If you want a thoughtful take on the future of venture capital I recommend reading @itsurboyevan
’s piece in @every
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every.to/napkin-math/ve
nture-capital-is-ripe-for-disruption
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@danshipper
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Venture Capital Faces Disruption: A Thoughtful Analysis
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Defining Progress and Complexity in Artificial Intelligence
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What does it mean to make progress or increase complexity in your view?
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Funding Overshoot Undermines Field Development and Growth
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It is totally possible that the system overshot a needed increase in funding and undermined the whole field, for sure. I think that’s probably true
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Salary Comfort and Venture Capital Ambition Requirements
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It’s totally possible! I think by the time you’re feeling comfortable enough with your $200-400k salary that you don’t want to leave, that might already be a sign that you’re not in the win at all costs, relentlessly resourceful, insanely ambitious category required for venture
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Celebrity Brand Expansion: MrBeast Snacks and Tim Ferriss Coffee Models
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Yeah! Mr Beasts snack line or Tim Ferris’s coffee brand come to mind
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Venture Scale AI Companies: Significant Challenges Remain
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Indeed! Not meaning to say venture scale companies don’t work, there is still a lot of opportunity. It’s just very hard
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Bootstrapping vs Fundraising: The Startup Dilemma
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This is true! And bootstrapping / being profitable carries its own set of risks, especially if lots of other competitors are out raising you. It’s very hard to thread the needle
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Speculative Fiction: World of Exceptional Founders
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On that note, I’d love to read speculative fiction about a world where the “truly great founder” archetype was significantly more common—it’s an interesting thought experiment
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Bottlenecks in AI Progress: Scientific Advancement vs Founder Talent
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Yeah! I think it’s a good question what the actual bottleneck is. I think @itsurboyevan would say it’s fundamentally scientific progress. I think that’s part of it. @pmarca has said it’s not enough truly exceptional founders. I think both are probably true
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VCs and Founders Face Reality of Building Generational Companies
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Vibe I am getting without referencing data: A lot of VCs and founders are realizing right now how hard it is to build a truly generational company It is still 100% possible, it’s just still very rare. The glut of VC funding in the 2010s era was predicated on the idea that