Nabeel Hyatt
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It was still pre-launch. So it was trying to write like a very large check pre-launch. For me, it's that because also there was just like a connection with Dylan. It's not just that it was a large valuation. It's that I think that that journey would have been fruitful and interesting and an amazing way to spend five to 10 years of your life.
It was still pre-launch. So it was trying to write like a very large check pre-launch. For me, it's that because also there was just like a connection with Dylan. It's not just that it was a large valuation. It's that I think that that journey would have been fruitful and interesting and an amazing way to spend five to 10 years of your life.
It's another good example of where we have a different world now that we had four years ago. That company will probably raise another 100 million, and then they might just die. In fact, they probably will die. Their probability of dying eventually, it'll take a long time because it got a lot of money, goes up.
It's another good example of where we have a different world now that we had four years ago. That company will probably raise another 100 million, and then they might just die. In fact, they probably will die. Their probability of dying eventually, it'll take a long time because it got a lot of money, goes up.
It's another good example of where we have a different world now that we had four years ago. That company will probably raise another 100 million, and then they might just die. In fact, they probably will die. Their probability of dying eventually, it'll take a long time because it got a lot of money, goes up.
So then if that happens, if you feel like that company has raised too much capital, you can watch their hiring velocity. You can look at the quality of the people they're hiring, their execution speed. You can see it all teetering. And then maybe invest in something else in the market, even though there's a lot of money in the market.
So then if that happens, if you feel like that company has raised too much capital, you can watch their hiring velocity. You can look at the quality of the people they're hiring, their execution speed. You can see it all teetering. And then maybe invest in something else in the market, even though there's a lot of money in the market.
So then if that happens, if you feel like that company has raised too much capital, you can watch their hiring velocity. You can look at the quality of the people they're hiring, their execution speed. You can see it all teetering. And then maybe invest in something else in the market, even though there's a lot of money in the market.
I'm not saying you never sell secondary. I'm not saying it never happens.
I'm not saying you never sell secondary. I'm not saying it never happens.
I'm not saying you never sell secondary. I'm not saying it never happens.
Again, the primary job of trying to figure out a little bit about the future, listen to those founders who have that little glimmer of the future, have a beginner's mind enough to be open to it so that when somebody comes into you with some cockamamie idea that was way off piece from how you thought the world was going to work, that you're open to shifting to it. That takes...
Again, the primary job of trying to figure out a little bit about the future, listen to those founders who have that little glimmer of the future, have a beginner's mind enough to be open to it so that when somebody comes into you with some cockamamie idea that was way off piece from how you thought the world was going to work, that you're open to shifting to it. That takes...
Again, the primary job of trying to figure out a little bit about the future, listen to those founders who have that little glimmer of the future, have a beginner's mind enough to be open to it so that when somebody comes into you with some cockamamie idea that was way off piece from how you thought the world was going to work, that you're open to shifting to it. That takes...
Time, energy, research. It takes trying every product. It takes curiosity. The question is, where are your hours coming in the day? And so, sure, there's secondary that happens. Sure, there's later stage valuation that happens. Sure, you can decide to figure out you want to do growth. Sure, you could run a conference every month. Sure, there's a thousand things you can do.
Time, energy, research. It takes trying every product. It takes curiosity. The question is, where are your hours coming in the day? And so, sure, there's secondary that happens. Sure, there's later stage valuation that happens. Sure, you can decide to figure out you want to do growth. Sure, you could run a conference every month. Sure, there's a thousand things you can do.
Time, energy, research. It takes trying every product. It takes curiosity. The question is, where are your hours coming in the day? And so, sure, there's secondary that happens. Sure, there's later stage valuation that happens. Sure, you can decide to figure out you want to do growth. Sure, you could run a conference every month. Sure, there's a thousand things you can do.
But doing the simple thing at the highest level takes time and energy. And I don't even think I'm good at it yet. So, I'm still just trying to get good at my first job before I do the second, third, and fifth job.
But doing the simple thing at the highest level takes time and energy. And I don't even think I'm good at it yet. So, I'm still just trying to get good at my first job before I do the second, third, and fifth job.
But doing the simple thing at the highest level takes time and energy. And I don't even think I'm good at it yet. So, I'm still just trying to get good at my first job before I do the second, third, and fifth job.