Agreed! But I think some of it has gotten expensive for the wrong reasons (like the diamond market).


@GreenIdusuyi Lol, marriage is expensive but it doesn’t have to be quite so inflated!


Not many, but I don’t need it to be many for our fund thesis to still be relevant.


And we have dropouts in all those categories in our portfolio.


Thank you! Also hope you can join for our teen founder coffee hour! @JaiRelan


Excited to launch 1517 Medici Project! We believe that patronage is a great way to get young people started on their work with a no strings attached $1K grant and community. We don't own you, your projects, or any part of your future. Let's go! 🚀

1517fund.com/post/1517-medic…


It's all about power laws right?


One of the founders (who spammed me yesterday) who asked about why spam doesn't work just sent a super nice followup including why they had 1517 on their list. Now that is something to reply to!


Thanks Jim! Fun to take this out of stealth mode :)


Geo agnostic but we do focus on North America.


@amirulhamizan_ @shriyanevatia Thank you!


@alt1na1 Lol they should!


QoTD from a founder:

"You don't seem like you have that much evil in you."

😆


Thank you! Name is inspired by your writing :)


@catherinehyeo Thanks!


@Bryan_Barton @1517fund It doesn’t take much — 2 min sets people to the top of the stack easily because the bar is so so low.


@thegarrettscott Whheeeeeeee!


This is awesome! Email me! Danielle @1517fund.com


This is brilliant!


Books and kitties. What else could y’all want?


@patriciamou_ !!!!!


@AdamPerschke Candles are across the way!


Best hack for focusing I’ve ever seen. Starting my day with this tmw.

Shani Majer@ClicWill2
                  29 Mar 2022

                Bolero by Ravel


Can’t wait to give it a go tmw. I love Ravel too.


@CristinaVanko Lame! Come to Oakland


I mean, whatever gets you going 🤣


@CristinaVanko Leaning Tower is really solid pizza over here. Little Star is for bougie deep dish.


Some days are more interesting than others. Today:

- I met a muppet like poodle on a pitch named Doge.
- Unsolicitedly advised a young rando guy from Twitter over lunch to never get into stimulants.
- Threw a pack of 1K ladybugs on my roses.
- Launched 1517 Medici Project.


I’m a fan too! Spread them out tonight and can’t wait to see if they have feasted on the aphids by morning!


Maybe even 1517 ladybugs (for eating aphids)


@jericwilson Nothing wrong with a little perspective — I probably have 5 of them. The animal spirit book next to it is one of my favs!


@chiaseedpuddin Will update tmw!


I think you are nailing #1


“@ComebackCapital @1517fund This is insulting and you're just wrong. Please stop tagging me in your tweets.”


I mean...this is being human. Has nothing to do with age. Please stop tagging me in takes that aren't mine or 1517's.

Replying to @Profentpscott @ComebackCapital @1517fund


Pope!


@ryankapur yes!


Join us for the first one on Saturday! We have 40 awesome teens from all over the world ready to connect. Bring something to troubleshoot!

Danielle Strachman 💗 🐈 💃 🪴 🎸 🎨 🐕

                    @DStrachman

                  23 Mar 2022

                So excited for Teenage Founder Coffee Hour ☕ every Saturday in April! Meet other makers/creatives, bond over a beverage, and discuss ways to trouble-shoot challenges in your projects. Hosted by @JaiRelan and I and we’ll have some special guests drop in! lu.ma/teensof1517


@NNNI93184458 With the grant we do! It’s for projects not for startups only.


Message me! I want to understand more about this.


Yay!


My colleague @naarnett basically wrote up a personality assessment of the 1517 crew as Star Trek characters would recommend as a team activity. Both inspiring and funny!


TNG is the only one I know!


@TomHiggins42 @naarnett One of the few I’ve seen! On brand!


Using this tweet to help people filter themselves as a best fit for 1517. Please state any of the following

1.) Founder(s) DON'T have a college degree

OR

2.) Deep tech team

AND

3.) Why you'd like to work with us.

If you don't fit our thesis emphasis on #3.


That doesn’t sound like a donation, that sounds like duress. But you agreed to it? Confused!

Replying to @maiab @William_Blake @parcelbvc


Merry Jolly!

Replying to @taylorpfreeman @William_Blake


The Art of Possibility by Ben Zander is one of the favs as is Zen and the Art of Making a Living. I guess I like those "art" books :)

Replying to @SpongeonethOT @DanielleFong @selentelechia @s_r_constantin @simonsarris


Magnesium lotion on your feet before bed!


RIP 💔

CalFalconCam@CalFalconCam
                  31 Mar 2022

                We are all deeply saddened to report that Grinnell was found dead in downtown Berkeley this afternoon. We are devastated and heartbroken.

His cause of death isn't known, but he was probably struck by a car given where we found him.


A (luckily irregular) day in the life of a female GP. Maybe time to take my phone number off my email. Haven’t blocked yet. Any creative ideas?


@cullend I have a feeling you’re down lol.


Supply chain issues

mads campbell

                    @martyrdison

                  2 Apr 2022

                i’m at olive garden and there’s no breadsticks


It’s pretty bad!


@alexandertmills Srsly!


@nanogenomic This is great!


Founder talent shows should be a thing!

Andre Watson 🧬

                    @nanogenomic

                  2 Apr 2022

                Schubert ❤


@alexandertmills Right — it makes zero sense as a strategy except for maybe feeling insecure and just wanting to take it out on someone who is minimally engaged (which is probably a lot more than what this person normally gets).


@cullend @andrewfielding Or just in my email signature :)


Luckily no more texts have come in. Wasn't sure what I was going to wake up to. Thankfully I'm someone who is mostly curious about the human condition even when it's creepy.


Started using @loom to introduce myself, my firm, and my cat to founders and I am getting the best looms back with people gushing about and showing off their pets before sharing their pitch. 10000x better than email! Founders are 3D, materials are 2D, and pets are 4D.


Did you make it on? If not sign up and we will get you on the next one!


@GreenIdusuyi @loom Awesome!!


@iamsophiegray @loom They inspired this tweet!!!


@Alec_Coughlin @loom He'd be a star!


@Uzair04971885 If they fit our thesis of being preseed or earlier and a founder doesn’t have an undergrad degree happy to take a look!


Thanks for coming!


@Uzair04971885 Sadly I don’t have time for this type of work. Best of luck!


@nooriefyi @JaiRelan Cool! Feel free to bring friends!


Aww you have a lovely voice! I’m glad this experiment has helped :)


@JaiRelan @athrvakhrbde @0DegreeHQ @1517fund OG right here :)


Happy to meet Skyler! Message me :)


@CoryMckane Killer!


real time footage of me and @William_Blake fighting about if chocolate and vanilla swirl froyo is different than just chocolate.


Entrepreneurial Spirit Mom -- is this like some new shamanism thing? Sounds like an awesome tarot card!

*this is still from the rando founder who won't tell me his name that texted me over the weekend. At least they are comical? 🤷♀


I am. Chocolate vanilla swirl is TOTALLY better than just chocolate or vanilla. Michael says it's just chocolate but he's wrong.


It's in my email signature. I make it easy for the over the top ones apparently.


@potterlab @William_Blake I knew I liked you


I'm fine with people texting me but it's usually like "Hey, I'm seated at X and got here 5 minutes early." Actually, it's never that. It's always [insert time of meeting] -- "oh hey, I'll be there in 5/10/15 minutes." Lol the east coaster in me isn't into the late thing.

Replying to @ArvindNedumaran @GreenIdusuyi


He thinks it's 6 dimensional chess but it's more like Connect 4 to me.


@alexandertmills @ArvindNedumaran @GreenIdusuyi Good work! :)


@lorenpmc Compared to what?


@Quan @fundbmc @thegoleffect So fun!


@lorenpmc Woah!


There are also shared goals/future. You can have a best friend who doesn’t want to create a similar future.


So fun to chat today! Keep supporting those athletes. Excited for their future.


Would attend!


Vibes for days!


There is always room to support more great young people!

Michael P Gibson

                    @William_Blake

                  7 Apr 2022

                Met a young man who told me he wanted to start a school.

Me: “Nice. What kind of school?”

Him: “I want to give grants to 18-23 year olds to conduct research. And then we’ll have a fund that invests in them once they discover and make things.”

Me: “sounds interesting”


Last week's teen group was incredible! Great discussion. We have a very special guest who has built a company (now at Series C) that many of you know and love. He's been building since he was at least 15 and was an inaugural applicant to the Thiel Fellowship. See you Saturday!


@strollerno @JaiRelan Yes!


Was going to point out Chris’ work too.

Replying to @SpongeonethOT @chrisworrall


Si Te Feng@tetractys123
                  8 Apr 2022

                That $1K made a whole world of difference. It changed the conversation from “How do I get a stable job after college?” to “How can I start building a better future today?”


What's the difference between an opinion or feedback? Investors have opinions on things and call it feedback -- but to me that "feedback" is often just the inability to say no. Giving good feedback takes having a lot more context about a situation than a single pitch call.


Told one of my founders recently that feedback is internal to the company -- that's the team, users, and invested investors/advisors. Anything from an outsider  is just an opinion that you integrate into your learnings but it doesn't mean you necessarily change what you're doing.


@Sashi What looks like done right?


@realMarilenaC These are great definitions -- thank you!


@Zecca_Lehn Hm information seems too objective to me. Lots of feedback is very subjective.


Eric Bahn 💛

                    @ericbahn

                  8 Apr 2022

                People hate seeing the worst of themselves in others.

Some of the most painful moments for me have been realizing I dislike someone because they represent a part of me I don’t like/want to change. ☠


But it’s not subtle, founders often take “feedback” as a directive.


@leighlemonbrown @Zecca_Lehn Lots of them, “if I do X, this firm might invest in me” is generally the takeaway.


@IAmRobRyan @Zecca_Lehn Same! My colleague Nick says it really well, “This is my .02 and there is .98 more out there.”


@batwood011 Agreed! Making these observations can be helpful.


Making a roast chicken with the AC on feels as excessive as having the AC running and lots of blankets.


@katylevinson Definitely works!


Someone else has noticed how interesting Dippin' Dots is! Great case study.

The Wolf of Franchises 🍟

                    @franchisewolf

                  10 Apr 2022

                Despite the slogan “ice cream of the future”, Dippin’ Dots went bankrupt in 2011.

After a savvy acquisition by an oil tycoon for ~$12M, they now do over $330,000,000 in revenue per year.

The crazy part? Most of the revenue isn’t from selling ice cream.

Here's the wild story 🧵


Amazing, thank you!


Damn that's amazing! I was first wondering if it might have been a Dippin Dots cart on wheels! :)


Well, I really feel like shoes have that "my day is starting" feeling. So I really enjoy wearing shoes inside. But I do try to have inside vs outside shoes but I'm pretty sloppy about it.


Had a shabbat dinner over the weekend and basically had this as a theme question, the answers were great!

Tim is solving himself

                    @MasterTimBlais

                  10 Apr 2022

                what's the last time you realized you still had an unexamined default, a factory-setting from childhood


Lol losing my mind (in a good way). Just got a @loom from a founder who has alllll the pets. Loving these pet intros with pitches.


Lol get ready for seder to be totally taken over...this question roundup lasted for almost 3 hours! Learned a TON about people.


@TheAnnaGat @loom Pets have such a wonderful way of humanizing people too. Hard to stay super serious, or not show off different sides of one's self, with a parrot on one's head.


@TheAnnaGat @loom Absolutely! Love the idea of the cameo in general -- could be a house plant!


@GreenIdusuyi @loom Absolutely! The cameo could be a house plant, something you made, a special item, etc :)


1517 has sometimes brought groceries or food to founder offices -- seems like we should get back into this.


This is Web4

rishi kothari@rishiosaur
                  10 Apr 2022

                dang this new wework goes pretty hard


Doing it right

Sarah Cone

                    @sarah_cone

                  10 Apr 2022

                Replying to @cognazor
                My child is my spiritual teacher.


Wholesome vibes

Scott Hickle - Poop Guy

                    @ScottHickle

                  5 Feb 2022

                My dad is my best friend. We talk every day, often multiple times.

Occasionally he says things that are so insightful I write them down. I've got a note on my phone called "Lessons from Dad".

These are those lessons, in full color.


I have a terrycloth t-shirt that has big pockets in it and I love (and live in) it.


@JalenDNelson I'm in the "Web 4 is just going outside again" camp. And I hope that means that we don't have to have outside augmented to get there.


@Sashi @loom lol you got me on this one :)


"You have a natural, down to earth quality about you don't see often in VCs. It's really cool." - From a founder.

One of my investors roasted myself and Michael a couple weeks ago and told me that I dress like a veterinarian. I don't know what that means, but I'm here for it.


Learned an interesting piece of history today -- during the 1906 SF earthquake, media covered up the devastation by drawing buildings that had been destroyed onto the negatives to make it look like the devastation was from fires and not from earthquakes.


@retttx Lol -- never thought of it that way before!


@strollerno Sold!


Earthquakes are natural disasters and can drive people away from wanting to live there, fires can happen anywhere. So it was a cover for officials to say it was fire that caused the most havoc on the city instead of a natural disaster.


@alexandertmills See below!


@RyanBethencourt YES! But your Series Z or whatever you're on is too late for me 😭


I realized the disconnect between the type of student who takes a leave because they wanted to present an identity of 'dropping out' versus the type of student who loves learning, but just were not able to bottle up their curiosity into what school was teaching them -@zuo_nancy


Great writeup here! Love Nancy's take on Web3 also.

nancyzuo.substack.com/p/hype…


@betrspot :)


@RyanBethencourt It's about stage, not age! No BA or BS degree or deep tech :)


@mkosma @RyanBethencourt @BuiltWithBio It could exist! Run with it!


@RyanBethencourt @BuiltWithBio We have a group that runs Lake Merritt every Thursday morning at 7am. If you want to join for that let me know!


It is a tough road! I hope it gets easier and that someday people will see a self directed path as an extremely serious one!


Personally not concerned with it put like this. What I am concerned with is what I've seen where people fall down psychedelic rabbit holes and basically exit larger society/making for years at a time...in exchange for intense navel gazing.

Replying to @shriyanevatia @nickcammarata


Some of what I've observed here are people getting lost in their own minds. Introspection is great, deep rabbit holes that are hard to resurface from are different. One produces insight, and the other sometimes neurosis.

Replying to @amirbolous @shriyanevatia @nickcammarata


@FWAgvocate @zuo_nancy That smile and that coat -- going places!


What is your working definition of web3?


Young people in Australia, take note!! I had a fantastic chat with @joelconnolly today about this program and it reminds me a lot of the old Thiel Fellowship days <3

Blackbird Foundation@FoundationbyBB
                  15 Mar 2022

                ICYMI, we're giving away fast CASH GRANTS for passion projects led by young people. Previous recipients include toymakers, poets, radio shows, podcasts, docos, robots and more. Get money, join the community. Learn more and apply - it's super fast and easy blackbird.foundation/protost…


SHOTS FIRED!!!!

Michael P Gibson

                    @William_Blake

                  15 Apr 2022

                Gates paid way more than Elon's offer to divorce his wife. Bezos paid about the same. Some billionaires want mistresses. Others want free speech.


Thanks up reopening the podcast for a fun conversation!

Replying to @SP1NS1R @thielfellowship @1517fund


This was a really special week! Was so great to have such a wonderful group.


It's an obvious yes (at least first thing in the morning): insider.com/caffeine-morning…

I drink a huge hot water with lemon to get my day and body going. A lot of what people feel in the morning is actually dehydration. Water yourself!


Meditation helps me to ground myself when feelings are  challenging. There is also research to suggest that taking ibuprofen also helps with emotional pain. Tried it during a very hard breakup for about two weeks and I think it took the edge off. No social media stalking.


"You know what I prefer? That you have an actual opinion or are part of crafting the experience rather than putting it all on my shoulders."


Teen Founder Coffee Hours this morning was so heartwarming with @JaiRelan and @cory!

Topics included:

pros/cons of coffee
getting parent buy in
building communities
building a personal advisory board
will an accelerator make you successful
how to hack education/internships


And got the sweetest piece of feedback from a new young woman who joined us. How would I say no to that?!


Next Saturday @StaceyFerreira will join us to share about her journey in startups from her teen years. If you're a teen and want to join, please do! We have a great and supportive group.

lu.ma/teensof1517


It's our pleasure to support makers and hackers! 1517fund.com/post/1517-medic…

Replying to @jelenachaing @1517fund @naarnett


@JaiRelan @AlexaKayman @allanmaman @sonny3690 @buryak_eth SOLD! I'm all for any sort of cameo -- pets, plants, siblings, a favorite object, etc.


@businessmarvelo @JaiRelan @cory Just register on the link!


@strollerno Fierce!


I find it endearing that a certain generation (generally 60+) still sends jacquielawson.com/ cards for holidays and it's so sweet! And also a hat tip to their website lasting for so so long and upgrading as they go!


A bunch of twits!


Signed up for a BUNCH of Focus Community Sessions. As a socially motivated person, having a facilitator and group to cowork with is a very effective 1.5 hour working period.

You bring:
- ☕
- 🕯
- 2 or 3 items to work on

Feel like a champ getting the hard stuff done!🥇🏅🎖


Learn more about Focusd here: focused.space

(I also really like the wakeup calls)


Community sessions are here:

app.squarespacescheduling.co…


Praise be Easter! I am below 200 unprocessed emails in my inbox. Been hovering around 300 and hoping to get down to zero this week!


@mischa_steiner Lol glad you like it -- it's been around since the 1990s.


@joaolucas_nm @jelenachaing @1517fund @naarnett Sweet! And thanks!


What's risky about sounding like someone awesome?

Replying to @ProAmbaCare @jelenachaing @1517fund @naarnett


I am not! I use MixMax! I'd like to use Superhuman but I like the templates and calendaring too much in MixMax.


@iAbheejit The trick is to write your emails so they don't tend to call in responses!


“Lol -- best shade on age ever...but let's help a brother out. What do you recommend? And let's get him outside!

"How do I upgrade my friend group? I am a 24 year old zoomer in SF, I think all anyone does is go online. It's not like your generation where people go outside."”


"The $1000 grant is going a really long way. 1517 has put new life back into my work."

Teens, students, or dropouts apply today! You have nothing to lose!

1517fund.com/post/1517-medic…


@Quan Thank you!


Which song are you thinking of?


Asking for a founder: Who are your favorite early stage venture debt partners?


@MikeMcCormick_ Would love an intro!


“@ArivGupta @JaiRelan @beoutsy @sasanerfan”


@MikeMcCormick_ Thank you!!


It's been a conundrum seeing what's happening across the market. I've got companies in both positions. The jump to Seed/A investors is more challenging. As @alexiskold said to me once, you can raise a preseed, seed, Series A, etc., in any order you want.

Vikram Rajagopalan@rajavick
                  18 Apr 2022

                from my vantage point, this is the state of early-stage right now:
- near-infinite preseed angels willing to bet on ideas; market bullish
- Seed/A angels looking for a literal perfect company w/ +unit economics, market bearish


Thanks!


@ArafatMukasa @Superhuman @rahulvohra @Mixmax Sadly the two systems don't play nice together!


@nealitc @melissawidner @LighterCapital Thanks! Would love to chat Melissa...looked like DMs are closed. danielle@1517fund.com


Presenting at a middle school "career day" -- feeling like I might get pulled from the stage for corrupting the youth


It means you can have a down or flat round at any point so just because you raise a monster preseed/seed doesn't mean the trajectory is straight up from there!


100% and here for it!


Boom! 😆


@karanbhangui @stevekrouse This is why we do what we do :)


Preso is over. ZERO questions about the college thing. But they wanted to understand more about how VCs make money lol.

Danielle Strachman 💗 🐈 💃 🪴 🎸 🎨 🐕

                    @DStrachman

                  19 Apr 2022

                Presenting at a middle school "career day" -- feeling like I might get pulled from the stage for corrupting the youth


Yo internet, want to see something cool?

This is three baby cat teeth🐈 🦷


It's all about having that little corked bottle to put them in!


@enpissen NO WAY, it's awesome! Kitten teeth are hard to come by!


And right after this, Grady jumped up to my lap and missed. Then put full claws in my middle finger while he fell -- the counter intuitive move is to grab him and lift him up higher so the claw drag doesn't happen...which I did, but still OWWWWWW.


I do wish MixMax features worked on my phone! Is that coming? Pretty please?!

Replying to @Mixmax @ArafatMukasa @Superhuman @rahulvohra


Thanks friend! (Great to see you round here!)


Toast sounds like a decent dinner.

Replying to @cristinavanko @CristinaVanko


100% no doubt!


You're speaking my language!


[media-only post: gif]

Samuel Spitz

                    @samuel_spitz

                  20 Apr 2022

                Hey girl, do you give money to your friends’ half-baked startup ideas?

Because you look like an angel


Replying to @cupazhou @Zecca_Lehn @heylizelle @taymargot @rubenharris @shriyanevatia @andrew__rea @HarveyMultani @alliekmiller @blader @saraledterman @rajavick @JeffBargmann @Philfog


gm


connector burnout is real


Awesome! I also find that choosing who to prioritize video vs voice also helps a lot. If I do 50/50 on video vs voice I feel MUCH better.


"I want to work with 1517 because your thesis is everything I stand for." - new founder during our diligence call ❤❤❤


@GreenIdusuyi Thank you!! <3


Not so much, many people don't even understand our thesis.


Was just on a mentoring call and realized that what the person was asking for was permission to be in the driver's seat of their life.

I've never seen a bigger smile and relief once I said, "I grant you permission to make your own decisions."


@forwardforestry Thank you!


@sarah_cone Awwww :D


Tune in on Saturday!

Danielle Strachman 💗 🐈 💃 🪴 🎸 🎨 🐕

                    @DStrachman

                  16 Apr 2022

                Replying to @DStrachman
                Next Saturday @StaceyFerreira will join us to share about her journey in startups from her teen years. If you're a teen and want to join, please do! We have a great and supportive group.

lu.ma/teensof1517


^ was coming to recommend her.

Replying to @strollerno @made_in_cosmos @FreeRangeKids


Volunteered with @roybahat & friends at an entrepreneurship high school yesterday. It was so inspiring seeing high schoolers solving problems for others in their local communities and the world. No one was caught up in the hype and mania I'm seeing on Twitter -- so refreshing!


I did a week long yoga retreat this year in Costa Rica and it was glorious, I was so much stronger when I came back which was an outcome I didn't expect!


Great Teen Founder Coffee Hour with @JaiRelan and @StaceyFerreira!

Takeaways:

- Ask, why not?
- Mindset is everything.
- A company should be worth unbalancing your life for.
- "Do we have high trust?" for management meetings
- Setting goals: Reach, retention, and revenue.


Next Sunday tune in for a very special guest!

- Deep tech founder at 19 years old
- Works with hundreds of employees
- Is a Thiel Fellow

Plus we'll talk about where our teen community wants to take these calls going forward.

lu.ma/teensof1517


@strollerno @StaceyFerreira I was so glad to see her! I didn't want to put her on the spot to introduce herself so glad she chose what was right for her (and I agree with you -- she'd hold her own just fine!).


@jhardin925 @roybahat I'm going to work with the team next year to bring in some more folks -- would love to have you join us!


@roybahat @tomcoates Tom was on 🔥🔥🔥!


@BryceJohanneck @roybahat This was a public high school in Fresno -- https://x.com/patinoeschool! Super great staff, wonderful class size ratios, and very values driven!


Way better than my focused face — I usually bite my tongue lol

Replying to @PourjafarNima @JaiRelan @StaceyFerreira @WilliamHYZhang


@jhardin925 @roybahat It’s on!


@JaiRelan @PourjafarNima @StaceyFerreira @WilliamHYZhang Not gonna lie, that's pretty good.


@mavericksush @tylertringas It was hosted by http://www.neeshazollingeryoga.com/


Reminder!

"Just because you can, doesn't mean you should."

Be thoughtful about the LONG term. Seeing lots of folks optimizing for the short term without thinking about or understanding long term consequences.


Twitter is definitely a procrastination tool -- if it wasn't, you'd see a lot more thoughtful tweeting on the weekends.


@joinicp I agree!


@ArafatMukasa lol funny pic :)


@GeoLevCEO I wish this were true!


You also get a prenup whether or not you want one in the US. You either make your own or you get the state's. People think that drafting a prenup is unromantic -- what's really unsexy is letting the state do it for you.


The early stage market is flush with cash but that doesn’t mean that it’s flush with great investors to work with.


@_____Lightning I’m tweeting mostly in the weekends — that means I’m doing actual work during the week lol.


Appreciate that! The people who raise their hands when things are going well are many — very few when things get rough.


@jag_dee Exactly!


@Timbo2311 Noted!


More tmw! But overall, someone who can partner with you looking towards the long haul for the company and mission.


geoooooorge@geoorgeliang
                  25 Apr 2022

                going to hell this week- which founders/VC's should i meet?


My old roommate told me that my Twitter persona is a protector part to my inner child — thems some vibes!

jess lozano schmitt

                    @JessLozanoS

                  24 Apr 2022

                comment and I’ll tell you what vibe your Twitter gives off


I did dress up like the devil on Easter. So there’s that…


For a heretical Easter party 👹


@snigdhar0y Lol - I say twitter is my vent machine. I feel much nicer in person — but it is good to have a place to vent about all the bullshitake out there!


@snigdhar0y Fascinating!


@snigdhar0y Maybe I’m just grumpy in person too lol


@snigdhar0y Just joking on the last bit :)


Aww thank you! Off to bed for me, nothing else is gonna top this take tonight :D


My eyes replaced hobbies with “hubbies” and I’m not sorry.


@karensalay Don’t have enough data points to know. But what I see if lots of activity in preseed but my seed companies having a really hard time raising even with great metrics.


@zak_hoosen Crypto 😂


@KevinSGillespie @karensalay Absolutely! But large corporate is outsourcing their assessment to higher ed.


@BadTrueBusines1 @boyenigma1 Sadly the bar is so low and that you are working with people under it.


Make something...good for humanity


@BadTrueBusines1 @boyenigma1 There are a lot of early stage funds that have very different outcomes because the funds themselves are overlooked. But agreed, it's much harder. I have an overlooked team crushing it with great metrics and they haven't been able to raise a seed and it makes me crazy.


Locked out? Unciphered can help!


@CatchTheBaby Love that (and biased -- I was 2 months early)!


@CatchTheBaby And I was almost three months early but they found a way to keep me safely inside even though my mom’s water had broken. First hospital had no idea what to do but Brigham and Women’s in Boston was pioneering new work!


@CatchTheBaby My parents were definitely terrified but modern medicine is great!


@permjotvalia I still don't get it...


@permjotvalia I was definitely old enough for this song (and never heard it -- and probably won't again, so whiny!)

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXatLOWjr-k


@MakesMarty Agreed!


Contrarian take: child labor is good

(when not under duress)

0.005 Seconds (3/694)

                    @seconds_0

                  25 Apr 2022

                Coming to realize extended adolescence and child labor laws have made us dramatically underestimate the capability of 7 to 12 year olds. With expectations so low at home and school, kids live up to it, but historically a 10 year old was a useful and functional trade apprentice


We basically do this with our grants!

1517fund.com/post/1517-medic…

will depue

                    @willdepue

                  25 Apr 2022

                I wish I could pay people to keep me updated on their projects:
Pay $10 a month to follow the idea and get normal updates. No expected return, just keep me in the loop. No chance I'll miss an opportunity + can comment and offer help if needed. Patreon/substack for project-stage.


@giladrom What was the best and worst part of that job?


@GreenIdusuyi Which was your favorite job and why? Which job did you learn the most from?!


There is! It's a whole field called "Emerging Adulthood" -- started learning about it almost 10 years ago. It's about ages 18 - 28 and the social constructs that those age groups are maturing through.


@GreenIdusuyi This is awesome Angel!


@Lan_Dao_ I mostly follow this org! http://www.ssea.org/


@software_pm Fair enough!


@BadTrueBusines1 @boyenigma1 Investor. I’m talking about a portfolio founder. It makes me nuts that they have great metrics but can’t raise.


To the moon!

Zeno Power

                    @zeno_power

                  26 Apr 2022

                Today, we're proud to announce that Zeno has raised a $20M Series A led by Tribe Capital (@arjunsethi) with participation from @DCVC, @1517Fund, and others to accelerate on our mission to provide clean, plug-and-play power, anywhere in the universe! 🚀🚀

axios.com/zeno-power-raises-…


@zeno_power @arjunsethi @DCVC @1517fund Congrats!!


I love the dentist and find getting my teeth cleaned very relaxing. Weird, I know.


At the Conrad Awards in Houston today! So great to see an org that is so student and young person forward. The welcome is a video from previous finalists welcoming this year’s group @ConradChallenge


“We want you to know that ideas matter.” - Nancy Conrad

@ConradChallenge sponsors teen teams getting their first full patent!


“Age is no barrier to discovery”

@ConradChallenge


@KyleJudah @ConradChallenge @liuidealab Appreciate that but I’m here at the Conrad Awards for only 24 hrs before flying out again!


@KyleJudah @ConradChallenge @liuidealab But would love to learn more about your work! Message me!


Age of onset and age of diagnosis can be decades apart!


Well that’s an awkward start to an intro…

“Hi Danielle - We're raising a pre-seed and I'd regret not hitting you directly.”

😬


I mean, I laughed but still. Whoops.


Had a great dinner with finalists at the @ConradChallenge. Asked them what they would do with $1K and gave them a grant on the spot!

1517fund.com/post/1517-medic…


…and write about it on Twitter.


Staying in a hotel tonight. Time to put on Master Chef Jr and bang out some emails.


@alexandertmills Good ol gmail


Yeah, I once heard it’s a month of grieving for each year. Or something like it takes that many months to fully process it.


@shriyanevatia Sadly I’m stuck watching a different cooking show but I do love seeing what the juniors do!


All that could be accomplished with a personal detailed newsletter and a cryptic post for others to connect with you on to then take more private comms. What this also accomplishes is having some respect for the other party unless he's consented to this being aired on twitter.


@NormaPadron__ @ConradChallenge Only here for 24 hrs but back soonish!


all I'm doing is getting hungry -- this sucks.


Thanks Jai! Collaborating with great people is very important -- so thank you for taking your time and efforts with me too!


Thank people for their leadership. Events and community hires are often thanked for "organizing" something but not so much for their thoughtfulness. Events, ops, and community people aren't the help -- they are the backbone of vision realized.


Got a dress code today for an event on Thursday morning that appears to require a polo shirt. Can I just cut a t-shirt and glue some buttons on it?


A hot glue gun can't stop me! I might do it just because of your enthusiasm. Ohhh and I bet my godchildren nextdoor must have lots of sparkly things I could add to it. I could even hot glue down a little animal for whatever reason a little dude is always on the shirt.


@giladrom Me? NEVER lol...or always...or something. I just find the polo request particularly funny...like really? I mean it is learning to golf for part of it but yeah.


This was so fun -- and we talked about how it's more important to be a drop in than a drop out. Gotta drop into something worthy of your time and energy!

Gavin Yuan

                    @GavinYuan_

                  20 May 2021

                launched To Become a Dropout podcast with our first episode with @DStrachman!

open.spotify.com/episode/3hG…


@bobpelley Construction paper here I come!


“I believe in you. Get back in the game and catch that ball!”

- Astronaut Leland Melvin’s high school football coach.

@ConradChallenge


@desireedawns The main event is business casual but there is a golf lesson and they had a more specific dress code for that. Maybe I’ll wear my pineapple onesie. It’s a uniform, right?


Seeing musician chairs with a twist — karaoke style. One person sings and decides when to stop. Good wholesome fun!


Also some excellent a cappella happening!


Random, ridiculous? Maybe both!


@Sashi Read it out loud and I think you’ll catch it :)


I was all “did this really happen?”


Excited to get this 30 day challenge group together.

We will have a private discord chat for people to post their progress everyday.

Especially great for teens looking for an accountability group!

Nick Arnett

                    @naarnett

                  27 Apr 2022

                30 day challenge! Pick:

- One personal goal
- One project goal / something you want to build

We'll pick one person to receive a travel stipend for our @1517fund Summit in San Diego this July!

To enter: Reply w/ your goals & send a Loom in 30 days (May 27) w/ what you learned.


It’s hump day: get yo shit together!


@retttx What else does your friend send you?

#awkward


@GreenIdusuyi What would you want to work on Angel?


@desireedawns Naps can be getting the right things done! :)


@desireedawns Tempting


@GreenIdusuyi @CrowdFundUrFees Awesome!


@helaineolen Green Mesquite has great chicken wings and bbq. The sauce isn’t amazing but get a second order of the sauce for the wings and call it done. This spot doesn’t look like much because they put the money in the food!


Take people's feedback as their opinion (or in some cases inability to say no) instead of actually meaning something about you or your work.


@pauramirezparra You are very smart!


Elon Musk

                    @elonmusk

                  28 Apr 2022

                Next I’m buying Coca-Cola to put the cocaine back in


I'm laughing so hard that I'm crying -- thank you!


BIG YES!!!


They're not wrong!

Eva Fo𝕏 🦊 Claudius Nero's Legion

                    @EvaFox

                  28 Apr 2022

                Replying to @elonmusk


@cullend agreed -- not sure I could swallow that one.


Writing a post about the uncool and realizing that if you watch Almost Famous – a movie about an uncool teen, getting caught up in the hype of rock n’ roll stardom - it has some interesting parallels with web3.


If you’re hesitant you could do it for a year @ephemeraltattoo


My fav! Seen it at least ten times.


@NilPartners 💯


@ethansbenjamin Mudita!


@gnrtvty Nice! What’s another that you’ve seen that many times?


One of the best movie moments/lines ever!


Welcome :) You’d love the founder too.


@gnrtvty These are great! Also similar for me. Trying to think of what else…


@Zecca_Lehn I don’t think so!


Sadly no, I’m more like Lester Bangs at this point in my life.


@William_Blake @fpontaza This makes me want to watch the movie again!


“We are in the know, but we aren’t know it alls.” - Lisa Sugar on building a media empire and staying grounded.

#womeninventureretreat


I had planned to fly but a bus trip could be awesome 🤔


Maybe I’ll rent a van :)


Looking forward to Teen Founder Coffee Hour on Sunday at 9am pacific. Our original surprise guest needs to do another time in the future but we have the one and only Micah Green from @TAILOSTECH to share his story about building a robotics company!

lu.ma/teensof1517


And stay after if you want to chat about where we are headed with this community (this one month experiment has been great and we'd love to expand on it) and how you can take part in building it! @JaiRelan


@GavinYua Robotics and sensors and software, oh my!


Congrats to @heyecs on launching today!

Notion Training Center: Turn your Notion workspace into a training center producthunt.com/posts/notion… by @heyecs h/t @benln for hunting!


Cult/DAO Checklist

❌Zealous and unquestioning commitment to a leader.
✅The group is preoccupied with bringing in new members.
✅The group is preoccupied with making money.
✅Questioning, doubt, and dissent are discouraged.

Replace leader with white paper and we're there!


@JustinSaaS On Writing Well by William Zinsser


True! But they could donate to the federal government bake sale!

Replying to @_____Lightning @William_Blake


The main definition of an emerging manager is investors who leave another institution to start their own fund.

So what do we call the crazy types who (like so many of us on Twitter) don’t come with institutional backing or investing experience?

We need our own category!


@_____Lightning @William_Blake 💯


Our best companies have been horrible at sending updates at all!

John Henderson

                    @johnhenderson

                  29 Apr 2022

                The better a startup is doing, the more numbers they include in their investor updates.


Heard the term “tourist capital” today from @Lady10x. Brilliant!


“If you don’t have a portable track record we can piece it together” about going to bat for her GPs.

- Angela Matheny (an LP) from Crewcial Capital is on 🔥 🔥 🔥

@sydneypaige10 @Lady10x @firstrepublic


We need Angela on Twitter! Could listen to and learn from her for days!

Replying to @DStrachman @sydneypaige10 @Lady10x


If you’re heads down building and spending as much time as you can with customers and on build — let hope rise!


@seanmunjal Not a fan of the word disrupting — too over hyped 10 years ago to where the word lost all meaning.


Likely! But we also have our own processes for staying in touch with companies so we aren’t in the dark.


@betrspot Love this so much! Butterfly capital!


🦋 Capital


Isn’t Gen Z born in 1990 at the earliest? That would make them 32.


Speaking of updates, where’s the update on the cat furniture?! :D


@rogerdickey I tried last week, so far no dice!


Got a model and customer for you though. This couch is clearly too big for him.


@rogerdickey 🐈🛋


@johnhenderson The one that IPOd and the other with a Series C led by a16z.


@_satyakikc Only works well if they are tracking metrics that matter.


@johnhenderson What point are you attempting to make by leading the witness? You have your observation and I made a counter point one. I’d rather have a great company than great updates.

Other things those teams did fabulously were hiring, process documentation, and fast build cycles.


@johnhenderson We were the first venture fund in each company and we lead preseed rounds. They started reports when they got to Series A.


@shaunabe I like that!


@rachelclif Not really, we have our own way of keeping in touch with our companies that works for us. But some companies send great and engaging updates and they are great to read.


@karensalay Definitely! Probably also crazy and hard working.


Always feels great! Did similarly to the common areas of my house.


@erikpavia You’re fast! I am super slow. Haven’t been able to crack lower than 11.5. But I think to fix it I just need to run more often.


@erikpavia Yeah I only started last year. I should do more weight training but for now I'll stick with my cross training of yoga, rock climbing, and running.


@erikpavia Yeah I'm only doing 3 miles once/week right now. Would like to do it at least twice a week or three times would be great. I did a 10K a few weeks ago and appreciated the clarity that came to my mind after mile 3 but I don't see myself wanting to do any more than a half marathon.


Made a terrible pun to a founder in email just now.

Can't stop, won't stop!


You wish!


1517 ran an experiment with @JaiRelan to host a Teenage Founder Coffee Hour! It was awesome and we had wonderful guests like @shahedkhan @StaceyFerreira and @cory who started building young. We are continuing the community! Know a teen who'd love this?

1517.substack.com/p/the-kids…


@aridutilh @JaiRelan @shahedkhan @StaceyFerreira @cory @buildergroop Thanks Ari, we are good to host it on our own platform but if any of them would like to join sometime shoot them the post! Happy to do a one off with your group though about 1517 and bring a founder to talk about building.


Fabulous work by a fabulous team! Congrats!

James Kawas@JamesKawas
                  3 May 2022

                🎉🎉 I’m super thrilled and excited to announce that Flyp just raised $10 Million in Series A funding led by Asymmetric Capital Partners to put an end to the problem of landfill waste by using AI to resell it through millions of online sellers: @TechCrunch techcrunch.com/2022/05/03/fl…


@aridutilh @JaiRelan @shahedkhan @StaceyFerreira @cory @buildergroop Awesome!


Been unburying from an email avalanche (sorry if your email is in there! Heard back from a coinvestor on one and he writes:

"And kudos on the quest to inbox zero!!!"

Now I'm picturing a new video game where the prize isn't saving someone from a tower but getting to inbox zero.


They are rockin and rollin!


It makes so much sense that the Boomerang team made this -- never heard of it until now and sad I never got to play. I would have been a fierce leader boarder.


@LiamWolfeRose Even that is not enough (I have some support in that regard)!


@uzpg_ @JaiRelan @shahedkhan @StaceyFerreira @cory Send us a message about you or a less than 5 min @loom!


I mean, I actually love email as an organization tool because it's so versatile in how I use it. I just hate that it's become a spam box. You couldn't pay me to use slack.


@mkosma @LiamWolfeRose Slack doesn't work for my brain. Too much clutter and our work is so externally facing I'd then be splitting time between email and slack. Will have to check out Matter! Thanks!


@mkosma I like it!


@dusty_daemon GREAT game!


@WiLSONSACCOUNT Email jenga!


@amoghyisabogy It likely is! Getting to those soon!


Running Lake Merritt tomorrow morning with friends and founder! We do a quick coffee after too. Wanna join?

regroup.app/events/29bca6a1-…


This is a good look for you!


We have people who drive over from SF to do it!


@theslomo @EdwardStarcraft There is also November Project in SF on Wednesdays!


@Sashi That'd be fun!


We have a new teen one :). Will send it to you!

Replying to @SpongeonethOT @JaiRelan @shahedkhan @StaceyFerreira @cory


@RobinPZander Yeah every Thursday at 7. We have a signal chat. DM me and we can figure it out or add yourself as a maybe to the event link and I'll add you for next ones in the future should you be able to join!


100% Love doing this! I'll be in Atlanta Fri - Tues if anyone wants to jog together.

Shu Nyatta

                    @snyatta

                  4 May 2022

                Normalize group jogs/rides on business trips instead of cocktails


@tomthecarrot Oh awesome! Would be great to see you! DMing :D


OG truths in here

Dan Rose

                    @DanRose999

                  4 May 2022

                I was at Amzn early '00s when we lost 95% of our market cap. Later at FB I negotiated a down-round in '09, and then in '12 our stock dropped 50% post-IPO. I was on the board of a public company that went bankrupt (Borders) and a start-up that went under (Hello). Some lessons:


I might be putting together a group for breakfast on Sunday! DM Me!

Replying to @_cturner @aquinasheard23 @indysofian


@_heyglassy @paulscherer I see accelerators, campus funds, us, etc that don't  care how old someone is. I think one part that is tough for student founders in general is that a lot of student issues are very common pitches which means it's hard to have conviction about backing any one particular team.


@erikpavia I should definitely give this a go!


Try adjusting your pillow. I started getting lower back pain around 30, stopping using a pillow/or used a very thin one, and the back pain was gone.


Mine is, “of all the things that you could spend a lot of pain and suffering on, why this?”

Gokul Rajaram

                    @gokulr

                  6 May 2022

                1. I have been trying to find the best "first question" to ask a startup when I meet with them. After many iterations, I think I have it. Here it is, and here's why it works.


Where is this?!


Genius 🧠🥞


So excited for this!

Jon Shanahan@JonShanny
                  6 May 2022

                The day has finally come.

Catch me and @devirkahan pitching @Stryx_Official on Shark Tank 🦈

Friday May 13th @ 8pm


We chatted for the first time a couple months ago! Good spotting!

Replying to @bimmy_5 @xtinacomputes @1517fund


@AshokNellikar Never happened!


Like attracts like :)


@ErikBhullar Nope! But I like asking lots of questions anyway :)


Real talk!


I've got  the sequel to Inception, Loomception where you keep recording @loom about looms. So many layers!
🐢🐢🐢🐢🐢


Just started some jump rope last week -- I feel you!


Used ibuprofen when I went through an incredibly hard time for a couple weeks to take the edge off. Also paired it with mediation which I did daily for months at that time. Seemed very effective.


mediation = meditation (both good though!)


@DanielleFong @gptbrooke @wearsshoes This sounds like a shared spreadsheet to me -- maybe I'm not getting what else is needed.


Robert is one of my favorite living spiritual teachers! Such incredible writing and wisdom.

Robert Augustus Mast@RobertMasters
                  2 May 2022

                Go to the heart of your pain, and you won't find more pain, but a freedom that doesn't require the absence of pain.


"Instead of leaving this world, we allow it — in all its pain and glory and heartbreak — to awaken and further awaken us, thereby deepening our capacity to make the best possible moves in a game that’s more than a game, navigating the waves of our own evolution."

@RobertMasters


@alexiskold


That museum freaked me out. I couldn’t even walk all the way around the bottom floor lol.


@karanbhangui @NormaPadron__ Definitely felt that!


@karensalay @clhubes As does the definition of crossing the street!


The best feeling!!!


Apparently Lenore now needs to write a Free Range Adults book too.

Lenore Skenazy

                    @FreeRangeKids

                  11 May 2022

                Walked by my local elementary school. Stopped to watch the kids playing at recess. So much joy. Teacher told me I, on public  sidewalk on other side of fence, no phone or photo taking, am not allowed to stand and watch the kids. She is calling security now.


@cullend Sure. People get nervous but calling security? A “hey, how’s it going?” probably would have had her walking on her way in no time.


Check out @Stryx_Official


If you’re rationalizing what has gone on in finance and crypto — you’re in the bargaining stage of grief.

econdolence.com/learning-cen…


And as a reminder, grief isn’t linear. You can go through the stages in different orders, skip some, travel through other stages multiple times…it’s a long process not something that is quick and over.


Magnesium


@karanbhangui Go to Tea Time nextdoor if it’s still there. Way better!


@merket @TexasVC @karanbhangui Oaklander here! Do you have a fab breakfast taco in east bay? I think the best tacos are at the food truck next to the Hotsy Totsy. But they don’t do breakfast!


@karanbhangui Gotta get back to you :)


I had one of those last week and it went shockingly well -- that said, I knew the founders from years ago so we got to cut to the chase on the current work and less intro time. But I also thought "what on earth are we going to do for 15 minutes?"


“The higher up you go, the more mistakes you are allowed. Right at the top, if you make enough of them, it's considered to be your style.” - Fred Astaire


@ryanlelek It’s true!


Thank you for the great conversation! We talked for over an hour about education, teaching, and venture capital :)

p.

                    @prcshxnt

                  13 May 2022

                Replying to @prcshxnt
                Listen here:

Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/1Ii…

YouTube: youtu.be/_xfQx22RrPw


@cindygallop

Replying to @jelenachaing @Glamazontyomi


🍦I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream! 1517 ice cream social on Sunday May 22 💗

rgp.to/gLwrpVRHuBM


This is why I host ice cream socials!

rgp.to/gLwrpVRHuBM


@Quan Kryptonite! Love gummy bears so much!


Thanks Katy!

Replying to @katylevinson @LeslieFeinzaig


I love them both!


@Stryx_Official Here!


I like them when they are a little stale lol.


@heyecs Make it so! :D


@Quan Lol :D

I just ordered some dessert to be dropped off at my house. I blame you.


@heyecs Pop up! But when we have special visitors I also just throw stuff. So just say the word!


I’ve wondered about this but insert web3 for finance.


@kaimicahmills Where? Gorgeous!


@heyecs Woot!!


That’s a nice interpretation but when I’m talking to people who could be using their brains for good and they are putting them towards web3 dog racing tracks it’s pretty discouraging — and sure maybe it’s a detour but the number of minds on that detour is sadly large.


@tdinh_me Some Peach Pit book on html so I could make my first website.


@Sourabh_soni12 @heyecs I haven’t investigated fully but I believe it’s real!


@jawabsoalyo Haven’t worked there in seven years! Try asking a current fellow!


@Sourabh_soni12 @jawabsoalyo @AndrewNinh @nastassiapo @fractalcows Sorry there isn’t more info available about the process!


@Sourabh_soni12 @jawabsoalyo @AndrewNinh @nastassiapo @fractalcows In the last two years they have announced fellowships months after I would have anticipated, so I don’t know.


@ElizabethDell No invite needed! Just show up!


@jhardin925 I love a good nursery!!!


Just got a front row seat to some disgusting and mind blowingly stupid behavior by an adult male in the SF tech scene sending very inappropriate and harrassing DMs to an underage minor. Reported it to Twitter.

Need help? I'll report egregious behavior on your behalf. DMs open.


The person sending the messages also knows this person is under age (because he publicly responded to her about visiting SF this summer as a high schooler). It would be bad even if not, but this is completely predatory and gross.


We are having an awesome event with lots of teens in July in San Diego (so yeah, not quite SF) if you'd like to join! 1517fund.com/post/1517-summi… (Lol I also host a karaoke event in the Bay that you might like where we get pedicures and do karaoke at the same time -- super fun!)


@jasminerenn Yes!


@ericgrafstrom @1517fund Cats. More cats :)


@mkosma What do you think that looks like and how do you get started with that?


@mkosma An interesting idea — though it’s a sad state of affairs when we need principles about not praying on minors.

In some sense this was a mini ranger scenario. I read about something fishy by someone else, reached out to them about it, collected info, and made a report to Khaki.


@viennateng Where are you touring?! The Bay misses you!


@mkosma I don’t know! But I encourage you to give it a go!


I think any C-suite title is silly before you’re truly running a company and managing people. Cofounders, Head of ___, etc. I like those better. Then later people can see what roles they grow into.

Replying to @JaiRelan @rachel_a_star @haleymbryant @chudson @meaganloyst @zmh @Tom_A_Meyer


Surely, and I’ll report for those folks too. 18 is the age of consent. Harassment isn’t legal when one turns 18.


I think anyone that is a co-CEO needs to define the roles that each of them divide. Otherwise maybe too much excess on the team. Most companies can’t afford to have superfluous team members.


Suddenly my feed is just people again and not bad NFT jpgs 🙏


@Abir2 It’s next Sunday!


@Abir2 No apology needed! I hope you had fun in the park today!


@cullend Same!


What’s your favorite ice cream flavor? See you Sunday!

Extra @BiRiteCreamery tickets from me for people who bring musical instruments, juggling equipment, pets, or children!

rgp.to/gLwrpVRHuBM


Incredible work carrying on a family legacy! Congrats @GreenIdusuyi

Angel Idusuyi@GreenIdusuyi
                  1 May 2022

                In Jan 1990 my mom, her sister , and late brother left Edo State, Nigeria to study as international students in the United States at Jacksonville State University in Alabama.


Update: the perpetrating account is now in “something went wrong” territory. Let’s hope that the reports and blocks means fewer young women being harassed🤞🛑

Danielle Strachman 💗 🐈 💃 🪴 🎸 🎨 🐕

                    @DStrachman

                  14 May 2022

                Just got a front row seat to some disgusting and mind blowingly stupid behavior by an adult male in the SF tech scene sending very inappropriate and harrassing DMs to an underage minor. Reported it to Twitter.

Need help? I'll report egregious behavior on your behalf. DMs open.


@annamv10 Would you do that again?


Not gonna lie — thought this was the T map in Boston at first glance.

Stewart Alsop - Host of Crazy Wisdom Radio Show

                    @StewartalsopIII

                  17 May 2022

                Reading about Nestorianism and other early churches


Thank you! Also proud of the young ladies who blocked the person — I know some were nervous too because of social repercussions.


@pjux It’s a good point!


Autocomplete:

What if I don’t want you to know about it being too weird.

Visakan Veerasamy

                    @visakanv

                  16 May 2022

                complete the sentence with whatever comes to mind:

"What if... _____?"


@dusty_daemon Autocorrect knows!


Bless his heart:

“I completely understand if you’re not interested in looking for leverage as you scale your fund. If you are, we’re open to discussing if our solution can help you.”

Follow up spam doesn’t get much better than this.


Heard a pitch for space cleanup and this is all I can think of.


@giladrom Lol forgot about that line! I gotta rewatch!


@RobinPZander @BiRiteCreamery I can get through two rotations at best but I know we have jugglers in the group!


Appreciate you Fritz! One thing that makes you successful is your ability to step up and say yes! Looking forward to seeing your future yeses going forward!


@sarah_cone @ianthiel @lessin me too!


But this is pretty awkward — so the founder had you look at the deck while they just sat there?


@cupazhou @LiamWolfeRose For our Fund III raise we sent our deck along with the song Revolution by The Beatles.


He was reading the pitch deck…


Tried ordering off Popcorn around 9:45 tonight. Looks like the order isn’t going through (business on a Tuesday night can’t be all that good) but now I’m picturing one of these folks running around fulfilling the order. Maybe I’ll wake up to a surprise in the morning.

BrokeAssStuart@BrokeAssStuart
                  11 May 2022

                After partying last weekend, me & the crew were hungry, but everything was closed. So we used @popcorn_van!


Since we did a distribution last year some LPs wrote back saying we should have used the Tax Man song. Lol. Pretty good!


I actually do grocery delivery extremely infrequently because I love the grocery store! But got curious about these vans I’ve been seeing around the Bay and decided to give it a go!


Alright so an hour later (30 min after the estimated time) I have groceries at 10:45 at night. Pretty wild.


I used to work at that intersection and they were there all the time. Felt terrible for the drivers going in loops constantly!


Kitty!

Massimo

                    @Rainmaker1973

                  17 May 2022

                Africa's smallest cat is also the world's deadliest [source: bit.ly/2DaHVrh]


@BrokeAssStuart They got here!


@rogerdickey Definitely needs a kitty couch!


@YourselfHelping Lol I gotta watch this this week.


How did you know that that is my favorite line in the whole movie! You’d be great at that one. I think we need a whole spoof pitch deck based on this thread.


@DerikPridmore 😹


YC’s batten down the hatches email has 10 bullet points on handling the downturn. But no word apologizing for advising founders to over value their companies in what was an insane previous market. It’s not just limited cash that kills companies, it’s impossible caps to grow into.


It’s signed “Best, YC”

YC doesn’t write email. People write email — where’s the accountability? I’ve seen this before though, “Why do you think you should raise at X?” The answer is always a zombie drone of “the partners.” What good is a brand if the people behind it are hidden?


I heard a rationalization years ago for inflated economics from YC because for the outlier companies it doesn’t matter since the multiples are so good anyway but for the companies that don’t make it, they die earlier — as if they were doing the founders a favor.


1/2. There isn’t an ideal one because caps have to do with your company, what the market is like, what geography you’re raising in, sector, etc.


2/2. I think right now it’s smarter to think about percent ownership in the company. In the hottest times on the last few months I was seeing preseed companies (<$2M) only sell 10 - 15% of their company. I think we are going to see things go back up to 20 - 25% maybe higher.


@MrMikeSmith Someone put it in the comments!


He’s not wrong!

Manu Chandra@Manu_Chandra
                  17 Apr 2020

                Vc funding advice to founders 🙃


I love this so so so much. Kinda wanna pin it until 2025 and have a count down.


Rationalization is often not a good strategy.


So much to love about this ❤

✅ It is the advice out there.
🗣 Classic VC bs “if you don’t die in 3 years, I’ll be right there to be helpful!”
💎And the irony of the person saying this being surrounded by riches.


I wish Prince was still alive 😭


@MrMikeSmith @asadighi What was part 1?


Hypocrisy in action


@lasagna_silent Just making an observation about signing on behalf of a brand rather than as a person.


@MarkWhiteIA Agreed, don’t want to be undervalued either!


Concern is that to hit metrics that investors want up the stack will be harder which means companies may go under just from being overvalued to begin with. If you have a down or flat round the concern then becomes if the team is properly incentivized to work on the company.


Fascinating! Then how did you all come to the same economics for your round (this is what happens most years)? Hive mind probes? Mimetic rivalry?


@MrMikeSmith @asadighi Ah yes!


@jofo_real This why we rarely work with companies post YC. YC may not be setting the valuation but technically or not they have an outsized effect on those raises and on the whole market of startups.


@Oluseg1n1 @MarkWhiteIA See in the thread!


I’ve asked lots of YC founders “how’d you come up with X val cap?” The answer is always “the partners.” In meetings the line is “we are X cap pre demo day and Y post.” That’s before fundraising, so that’s hype, which is correlated with the market but is not actually the market.


Again, no accountability!


@Oluseg1n1 @MarkWhiteIA I don’t agree with the fundamental that every company needs to start their raise at $1M. I gotta crunch some numbers and get back to you on the rest.


@richardiporter @SiliconValHBO It’s a documentary!


@xXBilliam1990Xx But what if the music is only in your mind?


@TaraFalcone That’s a great point! Shows how insane things became. That said, I think there are a lot of Series A companies that are still figuring out how close to PMF they are. It’s all relative.


@Oluseg1n1 @MarkWhiteIA Totally depends on what happens between preseed and A.


@elwatto Well, YC could do a better job with this then because this is not the impression any investor post YC gets.


Glad you all were thinking for yourselves!


@elwatto But they are wrong about it not being important. It’s really important!


Thanks for correcting that one!


I think what’s missing here is that exorbitant compared to other YC companies is something they don’t want to promote to make certain companies look better than others out of the gate.


@rvivek @paulg I don’t think Paul and YC are the same thing anymore. Mad respect for Paul!


Why would they increase funding if they can tap founders for 7% at a smaller check? It’s to their benefit to keep their economics that same while promoting monster round past crossing a stage.


@lipmanb It’s all over twitter.


Lol I wouldn’t call that anger. YC can’t play it both ways “we’re amazing” and “oh we have nothing to do with prices.” What I’ve seen from founders coming out of YC is hive mind tactics. They could do better to move founders away from that.


Founders who want to survive want a valuation that will help them grow over time. Owning a large percent of a company that goes to zero isn’t a winning formula.


@ThatAlexPalmer ^tldr version


Pretty simple story — company raises at too high a price, can’t his metrics, runs out of burn, goes into cockroach mode, shuts down X months/yrs later.


We might disagree about the pros and cons of YC but I think we can agree that Spaceballs was Rick Moranis’ crowning achievements.


@giladrom I stand corrected! (Totally forgot about Ghostbusters)

Ok maybe Rick is an unrecognized national treasure.


I don’t see too many VCs raising their hands to say “Hey, under performing? We are life support.”

Only times I’ve seen this work out are in really hard and regulatory tech like med tech.


@giladrom Global treasure it is!


Spoken like a true founder, “We aren’t just doing this for money. We’re doing it for a shit ton of money!”


Our job is to be wrong a lot. I’d love to see more humility and accountability in the industry overall.


Or throw in the towel and start something else because you’re going to sell off too much if your business to make it worth your while.

What you suggest can work, I just see very few practice it. Incentives matter.


Y’all are great at reflection and refinement! Always appreciated your building in public!


@nickburtner $1 Mi…Billion dollars!


@SuperCompounder Loom is a great company and particularly great for us as we are the first fund in the company. Loom has has great traction, novel IP, and has been category making. That’s not moat less. Given what else I’ve seen in the market I don’t think their last valuation was unreasonable.


It’s a fair point if the numbers work and the founders are eagerly passionate about the business than they should consider doing it!


Very well said!


I know a bunch of us smaller VCs were seeing that preseed/seed was flush with cash but Series A was much harder to break into. So we passed on lots of deals where we thought founders were not going to make it especially from setting caps too high up front.


@jmil @ycombinator 1/2. So it’s just a cowinkydink that founders in YC in any given batch predominantly have the same pre and post demo day economics? Or do you think YC founders are overvaluing the signal and playing a tight game of red rover to push their batches’ signal higher?


@jmil @ycombinator 2/2. I love all the comments about partners not giving valuation advice. Then what are they there for? Every year batches come out spewing the same nonsense and further I see previous batches clinging on for dear life to economics that never made sense in the first place.


@SuperCompounder I disagree with how you think a moat works.


@jmil @ycombinator Well, their videos don’t seem to be working with the batches. Looks at the actions of those they advise.


@jmil @ycombinator Yes we mostly don’t invest in companies post YC.


@loganhead13 Advising against high caps compared to other YC companies and becoming a market of too high capped companies for the general market are two different areas. I think they advised against the first, not the second.


Coming to the ice cream@social on Sunday? It’s on flat ground!


@karanbhangui Woooooo!


Lol the babysitting line. Too good.

Replying to @JaiRelan @theashelina @cory @mayajoshii


@karanbhangui Stealing this gif!


Ice cream social on Sunday in SF!

rgp.to/gLwrpVRHuBM


@melodyhahm @drrhanson Love Dr. Hanson!


Interesting take

Ali Partovi

                    @apartovi

                  20 May 2022

                Unlike VCs predicting doom, I’m bullish for early-stage startups. This downturn differs from 2000 & 2008 (see why below). If you’re an early-stage CEO, don’t panic. Don’t obsess about extending runway. Obsess about making something people want, and hire superstars to help. 1/n


@sherrod_im I remember how much pride you took in clicker training your dogs. Do you still do it? My second cat knows 6 tricks but my third I’ve been lazy with training. If memory serves, I recall your old dog used to bring you drinks out of the fridge. Pretty good!


@annamv10 Go to the place right on the beach that has the best fish tacos in PB.


@sherrod_im Boris looks like a real sweetie! That face!


@loganhead13 I think I make a fair point. If you don’t want to engage with it — that’s fine.


Would love to hear what you have to say here more. Money can also buy golden handcuffs.


@loganhead13 We are a top decile fund — doing just fine. Best of luck to you.


@heyecs @MikeIsaac Not usually.


Exactly! Both “the market” and “YC” are good things to hide behind — limited accountability hiding in the shuffle and this endless loop of finger pointing. And obviously YC isn’t 100% responsible in a dynamic system but to your point, we all have rolls to acknowledge.


@neuralfluid Twitter is funny, it marked this as potentially offensive lol. Ok Twitter!

I think it’s about incentives. If your early investors think that someone else will come in later with a down round than that early money was essentially used to derisk the company for someone else.


@neuralfluid If that happens consistently there isn’t much incentive for early investors to put as much risky capital in — so were that a regular trend I imagine the investing landscape would change a lot.

So in some scenarios I agree that it’s not the end of the company.


So gorgeous!! Excited to order a few of these. How to pick though?!

Calm & Scents by Layla 🕯@calm_scents
                  18 May 2022

                You know the vibe 🌈

I can’t wait to have a colorful store…after the last few years we’ve all had I just want to make a beautiful space lol


Just ordered three of them! Can’t wait until you have some of the big glass ones back in stock!


Go live with these animals!

rishi kothari@rishiosaur
                  21 May 2022

                🔥🐶 @ottopetshq’s moving to SF this summer!

Looking for a place to hang with incredibly talented engineers, hackers and dreamers? We’d love to have you—just send in a few words at tally.so/r/nWOrMk

We've got incredible AMAs, parties & events; all we're missing is you!


1pm - 4pm today in Dolores!!


@justinbvert Swing by!


Such a great group! Any time!

Replying to @michaelraspuzzi @BrightSimons1


Are you an independent scientist? Where are you doing your lab work? Fav lab tech coworking spaces? Making a list of places!


@ThatMrE


Read this almost 20 years ago and really loved it. (And this isn't How to Change Your Mind )

neurohackers.com/index.php/e…


Just talked to the founder of this space and they are doing great work! ichorlifesciences.com/


^same questions for me too!


@SteamLabSF @safiume @RickZuzow Would love to see photos!


.@1517fund Ice cream social was a big hit and we even came across a hustling troubadour @NoamOsband.

QotD: "So you're a venture fund, giving out free ice cream cones?! That would NEVER happen in Europe!"


Just collecting info :) Thank you!

Replying to @RyanBethencourt @MikeMcCormick_


Next time we chat, let's talk more about this book -- when I fell down this rabbit hole (what seems like a million years ago at this point) it led to some interesting things like lightly befriending the author. He's a neat dude.


Clean your desk! If you're anything like me, you'll feel better about everything after :)


I spent 15 mins cleaning my desk today and getting organized and I couldn’t believe that insane inhale I took at the end — relief!!


@PottsJustin Good work!


@potterlab Damn!


@tiffanydemers @1517fund @NoamOsband Total bonus!


@scottdwitt How do you know I don’t have two desks?!


@karanbhangui @Pavel_Asparagus Here for it!


@antonymusic Show off!


At @1517fund we are unlikely fund managers backing unlikely founders.


@MatthewPSingley Lol — you might have me backed into a corner on this one!


@katylevinson Yeah! I felt that this morning too :)


Work from home sometimes means having to lock your colleague in a closet so his pitiful meows when the office door is shut don’t get in the way of pitching your fund to founders.


@greg_montemurro Haha! Silly colleagues! So beautiful 💗


@simlusion1 @inside @1517fund Thank you!


Know when to hold ‘em, know when to fold ‘em.


So excited for our 1517 Summit: Escape from Captivity! Just reviewed the submissions for the breakout talks and they are really high quality and interesting -- math geekery, novel theories about globalization, how to make the most out of crisis, etc.

1517fund.com/post/1517-summi…


Go go go!! Congrats to @XonaSpace!

Xona

                    @XonaSpace

                  25 May 2022

                Xona is excited to launch our first in-space demo mission today on SpaceX Transporter 5! Huginn is on the pad and ready to go! 🚀 @SpaceflightInc


Have a degree but not out of a FAANG company? Just had a great chat with Rob about backing early founders and pre PMF. Check out this firm!

Rob Biederman

                    @BiedermanRob

                  26 May 2022

                In light of a crazy few weeks in the tech investing world, the team and I @asymmetric_vc took a few min to share our thoughts. We came up with not only a blog post/substack piece but, in a first for me, a 👇🧵! 😮 acp.vc/post/why-were-still-o…


1517 Fund

                    @1517fund

                  26 May 2022

                This morning delve into one of the more fascinating facts in human history; the Amazon is (partially) human cultivated.

An area about the size of France was, in fact, deliberately brought into being by humans over thousands of years.

smithsonianmag.com/science-n… 1/3


It’s one of my favorite things to do!


@dylanmrose 👽 👾


Still blown away that we have a company in space! 👩🚀

Xona

                    @XonaSpace

                  26 May 2022

                Liftoff! Huginn, our first in-space demo mission, has safely made it to orbit. This is an exciting and memorable moment for our team.


Chillin with my posse 💗


@peter_haas @HustleFundVC Depends on how crazy the robots are :)


@SebsBuiles @HustleFundVC If they are working on sci-fi tech, maybe!


@rafael_masters @HustleFundVC Sounds cool!


Small steps make great moves!!

Naitik Mehta

                    @heyNaitik

                  27 May 2022

                When I was ~14, I taught myself how to design on the internet

I Googled "design tutorial" and followed every blog post I could get my hands on

12 years later and I'm still designing 😅


@kailovesu @HustleFundVC Thank you!


@CaptainPlanet_5 @HustleFundVC Cool! Please write into the link!


@AndreaKuszewski @cullend


@CollatzConject @HustleFundVC Thanks Sean!


Excited to see what's up both sleeves!


Just got my first set of candles today. The founder put in a honey bear as a special extra and it smells heavenly! Part honey, part maple syrup smell. I keep thinking "did I make pancakes" -- can nearly taste it!🕯


First time in Nashville! What up!?

Michael P Gibson

                    @William_Blake

                  31 May 2022

                The whole @1517fund team is going to be in Nashville next week -- anyone there want to meet up for coffee?

Any recommendations on things to do and eat?


@nthnryn my heart is so full after watching that!


We should! But we head to NYC right after!


@GreenIdusuyi When? I'll be there for the Next Gen Summit. Are you going? You would LOVE it and the people there!


@SebsBuiles @HustleFundVC You're reading the wrong sci-fi!


I don't know if I can ever live without those bears!


@nthnryn Knew I liked you!


Way better to have an update that is actually interesting to read -- I don't care what day it's sent, if you hack my brain to love your updates, I'm reading it.


@snigdhar0y Great insight! Really important!


Getting lots of cold email, I wonder if VCs are averse to cold emails or averse to spam.

Spam = zero personalization/understanding about the fund.

Well written and personalized messages are a delight to get, in part, because they are so rare.

David ☕@cupazhou
                  2 Jun 2022

                I find it surprising the number of VCs who are averse to cold emails. Does that mean VCs who have DMs open/reply to cold emails have a competitive advantage?


Looking forward to attending this next week!

Unciphered LLC

                    @uncipheredLLC

                  2 Jun 2022

                Unciphered will be organizing the worlds first crypto hardware hacking competition at @offthechaincon
offthechaincon.com/pwn2btc

#BTC prizes for cracking any of the devices on the list. Competition rules and prize tiers coming shortly.

#OffTheChain #crypto #bitcoin #hacking #RSAC


YES! It's admittedly hard to keep up with what everyone is up to "remember when we talked last time X months/years ago?" Nope...I don't, I need a memory upgrade so those cheat sheet sentences are a lifesaver!


@iamsophiegray Hearting for the therapist comment!


Excited is so basic!

youtube.com/watch?v=d1mbbYKP…


This sounds like a rationalization over a fully deep seated reason.

Replying to @ArafatMukasa @cupazhou @MarkWhiteIA @1517fund @pmarca


Want to add a note of caution. This type of media can go poorly over time when there's a "gotcha" later about how the house is failed or insults the work of people in the house when something doesn't work out. This feels good in the moment, but be careful around reporters.

Replying to @JaiRelan @amiyoshimura_ @JessTheVC


A little less so, but it depends upon their reach/influence. Basically, know your reporter. Check out their work and follow up work.

Replying to @potterlab @JaiRelan @amiyoshimura_ @JessTheVC


Boston girl living in the Bay right here! (But I know nothing about sportsball)


@ashleyzanders I'm safe!


This is good! youtube.com/watch?v=5ZH2it92…


@Tradescendant @AbigailJHess @DKThomp Lol came here to say just that! +1


Incredible!


Somehow this invitation makes me feel like I'm nearing AARP territory.

"We invite you to put yourself forward for the eminent financial and insurance conference in light of your achievements...in Mandalay Bay"


Sending a big hug! That ache :(

A friend lost her dad suddenly this year. Any advice to others on how to best support a friend going through grief that can only be imagined?


Wholesome vibes and learnings 💓

"Me and my mom enjoyed our time meeting all the wonderful startup founders and enthusiasts at the ice cream social. My one key take away was to take action instead of waiting for the right time to start creating and adding value to the world."


Yeah I've found putting down memories on paper really helps when grieving. Thanks for the reminder <3


Thanks to @0xnaan for dropping some wisdom of what it really means to live in community over hype cycle houses.

I've seen this cycle of hype houses come and go (and come and go) for 12 years. Community is hard to build but worth it when done right.

nancyzuo.substack.com/p/the-…


For some awesome coliving spaces in SF check out:

Embassy Network: embassynetwork.com/

The Center: thecentersf.com/

What are your favorites?


@jdcampolargo @GenesisFundXYZ 💪 build for longevity!


I love stories like this!

1517 Fund

                    @1517fund

                  6 Jun 2022

                This Monday morning take some time reading the 41-year old janitor who changed climate science by solving the mystery of periodic ice ages.

He taught himself physics and astronomy to arrive at (what would be later known as) the Milankovitch cycles.

cambridge.org/core/journals/…


Walk in tickets available! Great speakers and attendees today!

OffTheChainCon@offthechaincon
                  3 Jun 2022

                Off The Chain is excited we're kicking off Tuesday.

We're astounded at the speakers we have.

Please check them out here as they are definitely bringing their A Game.

offthechaincon.com/agenda

#OffTheChain #crypto #bitcoin #hacking #RSAC


The @offthechaincon keynote dropped this gem. Spherical cows all the way down! 🐄 🐄 🐄 🌀


@GenesisFundXYZ @ismailhozain @zslayback Thanks!


.@offthechaincon has the best make your own t-shirt station!


@aridutilh @offthechaincon It’s perfection! We are going to copy this for our summit now. Come ready to paint!


VC in Virginia books time with my founder through calendly with no prior contact. Founder accepts.

VC argues with founder about the definition of ROI and says "Are you arguing with me, or are you asking for money?”

Founder immediately hangs up. VC emails about round info 🤯


@0xbrekolazh Proactive…I guess?


Maybe a weird meeting or some awkwardness up front but not blatant assholery.


@Metathea11 Lol that’s what happened, he hung up. I don’t think he could have predicted the behavior before talking to the person.


You need mirror and a good handful to plants too!


@ThatMrE Sorry to hear that. What do you think is going on there?


Real plants + Lego!!


You can take care of them! There are lots of good low light plants too like pathos!


Newest 1517er! 💗🍼🐯👶💗

Our founders make incredible parents bringing that same mission drivenness to their families.


@Mastro_Frankie Major!


@ArchChaudhury @offthechaincon Next year!


Spontaneous social/party happening right now at 981 Mission St at Trellis until 8! Come hang out, good tunes, great people, and open bar (including kombucha)!


Lol that was supposed to be a pic but wrapping cables is exciting!


@EdwardStarcraft bring friends :)


@DaleJStephens The owners are so sweet!


@justinbvert Why not!


@ericzhu Nope, ended at 8!


DNA round!


About to do my first red eye in a while. Any pro tips? It’s 5.5 hrs which is good.


@namathree Thx!


@julianweisser Helpful!


@pdxbiker503 🤯


I did that for this trip. Seems worth it!


Worth it. Didn’t sleep well but slept.


It also helps to have a no asshole policy — EA as a movement could do better here to flag unsavory characteristics and behaviors (and ideally step up to those who have them to both flag and teach a better way). I’ve met really awesome EAs but an equal number of intolerable ones.


Yup!

Replying to @dylanmrose @offthechaincon @bramcohen


Save a horse ride a cowboy (or a bull)! Team @1517fund doing our thing in Nashville.


The dialogue is incredible, same with Dawson’s Creek.


@JaiRelan @hasanminhaj Sounds like he’s going to all the wrong events.


@JaiRelan @hasanminhaj @TeenageFounders Or better than adults!


@mpactfactor @1517fund I outlasted all my team by about double.


They are inflatable!


We gotta do this for a 1517 retreat! You’d kill it!


@eslewhere Someone commented and deleted this. I’d still like to address it:

This is an excuse for a community to allow poor behavior. Respected people in the community can still step up. If EA as a group isn’t up for the task of managing this than that is a big issue.


Sunday jog in NYC?

rgp.to/ZCtNu29SD7K


Connor C.@ConnorColson
                  7 Jun 2022

                Too many of you were told as kids you'd make a great lawyer without realizing that adult was calling you a dick.


Great story! 📚 📖 💡


@cullend James Clear newsletter!


We have missed out on countless artists, scientists, and contributors.

“Mary Ford never worked in animation, instead choosing to teach art to middle school students in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. After Mary’s death in 2003, her family discovered this letter.” @lettersofnote


Words to live by!


Cash is king!

Justin Murphy

                    @jmrphy

                  9 Jun 2022

                Physical cash is insanely cool, it’s the most radical cyberpunk thing in the world and it’s already here


@cullend @LettersOfNote Hm?


@cullend @LettersOfNote Got it! Yeah agreed.


🤔 probably showing other people that cats are great when treated well and not punished.


I feel seen!


@startuployalist Precious!


Oakland but yeah :).


Haven’t been regularly dancing in years.


I have us down for 2! See you then. Just getting out of SFO :)


@naarnett we have been talking about this!


I’ve been wondering how much less anxiety producing my calendar would be if I took more spontaneous meetings over more schedule ones. Having spaciousness to take a call the same day is dreamy!


This type of raw advice is what also makes for true friends rather than activity buddies.

Replying to @saraledterman @cupazhou @Zecca_Lehn @samhuleatt @sriramkri @andrew__rea @rubenharris


@meawoppl Kinda a fascinating idea — kinda like a good chat roulette lol.


@alexandertmills Lol yeah I like spontaneous calls a lot. Could go either way on voicemail.


“What we really want is dancing in the rainforest naked,stoned and exalted.” - Random DMer


Go see Sleep No More. It’s awesome! If you go plan to be there for the whole thing (stay until the end). I also loved Jagged Little Pill — superbly performed and lots to talk about after.


Better to go and find out for yourself :) No spoilers!


@gerardo5959 @nzzuo @1517fund @kevinzlu @kch0e @sebastienladuca @existony @liamhz @natashagubernov @talltimofficial The one and only!


Would love to listen in!


I lost smell fully for about a week. Then it started coming back. My understanding is that it’s cell regeneration so it just takes time.


Why doesn’t this happen to me? 🐈 🐈⬛

youtu.be/lN2MAvsOEnw


@shriyanevatia Yeah in my reading it said that the cells in the nose take three weeks to grow.


We do the same thing! Just finished a retreat in Nashville -- it's like country Vegas.


@BryceJohanneck Are you juicing? Athletic greens?


On a related note, I glare salad for breakfast the other day and felt wonderful :)


Mad skills!


@BryceJohanneck Nice!


This sounds delightful!


Just had a lovely conversation with Layla! I'm excited to see her build her business that started in her dorm room into an empire. Her products are awesome and I can't wait to try these new ones!

Calm & Scents by Layla 🕯@calm_scents
                  18 Jun 2022

                New summer scents just dropped ☀ lets celebrate together with a GIVEAWAY! 🕯

Choosing 2 winners who will receive a $25 website gift card 🎁

To enter:
-RT this post & tag one friend
-follow me

Will announce in 72hrs 🫶🏻 shop all scents on ⬇ calmandscentscandleco.com


Going through a box of paperwork today I found a recommendation letter from Dec 2014 for a Thiel Fellowship finalist signed by Tony Hsieh. Amazing and bittersweet to see.


Happens to me alllll the time.


@lindsayjeanthom Lots of them apparently.


Gotta rewatch Soul!


Is it just me or are phone calls always shorter than zooms? My average zoom goes over by a few minutes and my average call ends 10 minutes early. Theories on why this is?


Fair point -- I always ask about where people are and sometimes chitchat about what's in their background, etc.


@elena_lape my phone calls are scheduled too though.


@modic123 @ppgosavi Yeah I mostly do calls with investors I've met before or trouble shooting something with a longer term founder.


DAMN -- fellow VC firm my ass!


What do you think your future self, ten years from now, would want you to know? Can you take action on that today?


@visionbyjg My fav moment


@visionbyjg First contact for me is usually zoom!


“Can't wait for @zslayback to be taking pitch meetings sans baby! https://t.co/eUqLKmQJsu”


Can't wait for @zslayback to be taking pitch meetings con baby!

Michaela Greiler@mgreiler
                  22 Jun 2022

                What do you think... acceptable or not acceptable to have business calls like this???


"Formal education is not nearly as important as an unquenchable thirst to learn." - @JamesClear


Nom nom nom! 🪐

Time Out Travel@TimeOutTravel
                  23 Jun 2022

                A new report suggests that the King of Planets has the remains of other planets hidden inside it 🪐

timeout.com/news/bizarre-new…


Such a simple little practice but really lovely results! 💓⌚

youtube.com/watch?v=ERh41urY…


And could be an awesome way to get an @ephemeraltattoo!


@amoghyisabogy @JamesClear It can but it can also squash any potentially burning embers. Great mentors, teachers, role models, and peers matter and those can be found within and outside institutions.


Why wasn't RadioShack doing these kinds of PSAs when I was growing up?


The best accelerator program you can go through is non-dilutive, provides incredible feedback, and stays with you for the life of your company. This accelerator is your customers.


Ages of Founding Fathers in 1776:

James Monroe, 18
Aaron Burr, 20
John Marshall, 20
Alexander Hamilton, 21
James Madison, 25
Benjamin Rush, 30
John Jay, 30
Thomas Jefferson, 33
Thomas Paine: 39


“RT @SpacChad: This is how techno is made if you didn’t already know”


Watching your family videos always gives me a great sense of being reparented/real time ideal parent figure protocol -- "Oh yes, it could be like that!" Thanks!


he who has no poetry in himself will find poetry in nothing

https://x.com/stranger_iron/status/1544667827487100928


@RMckaytm @HustleFundVC North America predominantly


Just visited portlabs.co/ today! A coworking space dedicated to people building and supporting physical products (consumer, food, hardware, etc.). It's so exciting to see a space in the heart of Oakland! Check them out!


At least they'll all be really fit when Web4 is just going outside again.

Turner Novak 🍌🧢

                    @TurnerNovak

                  6 Jul 2022

                web3 VCs showing LPs all the use cases for their new Q2 investments


Coffee & Troubleshooting calls every Friday with 1517 founders. It's a vibe☀


Been making my own milk kefir (yay probiotics) at home for two weeks! Fun process and neat results (deeper sleep and less anxiety symptoms in the morning). I'm also using it like a meal replacement until dinner and am finding sustained energy and no need to break to cook.


@potterlab Cow


@potterlab but you can use goat too


@sarah_cone You need to get or buy milk kefir grains and then you add it to milk and let it sit on the counter for 24 hours. That's it!


@cullend Being a plant dad becomes you!


“Authenticity wins every time. Inflating signals (especially to me) also makes you look manipulative. Would have spent more time with this person but they told me everything I needed to know in the first message to make this a big nope.”


@William_Blake has an amazing view from the toilet as his place in Colorado lol.


Damn that's a beautiful car!


@ravroberts It's also sadly too common. It's unfortunate when society is so signal driven that it incentivizes people to act like this.


@Quan Lol and drive it like the grandma I am :)


@cullend Oh yes, that is very satisfying! I love bringing plant babies back to life :)


@Quan Damn -- never heard that. Love it!


^ came here to say this!


@ravroberts I think the issue was that they were trying to show their skills by using signals. The person read the tweet and further got scared that maybe the program would know it was them, so I took it down, but yeah, it was a bad move and poor look.


@grgelee Lol next time someone should shout "usie!" and we can pretend to be all glam :)


Rock!


@alyssamvance @eviecottrell_ @snigdhar0y @TommyJoanCrow Happy to help and connect him to other young people.


Inch by inch, row by row, we’re gonna get these lanyards to go! Saturday is almost here!!!

#1517Summit


@dammitcoetzee Lol I’m gonna need it!


@jordanplows


@ericzhu


Me!

abinaya

                    @abinayaaaa

                  12 Jul 2022

                whos going to the 1517 summit?? 👀


Hand crafted with love from the 1517 team :D


@umeruber Are you in SD now?


Just finished the food tickets — y’all are going to eat your weight in sushi (and then pizza, and sandwiches are dead last).


My dream!


“Hello cat friend…” is my fav start to a DM.


@CollatzConject We are in San Diego already :)


@symbeosis @CianClarke1 fair point


@CollatzConject See you soon!


@phoebeyao Same!!!


Twas the penultimate night before #1517Summit and all through the San Diego AirBnB…

Hope you’re all coming because we have a packet with your name on it! Can’t wait to hand out goodies too!


Also we keep hearing weird sounds in this house. Make sure we are ok in the morning! ☀ ☁ 🐦


@naarnett and Haylee really outdid themselves — this is going to be the most organized summit ever!


Lol I have a packet with your name on it, so I hope it’s San Diego this week!


How did we become a society that learned (or became manipulated) to put our trust in institutions and skepticism in individuals?

I wonder how much stems from the government and institutions making it so incredibly difficult to be charitable with individuals.


Our Guate brothers!

Replying to @ale7zelaya @1517fund @William_Blake @zslayback @naarnett @fpontaza @JaimeMatusVC


Y’all in for a treat! #1517Summit view from the hotel.


@cullend They built more grit and perseverance into the older versions.


@phoebeyao It’s pretty good too :D. Thanks Phoebe!


@potterlab Messaged you!


The plane got it right for one of our attendees flying in and 1517 is in the flight number 🤣 #1517summit


Looks like a great place to make a human sacrifice.


@alexandertmills 🤔


Visit your computer dealer…

Aqua Voice

                    @aquavoice

                  14 Jul 2022


@friedmandave Same (but don’t tell!)


@calm_scents Looks great!


@jdanjohnson


So when’s the pool party? #1517Summit


Closes at 10pm. Nice!


@DaleJStephens @paigefinnn Not sure!


@CaseSandberg You’ll be there in spirit!


Friends and sunset can’t be beat! #1517Summit


100% I was so touched by @vhmth sharing his story leading up to Loom.

Akash Kumar

                    @aye_kaash

                  16 Jul 2022

                Omfg what a session! @vhmth,
Loved how vulnerable you were all throughout; have never related with anybody talking like this before. Insanely inspiring, only because you didn't intend it to be anything and were completely honest. #1517Summit


Looking forward to that Nancy!

Replying to @nzzuo @naarnett @zslayback @William_Blake @1517fund


You were there in spirit but we will get you in the flesh next time!

Replying to @shahedkhan @ScottFerreira @vhmth @William_Blake


The first time we gave out $1K grant checks in 2015 at a summit one of the grantees built a company and sold it for $20M. Excited to see what this crew builds!

Christopher Mendoza

                    @ViennaChris858

                  17 Jul 2022

                Congrats to the 1517 Grantees. Onwards and Upwards!  Happy to have met wonderful people over the weekend. #1517Summit


Never felt better about not giving a TED talk.


@andrewfielding Measuring IQ over 140 is pretty speculative too. So may be a proxy for lying and/or narcissism.


Conversational 🍆 💦

QC

                    @QiaochuYuan

                  17 Jul 2022

                small talk is literally just foreplay guys. you gotta warm people up to interactions. sometimes you can do it *very quickly* but you still *do it*, you don't just jam your conversational penis in immediately, so to speak


@shirleyywu


I do not need a man I need adrienne from yoga with adrienne to live in my house and beat my ass when I don’t take care of myself

ellie schnitt

(e)girl next door•  they won’t remove the blue check no matter how hard I try • IG: ellie_schnitt • business inquiries: isabel@gallantcreativemgmt.com


So much fun fam! Until next time! My heart is full and you will be missed.


Perfection! Right after posting this I could hear “What a wonderful world” playing outside. Thanks universe!


@mselizabethiman Lol so good


It’s “oh my freakin gosh.” No need to be dirty!

Replying to @NoPassinZone @aye_kaash @vhmth @William_Blake


It was an honor!


“This was our first #1517Summit but it won't be the last! Loved doing office hours and meeting such amazing young entrepreneurs - a couple were in the same phase as I was in college and I'm so glad I could share some advice that could fast-track them in their initiatives.”


Peer mentorship is key! This mentor is just a few years ahead. Love being able to make these connections!


Littles says gm. The early bird catches the mouse!


Energy is the right word!!


Some ideas just can’t wait!

Theodore Threaderson@theothreaderson
                  17 Jul 2022

                Replying to @theothreaderson
                1. Start now!

So many people wait to start their startup until they have enough “professional experience”. However, Jeffery Dahmer started his career at just 18 years old! Don’t let inexperience stop you from getting started today!


@Karthikeyaa_ We took some professional video. More soon on that!


@JessTheVC


1517 fanny packs as swag would be total 🔥 right?


I bought one this week and am loving it. Super great for travel too.


@karanbhangui @lululemon Working on it!


@dammitcoetzee


artofmanliness.com/health-fi… thanks for getting me to read about it!


Ask me about what trauma I endured playing Dragon Pass.


I think I gave up after 3 hours. Just couldn’t take it. Long board games and a squirrel brain don’t work for me!


@katylevinson Pics!!


You were missed!

Replying to @StephenReadHIT @ViennaChris858 @1517fund @William_Blake


Miss our #1517 Summit but want to learn more about the pedagogy behind 1517, the Thiel Fellowship, and Innovations Academy? Tune in!

The Rhys Show@RhysShow
                  18 Jul 2022

                In this episode we talk about how to bring freedom & autonomy to the young with @DStrachman. Founder of @thielfellowship, @1517fund, and Innovations Academy.

Cutting-edge hands-on #learning experience for kids is CRUCIAL!💪

📺youtu.be/AWLeouV-JUk

Now on all platforms🎙


@LiamWolfeRose I think the statute of limitations may come into play. This was around 2000.


A great thread! And very counter intuitive especially for us that grew up with less.

Codie Sanchez

                    @Codie_Sanchez

                  18 Jul 2022

                If you don't understand debt, you'll never be truly wealthy.

Here's what you need to know about how the rich use debt:


@ericbahn @michelleefang Which treadmill?


@Mastratton This isn’t for the norm. But it’s good to know should that change.

We had a large exit for our fund and I haven’t used a collateralized loan but I use my mortgage in a similar way to preserve gains.

Having grown up with “debt is bad” it took a lot to wrap my head around this.


All the time…can’t track things in text or DMs.

Texts = momentary attention time

Email = access to my brain


Having worked in intelligence testing, the different between even 100 and 110 IQ is astounding. Only if I was at 180 would it be worth considering this dropping IQ for 2 happiness points.


@davidkircos Yup! I use it too!


@jozafiend Twitter = 🐿


Hmm the more I listen to something the more I hear. I don’t recall this decay effect.


“The #1517summit had a very positive effect on me. It primed both the emotional and intellectual. I could open up more personally with some and intellectually with others. Collectively they also gave me renewed ambition to think further outside of the box and try riskier things.”


@edwardlando I truly love it more. I used to do this with my favorite music growing up and I’d only get more ASMR effect from it.


@edwardlando I especially love listening to small bites of it over and over.


Miss you already!!

Replying to @TianysaurusRex @eth_barcelona @1517fund @EthCC


“Spending time with some insightfully weird people at the @1517summit makes me want to flip the table on the status quo.”


@kerry_edu Check out Michael Staton’s work with Colearn and Christine Kuglen’s work with Innovations Academy!


Hotties!

1517 Fund

                    @1517fund

                  19 Jul 2022

                Young Feynman chilling with von Neumann and Ulam at Los Alamos.

Each person's clothes and posture are true to them.

The aristocrat (von Neumann), the everyman (Feynman), and the office worker (Ulam).


@IAmRobRyan Can't wait!!!