Italo Mendonca

Former Derivatives trader - Wall Street to all streets.

[Italo Mendonca @thisheregame]

“When we are buying a building, the seller is the last one to know”

How one man went from fixing a leaky roof to owning the most coveted corners on Fifth Ave -

here’s the breakdown:

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Finally patriarch looks over and goes 'so what is this thing you have, multifamily or something?'

We'll be in touch

Tx @nicochristie !!! (100p genuine, amazing work)

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I once had a solid Data Center development deal with a few partners

300MW+ / carrier-neutral fiber / 115kV lines

Got a few meetings with good Family Offices - solid partners

I show up and start by framing the AI supercycle

And then stupidly I

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I was once pitching in a board room at a top 3 VC firm for a $15M Series A.

12 people in the meeting. One of the GPs fully fell asleep. Out cold for 30+ minutes. Nobody acknowledged it. Everyone just kept going.

I kept presenting my Series A slides to an unconscious man in a Herman Miller chair and somehow that was considered normal. That's venture capital.

You might fly across the country to perform for people who may or may not be conscious.

It's a dance.

And sometimes you lead and sometimes you follow and sometimes your partner is unconscious.

If you're raising right now, just know: every founder has a story like this. The process is weird. The power dynamic is weird. You're not crazy for thinking it's weird.

No one talks about it because they want to continue raising. But I'm happy to stick my neck out there.

It is weird.

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To frantically get work done

The juniors are in pure bliss and frolicking, people start answering email and sending it to their frens

The room was literally silent with clickity clack for what felt like an hour

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@VictorTaelin @southevropa being playful, tmj. big congrats on ur work 🙏

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today I learned

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@southevropa haha sry no one says that

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@VictorTaelin @southevropa sou teu fa ha um tempo, apprec the insult - abss

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@vrexec Portugal no qs asked

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@intentionalisms art

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@joulefenton Concordo 100p, tava em Dallas a trabalho, praticamente precisava de carro pra ir no banheiro

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@ApartmentsChick Truly unbelievable… this would annoy me a lot

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@FinPhilosopher Dude are you kidding, PNW 1000%

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@joulefenton Rio mais perigoso que Recife forçou

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@PadraicMcC Truly incredible - even bought their ‘cookbook’

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@bowtiedbrazil this is insane and not at all surprising

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@pootsobotka we must be talking about diff bedford

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@philkellr even more ✌️

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@kylehtucker This is great