Why do VCs like to invest in people with faang or ivy backgrounds?
Bc most venture investments fail and its too easy to say βwhat the hell were you thinking writing that check to the guy from Texas Techβ
NY Tech Week, we're coming for you.
Whether you're raising, building, or just ready for the conversations that move the industry forward, we've saved you a seat.
οΏ½οΏ½οΏ½ AI After Tomorrow: Investing, Building Tech, and Serving Customers
π June 2 at 3:30pm β 7:00pm ET
π https://t.co/Ix2BqIDQmx
π€ Speakers include Andrew Cleland, Chief Investment Officer of Techstars, and senior leaders of DigitalOcean and Zendesk
π οΈ AI Builders Mixer with DigitalOcean and Techstars
π June 4 at 6:00pm ET
π https://t.co/YAVmlHrQAm
See you there!
Day 4: Columbus delivered. Real builders grinding on reindustrialization, passionate investors who believe in the Midwest ecosystem, and ideas that hit like the future is getting built right here.
(We had some dueling bus parking and may have been mistaken for a band tour bus ππΈ)
Big shoutout to @tmgrace for making so many warm connections happen.
Shipping and investing in Cleveland? Drop a note!
Day 4: Columbus delivered. Real builders grinding on reindustrialization, passionate investors who believe in the Midwest ecosystem, and ideas that hit like the future is getting built right here.
(We had some dueling bus parking and may have been mistaken for a band tour bus ππΈ)
Big shoutout to @tmgrace for making so many warm connections happen.
Shipping and investing in Cleveland? Drop a note!
"He let me come to an awkward end before responding, 'Thanks. Whoβs this?' and pointing to my infant daughter. ... Itβs a startling irony of my life that Ryne Sandberg got to meet my daughter and my father never did." https://t.co/pepKShZIW7
The author admired how the Cubsβ star second baseman Ryne Sandberg took a humble approach to the sport, and how that attitude could translate in life. https://t.co/prZkZ5jxaL
My favorite player. I ran into him once at the J Crew at Water Tower when my first daughter was a baby. I just stuttered at him about how much I loved him and he was like ok cool man but tell me everything about this baby. Rest in peace Ryno.
You are the age you feel.
And you stay young by running your race and not someone else's.
Work on want you want, wear what you want, spend time with people who give you life.
Do you.