Co-Founder Weekly (September 23, 2018)

Issue #8

There is so much high-quality original content tweeted by entrepreneurs, investors, and interesting people. Here’s a Tweeter’s Digest:

✨✨ A Twitter weekly recap for those who don’t check Twitter ✨✨

Scott Belsky @scottbelsky

Considering a new opportunity? Best litmus test: Does it distract you?! Distraction is a form of natural selection, driven by genuine interests. When an opportunity persists in your mind, give it more energy.

Tren Griffin @trengriffin

Jeff Bezos: " You never want a fair fight. … Outside of a boxing ring, a fair fight is just bad strategy." https://t.co/Ravg3ZocFy

Jeremy Liew, Partner at Lightspeed @jeremysliew

Three ways to ask the same question when investing at an early stage: “Why Now?” - @sequoia “What’s the unique insight?” - @lightspeedvp “Revisit fundamental assumptions and check the time stamp” - @eladgil

Balaji S. Srinivasan @balajis

Crypto is evolving differently from social. Social networks acquired users easily but had to prove monetization over time. Crypto projects can monetize easily but must prove user acquisition over time.

Adam Singer @AdamSinger

The progression of the charlatan: SEO scammer >> social media "guru" >> get rich online working 4 hrs/week >> doing something in a garage >> crypto/blockchain expert >> weed stock day trader.

Troy Vosseller @troyvosseller

More fiction is written in Excel than Word

Humans of Late Capitalism 🕊️ @HumansOfLate

Articles:

Behind the Scenes look how Martin Casado at Andreesen Horowitz runs a diligence process on prospective investments. Instead of labeling the stage of a company by funding round seed/A/B/C, the stages they use internally are: Team, Product, Repeatable Sale, Unit Economics. Link.

Startup research firm CB Insights is known for their provocative email subject lines. Recent email subject lines include: “how to murder your husband”, “Coke and cannabis”, and “security for your undies”. Their CEO highlights the money and math behind the strategy in this post from 2016: Link.

Experiment of the week:

How tech-savvy are you? Try completing this crossword puzzle I made this morning. If you complete it, send it back to me. I’d love to know how long it took you!