How my Monday has been so far… Third time the meeting’s been rescheduled by only my biggest prospective client and a literal titan in the energy sector. Still scouting for a CTO who sees the vision. Somehow I still believe this thing is inevitable
@taryl_ogle
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Founder Building Energy Tech Category Through Pressure and Clarity
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Follow me if you’re building in chaos, dreaming in clarity, and obsessed with turning pressure into power and keen to watch a founder share her journey, defy obscurity, and drag a new tech category into existence for energy tech
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Building Through Doubt: Entrepreneurial Resilience in Tech
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Some days I wake up questioning everything I’m building. The vision is clear.
The market is real.
But the silence, the setbacks, the second-guessing? That part’s loud. Still I show up.
Because I didn’t start this to feel safe.
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Building in Public: The Courage Behind Shipping Imperfect Products
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Everyone wants to build the next big thing. But no one wants to: • Fight silent doubt
• Ship before it’s perfect
• Be misunderstood for months Building in public isn’t marketing.
It’s war with yourself. Build anyway.
Bleed in the open.
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Conviction Over Conformity: Bet Early, Play Your Game
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Chris Sacca taught me this: You don’t need a Patagonia vest to see billion-dollar moves. Conviction > conformity.
Gut > groupthink. Play your game. Bet early. Disappear rich. Keep you head down and grind! — Taryl Ogle -
Lowercarbon Capital: Climate Tech Investment Bet
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8. He came back swinging with purpose. In 2021, he launched Lowercarbon Capital, focused on climate tech. Still irreverent.
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Authentic Founder Leadership Beyond VC Aesthetics
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6. He did it without the VC uniform.
No Patagonia vest.
No Sand Hill Road address.
Just a cowboy shirt, blunt honesty, and deep founder empathy. He wasn’t trying to look powerful He was. -
Lowercase Capital: 250x returns from $5M venture fund
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5. He launched Lowercase Capital with $5M. That fund backed Uber, Instagram, Stripe, Twitter, Kickstarter, and more. It returned over 250x One of the most successful venture funds of all time.
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Early Twitter Investment: How Sacca Saw Infrastructure for Influence
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4. His first major win: X previously known as Twitter.
While most VCs laughed 'Twitter' off, Sacca got it. He saw it was more than status updates it was infrastructure for influence. He invested early.
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Google executive turned angel investor: Sacca’s bold career moves
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3. Google took a chance on him and he took bigger ones.
Sacca joined Google as a legal hire, but quickly jumped to biz dev.
He negotiated key deals for data centers and partnerships.
Made himself indispensable. Then he started angel investing on the side…