I had very low expectations of here, but he has immediately exceeded my low expectations. Thanks to all of you who have engaged with me on Twitter over the years. I will miss you.
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David Hornik
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David Hornik is an investor at Lobby Capital and August Capital, the executive producer of the Lobby Conferences, and teaches at Stanford and Harvard.
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Also known as failing.
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For sure agree.
Depends how you define failing. It is possible to collect fees and do nothing for years on end.
It is also possible for a person to hang back while others at their firm are 110%.
For an individual VC trying to back great companies, I agree.
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There is no such thing as quiet quitting in VC — you are either 110% in on the startup ecosystem or you will fail.
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Realized: many VCs are now quiet quitting. 
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Inbox Zero. I truly don't think I've ever gotten to Inbox Zero before. I've always had some stupid email lingering. But tonight at 1:32am I have gotten to inbox zero. I will now go to sleep and awaken to 30 new emails. But for this brief moment, I am the master of my inbox!
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So fun speaking at the Masters of Scale Summit (). Apparently I make faces when I'm excited.
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This is why I love teaching Startup Garage at — awesome teams like the amazing founders of :
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Got my new iPhone but forgot that all iPhones are carefully designed to never fit in old cases. I am surprised by how nervous having a caseless iPhone is making me. You’d think I hadn’t bought the bionic Apple Care for the price of the phone.
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There is nothing more powerful than great storytelling. Here's a chance to demonstrate your epic storytelling skills.
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We've launched! If you've got great storytelling, apply today. If you need to sharpen your game, visit and learn. prn.to/3fsWcYG
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What he said … exploding term sheets work with folks who don’t have the self confidence to call bullshit.
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Replying to @villi
They work... sometimes. Not always.
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I would love to see that data. What is a “lucky VC” if not someone who has the fortune of finding amazing companies? So how would luck correlate with bad performance? I guess it depends upon your definition of “lucky.”
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The really interesting thing according to the data is that the lucky VCs end up performing worse than the unlucky ones in the long run, so VC has created a system that elevates the worst future performers. It's one of the biggest problems in all of finance.
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Can’t wait!
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Replying to @davidhornik and @sippey
So does this mean you’ll be a guest ;-)
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I recorded a podcast with my oldest friend @sippey. This is just a soft launch to our friends on Twitter so would love your feedback if you have a chance to listen over the weekend (feel free to slide into my DMs)
You can follow @thesandmpod too 
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Emailing a VC and saying “I saw your Portfolio and it looks like we are focused on the same market” is not the same thing as doing the work to actually see where there are synergies in my portfolio. Raising money is hard. And it starts with that first email.
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If you question whether Double Bottom Line investing is just mythology, check out this amazing company I funded called EarlyBird ():
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Ok, not about Venture Capital, but Bay Area people, my son Julian is playing Bing Studio at Stanford on November 4th: live.stanford.edu/calendar/novem
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Funny, loving, charismatic, empathic ... Ted made us all better. We need more Teds. Miss you. twitter.com/sacca/status/1
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So sad to miss this show. Please record it!
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After a long hiatus, my band YellowWood Junction is playing a reunion show at the Guild in Menlo Park, CA. Sept 9th. Very excited to jam again after a long detour through Pandora…
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You are literally describing The Lobby. It’s the entire reason I started it.
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@jamescham Hear me out: the world has too many conferences. But not enough chances for people to really talk, at length, about the issues they care about. Especially now.
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Hear me out: the world has too many conferences. But not enough chances for people to really talk, at length, about the issues they care about. Especially now.
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Interesting data around Internet usage in Ukraine courtesy of Kentik (). Check it out -- How Russia Took Over Ukraine’s Internet in Occupied Territories
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. has always been a trailblazer. She made history as the first out LGBTQ woman elected to the House and the Senate. Now, she’s leading the fight to codify marriage equality. We need more LGBTQ pioneers like her in elected office.
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Check out 's new book Exit Path: amzn.to/38OUuxw or book’s website exitpath.net. As I say on the book jacket, "It is a powerful tool for any entrepreneur who wants to be prepared for the best while planning for the worst."
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Right. They’re worse. Heads I win. Tails you lose.
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Timely reminder that capped notes are not valuations.
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Welcome! Couldn’t be more excited.
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Excited and honored for this opportunity. twitter.com/fastly/status/…
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Today we announced the Board of Directors has appointed Todd Nightingale as the company’s next Chief Executive Officer, effective September 1, 2022. Todd is a proven and passionate technology leader and we are thrilled to have him join our team. fastly.us/3zxbfH6
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Great discussion of ways to make remote work while still building team, culture, and collaboration.
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Most companies are taking advantage of the benefits of working remotely, but few are building great remote cultures.
Here are 10 things I've seen great companies do to build best in class remote cultures:
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We have been doing all of these things at The Lobby conference since we returned to in person events (thelobbyconference.com). It helps that The Lobby is in Hawaii where outdoors is the default.
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- You MUST make masks and rapid tests free and easy to grab. You have to budget for this.
- Consider a vaccination/testing policy.
- Consider the ventilation of the venue. Talk to experts in this if you need to.
- Make as make meals outdoors as possible.
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Hahaha #explicitthreat
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Aww, how cute. They can never take this walk without you....... #subtlethreat
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If you ever have this walk again without me, I will track you down.
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Dish hike with 3 people I admire very much: @aa, @selinato & @stan_chudnovsky #Leica Q2 Monochrom
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It was pretty amazing to be in the audience. I’m usually hanging out in the lobby, but this one I went in for!
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This week marks the 15th anniversary of the only joint onstage interview by computer pioneers and rivals Steve Jobs and @BillGates. It was done at the @allthingsd conference by me and @karaswisher, and was the highlight of our onstage interviewing career.
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I’m super stoked to 
announce that I’m joining @Fastly as a Sr. Engineering Manager on their Edge Delivery team!
I’ve wanted to work at @Fastly for well over five years and here’s a 
about why:
announce that I’m joining @Fastly as a Sr. Engineering Manager on their Edge Delivery team!
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. and I started VentureBlog (the first VC blog) almost 20 years ago to do precisely this. There is no reason Venture Capital should be a black box.
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We MUST demystify the VC industry for the masses.
The information being gated disproportionately affects diverse individuals trying to break in leading to a more homogenous ecosystem.
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Check out what is building — a meeting OS built on top of video, transcription, searchability. Really powerful experience.
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