the thiel fellowship has an insane track record
$ETH $420B
@oyorooms $8B
@scale_AI $7B
@Upstart $7B
@luminartech $7B
@figmadesign $2B
what started in 2011 to pay talented kids $100k to drop out of college now counts billionaire startup founders among its alums 👇
duke's not known as a startup factory like stanford.
but duke '08-'12 has produced 4 unicorns—coinbase, airtable, cameo and plaid—along with a bunch of up and comers.
here's the path their founders took from duke to $1b 👇
in 2005, @naval and @laserlikemike sued bill gurley, benchmark and august capital, saying the VCs cheated them out of millions after the acquisition of epinions
they settled
15 years later, naval and mike speiser have been two of the biggest forces in disrupting and remaking VC
she's not an 'ex-hedge fund lawyer', she's a former law firm partner who represented a hedge fund.
the inability to understand that distinction is at the core of hawley's moronic line of questioning.
i cut $300k into startups, small businesses and funds in 2020.
i was gonna do an ama but i thought it would make more sense for everyone else to give me advice because i have no idea what i'm doing.
