Mike "damp" Damphousse 🇺🇸
@damphoux
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Category Designer • Investor • Advisor • Author • Former CEO • Poker • Chess • @cd_advisors • @Stage2Capital • #CategoryDesign
Boston, MA
Joined November 2008
Signing copies of our new book "The Category Creation Formula - Discover, Design & Win New Market Categories". Love being able to give back to the #CategoryDesign movement. This may have been written by @kmaney and I, but so many of you contributed. Thank you! Shipping next
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Incredible the feedback we're getting from the investor community for our new book, The Category Creation Formula. VCs and Angels alike are ordering copies of the book for their portfolio companies. Kevin and I are always available for portfolio events to share category design
Praise for our new book, The Category Creation Formula co-authored by @kevinmaney11 and @damphoux "In an era of unprecedented technological change when AI is reshaping every industry, strategic category design is a requirement. This is the playbook for founders who want to
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Praise for our new book, The Category Creation Formula “A thoughtful, fun-to-read and enormously helpful [play]book that captures how innovators can see and frame new opportunities amid great technological change.” Don Tapscott, entrepreneur and bestselling author Link to
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The best VCs think category-first. They don’t just invest in great teams or products, they invest in home runs. Home runs live in bold, new categories. Not copycat markets Founders: pitch the category’s potential before you pitch your company. Learn how to design and
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.@MFT_Get_Funded @Alice_MiaX and others in the dividend income space... Thinking about the global uncertainty going on right now, I'm looking at Gold, Silver, Bitcoin and XRP as a combined strategy since they seem to bounce off each other. I can obviously get into GLD, SLV,
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I absolutely love waking up to daytime @ufc fights. Live in Doha right now. But I miss when the translator-extraordinaire, @fabianobuskei is not in attendance. His ability to convey the fighters' emotions and mannerisms is uncanny. And always with a genuine smile and love of the
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BREAKING: Zohran Mamdani listed twice on the ballot for today’s NYC Mayoral Election. 92% chance he wins.
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UFC Jackson v Figueiredo. Total joke on the decision.
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He won. I hope @danawhite sanctions the Brother v Brother fight! (lost $100, but this is worth the price of admission)
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I bet against Louis Jourdain in DWCS UFC tonight, but having heard his story, I hope he wins. His brother is also UFC and he promises a brother vs brother ticket!
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My business partner, @kmaney's new book. It outlines @generalcatalyst's VC strategy that the best companies – the ones that endure and pile up the best returns over time – are companies that have a positive impact on society. In the article below, Kevin points out why category
@cd_advisors' partner @kmaney's new book with @generalcatalyst CEO @htaneja : The Transformation Principles. How General Catalyst Builds Category Defining Companies https://t.co/CYtvYmx8Ih
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Final tabled a $100 mtt last night then … my rechargeable apple mouse tells me its battery is almost dead! And you can’t use it while it’s charging. :( the 5 minute break provided 5% charge. That lasted. Got 3rd. New backup mouse arrives today. Thank you Amazon.
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America's Intel Stake is a Bet on a Category Design Miracle. Through a category design lens, the American people should temper any excitement about their new 10% stake in Intel. That is, unless Intel is about to create an entirely new category of computing power – which seems
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Through a category design lens, the American people should temper any excitement about their new 10% stake in Intel. That is, unless Intel is about to crea
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I regularly played the $5/$5 Pot Limit game at Foxwoods in the early 2000's and very often two players at the table besides me were @TheGrinder44 and @FossilMan. I invested in Greg back then (and continue to) and have done quite well, especially when he won the $5M main. I wish I
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Happy Independence Day! 🇺🇸 Today, we celebrate the birth of our nation founded on unity, liberty, and shared purpose. The Constitution was crafted to bring us together, balancing diverse voices under common ideals. Reflect today to recommit to respectful dialogue and mutual
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