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๐Ÿ“ถ Rex Woodbury (Founder & Managing Partner @ Daybreak) on the trends changing the world

๐Ÿ“ถ Rex Woodbury (Founder & Managing Partner @ Daybreak) on the trends changing the world

Trends on where the world is heading, unconventional investment theses, pairing a newsletter alongside a fund, and some hard truths about VC

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๐Ÿ“ถ Nik Milanovicฬ (GP @ The Fintech Fund) on turning media into equity

๐Ÿ“ถ Nik Milanovicฬ (GP @ The Fintech Fund) on turning media into equity

Converting a media brand into an investment firm, the opportunity zones for fintech over the next decade, and some non-consensus bets that heโ€™s placing

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๐Ÿ“ถ Outlier frameworks: How tier-one investors think

๐Ÿ“ถ Outlier frameworks: How tier-one investors think

96 mental models used by investors at Sequoia, Benchmark, Accel, and others

Clay Norris
Clay Norris
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๐Ÿ“ถ 13 Lessons from Elad Gil (Angel Investor in Notion, Coinbase, Airbnb)

๐Ÿ“ถ 13 Lessons from Elad Gil (Angel Investor in Notion, Coinbase, Airbnb)

How to choose a career, what makes a great executive, and why you should back "revenge" founders

Clay Norris
Clay Norris
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๐Ÿ“ถ 25 Lessons from Jeremy Giffon (Managing Partner @ Tiny)

๐Ÿ“ถ 25 Lessons from Jeremy Giffon (Managing Partner @ Tiny)

The irony of outlier expectations, why audiences are still underrated, the best types of business, and discovering God's purpose for you

Clay Norris
Clay Norris
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๐Ÿ“ถ 21 Lessons from David Frankel (Managing Partner @ Founder Collective)

๐Ÿ“ถ 21 Lessons from David Frankel (Managing Partner @ Founder Collective)

The most profitable route to wealth, why trends don't matter, and how to create FOMO for investors

Clay Norris
Clay Norris
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๐Ÿ“ถ 21 Lessons from Erik Serrano (CEO @ Stable Asset Management)

๐Ÿ“ถ 21 Lessons from Erik Serrano (CEO @ Stable Asset Management)

A masterclass on how to invest into investment firms

Clay Norris
Clay Norris
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๐Ÿ“ถ 19 Lesson from Alexis Ohanian (Founding Partner @ Seven Seven Six)

๐Ÿ“ถ 19 Lesson from Alexis Ohanian (Founding Partner @ Seven Seven Six)

Reputation as a proxy for future returns, the power of process design, how you should spend your time while building zero-to-one, and why the first 100 users determine company direction

Clay Norris
Clay Norris
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๐Ÿ“ถ 25 Lessons from David Sacks (Founding Partner @ Craft Ventures)

๐Ÿ“ถ 25 Lessons from David Sacks (Founding Partner @ Craft Ventures)

How to think about startup sales, solving unit economics before growth, and why chaos is a good thing

Clay Norris
Clay Norris
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๐Ÿ“ถ 15 Lessons from Doug Leone (Managing Partner @ Sequoia)

๐Ÿ“ถ 15 Lessons from Doug Leone (Managing Partner @ Sequoia)

Winning through simplicity, finding a person's drive, investing in outliers, and how to earn trust

Clay Norris
Clay Norris
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๐Ÿ“ถ 16 Lessons from Ben Horowitz (GP @ a16z)

๐Ÿ“ถ 16 Lessons from Ben Horowitz (GP @ a16z)

Decision-making velocity, creating motion through stories, skills vs. experience, and the two types of friends every person needs

Clay Norris
Clay Norris
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๐Ÿ“ถ 15 Lessons from Bryan Schreier (Partner @ Sequoia)

๐Ÿ“ถ 15 Lessons from Bryan Schreier (Partner @ Sequoia)

The downside of specialization, two questions to ask when choosing investors, developing a service-first approach to investing, and how to think about board meetings

Clay Norris
Clay Norris