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never doubt the power of fan behavior

i invest in (from most general to most specific) 1. consumer tech 2. url to irl social tools 3. gig economy to solopreneur tools 4. creator to SMB pipeline solopreneur tools 5. ai consumer social rehab tools from pre-seed to series a

is there a letterboxd or airbuds specifically for irl activities i.e. a way to track & rank all the art exhibitions i go to

reply to your friends' newsletters it (typically) goes straight to their inbox and makes them happy (speaking from experience)

GOLD FOR PAKISTAN 💚✨🥇🫡

another 17 hour flight approaches ipad is charged, apple pencil is charged, i'm ready to mark up some decks with feedback email me [email protected] and i'll make edits

returning to sf in a few weeks and *only* doing IRL meetings! lmk if you're there the week of sept 9th and lets get something scheduled :)

It's September 1st

it’s their season 🍂

happy gilmore girls rewatch season for all who celebrate (it’s autumn - basically)

i talk to all my AI tools the same way iron man speaks to jarvis (pre vision era) in marvel movies

the way every consumer founder i love + admire is in a16z's A16Z GAMES SPEEDRUN 🧊 cohort in LA is kind of crazy

was at the Crosby earlier today meeting a founder and bumped into 3 VCs in the span of 45 minutes Maya Bakhai (is hiring robinhood & snapchat devs) shaad khan Niko Bonatsos

i'm so sick of the creator-first platforms that are GREAT for the creator/business but horrible for the fan/consumer when is someone going to build something that makes it *actually enjoyable* to be a fan/supporter of a celebrity/creator/athlete etc.

100000000% highly monetized useful vertical apps ARE the next big thing & they’re here if you’re remotely interested in consumer read this post ! there is a reason every consumer founder you know is or has been in A16Z GAMES SPEEDRUN 🧊 cc: andrew chen

every creator becomes an SMB, and every SMB inevitably becomes a creator !!! writing about this in my newsletter this week

consumer founders in SF are so different from consumer founders in NYC the consumer VCs are more or less the same though