"people talk to much. humans aren't descended from monkeys. they come from parrots." - shadow of the wind

Jeff Bezos: Slow decisions are worse than bad decisions

career investors that use the phrase "lifestyle business" pejoratively are in for a rude awakening

Claude Code: "You've hit your limit · resets 7pm" Me from 5-6.59pm

something big is happening, and we shouldn't be afraid of it. https://t.co/nHAfR68Nl4

people are going to hear a lot more about @AsteraInstitute soon. haven't heard a vision that exciting in quite some time.

when that first mega ipo hits

going to be a hard year for those in the corporate hierarchy responsible for writing "a plan about a plan" or scheduling "a meeting about a meeting" and everyone will be better off for it in the long run

few feelings in life as good as seeing your friends and family absolutely crush

“design partners” are just situationships that never close paid early customers or bust

When you ask a Software CEO why they won't be disrupted by AI

LPs would earn better returns by investing directly into companies and sizing up their bets to give founders some capital to invest directly into their networks

"if only everything hurt as little as a blow to the face" - shadow of the wind

advice given without lived experience is almost always coping out loud

it's quite straightforward to tell which of the "hot" tech companies are going to do well when you meet founders & exec teams. some leaders have insatiable curiosity and learning velocity. others have built identity and ego walls that prevent new info absorption.

AI still at the phase of trying to predict what most people are trying to say. it will be 100x more valuable when it predicts what you specifically are trying to say.

the opposite of addiction isn’t sobriety, it’s choosing connection and presence the difference is staying with discomfort instead of running from it

costs don’t change your business model. they reveal whether you ever had one to begin with.

people think this is an AI boom, but it's really just a well-marketed software bust