Alex Maffeo

If I was in charge of US Soccer, I would fly to Spain and pay Jurgen Klopp a visit. I believe I could convince him to take the USMNT job. Gregg Berhalter will get the blame for this Copa America but much of the fault lies with the players. dailymail.co.uk/sport/football…

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@anothercohen 🙋‍♂️

Who is hiring a director of product / VP of product? A good friend of mine is exploring what's next. He has extensive healthcare and fintech experience. DMs are open

Since the founding of Coinbase back in 2012 we have taken a long-term view. I knew we needed to embrace compliance to become a generational company that stood the test of time. We got the licenses, hired the compliance and legal teams, and made it clear our brand was about trust with our customers and following the rules. We wanted to increase transparency and raise the bar on trust, so we became a public company in 2021. This meant we couldn't always move as quickly as others. It's more difficult and expensive to take a compliant approach. You can't launch every product that customers want when it’s illegal. But it's the right approach because we believe in rule of law. Today's news reinforces that doing it the hard way was the right decision. We now have an opportunity to start a new chapter for this industry. We took a lot of arrows operating here in the U.S. due to the lack of regulatory clarity, and my hope is that today's news serves as a catalyst to finally achieve that. Americans should not have to go to offshore unregulated exchanges to benefit from this technology. This industry should be built right here in America, in a compliant way, under U.S. law. We're going to stay here in the U.S. because we believe in economic freedom and that the U.S. democratic system will eventually get this right. Decentralization and crypto is a powerful tool to update the financial system and build a global economy with more economic freedom. We're just getting started 🚀

@rexsalisbury lol 👋

InsurTech category has largely been capital destructive...

@ohitsstuart Sounds like an infrastructure problem to me. ;)

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@NikMilanovic 👍

should I tickle this hand? 👍 yes 👎 no

@yrechtman Def still brokers unfort. Step one: set up a corp email account. Step 2: say something on the internet about said corp raising a few VC dollars. Step 3: respond to one of the 800 cold emails you get from brokers 5 min later.

@AlexMaffeo But like how do I find/where is top of funnel

How do I find folks trying to get out of leases in NY? Would love to finally get an office but don’t want to do buildout or sign a 5+ year term.

@joeschmidtiv If only there was a company built to provide all of the compliance, capital, and technology infrastructure companies need to scale their insurance programs. ;)

The cautionary and unfortunate story of Vesttoo is my quick take on a multi billion $ fraud you've likely never heard of but is happening now & emphasizes the importance of a thorough compliance process as a fintech scales. A bunch of other fun stuff in here too - check it out!

@Alex_Lazarow @jefielding Terrible take.

@jefielding My view is life is too short. There are many great founders and tons of great companies. But we only have so much time. Pick the problems you believe in and the people you want to be associated with. Would do the same you did.

I recently passed on a company because I didn't like the founder. BUT, I have strong feeling that the company will be successful. Founder was not awful, offensive or shady, just kinda arrogant and entitled, not my vibe. But if my job is returning capital to LPs and I believe this founder can be successful and within our thesis, should I be investing anyway? I struggle with this...

@jefielding @Gaving322 @halletecco Yikes, no. GPs have one job: to pass on or invest in co’s based on merits, whether they want to get beer with a founder or not. Good VCs can price a deal or explain why they passed, objectively, every time. The worst don’t do/say anything, most often bc they don’t even know how.

@Gaving322 @halletecco I didn't need to, the round was subscribed. By passing, I just didn't pursue.

If you were part of the problem, know that the rest of us kept our receipts. We know who you Twitter heroes are, can freely choose who to do business with in the future, and we have extremely long memories. We also vote. #SVBCollapse #SVB 💪

1/ More in the VC community need to speak out publicly to quell the panic about @SVB_Financial ... I believe their CEO when he says they are solvent and not in violation of any banking ratios & goal was to raise & strengthen balance sheet

Just had nine heart attacks. Let's go! #USMNT #WorldCup2022 🇺🇸

My god do I love watching this team ball. You got off lucky, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿…and ya know it. #USMNT #WorldcupQatar2022

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