Thought Leadership Threads

In honor of the @RobinhoodApp S-1 I thought I’d share a conversation I had a few weeks ago with a friend who used Robinhood as his on-ramp into the trading world.

Brace yourselves. It was a fun conversation but pretty eye opening in lots of ways.

Guess what's confused me the most so far in the @RobinhoodApp S-1? 👇Picture. What the heck does it mean? There must be an embedded message! I've stared at it for an hour and can't figure it out!

#fintech community help! @JoinCommonstock help! @public help!

We’ve seen a few $10B+ lending companies emerge from the fintech ecosystem in the past few years. We’ve also seen a few fintech lenders meltdown in the public markets.

Are lending companies VC backable? Thoughts plus a framework to answer this question👇

This may sound funny but I actually have a favorite business model.

We all know that the goal of business is to sell a good/service at a higher price than it costs to manufacture and distribute.

My favorite business model is designed to do this extremely well. 👇🤯

It shouldn’t be a surprise that I love helping #startups. It’s what I do. But a little known fact is that my favorite show is American Ninja Warrior (@ninjawarrior). To me, building a #startup has parallels to ANW that great VCs and Founders should internalize. 🧵👇

In the past few months I’ve spent dozens of hours mentoring and coaching Founders at the “pre-launch” stage of their #startups. Some are getting close to launch but most are still trying to figure out what they want to build.

Here are 5 take-aways: 🔥🧵👇

We all know that Small Businesses are important to our communities. We also know that minority owned Small Businesses don’t have equal access to capital and tools. Is this solvable? Curious to hear about a company working on this challenge? Read on!

Yesterday @QEDinvestors announced our investment in @GetCapchase and we couldn’t be more excited. The space is white hot with big rounds being announced recently by @pipe and @clearbanc (among others). Curious why so much capital is flowing into the space? A thread: 👇

Building a successful #startup requires getting to “yes” every day. Unity of purpose paired with the right team and right incentives is a recipe for greatness. But sometimes getting to “yes” requires a #startup to conquer the “Impossible”. A 🧵👇