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Greater focus on a decentralized investor base
Anthony Pompliano • I'm Launching A New Fund...
— Bill Gates (as relayed by Chamath Palapithiya)
Sameer Singh • The Platform Matrix: All Platforms Are Not Created Equal
Chamath Palihapitiya, Founder and CEO Social Capital, on Money as an Instrument of Change
youtu.beA corollary to this is that as governance has decayed and the focus of most VCs is on uprounds and markups, there has been a meaningful decay in strategy at many startups.
Chamath Pailihapitiya • Social Capital Annual Letter 2019
Provide access to increasingly large amounts of non-dilutive capital.
Packy McCormick • Stripe: The Internet's Most Undervalued Company
When it comes to being a great investor, you have to manage your own psychology:
Shane Parrish • Chamath Palihapitiya: Understanding Yourself [The Knowledge Project Ep. #94] - Farnam Street
The second investment was in Twitter for $25k Often found himself working at Twitter on general tasks because he really needed the $25k back. Involved early on at Google, helped engineers without MBAs communicate with customers. After this, he embraced his generalist skills and entered into VC