Dave Barrett

More well-deserved recognition for the team & mission of @PolarisVC partner #3 @CohereHealth LinkedIn Top Startups 2024: The 50 U.S. companies on the rise linkedin.com/pulse/linkedin…

🔥🚨BREAKING: It is being claimed on X that In 2009, Tim Tebow proved the existence of God, a post that is trending reveals the statistically impossible consistency with a bible verse and the former football player. Trad West: ‘Tim Tebow wrote John 3:16” under his eyes during the National Championship Game. 94 million people searched the verse that night. Exactly three years later to the day, Tebow played his first NFL playoff game against the Pittsburgh Steelers. He threw for 316 yards. His yards per completion were 31.6. The TV rating peaked at 31.6. The opponent’s time of possession was 31:06. The only interception in the game was thrown on 3rd and 16. The game was played exactly 316 weeks after Tebow declared he would play college football for the University of Florida. Six different statistics. All pointing to the same verse. On the same date. Three years apart. Nobody planned this. Nobody could have.’ “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.” John 3:16

Heroes get remembered but Legends never die! May you rest in eternal peace with God forever Coach Lou! RIP Lou Holtz ☘️🙏🏼

.@Espngreeny pays tribute to legendary football coach Lou Holtz.

I played for Nick Saban, Bill Belichick, and Sean Payton. I studied under some of the greatest coaching minds in the history of professional football. And after the Lord saved me, I realized something that changed everything. Every single leadership principle that made those teams thrive is biblical. They just did it for the glory of man instead of the glory of God. Here is what I mean. Belichick taught us to do our jobs. Scripture commands us to work as unto the Lord, not for the approval of men. (Col. 3:23) Belichick held Tom Brady to a higher standard than anyone else. Scripture says to whom much is given, much is required. (Luke 12:48) Belichick cut the cancer immediately, no matter the cost. Scripture tells us that a little leaven leavens the whole lump. (Gal. 5:9) Belichick sacrificed personal credit and took responsibility for every loss. Scripture calls leaders to be servants first. (Matthew 20:26) Brady sacrificed personal stats for the good of the team. Scripture says do nothing out of selfish ambition, but in humility consider others above yourself. (Phil. 2:3) Brady could encourage a teammate and confront him in the same breath. Scripture says speak the truth in love. (Eph. 4:15) These men did not know they were pulling from eternal, biblical commands. But the principles worked. They always work. Because truth is truth whether the man wielding it knows its source or not. Now imagine this. If these principles built a two-decade dynasty in professional football with men who did not know the Lord, what would God do through His church if we humbled ourselves and followed the same playbook? What would happen in your marriage if you coached yourself harder than you coach anyone else? What would happen in your home if you cut the cancers of laziness, passivity, and selfishness? What would happen in your leadership if you stopped protecting your ego and started serving your team? The blueprint is not new. The playbook has been written for two thousand years. The question is whether you are willing to run it. I spent 10 years in the NFL and the best locker rooms I ever walked into operated on principles that Scripture laid out long before football existed. Stop looking for a new framework. Open the Book. And do your job.

In 10 years, there will be two classes of people. Economists call it the "K-shaped economy" - and the next 2-3 years will decide which line you're on. • An overclass that uses AI as a lever to build wealth, automate income, and make decisions at a speed no human can compete with alone. • And an underclass that gets managed by it. This isn't just "coming". It's already happening. Some mind-blowing stats: • Workers with AI skills earn 56% more than the same job without them. That premium doubled in a single year. • Industries adopting AI are seeing 3x the revenue growth per employee. • Meanwhile, 90% of workers haven't taken a single hour of AI training. • Goldman Sachs estimates 300 million jobs will be affected by AI by 2028. That's 24 months from now. If you're reading this now and you haven't built systems with AI - haven't automated a single workflow, haven't used it to create anything that makes you money or makes you irreplaceable - you are currently on the wrong line. That's not an insult. You have the agency to change your trajectory right now. But six months from now, the gap will be twice as wide. And a year from now, it may not be crossable.

@KMooreTV @thorrbjorn @thorrbjorn took Rhody next-level across the board: commitment to student-athletes, coaches, facilities, administration, donor enthusiasm. He is special & will be missed

Just spoke to an emotional @thorrbjorn (battling laryngitis). Bjorn shared the emotions of leaving Rhody after 18 and a half years for UMass. "We've cried a lot. We talked to our football program today and got so choked up. I love this place and what that means, I love the people, it's a special place...I keep thinking and my wife keeps saying to me, 18 and a half years is a long time, we've been very lucky." @NBC10 @universityofri

@patk @robgo Success in VC comes more than not when you can help to build a strong foundation w/ the bricks thrown at you thx for the thx @patk @robgo

I completely agree with your advice "find a way to be known for something" and that is also why experienced, known entrepreneurs have such a leg up when they transition into venture. Of similar advice, I tell ppl who want to get a job in VC "the only shortcut is to be marketable to founders or marketable to LPs... or it's a grind to the top." I think the other cause of the "trough" is that startups are just fuckin hard, no matter what side of the table you're on. Many come to VC thinking they can get the upside and the stimulation of startups, but without the stress. I found my experience in VC to be the opposite in many ways. It's less shitty day to day, but your job is literally to get pulled into the worst of startups (huge HR issues, running out of cash, firing founders, customer disputes, etc.). That's a f'ing drain. Some people also just do not have this experience nor the mental toughness - AND, their firms do not prioritize mentorship during these moments when I'd argue it is THE teachable moment in VC. For this, I do truly appreciate @davebarrett4. I wont get into which companies and what drama, but when I was at Polaris and doing board work, it was during the shit times he leaned in to help me -- and all of that experience now helps me as an operator again. I'd finish by saying that it's good this trough period weeds people out. I remember my friend who worked at CAA and everyone who wants to be a talent has to pitstop in the mailroom. How bad do you want it? Do you have the toughness and is this your calling? Better to learn that early and do something else if needed.

Wrote a post about the trough of disillusionment for venture capitalists in year 3-6 of the job. Layer in the boom and bust cycle that the industry just went through, and you can understand why there has been so much turnover in the business in recent years.

In 2014, @Nike released this beautiful ad titled "Ripple," which illustrated Woods' impact on Rory McIlroy's development. It’s still one of the best spots the company has ever produced.

"To fund his golfing ambitions, McIlroy's parents took on extra jobs. Gerry worked 100 hours a week; he cleaned toilets and showers at a local sports club in the mornings, served as a bartender at Holywood Golf Club from 12 to 6 pm, then returned to the sports club to work behind the bar in the evenings. Rosie looked after Rory during the day, and worked night shifts packaging rolls of tape at a 3M factory in Bangor, County Down. Due to their conflicting schedules, McIlroy's parents rarely saw each other during this period. Gerry later said: "I had no idea what else to do. I’m a working-class man. We wanted to give our only child a chance." After finding success as a professional golfer, McIlroy bought his parents a house in 2009, and stated: "I’ll never be able to repay Mum and Dad for what they did, but at least they know they’ll never have to work another day. I’ll do whatever it takes to look after them."

Blame Nobody, Expect Nothing, Do Something. - B. Parcells

Strategic investment from State Farm to accelerate @PolarisVC partner @Proof mission to combat identity fraud proof.com/blog/proof-sec…

Two opposing forces will come to a head in 2025: society will continue to reject analog in favor of digital, and an AI-powered arms race will upend trust on the internet. Here are @proof's 5 predictions for 2025 and why we believe the identity industry will undergo a transformation akin to how payment networks disrupted how we pay for things: 1️⃣ Consumer appetite for digital-first solutions will rapidly increase, paralleling a rise in online consumer fraud. 2️⃣ A major financial institution will report a significant loss due to AI-generated forgery that allowed a fraudster to bypass conventional identity-proofing. 3️⃣ Public figures, governments, and major institutions will adopt industry-leading standards for content authenticity and watermarking giving viewers verifiable proof as to who created what on the internet. 4️⃣ The burden of identity fraud will continue to shift away from the consumer to businesses as identity-proofing solutions establish clear policies and standards that deliver certainty online. 5️⃣ Identity Authorization Networks (IANs) will emerge as the solution to online transaction and identity fraud and will mirror the evolution of modern-day payment networks. Over the next few weeks, we’ll delve into these themes in a new series that explores the historical trends behind our predictions and examines how modern payment networks provide a playbook for how Identity Authorization Networks will become the identity layer for the Internet. Read our latest blog to learn more:

Proud to have @PolarisVC portfolio partners @MorphicTherapeutic @Proof @CohereHealth @NewEnglandVC #NEVYs24 award finalists for Life Sciences, Tech & HC IT Companies of the Year respectively linkedin.com/pulse/new-engl…

#GenerativeAI makes identity fraud alarmingly easy, weakening digital trust @PolarisVC partner @Proof's identity authorization platform secures > $100B of transactions yearly Verify is designed to combat the growing threat of AI-generated #deepfakes online linkedin.com/posts/barrettd…

Still more recognition for a great team @CohereHealth selected #1 Top Boston Startup @PolarisVc= proud partners linkedin.com/pulse/linkedin…

David Ting, Founder and CTO of @tausight, talks about the complexities of healthcare IT architecture and the risks of unmanaged software environments in this #newsday: loom.ly/J0hL05I #TWH #HealthIT

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