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joincolossus.comScott Belsky Talk at South Park Commons
Often designs from frustration
Right now, greater skill is being brought by compute and developing a democratization of many things (code, design, etc.). Because of this, taste will probably be the most important skill
Taste is derived from culture and overlap of industries
Because of that
Gabriel Valdivia
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Love this from Joshua Kushner’s interview on Patrick O’Shaughnessy‘s Invest like the Best:
Patrick: How do you balance or reconcile participating in a $2b round for stripe with a 2m check into a seed company?
Joshua: They are equally concentrated - not in magnitude of capital but in emotional commitment to concentration. We don’t do a lot but wh... See more
#07 - Erik Torenberg thinks we should build career moats
open.spotify.comThe best way to get a powerful person’s attention: offer to help them.
As chief of staff, I reviewed thousands of requests for Reid’s time/attention/money. It was stunning how few requesters actually offered to help him on something. Amusingly, many requests were framed as if the asking party were doing Reid a favor by giving him the opportunity to... See more
As chief of staff, I reviewed thousands of requests for Reid’s time/attention/money. It was stunning how few requesters actually offered to help him on something. Amusingly, many requests were framed as if the asking party were doing Reid a favor by giving him the opportunity to... See more