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Shaun John

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TL;DR from Pitchbook’s Case for New Managers: Emerging VC managers have consistently outperformed established managers since the late 90s, especially in early-stage, hi-risk, hi-reward scenarios, leading to outsized returns if successful. https://shorturl.at/jFY46
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Secure, immutable, and verifiable credentials that are resistant to achievement deep fakes? That’s one of Metaversalist’s latest undertaking with Medallion, open source & currently in beta. https://medallion.network/medallion-beta
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OpenAI Spring Update TL;DR: No GPT-5, no search, but I can tell this guy is happy https://openai.com/index/spring-update/
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Launching a new web3 project? Crypto Summer is upon us and Onchain Summer is back!!! Show what you’ve got, showcase what’s hot, and grab a piece of this 600 ETH pot: https://buildonbase.deform.cc/application/
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All of us rely on each other and the innovations of our ancestors
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Company culture is one of the key contributions that any founder makes to a business. Culture naturally flows from the founder’s personality, and you can see this play out across tech.
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Sending a salute to Ben, Jake & Tyler. In 3 years, these 3 cofounders went from working at Morning Brew to raising beehiiv's $33m Series B. Reflecting on the impact they've had on the future of content in your inbox...THIS COULDA BEEN AN EMAIL 🐝 📧
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Angels still driving pre-seed rounds (~$1m) one $25k check at a time 😇
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“If you’re competing with yourself & all you’re trying to do is — for self-satisfaction & for the impact you have on the world & the duty you feel to do that — be the best possible version you can, there is no limit to how far that can drive someone to perform” -Sam Altman
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I’ve realized a new reason why pessimism sounds smart: optimism often requires believing in unknown, unspecified future breakthroughs—which seems fanciful and naive. If you very soberly, wisely, prudently stick to the known and the proven, you will necessarily be pessimistic. https://shorturl.at/CJUV4
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Ruminating on Runes’ market potential as much as the next degen, my mind ponders the long-term target audience, use cases, and the unique value proposition compared to other blockchain-based digital assets.
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Long before my foray into startups, MLT gave me the mentorship to succeed in corporate. Proud to support them & friends at AlleyCorp with Peerless, providing $1m to 1 startup founder, along with the same difference-making mentorship. Apply by 4/26 https://www.peerlesspitch.com/
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Venture funds with eponymous versions of Shaun in them always have my heart and SOSV's $306m Fund V, focused on deep tech startups with a focus on human and planetary health, takes the cake 🎂 https://sosv.com/sosv-closes-306m-deep-tech-fund-for-human-and-planetary-health/
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“By the time something becomes frustrating or annoying enough to a customer that they message you, it’s usually a signal that there are 10 more customers dealing with that same issue who haven’t messaged you yet.” - Immad Akhund, Mercury CEO + Cofounder
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Both Apple’s Vision Pro and Humane’s AI Pin set an aspirationally high bar for themselves, combining cutting-edge tech with user-friendly design in an ever-present wearable package. The challenge lies in blending bleeding edge tech seamlessly with everyday style and function.
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This year’s Kauffman Fellows Sentiment Survey paints a picture with dual themes of optimism and caution defining the narrative for the year ahead. https://shorturl.at/alquN
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Super excited for the Monad team as they just closed their $225m Series A, bringing low-latency distributed compute further…farther 🆙 ⏭️ https://www.monadlabs.xyz/
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"Fiverr Industry Report Reveals that 90% of Tech Executives Hire Freelancers for High-Stress Periods" So, like...All of the time?🤔 https://shorturl.at/rzGH9
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It’s rare that I see funding news from counsel, but shoutout to Latham&Watkins on Ellipsis Labs’ $20m Series A ⚖️ https://www.lw.com/en/news/2024/04/latham-advises-ellipsis-labs-in-20-million-series-a-funding
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