Dustin Betz

@realEstateTrent Get in line, behind all the other HODLers, and then just wait and hope Number Go Up and some greater fools get in line behind you!

If you pay $100k for one bitcoin, what do you get?

@Rainmaker1973 Where is that online short story about people living in the abandoned space elevators?

Japanese company Obayashi Corporation still plans to create an elevator-tower that brings you directly into space by 2050.

4/ In exchange for my sweat equity, I negotiated some advisor shares, which I could purchase generally for just a few dollars (these were super early companies, exercising was cheap). Advisor agreements are pretty standard, I recommend the FAST: fi.co/fast

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Perception: "Startup valuations are dropping like crazy" Reality: Late-stage startup valuations are dropping Angel-stage startup valuations are stable, as they typically are. Seed-stage startup valuations are rising. It is still a great time to launch a startup 💪

@ChatGPTBot What are some tips to living a good life today, in 2022? Answer in the style of Kurt Vonnegut.

#Pittsburgh Entrepreneurs: JOIN US Dec 06 for TheDevShop Startup Pitch Competition: Pitch to Win $2,000 in Prize Money 👉 bit.ly/3OPF0Ko Featuring: @Ilanadiamond , Atul Bansal

📈 #FundingLab Applications OPEN for #Startups Ready to Raise→ bit.ly/3hcX9m7 ←Q1 deadline DEC 18! Prerequisites: 1️⃣ Working FT on the company 2️⃣ Functioning product 3️⃣ Demonstrable customer traction 4️⃣ Able to spend 25+ hours/wk for 3+ mo 5️⃣ Team >2

Amazing day 🚀 ! Happy to pitch whit @klouser_app in the global #foundershowcase for @founding. Amazing feedback and insights from @WesSchwalje @BadeAluko @incisiveventure ! Thanks @adeoressi @RTelligentJG and @DustinBetz for the opportunity!

NFX implosion makes me sad—not bc of stupid crypto, I’m a near nocoiner, long believed 80%+ sector is grift—but bc SBF political donations aside, he was the most prominent entrepreneur in the EA movement & repetitional damage by association sucks, having a fraud/fool as posterboy

Thought Bombs from my panel today with @roelofbotha "VCs should be a shock absorber not a amplifier" Moderate the amplitude in both up and down markets. His biggest "learning" as a VC. Let your winners ride. Selling too early is bad for truly great companies (Paypal, square)

🌟 @RoelofBotha of @Sequoia Capital LIVE NOW on #VentureTrailblazers: "We're not really prescriptive about WHERE the ideas come from—it's really about the quality of the #founder and problem that they're solving." #startups #FIworldwide

'Good investors are shock absorbers, not amplifiers. They support founders during the down times, and temper their enthusiasm in the high times' - paraphrased from @roelofbotha of @sequoia on Venture Trailblazers

🚀 6 Fast-Growth #Startups to Pitch in FI Alumni Seed-Stage #DemoDay→ bit.ly/3DHpZGH ←FT @PaketConcierge, @endiatx, @mentessa_ai, @itsKrado, @EmpowerEquity & #HOHM! 🗓 JOIN US 10 NOV on #Stonks to see these FI portfolio co's pitch #investors + answer questions LIVE

📣 We are very excited to announce that @RoelofBotha of @Sequoia Capital will be joining as the keynote speaker for Founder Institute's inaugural 'Venture Trailblazers' event, happening November 2nd!→ venturetrailblazers.com #FIworldwide #VC #entrepreneur

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🇨🇦 #Canada FI50: fi.co/50-CANADA ←Meet the Fastest Growing FI #Startups from across Canada! 📈 Canadian FI Alumni have made HUGE progress over the past year—our new #FI50 Report highlights these companies' success! @FoundingTO @MontrealFI @SunilSharmaCo @SergiusEscobar

@VCBrags Disruptively revolutionary yet satisfyingly ephemeral, just like the latest web3 boondoggle

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