Scott Johnson

Managing Partner, Blitzscaling Ventures

[Scott Johnson @VC_Scott]

Web3 as originally coined failed to materialize. The “AI web” is actually Web3.

[Scott Johnson @VC_Scott]

Another day, another "All of your personal information was stolen..." letter in the US mail. Right into the recycling bin, as I already assume everything about me is available for sale...

[Scott Johnson @VC_Scott]

Congrats to the Crossbeam team - very exciting day! https://t.co/hLHEudx6RX

[Scott Johnson @VC_Scott]

If you obscure your sight when I land with a banner demanding cookie acceptance, I expect a "no cookies" button front and center, or I close the tab. So choose one: A) easy opt out, or B) few viewers.

[Scott Johnson @VC_Scott]

@HowThingsWork_ Company pivot with 3 months cash remaining

[Scott Johnson @VC_Scott]

@tojulius Agree!!! The worst offender in my experience is https://t.co/GrUNuFWZpu. No warning and a very big charge every 6 months and no possibility of a pro rata refund. Never again. Avoid.

[Scott Johnson @VC_Scott]

@jowyang FAANG experience is good training but for so many it set current comp expectations so far above market. Leases were signed assuming a salary that may be twice market rates. This reversion to the mean feels more like a wrecking ball than a pendulum for some.

[Suhail @Suhail]

Raising too much money is one of the greatest ways to take a team with high urgency and corrupt them with a sense of infinite time to figure things out.

[Scott Johnson @VC_Scott]

@chrisfralic @RobertMMetcalfe @vgcerf Agree! Bob exceeded my heroic expectations each time we met.

[Packy McCormick @packyM]

gm

[Jeremiah Owyang @jowyang]

AI startup categories that are very crowded are: 1) AI Marketing 2) AI for recruiting 3) AI for getting hired 4) AI for creating content.

Startups should stand out by having access to exclusive data, harness network effects, build in product-led-growth and more.

[Scott Johnson @VC_Scott]

@chrisfralic Chris if you give me $10M I will borrow it, lever it, and then gamble it on crypto! Oh, and I will also give some to charity. But don't worry, I will still send you statements that say you have $10M so it will appear risk free to you.

[Scott Johnson @VC_Scott]

Trying to use less plastic. Buying loose heads of lettuce, milk in cardboard, seltzer in cans, etc. Then I walk into Walmart, see a million plastic easter eggs for pennies each, and get a more than a bit disillusioned.

[Paul Graham @paulg]

If your startup has a good growth rate, no one will care who's on your board of advisors.

If you don't have a good growth rate, no one will care who's on your board of advisors.

Ergo, no one will care who's on your board of advisors.

[Scott Johnson @VC_Scott]

@jowyang @stepconference @chrisyeh @raydargham Sounds a lot like SXSW. Have fun!

[Scott Johnson @VC_Scott]

@jowyang Yeah. My SEO is a mess!

[Scott Johnson @VC_Scott]

Thinking that Apple and Google will pipe their voice interfaces (Siri and OK Google) into a Perplexity-like search to finally make output truly helpful. Instead of "Here are some websites I found..."

[Scott Johnson @VC_Scott]

@edsuh Super true. Generally investors know right away when a team/opportunity is a good fit.

[Scott Johnson @VC_Scott]

@HowThingsWork_ Didn’t see this one coming but, apart from the cost of the headset, this is an actual, practical, everyday use of AR!

[Scott Johnson @VC_Scott]

@bhalligan @dharmesh I dunno Brian. M&A companies are sitting on a ton of cash and are not just going to buy back stock all day. Survey of CEOs I saw says inorganic growth in 2024 is a big part of their strategy, and not just earnings accretive deals. Strategic as well. Hope they follow through.