Such a fun session and Grady jumped in for his first showing! This was a really unique interview and we covered a lot of topics that I’m passionate about but don’t get to discuss often.

Zelda

                    @zeldapoem

                  14 Jun 2023

                Danielle @DStrachman, Grady (her cat!) and I reflected on the best strategies for introverts to navigate group events.

We also talked about the difficulty of becoming an adult, her dedication to bringing freedom to young people and rebellion!

Watch more: youtu.be/gDkohptdvbs


Love this!!!


Read a great book on this called “Inner Bonding” — premise is that your inner adult is responsible to act on behalf of your inner child. Powerful in practice!

Sherry

                    @SchrodingrsBrat

                  14 Jun 2023

                One way to build up confidence is by keeping promises you make to yourself. If you always let yourself down, you’ll start feeling like there’s nothing stable to depend on internally. Confidence boils down to having trust in your own abilities. That’s the antidote to insecurity.


Damn tootin!


@zslayback looks like your kinda jam! I wanna go too!


1517 diner social!

Replying to @heyecs @sprainhill @zslayback


35 for me too!


Go go go! Congrats Mr. Laberge!

Zachary Laberge

                    @FounderLaberge

                  18 Jun 2023

                Exciting news for @joinfrenter


Yeah not a fan of the “we should” because in my world that is generally an ask for the other person to initiate. Do the work!


First check into @Mach_Industries but not the last!

Stephanie Zhan

                    @stephzhan

                  15 Jun 2023

                🇺🇸 So excited to share @sequoia’s first hardware defense partnership 🇺🇸

Alongside @shaunmmaguire, we are excited to work with @ethan_thorn2003 on @Mach_Industries:

sequoiacap.com/article/partn…


This is overblown gravitas but Eric is a good guy who works with people getting into investing who wouldn't normally get much attention or support. Most people who have worked at fund of funds are all "Oh yeah babe, get back to me when when you're raising $100M+" Right. Thanks.


Stuff like this that makes me remember why 1517 is so different.

Tools are for enablement and empowerment. We describe ourselves as a resource to help our founders get out to big wave surfing.

The person on the board is the courageous one not the dude in the speedboat.

VCs Congratulating Themselves 👏👏👏

                    @VCBrags

                  20 Jun 2023

                🧐


Zelda is a fabulous facilitator! Jump in!

Zelda

                    @zeldapoem

                  20 Jun 2023

                Many young founders/ builders friends recently opened up to me about topics they'd never talk to anyone else:

- family problems,
- conflicts with their cofounder,
- feeling lost in their path,
- depression...

So I decided to put something together:


Going over the attendee list for our Space Summit this week and it’s so sweet to see so many attendees bringing family members and siblings!

Can’t wait to meet your fam, fam!


Love this so so much! Yes community is a core component to having support (and is something we have built deeply at 1517).


My bf and I have been practicing:

“I feel X.”

Other person, “When I hear that, I feel Y.”

Then the other person repeats the above prompt and you keep switching until you reach a logical conclusion.

Yielding some positive and interesting results around connection!


Best moment yet:

Him: How are you feeling?

Me: I’m feeling annoyed (at him)

Him: When I hear that, I feel…{smirking begins}

Me: Oh I see. I’m annoyed and you feel “Ohhh just pushed her buttons, fun!”

And we both burst out laughing!


Thank god no!


How about funny? Dodgeball comes to mind!


We shouldn't shame them -- especially because that shame is focused on how they used their resources. The cruelty is palatable "for $250K they got the real Titanic experience!"

They died -- they are humans. Humans do a lot of good for others, with or without money. May they RIP.

Tamara Winter

                    @tamarawinter

                  20 Jun 2023

                I’m not sure we should shame the people in the submarine who are surely dead. Eclectic weirdos are basically responsible for every interesting and/or useful thing we now take for granted.

Is this a viable take or have I lost the plot?


Hard disagree! Was doing 30 min zooms primarily and have been moving them up to 45 minutes this year. More relaxed, able to dig in, and finish without rushing.

Also moving to prioritizing in person meetups over zooms has been great!

jack mcclelland

                    @jackmcclelland

                  20 Jun 2023

                hot take:

most 30-min calls can be shortened to 20 mins without much loss of info / quality :)


Our in person yielded my cat being happier! That's work like 1K person meetings! <3


Did not expect the waffle from Waffle House to go on my life affirming foods list.


Thank you for being there for him all the way ♥


This Friday!!!

Danielle Strachman 💗 🐈 💃 🪴 🎸 🎨 🐕

                    @DStrachman

                  27 Mar 2023

                🚀 Space Coast Summit LFG!!!

If you are a teen or younger maker and want to meet other social geeks, DM me!


Hoping to catch this tonight!

ULA

                    @ulalaunch

                  22 Jun 2023

                At Space Launch Complex-37, the Mobile Service Tower is retracted in the launch position about a football field's length away from the #DeltaIVHeavy for tonight's #NROL68 liftoff.

The weather forecast is 75% favorable for meeting the launch criteria. bit.ly/div_nrol68


Another important thing for emerging managers to know is that how a fund’s books are marked up is variable!

At 1517 we’re very conservative and only markup at a priced round.

Some funds markup on other traction (or later SAFEs) — this means LPs are comparing apples to oranges.

Kera DeMars@kerademars
                  21 Jun 2023

                I'm deep in a rabbit hole of what it's like to raise Fund II for fund managers and I just learned about TVPI.

TVPI = "Total Value to Paid In" which is a stupid way of saying "how much is your fund worth on paper"

It's super important for VCs looking to raise their next fund. →


Yup! I was furious when I figured that one out. Started making a lot more sense why raising our Fund II was so difficult.


I imagine that the line between everything and nothing is quite thin for a child. Better to ask, “what was a favorite thing that happened today?”

internet hall of fame

                    @InternetH0F

                  21 Jun 2023


Team @1517fund at the ready!!!

ULA

                    @ulalaunch

                  22 Jun 2023

                We are 10 minutes from launch. #NROL68 is a payload designed, built and operated by the @NatReconOfc that supports the agency's national security mission to provide intelligence data to senior policy makers, the Intelligence Community and Department of Defense.


Hell yeah!!!


People saying "stay safe" at the end of a call (and it's often customer rep people) is like nails on a chalk board to me at this point. In 2020 it made some sense, today it just seems completely absurd.


This was with First Republic Bank — they do have something in common with sinking ships.


Y’all are getting ready too! Just caught a bunch of summiters working out in the gym!! Heath is wealth! See you in the morning for the launch!

1517 Fund

                    @1517fund

                  23 Jun 2023

                We're suiting up for tomorrow. We hope you're too!

It's going to be a fun and exciting start to a great weekend :)


It was a beaut!

1517 Fund

                    @1517fund

                  23 Jun 2023

                The things we do for launches...

📷 by @johnkrausphotos


Professor Gibson at the helm! @1517fund #1517Summit


Replying to @grantadever @NilPartners @1517fund @elonmusk


Meeting friends in person makes for shiny moments! 💗

Replying to @NilPartners @grantadever @1517fund @elonmusk


“Art is at the intersection of consciousness and time” - @William_Blake


What’s your secret to the sear on those scallops? Looks perfect!


Ending the day with Kiko Dontchev, VP of launch at Spacex! @1517fund #1517summit


Big thank m you to @NPDeMember for making this happen!!!


First day of our #1517summit is done and my heart is full and my mind inspired. So many wonderful people supporting each other and driving towards a better tomorrow.


The characteristic of curiosity has come up from every single speaker we have had at our space summit.

What’s your definition of curiosity? Can it be developed? Can we foster it in others?

#1517summit


At @1517fund we often say we are looking to work with people who are two standard deviations out on curiosity. I think it’s time to quadruple down on that!


When Ester Dyson asks “How many of you are techies” and I hear Trekkies.


We are quadrupling down on our IC program but now with $100K investment checks!!! If you’re a student, dropout, or sci fi founder we want to hear from you to support you in getting started on deep tech ideas!

🚀 🌏 🧪 🧬

1517fund.com/post/invisible-…

Danielle Strachman 💗 🐈 💃 🪴 🎸 🎨 🐕

                    @DStrachman

                  24 Jun 2023

                The characteristic of curiosity has come up from every single speaker we have had at our space summit.

What’s your definition of curiosity? Can it be developed? Can we foster it in others?

#1517summit


I need to update the post but apply by sending me a 5 min Loom about your idea/work! See my pinned tweet for specifics on reaching out!


Congrats!!!


The Uranus jokes are perfectly timed for the bus ride home from the space center. Thanks @ericzhu 🤪


Mother Nature has been good to us at the Space Summit! #1517summit


“Thanks for the invite to the summit and 1517 community! I had a great time meeting everyone. I feel like my viewpoint on the opportunities and possibilities for paths I can take has grown greatly, especially when talking to other kids my age that are doing insanely cool things.”


The convenience store near my house by Lake Merritt  (Cleveland Heights neighborhood in Oakland) has them. I am a Dippin Dots nerd. If you haven’t looked into the backstory it is fascinating!


"From the bottom of my heart, thank you and the 1517 team for believing and investing in me and other young people!!

You have no idea just how inspired other (many first time) summiters were by #1517Summit and your relentless optimism that young people can do big things."


This type of email exchange is tiring. Founders say they want realness and every single damn time:

Them: We're misfits working on marketplaces!

Me: 1517 is, for real, the kiss of death to marketplaces.

Them: We aren't a marketplace in the traditional sense...

Me: [Ugh]


We don't have helpful insights on the "how" to building marketplaces or consumer. Just not in our wheelhouse and we have had very few people be able to get past the early days there. We don't kill them ourselves but we don't help them either!


These are angel/preseed companies -- too early for that.


It means that we don't have good radar there so we shouldn't be investing. In some ways it's the kiss of death to get money from someone because if the market doesn't have a market for you, you are spending potential years of your life facing in the wrong direction.


And by help I mean novel insights for how to move forward and build traction.


True! But expertise is also important and I hope all founders can find investors that can help them with cash and other support!


Talent, depth, and vibes!

Elliot Roth || SF

                    @ThatMrE

                  26 Jun 2023

                Spent the weekend with @1517fund in Florida at "Friday Night Dyson Sphere." Perpetually amazed by the talent and depth of this young community.

(pictured: signing my jumpsuit on the plane)


Exactly!


Body language mostly!


We have been telling founders in SaaS to be at at least $500K in ARR and that’s probably low now.

Replying to @cokiehasiotis @steviemctweets


It’s not fault, it’s just not a fit. And they went into the “platform” play later but it’s still meh to me.


“The @1517fund summit was a spectacular gathering - a tapestry of diverse and passionate minds. It was an enriching experience to be able to befriend countless inspiring individuals, each with their own unique stories to tell.” 💗💗💗


This is how it’s done!

“paula”

                    @paularambles

                  26 Jun 2023

                it's happening


Queen shit right there!


“The space coast summit was one of the coolest events I’ve had the chance to attend! I can’t even begin to tell you how much we all learned, both in the realm of the super-niche and generalist, we’re sitting in our lab back at home working harder than we ever have. So inspiring!”


“That was one of the most enjoyable meetings I've had in my life. Being among so many blazingly intelligent and creative people is like being able to breathe free after coming out of an airless cave.” - @1517fund keynote speaker 🤯

#1517summit


Laugh?


I miss having the attention span to read those blogs!

sari azout

                    @sariazout

                  26 Jun 2023

                I miss personal blogs when they were smaller, less polished, and felt less like a performance, and more like peeking into someone's inner life


And people wonder how to test for these types of qualities.

Julie Fredrickson

                    @AlmostMedia

                  26 Jun 2023

                The man of action strikes again @alexlmiller helped organize our medical supply cabinet like the ops genius that he is


A moment of peace 🥱


New fellowship opportunity for high school students to focus on ways to make a global impact! Apply today!

explorefellowship.com/


Lol my youngest cat really wants to go on neighborhood walks with me and dog...not yet ready for him to get so familiar with the neighborhood though (he is indoor/outdoor)


I doin't think people are anti research -- they're anti paying inflated prices for things without also getting increasing value.


Looks delightful!


[media-only post: gif]

Steve Schlafman

                    @schlaf

                  27 Jun 2023

                I finally ditched my @ouraring after giving it a third try.

I found it gave me sleep anxiety rather than deep insights. I also found that my body naturally knows how I slept if I’m embodied and present.

Am I alone on this?


Let it burn! @1517fund


Haven't used it for chronic pain I've used it for lots of things and had great results and my mom used it for shingles and also had great results!


Queen, legend, and vibes!


The micro is the macro!

✦ murph ✦@oracleofmurphy
                  28 Jun 2023

                ate about 70% of a DELICIOUS edible before flipping the package over and reading the dosage on the back. see y’all next week bc apparently this one is over for me


This is what doing a solid looks like!


Beach vibes on the last day with the remaining crew!

Skyler Chan

                    @skyler_chan_

                  29 Jun 2023

                the group "photo" of question:


It me!


Life at home

Conor

                    @Conaw

                  18 Jun 2023

                We/Us/Nosotros


Hot water with lemon is your friend

Valerie, RD, MPH@RDValerie
                  29 Jun 2023

                There is one thing I cannot accept in South Beach Miami, and that is the cost of tea. 7 to 12 dollars for a tea. I cannot. That is insane. Way more due to currency exchange also but thats besides the point. It's like the cost of an appetizer. The entire package of tea is cheaper than what they charge for one teabag.


LI profile says it all: "Proving the person who told me 'You will never amount to anything' wrong, 1 business at a time."

Spite is great motivation for building businesses and ruining families. Also sounds like intergenerational trauma too. Feeling sad for this whole family.


Yeah, it's amazing to think what life would be like if A.) better parenting and B.) we were all more capable of being with the feelings we don't like. Sounds like you had your own quantum leap <3


"Winning a National Championship is many things, but it sure as hell isn’t glorious. Because winning a National Championship doesn’t happen in one night. It happens every day, at 5:35 AM."

medium.com/@peter.daggett/99…


You know, I probably didn't know you well enough then to detect that. And in 2013 you were likely quite young -- so I do my best to give lots of grace and space unless someone needs a firm wakeup call. So glad to hear your own reflections though. Growth is good!


Killed me! So good!

Replying to @bostonlobster99 @ritvikir @1517fund @ArvindNedumaran @allenysu


Sending lots of love Ezza! Hope to meet in person sooner rather than later -- but someday inded <3


"If you feel safe in the area that you’re working in, you’re not working in the right area...Go a little bit out of your depth, and when you don’t feel that your feet are quite touching the bottom, you’re just about in the right place to do something exciting." - David Bowie


This maps very well to my own experiences. I do really well when I am both excited AND nervous about something. If I'm just excited there is no stretch and if I'm only nervous if feels like forcing myself to do something. The combo is the sweet spot!


Take the minute to watch him speak here, so marvelous! youtube.com/watch?v=cNbnef_e…


When?!


Illuminate Sutro time! Thanks for the invite @DanielleFong


[media-only post: photo]


Me too me too!


Last night to check this out! Highly recommend, super inspiring and the type of art that makes San Fransisco, San Fransisco.

Danielle Strachman 💗 🐈 💃 🪴 🎸 🎨 🐕

                    @DStrachman

                  8 Jul 2023

                Illuminate Sutro time! Thanks for the invite @DanielleFong


Love interviewing with teens! Thanks @ochakde!

Sachin Syal@ochakde
                  10 Jul 2023

                Latest interview on The O'ChakDe Show with @DStrachman, Co-Founder & General Partner @1517fund. She also is a Founding Team Member at @thielfellowship. Thank you and check it out! ❤

youtu.be/1Yh_qDCfXv8


The dream!

Danielle Fong 🔆

                    @DanielleFong

                  10 Jul 2023

                my love for you like
a cast iron pan
        deep black 🍳🖤

layers upon layers
lovingly polymerized

 vast heat capacity
cooks searing, ripping hot

ferromagnetic
   heavy, mostly iron

solid phase


You are doing great! High trajectory winning!


A while back I had the pleasure of being asked to create a playlist of music I couldn't live without and then chat about it with @FortivoMusic!

youtube.com/watch?v=u3-KbSqV…

My podcast playlist:
youtube.com/playlist?list=PL…

Pandemic dance party playlist:
youtube.com/playlist?list=PL…


Wow!


See my pinned tweet about reaching out!

Replying to @bimmy_5 @a16z @thielfellowship @1517fund @gainzy222


Kumar Pulivarthi

                    @KumarP819

                  12 Jul 2023

                I applied for @1517fund for their 1K Medici Project grants.

Just got this notification. I’m pretty nervous haha, wish me luck!


Where is that? It looks really yummy!


They both sound shitty


Founder: I have a new ADHD product to help people with focus.

Also Founder: We pivoted.

🐿


I find this particular pivot super charming -- adhd people pivoting? No way! :D


Rebel rebel!


SF friends, go support the arts tonight!

octo@octopichael
                  14 Jul 2023

                this is Jaz, an SF artist who lives on the streets of SoMa

he puts up his work on a fence along 2nd st, he has for years

Jaz is a spirit of the city. his acrylics break up the concrete grey of the sidewalk and beautify them with a vibrancy that reflects the warmth of his own soul

a few months ago, he was randomly attacked, losing a tooth

a bunch of us are going to support him and buy his work at 5:30 pm today. his gallery is beneath the bridge on 2nd, between Stillman and Harrison. he’ll be there until 9 pm

let’s make his day 🙌


Pausing and allowing myself to get in touch with the stillness -- could be in nature but can happen anywhere.


Paper books!


It's on!! Late night viewing in Daly City on Thursday!

partiful.com/e/22rnaaJaNJ8XS…


1517 recently wrote up a new vision, values, and culture doc since we've been growing our team and our partnerships! These values make up "the 1517 way" -- the why and some of the how in which we work! We strive to live and practice these values daily 💓


Boldness: “Be bold, the mighty forces will come to your aid.” Swing for the  fences! What would that look like for you? Challenge the status quo and majority opinion, even if that’s us!


Integrity: We firmly believe that how people behave in one context is likely how they behave across contexts. Being in integrity means being and becoming a person of your word, doing what it takes to not let that falter, and in those times when you falter, to own it like a boss.


Bias to Action: in the beginning was the deed, not the word. We prize a love for action and execution. Generative energy is an important flavor of our team.


Grit: You’ll fall down and get back up. You’ll do whatever it takes for as long as it takes to get the job done. If you haven’t read Angela Duckworth’s book Grit, it’s a great read about the combination of passion and perseverance that makes someone excel at what they do.


Pay it forward: Be a mensch. Become someone who others can count on. Pass what knowledge we have down to the next generation. We talk to high school groups frequently. Is it immediate deal flow? Nope – but being a helping hand leads to them remembering us down the line.


Self-directedness: At 1517 we tell founders we’re only along for the ride in the backseat, while founders and makers guide the trip forward. We see ourselves as navigators. We share what we see in the path ahead but, at the end of the day, the choice is up to those we work with.


Community: We really value the contributions of others. It’s how we scale our work and our impact in the world. We can’t possibly financially invest in every community member, but we can treat all of them as a contribution to our mission and take time with them on their ideas.


Mission Driven > Competition: Keep your eyes on the big picture, the why for what it is that you’re doing. This mission is far more important to us at 1517 than focusing on competition. Papa Thiel said it best, “Competition is for losers."


Inner Freedom: Freedom is not only about throwing off restraints. It is living through intentional acts of self-creation. Are you the author of your life? Or are you instead a plaything of external forces? Cultivate the deepest unique truths about you and let them shine forth.


Gratitude/Appreciation/Kindness: Never forget that we’re standing on the shoulders of giants and acknowledge those who helped us to get to where we are today. It’s a gift and privilege for  us all to do the work we do and to live in a time that encourages and enables that.


Openness: It's easier to kill an idea than to have one. We don’t believe that all ideas are good ideas but we do believe in listening and understanding others’ points of view. Show some epistemic humility. Curiosity is the heart and hinge of what we do.


Subject Matter & Market Expertise: Be dedicated to learning and relearning the craft. Understand what is important in investing and in startups, how to cope with the central problems of this game, and how to avoid the recurring dangers.


Mischief: We should be laughing every day. This job is exhilarating, hilarious, and subversive. All’s well that bends well.


Cooperstown: At the end of it all let our record show a level of legendary performance that goes beyond thoroughly mastering the craft and techniques of investing – and above all let us leave this world far better than we found it.


Means a lot coming from you!


Been surprised to see how popular that one has been!


"When Galileo Galilei sat down to contemplate the cosmos, he did so with the assistance of Cosimo de Medici. When Austin Russell sat down to contemplate lasers, he did so with the assistance of Peter Thiel."

1517.substack.com/p/the-rena…


A first!

How did you hear about 1517?

"I asked an AI about firms that would invest in my project and would align with my ideas. Here I am."


Speaking of which -- I think I just heard from someone you're related to :)


My kind of bachelors!


??? what the what ???


Thinking about spending a day/week-ish in SF.

Ideally looking for:

- Dog friendly space/grassy areas nearby (I have a 9lb chiweenie)
- Area for phone calls/zooms
- Can bring guests over easily for a chat or nearby coffee shop
- Easy parking is a big plus


My fav grants are here! docs.google.com/spreadsheets…

I think many have a similar ethos around quickness but YMMV.


Sorry, not sorry? Sorry?

ari dutilh

                    @aridutilh

                  19 Jul 2023

                i've been utterly spoiled by @1517fund

receiving my first grant from them last year completely mislead me in terms of how difficult it is to raise non-dilutive grant capital

they make it *so* quick and simple. PSA to other orgs: please learn from 1517 😭


If you have company pitch (especially with a firm that can lead) and there are multiple partners from a fund on the call, bring your cofounder(s)!!! Especially at the preseed level, everything is about the team and if your team isn't showing up, red flag! ⛳


Sorry for the delay Advik! My inbox has gotten a little crazy this week but digging out! Thanks for your patience :).

Replying to @heyadvikkapoor @William_Blake


It's no trouble, it's my job!


Yeah first call is an intro. By pitch, I mean a real pitch meeting! Our calendar invites say exactly who will be there.


This would be wild!

Michael P Gibson

                    @William_Blake

                  19 Jul 2023

                Stanford, shake it up. Name me president.


Poetry!

Augustus Doricko

                    @ADoricko

                  19 Jul 2023

                Look at all that succulent water vapor.

Think of the almonds we could grow with that. Think of the two long showers we could take with it.

I’m gonna wrangle that water out of the sky. I’m gonna get it.


Always loved Internapalooza in the past -- if similar would love to hop in!


Dolly Parton's America is fabulous! Wings of Change is also epic (listened to it twice).


I'm wearing pajamas -- this is SO past my bedtime.


I didn't make the list but I love passing it around!

Replying to @NFH_WFH @aridutilh @1517fund


Big congrats to my Guate brothers!!! Onward and upward mi amigos!

Fernando Pontaza@fpontaza
                  21 Jul 2023

                Thanks for the shout out @contxto_
We´ll do nothing less than our best to make you proud with this third incarnation of @invariantes Fund!


.@1517fund is hosting our first teen camp in October in the Bay Area! We'll bring maker peers together to engage in activities and discussions around sci-fi tech with touches of mischief and magic (you'll see!).

Apply by August 1st!

open.substack.com/pub/1517/p…


100%!!!!!! (we could all use these types of days more often too)

Jason

                    @anenglishteachr

                  25 Jul 2023

                Children need “boring" and simple days

Days that aren't jam packed with events and activities

Constant stimulation is hurting their imagination and creativity

If they are stimulated every second of the day, when are they learning to develop their own stories? Their own characters and made up worlds?

Events, activities and experiences are great but theres a magic in having nothing to do

Simply sitting alone and having to figure it out by yourself

Its a yin and yang - 2 sides of the same coin

A child should have fun experiences but they also should be bored so they can learn to entertain themselves

So much creativity and imagination is going to come when the child has no other choice but to get creative

And... The slower, “boring” days make the fun, exhilarating days so much sweeter


Lol I know right -- I really need some work boots when visiting with teams.

Replying to @StephenReadHIT @William_Blake @1517fund


"I broke it" -- never were truer words said to a founder from a VC.

Michael P Gibson

                    @William_Blake

                  28 Jul 2023

                Now this is value added investing the @1517fund way — @DStrachman working the mag drill


Lol totally -- founders are too kind.


"From what I found online, you are in education, which fits the market we are eventually going for. It is also impressive that you have worked with Peter Thiel (author of the famous book "From 0 to 1") and Buterin. I like your LinkedIn picture as well."

🤯

Nope nope nope


The part that gets me is when he tells me the title Peter's book -- oh yeah, that one...didn't see it written in the office lol.


Toronto!


Definitely not meant as a joke!


Lol that's 1/2 my inbox.


Boss pays employees extra as incentive. News at 11!

Michael P Gibson

                    @William_Blake

                  31 Jul 2023

                Lol my book has far more controversial ideas in it than this


The kids are alright!

Paul Graham

                    @paulg

                  31 Jul 2023

                "He has no rizz. He has erizzile dysfunction."

— 11 yo explaining the concept of rizz to me


Apply by August 1st for @1517fund first teen camp!

1517.substack.com/p/2e-1517s…


srsly women are the best!


Glad you turned the boat around Storm! You make this world a better place!


"A rock pile ceases to be a rock pile the moment a single man contemplates it, bearing within him the image of a cathedral."

— Antoine De Saint-Exupery


Read Mike’s book “Paper belt on Fire” for this and more hot takes.

Business Insider

                    @BusinessInsider

                  30 Jul 2023

                Peter Thiel paid staff an extra $1,000 a month if they lived close to the office so they were more likely to work late, book says trib.al/PfDyzmQ


@dammitcoetzee is in San Mateo and is awesome!


Had an extremely vivid and happy dream last night about our fall camp. Apply today!

Danielle Strachman 💗 🐈 💃 🪴 🎸 🎨 🐕

                    @DStrachman

                  31 Jul 2023

                Apply by August 1st for @1517fund first teen camp!

1517.substack.com/p/2e-1517s…


"🐱 Loves animals and her cats are trick trained"

I also take finicky cat questions over DM -- helped someone out yesterday with their feline who love bites them too hard 😹

Pascal Unger

                    @PascalUnger

                  1 Aug 2023

                Calling all college dropouts and sci fi scientists - here's a pre-seed (co-) lead you have to know.

This week's findfunding.vc spotlight is on @DStrachman from @1517fund.

@DStrachman is:
🌁 Bay Area based
🧵 Has a great pinned tweet on the best way to cold outreach (check it out)
🎶 Used to play clarinet competitively and is passionate about the arts
🐱 Loves animals and her cats are trick trained

Amongst founders, @DStrachman is known for being proactive and resourceful, matched only by her commitment to maintaining a high standard of integrity.

Make sure to:
✉ Pitch her at info@1517fund.com
🐦 Follow her on Twitter / LinkedIn linkedin.com/in/daniellestra…

For more, check out our funder spotlight card below along with @1517fund's profile on findfunding.vc

➡ findfunding.vc is the most accurate early stage investor database in the making.


Building self concept is so important!

Elena

                    @xElenaYangx

                  1 Aug 2023

                Learning Python | Day #365
LFG💪🔥
After ONE YEAR of learning Python for 5-120mins everyday, my three main take-aways are:
1) Don't impose labels on yourself. I used to say that I  can't code. But by improving my weaknesses, I've shifted my mentality from "I can't" to "I can"‼


No matter the weather today, this will bring you sunshine!

Darrel Frater ✝

                    @DarrelFrater

                  31 Jul 2023

                My new favorite picture 🥰


Don't have a resource at hand but in general anything that helps to challenge who/what you identify as is some good stuff!


Here you go! docs.google.com/spreadsheets…

Replying to @SP1NS1R @ae_fernandes @tylercowen @jposhaughnessy @awesomefound @join_polaris @ShuttleworthFdn @mollyfmielke @mothfund @thielfellowship @1517fund @776foundation @vibecamp_ @atlasfellow @ZFellows_ @newscienceorg


"Play dates" indeed!


More shocking news out of academia!

fortune.com/2023/08/02/harva…


Making it rain over here at 1517 and we lead rounds under $2M of companies started by a dropout or sci fi scientists! We have led many rounds this summer! 1517fund.com


"Collecting data"


Whole songs written about it!

youtube.com/watch?v=Fl6sBJIj…

In taoist traditions, dreams are the place to digest emotions but that's different than onset of sleepiness.


I love the teams we work with -- great senses of humor too!

Rack Robotics

                    @RackRobotics

                  1 Aug 2023

                Waking up and not having a garage full of EDM power supplies feels lonely...just dust and echoes


When my first cat, Ursula (little she-bear in Latin) died a few years ago, I knew people in the neighborhood enjoyed her company. I nervously put a message on Nextdoor that people could sign a flower pot with their Ursula stories -- signings went on for a week!

Rhett Iseman Trull 🏳🌈@RhettTrull
                  4 Aug 2023

                One day my 7yo wanted to make a poetry journal. Wrote a note asking people to send their poems. Put that note in every mailbox on our street.Waited at the top of the driveway.
…
I said, “Buddy, just be prepared. Most people don’t write poems. Most don’t even read them.” 1/2


Let Oakland follow suit too!

Paul Graham

                    @paulg

                  4 Aug 2023

                San Francisco is going to bounce back amazingly once they get rid of the tiny cabal of corrupt and incompetent politicians who are dragging it down.


Reviewing the applications for 2E (our first teen camp) and holy moly, the future is bright!

1517.substack.com/p/a0af8f49…


It was such a wonderful theme! We're looking forward to figuring out what the next one will be!

Replying to @lujstn @lucasjohnston @1517fund @edyson @TurkeyBeaver @SpaceX @delalibruce @ranabanankhah


Have met a few of these renegades!

@goth

                    @goth600

                  29 Jan 2023

                Instead of the Thiel fellowship you should just take a gap year to shitpost on Twitter


This is my experience of 99% of people in SF!

Me: How long have you lived in SF?

Them: 4 years+ and this is my first time in Oakland, it's so pretty!

Me: Yup.

John Potter spirit/acc

                    @potterlab

                  5 Aug 2023

                Replying to @DStrachman
                You're on your own Oakland


FML

Nik Shevchenko

                    @kodjima33

                  6 Aug 2023

                Replying to @DStrachman
                I asked midjourney to imagine our coffee in Oakland


So down for a great post about a great dad!


How old is your son? You have to ask yourself, "do I want a crested gecko" because that's the most likely outcome that it stays with you for the duration. Have other pets? I would start with a less commitment needing pet, see how that goes, and increase complexity from there.


One of the keys is feeling how you feel after you're done. I don't like running but I like how I feel afterward.


I think I can help make this happen this week -- let's talk this afternoon :D


Then you are world class at resilience, hugs <3


The status play of:

Him (colleague lvl connection): "We should totally catch up!"

Zero offer of times, calendar link, etc.

Sure, I really feel like doing all the work🤮

Getting ready to start replying with "Yes, let's!"


SOLD!


😃If you do get interested in quail, happy to walk you through everything I got. We have it pretty dialed in -- you can order everything off amazon. We use a litter method that makes it so there is very little smell. They make the cutest sounds and I eat quail eggs daily.


People ask me all the time how younger founders are different from more experienced founders.

Bizarre example but I use this template for making intros. Experienced founders seem to epically fail at "I understood the assignment."

medium.com/1517/advice-from-…


I read something yesterday about how putting on a dab of vaseline on the spots you spray beforehand makes the scent linger longer!


Yeah a thing that makes me the most nervous about being in the Bay is that if something bad happens people don't have as automatic a response to help each other. I feel like if something like this happened in Boston or New York that the average response is to step in.

Tamara Winter

                    @tamarawinter

                  7 Aug 2023

                Need more policing of even “low-level” antisocial behavior, especially in large cities. People who haven’t spent much time in low-trust in environments don’t appreciate how what a mental tax it is to *never* be able to completely relax.

SF is speedrunning that transition.


I don't think I am. In person that's often very clear that it's a nicety but over email it's often a request without appropriate work being put in.


yeah I always learned to ask specific people for help, otherwise no dice.


No definitely not basically true. But what I do find is certain patterns are reminiscent of what they do -- but then I get to do something about that. And +1 to Simon's thread!


Savage!


Love it! Sounds like a potential Medici Project grant to me!


When we talk about talent identification, what's the definition of talent within an individual?

I think a talented individual is someone who has developed both their ability and their taste.


Was asked a wonderful question on a great podcast about homeschooling with @leighbortins and her cohost Amanda:

What is the nature of exploring before passion?

youtube.com/watch?v=S1b6MIPX…


Have you read Peak? You would LOVE it! It's a great read.


After applying to work with an artist and teacher of classical realism this week he told me "You have excellent draftsmanship." I spent at least 50 hours on this arm (~5 years ago) and am giddy from the praise.


Srsly.


I'm not the only one who gets eye-roll worthy behavior at 1517:

NYC VC starts an intro call: "My goal by the end of this call is to get 3 coinvestments w/ you guys by the end of the year. We are deal junkies. You got anything right now we should look at?"

@William_Blake: 🤫🤮


For burning? No.


A friendly competition:

Open this page, start the test within 3 seconds of being on the page, post results.

typingpal.com/en/typing-test


I learned today that touch typing isn't taught all that often anymore. That seems crazy to me!


That's a trip!


Kerfluffle?


@William_Blake is there!


a noble walk indeed!

Replying to @isaiah_p_taylor @William_Blake


Back from that thing in the desert. It was fun, albeit muddier this year. It humors me that the most time I take off at once is in a brutal environment, volunteering to take care of nip bomb burners, and admiring art. Would highly recommend!


It was a managed time indeed but we had plenty of shelter, food, and maintained good morale. That was interesting, neighbors were asking each other “how’s camp morale” more than anything else. I think we all know that we will take care of each other.


Can confirm that Josh is a total mensch! Congrats!

Arram

                    @arram

                  7 Sep 2023

                My friend @joshalbrecht just announced his company raising $200M. I’ve long considered Josh the most talented person nobody knows about. He’s also the most reasonable, conscientious person I know. There’s a crazy story I tell to explain to people what kind of person Josh is... 🧵


I save a lot of voicemails and was just scrolling through when I came across the JWs calling randomly to check on people during the pandemic. My fav part is that they didn’t hang up at the end and debriefed after on how the voicemail went as a group. Super wholesome.


After a significant heart break, I read some research about how emotional pain can be treated with ibuprofen like other pains/aches. It worked (mostly taking the edge off the feelings so I could function) and really changed the way I thought of emotional pain.


They forgot:

- run your bathtub and let it overflow into your house.

dennis hegstad

                    @dennishegstad

                  29 Aug 2023

                How To Experience Burning Man At Home

- set thermostat to 107°
- purchase Moncler ski googles
- take powerful hallucinogenic drugs
- get naked
- fuck your friends wife
- play Rufus Du Sol on repeat
- place pile of sand in front of fan, set it to high speed and stand in front of it
- shit in a closet
- venmo me $4200


Such delight!


Also noticing a lot of Series A funds that dipped into seed when the market was frothy a couple years ago and they are not doing seed anymore as a mainstay. Makes it hard to make intros when you can't tell what firms actually want.

Jonathan Hillis@jonathanhillis5
                  13 Sep 2023

                Can we agree that Pre-Seed means pre-product and typically pre-revenue?

When a company is raising pre-seed and you say you invest in pre-seed - don’t say you typically look for products in market generating revenue - that is seed

please remove pre-seed from your website etc lol


Can’t lie to yourself when looking at trends daily.


My fav party drug!

Sam Altman

                    @sama

                  19 Sep 2023

                caffeine is by far the best drug


Same thing with showers!

Sahil Lavingia@shl
                  19 Sep 2023

                The longer the walk, the better the ideas.


Slip Slidin Away

Out of Context Human Race

                    @NoContextHumans

                  19 Sep 2023

                What song is this?


Journaling and staring off into clouds have been great breaks as of late.

Dr. Julie Gurner

                    @drgurner

                  19 Sep 2023

                When you're busy enough, "boredom" isn't a thing - it just feels like a break.

It's fantastic and rare.

A chance to think, to put things together in your head, be intentional with moves forward, and actually really wonderful.


Love those tshirts!


I don’t get to see their budgets!

Replying to @RobTerrin @bryan_caplan @anecdotal


I was shocked to more recently meet a celeb in LA who has a 16 year old son who is hating every minute of high school. I really didn’t understand why they weren’t doing something more unique.

Replying to @DStrachman @RobTerrin @bryan_caplan @anecdotal


Tejas rules the world :D


Not yet :)


Replying to @robertmclaws @somefoundersalt


TJs is great but I call it Trader Bros because it's really mostly food that helps people who don't cook to make food at home. I used to shop there as my primary spot but now use Good Eggs which I love!


Papa Thiel is back!


I have a Real Thing for people who excel at crowd control -- Queen, Gwen Stefani, Psy -- what's your fav scene?

non aesthetic things

                    @PicturesFoIder

                  24 Sep 2023

                Psy introduces himself


Could watch all day!


"It’s a lot easier to connect with new or old friends over some delicious treats than it is with broccoli and chicken." - Schwarzenegger

arnoldspumpclub.schwarzenegg…


Fun times when automated spamming goes wrong:

Them: "Hey Babar, any thoughts on this?"

Me: "There isn't a Babar at 1517 -- your automated spamming needs a fix."


Also, can't wait to retweet this in the future when the fundraising climate is founder forward again.


Most intense tic-tak-toe EVAH!

Stopa

                    @stopachka

                  27 Sep 2023

                🎉Today is launch day! 🎉

Hey ya'll :) Today we have three exciting features to announce!

Optimistic Updates, Offline Mode, and React Native Support


At GHC 2015 myself, @lmaepa, @she_a, and @ElissaBeth hosted "Lead the C-Suite" which was the only content about entrepreneurship -- it was packed! After, we talked to leadership at GHC about starting a full entrepreneurship track for 2016 and got a big nope.

jenn ☀

                    @jennsun

                  27 Sep 2023

                grace hopper was a conference for women/non binary in tech

then men found out it was a good place to get jobs

now women want to ban men from attending

thoughts? 🤔


This was the same year at Grace Hopper as this tone deaf banger from Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella dropped:

“It’s not really about asking for a raise, but knowing and having faith that the system will give you the right raise...It’s good karma. It will come back.”

🤮


I suspect that GHC was started with great intent but also fell into the position of keeping sponsors happy and dollars flowing than creating something that empowers and emboldens women.


And if you're a dude rationalizing that you're an ally attending GHC as a participant -- I can't even.


Winning!

gaut

                    @0xgaut

                  28 Sep 2023

                here’s something wholesome for your feed


There it is!

Jason Leow

                    @jasonleowsg

                  28 Sep 2023

                What first time founders fantasize will happen at launch after building in stealth for 3 years


Daniel

                    @nearlydaniel

                  28 Sep 2023

                going to interview at google and loudly pronouncing "kubernetes" such that it rhymes with "uber eats"


Super excited to return to Vision Weekend in Europe! It has been one of the best events I've been to in many years. Highly recommend!

Foresight Institute

                    @foresightinst

                  29 Sep 2023

                Our upcoming Vision Weekend France speakers! 🧠⚛ – 17-19 November, Burgundy.

Immerse yourself with some wonderful minds across our technical tracks. foresight.org/vision-weekend…

@Adrian33760858 @allisondman @anderssandberg @andrepietri @beatrice_erkers @DStrachman


Glorious!


In my own experience, this is dead on.

When I do things more slowly and quietly everything gets better. Examples include:

Journaling on paper
Reading a physical book
Laying on the ground and looking up at the sky
Movement activities without music/sound
Driving without music/making a call/checking phone

Jason

                    @anenglishteachr

                  1 Oct 2023

                I was talking with a friend last night and he said something to me about anxiety that I thought was interesting:

“One reason for our anxiety could be how much noise there is going on around us. Both literal noise and noise as in stimulation. Cars, planes, trains, lots of people, social media, and just that it seems like there is always something going on around us. When do we get peace and quiet to sit with ourselves and let our thoughts run and pass through our brains?”

I think this is especially relevant to the youth

All of the stimulation - tons of activities, phones, social media, tv, etc. could be pulling them away from much needed quiet time

Quiet time is necessary for regulation and calming our minds

My friend could be onto something here

What do you think?


Corporate team building with 1517!

This guy will fight for your team in the same way he gives his all to this song.


I’ll see what I can do!


"We are the Adam Sandlers of VC" - Chief at 1517 @hayleeejohnsonn


Super excited to bring twenty teens from our (first) camp to visit on Friday!!!

Danielle Fong 🔆

                    @DanielleFong

                  4 Oct 2023

                frame from an open flame wand test (yes this is the most awesome frame)

using the heat itself to boil salt inside a small ceramic tube, and conduct via ceramic rods as a wick


2E (our teen camp) is visiting early stage deep tech companies today in San Francisco!


Put yourself out there!

Zelda

                    @zeldapoem

                  5 Oct 2023

                Today I did something

Wrote this note to a woman I was sitting next to in a café, bc she was in a meeting and I had to leave without having had the opportunity to chat with her.

See her answer below:


Hell yeah!!!!

Stopa

                    @stopachka

                  5 Oct 2023

                Today I became a U.S citizen!


Yup!


2E visited with the one and only @DanielleFong at Light Cell!


Lunching it up with our 2E fam!

1517.substack.com/p/2e-1517s…


Agreed!


Hosted a teen camp!


Zen and the Art of Making a Living


An old boyfriend gave me the best piece of advice here — always buy a size up!


Learning valuable skills at 2E — thinking outside the box with lock picking!


We told people it was a puzzle workshop — when the reveal came that it’s lock picking there was the best audible gasp 😱


Seen a few of these today — the official BLM org twitter hasn’t made any statements about the other chapters or their own stance. Is silence still violence?

Aviva Klompas

                    @AvivaKlompas

                  10 Oct 2023

                Utterly sickening from Black Lives Matter in Chicago.

And they have used an image of a paraglider like the ones who swooped into an Israeli music festival and murdered, raped, mutilated, and paraded beaten civilians back to Gaza.


1517 hosted our first teen camp last weekend -- still beaming from the experience!

"You packed it with so many fun things I still haven't finished telling my family about it, even after a 2.5 hour ride home. My favorite parts (outside of making friends) were the lock picking class, the party at Additive Space Tech, and getting to hang out with Jules and learning about all the cool stuff they brought. Thank you for believing that young people's ideas matter too. Thank you!"


Love this so much!

Fritz Johnson

                    @FritzTheDev

                  11 Oct 2023

                The turning point in my battle with autism? A 10 second span about five years ago.

One tiny choice changed everything.

This is the story of the most important moment of my life, when things began to get better after 12 years of hell.

Thank you, Dr. Grandin.


Awww thank you Fritz! I love that so much -- supporting others means so much to me!


Investors talking behind founder's back is not kosher with me. Met with a Series A lead who recently didn't sound 100% on board with the founder we both work with. Chatted with the founder about it. Got a second request from the same investor to chat again. Sent the following:

"Once everything is solidified with the founder, happy to chat with them about where we might be able to support. And should you like to be part of that call, that's fine but I'm not really into investors talking without founders present."


More 2E camp love coming in!

"Thanks for changing my life - literally!

I just wanted to thank you again for hosting 2E. I had so many amazing conversations with everyone and made sooo many new friends. I even found the big sis I’ve always wanted, @reverendmother. I absolutely loved all our startup visits, especially @trilobio and fell in love with SF.

Also, thank you for all the ice cream treats, junk food (especially those gummy bears - yum!), and amazing lunches!"


This was written by the baker in the group :).


Now THIS is how to rock a Canadian Tuxedo!

Kendric Tonn

                    @kendrictonn

                  11 Oct 2023

                On one hand, AI is going to be incredibly disruptive for visual artists, but on the other hand Jean-Jacquet Rousseau


Got to be a part of this first hand when I worked with homeschooling families -- it was SO different!

Claire Honeycutt | ClarifiED 🕊❤

                    @HippyMomPhD

                  11 Oct 2023

                Them: Kids hate learning

My homeschooled kids👇

Me: Ok, we ran out of time to do history today

Girls: Noooooooo!!!

Me: Should we have skipped Science or Reading?

Girls: No! Why can't we do ALL of it EVERY DAY!!

If your doing it right, kids love learning♥


"...very special things, which include very special thoughts, can come into existence pretty much anywhere. Good ideas don’t have to be born in palaces, or indeed institutes of advanced research, government think tanks or the minds of acclaimed professors. They could happen right now, to someone like us, in the kitchen or while we’re on our way to buy some washing powder or post a letter. The ordinary world in which we dwell is not divorced from the precinct of good ideas; it’s where good ideas are constantly coming to mind, begging to be nurtured by us until they can develop to ‘adulthood’."

psychologies.co.uk/let-your-…


Construction crews are hiring and Austin is building.


At some point, one has to ride the bike instead of theorizing/reading about riding bikes.


Congrats!!! Your team has worked long and hard for this and built a product that users love! There is so much heart on the loom team 💓

I remember when they made their product free over the pandemic because they deemed themselves a public service in such trying times. Incredible work!

(And for those who don't know, we were the first institutional in. We bet on this team in part for their product insights but much more so for their character)

Vinay Hiremath

                    @vhmth

                  12 Oct 2023

                Today @loom is joining @Atlassian. We have entered a definitive agreement for Atlassian to acquire Loom for $975m. And we are insanely hyped.


Best spam I've seen in a while:

"Danielle, ever find yourself thinking on all 1517 Fund has achieved with your portfolio companies and think, 'Why aren't we dominating the market yet?' You are making tremendous waves, but that big breakthrough moment feels just a step away, doesn't it?" (this is a pay for media company)

My response: How dare you!? We're preseed famous!


^ same

Replying to @MattBGilliland @daniellenewnham


It's kinda a shocking feeling to be honest -- thank you!


Boom!

Shahed Khan

                    @shahedkhan

                  12 Oct 2023

                Exciting news today. @Loom is joining @Atlassian.

The company has entered a definitive agreement for Atlassian to acquire Loom for $975m.

25 million users.
1.5 billion minutes recorded.
1.8 million workplaces.
8 wonderful years in the making.


Congrats Shahed!!!

Replying to @shahedkhan @loom @Atlassian


Another win for the dropouts!!!


Huge congrats to the @loom team! 8 years ago we had Chipotle burritos with these 3 amigos, shortly after this photo, we sent a text to make the first institutional investment in the company 🎉🎂🌯


well said!


Thank you so much!!!


"Thank you for making 2E happen! This was one of the best (maybe the best) communities I've been in and I had a great time!"

1517.substack.com/p/2e-1517s…


Let me tell you about how we became the courageous vikings at @1517fund to invest early into @loom...

🧵

VCs Congratulating Themselves 👏👏👏

                    @VCBrags

                  12 Oct 2023

                Any time a company has a big exit you can count on one thing:

Venture capitalists will always find a way to make it about themselves


🧥 That's it! Thanks for reading! (And read Michael's book, Paper Belt on Fire: a.co/d/hnjqyFk)


If we told people all our secrets...

you know the rest 🩷

Replying to @Chrismccann @chrismccann @1517fund @loom


It feels like this on the daily (or not) 🤣


Sesame Workshop@SesameWorkshop
                  10 Oct 2023

                Our hearts are with Israeli and Palestinian children and families affected by the crisis in the region. All children deserve a safe childhood free from violence and terror.


A fabulous team and technology!


Thank you Kaushik! See you there!


total fan girl of @VCBrags


Yes, celebrating wins is actually important! What's not so hot is taking the spotlight off the founders.


They should have burritos named after them!


This is in part why we started 1517 -- the multiple would be insanely good.


Congrats Ritesh and Geet!!!!

The best advice I have to offer (from my godchildren's parents) is to not expect parenthood to be different than it is. For example, if you think you should be getting good sleep, and you're not -- that's just the way it is, don't expect it to be different. Additionally allow yourself to feel the specialness of each moment.

Ritesh Agarwal

                    @riteshagar

                  13 Oct 2023

                I met Geet eleven years ago, when I was just a teenager chasing dreams, trying to convince my family that I wanted to build my own company from scratch. There was only one constant who was by my side through it all, and it was her. The highs of happiness and milestones, the lows of pain and loss, we’ve been through so much together.

This year, we got married, which was one the happiest moments of my life. And my family and I navigated through various highs and lows. Now, as Geet and I reflect on (and process) our transition from being children, to teenagers, to partners, to parents, I couldn’t be more excited. Our coming of age may have come and gone but I’m glad I got to share it all with you.
It’s time to share parenthood! 💛

PS: Feel free to share your best recommendations for nappies, strollers, and toys with us. And if you happen to be a startup with something innovative, even better.

Seriously, I'm in the market for some dad-level wisdom here. 😁


One more article we don't need to read!


You can't get a company off the ground if you're hungry!

Sending all my love Ritesh and many blessings to you, your family, and the new baby!


Lol no one will ever say that they were hungry around me. Our 2E campers from last weekend know this especially well -- I guess this burn to feed people goes way back.

Ritesh Agarwal

                    @riteshagar

                  13 Oct 2023

                Replying to @DStrachman
                Thanks Danielle. Very valuable.

10 yrs back you were our guide and mom taking good care of teenagers wanting to change the world. We also learned cooking asparagus frittata haha 😃


Our latest portco founder is unhinged.

Augustus Doricko

                    @ADoricko

                  17 Oct 2023

                Major deliverable deadline Friday

All gas, no brakes (or breaks)


"Thiel fellows have achieved shocking success, enough to merit a reconsideration of our current approach to college. A recent book, Paper Belt on Fire, by @William_Blake, fills in the backstory of the fellowship and refines the argument against traditional higher education."

bloomberg.com/opinion/articl…


Tell him that he needs to get a dog! He won't listen to me on this. Ask him about Rambo!


Just updated a slide in our founder onboarding. Thanks for the inspiration @ADoricko!


Dealing with some really shitty lead investor bullshit today...worst I've ever seen...

I shared vaguely with someone I needed to cancel a meeting with to handle this and they wrote back, "I read Paper Belt on Fire on the flight here and I fully support your right to order five gallon drums of whatever you like to send to this misbehaving investor."

I feel so seen!!! And they read my mind. IYKYK

Back to problem solving...


Planning to share some pro tips for early stage fund managers based on learnings like this.

The up the stack behavior can be truly brutal. Some give zero fucks about people who supported companies in getting started and seem nearly giddy to knife early stage investors for their own upside.


.@zoink is a fabulous example of this. And check out Paper Belt on Fire for more examples! a.co/d/biFLAgj


Long live Waffle House!!! The pecan waffle is life affirming food!

Alexis Ohanian 🗽

                    @alexisohanian

                  19 Oct 2023

                I'M BACK at @UVA and this had to be my first stop 🧇⬆ @reddit exists because of @WaffleHouse House. I was gonna be a lawyer until I walked out of the LSAT just 30minutes into the test so I could go get breakfast instead.

Booth 19 is where I realized I needed to do something else with my life, which led me to start a company… recruit my roommate… sketch a friendly alien called “Snoo”…. And the rest is history.

I really do love Waffle House and stop by every time I come back to Charlottesville. Thank you for the plaque & great service (as always - thank you, Cookie!!)


Eric Bahn 💛

                    @ericbahn

                  20 Oct 2023

                This kid is right. Four years of college is a waste of time. That’s why I did five years.


Headed to a music camp this weekend and dusted off my clarinet. I haven't played at all in 5 years (and that was for about 2 months) and before then hadn't played for about 12+ years.

There is an opportunity to join a jazz workshop and I'm down. After playing through the music tonight, and having my dog look at me in panic from the sounds, I've never felt more "good enough for jazz" in my life!

Coltrane here I come...


I got an email with "with all due respect" today...good times.


TMI!


Totes goats!

Replying to @ericbahn @MeggieRamirez @CitizensBank @HustleFundVC


This is a great practice! Been doing morning pages here and there over the last few weeks and really enjoying the feeling of inner spaciousness when I'm done (@snigdhar0y similar to what we've been discussing too!).

Cissy Hu@cissyrxhu
                  20 Oct 2023

                my favorite form of emotional plumbing is writing 1000 words stream of conscious in the AM

getting thoughts out of my head gives me space to make connections that landed overnight, sit with lingering feelings from the prior day, and start the day emotionally unblocked


.@Man_with_a_van I think you'd really enjoy this company overall too!


Congrats to Unciphered for a great piece in Wired!

Andy Greenberg (@agreenberg at the other places)

                    @a_greenberg

                  24 Oct 2023

                In 2011, Stefan Thomas lost the password to an encrypted USB stick that holds bitcoins worth $235,000,000 today.

Now a team of hackers has shown they can crack the drive and unlock its fortune. The problem: Thomas doesn’t seem to want to let them.

Read: wired.com/story/unciphered-i…


@William_Blake it's a good thing you gave up crocs last year.


Watch out smaller funds! We are seeing and hearing about pretty egregious pay to play terms set by Series A+ investors who are in trouble with their investments and are trying to save them by investing more monies while forcibly scooping up ownership of previous investors who can't participate in subsequent rounds (hence the pay to play -- otherwise you lose most of your previous ownership). It's shocking to us that this is even legal. We're working on if there are provisions we can put into our side letter to block this in the future.


We are seeing it turn to common AND if you don't come in for your pro rata that it's then pummeled further where the lead gets to scoop a percent of your shares. Lol I don't think anyone should be forced to invest in a company no matter how big or small the investor.


Absolutely! In the case we are dealing with we found out about the term sheet only after it was signed and I am beyond frustrated that the team didn't disclose this before signing so that we could have tried to strategize a different way to raise.


Headed to Indiebio demo day in SF -- I have a mason jar of home grown quail eggs and plan to give them to whoever is my bff there. Maybe you? See you soon!


QotD: “I can’t protect you from Danielle”

Embracing my fierce mama bear energy — I don’t have kids but I have people, values, and behavior that I protect and go to battle for. People love to witness this energy but don’t like it when my gaze turns to them.


Wish I could have been a fly on the wall 🤣

Claire E. Aubin?@ceaubin
                  25 Oct 2023

                Regularly haunted by my own hubris - tried to set my bf up on a playdate with my coworkers husband because they both “really like bikes.” Anyways, it turns out her husband was in the Tour De France


You know I’d fight for you!!!


Palate cleanser.


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David Ulevitch 🇺🇸

                    @davidu

                  25 Oct 2023

                Replying to @andrewchen
                Because it’s 30,000 under 30?


It’s also the past! If we can also make things built to last again, I’m all for it!

Conor

                    @Conaw

                  26 Oct 2023

                Single purpose hardware is the future


Replying to @SimpEconomist @samir_vasavada


How it’s done!

Jenny Fielding

                    @jefielding

                  27 Oct 2023

                Recently talked to a founder raising a pre-seed round who plans to use much of the cash to build out a sales team. Gulp. My perspective is that this rarely works and that founder-led sales will be necessary for another round or two. The founder was totally shocked. Never heard this feedback before.

Who is helping first time founders with their sales strategy these days? We need to get the word out…


Liberation! 🤣🐣🐯🍼

Pamela J. Hobart

                    @amelapay

                  27 Oct 2023

                10 years ago my husband freed me from my 9 to 5 💞

now I have a *checks notes* 4am to 9pm  🤔


I love this SO much!


Hey fam, my desk treadmill is on sale today -- highly recommend -- super quiet and not an eye sore.

amazon.com/gp/product/B09NN1…


We are the uncool — but maybe uncool is cool now :)

Replying to @mpstaton @rod_mallo @jefielding @ericbahn @wearehuman @sorayadarabi @artzandy @nicoberman @emilykramer @m2jr @davidhornik @MacConwell @sethbannon @elamadej @valorvc @SLP_EDU @IanRountree @William_Blake @1517fund


Amazing (haven’t forgotten about your email — inbox is just overfloweth)


Dammit!

Replying to @mpstaton @sorayadarabi @rod_mallo @jefielding @ericbahn @wearehuman @artzandy @nicoberman @emilykramer @m2jr @davidhornik @MacConwell @sethbannon @elamadej @valorvc @SLP_EDU @IanRountree @William_Blake @1517fund


HALP! I need nail trim pro tips -- little Maui man HATES it and now I feel like the worst because we tried wrestling him in a blanket and getting his toes trimmed. I'm guessing the answer is a combo of gabapentin (he has a prescription for stressful stuff) and practice/training but small dog people, I need your wisdom!


I nearly jumped off my couch. I can’t believe it was only a 4.0. Eek!


Same!


A friend is wanting to introduce their teens to more cooperative games over win/lose. Have any favs?


I had to look up what a scooped bagel was a few hours ago just to make sure I heard the word correctly -- wt(absolute)f!


Not yet but this was a first suggestion that came up!


This was a great event!

Delali Bruce 😭@delalibruce
                  28 Oct 2023

                3 absolute truths from last night: hotter people, hotter food, hotter takes


Y’all are the best! Thanks for letting me know that there is a fake account trying to get people to move crypto with my likeness (@dstrachmann — 2 Ns, my extra German nemesis). You can tell it’s not me because there aren’t enough exclams (oh yeah and crypto “advice”)! Please report!


Extra German (I am part German)!🤣


He’s not wrong, but if you order a scooped bagel in front of me, I can’t be friends with you anymore 🥯

Augie

                    @augierakow

                  28 Oct 2023

                If scooped bagels grow the bagel market

that’s a good thing.


.@William_Blake homies!


While I don’t disagree, I immediately pictured:

Dear god, please let me write that email responding to the founder who has been patiently waiting while I get over my anxiety about how delayed I’ve been.

Seems like not the right format for that one. But blessings for the founder all the way!

orph

                    @orphcorp

                  27 Oct 2023

                morning prayer is actually a better intention-setting & executive function mechanism than any morning journaling or to-do listing

while the latter two are largely disembodied, prayer is a whole-body & mind commitment to your intention


I've really enjoyed this read over the years and always found more resonance with taoism than buddhism: a.co/d/2oibL8L


Love this book on taoism!

a.co/d/2oibL8L

🎃 Mark 👻 🟡⚪🟣⚫@meditationstuff
                  28 Oct 2023

                I’m starting to get a little suspicious that Taoism might be low key the strictly superior product but Buddhism has both extensive technical manuals and better marketing. Buddhism sells the problem and then the solution and Taoism is just like “It’s useless ¯\_(ツ)_/¯"


Looks super fun!

mathurah

                    @mathurahravi

                  25 Oct 2023

                what if i said you could spend a weekend exploring rabbitholes together with curious internet strangers

rabbitholeathon 4.0 is back, come join :)


I read Zen and the Art of Making a Living when I was 22.


How much is taken out for taxes upon receiving your first paycheck.

World of Engineering

                    @engineers_feed

                  30 Oct 2023

                What is the adult version of finding out that Santa Claus doesn't exist?


We all remember our first!


The video shows off incredible features like high res content and AR features BUT…what we all really want to know is how many chrome tabs can we have open?

Apple Hub

                    @theapplehub

                  31 Oct 2023

                Apple introduces the new 14" and 16" MacBook Pro, now starting with an M3 chip! #AppleEvent


I ripped my shirt off my sister’s body when I was 16 as a sign of agency/values > stuff. Will never forget that moment.


Yup reported!


Happy birthday to us, happy birthday to us, happy birthday dear 1517 -- happy birthday to us!

1517 Fund

                    @1517fund

                  31 Oct 2023

                Today is reformation day, it is heartening to see the message against these modern indulgences grow and take root.

Onwards to a new renaissance!


LFG!!!!

Zeno Power

                    @zeno_power

                  31 Oct 2023

                We’ve been awarded a $7.5 million contract from the @DeptofDefense to build and demonstrate a radioisotope power system capable of providing resilient, distributed power on the seabed.


Something seems a bit too on the nose about paying for my cryo preservation renewal while at the AWS women founder's retreat 🐣🪺🍳🥚🧊🧊🧊


Just wait until you write over the summer!

Edward

                    @somefoundersalt

                  6 Nov 2023

                *email a major european design partner*

“i am out of office until november 1”

*ping them again today*

“i am out of office until november 8”

what the actual hell is going on in that continent


It's the most wonderful time of the year! That's it! Santarchy time! See you there!

Zak Slayback

                    @zslayback

                  6 Nov 2023

                We have a handful of spots open for the 2nd Annual @1517fund Santarchy in Austin, TX, Fri Dec 8.

Is it an anarchism themed Christmas party? A Christmas themed anarchism conference? Or something else entirely?

You can apply for an invite and find out:

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F…


So excited for this!

Foresight Institute

                    @foresightinst

                  7 Nov 2023

                Ten days until Vision Weekend France, Nov 17-19! Immerse yourself with some wonderful minds across our technical tracks. Secure your spot now! foresight.org/vision-weekend…

@Adrian33760858 @allisondman @anderssandberg @andrepietri @beatrice_erkers @DStrachman


The week before! Very excited to the bread and cheese :)

Replying to @potterlab @foresightinst @Adrian33760858 @allisondman @anderssandberg @andrepietri


1517 bet with a grant and then the first investment check! Excited for what's to come!

Geoff Lewis

                    @GeoffLewisOrg

                  8 Nov 2023

                Yup.

Ethan for Gen Z.


On the state of education:

“Who gives a fuck about prime numbers?! Teach this kid thermodynamics!”

- @LexHuntsman


Kubernetes and a quantum computing pitch are neck and neck for the most difficult for the VC brain 🤯

varepsilon

                    @var_epsilon

                  9 Nov 2023

                least toxic hackernews user


Academic labs and VCs have something in common!

Augustus Doricko

                    @ADoricko

                  10 Nov 2023

                >Reach out to academic lab to collaborate
>Lab PI agrees to collaborate
>”sounds great I’ll send the agreement docs!”
>follow up 4 times
>PI responds 27 days later
>”hey this project is in the cue, really excited! Let’s circle back Jan 5”

It’s SO over for academia


Excited to be in Paris this week for Foresight’s Vision Weekend!


Heaven


Snigha, I won super hard tonight with swing dancing! Thank you for this awesome reminder :D


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Kenneth Cassel

                    @KennethCassel

                  14 Nov 2023

                Name a movie you’ve seen more than seven times with a gif

                      ALT  interstellar space GIF


More ASMR like this please!

Science girl

                    @sciencegirl

                  15 Nov 2023

                An iron pan from the 1850’s being restored
nitter.poast.org/AweInspireMe/status/17…


Caffeine and Advil in the morning, melatonin before bed, and lots of walking in daylight in between.


Not a man -- HELL FUCKING YEAH!

Ana Mostarac

                    @anammostarac

                  16 Nov 2023

                I love seeing grown men lose their minds over a few commie laser lights.

Men will see this and just think “hell yeah”.


Loving using Corner to find new places in Paris this trip. Super fun!

winnie

                    @winnielaux

                  7 Nov 2023

                taste and curation has always been so deeply intertwined. this is why we enjoy shopping at boutiques that curate specific items, why our spotify discover weekly hits different, and why we inherently trust the products our friends (with similar taste) recommend more.

recently, the popularity of new UGC platforms like @joinflip and @buildyourcorner is taking curation to the next level. i just experienced the magic of @buildyourcorner, and fell in love with the ability to curate lists from all my favorite cafes, restaurants, and places around the world.

big props to the team for enabling easy import from google maps 🗺, the ability to easily pin spots from tiktok/IG 📌, and a fun social way for discovering new spots from tastemakers☕.


Advil is good for reducing neuro inflammation that can occur with lack of sleep. Fun fact, it’s also shown to take the edge off emotional pain.


Next time someone asks me about working with young founders, “They haven’t had time to build bad habits yet” 🤣☠

Matt Turck

                    @mattturck

                  16 Nov 2023

                This is so on point 😂


National anthem of Paris is Smooth Operator -- heard it 4 times this week.


In general I think it's best to under promise and over perform and auditors are cracking down on managers not giving haircuts where they are due. Savvy LPs should be looking at both decks and audits. Decks = marketing; audits = numbers.


Quarterly reports baby!

Zanele Abraham@zanele_matome
                  16 Nov 2023

                Do the unsexy, boring stuff in your biz....it compounds and it pays off. The sexy/glam stuff are only a blip. The real sustainable work is in the unsexy things that people don't see.


That thing you see them do out of perceived boredom is actually their motivation -- see it as a skill to be harnessed and developed, not a waste of time. Furthering that, look at what they are fascinated by and help them to bring more curiosity and experience there.


Example: “my kid is so bored that they just play guitar all the time”

In my opinion, that’s not boredom, that’s motivation. Work with the child to further that energy.


America’s Queen

Fascinating

                    @fasc1nate

                  16 Nov 2023

                Dolly Parton next to her husband Carl Dean, around 1960s.


Walked 100K steps this week!

💕🚶♀

Dan Go

                    @CoachDanGo

                  17 Nov 2023

                If you want more energy go for a walk.

If you want to lower stress go for a walk.

If you want to work out your problems go for a walk.

Walking is the easiest way to become a better human.


+1! Super amazing questions and thought provoking!

Replying to @roohi_kr @heyadvikkapoor @jposhaughnessy


Loved attending at his home! So much singing and joy!

Eric Weinstein

                    @ericweinstein

                  17 Nov 2023

                It’s Friday morning in LA. If you are Jewish and hosting a Shabbat dinner tonight, you have likely been called by many of our non-Jewish friend with concern over the past several weeks. May I make a humble suggestion? Make a special point of opening your Shabbat table to others.


This is one of the clearest, most honest, and actionable no’s I’ve seen. Investors take note, this is how it’s done.


“Tech” is superfluous.

Mike Solana

                    @micsolana

                  17 Nov 2023

                tech twittter rn

                      ALT  Chaos Fire GIF


Big difference between dogs and cats — cat would have eaten him.

Collin Rugg

                    @CollinRugg

                  17 Nov 2023

                NEW: 71 year old Colorado man Rich Moore who went missing on August 19th, found dead after trying to climb Blackhead Peak with his dog Finney.

Two months after going missing, Moore’s body was found by a hiker with Finney, alive and by his side.

After Moore had died from hypothermia, Finney decided to stay by his side and hunt small animals while somehow avoiding bigger predators.

Finney lost half of her body weight but was able to stick by Moore’s side for over 2 months.

“Finney is doing well. She has gained almost all of her weight back and her strength is almost where it was. She is the miracle dog,” Moore’s wife said.


Funny! We do baby schwag too!


Principal of pirates indeed arrrrr! 🏴☠

Michael P Gibson

                    @William_Blake

                  18 Nov 2023

                The principal of pirates  @DStrachman rockin the existential hope panel at the @foresightinst Vision Weekend


That’s one hell of a trip!

taylor

                    @tayroga

                  18 Nov 2023

                my friend at openai took the day off to do acid in the park. he’s about to turn his phone back on


Lovely to spend time with you! Let me know when you’re in the Bay!

Replying to @MatjazLeonardis @foresightinst


Management got cracked out

Mike Solana

                    @micsolana

                  20 Nov 2023

                i hate it here


No MFA!


Incredible subtweet

Paul Graham

                    @paulg

                  19 Nov 2023

                When a misbehaving child knows he's going to have to give in and do as he's told, the final stage of resistance is to do it really slowly.


These were 80s baby’s parents 🕺 💃

Jason Pargin, author of John Dies at the End, etc@JasonKPargin
                  19 Nov 2023

                Does gen Z understand that the 80s wasn’t like Stranger Things, that in reality it was just this, all the time:


Infrastructure is everything

Michael P Gibson

                    @William_Blake

                  20 Nov 2023

                Pretty amazing that the world’s savviest investors & MSFT didn’t see any red flags in the roasted malodorous turducken of corporate governance + non-profit structure that is OpenAI.

Delaware C-Corp is one of man’s greatest inventions. It will get us AI & it will get us to Mars.


Such a wonderful event with wonderful people! Thank you @foresightinst!

Allison Duettmann

                    @allisondman

                  20 Nov 2023

                Wow. Thank you to everyone who joined @foresightinst Vision Weekend France for a rollercoaster of bio, nano, neuro, space, ai, cryptography real-politik discussions, unconference, prize ceremonies, molecular vr, brain in a dish demo, kugel auditorium, moloch art exhibit, AI plantoid therapy, longevity self-experimentation, opera, and so much more. Can’t wait for Vision Weekend US!


Is there really such a thing as a 15 minute (first) meeting?


I hope you like the couch!


@CrystalMcKellar


At Innovations Academy (the school I cofounder 15 years ago) all staff went by their first name only. No Ms or Mr.

We had parents who hated it — luckily we were able to teach that being called what you want is being more respectful than using artificial hierarchy.

Sassington, M.C.

                    @MissSassbox

                  20 Nov 2023

                the responses are so real because for some teachers, it was the ultimate red flag 😅


Go home Twitter! You’re drunk!

Chris Bakke

                    @ChrisJBakke

                  21 Nov 2023

                BREAKING:

OpenAI and Burger King to merge.

They have tapped the CEO of Mattress Firm to run the combined company.

The former CEO of Mattress Firm (4th CEO of OpenAI in 72 hours) was fired after 7 minutes for Slacking the entire company (the remaining 9 employees) a gif of the Titanic sinking.

He was paid $900K in severance and now the Chihuahua from Taco Bell and the mermaid creature from Starbucks are running the company as interim co-CEOs.

More to come.


Correct


We do! They can work where ever they want -- if our philosophy isn't for them than it's not a fit. We also have a no busy work policy -- if someone really loves sending worksheets home, there are plenty of places for that too.


Gorgeous work!


I still remember our first conversation in the Letterman cafeteria (at least I think that was our first one!). Thanks Tara!

Replying to @tarstarr @grifftgaff @isaach @noahmp @kurrik


Exactly :)

Replying to @artem_milinchuk @1517fund @mcmgoodall


ice cream


Always!

Lucy Guo

                    @lucy_guo

                  22 Nov 2023

                “Are you really in a rush to get back home just for your cat?”

Yes 💯


I have something that you MUST try! Slow roasting a turkey overnight. I bought a huge turkey and was fretting over how to cook it when I wondered if I could slow cook it. My house smell amazing this morning, the turkey looks great, and the meat is literally falling of the bone. Haven't tried a bite yet...lol trying to be patient!

createdby-diane.com/2014/11/…


Have you been naughty or nice this year? Santarchy is coming back to Austin soon! Full for the event but excited to host again!

Danielle Strachman 💗 🐈 💃 🪴 🎸 🎨 🐕

                    @DStrachman

                  2 Dec 2022

                Santarchy Ball begins!!!


"But publish your darn art."

GREG ISENBERG

                    @gregisenberg

                  27 Nov 2023

                This is one of the best videos to ever exist for entrepreneurs, creators... I think about it often.

In 2016, Pharrell Williams visited a NYU music production class to critique student songs.

At the beginning you could see student "Maggie Rogers" drenched with the absolute terror of sharing this with him.

Pharrell is there just trying to keep his excitement in.

The guy couldn’t wait to tell her this song is the bee’s knees.

After he listened to a song called “Alaska”, he explained why “I have zero, zero, zero notes for that:”

24 hours later, someone posted the clip to Reddit.

It blew up and the rest is history.  Grammy nominated, millions of followers etc.

And Maggie responded to the Reddit thread (i'll share screenshot in the next tweet).

This story I find so cool because it inspires other artists to share what they got.

We all can all connect with the fear of showing our work. It ain't easy.

And to have a unique POV like Maggie. Easy to copy, harder to have something unique.

I’ve got a bunch of designs, creations that have never seen the light of day.

This video inspires me to publish more.

My point of sharing this video:

Publish your art anonymously.

Or publish your art proudly as yourself. Bonus points if it's one of a kind work.

But publish your darn art.

This is your new week's energy.

This is your 2024 energy.

Go get 'em.

--

If you enjoyed this, go listen to some Maggie Rogers. And thank you to Pharrell for being so supportive to an up and comer.

And go follow me for more stories like this @gregisenberg, so you get more of it in your feed

I share stories about internet communities, free startup ideas and more. (link in bio for more info about me)


I've noticed this with people who I work with too. Based on life experience, I'd expect them to be in their mid 30's and then I find out they are 28 lol. Trips me up every time and I should expect it!


I was always mature for my age -- which means now I get to have more fun since the more mature thing to do now is to enjoy life as best I can!


Run at working with this team!

Conrad Kramer@conradev
                  30 Nov 2023

                I am so excited to be building again – not just a product, but also a team and a company

if you're interested in joining, definitely check out our roles and apply: software.inc/jobs

(kim took this photo at our new office!)


"X sent me an update exploring all things strawberries and I thought it would be fruitful for you two to meet"

I'll be here all day folks!


It takes me back to my childhood...even had that slight panic attack moment hitting restart.

Replying to @davidkircos @conradev @AriX


Rock on!!!


I miss him :(


Best commercial ever!

Coinbase 🛡

                    @coinbase

                  1 Dec 2023

                ⏪ Accept that it will always be this way.
⏩ Build something better.
#UpdateTheSystem


This is how it's done!

Maria Made in Cosmos is taking a break✨@made_in_cosmos
                  2 Dec 2023

                I recently cooked together with my friend who always makes super simple but very delicious food, and it turns out her secret is just adding even more butter and salt than I thought is reasonable


Working on a slide preso right now and curious to put it through a gen AI design filter for funsies. Anyone have something they like to use? Ideally, I'd upload a pdf and go from there.


This guy better hire private security!

John Fio@johnhfio
                  4 Dec 2023

                It should be illegal to own a dog:

 -if you live in a city
-younger than 40 with out kids
-if you’re not a land owner with proper yard


His Dark Materials trilogy is worth making an exception.


I'm down to help discuss tattoo ideas and that new extreme haircut you have been itching to try! Change is good!

Nick Gray

                    @nickgraynews

                  4 Dec 2023

                if anyone is struggling right now and you’re on the verge of doing something drastic like getting a full back tattoo, please call me — I’m here for you and it doesn’t have to end this way


And let's normalize sending plants or something other than wine -- not everyone drinks and dry is in!

Nick Gray

                    @nickgraynews

                  4 Dec 2023

                sending your customers fancy, thoughtful gifts during the holidays is a great way to let them know you have fat margins


Fascinating -- I think your association may be on the bolder end of the spectrum. I think some people get them because they really enjoy the process, others because they love art, self expression, others for XYZ reasons!


2E is a pretty cute tattoo! I'd consider having one!

Replying to @ryan_huang_1 @reverendmother


Excited to land in Austin soon and be here this week! Time to eat all the things -- I'm a big fan of Green Mesquite for you Austinites who haven't been. The wings are the best!


Little Maui Man (chiweenie) will be flying (in the cabin under the seat) for his first time on Wednesday (to Austin!). Any dog flying protips appreciated! We have calming meds for him, anti nausea stuff (since he gets car sick), things that smell like home, toys, pee pads, airline approved carrier, and all the essentials...but is there anything missing? Anything to know about doggie etiquette on planes?


Never been more excited for a piece of swag! Thank you @loom team!


This is a special edition run :D


On brand

positive side of X 🌞

                    @positivityofx

                  4 Dec 2023

                Other cat: 😐
Orange cat: 😛


You’d get him something that can take him farther in his interests/hobbies!


Show off!

Michael P Gibson

                    @William_Blake

                  5 Dec 2023

                What did you get done this week?


Curtains or a window valance! The balance is off because so much is in the ground.


Worth watching all the way through

Bojan Tunguz

                    @tunguz

                  5 Dec 2023

                This is what they took away from us.


I used to be fascinated by this and have built a lot of life around optimization.

Now I’m more curious about “what happens when I do that one thing and don’t layer other things on top of it?”

So far the answer is that my nervous system calms down.

anu

                    @anuatluru

                  5 Dec 2023

                i’ve become a bit fascinated with the concept of a “kill two birds with one stone” activity

walking meetings are a good example, what are some others?


I think it’s about what one needs at the time.

I had gotten myself in a more frenzied state of “do all the things” in such a way that there wasn’t much space for calm. Very much over doing it.

I do love pairing social activity with fitness — it seems like a real win and not taxing on the nervous system. But in general I find stimulus driven things like screens, lower quality audio through speakers, etc paired with other things to be more of a tax.

Sometimes I even drive now without any amplified audio and it’s been a very different experience!


I think young children often see themselves as very capable and brilliantly confident  — it’s when we start forcing comparisons with their peers and artificial grades and to do’s that we see that once bright swagger turns to doubt.

rebelEducator

                    @rebelEducator

                  5 Dec 2023

                Children first need to learn that they are capable.

Then they need to become confident in that capability.


Harvard has traditionally set the standard for which other universities follow and this is absolutely abhorred.

These corrupt and complicit administrators are bankrupting youth’s future and now stand silent for the calling of their Jewish student body’s death.

Alarms have been ringing for over a decade, the house is ablaze, please don’t stay to be burned alive.

Ella Ke

                    @EllaTravelsLove

                  5 Dec 2023

                nitter.poast.org/RepStefanik/stat…

Five chilling minutes in which Harvard President Claudine Gay, admits that certain statements are anti-Semitic and even call for clear murder against Jews.

However, when she is confronted with these statements being made on campus during protests and demonstrations, she is unable to condemn them.
A horrific display by the president of the most prestigious university in the world. What is happening in the United States?

#Harvard
#ClaudineGay


I don’t want to be right, I want to throw up. But thank you — more reason (though I wish it wasn’t so) for what we do.


This isn’t “Penn’s ambivalence” it’s their complicit endorsement.

Eitan Fischberger

                    @EFischberger

                  5 Dec 2023

                "On October 7th, Israel was attacked. Since October 7th, American Jews have been under attack."

Do yourselves a favor and watch this jaw-dropping speech. With students like this, the future of our people is bright.

                      UPenn Student Highlights The Rise Of Antisemitism On Campus


“This is not revolutionary Marxist justice fingerpainting daycare for sociopaths” - Eric Weinstein

Eric Weinstein

                    @ericweinstein

                  6 Dec 2023

                My undergraduate university @Penn, my PhD university @Harvard and my Post-doctoral university @MIT all walk into a hearing…

Three for three. This is like the set up of a personalized antisemitic canned joke from hell.

What I would like to say to the Presidents of all three institutions: you just aren’t good enough for these institutions. This is not revolutionary Marxist justice fingerpaining daycare for sociopaths. Enough DEI. Enough normalization of hatred. Have someone else who understands academe, science and research take over.

youtu.be/ZK5r9OZ73Xg?si=BZNn…

My “Take Back MIT” stance from several years ago with @lexfridman. Listen again with ears fresh from this madness in front of Congress. Enough!


Was 7 years into a relationship when my bf asked for an open relationship. Should have played it like this wife — instead I cried daily for a year. Silly me!


I didn't want dates, I wanted the relationship I had...but had I to do it over again, at the "let's open" I would have started dating that same day.


They have! Thank you for your care!


Yup!


When I met my current boyfriend I told him that my kink is monogamy -- zero problems in that arena since Day 1.


Meow!

TIME

                    @TIME

                  6 Dec 2023

                Replying to @TIME
                Read Taylor Swift's full Person of the Year interview (featuring Benjamin Button, the cat) time.com/6342806/person-of-t…


I call my current boyfriend "my little crustacean" because he is glued to me like a barnacle 🤣 🐚


Lol and I say it in a french accent, it cracks me up.


No it’s not.


The Ivys need more Pink Floyd

Michael P Gibson

                    @William_Blake

                  1 May 2022

                We don't need no education
We don't need no thought control
No dark sarcasm in the classroom
Teacher, leave them kids alone


How the statement or ask is made has a huge effect.

Going Godward

                    @goinggodward

                  6 Dec 2023

                I am equal parts “I’m not doing what you tell me” and “I will do anything you say”, and one part will dominate based solely on mood and the person asking. The request is inconsequential.

This is probably true of most women.


Great thread on the meat and potatoes — the ops and strategy side of VC. It’s fascinating but a lot less glamorous. If you’re an emerging or aspiring fund manager, read this!

Elizabeth Yin 💛

                    @dunkhippo33

                  6 Dec 2023

                Today’s tweet thread is about VC audits and how they affect startups.

I know…*such an interesting topic*…but actually it’s *extremely important* with the current market for founders.

More here >>


Are you sure that baby making is the goal? I’ve seen men date and be drawn in by BPD characteristics but having children with, not so much.


One of our founders has started to give out a fake name in public so people stop asking if she’s Jewish.

Shaun Maguire

                    @shaunmmaguire

                  7 Dec 2023

                I just asked a Jewish mother how she’s doing and how her kids are doing?

The blurred out name is their father

This is very common now, probably even the norm


Nothing makes an egg sandwich taste more vile than a steaming pile of antisemitism. This was one of my favorite coffee shops in Oakland. Time  for a new fav.


This is the second business I love in Oakland that I no longer feel comfortable going to that both tout community as a value — I guess that’s unless you’re Jewish.


“You belong here [unless you’re Jewish]”


I’m so sorry :(


Just wrote to the second business to end my classes there — it was a women’s dance studio but they have nothing to say about the murder and raping of women in Israel but are calling for a ceasefire and returning of land to Hamas.

And a word to businesses, you can both support the civilians of Palestine while not condoning antisemitism. It’s not hard.


We are all experiencing this, not just Jewish people. But thank you.


Crowd sourcing a hot take to put on a name tag! Go!


Common sense!


“The internet is starved for the truth” - @HannahFrankman


I’d also keep college radio.


Incredibly high praise!

Nick

                    @nickcammarata

                  8 Dec 2023

                asked recent ivy grad if you ran the ivies would you change admission to select for more thiel fellowshipy weirdos or grademaxxing intls or what

“oh i’d simply catapult out all the people, burn down half the buildings, and give what’s left to @DStrachman to do what she wishes”


So curious who you were talking to!


I’ve also seen healthy seed rounds come together this quarter. I think VCs know their annual meeting is coming and they have to show something for the year.

☔🔥☔

                    @kirbywinfield

                  8 Dec 2023

                three seed term sheets for fund ii portcos this month.

avg round size ~$7M

we are so back ☔🔥☔


lol I think the pressure is more to show that they work!


Merry Jolly Y’all!! 🎅🏼🎄🕎


“You drive me crazy and I love you”

Sometimes those friends who have been in our lives a long time need both reminders and this type of honesty.


In for tomorrow morning!

elle ✨

                    @heyellehogan

                  9 Dec 2023

                I went up to a group after the 5 miles and said “I think this was my favorite walk yet!” and one person goes “Elle… you said that last week.”

… AND I MEANT IT! 🥹

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