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@fintechjunkie

Fintech specialist. Co-Founder @QEDInvestors. 7X Forbes Midas List. I post A LOT of fintech and VC content.

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A lesson I wish I learned earlier: You can get pretty damn far in life by just doing what you say you’re going to do. Be someone people can count on to show up and do the work. Reliability is the cheat code. Stop overcomplicating success. Show up, do the work, repeat. That’s it.

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Founder's Journey: From Fantasy Founder to Day One Warrior This past week was full of ups and downs for the Startup I’m working on and it reminded of an important insight that most Founders don't want to accept: Painting a beautiful picture of your company's future is the easy

Founder's Journey: From Fantasy Founder to Day One Warrior

This past week was full of ups and downs for the Startup I’m working on and it reminded of an important insight that most Founders don't want to accept:

Painting a beautiful picture of your company's future is the easy
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I just got bitten by a spider and I’m pretty upset because at my age I can’t handle the responsibility of being Spider Man.

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To some this chart means Darwin has oversteered. To me it means that *in general* Startups don't have a good playbook for getting far enough fast enough. The answer to "have I de-risked my startup enough to justify additional capital" needs to be better. And pricing matters a

To some this chart means Darwin has oversteered. To me it means that *in general* Startups don't have a good playbook for getting far enough fast enough. The answer to "have I de-risked my startup enough to justify additional capital" needs to be better.

And pricing matters a
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Founder's Journey: The Noise is Loud Having an idea that's still taking shape is both exciting and scary. It's like being an artist and staring at a blank canvas. You have an idea of what you want to paint but you’re keenly aware that a single misplaced brush stroke could ruin

Founder's Journey: The Noise is Loud

Having an idea that's still taking shape is both exciting and scary. It's like being an artist and staring at a blank canvas. You have an idea of what you want to paint but you’re keenly aware that a single misplaced brush stroke could ruin
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Algo is killing me today. I'm seeing complete garbage that has nothing to do with anything I like (For You view). And a thoughtful post I put up had the worst performance I've seen in years and stalled out (views) at 4% of my follower count even after re-sharing.

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I've been talking to a number of world class VCs who have been through all the ups and downs in the startup ecosystem over the past 2-3 decades. Every last one of them is both excited and sad at the same time. Excited for another cycle of breakthrough innovation. Sad because

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I’ve always wanted to hire someone named Jeff. Then I could say ā€œJeffinitelyā€ or ā€œI hope you didn’t Jeff it upā€. Any Jeffs want to join my team?

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Poll has concluded. Seems like everything takes a back seat to PMF. Surprised "The Grind" came next. It's a rough journey but it's what Founders sign up for!

Poll has concluded. Seems like everything takes a back seat to PMF. Surprised "The Grind" came next. It's a rough journey but it's what Founders sign up for!