Scott Johnson

Web3 as originally coined failed to materialize. The “AI web” is actually Web3.

Another day, another "All of your personal information was stolen..." letter in the US mail. Right into the recycling bin, as I already assume everything about me is available for sale...

Congrats to the Crossbeam team - very exciting day! crossbeam.com/crossbeam-and-…

If you obscure your sight when I land with a banner demanding cookie acceptance, I expect a "no cookies" button front and center, or I close the tab. So choose one: A) easy opt out, or B) few viewers.

@HowThingsWork_ Company pivot with 3 months cash remaining

Extreme reversing 🔙🚘

@tojulius Agree!!! The worst offender in my experience is Ancestry.com. No warning and a very big charge every 6 months and no possibility of a pro rata refund. Never again. Avoid.

Businesses who send you a reminder before renewing the subscription have my undivided respect.

@jowyang FAANG experience is good training but for so many it set current comp expectations so far above market. Leases were signed assuming a salary that may be twice market rates. This reversion to the mean feels more like a wrecking ball than a pendulum for some.

Brutal Brutal market. There are about 1000 applicants for every job opening according to the data on LinkedIn. Those who have built up a great network and also a personal brand stand to benefit more than those who have failed to invest in these things over the last several years. A personal reference to the hiring manager is a cheat code, even if you have an Ivy League background and worked at a top FAANG company in a senior role.

Raising too much money is one of the greatest ways to take a team with high urgency and corrupt them with a sense of infinite time to figure things out.

@chrisfralic @RobertMMetcalfe @vgcerf Agree! Bob exceeded my heroic expectations each time we met.

They say don’t ever meet your heroes, but I disagree

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AI startup categories that are very crowded are: 1) AI Marketing 2) AI for recruiting 3) AI for getting hired 4) AI for creating content. Startups should stand out by having access to exclusive data, harness network effects, build in product-led-growth and more.

@chrisfralic Chris if you give me $10M I will borrow it, lever it, and then gamble it on crypto! Oh, and I will also give some to charity. But don't worry, I will still send you statements that say you have $10M so it will appear risk free to you.

A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away

Trying to use less plastic. Buying loose heads of lettuce, milk in cardboard, seltzer in cans, etc. Then I walk into Walmart, see a million plastic easter eggs for pennies each, and get a more than a bit disillusioned.

If your startup has a good growth rate, no one will care who's on your board of advisors. If you don't have a good growth rate, no one will care who's on your board of advisors. Ergo, no one will care who's on your board of advisors.

@jowyang @stepconference @chrisyeh @raydargham Sounds a lot like SXSW. Have fun!

At the Step Conference, @stepconference in Dubai Internet city. This is a different experience than most conferences it’s a community, festival, keynotes, and there’s startups, corporates and hyper scalers. See @chrisyeh @raydargham on stage.

@jowyang Yeah. My SEO is a mess!

I was teased relentlessly as a child for my name: Jeremiah Kendall Owyang. Seriously, I don’t think there’s any other Chinese American that has a longer name than I do, and so easy to tease, thanks Mom Dad! The good news is, TODAY, I have damn good SEO :)

Thinking that Apple and Google will pipe their voice interfaces (Siri and OK Google) into a Perplexity-like search to finally make output truly helpful. Instead of "Here are some websites I found..."

@edsuh Super true. Generally investors know right away when a team/opportunity is a good fit.

Founders: if it’s unclear whether a VC wants to invest, they most likely don’t. It will be painfully obvious when a VC wants to invest: there’s a switch that will flip where they go from evaluate mode to sell mode

@HowThingsWork_ Didn’t see this one coming but, apart from the cost of the headset, this is an actual, practical, everyday use of AR!

Testing Mixed Reality vacuuming. Nice way to get the kids involved in the cleaning! 😎🤌🏼

@bhalligan @dharmesh I dunno Brian. M&A companies are sitting on a ton of cash and are not just going to buy back stock all day. Survey of CEOs I saw says inorganic growth in 2024 is a big part of their strategy, and not just earnings accretive deals. Strategic as well. Hope they follow through.

2024 For scaling companies: IPO window opens wide M&A window closes shut