Eric Paley
@epaley
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Aspiring to build the most aligned VC for founders at seed stage @fcollective. Seed VC @TheTradeDesk, @Uber, @Cruise, @Airtable, @Whoop, @Embarkvet etc.
Cambridge, MA
Joined May 2009
VC assumption - more capital accelerates best companies to greater success. Unfortunately, the data says otherwise
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Venture capital is a hell of a drug. Used properly, it’s like adrenaline energizing many of the greatest companies of the past fifty years. Used
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I’ve been fortunate to know @epaley for almost 25 years. First as a classmate, then as his seed investor, and for the last 16 years as a business partner. Today, I add “proud constituent” and “devoted advocate” to our list of affiliations, though none will ever outweigh “friend.”
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My Next Chapter - Team Massachusetts I’m honored to share that Governor Healey has appointed me to be the Massachusetts Secretary of Economic Development. This is not a sentence I ever imagined I’d be writing. I’ve spent my career as an entrepreneur and venture capitalist.
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Sam Harris sure has a way with words. So clear and yet so many can’t see. https://t.co/Y7DQSHM1KB
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Precisely the problem!
money obfuscates reality, often when reality is what you need most. now having a few “trend cycles” in early VC to reflect on, its clear that overcapitalized companies struggle to develop the muscle of resourcefulness. pre-PMF product dev should happen w/ resource constraints
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We're hiring MBA associates in Harvard Sq. and SoHo – join us!
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We were early investors in Uber, Airtable, The Trade Desk, Suno, Cruise, PillPack, SeatGeek, Coupang, Whoop, Formlabs, and many, many more great startups. Now, we’d like to be early backers of your...
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Yes SHE Can!
https://t.co/NZGA8wwxk1 helped President Obama get elected with Yes WE can song and now he is helping Kamala get elected with Yes SHE Can!! Listen and share!
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ShieldAI drones demonstrated they can withstand Russian EW countermeasures
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Shield AI’s drones have shown they can withstand brutal electronic warfare, prompting Kyiv to request hundreds of its systems.
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"Trump thinks this economy is in the toilet. In fact, under Joe Biden, it grew faster than it did under Donald Trump." @SteveRattner
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The American Economy is doing phenomenally, especially compared to the rest of the world.
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If you haven't decided yet who to vote for, here's why I think you should vote for Harris.
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From a start-up perspective, Product-Market fit isn't just a binary condition around whether customers want the product. IMHO it includes a) whether enough $ can be extracted from the product to warrant engineering and GTM costs, b) whether there's a plausible GTM motion and c)
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One of the nicest guys in the sector (and by far the richest), my friend Jeff Green, accepting a well-deserved Industry Changemaker Award at 212NYC. Congrats Jeff!
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So cool!
Grammy-winning producer @Timbaland shares how Suno is helping him rediscover the purity of creativity in the debut episode of our new video series, MUSE. Hear more from Timbaland: https://t.co/sDcCo2ZC0H Be the first to hear his new single “Love Again”, dropping exclusively on
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Awesome day organized by @epaley and the founder collective crew on growing the boston ecosystem! Here’s the meme for the session I organized, discuss 😂
What a magnificent day spent together with extraordinary, creative, innovative leaders who are so committed and enthusiastic about Boston's #collectivefuture! 🙏🙏🙏 #LongBoston
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The most wonderful feedback on #collectivefuture that we've received from several people is that they found it intellectually soulful. That resonated deeply for me too!
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What a magnificent day spent together with extraordinary, creative, innovative leaders who are so committed and enthusiastic about Boston's #collectivefuture! 🙏🙏🙏 #LongBoston
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Huge thank you to all of you amazing superstars from the Boston innovation community who made #collectivefuture so special today! I'm so inspired by your energy and passion! Thank you 🙏 ❤️
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