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Today I spoke with Ariel Winton-Jones, an American tourist who lost her engagement ring in Tokyo... two days later, she got it back thanks to TikTok and the city's unique lost and found system. I love stories like these 💛 insider.com/us-tourist-los… via Insider

Two years without my dad. Two years of working hard to carry forward his legacy through the Gregory S. Winton, Esq. Scholarship. Two students down, a lifetime of students to go: youtu.be/crDRD98981I Link in bio to donate.

Come work with me and Pranav Reddy! We’re hiring an early-career investor at @w_conviction. We are full-stack investors with a focus on AI, and building a new, world class early-stage venture firm from the ground up. Apply (and refer friends!) until 7/23: coda.io/@conviction/an…

Putting yourself out there and opening the door to criticism is *hard*. While self doubt is only human, there's such power in getting comfortable with discomfort.

It's heartbreaking to see people in the streets of NYC celebrating a massacre of innocent civilians, kidnapped from and killed in their homes. Our polarized country is in a scary place.

Affinity 4/ Ultimately a VC firm w an incentive structure that prevents partners from collaborating together is not a firm, just a loose collection of mercenaries. That’s why the best VC funds (like Benchmark) have partnership models which radically incentivize working together

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A structural issue in venture capital is the disconnect between the long term feedback cycle of exits, and the short term feedback cycle of markups & "heat". VC is largely a popularity contest of whose companies are "hot" long before they exit: getting quick follow-on rounds,

Walking through the airport remembering the days when flying meant flipping through a magazine and eating M&Ms. Grateful for both the simplicity of those days & the innovation since then

Making my first hire to help me build The Aligned Fund - someone willing to do a bit of everything. Perfect person's detail-oriented, low ego, autonomous & self-motivated, a fast learner, & eager to take ownership over making the firm 10x more efficient. DM if that's you!

The struggle of being an over-user of em-dashes pre-ChatGPT -- do I have to stop now? 😭

We’re excited to announce Sunflower Capital Funds I and II. Sunflower is a $250m fund that partners at the earliest stage with companies building foundations for modern enterprises, critical industries, and the physical world.

News! We just launched “The General Podcast” 🎙️ It’s a ‘hostless' show that pairs tech and business leaders together for honest, behind-the-scenes conversations about building: 🎙️ Ep 1: Katie Dill (Katie Dill) x Randy Hunt (Randy J. Hunt) 🎙️ Ep 2: A healthcare journalist x a