Nat Fraser
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Nat Fraser
@NatDFraser
#dadlife in Denver, CO
From DC - Denver, CO! Katılım Temmuz 2011
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Writing our quarterly LP update. Q1 was massive. Had a child. Made 4 new investments. Fund I had two growth stage mark-ups (1 Series B, 1 Series C) Fund II had a large Series A raise. Three companies headed to market in Q2. We are four years old as a firm this month. Firm building is really hard. Also very rewarding to see things slowly start to pay off. Still years before we know if we are truly top decile, but leaving it all on the field every day.
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@DNeckel19 I’d like to see Tony Bennett drop in and address the team with some post-UMBC reflections.
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Still a great season. Easily the best in my lifetime.
But rough way to lose the biggest opportunity in program history.
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Excellent job Lina Khan, you successfully destroyed iRobot, a company that Amazon wanted to purchase, but you blocked it for fear of a creating some kind of robot vacuum monopoly.
Now which companies are winning? Well of course Roborock, a Chinese robot vacuum company that's flooded the US market and has better infrastructure and development.
Another example of our own government destroying our own companies for the benefit of foreign competitors.
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GIF
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Katelin and I visited the Denver HQ of 776 co Boom Supersonic that's building a supersonic airliner to reintroduce commercial supersonic flight since the Concorde's retirement. 🇺🇸 I'm lucky to have known @bscholl since he started this company and it's been awe-inspiring to see how far it's come (and know the best is still yet to come!)
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@avidseries @GoodThinker101 Browder's "Red Notice" is a fantastic book on the topic:
amazon.com/Red-Notice-Fin…
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@JJWatt In Colorado, it’s 9 ski runs, 9 holes of golf, then 9 innings at Coors Field. Long day but fun times.
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Whether investing in a company or fund, I see tons of memos that call out key person risk as a primary consideration.
That is bananas. I want as much key person risk as I can possibly find. The absence of key person risk means you’ve already lost.
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SWIM NEWS: The 2028 USA Swimming Olympic Trials are officially headed back to Lucas Oil Stadium 🏟️
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@chamath Aprapos
delian@zebulgar
Incredibly excited for this year's Hill and Valley Forum Over a short few years we've made it the pre-eminent forum for the top technology leaders and elected officials to gather Jensen Huang, Alex Karp, etc and 30+ Senators and Representatives This year's agenda here:
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Sitting here, in 2025, its important to recognize that there is one, and only one, battle that must be won when thinking in terms of the sovereignty and supremacy of one nation-state over another:
Technical Superiority
Countries who have technical superiority will have military and economic superiority over those that don't. No amount of social engineering can fix this simple truth.
With that in mind, its important to acknowledge that China is formidable and neck and neck with America but America can win if we focus and prioritize.
America will lose, however, if we remain a place where more value is placed on bureaucracy and administrivia vs core innovations and the capital to scale them.
William Huo@wmhuo168
BREAKING: China made 5nm chips without EUV. Let that sink in. No ASML. No Nikon. Just brute-force DUV, clever engineering, and sheer industrial will. Moore’s Law didn’t die. It moved to Shanghai.
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This is going to be an awesome event!
Christian Garrett@CGarrett_15
The Hill & Valley Forum is back bigger and better than ever this year. Couldn't be more excited to once again gather Silicon Valley and Capitol Hill to continue the work keeping America and its allies at the forefront of technological supremacy. More surprise announcements coming :)
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@msuster So sorry to hear it, Mark. Prayers from Denver. Will be thinking about you all.
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It would seem that our whole town is gone. Every grocery store, school, church, synagogue, so many houses. No news on our place but not optimistic.
So many good people devastated.
We’re safe. We have a place to stay for 2 weeks and will reassess.
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For anyone seeking some levity in 2025, the creativity of @soren_iverson has been making me chuckle for years.
Soren Iverson@soren_iverson
2 years of creating unhinged interfaces daily. I had no idea what this project would turn into, and I'm grateful for the people, opportunities, and laughs I found through it. It’s been fun, and a grind. Thank you to everyone who’s liked, reposted, or chuckled at a post 🖤
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Breaking: An anonymous donor has gifted a multi-million dollar donation to UVA football, the largest one-time cash contribution in program history.
“I am bullish on the future success of this program and optimistic that this commitment will be a catalyst for increased support.”
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@kylesockwell Gretchen Walsh can swim 200 meters faster than I can read “GCSSITHOFOAT”.
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College Swimming has never been this fast and exciting this early in the year in the history of forever.
This might end up being the GCSSITHOFOAT.
Greatest.
College.
Swimming.
Season.
In.
The.
History.
Of.
Forever.
Of.
All.
Time.
Buckle up, y'all.
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Nat Fraser retweetledi
@kylesockwell @uncswimdive Do we give the top seed in each finals heat a walk up song?
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I cannot emphasize enough the importance of having the live score displayed at all times in-venue and on the live stream for college swimming dual meets.
Watching the UNC vs. Auburn dual meet this afternoon, I knew the overall context of the meet the entire event (something that is not typical in our sport)
Now let's add some live stream commentary and maybe some in venue music next time 📈
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