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Calm. Cool. Collected. Named everyone else on his crew. Said “anyone else would have done the same,” and then saved close to 200 people. A truly humble professional and hero. I hope this man gets every good thing he deserves.

I've noticed a common trait amongst the most elite venture firms that stay elite: the most senior partners continue to play the ground game. They do their own research, source companies directly, take prodigious notes, write memos, dive into data rooms. They continue to take

Has the space tech sector found its sustainable cruising altitude? The 2021 spike was likely driven by broader market euphoria. The "normalization" in 2024-2025 seems to represent sustainable, disciplined capital allocation based on proven success rather than hype.

Stop building MVPs (Minimum Viable Product) and start building MSPs (Minimum Sellable Product). If no one will pay for it, it’s not viable.

Sankey diagram of the real life process to get 6 term sheets in a Series A. For a hot company. This is why process driven fundraising is important. If you want a term sheet, aim for 50 first meetings. That might mean starting with 100 investors. Sometimes this is easier. Will

Excited to see the "SFJAZZ at Home" Mobile App as Apple's App of the Day! apps.apple.com/story/id179292…

Mark Zuckerberg proves that founders can just do things others can’t, like hand out record-breaking NBA superstar-level salaries for AI devs. Why can’t his Big Tech competitors do it? Amazon, Apple, Google, and Microsoft are no longer founder-led. x.com/tbpn/status/19…

There’s real alpha right now in startups that are great at leveraging video to showcase their product or story. Across the board, these are going viral and serving as a reliable GTM (and fundraising) channel.

The startup fundraising market is clearest I've seen in my 13yrs of tech investing - major funds only interested in 2 things: 1/ AI native co's w/ demonstrable momentum, rounds are big $; and 2/ seeds for outlier teams. That's it. Anything else encounters fundraising fiction.

Massive wins for crypto in the House: GENIUS Act passes 307-122. CLARITY Act passes 294-134. 💪🚀🇺🇸

The House just made history by passing major legislation on stablecoins (GENIUS Act) and market structure (CLARITY Act) in an overwhelmingly bipartisan way. This is a huge moment for crypto and for all Americans. We’re very close to having comprehensive, proactive rules in place

Huge moment for crypto. Huge moment for updating the financial system. The GENIUS Act is now law.

Recently, in my experience, SPVs in venture capital have focused on late-stage deals with top branded private companies. Pervious active Series B, C or bridge round SPVs have become rare or vanished. This change is due to investors waiting for liquidity. They hesitate to invest

Startups can raise money in summer. But, the bar is higher: GPs are on vacation, replies are slower, and it’s harder to build momentum. That’s why many startups wait until September. If you are crushing, by all means go raise.

We The Builders EPISODE 1 is LIVE with Shahin Farshchi at Lux Capital Shahin has invested in companies manufacturing in space (Varda Space Industries), building autonomous transportation systems (Zoox), providing robots as a service (Formic), automating industries (Covariant), using

🚨#IPO Alert🚨 Space and defense technology company with an established track record of success providing comprehensive mission solutions to national security, government, and commercial customers, Firefly Aerospace Inc., sets terms for its #IPO. $FLY