Life: Chinese bamboo tree takes 5 years to grow. It must be watered & fertilized daily, with no growth in sight. Once it breaks down it grows 90ft in 5 weeks. Lesson: Habits create success. Overnight success doesn’t exist, trust your process & do the work.

This is the greatest country in history. I never went to college, I come from an underserved community. I’ve raised millions. Built businesses. Invested millions. The opportunities exist because of the individuals that make America great. 🇺🇸

🧵1/ We've seen a ton of spirited discussion around Carta's recent VC fund performance report. We compared Sapphire Partners early DPI analysis against Carta's corresponding cohorts & wanted to share lessons learned. TLDR: As LPs - we don’t think cause for any 🚨s. Here's

I struggle to do great work if I can’t answer one question. What positive light am I bringing to the world? If it doesn’t fit in that category, it’s not for me.

Also I'm still hiring! Looking for two staff engineers - could that be you?? 10+ years of experience. Salary range is $220-240K. US remote only in select states. You'll be a utility player working on different products across our app. Let's chat! #TechTwitter

YC is going 4 batches per year Dalton Caldwell Harj Taggar Jared Friedman and all the YC partners worked very closely with me to make this happen — we're trying to be as responsive as possible to all the future founders in the world. Great ideas are the work of many great partners

I am writing angel checks! DM me what you are building. I want to create the world I want to see ❤️ by supporting other founders.

We'll be returning with our weekly office hours starting next week with an updated calendar of scheduled investors. Going forward you will be able to see who's coming in advance here: lu.ma/getfunded See you all next week!

We built a 15k sq ft Founder Lab at Fort Mason in SF where 100s of emerging tech founders are creating the future. If you're building in AI, VR, Blockchain, Robotics or Drones and you're at the start of your journey we have space for you! DM me with what you're building and why

I talk to a lot of managers / GPs who want to bring on junior venture investing talent. Biggest mistake I see people make is overindexing on pedigree. The first question I would ask is — can you get 5 founders to speak highly of this person? Does a lot of the screening for

Founder Tip: Spend less time on the "problems" that are generally well-known. Tell me more about WHY YOU? and WHY NOW?

LPs are looking for repeatability and therefore consistency of track record. If "your fund size is your strategy", excessive scaling of fund size puts the repeatability of your track record into doubt. #OpenLP Hat tip to Mike Maples, Jr

I’m convinced staying in the game as a startup founder is a superpower. You need sufficient time to make mistakes and apply the learnings. So when you feel like giving up remember this is where everyone quits. Then keep going.

Amazing two minutes from Alex Karp here on America. 🇺🇸

I’ve learned over time that the universe speaks in the wildest of ways. And if you listen, life is great. You’ll pushback because it seems nonsensical but that’s where the magic is! Listen to the universe, go for it and embrace the nonsense.

Raise your price. Personally & professionally.

Once you make up your mind. Never look back!!! Keep pushing !! Good things will follow !!

Quickest guide to happiness in life that will save you hours on reading influencer marketing: • celebrate others wins • be positive when others are negative • share your gift with the world • avoid negativity It’s that simple.