Semil

@semil

currently: investor. writer. | previously: worked at startups, consulting, nonprofits, and various kitchens.

Palo Alto, CA
Participa desde junho de 2008

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  1. Universities & VC firms need to clone Peter, who is building bridges from schools to accelerators, etc.

  2. Two of 's four core areas for the future -- Messenger & VR -- were predominantly enabled by acquisition: Beluga & Oculus, respectively.

  3. Retweetou

    getting into college is way easier than getting to series A

  4. If this analogy is true, some extrapolations: -Tutoring -Gap or PG Year -Kaplan -Guidance Counselors -Teacher recommendations

  5. Education : "Getting Into College" :: Startups : "Getting To Series A"

  6. The U.S. market may support a "Kaplan For The Series A" curriculum.

  7. A new dimension to "climbing the wrong hill" wrt careers: Not reaching the top of a small hill can give you time to resurvey the landscape.

  8. Instant was a warning shot to most web publishers; 's latest push into video may crush them. Most sites can't even handle a Vine embed.

  9. Q: What’s the most recent consumer tech startup “breakout” from the U.S.? Also, why did it breakout, in your opinion?

  10. Watching Spieth close out 18th hole is like watching bad outtakes after a funny show is over. Golden Bell #12 will be haunted.

  11. It would be an epic troll if Tiger Woods tweeted right now.

  12. . would be perfect for VR.

  13. 5/ Caveat is if you’re in a rush for funding, I’m not your guy. I will pick a few from now to end of summer. /fin

  14. 4/ Looking for consumer co’s w/ users. I can try product/service. And something where funding has been a challenge b/c it’s odd/different.

  15. 3/ So I’m putting a call out for new consumer concepts. Next few months that’ll be my focus. I don’t have a thesis for consumer so am open.

  16. 2/ I’m ~35% thru Haystack 3. I wanted 1/3 of this fund to be consumer, but so far only done 1 deal. Passed on rest. Want to change this.

  17. 1/ I wanted to blog about this but limited time these days. Sleeping kid on my shoulder in a rocking chair. So mini tweetstorm instead…

  18. Retweetou

    Designer confession: feel like I need to start learning VR design/Unity dev or I'll get left behind skill-wise in 5yrs if VR takes over

  19. Snapchat rejecting 's offer could have a huge long-term effect on the LA startup tech ecosystem. Imagine if they took 's $3bn offer.

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