David Booth
@david__booth
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Partner, Ecosystem @a16z || Formerly: EIR @Blackbirdvc; Co-Founder & CEO at On Deck (now @joinODF, @solofounding); early-ish @AngelList, @Cartainc.
San Francisco / NZ
Joined June 2009
ok some personal news: 1. I'm joining @a16z! 2. my family and I are moving back to San Francisco 🇺🇸 👋 I’m joining a16z as a Partner and Head of Ecosystem. Excited to be teaming up with @eriktorenberg for a second round, continuing what has become my life’s work. I'll be focused
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I'm testing something. would love to hear from people who are in the "pre-idea" to "pre-PMF" stage of exploring starting a new company...as defined below. May be able to help you find & connect with others to collaborate with—maybe an early hire, someone who can help validate
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this, but for who introduced you to who + who you should be spending more time with
New visualization style for "memory" The closer it is to empty, the more you need a review
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“Everything is networks now” .. example 7,943
Levels: 1. “you can use it anywhere” 2. “you can now build products/businesses on the assumption of 24/7 access to permissionless, global financial rails” 3. localised, hard-wired “alternatives” (i.e. laying broadband/fibre) suddenly seem archaic.. over some period of time
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Levels: 1. “you can use it anywhere” 2. “you can now build products/businesses on the assumption of 24/7 access to permissionless, global financial rails” 3. localised, hard-wired “alternatives” (i.e. laying broadband/fibre) suddenly seem archaic.. over some period of time
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Levels: 1. “you can use it anywhere” 2. “you can now build products/businesses on the assumption of 24/7 access to permissionless, global financial rails” 3. localised, hard-wired “alternatives” (i.e. laying broadband/fibre) suddenly seem archaic.. over some period of time
“Stablecoins are Starlink for money” Ok, I get it now
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“Stablecoins are Starlink for money” Ok, I get it now
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I love how Erik is defining the way the media and marketing landscape is shifting. Brent, Henry & the team are already shipping work that is setting a new bar.
I'm excited to announce the a16z New Media Fellowship. Or as many people are saying, the Thiel Fellowship for the terminally online. Finding highly functional people who are also very online is hard, so we are creating a fellowship to gather and train them in the art of New
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We're just 7 hours in and I'm already blown away by the quantity and quality of applicants (to say nothing of our amazing speaker lineup). If you want to play a role in the future of media, apply!
I'm excited to announce the a16z New Media Fellowship. Or as many people are saying, the Thiel Fellowship for the terminally online. Finding highly functional people who are also very online is hard, so we are creating a fellowship to gather and train them in the art of New
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secrets of new media (from internal deck) in particular, building channel bibles, inhouse world class creatives (hire well), then forward deploy into portcos
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"...we’re training a cohort of builders who know how to execute a timeline takeover, who can drop into a company, embed for a launch, and leave behind muscle memory for storytelling, distribution, and community. Over time, many will stay at those companies and rise up to
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"...we’re training a cohort of builders who know how to execute a timeline takeover, who can drop into a company, embed for a launch, and leave behind muscle memory for storytelling, distribution, and community. Over time, many will stay at those companies and rise up to
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"thiel fellowship for the terminally online" on the front opportunity join an elite startup early, as their "forward-deployed storyteller" on the back own your distribution, together. 👇
I'm excited to announce the a16z New Media Fellowship. Or as many people are saying, the Thiel Fellowship for the terminally online. Finding highly functional people who are also very online is hard, so we are creating a fellowship to gather and train them in the art of New
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I'm excited to announce the a16z New Media Fellowship. Or as many people are saying, the Thiel Fellowship for the terminally online. Finding highly functional people who are also very online is hard, so we are creating a fellowship to gather and train them in the art of New
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extending this thought/metaphor: posting in public == going public as a company. It's way easier to stay private! there's plenty of capital in the private markets for high quality companies // we all know a deeply credible person who doesn't care to post on X, blog, etc.
We all have a "social capital balance sheet" with the world. I learned this watching founders navigate the gap between what they’ve built and how they communicate it publicly. On one side: all signal, no substance. You’re over-leveraged, building hype, drawing down from the
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Problems are just opportunities in work clothes
"Problems are your friend. You don't want to just tolerate problems; you want to embrace problems. Problems are the way you succeed." —Brad Jacob's mentor, Mr. Ludwig Jesselson
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New Besties?
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Mediocrity is invisible until passion shows up and exposes it. Watch this space đź‘€
The UK is a great country with an extraordinary history. Our stagnation is real, but it's fixable and worth fixing. Enjoyed giving this talk at @lfg_uk last week and so encouraged by the optimistic responses I've had from people who are building a brilliant future for Britain 🚀
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or, you can fit 20x New Zealands inside of one Nividia
Nvidia just crossed $5T. For reference the combined market cap of all 457 public companies in the UK is $4.2T, and you can fit an entire Singapore in the remainder
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