Archive - Let Me Know How I Can Be Helpful

Why there are no "ridiculous" ideas in Silicon Valley

Except, apparently, an edit button for Twitter

May 24, 2020 •

March 2020

This one weird trick to get $21M for free

How a competitive conflict cost Sequoia $21M (Finix & Stripe)

Mar 10, 2020 •

February 2020

Book Review: Whistleblower

Susan Fowler's memoir and some thoughts on whether VCs can play a role in improving the culture in technology companies

Feb 19, 2020 •

December 2019

Getting carried away

What founders and VCs really think about the expose of Away's culture

Dec 8, 2019 •

November 2019

Understanding VC Doublespeak

In this world, speaking clearly is a Narrative Violation

Nov 27, 2019 •

How VCs Make Money

Digging into "Two and Twenty" & VC compensation

Nov 6, 2019 •

September 2019

What happens when you turn $1m into $750m as a Junior VC

The answer will not surprise you + Last week in VC (9/16/2019)

Sep 17, 2019 •

Last Week on VC Twitter - 9/9/19

If you give a mouse a cookie, soon the mouse becomes an activist investor in your company

Sep 9, 2019 •

August 2019

Last Week on VC Twitter — Week of August 26th 2019

VCs continue to yell "price matters" into the void to maintain their sanity

Aug 26, 2019 •

Last Week on VC Twitter — Week of August 19th 2019

VCs really should have expected the higher prices for YC companies when Demo Day moved to SF

Aug 19, 2019 •

Last week on VC Twitter — Week of August 11th 2019

At this point, round labels (A vs C) are only used by lawyers to figure out how much to charge

Aug 12, 2019 •

Last week on VC Twitter — Week of August 4th 2019

VCs thank Jerome Powell for forcing LPs to allocate more money to VC

Aug 5, 2019 •

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