Adam Draper
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I was on a two flights today.
- No mask.
- Talked to the person next to me.
- Had my meetings in person.
Like a psychopath.
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This is the scariest video I have seen in my life.
I'm dead serious. This is essentially the "We are effed and know it" video.
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Why do people hate Zuckerberg?
I can’t really figure it out. The guy should be admired. He built an incredible business.
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While listening to podcasts, I would love to press a button the marks moments and then just sends me a clip of the abbreviated moments after I’m done.
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A 23 year old
@lyft
driver asked me for career advice.
I realized that I was 9 years older than him at that moment.
My Advice:
1. Build a network in what you are interested
2. Be abnormally helpful to everyone
3. Love the process and people
4. Build toward a mission
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Everyone wants to start a startup.
Nobody wants to build for 5 years before anyone notices.
Everyone wants to be a VC.
Nobody wants to wait 10 years for returns.
Everybody wants to start a blog.
Nobody wants to write for 3 years before anybody starts reading.
Everybody wants to start a podcast.
Nobody is willing to record episodes for 2 years straight.
Everybody wants to write a book.
Nobody is willing to build an audience first.
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It turns out the cheat code to life is just work ethic.
Good luck if you are trying for a short term angle, because you will be lapped by long term persistence.
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20 yrs ago: What is communication?
10 yrs ago: What is money?
Today: What is government?
10 yrs from now: What is reality?
20 yrs from now: What is human?
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Dear startups,
Be a Delaware C-Corp.
Thank you,
All Investors
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Building more is very rarely the answer.
I find that engineering-centric entrepreneurs build about 10x too much and talk to their customer about 10x too little.
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🍯Honey acquired by Paypal for $4B
#⃣Plaid acquired by Visa for $5.3B
Old incumbent finance is making HUGE moves into Fintech.
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Latest
#Crypto
acquisitions:
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@circlepay
buys
@poloniex
for $400m
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@coinbase
buys
@CipherBrowser
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@coinbase
buys
@earndotcom
for $100m
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@BitGo
buys kingdom trust
The times are changing.
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I feel like the
#Bitcoin
community has been way more silent than usual considering the fact that the US government just printed $2 Trillion.
This feels like the perfect time to say "Buy Bitcoin" because that thing we said would happen... it happened.
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Startup Founders: There is someone out there who loves doing the part of the job you suck at.
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The only group upset about
@elonmusk
telling employees to return to the office is the media.
I think the employees should be amped. Seeing people in person rocks.
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“Pre-Seed is where the action is. Resist the urge to overly concentrate. Help as many founders as possible. Help them systematically and stay focused. On a long enough time frame it will all pay off in ways that you can’t imagine looking at it now.”
-
@naval
I love this quote.
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Founders under-value sending monthly updates to investors.
@Coinbase
sent them, every month, until they were worth $1B.
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*On bike ride with daughter.
Me: “When you are my age, all the cars will drive themselves. You won’t have to drive.”
5 yo: “I will miss you when you’re dead.”
Me: ...”Who said anything about me dying?”
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So the SEC has chosen war.
Is the US government trying to push innovation out of this country?
I stand in support of
@brian_armstrong
and
@coinbase
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Not to have two posts about my Dad in a row, but he crushed in this interview, basically an argument for
#Bitcoin
:
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When I started investing in startups, I used to think that capital was the scarce resource, and ideas were a dime a dozen.
Turns out the scarcest resource is an original idea.
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People under-value things that compound: Networks, trust and curiosity.
People over-value isolated achievements: Status, Trophies, university acceptances.
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You know what’s impressive:
@jack
running two $30B companies. Crazy how far both have come.
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I turned 34 Today.
I did everything except Stanford on my Dad's list he wrote the day I was born.
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I realized something today:
The internet was built for the empire, and
#Bitcoin
is the first tool for the rebels...
I think I'll buy more Bitcoin.
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On Wednesday I got to celebrate the
@coinbase
IPO with a legend.
My grandpa and me had a blast.
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We have invested in 20+ Matthew’s.
Our data suggests that companies who have at least one founder named Matthew perform better than other companies.
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#Crypto
is in a cool spot right now. I’m going to try a bunch of crypto project this week.
What should I try?
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I feel like the Federal Reserve should just buy $1 Trillion in
#Bitcoin
.
Makes more sense than what’s about to happen.
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1/
@BoostVC
just raised a $40m fund after 7.5 years of operation.
👇A thread on things in Venture Capital👇
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Founders: it’s always darkest before dawn.
I have see so many founders burn out just before everything starts working.
Be patient, keep building... be the cockroach.
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I know a founder:
💸Their company is worth $1B
🚫They have never sold a single share
👍They pay themselves $200k/year
I'm sure this is not as rare as I think it is, but they have fully aligned incentives with the company.
Long term thinking and self confidence.
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It's interesting, when I see a email address, it's generally a negative ding on your ability to keep up with technology.
If I see a email address... I read every word of your email.
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I want to accelerate people with a strong sense of purpose.
That is now my only qualifier for investment.
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Great entrepreneurs ask for forgiveness not permission.
Go do things.
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Me: "I hate when people make these ridiculous predictions about the
#crypto
world."
Also Me: "The value of cryptocurrencies will exceed nation-based currencies in 10 years."
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Dear Startups,
Stop saying "And then I'm going to raise a series A soon after."
That's not a thing anymore. Build a business.
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We live in a world where big digital companies can be built with:
🚫 No Code.
🚫 No Office.
🚫 No Full Time Employees.
🚫 No Bank.
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Investors are sleeping on
#VR
.
In the next 10 years 2 of the top companies by market cap will be metaverse companies.
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4 yo: "Does the chicken we eat come from real chickens?"
Wife: *Panicking about explaining death of animals. "Well, we do eat chicken..."
4 yo: "WAIT! Does that mean that ham comes from HAMSTERS?!!!"
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I turned 35 today.
I accomplished everything I wanted to.
I accelerated the growth of people through energy.
Probably going to do that a couple million more times and then call it a day.
Oh! And build ocean cities. The next 35 years will be pretty epic.
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.
@BoostVC
will still be investing $500k in 20 deals a year.
However the market has changed, and thus our valuation expectations have changed:
We will only entertain founders who are willing to receive money between a $2-6m valuation.
AMA 👇
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Jamie Dimon over 3 years:
2017: "
#Bitcoin
is a Fraud"
2018: *Hold up, I can fork Bitcoin and launch my own?
2019: "JP Morgan to launch crypto currency!"
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"But how do I set myself up to raise my Series A in a year?"
You make a ton of money, get a ton of customers and build a business.
If you are catering to the investor instead of the customer, you already lost.
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Pomp
@APompliano
has been so consistent in the
#Crypto
market. He's going to be the biggest media Futurist of all time.
We are lucky to have him in Crypto.
I'm such a fan of consistent enthusiasm.
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VC in 2021:
Founder: "Hey we are starting our raise"
Me: "Great, lets set up time."
Founder: "I don't want to waste your time, we are already closed."
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One amazing thing about the job of a venture capitalist is that my entire career is spent talking with humans who are going to make the world a better place.
The future is so bright.
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Never, in all of time, have so many people had an opinion on a new car release.
Elon is the greatest living marketer.
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Board meeting advice for entrepreneurs:
💪 The board works for you, you do not work for the board
⚡️ Tell your board what to do for you - Business Development, Investment, Hiring, Strategy
⌚️ Hold them accountable
They should accelerate you, not grade your homework.
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When
@brian_armstrong
from
@coinbase
pitched me at red rock in Mountain View, he said that
#Bitcoin
could be a trillion dollar opportunity.
1. He was right
2. He was the first founder to ever say Trillion dollars to me
Now I only look at quadrillion dollar markets.
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Fundraising is a tool, not the goal.
Many entrepreneurs need to learn this.
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As a father of two girls, I’ve come to the conclusion that glitter was designed by satan.
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The most undervalued trait of a great entrepreneur:
The desire to win.
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Got an update from an entrepreneur that said “tldr: things are ok”
I asked: “what would make things epic?”
Which made me ask myself: “What would make my month epic?”
Now I’m up at midnight getting started on my plan to make July epic.
Tldr: make things epic.
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This has become some of my favorite content on the internet.
Choose rich.
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Remember when
@APompliano
was telling us “the virus is spreading” in reference to
#Bitcoin
.
Things I miss in 2020.
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This is awesome!
@brian_armstrong
and
@VitalikButerin
and
@vladtenev
are ranked
#20
and
#22
and
#24
on the
@FortuneMagazine
#40Under40
.
#21
is
@rihanna
!
"
#Crypto
is as big as
#Riri
" - new slogan for our industry.
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Big Win This year for
@BoostVC
:
If you were an LP in any Boost fund before 2018, you have now been returned more money than you invested in us.
Brick by brick. Thanks for trusting us with your capital.
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This is why
#Bitcoin
.
A bank deciding for us is a thing of the past.
@l3l2ucelee
Thanks for reaching out to us. Unfortunately, Wells Fargo does not allow transactions involving cryptocurrency. -Josh
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Just had a sudden realization:
When I was 12 my grandfather gave me a swiss army knife against my mothers wishes.
Later that night I couldn't find it anywhere, and I thought I lost this amazing gift.
Just realized that the most likely scenario is that MY MOM TOOK IT!
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People over complicate early stage venture capital.
Just invest in great people doing important things.
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The edit button has always been a hotly debated topic on twitter.
Being able to rewrite and modify past tweets is a bad idea for the service. I could get a lot of likes on something, change one word and change the meaning.
I’m with Jack on this.
Twitter’s Jack Dorsey on edit button: ‘We’ll probably never do it’
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My Dad sent me
@WarrenBuffett
's annual letter and with this quote:
"Truly good businesses are exceptionally hard to find. Selling any you are lucky enough to own makes no sense at all." -
@WarrenBuffett
Investors forget how lucky we are to be a part of the founders journeys.
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Two things I'm pretty obsessed with:
✍️ Writing every day
🚶♂️ Long walks every day
Both of these things have had a tremendous impact on my productivity and focus.
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1/ A lot of people on my
@Twitter
feed don’t like
@Tronfoundation
.
I own no Tron, however the visceral reaction some people have to it is fascinating to me.
@justinsuntron
has created a 2m person following, lowering the cost of marketing his tech.
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I hope this is how we feel about signing up for a
@Coinbase
account in 20 years... but also that Coinbase is a Trillion dollar company.
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