VCs Congratulating Themselves 👏👏👏

@BrianRoemmele another amazing renovation by @bankertobuilder So modern and clean!

“NOBODY WANTS TO GO TO THE UPDATED LIBRARY WE BUILT, THEY MUST HATE BOOKS NOW” This is the world we have settled for and we let them build. Every space they will make look like it was designed around the style of a sports stadium men’s room.

@WizLikeWizard @humblebrag

Can someone good at math tell me how we're doing?

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@sabakarimm But first, company offsite in Ibiza

Nobody tells you the hardest part of a raise is the week after it closes. The money hits. The congrats stop. And every promise in that deck now has a deadline lol

@AlmostMedia ✍️

Just not at all casually going to remind everyone that I wrote the very first check because Isaiah is a once in a generation talent

@andruyeung @ankurnagpal @AngelList @nateliason @meetfibe @TheShortlistNYC @rrhoover @mrsharma @nadyaokamoto @shl @zsims I, for one, am shocked you decided to host it in NYC

I'm excited to announce the Outliers Summit. November 5 and 6 in New York City. A two-day gathering for founders, creators, operators, builders, and thinkers bringing unreasonably ambitious ideas to life, hosted with my friend @ankurnagpal and @AngelList. Previously, we called this event the OOO Summit. But this year, we've evolved the brand and doubled the size of the event to reflect what we believe the future will look like. Over the last two years, thousands of ambitious people attended our summit, and we've realized that the people showing up aren't just business owners and operators. They are multi-hyphenates, hybrid creator-entrepreneurs, solo builders, AI-native founders, and even people running companies of one with agents doing the rest. The word to describe this kind of person is Outlier. The type of person who chose to take the unconventional path and pave their own way. You'll be hearing from people like @rrhoover (@ProductHunt, @WeekendFund), @shl (@gumroad), @dunn (@Bonobos, Pie), @nadyaokamoto (Pie, August), @zsims (@Codecademy), @mrsharma and @nateliason. & many more to be announced. This year, the Outliers Summit will be two full days: Day 1 is How Outliers Build. Tactical sessions where you leave having built the thing yourself – an app, an agent, an audience, a brand. Day 2 is How Outliers Think. Off-the-record conversations about the bets that separate outliers from everyone else. Early bird pricing ends August 12th and goes up 30% after that. If you are unreasonably ambitious, we'd love to meet you. Apply here: outlierssummit.com

@MurrayHillGuy1 Atlanta needs to be in the top 5

Top 10 cities with the worst drivers: 1. Boston, MA 2. Washington, DC 3. Baltimore, MD 4. Worcester, MA 5. Springfield, MA 6. Glendale, CA 7. Providence, RI 8. Sunrise Manor, NV 9. Los Angeles, CA 10. Philadelphia, PA

@KenWattana Also, the sheer volume of a16z new media people could rival the population of a small country

Are there more a16z partners or Corgi GTM girlies

@darrenmarble How dare you bash Prof Cold Takes!

I stopped listening to Scott Galloway years ago. Prime example of an idiot academic. There are many.

@alexisohanian ok

Keep going

@ColinGardiner Have it tattooed

As a VC should I put my whole portfolio on my website? Or even better add each on LinkedIn as a role?

@mehul 🫰

Matic will be the first robot in the history of humanity to… 8/13! (not a demo or an act, every robot we ever shipped just gets better)

@DrewVento 🤝 Roastbeef melt, Arby’s sauce, curly fries and a Coke Zero. Meal of champions

I'm tired of everyone acting like Arby's isn't delicious.

@owroot Bizkit gave us the best wrestling promo of all time. show some respect

We will not be doing Puddle of Mudd nostalgia We will not be doing Limp Bizkit nostalgia We will not be doing Slipknot nostalgia We will not be doing Korn nostalgia

@lisamxu Detroit is so beautiful this time of year 😌

never tired of this view

@oldstocky This is the before picture of my house. check out the great renovation @bankertobuilder accomplished

Humans really saw this and thought “let’s add LED lights and make the entire house gray and white”

@sfakkawi @soren_iverson #4 for sure

5 things worth every penny at a start-up: 1. 60” standing desks 2. merch. We like nn07, buck mason, LA apparel 3. good interns 4. @soren_iverson design work 5. Bone broth as an office snack

@EricLDaugh @bigcontentguy

🤣 LMAO! Q: If you got 1 full week off and nobody had access to you, what would you do? SEC. MARCO RUBIO: "My wife's gonna hate this answer. I'd love to sit down and watch every college football game from noon eastern until the west coast games end at 2AM eastern."

@SMB_Attorney You just know MGMT, Imagine Dragons and The Lumineers are in HEAVY rotation at these things

I went deep on this business and what I learned is crazy... Adult summer camps and their demand is exploding. Lots of people are going to get rich. The thesis is simple... People are burnt out and lonely as hell. And they’re looking to book weekends that feel like being a kid again... This time with open bars, memory foam, and no parents. Yelp searches for these things jumped like 350% recently. A solid weekend runs $500–$1,200+ a person and includes the usual archery/kayaking/ropes stuff plus karaoke, foam parties, paint-and-sip, the whole deal. One influencer’s women-only camp sold out in under 10 minutes and ended up with a 60,000-person waitlist. That’s insans. The modern version basically started around 2013. There was the pure digital-detox one (Camp Grounded... no phones, no real names, no work talk) started by a burned-out tech guy who later passed away way too young. And then the party version (Camp No Counselors) that went on Shark Tank, got rejected, and still blew up anyway with color wars and slip-n-slides. People show up solo and leave with actual friends. In this post-pandemic economy, this feels like a winner. [Pictures of "Camp No Counselor"]

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