You are! Retention of information is much higher when you take your own notes. On paper retention is even better.

Cory Levy

                    @cory

                  24 Oct 2024

                what's the best meeting note taker?

i've never used one before but maybe will try


Getting a piece of that pie after a successful day at the Raise conference!


Wonder and Awe! Yes please! Ordering.


Get thee a flatbed.

Augustus Doricko

                    @ADoricko

                  25 Oct 2024

                For the love of Pete somebody sell me a pickup truck


[media-only post: video]


Elephant shoes

jaivin wylde

                    @jaivinwylde

                  25 Oct 2024

                olive juice


Wrote to a company’s board that lacks a CEO about a major issue. They have side stepped the complaint entirely and tried to hand me off to their general counsel who is in “the best position to find the right solution for you.”

My dudes, I have another solution for you.


Well said. Same goes for Oakland too.

jaivin wylde

                    @jaivinwylde

                  25 Oct 2024

                sf is actually really bad. you can keep to nicer areas but the bad parts are horrible.  would be great to just not have to navigate the zombie apocalypse when you wanna go outside


How to start weaning yourself off Big Pillow:

1. Start training yourself to sleep on your back as much as you can (you do not have to sleep on your back to get the benefits of getting rid of your pillow)

2. Use a very thin pillow or a t-shirt under your head. If you need to, you can move down in squish over time.

3. Place Big Pillow under your knees (a great spot for helping to sleep on one's back) or use it on other parts of your body to help with alignment.

Overall work to keep your neck in line with the rest of your spine.


How to get sober from Big Pillow

Danielle Strachman 💗 🐈 💃 🪴 🎸 🎨 🐕

                    @DStrachman

                  25 Oct 2024

                Replying to @tasshinfogleman
                How to start weaning yourself off Big Pillow:

1. Start training yourself to sleep on your back as much as you can (you do not have to sleep on your back to get the benefits of getting rid of your pillow)

2. Use a very thin pillow or a t-shirt under your head. If you need to, you can move down in squish over time.

3. Place Big Pillow under your knees (a great spot for helping to sleep on one's back) or use it on other parts of your body to help with alignment.

Overall work to keep your neck in line with the rest of your spine.


Perfect!

Replying to @NielsHoven @tasshinfogleman


These aren't thought leaders -- these are jokers.

Niels Hoven 🐮

                    @NielsHoven

                  25 Oct 2024

                It's fascinating to see "education thoughtleaders" who are not only unable to imagine the benefits of supporting high-achieving kids, they're unable to imagine a world where it's even possible!

I went to public school and took AP Calculus in 8th grade. For my entire school career, I was in group classes with kids no more than 2 years older than me, with the exception of 3rd-6th grade when I would do an hour of independent study during math class.

Every day when my 4th grader comes home, he asks how my conversations with his school are going because he's tired of being taught material he already knows.

Don't tell me that kids don't want to be challenged, and don't tell me that it's impossible for us to do so.


Lay on the ground, look up at the sky, do nothing

Ryan B. Anderson

                    @OldHollowTree

                  25 Oct 2024

                No one is bored anymore. That’s bad.


Bingo


Correction, “shouldn’t have”

LindyMan

                    @PaulSkallas

                  25 Oct 2024

                Salads don't need lettuce


How do we join yours? :)


This is what you need to decompress from the week.

Ryan B. Anderson

                    @OldHollowTree

                  26 Oct 2024

                MASTER WELSH STORY TELLER IS TALKING ABOUT BANSHEES! GET IN HERE!

nitter.poast.org/i/spaces/1BdxYEvjOryxX


Making my first batch of kombucha and listening to this is a perfect Friday evening.

Ryan B. Anderson

                    @OldHollowTree

                  26 Oct 2024

                HORRIFYING TALES! GRIM GHOST STORIES! LIVE!

nitter.poast.org/i/spaces/1BdxYEvjOryxX


For this particular team, it might be too nice to send to them!

Replying to @mkosma @WuTangClan @William_Blake


Maui falling asleep listening to @OldHollowTree read The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.


He is the sweetest!

Replying to @FedericoNoemie @OldHollowTree


Thank you @OldHollowTree -- this story time is exactly what my nervous system needed after a wound up week. You are a treasure!


Arting!


On and off — often a dabbler. First watercolor where I’ve applied any skill though so feeling pretty good about it as a first one!


Close -- glitter!


I personally invested in Niels' company because he is the only founder who gets reading and is building something great.


Soft now creates ow later. Your body will thank you for sleeping on something firm and no pillows.

bug girl@buggirl
                  26 Oct 2024

                i’m on a mission to make my bed the comfiest thing on earth does anyone have tips…….


Yes and now music again too.

Richard EveryWriter@realeverywriter
                  25 Oct 2024

                Do you still buy physical copies of books?


We just had our teen camp but I think your son might like it and would vibe well with our other wily makers :D. DM me your email and I can add you to updates for future ones! 1517.substack.com/p/2e-part-…


Upgrade your pjs!

Nick Gray

                    @nickgraynews

                  26 Oct 2024

                I would like this sauna and steam room in my VVIP private jet please


Rad!

Chris Turner

                    @_cturner

                  26 Oct 2024

                Done ✅


Some good Stephen King vibes here!


It wasn’t until I was in my late 30s that I realized that “Have we met? You look so familiar” in random places was a pick up line. Hard to have a conversation when the answer from me was, “Nope!” and a blank stair.


Except if you're Maui -- you're just happy to scamper back under the covers.

Janel Comeau 🍁@VeryBadLlama
                  27 Oct 2024

                imagine you wake up every day in room-sized bed. you are gently lifted from the covers and dressed in warmest sweaters each morning. your favourite foods are brought to you. you have no bills, no job, no responsibilities. but you are a chihuahua, so you are blind with rage.


If you’re looking for little pops of joy — this is an account to watch!

Stijn@MeneerS_
                  27 Oct 2024

                After studying a bunch of Rembrandt drawings today, I’ve now unlocked the ability to improvise little landscapes like this.


Best hoodie ever! See you there!


Meet your idols

Tod Novak

                    @todnovak

                  27 Oct 2024

                Unbelievable moment, ADELE seeing Céline Dion in the audience #Adele #CELINE


That's a 1517 bitch right there 🔥

Josie Zayner

                    @josiezayner

                  29 Oct 2024

                First Hereticon fit
Giving bitch who edits DNA vibes


Sci fi tech!

sophie

                    @netcapgirl

                  28 Oct 2024

                “it’s deep tech joe. some would say the deepest they’ve ever seen. it’s not just software anymore ok? it’s vertically integrated systems. not that software is bad. love software, in fact made a lot of money there ok? a lot of money. but this is deep tech we’re doing. the deepest”


.@EricMichaud just went through this and worked with one of the best audiologists in the Bay Area. He will have great tips.


Taking down Big Pillow, one sleeper at a time!


Me, kid? Never!


Young man, your future children implore you to STOP SMOKING!! ICK!!


Met Nicole recently and I am OBSESSED! NYC founders — she’s rad. Hang out!

Nicole Ripka

                    @nicole_ripka

                  29 Oct 2024

                Ever since I joined @betaworks I've been eager to gather some of NYCs best creative technologists for art, code and internet demos. I'm pleased to share that we're hosting the creative tech community for demos & talks next thursday eve.

Register here - spots are limited: lu.ma/rmbha83x

Demos By:
@tangle_ar_app @itseieio @WTTDOTM
@willrob4 @yufengzhao_ @winterblooms
@jimmyeatcarbs


Probably at my friend Nicole’s house. Will have to make it happen.


But the Twitter pic isn’t. You get this one free pass!


Yup, this was my first thought too! Great costume!


High standards for good men!


But he doesn’t have to post it!


I love Augustus too which is why I care enough to tell him to stop with the bullshit.


Convert made!

Kyle Hudson

                    @kylehudson

                  30 Oct 2024

                Replying to @DStrachman
                Love it! Great action movie moment there fending off that stray pillow.

But seriously I’m going to try it tonight. Neck pain for the past few months and hoping this will help.

Ditching the pillow! 🛌


Happy to help with some tips friend!


Yes!!!!

Hamayal Choudhry

                    @HamayalC

                  29 Oct 2024

                What’s everyone working on today? We just shipped a new arm.


Basically yes


My next heretical talk will be about why toxoplasmosis is good for you!

Danielle Strachman 💗 🐈 💃 🪴 🎸 🎨 🐕

                    @DStrachman

                  29 Oct 2024

                Taking down Big Pillow, one sleeper at a time!


Long ago!


Hereticon isn’t that heretical.


Everyone should have at least one boy cat.

Why you should have a cat

                    @ShouldHaveCat

                  30 Oct 2024

                Who needs a man when you have an obsessed boy cat? 😹❤


Parents are our first investors 💗

Arjun Rai 👨🏽🍳👨🏽💻🤵🏽♂@arjunraime
                  31 Oct 2024

                My Dad. An Investor. A Friend. Ty for supporting. ✌🏽✌🏽

Love,

Arjun, son.


Down with Big Pillow!

John Potter spirit/acc

                    @potterlab

                  31 Oct 2024

                Replying to @pmarca
                pillows are a lie

down with big pillow


Home sweet home!


Yeah he’s a total keeper.

Simone Syed

                    @SimoneSyed

                  30 Oct 2024

                Just ran into @PalmerLuckey in the elevator and I quipped - "I'm so sad you didn't come to my spa today!" and I was struck with the most sincere and kind -"I'm sorry, I was stuck in meetings for all day!" and being a genuine human is just so based 💕


Happy Reformation Day!

1517 Fund

                    @1517fund

                  31 Oct 2024

                When universities tell us that you cannot get an education without their indulgences...


💖

                    @twaniimals

                  31 Oct 2024


Baller!


You know you went to Hereticon when you expectantly stare at your toilet seat waiting to raise itself only to be disappointed.


Miami :)


Someone told me that Grace is being present to the presence of god.


Looked up the exact quote (because I was really floored by this too) and she told me, “Grace is being in the presence of god and being present to god's presence.” It’s a lot to sit with and I love it! Best definition of Grace that I have ever experienced.


Why you should have a cat

                    @ShouldHaveCat

                  31 Oct 2024

                fresh out of the OVEN 🍞


When you drop into an underground Halloween party and realize you are dressed as everyone’s work nightmare — their parents!


gn

Why you should have a cat

                    @ShouldHaveCat

                  2 Nov 2024

                smol gentleman sleeps in his tuxedo😍


I feel attacked.

rose

                    @wynrosei

                  1 Nov 2024

                if she randomly starts cleaning everything, just let her. it’s not because the house is a mess, it’s because her mind is


The goat killing in Atlas Shrugged left me in tears. My bf at the time noted that it was weird that I was crying over animals but not over the inhumane behavior towards fellow men. Let the squirrel bring the tears and let the rage bring change.

Mario Nawfal

                    @MarioNawfal

                  1 Nov 2024

                🚨🇺🇸 PEANUT THE SQUIRREL DEAD AFTER NY DEC SEIZURE

Mark Longo revealed that the New York Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) euthanized his pet squirrel, Peanut, within 48 hours of seizing it from his home without a warrant.

Mark had raised Peanut from infancy after rescuing it when its mother died.

The squirrel, a viral sensation, helped raise funds for animal sanctuaries.

Longo criticizes the DEC’s actions, calling the abrupt loss of his beloved pet unjust and heartless.

Source: @ianmiles


This whole oldest daughter content 😭

rose

                    @wynrosei

                  2 Nov 2024

                they said nobody isolates more than the oldest daughter that knows no one is coming to save her


Wholesome is as wholesome does.

Wejolyn 🇺🇸

                    @Wejolyn

                  3 Nov 2024

                Happy Sunday … extra hour


Orange manx is a vibe!

Why you should have a cat

                    @ShouldHaveCat

                  4 Nov 2024

                orange cat behavior


Congrats to the Positron Team!!!

Positron AI

                    @positron_ai

                  28 Oct 2024

                Thrilled to be listed as one of @theinformation's 50 Most Promising Startups for 2024!

In just 18 months, we've gone from concept to shipping Atlas, making LLMs accessible and affordable to more businesses. Huge thanks to our team, investors, and early customers who believed in our vision.

Many thanks to @anissagardizy8 and @theinformation team for the recognition.

theinformation.com/projects/…

#AIComputing #TheInformation50


Wholesomeness in action! Smiles, sunshine, and brotherhood 💗

Augustus Doricko

                    @ADoricko

                  6 Nov 2024

                I often reflect on this joyful image of @isaiah_p_taylor and I golfing.

Providence at work, fortelling decades of great joy and consequence, I believe.


Can never get enough of this:

open.spotify.com/track/0crY7…


What’s wild is that it’s not at Series D!

James Sinka - Boston & SF

                    @jamessinka

                  7 Nov 2024

                Wild


Maybe when we do office hours on campuses we should just print out a stack of these and silently hand them out before a chat. H/t @William_Blake


Brilliant!


"A critical quality to develop in life is the willingness to try. You simply must find enough confidence to give it a go. The human mind is fabulous at learning. You will get better at whatever you practice. But before you can develop the skill to succeed, you must find the courage to attempt." - James Clear


When your vibe is gnomes & art > books


The gnome attended!


1984 Farming

Lucas Frye@lucas3frye
                  7 Nov 2024

                The past/future paired together will unstrap us from our age of stasis.

A taste of what this sounds like, after years of work tinkering in to place amber.ag hand-in-hand with farmers:


gm

Buitengebieden

                    @buitengebieden

                  7 Nov 2024

                Dog enjoying the music.. 😊


We don’t talk enough about the lost lives from elite universities.

MIT is responsible for Aaron Swartz’ death and elite universities are responsible for the death and grueling depression, anxiety, and suicide attempts of some of our brightest minds.

Susan Swartz@beadmomsw
                  8 Nov 2024

                Aaron Swartz would/should be 38 years old today.


Investors don’t like to hear this but our best companies don’t write updates 🤷♀

We have checkins with our founders so we don’t need a written form from them. When they are doing well we “surprise attack” them with more capital.

Do things that don’t scale with your founders. Huge upside.

Eric Bahn 💛

                    @ericbahn

                  8 Nov 2024

                Founders who share monthly updates with full metrics gain the most trust from their investors, and certainly have higher likelihood to get more capital later.

It’s amazing how few do this.


Lol! My favorite phrase!


I think the written word can really help people to synthesize information and ongoings, no doubt! I just don't think it has to look a particular way or at a particular cadence.


Peanut butter!

Why you should have a cat

                    @ShouldHaveCat

                  8 Nov 2024

                Her name is the last food you ate


Thank you!


Pick me pick me!!!


She can present at OODA next year!


gn

Emily Jane Rothwell 🖤🌸🖋@emjanerothwell
                  9 Nov 2024

                Sweet dreams & stay cozy, everyone ♥ (art by Chris Dunn)


The newly minted 40 year olds are alright!


This whole taking a nap thing and waking up and it’s dark out thing is bullshit.


Halloween karaoke + Rocky = Chef’s Kiss.

retrocvnt

                    @retrocvnty

                  8 Nov 2024

                This is the best character entrance in any movie


Josie Zayner

                    @josiezayner

                  10 Nov 2024

                The responses to this are pretty indicative of what I see and experience in tech

Very little depth and investment in arts, culture & experiences, in fact so little it's almost baffling

If Dune 2 brings you true awe, let me tell you buddy, you need to experience more of life


People can have incredibly narcissistic tendencies. What happens when they hear about or see someone doing something different is that it's threatening to their sense of self and/or somehow "about them." My dudes and sisters, it ain't about you! That may be the biggest shocker of all!


It's true! Present company included. I can't tell you the number of times I've talked to my coach about how much my bf ordering a very large ice cream (with all the toppings, etc) just eats away at me.

Me: it's too much, too excessive, wasteful.....

Her: Why don't you let yourself have a large ice cream?


We often talk about how being two standard deviations out on curiosity is one of the traits that we look for @1517fund. Great example from one of our old Thiel Fellows, Vitalik, here.

Vitalik: An Ethereum Story@EthereumFilm
                  18 Oct 2024

                Vitalik has and always will be a world builder. Here's an excerpt from "Vitalik: An Ethereum Story", currently streaming on chain for only 48 more hours!

Share with a friend who needs to see it this weekend. And keep building. Ethereumfilm.xyz


Getting pumped to cruise through some overwhelm and getting into action. First step, putting on "The Greatest Showman." Let's get this!


Dadding on excellent mode!

Positive Side of 𝕏

                    @positivesideofx

                  10 Nov 2024

                I really love this kind of parenting ❤

🎥: dottoos & itsmaliasworld & lifeofprincey on IG.


gn


Sending lots of hugs! Ibuprofen has also been proven to help with emotional pain management.


It's also when you learn to get rid of your big pillows!

Michael Ashcroft

                    @m_ashcroft

                  12 Nov 2024

                as I approach 37 I’m realising that one’s 30s are for paying close attention to how one’s body is likely to fall apart if not corrected, and then to be diligent about not letting it fall apart in those specific ways


Woodland fae VC -- roger that!

Titania

                    @TitaniasRealm

                  12 Nov 2024

                "Dress for the job you want, not the job you have"

Me on my to work:


Let's go! I've known him for 15 years. He is a great friend, father, and leader. Excited to hopefully see him at the helm!

Crémieux

                    @cremieuxrecueil

                  14 Nov 2024

                There is a clear choice for Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services: Jim O'Neill (@regardthefrost)🧵

Jim has given more than a decade of service to America. He shares @elonmusk's vision for small government and @RobertfKennedJr's vision for a healthier America.


"Yes I did!"

Yes you did buddy!

So awesome to to see his progress and satisfaction growing!

Niels Hoven 🐮

                    @NielsHoven

                  14 Nov 2024

                Here’s my 2 year old reading 🥰

Ask me how long it took to teach him


100%!! Better health for all!


"I called my parents and then I called you!"

Big congrats to @SunirKM (2E camper and 1517 grantee) for receiving an Emergent Ventures grant.

Onward and upward!


Bros have new heights to reach!

Garrett Scott 🕳

                    @thegarrettscott

                  14 Nov 2024

                I’m convinced the “Zuck rebrand” is nothing more than him deciding to stop listening to any PR people and start just doing whatever the heck he wants.

There isn’t a PR person on earth who could have cooked this up. Just a dude loving his wife and having a good time. Goes hard.


Incredible!!!

Replying to @vhmth @elonmusk @VivekGRamaswamy


You're a mensch!


The very definition of a mensch! :D <3


Very city but not necessarily better people!


Back when I was teacher I used the same methodology that Mentava uses with students for reading and found the same thing that bilingual students had wonderful outcomes!

Niels Hoven 🐮

                    @NielsHoven

                  15 Nov 2024

                Replying to @NielsHoven
                The world would be a better place if every person who noticed a problem decided to create a solution


Ratio matters!


You might say the same about anyone who completes a PhD!


The DISTAR method (in this book and also what Mentava is based on: amazon.com/Teach-Your-Child-…) is my favorite!


That they will have the ability to benefit from radical life extension.

Emily Zanotti 🦝

                    @emzanotti

                  18 Nov 2024

                I’m crowdsourcing for an article: what are some good reasons to have kids? I don’t want ideological or particularly religious reasons — I’ve got those — but what has pop culture really gotten wrong about parenting?


If you don't ask, you don't get.

Zelda

                    @zeldapoem

                  19 Nov 2024

                If you want something, you need to ask

Just ask for it


Love this as a purge mentality!

Simon Sarris

                    @simonsarris

                  19 Nov 2024

                In my personal opinion the very first step is doing without.

You don't have to have the prettiest things. But you cannot have anything bad or ugly. No chemical blue dawn dish soap container, no lime green sponge. Remove ugliness and even a messy space will look inviting.


[media-only post: gif]

Anna Gát

                    @TheAnnaGat

                  19 Nov 2024

                Replying to @DStrachman
                Chose violence and went to sleep


Anna is amazing!


Congrats to the Slayback family! Little Joseph is going to be such a good big brother!

Marlo Slayback

                    @marlo_safi

                  19 Nov 2024

                Slayback boy #2 was born at 11:15 last night 🎂


RAGE little Zelda! Adorable and fierce are a good combo!


Nautilus is how we create a better and more beautiful society. The best belief capital is a combination of resources and mentorship -- people who believe in you and the future that you want to bring fourth!

Apply to the program if you're a young quirky maker and apply to be a patron to be a modern day Medici!

Zelda

                    @zeldapoem

                  19 Nov 2024

                Announcing Nautilus: A three-month gap program where you get paid –no strings attached– to dive into your craziest, most ambitious project.

Yes, you read that right. Come live with us in San Francisco and build the next Renaissance.

How it works:


I wish X would let us change typos after 24 hrs. Fourth = forth lol.


Thank you kindly!


No no no. Let's be really really clear here. I get angry when you don't buckle during the FREAKIN' LANDING! Like hello, that is some acceleration!


Tell that to his mom!


Please tell me this is old!

Replying to @ryan_huang_1 @zeldapoem @William_Blake @ADoricko


New unlock is having a founder post some of his art work in the founder group chat and then engaging other founders to do the same -- we have a lot of artists in 1517. Didn't think that chat could get much better!


Feel the same way being in Oakland


In my time working with Jim at the Thiel Foundation he was always kind and made a point to hear all ideas, considering them with a thorough thoughtfulness. Excited to have Jim with HHS!

Jim O’Neill

                    @regardthefrost

                  27 Nov 2024

                I’m extremely honored to be nominated by @realDonaldTrump and excited to support @RobertKennedyJr and the great people of @HHSGov to make America healthy again.


Germans gotta German.

Ryan B. Anderson

                    @OldHollowTree

                  26 Nov 2024

                Most Europeans: Haha Father Christmas is here! Yes! YES!

Germans for some reason: oh no it is Cramps Von Bushnipple to spank me vith his little broom and steal mine kinder! Oh no teehee!

Why are the Germans like this?


“That’s how you become great man, hang your balls out there” - Jerry Maguire

Guildfather

                    @tasshinfogleman

                  28 Nov 2024

                i'm that motherfucker who actually acts on his ideas. the little tiny ones that seem like they don't matter. the big audacious ones that take years to execute, decades to show up for. the really weird ones i don't understand. the batshit crazy ones that take balls of steel


Joe -- stop showing off your balls! We know you have huge cajones!


Do they have sleepovers at church?


This is the only way...came here to post that. Glad to be amongst friends.


It truly is! My mind is still piecing together what it means to be part of a culture than hold a 600+ year time scale through visceral lineage and honoring the grace of god in every natural thing.


Not nearly as much as I should. But I do have some great stories about my grandfather being smuggled over on a ship in a steamer trunk when he was 5. I have a pretty long lineage of women in the family not giving a shit about authority and tradition and doing things their own way (including getting my grandfather to America after being told that she couldn't take all 3 of her children with her).


Chat, I believe it was!

p.s. We have our annual meeting this week and we will be "educating" our dear LPs in Gen Alpha/Z speak.


I really wanted to go to Team Labs but my mom and I didn't make it there. She's not super steady on her feet and I thought that some of the dark rooms could be hard for her. I did go to Team Labs when they came to the Bay and I loved it (some friends had nearly spiritual experiences going too)!


Hey Chat, my mom and I got back from Japan last week. Had a great time! Thank you for the suggestions.

If you go to Tokyo, there is one thing you must do. Go to the Bonsai Museum. My mind has been blown ever since -- a much higher high than psychedelics when you're looking into a tree that is 600 years old, cultivated by the human spirit, and you know that it will surpass you.


Only downside to buying gingersnaps for my dog to help with nausea is believing that I could actually resist the cookies myself.


People ask us a lot about the traits we look for in founders. Sometimes it comes down to two blokes being on a makeshift stage, laughing and singing, with the glimmer of an audience.

Michael P Gibson

                    @William_Blake

                  3 Dec 2024

                The best angel investors  know this: great things looks like dorks but sound like gold


Xmas Miracle!

no@zedonarrival
                  8 Dec 2024

                huge news.. i’ve had chips for 5 years and this week she finally started sitting on my lap which i previously accepted she’d never do in her life


She has a few more years before she figures out that 10 is too late :)

Codie Sanchez

                    @Codie_Sanchez

                  8 Dec 2024

                Dear old people:

Waking up early, being married, going to church, reading books, going to bed at 10pm, drinking less, and staying home more is actually amazing.

Sorry I was wrong.


I don't know what you mean here but alrighty then!


This is the way! (or maybe by 9:30)


Inflation has really jumped the shark when an advent calendar costs....$75!!!


That's adorable. What time do you get up?


Ah. Thank you for the info!


I would like to be a 5am riser...and I have been when I went to bed at 8:30pm. Great work on getting up before the sun!


I realize that she might think old people are 30 lol.


Sleep is for the wicked!

Replying to @ElusiveDepths @Seraph_Notitia


Carebears are out Monchichi is in!


If you don't say that this is hideous, I will be upset.


Real life long learning is seen across families -- not just a concept for children.

Homeschool Life LLC | Jonathan Prescott

                    @Homeschool_LLC

                  9 Dec 2024

                When you homeschool, it’s not just your children who learn - parents learn or relearn as well and both build relationships together.


DOWN


Gotta play me some Magic!!! Thank you @WizLikeWizard


I have played probably about ten times...I enjoy it but am limited in my scope :)


And that is rad that you were so involved -- sounds really fun! Was it?!


@zeldapoem


Polytropon cat is gonna get it done! You can too!

owen cyclops

                    @owenbroadcast

                  18 Dec 2024


Good question! Not sure!


Just ordered 2! Fun, calming, focused...what's not to love?

shai 🌻

                    @shaiunterslak

                  19 Dec 2024

                My girlfriend quit her big 4 accounting job last month w no plan or experience building a business

Last night she sold 28 Sudoku books / journals while we were asleep

So proud, damn🥹


Whole lot of nope right there!


You know it brother! No pillows!

Replying to @BensBeardButter @cremieuxrecueil


In 1722, sixteen-year-old Benjamin Franklin wrote a column in the Boston Courant under a pen-name, mocking Harvard, he wrote:

"...extreme folly of those Parents, who, blind to their Children's Dulness, and insensible of the Solidarity of their Skulls, because they think their Purses can afford it, will need send them to the Temple of Learning, where for want of a suitable Genius, they learn little more than how to carry themselves handsomely and enter a Room genteely (which might as well be acquired at a Dancing-School), and from whence they return, after abundance of trouble and Charges, as great Blockheads as ever, only more proud and conceited."

Franklin, of course, skipped college and moved to Philadelphia to start building.

H/t to Aiden from our community sharing OG 1517 content!


will check it out! Thank you!


Anna (1517 Maverick): Did you know that taxation starting because of castles?

Me: I did not! Lucky us!

*Laughter ensues*

Me: But wait, where's my castle?

Anna: We call them aircraft carriers now...


parsnips are the most underrated vegetable


Always!


NUTS!

audrey hepburn enthusiast@darylandfilms
                  29 Dec 2024

                big fan of movie bloopers in general but watching old hollywood actors mess up and cuss with their transatlantic accents makes these even more enjoyable


incredible vibe...also, it was already over!


Young man -- I have eyes and ears EVERYWHERE! Time to take up better hobbies for 2025!

Replying to @ADoricko @techbrospod @WillManidis @natfriedman @eladgil @elonmusk @finkd


Trader Joe's...

Chris Paik

                    @cpaik

                  2 Jan 2025

                VC firm performance ranked by hand soap in bathrooms:

Top quartile: Loewe, Softsoap
Upper quartile: Byredo
Lower quartile: Mrs. Meyer’s
Bottom quartile: Aesop


Or adopt and just show everyone how much you really wanted them.


Variable reinforcement is also a much stronger mechanism

Niels Hoven 🐮

                    @NielsHoven

                  2 Jan 2025

                A common mistake with rewarding kids is making it a long-term tradition, eg a piece of candy every time they clean their room.

You don’t want to frame a task as a “the bad thing that I need to get paid to do”

Using rewards as motivation is best done short-term, for getting over temporary humps and initial habit formation.

Rewards are ideal when the activity you’re encouraging becomes either (1) more fun or (2) easier with practice

Eg bribe kids to go to ski lessons and then they get hooked on skiing

Eg use gamified software to learn reading fundamentals and then it gets way easier


Raising children is huge!

A family I worked with adopted their twin boys as infants and I loved their frame on it. They said that their souls were all supposed to be with each other and that there wasn't any other way it would go (so the boys didn't have the narrative about being "given up" or anything like that). I really loved that -- it was about finding each other and being 100% in. Nothing embarrassing about finding your soulmates.


Intention for 2025:

Manage my energy as much, if not more than, my time

Do 1 - 3 things I'm procrastinating on daily


1. Delegation

2. More no/Prioritization

3. Leaving space on my calendar for spontaneity


Y'all should be banjo maxxing.

Dudes Posting Their W’s

                    @DudespostingWs

                  2 Jan 2025

                Dude plays a banjo on a mountain and a little Fox shows up to listen


Sometimes being very late to the party works in your favor. Just finished the first season of Severance yesterday...only waiting 13 days for season 2!


I was surprised how much I enjoyed it and was relieved to hear that I didn't need to wait 3 years for the next installment lol.


Or working out, or doing a focused task, or...

feyisayo 💸

                    @feyiszn

                  4 Jan 2025

                The worst thing you can do while cleaning is sit down for a minute 😭


Sunday post holidays -- one more cup of hot chocolate to keep the spirit going!

Monday onward!


Anyone have a good hack for getting creatine daily? I think mixing into a latte is my best bet but curious if there are other solutions I'm not thinking of.


Can't wait to talk about this -- I think over optimization sucks up far too much time/energy so curious to hear your thinking for 2024 and 2025.


This is going to make me move into my biscuit phase

Kelly@CheerfulReader
                  7 Jan 2025

                To all the haters:


A new era dawns!

Principal Jon

                    @Principal_Jon

                  7 Jan 2025

                My daughter's love of sewing has prompted household changes.

Kids will be sharing rooms in order to create a maker space room with sewing, 3d printing, and the other crafts they love.


You have yet to meet all the beings who will love you!

WeRateDogs

                    @dog_rates

                  6 Jan 2025

                This is Hazelnut. She is both teeny tiny and comfy cozy. Dynamite combo. 12/10

                        ALT  a tiny brown and grey dapple dachshund puppy is curled up on a bright white sofa, she barely takes up any space on the cushion. her eyes are shut tight as she snoozes. her back paws are tucked up toward her head and she holds onto them with her front paws. please be so quiet so as not to wake her.


This is the best!


this is a good way to describe my cooking style, thank you!


Ghee, salmon, mushrooms, and potatoes all in 15 min yesterday in the cast iron pan!

Adam James Pollock

                    @AdamPollock

                  8 Jan 2025

                You do not need an air fryer. You do not need a slow cooker. You do not need an instant pot.

All you need is a sharp knife, a wooden spoon, and a couple of good pots and pans. Invest your time in learning how to cook rather than your money in another gadget to plug in.


Updated!

Replying to @DStrachman @generaldynamism


Needz to meetz himz next week


Attended and it was a great time! Really thorough talk  about housing in Toronto and great discussion after. If you're in Toronto, go to the next one!

The Toronto Society

                    @_torontosociety

                  10 Jan 2025

                First lecture complete. The start of something special.


I have a whole box of dongles I've been hesitating for years to throw away...I was so close!

Russell

                    @theramblingfool

                  10 Jan 2025

                Every man's worse nightmare came true for me today.

For years I've accumulated all the cables I've ever had into a drawer-- you know the drawer. After years of collecting dust, I finally convinced myself I could throw away my VGA cables.

A few months later, I need a VGA cable.


Replying to @julianweisser @amiyoshimura_ @ani_pai @jaentwistle @tylerwillis


Really interesting "first follower" effect here. First guy is definitely a hero but the second guy is the one that made it possible for the group effect to take off.

non aesthetic things

                    @PicturesFoIder

                  10 Jan 2025

                One guy changed the entire outcome of this video 🤯


It's only creepy if she puts a speaker underneath that plays "Every Breath You Take" on loop.

zach

                    @swe_zach

                  11 Jan 2025

                My girlfriend gave me an image of her eyeball for Christmas. Is this romantic or insane? (Poll below)


Gorgeous colors on you! You're beaming!


This is like when founders stay at my house with my bf and dog when I'm not there (which I love both when I'm there and when I'm not). A full house is a loved home!

TaraBull

                    @TaraBull

                  11 Jan 2025

                Son's friend shows up to eat and the son isn't even in town


A new purchase is in my future!

Replying to @BensBeardButter @depressionlesss


Thanks! Been banging that drum for 15 years from the start of the @thielfellowship and 10 years with @1517fund

Replying to @kanoj_vora @AdamDraper @William_Blake


Different era, still vibes for days!


Shenanigans abound. Is it too on the nose that we are cruising in a kidnapper van?


I’ve been informed that kidnapper vans have tinted windows. We are a homeschool van!

Danielle Strachman 💗 🐈 💃 🪴 🎸 🎨 🐕

                    @DStrachman

                  15 Jan 2025

                Shenanigans abound. Is it too on the nose that we are cruising in a kidnapper van?


Sushi without sauces on it


Save the babies

𝕏 Dogs

                    @_XDogs

                  14 Jan 2025

                "So I’m driving down the road this morning and the cars in front of me are driving over a black thing in the road. It’s going between their tires so I’m guessing it’s a box. It’s a kitten just sitting upright shaking like a leaf. And some asshole had spread glue on its paws and stuck it to the road. I thought maybe it walked through glue somewhere but after looking at it, that was totally spread into her paws. She was wet and freezing and literally glued to the road. And NO ONE STOPPED. 😳 What the f$&k people??? I slammed on my brakes and stopped all the traffic and put my hazards on and got out and pealed her off the road. People were honking and all pissy....really??? It’s a kitten glued to the road!! So after a goo gone bath and some food and cream we have a new kitten. Luckiest kitten in the world!"


Heading to St. Louis tomorrow -- first time there! We're hosting office hours and a 1517 dinner. If you're a maker/founder (and *especially* if in high school, college, a dropout, or in sci fi tech) in the area reach out!


Can’t wait!!


Good lord, what have I done?!

Danielle Strachman 💗 🐈 💃 🪴 🎸 🎨 🐕

                    @DStrachman

                  21 Jan 2025

                Heading to St. Louis tomorrow -- first time there! We're hosting office hours and a 1517 dinner. If you're a maker/founder (and *especially* if in high school, college, a dropout, or in sci fi tech) in the area reach out!


Cats, cats, and more cats!

Ryan B. Anderson

                    @OldHollowTree

                  20 Jan 2025

                I am dead serious about this.

In your lifetime, your town, city, or other governing body will likely attempt to outlaw cats being left outside unattended.

Do not allow this to happen.

They are the only domestic animal that is allowed to wander freely.

Liberty manifest.


Too real…


I don't make the rules but the cat that headbutts you is your cat.


True artistry!


Reminds me of the hack in “Talk So Kids Will Listen, and Listen So Kids Will Talk” (great read for communicating with anyone!) of saying what you see out loud without putting a name to it:

Ex: “I see laundry on the floor” and whoever is in earshot picks up laundry.

Works great with humans of all ages.

Martha

                    @SharpeMartha

                  22 Jan 2025

                Sometimes I use the "put things on the table" parenting hack:
- put out a bag of carrots and they get eaten
- put out a bin of Legos and they get played with
- put out some markers and paper and they get colored


I love all their pieces! Craftsman to the core.


Feel that! I tried on a ring at a place called Pave in Oakland (check it out) and it literally made me cry because it was so beautiful. It was also something like $5K so it stayed there but wow!


Incredible

derek guy

                    @dieworkwear

                  22 Jan 2025

                this is what you guys look like in your quarter zips


You can just build things


Will is awesome! Let's get him in a cool house for the summer!

Will Carkner

                    @CarknerWill

                  23 Jan 2025

                hey! i'm moving to sf from May to August to work on hardware @ Lumindt (energy storage co)

excited to meet some of you while I'm there, but also looking to find housing with interesting people.

if you know of any group houses or people looking for roomies, shoot me a DM!


Guys, this is the dream team (or roommates rather). Perfect match!

Replying to @hoomanrenezhad @parmita @aidangch @CarknerWill


Damn dude


Fine!

Ryan B. Anderson

                    @OldHollowTree

                  23 Jan 2025

                Fine. I will.


Incredible!

dumbass💟☃@adequatelyjed
                  23 Jan 2025

                the seafoam froze as the tide was going out today, not quite sure i’ve seen this before


This would make my life so much better!

Brooks Otterlake@i_zzzzzz
                  22 Jan 2025

                People should also put up “NEW CAT” posters around the neighborhood so it’s not all just bad news


Holy fun!

AccuWeather

                    @accuweather

                  22 Jan 2025

                A group of nuns and a priest made the most of a rare snow day in Metairie, Louisiana, near New Orleans.


gn

WeRateDogs

                    @dog_rates

                  23 Jan 2025

                This is Jupiter. He is the sleeping dog that every cartoon of a sleeping dog is based on. 13/10


My kinda ASMR

Alex Forbes

                    @AlexForbesOps

                  23 Jan 2025

                I’ve said it once and I’ll say it again.

Watching masters at their craft never gets old.


Pink magnolia is so wonderful!


It's gonna get better when @OldHollowTree sells honey though!


How legit is it when a board member puts his wife in leadership of a company (about to skyrocket) while kicking out a founder?


You're a good man!


Let the sunshine in!


Srsly.


Ha!


Good one!


Papa Johnson ready with the spankings!

Bryan Johnson

                    @bryan_johnson

                  24 Jan 2025

                It's Jan 24th and you motherfuckers are back in bad habits. Aren't going to bed on time, eating too much food, and haven't exercised in days. You scroll too much, eat too close to bedtime, and your mental health is not great.  Get your shit together.

Life systems and habits will get you there. Never trust yourself to make the right decision. You won't. Trust systems to save you from yourself.

1. Build your life around sleep. High quality sleep boosts your willpower which you need to build these new systems.

2. Exercise every day. No excuses.

3. Just one simple thing on food: eat your final meal of the day 2-4 hours before bed.

Show yourself some respect and master these three basics.


Is this isn't your vibe at work, you're in the wrong work.


Incredible founder swag

Noémie

                    @FedericoNoemie

                  26 Jan 2025

                Another day in San Francisco


How it feels when your peeps get an O-1 🌞🇺🇸

youtube.com/watch?v=HasaQvHC…


Love trains!

will depue

                    @willdepue

                  26 Jan 2025

                took the 24 hour train from sf to seattle last weekend. so incredibly beautiful and actually quite productive. was only ~$150 ticket too.


The conductor on @SFBART just wished us safe travels dropping us off at SFO.

The most unsafe part of my recent trips have been aggressive and delusional passengers on BART.

Thanks for the thoughts and prayers.


If pain is the new good, then yes!


I’m so sorry :(. I love public transit but I don’t love the crazy.


All of Twitter is buying this honey!

Ryan B. Anderson

                    @OldHollowTree

                  27 Jan 2025

                We have a lot of work to do between now and May for our big apiary expansion (ten more hives!) but the work is good and is a blessing.


Best way to follow up is with actual information or something interesting.

Noémie

                    @FedericoNoemie

                  27 Jan 2025

                Instead of "friendly nudge", try "beep boop beep boop"


And while he’s reading Japanese and showing us all how to do zen life, he’s also fielding legal questions from me on a Sunday afternoon to help a founder getting kicked in the gut by his board. Legend!

Augie

                    @augierakow

                  27 Jan 2025

                派手かもしれないけど、意外と自然に、料理をしながら読書。

多材料の炒め物を作るとき、それぞれの材料を別個に炒めてから最後の最後に一緒に混ぜて味をつけると、色が互いに滲まず、味も色も鮮やかに仕上がるということに最近気づいた。よく準備しておかないとといけないといけない上、炒めるにも時間がかかるけど、その分美味しく仕上がる気がする。というか、妻もそう言ってくれる。

そして、待っている間、本を読む時間も開くことに気づいた。1ページ分読んで、炒め物を混ぜて、また1ページ分読む具合になる。今日は、@hanahtm1102 の読了ポストのおかげで知った藤崎翔の『神様の裏の顔』。


Bang on!

Banger Archive

                    @bangerarchive

                  28 Jan 2025

                banger @collision


In Toronto and want to meet thoughtful people and hear from great speakers? 1517 is sponsoring the lecture by @ansonyuu coming up!

The Toronto Society

                    @_torontosociety

                  10 Dec 2024

                Announcing The Viaduct Winter 2025 Lecture Series.

Tickets and details below.


Looking over a deck about men's testosterone needs and realize the irony in sending a woman (and usually only women) a pitch deck about women's health and also sending a woman a pitch about men's health because women just care about health for everybody.


Energy management wins

James Clear

                    @JamesClear

                  27 Jan 2025

                Before you try to increase your willpower, try to decrease the friction in your environment.


Never lost it!


Also can't wait to try "beep boop beep!" with LPs lol.


Calicos are the dogs of the cat world


Down with big pillow but up with pillow forts!

rebelEducator

                    @rebelEducator

                  28 Jan 2025

                Does the average American kid need more time


You know you’re doing the cross training when you can nail this!

belakboy

                    @itsbelakboy

                  27 Jan 2025

                the microphone catch into the dip??? I need to go to a Drag Show in the Philippines so bad 😭


When you land in one of the greatest cities in the world and make a B-line for ice cream at 11:50pm on a Monday.


And I can hear the two step bar across the street — not gonna lie, want to race over.


We call this big sister energy

Robert Greene

                    @RobertGreene

                  27 Jan 2025

                Your own level of excitement and self-belief will convince people that you know where you are going and should be followed.


Feeling like this but going to bed! Gn!

Doglover

                    @puppiesDoglover

                  27 Jan 2025

                😍😍


Why you need a dog 💗

NO CONTEXT HUMANS

                    @HumansNoContext

                  27 Jan 2025

                Man trying to catch his dog around two girls doing yoga


Can’t wait for AI to fund our lives and  infrastructure.

VC will pivot not to highly scalable products because that will be easy.

We will be funding artisanal handblown sconces, great grandma’s secret brownies, and soulful fragrant backyard pipe tobacco.

PG’s “do things they don’t scale” will be more true than ever.

Eric Bahn 💛

                    @ericbahn

                  28 Jan 2025

                It's happening. AI is changing the landscape of VC, and I think it's gonna be a bit tough for megafunds to navigate.

I've noticed that several of our very best founders are getting pre-emptive offers for Series A/B, but are turning down capital because they don't see the need to raise more capital. They are keeping their teams small, but still growing at crazy venture scale.

In general, this is great for Silicon Valley. Having cheaper tools to build your company is always great thing, requiring less money to raise.

And, this is also going to be a big reckoning for multi-stage funds. How are they going to effectively deploy into the best teams, when money is no longer the carrot that founders are hungry for?

All of us in VC need to evolve. It's no longer enough to have capital. You need a real value prop (distribution, network, something else) to serve founders.

This is an exciting time!!


Can’t wait to fund this new future with you!


So proud of what our grantees build! @MoMonuments


Gn

trailcam

                    @Trail_Cams

                  28 Jan 2025


Gravity wells

tao te chic

                    @taotechic

                  29 Jan 2025

                some people have a presence so strong it feels like your consciousness warps the more you inch closer. I’m a committed student to studying this phenomena


Everyone should adopt a neighbor

Restoring Your Faith in Humanity

                    @HumanityChad

                  28 Jan 2025

                This is the sweetest thing ever 🥺


💗 I invite the man nextdoor over for holidays and we exchange hugs whenever we’re on the street. It’s the sweetest!


So proud of @_cturner and the whole team at Moonrise! Let’s get that VC cash flowing in! Accelerate!

motherjones.com/politics/202…


Fabulous article! Thanks for visiting. Let 1000 Moonrises bloom!

Couple corrections:

1. We are a fund, not an accelerator (we don’t believe in them)

2. I’m Jewish 🤣


When we first evaluated Moonrise we were thinking a $100K check to be supportive of the cause. But after the pitch we immediately increased to $500K.

Chris and the Risers are building the future we think every child deserves.

Let 1000 Moonrises bloom!

Danielle Strachman 💗 🐈 💃 🪴 🎸 🎨 🐕

                    @DStrachman

                  29 Jan 2025

                So proud of @_cturner and the whole team at Moonrise! Let’s get that VC cash flowing in! Accelerate!

motherjones.com/politics/202…


Picture them as if they are 5.


I get a new pet for every new fund


So glad to see more young women (and men) understanding fertility cycles.

I’ve practiced FAM (fertility awareness method) for 20 years.

Quick breakdown of the OP:

Yes, women are fertile for approximately 24 hrs, once per cycle.

But, men are fertile 100% of the time and semen can survive 5 days once they make the journey. If there is cervical mucous present (for those not in the know, it’s like an egg white consistency and you’ll find it in underwear) that shit is potent (helps preserve sperm and helps it get to the egg).

So, read up, get a BBT thermometer, and know what you’re doing as a biotracking woman 🌡

bird 🐇

                    @oliveegger

                  29 Jan 2025

                YOU CAN ONLY GET PREGNANT IN ONE 5ISH DAY PERIOD OF YOUR CYCLE. YOUR CYCLE PHASES CAN BE ABNORMAL LENGTHS IF YOU OVULATE EARLY OR LATER BUT YOU STILL ONLY HAVE ONE FEW DAY PERIOD THAT YOU CAN BECOME PREGNANT


Fav book on the topic: a.co/d/2Dp4JOo

Learning how my body actually worked and understanding my own personal rhythms was very powerful for me.

Would encourage most women to track for at least a few months because it’s super eye opening even if you’re obtaining from sex or not interested in using it for contraceptive purposes.


Can we ban reposting videos of people doing horrific or disgusting things to each other?


When your prayers are received!

Why you should have a cat

                    @ShouldHaveCat

                  29 Jan 2025

                This man looooves you. 😭


Implementing now. Thank you!


I have also become increasingly put off by posts with really emotionally intimate moments. Like, why are you recording and putting on Twitter a mom seeing her child wake up from a coma. Some things are sacred.


Where my lefties at?!

Sesame Street

                    @sesamestreet

                  30 Jan 2025

                Life is more fun when you use the whole box of markers.


Nice control  of your values!


When they call out Snowden at the airport.


Stop everything 💗

Why you should have a cat

                    @ShouldHaveCat

                  30 Jan 2025

                this video has changed my life forever i need u guys to look at this


Be like the guy in red!

The Disrespected Trucker

                    @DisrespectedThe

                  30 Jan 2025

                Does this video prove that a good majority of people are good people? I'd like to think so.


I’m all “What a neat post! Which account is….ohhhh” 💗


First set of applications due on Monday, Feb 3! Get it in!

Zelda

                    @zeldapoem

                  19 Nov 2024

                Announcing Nautilus: A three-month gap program where you get paid –no strings attached– to dive into your craziest, most ambitious project.

Yes, you read that right. Come live with us in San Francisco and build the next Renaissance.

How it works:


Hummingbird TV is the best TV:

youtube.com/watch?v=7ERCWDc7…


Super disturbing to watch a lower tier VC try to upend  one of their best founders who is *headlining their site* to put another board member in the CEO spot and threaten to sue the founder personally for not meeting the metrics they projected in their Series A deck and gaslighting them into submission.


Am ready to Mamma Bear the shit out of this when I can. It's a whole group of them.


So done


Definitely valuable! We keep a blacklisted VCs list too.


When I can, it's coming.


Can't wait to disclose when I can. Need to protect the founder right now more than I need to drop the grenade.

Replying to @snowandcaffeine @SimoneSyed


Oh yeah, definitely talking about it.


Did somebody say, ice cream? I'm easily won.


They seemed fine...until they weren't. Probably don't have enough exits (if any) on their books, have a fundraise upcoming, and are trying to do a quick flip or something like that. It's disgusting.


so ready to air the laundry


Working on it.


We are working with the founder. Fuck those guys.


Fae children!


Felt pretty damn good to disclose to some LPs which firms — buhbye future capital!


Too real…

Tyler is finishing a book, slow to reply

                    @TylerAlterman

                  31 Jan 2025

                Here is some artwork that has powerfully clarified various spiritual experiences for me. What are some other works of art like this?


Yeah basically what I am expecting here. Trying to do a quick flip or something for their books that are toast.


Working on it. If I called it out right here I think it could make things harder for the founder. So gotta stand by him 100%.


Agreed! If you can’t take the heat…


Cooks!

Shanti Rao@shantirrao
                  26 May 2017

                Every company is a space company. Most of them just don't know it yet


I love using jars for canning things, as cups, etc. I’d personally go with wide mouth (at least so a spoon can go in!) because it has more utility. They get a lot more use in my house.


Lower tier = Not name brand and not a great track record. And this doesn’t mean new funds, those folks need time to do the work with founders and capital.

We have often seen underperforming funds fight for their life to take over companies to get pennies on the dollar so they can show any type of “return.”

But you don’t make money and stay in business as a fund doing that, you make it by backing extraordinary teams and letting them shoot for the stars.

When we onboard new teams we tell them that we believe they have the potentially to make an extraordinary outcome for society and finance AND while that’s true, we psychologically mark them down to zero and that we will never come asking for money back.

 Let go of the losses (free those founders up, don’t punish them — onward and upward)

We want founders to swing for the fences — ride or die.


Under a 6X but this team raised before covid so has made it through a brutal set of times. But they have solid revenue, a strong and large customer base, and have also started pumping out new products. Also, it is few and far between that projections aren’t just super naive hopes and dreams and all investors know that.


Working on it!


Do a good deed this weekend! Help someone, pick up trash at a park, smile more at others!


Damn it feels good to be a gangsta...

youtube.com/watch?v=6IJCFc_q…

Michael P Gibson

                    @William_Blake

                  1 Feb 2025

                They doing this with the constraint that you only invest in dropouts or deep tech mad scientists…and not TVPI but 5x DPI


I am a product of my generation


Only thing that would make this better are dance breaks between sets.

Dan Go

                    @CoachDanGo

                  1 Feb 2025

                7 workout cheat codes that helped me drop 23 lbs of fat and see my abs again at 45 years old:


If you’re a vicenarian maker, this is your Burning Man year! New ticket prices and programs are launching to support your arrival to Black Rock City.

This will be my 16th year going. Being in an absurdist environment and culture keeps the creativity and inspiration flowing year round.

It’s an annual ritual for me and I’d love to see you there. Some of my favorite memories are seeing mentees on playa!


Such a beautiful writer and so in touch with the intricacies of the human spirit.

Dylan O'Sullivan

                    @DylanoA4

                  1 Feb 2025

                C. S. Lewis, you just live


You know it!


Reading comprehension my friend.


And then my dog ate a large block of cheese….meh


My mom visited recently and wanted to go to Walgreens by herself. She was shocked to find out that I would not allow that and even more shocked to see all the items locked up.

Garry Tan

                    @garrytan

                  1 Feb 2025

                Just another day in the neighborhood where we are trying to raise our kids

I literally have to go pick up tamiflu for my 5 year old here tonight

We need to fully fund the police, fire the police commission, find a new police chief and replace the hard leftist judges


Thank you to @bryan_johnson for getting me hooked on the whoop band. It’s been a game changer for how I think about my sleep and energy. My sleep is very good consistently (always has been) but HRV tends to wax and wane. Nice to see a positive outcome on both today!


Learnings:
- I need to go to bed an hour before I think I do to get 100% on my sleep because I have micro wake ups at night.
- Reading before bed and sleeping with my dog have surprisingly positive impacts on my sleep.
- The strain metrics makes me want to do my workouts harder.
- Still figuring out what has effects on HRV.


I’m so sorry this happened to you. The mission is terrible these days. Not only is this person responsible but the city of SF is responsible too for not handling criminals. Makes me wonder about suing the city directly because this could have absolutely been prevented and you are a victim of the city’s incompetence and refusal to uphold the rule of law.

Replying to @404vish @shaunmmaguire @peggy_wang


Amazing

Bethany | Commercial Real Estate

                    @bethanyjbabcock

                  1 Feb 2025

                Years ago, Several times a day outside my low budget apartment, a scene would occur.

Someone would pull up in front of my neighbor’s, flash their lights and my neighbor would bring out a plastic or paper grocery bag and bring it to the window.  Cash would exchange hands and the car would drive off.

I was single and lived alone so I minded my own business but the thought of living across from drug deals motivated me to work hard so I could move.

My boyfriend, and now husband, came by to visit one afternoon.  I came home to find him in the kitchen plating some of the most incredible Cajun food I had ever seen.

He is from a small town in Michigan and doesn’t cook so I was confused.

“Oh I noticed your neighbor was selling something so I just walked over to see what it was.  Did you know he sells Cajun food he makes at home?” He chimed.

That pretty much sums up our relationship.

I’ll assume your dealing drugs and my husband will ask what’s cooking and make a new friend.


Why is the likelihood of someone being off their rocker higher when they have a proton mail account?

[Did just have an excellent two meetings with someone last week who sent from proton mail but it does seems super few and far between]


As AI becomes more ubiquitous, human art and handcraft is going to economically skyrocket.

A new renaissance is coming. Soul can't be commoditized.

shani 🌱 (sf)@sha_zng
                  2 Feb 2025

                i always thought i had to work hard at a serious job to afford nice things.

recently i learned ONE corporate painting gig is enough to cover my living expenses for two months.

since then i can't stop wondering: why am i at a fintech startup if i can make more money having a beer and painting strangers at a party every two weeks


Totally down!

Replying to @Principal_Jon @_cturner @William_Blake


Is your company Type I, II, or III Fun?


.@_cturner will have to share expansion plans but we want to see Moonrises in every major city!


Oh, this is so good! Yeah I like thinking more about fulfillment/satisfied over happy too.


Congrats!


Total introvert break!


Went to go chant with some monks at 4:30am years ago and had the same feeling. These people had prayed for us all before 6am.


Light and shadow also become even more fascinating!


"Be their coach, not their boss."

Chris Turner

                    @_cturner

                  5 Feb 2025

                Here's how we use IXL for homeschooling...

1. Download IXL for iPad. Better interface for kids and it can go anywhere with them (bed, trips, etc).

2. Start with the grade matches their age. Don't worry if they are ahead. They will speed through it and that's an early win.

3. Each grade level has a set number of skills. Total up those skills. For easy math, let's say fourth grade has 500 skills.

4. Work with your kids to set a daily goal. For my kids, it's 10 skills a day for a max of two hours. If they finish in 30 minutes, they are done for the day. But it never exceeds two hours. We break it into 2 daily sessions of 5 skills each for 1hr max.

5. Give them a target. Divide the total number of skills in a grade by the daily goal, and you have a total number of weekdays it takes to complete the grade. 10 skills a day for a grade with 500 skills means you'll be finished with that grade in 50 weekdays.

6. Make it a game. Each grade is a level. Completing the level is intrinsically rewarding. It's a lot of work, and for my kids, finishing a grade is awesome because they see their friends trudging along in boring regular school, taking forever.

7. Know how the game works. IXL has a 0/100 scale for each skill. As you answer questions correctly, it gets you closer to 100. But when you get a question wrong, it sets you back. This is frustrating for kids. When that happens, be on their team. Laugh it off and say things like "Stupid IXL" and offer to help.

8. Be their coach, not their boss. Offer to help and make sure they know it's not about getting the right answer. It's about sticking with it and not giving up. If they know you're on their team, they can always call you in. When they do, don't give them the answer. Ask questions to help them arrive at it themselves. Remember, it's okay to get it wrong.

9. Don't worry if they can't read yet. IXL has audio recordings of each question and set of possible answers. Keep the sound on so you can hear when they get questions wrong and offer to help.

10. Celebrate wins. We make a big deal out of finishing a grade. Family night out plus surprise gift. My son got a set of used golf clubs I found on FB marketplace for $80. Pales in comparison to the $$$ I would be spending on private school or tutoring.

This has been a huge help for my family, but you have to find what works for best for yours. Good luck!


Let's go Zeno!!!

Zeno Power

                    @zeno_power

                  5 Feb 2025

                Our next-generation nuclear batteries will power the frontier, from deep sea to deep space. 🌊🚀

Check out our updated website — including a new look at our technology, who we're building for, and open roles on our growing team: zenopower.com


Obsessed!

Anna Gong@trunadraws
                  5 Feb 2025

                and tiny tea painting !


100% this goes for just about everything. Also see this in communities a lot -- an event doesn't go the way someone wants and they say it's not working, it's just early, keep going!

Alex Friedman 🤠

                    @heyalexfriedman

                  5 Feb 2025

                I honestly think most people give up before they even give themselves a chance to succeed.
I’ve seen so many people try and make short form content and if they don’t go viral after a few posts they just stop.
Same with startups & CPG. People make a Shopify store and if they don’t sell a lot the first month or so they shut it down.

90% of success is just not giving up too early and I stand by that.


Move over Moo Dang. The chirps are delightful!

Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium@PtDefianceZoo
                  4 Feb 2025

                Exciting news! We’re thrilled to announce that tapir Yuna gave birth to a rare and endangered Malayan tapir calf Sunday night. The newborn, covered in distinctive white spots and stripes resembling a fuzzy walking watermelon, is only the second tapir born in our 120-year history.


Thank you for the new stained glass project goals!


Why we do, what we do (and have done for 15 years)!

@jason

                    @Jason

                  8 Feb 2025

                🤌


To do what? DMs are open :)


Dan Go

                    @CoachDanGo

                  10 Feb 2025

                Men should take creatine.

Women should take creatine.

Old people should take creatine.

Creatine is one of the safest and most effective supplements on the planet. Take it.


I know scent can really bring people back but on my 45th birthday this really brings me back! Loved making those covers and drawing all over them!

Daniel Buck, “Youngest Old Man in Ed Reform”

                    @MrDanielBuck

                  12 Feb 2025

                Modern kids will never have the delight of decorating and drawing all over their paper bag textbook covers


Snort laughter in 3, 2...

The Figen

                    @TheFigen_

                  10 Feb 2025

                The dog that found the drugs is posing very proudly. 😂


I gotta cowork with you sometime!


Ohhhh!


Happy Valentine's Day!!!

Daily Snoopy

                    @DailySnoopys

                  14 Feb 2025

                me because i have so much love to give


Curses!

Byrne Hobart

                    @ByrneHobart

                  14 Feb 2025

                Double-crossed! My wife claimed that she didn't want any Valentine's Day gifts, which I interpreted as her expecting them anyway, and then she revealed that she was serious after all.


We have some new characteristics too:

Wily & wondrous
Alchemy

Replying to @credistick @StephNass @HarryStebbings @William_Blake @1517fund


We haven’t published anything about them yet but:

Wily & wonderous = child like wonder/playfulness + mischievousness.

Alchemy = ability to stretch resources in a magical way.

Great idea on the merch!


We did make FNDS muscle y’all for our summit in Coco Beach.


At the Denver airport when someone knocked over a recycling bin — an 8 year old kiddo came racing in to help pick up the items.

Mom: “I’m so proud of you that your first response is to help!”

It’s gonna be alright 💗🪻💐


I want goat so bad! Can’t have them until I have a plan to milk them every day.

🐑 Farmer Dixon 🐐🐮🐓🐏🌿@SouthYeoEast
                  17 Feb 2025

                I moved all the nannies & kids into a nursery. The kids immediately found their zoomies, while mums bashed the crap out of each other to reassert their pecking order. One of Tess’ boys took no time at all to work out how the trampoline works. Can’t help but smile while watching🥰


Now we are talking!


Louder for those in the back

nicole ruiz

                    @nwilliams030

                  17 Feb 2025

                Replying to @nwilliams030
                ITS NOT REAL ARCHITECTURE. ITS NOT A REAL PLACE, CRAFTSMANSHIP IS WHAT MAKES THIS STUFF THE STANDARD OF BEAUTY, YOU ARE SETTLING FOR A SIMULACRUM AND ATTEMPTING TO FILL YOUR APPETITE FOR BEAUTY WITH CHAFF


Splinter City (it’s what we called our elementary school playground)


Pizza, fries, pizza, fries

Turner Novak 🍌🧢

                    @TurnerNovak

                  18 Feb 2025

                Venture capitalists getting ready to scroll Twitter for five hours then go skiing


Lol is it bad that I played pickle ball for my first time yesterday?

Jai Relan

                    @JaiRelan

                  18 Feb 2025

                Everyone please come and get your investors


Ashlee Vance

                    @ashleevance

                  18 Feb 2025

                Can your unicorn make unicorns? corememory.com/p/the-start-u…


Awesome reminder, thank you!


"I think, to me, biology is something that is engineerable and programmable and fuckable-with." - @josiezayner


When you fly into Oklahoma, there's an ice storm, your major meetings cancel but you're stranded in a hotel with your cofounder -- you binge watch Severance.


Lunch of stranded champions

Danielle Strachman 💗 🐈 💃 🪴 🎸 🎨 🐕

                    @DStrachman

                  18 Feb 2025

                When you fly into Oklahoma, there's an ice storm, your major meetings cancel but you're stranded in a hotel with your cofounder -- you binge watch Severance.


Wonderful interview with @consciousrepo a friend and founder with 1517!

consciousrepository.com/p/5-…


It was really fun!


Zero interest rate policy is the new catch all for anything not going well...

"Brah, you know that thing with Mackenzie only worked in a ZIRP"


Footage of our 1517 founder onboarding

Posts Of Cats

                    @PostsOfCats

                  18 Feb 2025

                "You are filled with wonder and awe."
👁👄👁


The eyeballs just make the whole thing


The Big D!

Michael P Gibson

                    @William_Blake

                  19 Feb 2025

                Series what?


Badda Bing, Badda Boom!

Lambda

                    @LambdaAPI

                  19 Feb 2025

                Lambda has raised a $480M Series D to accelerate the expansion of the Lambda Cloud platform, Lambda Model Inference API, and Lambda Chat AI Assistant.


Yet!

Replying to @generaldynamism @William_Blake


Parents are our first investors!

Chris Turner

                    @_cturner

                  19 Feb 2025

                I'll be the first check into my kids' startups.


Wants (from an adoption place)

Posts Of Cats

                    @PostsOfCats

                  18 Feb 2025

                Black bengal cats exist and it's the cutest thing I've ever seen


You’ll know we’ve had another IPO when…

Carnivore Aurelius ©🥩 ☀🦙

                    @AlpacaAurelius

                  18 Feb 2025

                need


Had a wonderful time in Oklahoma City meeting old and new community members of 1517!

Had breakfast at Not Your Average Joe’s this morning and had one of the best lattes ever. If you’re in town visit! Wonderful coffee and a wonderful mission!


With it without the debt?


Your next chapter starts today!


Let's go Lambda!!!

stephen balaban

                    @stephenbalaban

                  19 Feb 2025

                Lambda is a cloud designed for the age of AI. Today, we announced a $480M Series D co-led by Andra Capital and SGW with participation from NVIDIA, Andrej Karpathy, In-Q-Tel, ARK Invest, and others.


Tired: Same ol' bunnies

Wired: Glowing bunnies!!!

wired.com/story/your-next-pe…


Anyone have an extra ticket to Upfront next week? Would love to go but tickets are sold out :(


Love their work!

Ethan Blagg

                    @ethanblagg

                  19 Feb 2025

                👀 Our event venue: 1,000+ acres of Texas Freedom.

Soon to be filled with robots, experimental aircraft, lasers, explosions, heavy equipment, 400 hard tech  builders, and 200lbs BBQ.

🗓 March 8th.

Don’t miss it. Link in bio.


Make the first move!

michelle

                    @michelleakin

                  19 Feb 2025

                after three years in this house we have finally made friends with our next door neighbor. we though he was antisocial, he says he was trying to give us our space and not be intrusive. he is THE BEST, we have tons in common with him and basically just found a new best friend 😭


Headed to Upfront Summit next week!

First time! Any friends going?!


Nourishment quality to time ratio on prep is really wonderful here! Everyone should learn how to roast a whole chicken!

nicole ruiz

                    @nwilliams030

                  19 Feb 2025

                Made my first full meal to bring to friends from church with a newborn


Maybe they’ve just gained faith in themselves

American AF 🇺🇸

                    @iAnonPatriot

                  18 Feb 2025

                More Gen Z workers are training to become plumbers & electricians, as they’ve lost faith in college degrees.

Thoughts?


Ordered!


Can’t wait!


Nah dawg, I’m taking it down before it gets to you

Ryan B. Anderson

                    @OldHollowTree

                  20 Feb 2025

                I’m going to have to have a shoot out with one of these things as my forest burns and the sky is black with ash, aren’t I?


It’s good to be home!


Crying out of that purest of happiness is such an interesting phenomenon to me. Theories or research on why this is so?

The Figen

                    @TheFigen_

                  19 Feb 2025

                In Brazil, it is tradition that the first piece of cake goes to the most important person in your life.

And then his little bro's reaction... ❤


This is what women want: fit, fun, and fatherly.

Kevin W.

                    @Brink_Thinker

                  19 Feb 2025

                A father plays with his son pretending that his kid is driving the car 🤣


Deep Beasts never quit!

stephen balaban

                    @stephenbalaban

                  20 Feb 2025

                This was Lambda’s first supercomputer. Built in 2015 to run the Dreamscope style transfer app. It was 32 NVIDIA GTX 980s. We were running out of cash from a $40K/mo cloud bill. We called it the Deep Beast Machine and it saved Lambda.

Today Lambda has 25K GPUs.

never ever quit


Family makes the soul infinite

Robert Irwin

                    @RobertIrwin

                  20 Feb 2025

                Giving a helping hand to my favourite African animal. Chameleons are the coolest!! So glad we could make sure he got across the road safely.


Lesson from a founder...

you pay for having the wrong money


Use "did you have more or less energy after talking to this person" with potential board members too.


Build in public (with your cats)

sashaprzybylski@sashaprzybylski
                  22 Feb 2025

                I think mozart is almost as excited as i am


AND YOU LOVED IT!

Replying to @just_cameron @graciouswoodsy


I couldn't be more thrilled to have founders reading this book after recommending it on our founder coffee talk this week -- the method works with anyone!


Hmm I found it very easy to put to use immediately and still use a lot of the techniques 20 years later...I probably use the "I wish" strategy many times a week if not daily.


I gotchu!

Replying to @graciouswoodsy @just_cameron


LFG!

Josie Zayner

                    @josiezayner

                  23 Feb 2025

                If you're a grad student who got accepted to a bio graduate program and they paused admissions. Email your admissions letter to odin@the-odin.com & we will send you a free gene editing kit so you can learn hands-on faster than you would in grad school and hopefully not go


Ibuprofen to the rescue again!

Augustus Doricko

                    @ADoricko

                  23 Feb 2025

                Yeah so it’s less like chewing glass and more like the myth of Sisyphus but the ball never rolls all the way down the hill, it just rolls back far enough to crush and break your legs but then you take an ibuprofen and roll the ball off and up the hill again


"Taste" in one video

Militant Centrist@EWCiolko
                  22 Feb 2025

                Greatest clip ever


Some favs is here!


And terrible to find a pithy replacement for too!


lol I love becrazy...millennials and Gen Z have been shortening words for a while so maybe this one will pick up!


Categorize your shit talkin!

Geoff Lewis

                    @GeoffLewisOrg

                  24 Feb 2025

                There are people you talk about real shit with.

There are people you talk about fake shit with.

Both have value; just know who’s who.


introduce yourself with 4 games

anansi 🌞

                    @s0ulDirect0r

                  24 Feb 2025

                introduce yourself with 4 games


See you there!

Mark Suster

                    @msuster

                  23 Feb 2025

                So we're doing this


Happy Monday!


Ready to hear your pitch


Board meeting time!


Boop!


100% because you need to be a good...

visionary
leader and manager
communicator
operator
community builder

parm🔬

                    @parmita

                  24 Feb 2025

                unironically, being a good founder and being a good school teacher are kind of similar


Which is also why teachers make great tech hires!


We need PG to retweet and pontificate on the value of friendship so that we can forget that those values are as old and natural as the human spirit.

parm🔬

                    @parmita

                  24 Feb 2025


The sun is warm never needs recycling!


It's a sad state of affairs if we need authorities to remind us of what is right in front of our noses.

Replying to @DStrachman @MatjazLeonardis


I got paid good money to do this as a private tutor...you can do this!

rebelEducator

                    @rebelEducator

                  25 Feb 2025

                To all the parents considering homeschooling their kids but doubting their own capacity to do so:

The whole “read the book one chapter ahead of your kids” method really does work.

You can stay one chapter ahead and teach the whole entire K-12 curriculum.


But the tetralogy is only complete with Paper Belt on Fire by Michael Gibson!


The tetralogy is complete!

Tobias Huber

                    @TobiasAHuber

                  24 Feb 2025

                The trilogy is complete.


Hello!

Ali Debow

                    @ali_debow

                  25 Feb 2025

                we need a DOGE for the academic research industry

cut out misspending, take out unneeded bureaucracy, speed up innovation, get funding for new projects, inspire the next generation of scientists


Getting close!

1517 Fund

                    @1517fund

                  26 Feb 2025

                Spring from Allegorien und Embleme, Vol. 1 by Albert Ilg, 1882

                        ALT  alt-text via GPT — 'The image is an allegorical illustration titled "Spring." It depicts a central female figure surrounded by cherubs. The woman is in a relaxed pose, adorned with drapery, and holds a garland of flowers. Cherubs around her are playful, also holding flowers. The scene has a soft, ethereal quality with a greenish background and reddish-brown tint for the figures. The top of the page reads, "ALLEGORIES AND EMBLEMS."'


Beep beep!

Buitengebieden

                    @buitengebieden

                  25 Feb 2025

                Antarctic rush hour.. 😅


Soft no graveyard

Mark Suster

                    @msuster

                  25 Feb 2025

                Data Rooms are where fundraising process go to die


Uh oh

ShitpostGateway

                    @ShitpostGate

                  25 Feb 2025


Upfront kickoff!! #upfrontsummit


🔥 #upfrontsummit


How do people start and get better at visualizing and drawing ideas?

1517 Fund

                    @1517fund

                  26 Feb 2025

                We need to teach everyone (especially scientists & engineers) how to draw again.

Can you sketch out your ideas so beautifully anon?

Illustration by Francis Hauksbee

                        ALT  A drawing of a lab apparatus by Francis Hauksbee.


But is there a place to start? Any recommended methodology?


Awesome!


Can’t wait to give her a grant to start building!

Ryan B. Anderson

                    @OldHollowTree

                  26 Feb 2025

                I am a father on a dirt road in rural Vermont who loves bees, agriculture, and nature. My four year old daughter loves owls and rockets.

One of these things is not like the other.

I could grumble and say “I don’t know anything about rockets” or “Oh, great, now I have to learn about rockets.”

No.

Now I have incredible motivation to learn about rockets during the EASIEST TIME IN HISTORY TO LEARN AND DO THINGS. This will likely expand into chemistry, programming, and mechanics.

Very soon our meadow will have fruit trees, a dozen bee hives, a flock of chickens AND a model rocket launch site.

Why? Because we get to do this. 🚀 🦉


Might fly you up for our teen camp this year if you’re amenable! Would love for them to get a primer!!


Chelsea speaking about her grandmother:

“Expand your circle of blessings”

#upfrontsummit


Great book!


We are close — currently have an 11 year old grantee that we started with at 10!


“Startup capitalism is a different type of capitalism…you win by changing the subject. Better doesn’t matter. What a startup needs is to wage asymmetric warfare and they do this through inflection. The inflection gives the entrepreneur the ability to radically alter human capacity and behavior.” - Mike Maples

@m2jr #upfrontsummit


“Don’t solve present pain for present people. Look into the future and build what is missing there.” - Mike Maples

@m2jr #upfrontsummit


Would take your course!


“Don’t confuse charisma with obsession” - Mike Maples

@m2jr #upfrontsummit


We are really in trouble

Matt Gilliland

                    @MattBGilliland

                  26 Feb 2025

                Replying to @MattBGilliland @DStrachman
                Tried to remedy this with AI, but weirdly all the models I tried seem completely unable to mimic Richard Scarry's art style. The best one was still nowhere close!


Conversation with a prospective LP:

LP: What’s your LP program?

Me: LP program?

LP: You know, skiing, meditation, retreats…

Me: Our LP program is that we make you money.


What’s going on boss?


It’s “we don’t make you money but you’ll have an excuse to go skiing”


Management account and returns account are two different vehicles.


VCs should be spending on founders and making them hit it out of the park.

Also, having returns is decommodifying since so few firms do it.


That’s fun! And we love when LPs come to our events that support our community and founders — outside of our annual meeting we don’t do bells and whistles but I guess I could lead a meditation session at our annual meeting lol.


This is not from the event today :). This was in Napa at a family office event.


Upfront is high quality. Will be going again!


Bingo 🎯


Bodyweight training/weight lifting

Dan Go

                    @CoachDanGo

                  26 Feb 2025

                What's one thing you've done to your health that you wish you did sooner?


Probably!


Walk > whiteboard brainstorming

Will Manidis

                    @WillManidis

                  26 Feb 2025

                it’s amazing how few problems you can’t solve by walking for a few hours


His defensiveness is unbecoming.


I’m in great company! Thanks Suffiyan!

Replying to @suffiyanmalikk @stephsmithio @jasoncrawford


“Real entrepreneurs want to build real shit!” - Lior Susan @ Eclipse

#upfrontsummit


Penmanship is the new flex!


“We have exploit and explore frameworks. Even if we stopped exploring, we would have 20 years of figuring out the best uses of these models.” - Sarah Guo

@saranormous
#upfrontsummit


Lefty right here — negative flexing.


Sometimes I’m really fast on email…especially when it has a pic like this!

Danielle Strachman 💗 🐈 💃 🪴 🎸 🎨 🐕

                    @DStrachman

                  7 Oct 2022

                I love getting a solid cold email or DM from founders!

No need for an intro to 1517.

Some things will make your message standout and get a response (faster than others)🧵:


“I believe DOGE will have a much bigger impact than people realize…we have a much bigger shot at bringing the golden era back!”

- Shaun Maguire

@shaunmmaguire
#upfrontsummit


Execute

Luke Belmar 👽

                    @lukebelmar

                  26 Feb 2025

                Successful people leave clues


When you start reading “create” as creatine you know you’ve been positively hacked.


Email > LI

Bunny or no bunny (but go with the bunny!)


I’m Picasso painting with these rock flows 🎶 🎤

#upfrontsummit


“Fun in fund of fund”

#upfrontsummit


Wisdom in children is so ancestral and pure

David Rowe@mrdavidrowe
                  26 Feb 2025

                One of my 3rd Graders asked to speak in Chapel. This is her sermon so far.


Maybe it's still the purpose of art and the rest is just improperly labeled.


This might make you...a libertarian.


Holy fuck is the way

parm🔬

                    @parmita

                  26 Feb 2025

                me when I talk to conservatives: “holy fuck im not like these people im a liberal”

me when I talk to liberals: “holy fuck im not like these people im a conservative”


You're not alone -- I know one in Austin :D


GET THIS KITTY!

Friends of Bear Cat Rescue@feederofcats
                  26 Feb 2025

                📍 SF BAY AREA

new street himbo in town!

MEATLOAF is a 1.5 y/o thicc boy who showed up as a stray on a farm, but was too friendly and dumb for farm life. He's very happy to be indoors and is ready to find his forever home!

petfinder.com/cat/meatloaf-7…


“The most underrated competitive advantage is not genetics, money, or talent. It’s action.”

- Arnold Schwarzenegger


“The difficulty level of the startup is set by the founder.”

- Blake Scholl, founder of Boom

#upfrontsummit


“2029, we carry passengers!”

- Blake Scholl

#upfrontsummit


Prince Harry’s deadpan is gold:

“You’re plugging my book? Shameful.”

😆

#upfrontsummit


If you are a genuine person in the ecosystem looking to meet other like minded and hearty folk, go to Camp Hustle!

It’s a community building event — all boats lifted, engaging discussion & discourse, and unique friendships made!

[oh yeah, and then you can do business together because it’s actually good and trustworthy people]

Elizabeth Yin 💛

                    @dunkhippo33

                  27 Feb 2025

                A bunch of people have been asking me “Should I come to Camp Hustle?”

Obviously, I‘m biased, so let's hear from what last year's campers had to say.

More >>


“It’s important to be aware of the intense pressures founders feel even when it looks like they are succeeding.”

- Mark Suster on mental health of founders

@msuster
#upfrontsummit


“Leadership is not about controlling people, it’s about supporting people”

- Prince Harry

#UpfrontSummit


Good catch! And yes, incredible poise in body and in speaking.


It’s gonna take the federal government some time to acclimate to having a boss.

Ana Mostarac

                    @anammostarac

                  27 Feb 2025

                Government employee compares replying to an email to “what I imagine living in North Korea to be like”


Pat Grady: Sequoia spends the same amount of time and energy on their seed deals as their growth deals.

The moderator pushes on this but Pat stands firm.

From the audience Dave McClure shouts out: Bullshit!

Pat: Who was that? I don’t know who Dave McClure is.


Diversify 🪺

Alex Miller

                    @alexlmiller

                  27 Feb 2025

                Bitcoin may be crashing but the chickens started laying again, so my portfolio is safe


The 1517 way isn’t just about how we work with founders…it’s about how we run our fund:

We invest as much as we can in startups. This is why we have only taken 50% of our management fees (2% total) and plowed the rest into startup founders.

A substantial portion of our budget goes into community events (including travel stipends), founder perks, and travel to see makers in person.

While salaries are lean, all full time team members have carry in the funds and SPVs — incentivized by incredible founder outcomes.

Building a firm and legacy takes focus, discipline, and strategy.


This post brought to you after learning about emerging mangers with $350K+ salaries.


Should just be bland and good business practice!


I would highly doubt it. One thing to be aware of is that you should put that you will take “up to” whatever your management fee percent is. Michael and I just paid a very very expensive tax bill for money we never made since we are technically owed the fees in total and it counts as income (even if never called or deposited — which is total bullshit).


Thank you brother!


Amazing to see very few GPs engaging on this post.

“Not take full management fees? Lower salaries? Poppycosh!!”


We are blessed to get to work with extraordinary people like you Parm!


Maybe he’s not king of the castle!

Replying to @JabariCapricorn @AgathedeLili


Yeah we just invest the funds from the LP account into companies.


There is a lot more potential in upside when you invest in another angel/preseed company. We do that rather than fill the belly.


Always and forever. Was wonderful to hear him speak while remembering being a child and seeing him grow up with his mum on tv. She would be very proud.

Snarky Guy@Barbara27541025
                  27 Feb 2025

                Replying to @DStrachman
                His Mother's Son !
❤❤❤🙏🏻


We talk about the difference between being frugal vs being cheap,  with founders. I need to take our own advice, stayed at a motel last night that was so bad (incredibly noisy and sketch activity outside) that I switched to a different one for tonight. So maybe the middle isn’t so bad lol.


Yeah I’m really excited to look at each of our last investments in a fund because those ones will make great talking points!


Some people are baby crazy…

I am animal crazy…

Want goats SO bad!!!!

Buitengebieden

                    @buitengebieden

                  26 Feb 2025

                😊


This could be my life!!!


It can be! Happy to say I just had a nap in a boring old (and on sale) Marriott. Looking forward to a good night’s sleep!


Our founders say things so much better than I do! Pithy and on target!

Sathvik Redrouthu

                    @_sathvikr

                  28 Feb 2025

                Great people -> great fund -> great startups


The mind of a crafter 🤣

Whitney@witlegit
                  26 Feb 2025

                Today I discovered a yogurt company that packages their yogurt in tiny periwinkle terracotta pots and I must acquire 900 more.


LA is insane. Within a 10 minute drive I went from being in a hotel that I had to sleep with one eye open in, to a Marriott eating strawberry salad with goat cheese, for the same price.


Babe, we just have to hangout some time. They’re gonna have to wear shades when they see us coming!


I love her so much!

Lily Tang Williams

                    @Lily4Liberty

                  27 Feb 2025

                Chopping chicken with a Chinese cleaver. I am not good at this, my husband took over afterwards.


When your dog knows it’s dinner time


History being made! Sci fi dropouts creating the golden era!

#Valarlaunch
@isaiah_p_taylor


Maybe we can start with Governor of California.


Sold


Sorry I missed you there!

Replying to @zanemountcastle @valaratomics


Always be refining your craft

Guy

                    @nosilverv

                  27 Feb 2025

                Arnold took ballet classes to improve his posing for bodybuilding. This was after he had already won one Mr. Olympia. Live player.


This is the type of billboard game I want to see!!

SF, get with the party!

Durin

                    @DurinMining

                  27 Feb 2025


Also, I could not love the music choice more. @isaiah_p_taylor knows how to throw a classy event. Thanks for upping the bar!


Making eye contact with yourself is a powerful heart opener 💗

Cookie Monster

                    @MeCookieMonster

                  28 Feb 2025

                Me look in the mirror every morning and say, "Me is an attractive, intelligent, confident Cookie Monster."


Had no idea there was a royal family side of twitter. Can opened, worms out!

Danielle Strachman 💗 🐈 💃 🪴 🎸 🎨 🐕

                    @DStrachman

                  27 Feb 2025

                “Leadership is not about controlling people, it’s about supporting people”

- Prince Harry

#UpfrontSummit


Back seat driving is more exhausting than driving!

TeeTee

                    @InfragilisTee

                  27 Feb 2025


The thing I remember most about my grandpa’s apartment was that these stairs scared the shit out of me.

Glenn@Fratty_Hearst
                  28 Feb 2025

                Something you’d stare at for hours at your Gradparents house in a pre iPhone era


I’d walk more like this


Garry Tan

                    @garrytan

                  28 Feb 2025

                SF is healing

Thank you @DanielLurie

sfstandard.com/2025/02/27/je…


@ryan_huang_1 @FedericoNoemie

Replying to @ryan_huang_1 @FedericoNoemie


Shine! (But feel your feelings)

parm🔬

                    @parmita

                  1 Mar 2025

                SMILE THROUGH THE CHAOS


Crafters gotta craft

Dudes Posting Their W’s

                    @DudespostingWs

                  1 Mar 2025

                HUGE W


Only children be like…

Punch Cat

                    @PunchingCat

                  28 Feb 2025


Bingo

Hannah Frankman Hood

                    @HannahFrankman

                  2 Mar 2025

                Most of K-12 education is predicated on the assumption that success = getting into a good college.

That’s it. That’s the whole goal.

If you call the necessity of college into question, suddenly everything changes.

The whole curriculum can be rebuilt — to actually serve the child, not the college admissions board.


I'm making this tonight but with lamb bones...will report back in the morning!


Leaving overnight to simmer. Will add greens in the morning. Right now just lamb, root veggies, and salt.


psyop pillow -- good brand!

Mischa Steiner

                    @mischa_steiner

                  3 Mar 2025

                Replying to @kneubuehl
                never been great at sleep, or just very low avg hrs but wholeheartedly agree a good pillow is a must
then there’s @DStrachman that will tell you pillows are a psyop and the best pillow is no pillow


I don't know how you do it Wiz! Came home from Upfront to yet another awesome package from you!


Gonna start giving this to founders

Hannah Frankman Hood

                    @HannahFrankman

                  3 Mar 2025

                This is an 8th grade exam from 1912.

No calculating how many watermelons Stacey can fit in her station wagon. It's all about things like interest payments and construction problems.

Real-world stuff. Because 8th grade education was supposed to be adequate prep for real life.


Company meetings are better with dogs!


Ethan started as a grantee with 1517 in high school and we made the first investment check into the company.

Our whole thesis at 1517 is built off asking "I wonder what could happen when giving young people resources before they've 'proven' themselves?"

Well, this is it...and there are many more to come.

Ethan Thornton

                    @ethanrthornton

                  4 Mar 2025

                Show.
Don't tell.
Mach Industries.


If you fit our dropout/nondegreed thesis or mad scientist vibes we don't care what act you're on!


We have them in our portfolio! But parents aren't a specific thesis.


Grantees moving along!

sashaprzybylski@sashaprzybylski
                  4 Mar 2025

                omg it actually looks sorta like a car 🤩


This is what happens when you name your child Alex P.  Keaton (or have a family made up of economists).

Pamela J. Hobart

                    @amelapay

                  5 Mar 2025

                5yo, in the car randomly: "can we buy some diamonds at a cheap price and then sell them at a high price?"


Ethan started as a Medici Project grantee in high school.

Let's get you building. Some ideas just can't wait.

1517fund.com/medici-project


We recommended him to the program :D. Thank you Geoff! You were also very generous with your time to young makers then and now!


Love this!


Dad and daughter vibes

sashaprzybylski@sashaprzybylski
                  5 Mar 2025

                dad said i can disassemble the old fridge lol

also sorry realized afterwards that the camera angle wasn't great


Going next time I'm in Austin in a few weeks!

Adam Jensen

                    @generaldynamism

                  6 Mar 2025

                Found an amazing cat cafe near me


Fellowship and 1517 are built off homeschooling philosophy.

Replying to @alecpan6 @1517fund @thielfellowship