Cannabis #Entrepreneurship #BusinessGrowth

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What makes investing in #psychedelics companies so promising?

Integrating psychedelics into #healthcare.

Our new thinkpiece gives a guide to approaching the emerging sphere from an #investing standpoint.

Check it out: https://t.co/Fo4bF3PBxH

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Episode 1 of our #podcast, Psychedelic Capital, drops today!

Former Navy SEAL turned #entrepreneur Nick Norris joins us for a powerful talk about #psychedelics as an answer to struggling with #PTSD.

Honored to share this conversation.

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Sharing a new #opportunity to join us on our mission to tackle healthcare's biggest challenges. Introducing the BVE Psychedelic Syndicate, a new model for venture capital investing.

Accredited investors can now join and #invest with BVE.

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#lifesciences

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Congratulations to Nalu Bio, one of our portfolio companies, for their $12k Series A funding round. Nalu Bio is a biotech startup that working with synthetic cannabis compounds- check out how their business model sets them for success: https://t.co/9nzhVGJPmK #investing #startup

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Psychedelic investing is reaching a fever pitch and BVE, a leading venture fund focused on life sciences investments in psychedelics and cannabinoids, has a new sleek website that makes it easier to learn the key principles and invest in psychedelics. https://t.co/By5p6kvBSI

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Interested in investing in psychedelics but want a trusted source for your analysis and investment? Get key takeaways from this year's JP Morgan Healthcare Conference here which featured psychedelics front and center: https://t.co/XI2rOPBzjT

#investingtips #venturecapital

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“If everything seems under control, you aren’t going fast enough.” - Mario Andretti

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“Diligence is the mother of good luck.” - Benjamin Franklin

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“A good plan now is better than a great plan too late” - Verne Harnish

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“I am not an optimist. I am a very serious possibilist” - Hans Rosling

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From Michael Dell’s fantastic book “Play Nice But Win” #11 on his list of beliefs: never let a good crisis go to waste!

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“Successful people live by a different set of rules and success habits, and they don’t conform or accept mediocrity.” - Dean Graziosi

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“A corporation is a living organism; it has to continue to shed its skin. Methods have to change. Focus has to change. Values have to change. The sum total of those changes is transformation” - Andy Grove