Del Johnson @DelJohnsonVC

"The Most contrarian thinker in VC" & Father of Modern Venture Capital. VC, Angel, LP. prev: @Google @Oracle @ucberkeley @Columbialaw New York, NY Joined September 2012

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gil duran @gilduran76

24 hours ago

"It's so strange... you build military AI, military drones, autonomous drone technology to export to war zones all over the world. You build domestic surveillance technology to surveil our friends and neighbors. And then your other pet passion is the Antichrist."

gil duran @gilduran76

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Joe Rivano Barros @jrivanob

a day ago

oh okay

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Dan Gray @credistick

4 days ago

@skupor @DelJohnsonVC The Kaplan paper includes more vintages pre-dotcom than post-dotcom (1984–2014). Funds are much larger, take longer to close, and are raised more frequently. For perhaps related reasons, returns have fallen significantly. Venture capital has changed significantly. 1984–1999…

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Malcolm Harris @BigMeanInternet

5 days ago

Sounds creepy in one way but it's actually creepy in a whole other way

bone @boneGPT

5 days ago

Sounds creepy in one way but it's actually creepy in a whole other way

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goodalexander @goodalexander

a week ago

I met with Peter Thiel once I pitched him on a system to detect trends he told me it wasn't interesting because by the time a trend is in place, it means that it's likely overvalued I thought I learned a lost then he top blasted all his previous investments and turbo printed…

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reclaim UC @reclaimuc

2 weeks ago

"Possibly the most notorious example [of University of Chicago's poor investment decisions] is the university’s foray into cryptocurrency. Four sources…allege that the university lost tens of millions investing in crypto around 2021." stanfordreview.org/uchicago-lost-…

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Teddy Blank @teddypowday

2 weeks ago

@JayKapoorNYC This mindset and his tweeting this out to the ecosystem are clear signs the asset class is broken. This tweet emerges from a model looking for quick markups to raise their next fund to pull another decade of fees. Liquidity for LPs not considered. Everyone’s cooked

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Endowment Eddie @endowment_eddie

2 weeks ago

One of the great ironies of the LP world is that most take their thematic/‘fun’ bets via venture capital commitments. If you’re going to violate fiduciary duty, don’t do it in the highest dispersion and most illiquid asset class.

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Will DeCotiis @Will_DeCotiis

3 weeks ago

This is akin to a Ponzi scheme for those uninitiated Same asset being sold multiple times amongst the same managers to move investor money around

junkbondinvestor @junkbondinvest

3 weeks ago

This is akin to a Ponzi scheme for those uninitiated Same asset being sold multiple times amongst the same managers to move investor money around

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Dan Gray @credistick

4 weeks ago

"The consensus in recent literature is clear: proactive deal origination is pivotal for achieving superior outcomes in venture capital investments." (source: "Optimizing Venture Capital Deal Origination") Experienced investors will recognise the importance of go-to-market…

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Del Johnson @DelJohnsonVC

4 weeks ago

One thing I find slightly amusing is people trashing the OpenAI presentation being the same type of people to think all an org needs is engineers. Are people who can talk and explain things well and be presentable, but who are "non technical" important to a business, or nah?