Reflections to my team:

My ex was born in Philly does that count

Paying an extra $10/night to watch crackheads rob YC founders >>>>

Founders, stop studying Sam Altman, study Nicolas Cage

“Zuck is offering engineers $100M” “Are you getting a pay raise?” “No babe I’m just saying it’s crazy”

Friend: the Israelis are so good at honeypots Me: bro you ever see an Israeli girl? We're playing on easy mode dawg

If you can go from chatting with billionaires to chatting with a prison guard at your hotel bar without any change in how you act, you’ve made it.

Saw @Alfred_Lin speak tonight He’s a VC at Sequoia and investor in Airbnb, Doordash, and more I wrote down a bunch of notes but my favorite quote was: “Try everything to give you an edge” Most people don’t try everything because they’re afraid to look dumb But looking dumb is worth it to get an edge because an edge is how you get rich Read the weird book. Try the risky marketing stunt. Take a chance on unproven talent. Whatever you can do to get an edge. Edge is everything.

Philosopher-king CEO is easy mode Jester-king CEO is hard mode Can you obtain king money and power while remaining a goofy goober? I believe yes

Siri is so bad there's startups raising tens of millions to build what Siri should’ve been. Generational bag fumble by apple. Also, Apple’s unforced error forced others to waste time building what they should’ve. Inefficient market hypothesis.