Sublime

Nat Friedman

I'm an investor, entrepreneur, developer.

Some things about me:

• Grew up in Charlottesville, VA


• On the Internet since 1991, which is my actual "home town"


• Went to MIT because I loved the Richard Feynman autobiographies


• Started two companies


• CEO of GitHub from 2018 through 2021


• Live in California

Some things I believe:

• As human beings it is our

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Around that time, Peltier realized a couple of things. One, it made more sense to tap into existing user behavior rather than trying to create a new means of interaction, and two, his idea could be bigger than just serving musical artists.

The developer day and how the store was introduced was in inflection moment of Altman pushing too far, too fast. My bet: He’ll have a new company up by Monday.

What do I usually do? I find things and I found things. Things I find include tools, ideas, books, and people, which I blend and purvey. Things I’ve founded and co-founded include the Trips Festival (1966), Whole Earth Catalog (1968), Hackers Conference (1984), The WELL (1984), Global Business Network (1988), and The Long Now Foundation (1996).