Kent Lindstrom
@kentlind
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Entrepreneur, investor, co-founder of @8bitcapital. Host of Something Ventured podcast (https://t.co/vP6GNlyVVq)
San Francisco, CA
Joined May 2008
OK, this guy is the best.
An ambitious founder called me "We're growing fast, have a great team, and incredible product/market fit. Can I come by and pitch you?" I paused. "Did you obtain a Prospective Investor Meeting Permit from the EU Commission on Venture Investments?" He stuttered.
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Go bunny!
Every time we raise a flagship fund I get a new pet. Meet bunny (no name yet) who will help us raise the rest of 1517 Fund IV!
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Something Ventured -- Silicon Valley Podcast Β· Episode
Peter Thiel sparked outrage by paying teens $100K to ditch college and launch startups. 1517 Fund emerged from the Thiel Fellowship. 1517 is still betting on teens to outbuild Ivy league graduates. They also backed @loom @luminartech @LambdaAPI @Atom_Computing @nTopology +more
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Peter Thiel sparked outrage by paying teens $100K to ditch college and launch startups. 1517 Fund emerged from the Thiel Fellowship. 1517 is still betting on teens to outbuild Ivy league graduates. They also backed @loom @luminartech @LambdaAPI @Atom_Computing @nTopology +more
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Peter Thiel sparked outrage by paying teens $100K to ditch college and launch startups. 1517 Fund emerged from the Thiel Fellowship: Its founders -- @DStrachman and @William_Blake -- are still betting on teens to outbuild Ivy league graduates.
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Brian is correct!
Dear Hyper-growth founders, Legendary companies are built on the backs of their delighted customers, not on the backs of their buzz/curves/demos. Don't fall in love with your hockey stick curves...fall in love with your customers. Love, Brian.
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About 6 weeks ago I asked for help getting the Thiel Fellowship and 1517 messages out there on podcasts and y'all served up! Here's a real gem where you get the dynamic duo from 1517 having a great conversation with @kentlind about how we're betting on teens to outbuild Ivy
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These guys are pretty cool! If you don't know the story...you're going to like this episode!
About 6 weeks ago I asked for help getting the Thiel Fellowship and 1517 messages out there on podcasts and y'all served up! Here's a real gem where you get the dynamic duo from 1517 having a great conversation with @kentlind about how we're betting on teens to outbuild Ivy
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@DStrachman @kentlind Building platforms for teen founders through 1517 sets a bold precedent. Interested to hear how others see this shaping the future of startup ecosystems-who else is tuning into these podcasts?
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I will also note -- these guys are a blast! @DStrachman and @William_Blake are not your typical VCs. If you don't know them -- you should.
About 6 weeks ago I asked for help getting the Thiel Fellowship and 1517 messages out there on podcasts and y'all served up! Here's a real gem where you get the dynamic duo from 1517 having a great conversation with @kentlind about how we're betting on teens to outbuild Ivy
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A few years ago Glue started as a wish for an alternative to the chaos of Slack. Now itβs a full platform with multiplayer, MCP-powered agentic AI and we just announced our $20M Series A funding. We have big plans for this investment, with a clear vision for how agentic AI will
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Sharing our Series A announcement! πΒ $20M invested in building the future of team chat. This funding means more integrations, a smarter agent, and better collaboration between people, their tools, and AI.
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Good point!
if every openai launch scares you, youβd have never survived googleβs decade of product graveyard sprints. they βkilledβ entire industries on paper, then forgot about it a year later. stop flinching and build.
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Dear VC kids (and many adults): itβs fine! You can be just a passive observer on board calls. Itβs ok to not have a view rather than burden founders with your 0 execution, building and scaling experience backed ++ podcast and analyst report regurgitated insights. Cos when you do
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We stopped Big Pilates!
The @sfplanning commission should be replaced by a computer that automatically approves permits that follow the letter of the law and a single person that restarts the computer for OS updates. The commissioners actively work to accelerate urban decay.
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