Dan Kimerling
@dkimerling
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Founder + Managing Partner @Deciens; Lead Investor, @chippercashapp @GlacierGrid @Funding_U @treasuryprime & many other fintechs. đź’Ť to @jojonojojo
Albuquerque, NM
Joined January 2008
RT @chippercashapp: 🇿🇲 Big news! We've officially launched in Zambia in partnership with Western Union!. Chipper Cash customers in Zambia c….
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RT @Deciens: Big congrats to Aelin Kim — now officially our Chief Financial Officer! 🎉. She’s been the steady force behind our financial op….
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Meet the CFO keeping our financial operations clear, compliant, and on course.
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Working with @HSerunjogi, @DrJid, and the entire @chippercashapp team has been one of the great experiences of my career. I truly believe that it is still day 1 for them.
Today marks 7 years since @DrJid and I started @chippercashapp in his shoebox apartment in San Francisco (he made me sleep in the kitchen for 9 months btw!). There's a lot to reflect on in 7 years, but a few key themes stand out. This was my message to all our employees globally:
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RT @HSerunjogi: We’re launching Chipper Ads, allowing businesses of all sizes to reach millions of people globally across the Chipper platf….
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RT @govfuturist: Great to hear @Deciens' @dkimerling on a podcast - you should do more of them! Your perspective is always on point. https….
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Amen.
Over the last 2 weeks, I’ve largely worked out of the ICU. My dad has been there for the last 12 days and on a ventilator for the last 9…it’s been a tough time for me and my family. In preparation for our AGM today, last night I spent time with our founders, LPs and employees,.
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Amen. 110%. Too much social validation and caring about it. Too little caring about creating value for stakeholders.
This is the single greatest flaw of VC. Huge topic at a VC dinner I was at last night and while I don’t universally agree, sometimes doing the right thing (what helps you “win”) is NOT the popular thing. We see board members who are happy to watch a company implode, rather than.
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any place would be lucky to have jerry.
I told Columbia I wouldn't be returning to teach next year. I love the place too much to participate in it collaborating in its own destruction. It's low-paid, and kind of thankless work, but every once in a while I see a student using what I taught them and succeeding, and that.
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RT @Deciens: We’ve seen this cycle too many times:. 🚨 The crowd chases the "heat".🧲 Capital concentrates.📉 Discipline fades.💥 Hype crashes,….
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The creeping erosion of value creation in venture capital.
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As anyone who listens to knows, I think this is bunk science. A lot of it is subject to issues associated with when you "cut the tape". The # of great companies is not finite. Go into every investment with the mindset of "how do we make it great". This is a far more effective.
We have this debate at least once a year at our offsite: are we too diversified?. So I asked the team:.“If we want to cut the portfolio in half and double our check sizes… which half do you cut?”. Silence. Because unless you can consistently and accurately rank your portfolio.
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I went to buy two TVs today. In the last month the price has increased 44% and 38% respectively.
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This week I’m headed to New Orleans for the first time in a decade. Any suggestions? People I need to meet?.
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Being able to persuade using the written word is one of the highest forms of intelligence.
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My favorite AI stack is stone tablets with chisel, a thick printed book by a long dead author, an abacus, and a carrier pigeon. Works great.
Everyone's different but my current AI stack:. @withdelphi for chat and website and support.@higgsfield_ai for video generation.@getRecallAI for transcription+ .@reveimage for images.@AnthropicAI / Claude for podcast posts.@DescriptApp for podcasts editing.
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Or do things your own away and not compete. When we compete, we do so to win. But we have also not been in a competitve process since 2021.
I find LPs often hyper-focus on understanding the strategy for sourcing & picking deals. But too few focus on what matters most. winning the deal. You can see a great deal in front of you, offer a term sheet, but not be let in. Have to know how to win at the finish line.
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It should be compared to the baseline. On average (across 8 years) we do three investments per year. In Q1 we signed 1 term sheet, so we're on plan for this year and are looking for the next two opportunities.
We did 43 investments in Q1 of this year.
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