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Random musings on healthcare, tech and finance. CEO : conquering substance addictions. YC 18.
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When I was 5, we immigrated to the US & slept on the floor of my uncle's 1br apartment for two years.
When I was 10, we moved to a poultry farm in rural Maryland. I spent my evenings and weekends working on the farm.
My childhood led me to dedicate my career to AI.
Here's why:
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If you’re seed/pre-seed, Village are great partners and come with an extraordinary network. Speaking from experience
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Tell me you’re a peacetime CEO without telling me you’re a peacetime CEO
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Every tech CEO that’s publicly complained about lazy employees and an inefficient workforce has done layoffs in the past year except for Sundar.
In fact they grew at record numbers that quarter. Question is whether he’ll blink now everyone else has cut?
cnbc.com/amp/2022/09/07
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Google is having its Nokia moment.
Their cash cow is literally being displaced in real-time, yet their employees think it’s a fad 🧐 twitter.com/Michael_ARose/
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I asked whether young people should be worried about generative AI. This is what he said.
The craziest part?
He never said these words out loud…
I used to clone his voice and read out his email response. 🤯
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Okay back of the napkin math (probably wrong) tells me payback is within 25 years which is still pretty good
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Microsoft can probably finance their entire $10b OpenAI investment by switching to unlimited PTO
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One of the greatest triumphs of humanity has got to be getting 5 billion (65%) fully vaccinated in under 2 years
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If there was any doubt, conclusive proof that there is a genetic predisposition to substance use
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Excellent study. See 
nature.com/articles/d4158
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My response when people ask me for my 2023 macro predictions: “I know that I know nothing - Socrates”
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My takeaway from JPM is that health-tech is deep in the trough of disillusionment.
VCs don’t know how to price the growth stage.
I legitimately heard VCs say that startups with $20-30m ARR, growing 100% YoY with profitable unit economics shouldn’t expect a valuation >$100m 🤯.
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Can we stop saying happy friday?
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💯 I initially felt dumb for thinking that The White Lotus was garbage. Caviar cope is exactly the right description
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I watched Succession. I went to see The Menu. I watched The White Lotus. I listened to the All-In podcast for many weeks.
Then I cracked.
I'm leaving society.
Goodbye.
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The worst part is SBF now doesn’t have $8 to get verified
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What most people (outside of tech) don’t yet realize is that AI is getting really good terrifyingly quickly and it’s not just routine jobs at risk of disruption
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Too many Gary’s working in tech right now. The next 12 months will be a rude awakening
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After seeing 150,000 people get laid off across other tech companies, Gary in Chicago (works 15 hour weeks, total comp $670k) wanted to make sure he’s still getting four day weekends every summer.
RIP Gary.
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📍Personal update📍
This is my last week at |
I’m leaving the #martech industry and taking on a new adventure in #healthtech
I’m excited to announce that I’m joining the #1 digital clinic for substance addictions as Director of Growth.
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Imagine how much more entrepreneurial this country could be if health insurance wasn’t tied to your employment
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When I sold my company I called my mom.
I told her how much I made, some big media outlets were covering it, the buyer was a $20b company, and how my financial dreams have come true.
Her response:
"That's great! But do you still have health insurance?
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So true. The amount of garbage founder advice non-founders give on this app is unreal twitter.com/zachweinberg/s
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I’m interested to hear from the 40% of CEOs who think we won’t see a recession in the next 18 months
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Getting the top job should require some kind of economics test
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You want to bring down inflation?
Let’s make sure the wealthiest corporations pay their fair share.
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I’ve never understood why you would short a stock. I may not be long a stock, but neither do I want to make money on someone else’s misfortune
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More and more I’m convinced that the key to being a great CEO is to avoid the gravitational pull of getting sucked into the business
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Haven’t listened to the episode but if true, such a red flag. As CEO you should own it - the buck stops with you. A great leader is quick to accept mistakes and slow to take credit.
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I’ll save you 30. Everyone’s fault but Domm’s: VCs, funding market, board, media. Domm is brash, high-profile, polarizing — a great builder like Elon Musk, doesn’t care about publicity, just his impact in world. He couldn’t have run winddown process better. The Board killed Fast. twitter.com/HarryStebbings…
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Top notch
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Extremely disrespectful of domm to break fast during ramadan
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Ps: YC W18 produced more top companies than almost any batch!
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What can learn from the ghosts of big tech healthcare failures? Quit Genius CEO and Co-Founder, , shares his thoughts with . medcitynews.com/2022/03/amazon
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There’s something disconcerting about being picked up by an Uber driver with a shovel in his trunk (boot if you’re british)
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This graph does more to explain the rise of populism and revolt of the public in western countries than anything I’ve ever seen. I used to be diehard pro-globalization but it’s easy to forget how it heavily favors emerging countries and the top 1%.
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Some founders find it difficult to say no, but when you’re early stage investor relations is an unnecessary time sink. When you’re later stage, governance is achieved via the board and even then it’s important to have guard rails on your time.
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This is a pet peeve; when an angel investor with <0.2% ownership asks for a recurring meeting to report on “progress”. This has never happened with a founder investor - they’re usually too busy and know better.
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This is a useful heuristic for both hiring and investing. In his Lex Fridman interview, Zuck talks about only hiring leaders you can see yourself working for.
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When deciding whether or not to invest in a startup, Garry Tan asks "Would we go work there?" That's such a clever heuristic. It must not only help you identify the big winners, but also help you avoid the frauds.
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Wise words
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Here’s a lesson I’ve learned the hard way after spending a decade working in startups:
Junior employees think it’s a huge flex to be important and have critical company knowledge, a la “they’d be fcked without me."
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Feels surreal to be recognized as one of top companies. I am forever grateful to be on this journey and for the incredible mentorship we’ve received along the way - thank you 🙏
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