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The smartest thing a VC ever said to me was, "I am in the business of selling money. I'm a salesman, money is my product, and I'm trying to convince you to buy it from me by telling you how my money is better than everyone else's".
VCs have to prove their value to startups, because good ones have choices. A podcast is a great marketing opportunity.
I sometimes listen to (parts of) the All-In podcast because I think it is useful to understand what powerful people in our industry think. The four of them are really quite unlikable, and I can confidently say that if any of them happen to read this comment then they would not care in the slightest that I said that.
I did get kind of tried of their non-stop AI hype train talk. Seems like for majority of the last 1-2 years that's all they've talked about most of the time.
I sometimes listen to (parts of) the All-In podcast because I think it is useful to understand what powerful people in our industry think. The four of them are really quite unlikable, and I can confidently say that if any of them happen to read this comment then they would not care in the slightest that I said that.
I sometimes listen to (parts of) the All-In podcast because I think it is useful to understand what powerful people in our industry think. The four of them are really quite unlikable, and I can confidently say that if any of them happen to read this comment then they would not care in the slightest that I said that.
I find their commentary to be so incredibly biased that it is 99% useless. They are all peddling their investments, positions etc. Chamath, for example, claimed that he did not know what Waymo was: either he is an idiot (since knowing this shit is his job), or this is all a show to promote their positions. I believe the latter.
It does help for picking up certain topics if you were out of the loop. However, I find that my HN+Twitter addiction makes me more aware of recent news than what they provide.
Other VC podcasts I find more informative, but also less entertaining: Village Global, Cognitive Revolution, World of DaaS
I sometimes listen to (parts of) the All-In podcast because I think it is useful to understand what powerful people in our industry think. The four of them are really quite unlikable, and I can confidently say that if any of them happen to read this comment then they would not care in the slightest that I said that.
The only thing you’ll learn from this class of rich is how to stay rich. Most of us are stuck on step 1.
When Chamath explains the practical steps of his wealth it all sounds like psychopathy and luck. You can’t follow these game plans for shit, too much luck involved.
You can feel that what they’re saying comes not just from 1-2 successes, but also from hundreds of failures that they’ve seen. They also seem aware of (and are vocal about) the limits of their advice.
I don’t, know. Maybe I’m drinking the cool-aid, but they did convince me to apply to YC…
If it is simply a platform for them, I'm okay with it because of the quality of content.
I sometimes listen to (parts of) the All-In podcast because I think it is useful to understand what powerful people in our industry think. The four of them are really quite unlikable, and I can confidently say that if any of them happen to read this comment then they would not care in the slightest that I said that.
I sometimes listen to (parts of) the All-In podcast because I think it is useful to understand what powerful people in our industry think. The four of them are really quite unlikable, and I can confidently say that if any of them happen to read this comment then they would not care in the slightest that I said that.
It’s just levels to how little you actually know. I don’t actually know too much more than what I knew when I only had 20k compared to more than that. They are rich, but they also don’t know too much more than their first million or so. The only thing you’ll learn from this class of rich is how to stay rich. Most of us are stuck on step 1. When Chamath explains the practical steps of his wealth it all sounds like psy…