95 people have submitted $7.2 million of interest in the first 30 minutes… in this economy?! Feeling very grateful for the smart, curious people who read Not Boring.
INNOVATION
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Future Skills: 20 Essential Competencies for Digital Success
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Have you purchased my book – #FutureSkills: The 20 Skills and Competencies Everyone Needs to Succeed in a Digital World? I've written a BONUS chapter to elaborate on the five traits that underpin each of the 20 future skills. Check it out > https://
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Fund Evolution: Strategic Lessons for Hard Startup Investment
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Our evolution is based on lessons from Funds I & II: – Weighting Matters
– Our Strategy Works Better With Fewer Companies
– Don't Outsource Conviction
– I Can't Do It Alone
– Invest More Slowly
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Fund III Portfolio Highlights Early-Stage AI and Tech Investments
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Our early Fund III investments paint the picture: – @AtomicAICo – Melonfrost – @nxyzdata – @circaxyz – @JazaEnergy – @tloncorporation – @jia_DeFi – @WithOdyssey_ – Stealth Biotech It's sci-fi come to life, with strong business models.
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Not Boring Capital Opens Third Investment Round to Accredited Investors
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Not Boring Capital wouldn't exist with Not Boring, so for the third time, we're inviting accredited readers to invest. Interest was overwhelming the first two times: – Fund I: 903 people, $47.5M
– Fund II: 1,543 people, $135.6M https://
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Fund III Strategy: $500K-$1M Core Checks Early Stage
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What's new with Fund III: – More concentrated: 30 core checks of $500k-$1M
– Earlier stage: Pre-Seed through Series A
– Hard Startups: See The Good Thing About Hard Things
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Helping Founders Tell Their Company Stories Effectively
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Everything we're doing enhances our core strength: helping founders tell their companies' stories. We're at our best when we explain complex businesses and tech that we believe can have a big impact. We want to invest in and write about cos that make the world more optimistic.
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Not Boring Capital Fund III: $30M for Hard AI Startups
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Introducing Not Boring Capital Fund III A $30 million fund to back Hard Startups that can bend the world's trajectory upwards. Fund III is an evolution of our strategy and a double-down on narrative. And we're opening it up to readers.
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AI Research Lab Valued at $29B: The AI Era Arrives
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Haha, with statements like this!! Feels like the AI era is here, who thought a research lab could be valued $29B