Drew Volpe

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Crazy bit of this 20VC interview: VC talks about signing a binding agreement for $50m of Theranos stock even after his wife, who's an epidemiologist, told him there's no way it could work (and he had done zero diligence). https://youtu.be/BiJSLd-qzCA?si=nzZP1MmunE79AaE0&t=3355

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@bracky let's trade the NBA Playoffs /bracket 🏀

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Wife took the kids in the afternoon so I could go pick up a roti from this awesome place in our old neighborhood and enjoy it on the beach w/ a book. Drove over and shop is closed for Father’s Day. Not even mad. 🫡 Enjoy your day Singh.

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As a Bruins fan, this is tough to watch. Happy for Marchand but it stings seeing him in that jersey.

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Printed and hung. Really happy with these. May do more.

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Chinese Academy of Sciences takes the top spot from Harvard in Nature's leading research institutions. China is now 8 of the top 10. https://www.nature.com/nature-index/research-leaders/2025/institution/all/all/global

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At my first startup we had a shared email for user support. I a/b tested different names and people were noticeably nicer to “Emily Wilson” so that’s who our support email was from then on. She even had a LinkedIn profile.

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Sia is 10 years old! One of the very first DePin projects, still going strong https://x.com/sia__foundation/status/1931064868158763312

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I’m again asking for someone to build a decentralized Reddit so users control and get paid for their data.

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Babylon completed a BitVM "unhappy path" test to simulate a dispute resolution on Bitcoin mainnet. It successfully went through and took ~8 hrs and $16k in fees. https://x.com/dntse/status/1930272316124287393

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Reminded of how Massachusetts blocked residents from participating in Apple's IPO because it was deemed too risky because it was valued at "more than 20 times earning"

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Gave some quotes to Scott Kirsner for his quick hits on Circle's IPO. Bittersweet for Boston w/ them moving to NYC. https://www.masslive.com/news/2025/06/six-things-to-know-about-the-circle-crypto-ipo-happening-this-week.html

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Why Academics Are Leaving Twitter for Bluesky https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.24801

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Working on retro futurist posters for our portfolio cos. Like how they're coming out. Zanskar (geothermal power) and Fyto (automated lemna cultivation)

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Cambridge graffiti

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"Today, less than a year from Zanskar’s acquisition, Lightning Dock is most productive pumped geothermal well in the U.S. With just one well, we’re now powering the entire 15 MW plant" https://www.zanskar.com/blog/betting-on-an-underperforming-geothermal-resource-zanskars-new-step-out-production-well-at-lightning-dock-is-a-world-beating-gusher

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you can just ask for things.

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pick-up wiffleball in the park

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working w/ a new design concept for our fund based on a 1970s, pen plotter art. love where it's leading.

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