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Re VC firm branding/positioning: I think first pure we are about "The Future Of Work" for a VC firm was

. Fast-forward to 2020, it feels like nearly every VC fund should be positioned this way. It's what they're investing in & it's what many founders are drawn to.

James Cham

@jamescham

Feb 18, 2020

Thanks Semil! Credit goes to

@roybahat

and

@AngKMartin

. Truth is that I was convinced that we should have called it the “New World of Work” (Smarter, speedier, programmable, and self-service!) but that never really rolled off the tongue...

Semil

@semil

Feb 18, 2020

I think at Haystack we will go with "The Future Of Whatever We Randomly Bump Into Next" ;-)

James Cham

@jamescham

Feb 18, 2020

Now there’s a serious question about whether being thesis driven makes sense or not at this stage. We set some boundaries and have some guesses, but the truth is that we’re just looking for lightning...

Semil

@semil

Feb 18, 2020

perhaps unbeknownst to you all back in 2013, it is now so broad that I think the benefits of branding/attraction outweigh any negatives (and is true to your mission)...

As I recall,

and

were much savvier that I was about this. I was a little worried.

Semil

@semil

Feb 18, 2020

ooh, that could be an interesting "REWIND" podcast idea, to go back to those early debates. Also, I just realized Haystack was itself entirely "remote" for the first 6 years -- no office, distributed team ;-)