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I've known Ryan for those 10 years, back when we met at Morgan Stanley. He is one of the most persistent and hard working engineers I know. To people asking why he's giving it away…

Which begs the question, is there a way to dethrone something like Facebook? Because those network effects are increasingly strong. Perhaps if the AVP reaches the masses, Apple wil…

Volunteered for a non-profit [0], where we taught kids how to code. 0 - https://codenation.org/

Understood and apologies for misunderstanding. Every single founder I know (and I know a lot of them) doesn't build a business for the specific reason to be acquired. Is it a thoug…

AirBnB, Uber, Cloudflare to name some. Those mid sized companies you refer to did fine for three reasons: * If they were competing against venture backed companies, they were likel…

A lot of big businesses don't start off as sustainable ones. So they buy time, through venture capital, to become sustainable ones. This kind of news hurts the chances of that cate…

Temporarily-not-an-unicorn companies will need to raise more money to become a unicorn. If those investors don't see light at the end of the tunnel, these companies get squeezed.

It's a worrying trend, especially for those of us in startup land. With the Figma deal following through and less companies going public, the assembly line funding model is showing…

Not OP but probably a waste of effort for an early stage startup.

> We’re at the end of a grand experiment of “you can take VC money and deliver a tech with new values, one that people want.” This is an extreme position. More likely, we are seein…

Leaning venture backed.

Good points - social communities have less of an autopilot component than b2b SaaS.

Well now I have to ask - what was it like inside the cauldron? Any learnings you took into your next step?

Typo - a year

Hi Don - I don't know you but I feel like I do now. And your son as well. Thank you for sharing that tweet.

I'm a recovering founder after winding down my startup a couple months ago. I've been thinking about getting back on the saddle and in service of that, meeting with folks who could…

That's right - OnDeck was spending $500k/month on it.

I believe the closest counter is a breakup fee. Not a perfect solve, though.

Speaks to the power of youtube as well. A generational innovation.

Bit of a strange take. There’s multiple economists expressing puzzlement around the resilience of consumer spending. Don’t think the NYT is expressing an opinion one way or the oth…

Appreciate the response. Wife and I looked at SoFlo, specifically Miami, really closely. Even lived for a month. It was hard for us to pull the trigger, but cool to see it's workin…

Which part of FL?

Weather, taxes, and CoL.

Damn, I just discovered it 4 days ago. It is excellent, with zero cruft. Looks like I'll need to use Apple Podcasts.