Victor Ramayrat

I'm excited to introduce Distilled Intelligence – our 3-day summit for founders, investors & tech leaders, hosted at a stunning, 500-acre resort (3 hours from NYC) on October 14–16. The best part: We’re selecting 100 founders to attend for FREE. We’ll cover your hotel rooms, all your meals, and the entry price. All you have to do is get yourself there. This is not your typical summit: • Half the founders will pitch, half will network – with $1M in investment up for grabs • We’re over-indexing on connection: curated forums, dinners, and 1:1 introductions • It’ll be fun too … we’ll have pickleball, golf, tennis, and a bunch of other activities • And we’ve invited legendary founders (AOL, Techstars, Venmo, and more) to mentor the next generation We’re proud to be hosting this with our friends at @Fortifyvc and @LoudounBiz at the beautiful Landsdowne Resort in Leesburg, VA - just three hours from New York City. This is the room you want to be in this fall. See you there!

Friday was my FTE last day at a16z. I’ll still be supporting the crypto team & founders but as a consultant. The change is because I’ve been working on a thesis I will prove over the next decade. My thesis states that building an online presence is one of the highest-leverage uses of your time (especially as AI commoditizes software, creativity, & productivity). Building your own distribution leads to massive leverage, resulting in opportunities, freedom, and control over how you live your life. I believe this is especially true for creative individuals, builders, and people obsessed with their niche. (more about this in my bio) My plan is simple: 1) Treat my online presence (pod, social, newsletter) like a high-growth media startup. 2) Heavily re-invest back into content, resources, & growth along the way. 3) Build everything in public while highlighting others who are playing out my thesis in real time. One avenue of how I’ll do this is with my podcast. It’s called “Internet Empires”. (live now wherever you get your podcasts) In the series, I uncover how my favorite internet entrepreneurs built their empires, dig into their distribution strategy, and dissect how they make money today. The first episode w/ @jackbutcher is live now. The second episode w/ @benwilson is going live next week. Then the third episode w/ @KevinEspiritu. I'll also use the pod to share behind-the-scenes updates on everything I'm working on. - Climbing the corporate ladder has been fun. But it’s time for a new game. Time to build an Internet Empire. 🫡