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!

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. 🧵👇

Twitter has been my relief valve for venting and sharing thoughts over the past year. In case you missed these, here are a few of my favorites: 🔥🧵🤯👇

Was on a panel last week and was asked about a topic I knew very little about. My response seemed to get laughs and likes at the same time. It’s an old poker saying: “If you can’t spot the fish at the table then you’re the fish.” I live by this adage…let me explain👇

It seems to be a trend that’s hit peak levels during the pandemic, but people in the #startup ecosystem are throwing themselves into their jobs to the detriment of everything else in their lives. It reminds me of a funny story.

It’s hard to produce a 3X+ #VC fund. It’s much harder to do this consistently. Our first 4 funds are mature enough to know where they’ll end up and all of them will handily beat this benchmark. I reviewed our portfolio this morning and jotted down 12 notes. Shared:

I wish the 50-year old me could go back and give some “tough love” advice to the younger me. I’m not sure I would have listened, but maybe someone out there in the #startup ecosystem will.

Here are 8 pieces of hard earned wisdom that might serve you well: