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Provo, UT, USA
Joined February 2009
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One of these is financial capital and one is production capital even of both think it’s financial. Win rate is the game and take is the scoreboard for both.
Deep Tech VC: Puts on pot of coffee to read 5th nature paper for the evening while trying to discern 5yr trajectory of an entire scientific field B2B Enterprise VC: YOLOs into 3 month old genAI company at $100m pre that doesn’t even have product yet We are not the same
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Theoretically, communism is a beautiful way to structure society. In reality it always falls apart in the execution. Theoretically, religion is a beautiful way to impart spirituality. In reality …
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TFW @MetaAI ignores multiple requests for #llama2 but sends a download link to your co-founder instantly.
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And to my wife. 👀
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Apple’s chime for find-my with Doppler-effect is terrible design.
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Amazon gave my wife a $5 coupon for on of her favorite authors, @KarenAnchorite, she is now gleefully reading reviews for the books she does not own in pursuit of where she can spend this coupon. ❤️❤️❤️
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It can be easy to forget the full user experience. Advertising can spur a moment of delight. She could buy all the books but spacing things out and getting a good each hits something different; all of it is a pleasant experience.
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We could replace all the world’s major religions with a single commandment: Don’t have fun and don’t have fun not having fun and be angry about other people having fun.
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Easter question: What was the thing you liked about Jesus when you were 10? What is the thing you like about Jesus now?
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At 10: I liked how often sunday was a day I got to hang out with my friend Mikey at church. Jesus made that happen! Now: I’m appreciative of the sweet people around me (Provo, UT) who are good to their kids and invested in their neighborhood. Thanks to LDS church+Jesus
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I practice pascals wager for supplements
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It’s gold like this that means I can never quit this silly platform
I am shocked, SHOCKED, at how many LPs I’ve spoken to recently that are sitting on 10x funds.
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First time founders typically come from a domain expert or engineering background. Unfortunately, none of that is product.
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From financial capital to production capital.
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Replying to @thogge
3) you should not ship an MVP until you know it is compelling A huge amount of startup money is wasted on continuing to pursue products people really don’t care about (if they did, they would tell their friends). /end
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Few things make my day like a new episode of Midnight Miracle.
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Predictions on AGI are thinly veiled womb envy.
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“Big tech has effectively become UBI for people who went to good schools” - @eladgil
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Wondering if @bentaylordata can pull some strings and get me approved to attend the panel discussion tomorrow at @UTtechweek
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