Billy Draper
@BillyDraper
Investing $100K-$300K into pre-seed companies @ Path Ventures. Always taking burger recommendations.
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Happy Friday! I'm thrilled to announce the launch of my seed fund, Path Ventures (path.vc). I'll be investing between $150k-$300k in early-stage companies that are delighting and empowering their customers. If you're building one of those, reach out!
Fun side effect of a local Super Bowl is seeing everyone's reaction to how beautiful San Francisco is.
Pretty incredible legacy, branching in all directions and still growing. (Dad, John, and Steve all look the same today and you can't tell me otherwise)
Arguably, all Silicon Valley-styled venture capital stemmed from my grandfather, General William Draper of Draper Gaither & Anderson. From there Bill Draper started Draper and Johnson investment Company which spun out to become Sutter Hill Ventures and Asset Management Company.…
I keep thinking "companies slow down as they get bigger" and then I see yet another significant product update from this team, who I assume found the Bradley Cooper Limitless pill.
Introducing Compare to Market, one of the biggest things we've ever launched in @SpellbookLegal. A lot of contract negotiation still happens in the dark. Opinions. Anecdotes. “This feels market.” For decades, lawyers have had to rely on experience and intuition to judge…
Smart move by Disney! Think about how much fun it will be to use Disney/Marvel characters in Sora. Seems like a win/win. Blue chip IP credibility for Sora, 'forward thinking' and leader credibility for Disney.
The forward-thinking IP brands and media companies will see this and open up their character catalogs to Sora asap - or they'll resist and new IP will be created for the platform. Massive free marketing tailwind and fan loyalty that will expire by the time it becomes "worth it"
Incredible tweet. Life comes at you fast.
29 years I debated whether I could afford to spend $50K to buy the domain name I really wanted for Netflix (replay.com). I decided that was crazy money. Netflix it was. Now they can afford to pay 70 Billion for something. Who woulda thunk.
Netflix from the top rope! If acquisition goes through, they'll own: 🦸DC Universe 🪄Harry Potter Universe 🧙♂️Lord of the Rings 🟥Lego Universe 🌞Barbie Universe (shared with Mattel) 💻The Matrix 😁Tons of animated IP Wow!
Great biz dev roles are hard to come by. Here are 2 of them. If you're in NYC or willing to move there, @Monumental_Labs is doing really important and ridiculously cool things.
Monumental Labs is making critical hires. 2 Business Development VPs One will focus on large-scale building projects and city developments Another will focus on developing new markets for stone sculpture, including public sculpture, landscape etc. monumentaljobs.notion.site/vp-bd…
If anyone needs more evidence that great founders come from everywhere - Scott is doing this from Newfoundland. ...that explains why he's got that DOG in him (incoherent barking) ok ok I'll see myself out.
The forward-thinking IP brands and media companies will see this and open up their character catalogs to Sora asap - or they'll resist and new IP will be created for the platform. Massive free marketing tailwind and fan loyalty that will expire by the time it becomes "worth it"
People have been asking me “Jake why are there all these AI videos of you on the internet?!” There’s a method to the madness… I’m a proud OpenAI investor @antifundvc @geoffreywoo and have been advising Sora team @markchen90 @billpeeb this year and agreed to become the first…
Founders get discouraged when they see huge headline fundraises for peers or competitors: Don't worry about their movie budget, worry about their box office. Build great products and delight your customers. Be durable, survive, lean in, and repeat. Win at the end.
Feels like we're back to the 'fast money' chatter of ZIRP 2021. Screenshots of huge speculative swings on the public markets, bigger funding rounds than ever, fear/greed index pushing firmly into 'Greed' territory. 🐢🐇
Dad gave this to me (along with a plum tree) when we worked together. Every time venture starts to feel like “more, faster, bigger!”, this serves as a reminder that the great ones take time.
Hourly billing doesn't work anymore. The next billion dollar consulting firm will specialize in AI tools/automation and charge on a percentage of opex reduction.
In a pitch, don't downplay or disregard your competitors. It's significantly more impactful to say "here they are, but here's why we'll win". Ignoring them or not including them in the deck comes off as more misinformed than strategic!
Venture capital used to be slow money by design. More dollars into the top of the machine doesn't make it run faster, it just jams the machine.
Anyone looking for a job in any field? Take notes from Moiz. I'd be surprised if this doesn't lead to serious consideration.
Dear Mark Zuckerberg (@Meta), I’m writing to make you an offer. Let me run Facebook Shop for one year. I don’t want a salary. I don’t want equity. I don’t want a title. What I want is one year, full autonomy, and complete access to twenty of your best engineers—product minds…
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