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@koolhead17 (Twitter)
* Don't make me think.
* Design of everyday things.
Goodluck. :)
1. Siddhartha is a novel by Hermann Hesse
2. On shortness of life by Seneca
3. Letters to stoic by Seneca
1. Do you really need an investment.
2. GOTO step 1.
It would be great to hear VC side of story as well like:
* 4X return to LP's.
* Show enough exits in 7-8 years fund cycle.
* Always on the road for raising next fund.
* Coordinating with portfolio founders or other bigger investors for follow on.
* Managing on a limited management fees.
* How every fund has it's own investment thesis and they keep getting emails from rookie founders.
Stripe founders are smart enough to understand what they are doing.
Marketing & educating helps in customer acquisition. They are on it.
1. The undoing project, Michael Lewis
2. The Picture of Dorian Gray, Oscar Wilde
3. Missing Microbes, Martin J. Blaser
4. Socrates' Defence, Plato