I realized that if I really want to maintain a relationship with my audience on my terms, I was better off doing it on my own site that I pay for—one that no one could attempt to monetize besides me.
These days, you’ll find me and my writing right back at ThisisGoingtoBeBig.com—updated with a new look and a little more information about what I’m up to. You won’t need to re-subscribe. I’ll move everyone over from Substack for my next post.
The feedback from our Pre-Series A conference, our fourth in person and sixth overall, was fantastic on both sides—and while we learn new things each time we do it, I wanted to take a step back to talk about some of the event strategies and insights that underpin how we like to put these gatherings together.
Sometime in the next few weeks, I’ll complete my next investment. It will be the 105th deal out of Brooklyn Bridge Ventures, the firm I started back in September 2012, and it will be the last deal I’ll be making out of my third fund.
It will also be my last venture capital deal.
The venture asset class seems to have already decided that AI is the next great investment opportunity, but I’m not so sure it’s going to disrupt business and create the across-the-board wealth that has been predicted.
If there’s one thing that everyone can agree on with regards to the future of TikTok in the United States, it is that congressional leaders have embarrassed themselves during the questioning of TikTok’s US CEO as the government considers whether or not to ban the popular app.
Do we retreat to our own verticals or does Twitter continue to limp along, buoyed by real-time, "Was that an earthquake?" checks?
I’m very worried about any company that has moderate growth plans for 2023 that expects to get another round of financing based on that result. To me, that has a high chance of putting off the inevitable—running out of money during a fundraising process.
It might work against all your instincts, but I can’t help but wonder if the better strategy is to go full Thelma & Louise—to accelerate your growth enough to get noticed while you’re running down the cash.
Instead of banning the use of new technology, wouldn’t it be better to double down on the intrinsic value of actually learning something versus just copying and pasting it? There are always going to be ways to cheat the system in life. Do we curtail cheating by making it harder to cheat or do we just instill values that make people not want to take that road because it only hurts them? Let’s put honesty and hard work on a pedestal while making cheating socially unacceptable—not just something hard to get away with.
