@icanvardar Notice how big head isn’t in the picture, claude could never replace him
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Isaac Howe
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Isaac Howe
@isaachoweVC
Rutgers sophomore who spends all day thinking about VC and startups. My Substack: https://t.co/3dRJOHQb6Q
Katılım Ekim 2024
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this team can be replaced by a single claude max subscription
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Isaac Howe retweetledi
had @cory @g_kasten and @zfellows pop by rutgers yesterday
appreciate the help (and the backyard) @isaachoweVC @SafaKaragoz06
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@Tancrededib Highest density of ppl with the same obsession as me, who r also prob better than me, which will force me to beat them
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vcs shit posting other vcs is the best part of my feed
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@beyoumf Crippling fear of mediocrity and obsession with greatness
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Is there anyone else who still favors reading physical books over e-books?
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@jefielding Only bad VCs care about moats at the early stage. It’s the result of an inability to build real conviction in the founder
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Right now, VCs care about one thing only…defensibility / moats so don’t bother pitching anything else. Like throw away the entire deck and just have one slide on that.
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VC cheat code:
- don’t be an asshole
- don’t waste founder time
- don’t sleep with founders
- don’t make empty promises
- don’t pull term sheets
What did I miss?
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trying to get my head around this one
John Coogan@johncoogan
TBPN has been acquired by OpenAI! The show is staying the same and we’ll continue to go live at 11am pacific every weekday. This is a full circle moment for me as I’ve worked with @sama for well over a decade. He funded my first company in 2013. Then helped us fix a serious logjam during a critical funding round a few years later. When I took my second company through YC, he was president at the time, and then when I joined Founders Fund, the first deal I saw in motion was the post-ChatGPT round in late 2022. And as we started growing TBPN last year, he was the very first lab lead to join the show. Thank you to everyone that has been a part of TBPN until now. The last year has been the most fun and rewarding part of my career and we’re excited to have more resources than ever going forward.
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What is Marc Andreessen's biggest strength and biggest weakness?
"I get emotional, which is both my biggest strength and my biggest liability.
The strength is that when I commit, I deeply commit and become incredibly determined.
The downside is that I can also get negatively emotional, which I have worked hard to manage." @pmarca
Dangerous one here! @DavidGeorge83 @arampell @skupor @dhaber @davidu @bhorowitz @astrange @kirbyman01 what would you say is Marc's single biggest strength and weakness?
Harry Stebbings@HarryStebbings
This is for everyone who has a dream that simply seems out of reach. 11 years ago I started 20VC as an 18 year old in a bedroom in London. I didn’t know a single VC and had no money. I wrote down the names of three legends of the venture world. I have had two on the show previously and today I complete the list that 18 year old boy made. This was 11 years, 3,000 shows, 3,750 hours, in the making. Never give up, never doubt yourself, stay focused, row your own race. It will come through. Welcoming Marc Andreesen to 20VC today. (Links in comments)
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@Alfred_Lin Everyone at my school is so worried about future jobs, but this is one of the greatest opportunities ever! I can actually redefine something right now, not wait a decade
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Part II of their note, since apparently Part I resonated.
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For those early in your careers, this is a moment to accelerate your trajectory. You’re not just inheriting systems. You are helping redefine them.
For those with experience, this is just as powerful. Deep understanding, combined with new tools, is a multiplier.
That’s how step-changes happen. We’re already seeing it:
- Research compressed from weeks into hours
- Systems built and scaled in entirely new ways
- Constraints disappearing; and with them, new opportunities emerging
And with that comes a simple truth: in periods like this, adaptation isn’t optional. There is no neutral.
But that’s also what makes this moment special.
Alfred Lin@Alfred_Lin
A CEO from one of our portfolio companies shared this with their team. I’m re-sharing it with their permission, because it resonated and reflects what all founders and CEOs should be communicating. -- We are living through a period of compounding change. And in moments like this, the biggest risk is no longer making the wrong decision. It is moving too slowly while the world moves around you. There are two paths. We can play defense: - Protect what we have - Optimize what works - Wait for clarity It feels safe. It isn’t. Or we can play offense: - Learn faster than the environment changes - Use new tools to solve old problems in better ways - And create entirely new strategies and businesses That’s where the opportunity is. Challenge yourself to do things faster and better than you have ever attempted. Stay uncomfortable. Stay on the front foot.
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@WillManidis @mon__lim So true, the human brain grossly underestimates the power of exponentials
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the greatest regret i have is underestimating the value of long term compounding.
friendships, people, places, all get better with decades. beautiful things dont even start to reveal themselves for years. it is entirely what life is about. a few good things for a long time.
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@AdamDraper I started the habit of writing down every idea I had. The skill compounds. Greatest decision
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The habit of having ideas is incredible. Because you end up having more and more ideas.
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I hate when I send a cold email to someone, and then 2 minutes later I get a notification that they viewed my Linkedin… and then still not respond, like wtf!!
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