A few “rules” in raising venture capital that founders somehow … seem to constantly miss. Or get wrong: 1️⃣ If your existing investors have a strong brand and aren’t positive on you, it can much harder to raise. At a minimum keep them in the loop. Don’t just ignore them after

Everyone asking me in a slightly panicked way “will all the electricity demand from AI screw up our progress on climate?” Got this backwards: THIS IS GREAT NEWS We’ve got highly profitable, technically savvy customers with emissions reduction targets. They’ve proven a

Mick Foley with a message to America and Donald Trump.

In 2022, Democrats lost the U.S. House by just 6,675 votes, and the U.S. House majority has been in chaos under the GOP's ineffective "leadership" ever since. You can help Democrats in must-win House Districts to close fundraising gaps and reach more voters in these critical

Geothermal often faces cost & scale barriers, especially for large buildings. But Bedrock Energy uses innovative drilling & data tools to optimize ground-source geothermal, cutting emissions & costs. Hear more in this week’s episode with 𝙲𝚘𝚍𝚢 𝚂𝚒𝚖𝚖𝚜 施俊挺 ♨️🎙️ mcj.news/bedrock

Billionaires know that Trump will exact revenge if they endorse Harris and he wins but that Harris will not exact revenge if she wins and they didn't endorse anyone. That's what these non-endorsements are about.

“There are fundamentally two ways to respond to scarcity. There is Malthusian thinking—a fierce defense of the existing resource pool, a politics that demands ever more scapegoats and leaves everyone poorer in the long run. Then there is liberalism, which demands a growing pie.

The biggest beneficiaries of affirmative action in media are Republican commentators. The MSM are desperate to find any who can engage in civil dialogue without fillibustering or collapsing into bigoted rants. This is why you often see the same Republicans everywhere.

Congruent Ventures is hiring for a Principal to join our close-knit investment team in SF! Want to learn more? Share or apply below! We will treat ALL applications confidentially. (Our office is not on a boat to be clear, but we're a tight crew!) airtable.com/appkZ9Xw7RzIYB…

Breakthrough ideas don’t always fit an investment plan. Dr. Christina Chang shares how questioning long-held assumptions helped her see the outsize potential of Genomines, the French phenom using plants to mine critical metals—profitably lowercarboncapital.com/2024/10/29/dir…

Congrats to Arbor, Electra, and Mill for making Time’s Best Inventions Of 2024 list! Carbon-negative energy? Clean iron for green steel? A food-waste-fighting trash can? It’s not surprising in the least that these climate game-changers got the nod. time.com/collection/bes…

Today’s bonkers pace of technological change is making some pretty wild ideas possible—and profitable. Exhibit A: Genomines, the brain-breaking startup mining critical metals with plants. Dr. Christina Chang lays out the clean, green future of mining lowercarboncapital.com/2024/10/29/dir…

I believe the next Michael Dell 🇺🇸, Jeff Bezos, or Elon Musk are likely in their high school's maker space or robotics lab. With this in mind, I have been working w/ UT Austin to help launch an undergraduate robotics program. Applications are open (Fall '25). robotics.utexas.edu/undergraduate

Final week donation recommendations are here. Basically, we're recommending 4 options for ROI right now: (1) AZ (2) PA (3) MI and (4) the 2025 Candidate Fund. secure.actblue.com/donate/climate…

My piece on Donald Trump’s campaign of endless lying about important and trivial subjects, how the lies are still generally not covered with the regularity they deserve, and how his campaign barely tries to defend the indefensible: cnn.com/2024/11/01/pol…

For a long time, people have been sold a false choice: climate versus jobs. Creating jobs while protecting our climate isn't just possible, it's necessary. And now, it's happening.

The point of whataboutism is not to say, "actually, this is good." It's not to say, "we should all get better on this." It's to say, "everyone is bad, everyone is shitty, so you don't need to feel bad about being shitty too." It's permission. Always.

We're hiring 2 Associates to join the investment team Upfront Ventures! Having been an Associate myself and worked last 12 years with many, I can confidently say it's a comprehensive program for anyone interested in learning the ins and outs of being an early stage investor. We're

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