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Entrepreneur, Investor , Co-Author of The Startup of You and The Alliance

Bay Area, CA
Joined December 2006

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  1. It's hard to rebut someone who tells you that you have a "blind spot" on topic X, almost by definition.

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  2. Tupac: “Just because you lost me as a friend doesn't mean you gained me as an enemy. I'm bigger than that, I still wanna see you eat, just not at my table.” Via

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    Jan 29

    PSA for everyone freaking out about this coronavirus: A country that YouTubed itself into a 21st Century measles outbreak does not get to talk any shit about anyone else's health practices.

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  4. Gripping piece of journalism that shines a light on the refugee process in America and the Trump administration’s shameful distortions. And their effort to effectively sentence to death (via extradition) an Iraqi refugee resettled in Sacramento.

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  5. Jerry West remembering and crying, talking about Kobe. Whew. Riveting.

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  6. "VMware is a competitor. We will beat them and have fun doing it. I wish I was a better person, but I'm not." - John Chambers, former CEO, Cisco

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  7. “Just give me a chance.” Someone said that to me tonight in a meeting. Hard to say no when framed that way.

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    Ballmer's Microsoft shares were worth $15 b when he bought the Clippers. Today his estimated net worth is over $60 b. Satya Nadella helped him buy him that team many times over.

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  9. This week: Felicis (formerly known as a seed fund) leads a Series C at $1B+ in Verkada. USV (formerly known as an early stage fund) leads a Series E in JustWorks. Early stage firms doing late stage investing; late stage firms doing seed stage investing. Silicon Valley 2020.

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    “I haven’t felt a pain that sharp in a while.. it definitely changes me.”’ on the loss of his brother, Kobe.

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  11. Who's the ideal moderator of a roundtable session? Someone who's expert in the topic AND disciplined enough to not turn the session into a Q&A with him/herself. Very rare. So second best is a moderator who's NOT a topical expert but rather an expert in moderating. (cc: )

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  12. Just got an investor update that was organized into three sections: The Good The Bad and The Ugly Use of the catch-phrase does create two "bad" sections of news. How about: The Amazing The Good The Bad Doesn't quite roll of the tongue but... :)

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    Maybe so if younger gens aren't given enough info, options and hope for the future. But this conversation demands far more precision and nuance than it usually gets. Evidence overwhelmingly shows that people who make the conscious choice not to have kids have few if any regrets.

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  15. I should use the word "gentle" more when following up with people, when I'm wary of being seen as a pest. Just got an email from someone that was effective: "Hi Ben, hope you're well. Gentle ping to send over your..."

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    Jan 26

    His passing will shock many not just because of the impact of his performances but also because of the obvious fragility it will evoke in our own lives. Today is today, and tomorrow may never come. Despite all the complexity of our lives, nothing is truer than that

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  17. Stunned by the Kobe news. The Jerry West tribute at Oracle Arena for Kobe's retirement was one of my recent favs:

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    Jan 24

    Woah! Something I aspire to as a writer, coach and teacher, from Christensen’s obituary: “Clay created a way of thinking that gave others the tools and the framework to discover things that had never been thought of before, to see things they could never have seen on their own.”

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    Jan 23

    Final lesson from "the people you spend the most time with will change you in ways you cannot anticipate or ever fully understand after the fact. The most important choice of all is who you choose to surround yourself with" (looking for a job)

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    If you don’t understand how anyone could sever ties with a close family member, count your blessings, feel grateful, understand what you don’t know and STFU.

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