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Pre-Seed should not take months and months to raise! We are thrilled to announce that @2048vc is launching Pre-Seed Fast Track to help you get funding in 10 business days. If you are raising $500K - $1.5M Pre-Seed round in Vertical AI, Deep Tech, Health or Bio we would love to…


Conviction and high ownership, going all in, is the only way.

Every investor says they want real returns, but almost nobody wants to take real risk.



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Every investor says they want real returns, but almost nobody wants to take real risk.


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The Illusion of Intelligence: Language Without Mind


The most clear and elegant explanation of what I’ve been thinking about model AI models and why they aren’t intelligent like humans. tomklingenstein.com/language-witho…


Because money is the only true measure of success @HarryStebbings

Imagine being the estate agent friend waking up and reading this 😕

VCBrags's tweet image. Imagine being the estate agent friend waking up and reading this 😕


In other words, there is no free lunch. x.com/pitdesi/status…

My data on this is wild. I’ve been micro-dosing Ozempic for 9 weeks (0.25 mg/week). I’ve loved it… I normally have a ton of food noise (thinking about the next meal, etc), and that’s completely disappeared. I’ve mostly stopped overeating and dropped ~5 pounds I wanted to. I…

pitdesi's tweet image. My data on this is wild.

I’ve been micro-dosing Ozempic for 9 weeks (0.25 mg/week). I’ve loved it… I normally have a ton of food noise (thinking about the next meal, etc), and that’s completely disappeared. I’ve mostly stopped overeating and dropped ~5 pounds I wanted to.

I…


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Pre-Seed should not take months and months to raise! @2048vc Pre-Seed Fast Track helps you raise Pre-Seed funding for your Vertical AI, Deep Tech, Health or Bio within 10 business days. We are an experienced, technical team. We get to conviction fast and then roll up our…


It is interesting when founders say raising $X to accelerate revenue. If only it was that simple. If only it was easy to turn $ in into revenue at the early stage.


2 signs that human is not being straight with you on a zoom call or in real life: - They say something and immediately touch their nose, other part of the face or kind of brush their hand against their face. - They move in their seat, always up then down and forward. This…


From a portfolio company that expanded now to include System of Record: “The most exciting thing for the team is, for the first time, it feels like the success of our company is entirely in our own hands. If we can build a great product, we will win.” Take a note. Systems of…


📚2048 Ventures Blog Post: Understanding Founder Roles and Types of Stocks startuphacks.vc/blog/understan… @2048vc // #startuphacks // #VC


Legend

In 1985 I rode down Sand Hill Road on an elephant to open DFJ's first office. 40 years later, no elephant, but we just opened our first New York Draper office. Since 1985, we have: - Invested in 2,000+ founders globally - Created 400,000+ jobs, with approximately 4,000,000…

TimDraper's tweet image. In 1985 I rode down Sand Hill Road on an elephant to open DFJ's first office. 40 years later, no elephant, but we just opened our first New York Draper office.

Since 1985, we have:

- Invested in 2,000+ founders globally

- Created 400,000+ jobs, with approximately 4,000,000…
TimDraper's tweet image. In 1985 I rode down Sand Hill Road on an elephant to open DFJ's first office. 40 years later, no elephant, but we just opened our first New York Draper office.

Since 1985, we have:

- Invested in 2,000+ founders globally

- Created 400,000+ jobs, with approximately 4,000,000…


Robots will have a massive advantage when it comes to instant, precise information transfer. For the first time in history skills and knowledge can be instantly transfered from one "worker" to another. Let me explain: History of humanity is a history of collective information…


📚Blog Post: How to set up a KPI Dashboard for your Pre-seed and Seed Stage Startup startuphacks.vc/blog/2019/06/0… @2048vc // #startuphacks // #VC


1. Yes 2. Along with a right to co-sell 3. VCs reset founders and do it anyway Stop would need to solve when founders don’t scale.

6 year vesting should be the new normal. Maybe 8 years? (but founders also need to get credit for any capital they themselves invest in the company. Probably preferred equity although this is tricky at very early stages)

PeterJ_Walker's tweet image. 6 year vesting should be the new normal. 

Maybe 8 years?

(but founders also need to get credit for any capital they themselves invest in the company. Probably preferred equity although this is tricky at very early stages)


Including Godel undecidability and NP hard problems or excluding ?

math will be solved in 6 months



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Some days you move a mountain. Some days you move a pebble. Both count. Keep moving.


This is 100% true and while sometimes painful to be in on those conversations but is exactly why these founders win.

Strong founders almost always violently reject opinions from vcs. They have an absolute level of confidence that does not waver over time. This is what we are after



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Co-founder vesting should be 6 years. The only founder who isn’t happy with that, is the one who leaves. I talk to so many founders who wish they did this.

Is this a case for solo founders? Co-founders are leaving startups at a higher rate in recent years.

PeterJ_Walker's tweet image. Is this a case for solo founders?

Co-founders are leaving startups at a higher rate in recent years.


That time when VCs send you their struggling portfolio companies they wouldn’t bail out themselves but think maybe you will bail them. Instant loss of credibility imo.


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