Such a fun project!

Hardcore attitude has so many variants but often a consistent theme. it's people who care about a great outcome, aren't reticent to call out mediocre plans - at the end as builders we are all trying to improve the odds of success. The only way to do it is - have a clear outcome

Wall Street Mav iamyesyouareno Mario Nawfal The full answer here is complex. The outcome of any given company is the vector sum of the people within it. Improve the alignment of the individual vectors and their amplitude and the outcome will improve accordingly. Humans can be thought of as hardware (inherent talent)

Steven Mackey The reason I’m in America along with so many critical people who built SpaceX, Tesla and hundreds of other companies that made America strong is because of H1B. Take a big step back and FUCK YOURSELF in the face. I will go to war on this issue the likes of which you cannot

If only software building and distribution worked this way. Hard disagree.

there are only two modes for startups - it’s not working - we are always slammed and everything is breaking

Find a space which is going through a seismic shift, founder who you respect, and take a chance. It is ok to fail. Most of the time pre-pmf meandering teaches you the most.

“OpenAI huh? $500B? Gimme 2 weeks and $5 million and I’ll clone it asap” - DeepSeek’s CTO

Went to pay a Stripe invoice. Crypto (stablecoin) is the first option ahead of bank accounts. Slowly at first, then all at once.

Collison Brothers Explain Why Stripe is Better Off Staying Private John's (John Collison) take: " People generally make the argument that public companies run in a more disciplined fashion. I think that's hogwash." "If you need a 25-year old Fidelity analyst asking you to double

2 years ago in a Lux LP letter (below)👇we wrote that the most important allocator to watch to tell you what sectors mattered wasn't Buffett or Paul Singer or Klarman but Xi Jingping This photo tells you everything you need to know to allocate capital for the next few years.

The results of this survey by CJ Gustafson clearly show Brex handled our push into the ENT segment extremely well—we remain in the top 3 vendor choices across each category. This wasn’t easy (still isn’t!) but seeing Brex well-represented across categories and revenue

"Hire people who give a shit." by Alexandr Wang, founder of Scale AI

Interview questions that will make you think:

"Pessimists sound smart. Optimists make money." — Patrick Collison, founder of Stripe

Design is going public today. I feel immense gratitude to Evan, Figmates (past and present) and the design community. THANK YOU! cnbc.com/video/2025/07/…

20 takeaways from my conversation with Lulu Cheng Meservey on the most powerful communication strategies from cult leaders, insurgents, and physics: 1. Conviction beats logic. 2. Under attack? Spread the force (pressure equals the force divided by the surface area). Attacking? Focus

Dylan Patel (Dylan Patel) says Jensen Huang's superpower is trusting vision, defying caution, and betting the company on Xbox chips before Microsoft gave him the order. “The best innovators in the world have really good gut instinct.”

This is a really off take. Capital allocation to fuel growth or protecting market share is extremely valuable and critical. And no one does this deployment for optimzing a 30% delta in taxes. It would be an utter waste of risk capital