Senior Partner at Molten Ventures
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Nic Brisbourne retweeted
I feel the Russian officials in the ‘plausible reasons an enemy of the state died’ department have either given up trying or are having a laugh.
Nic Brisbourne retweeted
Word of the day is ‘circumbendibus’ (17th century): an answer or argument so convoluted and evasive that it isn’t really an answer at all.
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Super excited to finally share this updated analysis on the countries most responsible for climate change, now including all sources of CO2:
US 509GtCO2
CN 284
RU 172
BR 113
ID 103
DE 88
IN 86
UK 74
JP 68
CA 65
1/n
carbonbrief.org/analysis-whi…
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Our very own @brisbourne spoke with @BusinessInsider's @tasjourno last week.
Check out the article to learn more about our IPO, democratising access to VC investing - and how becoming a publicly listed company will enable us to innovate.
ow.ly/iWF450FzAtb
#AIM #VC #IPO
Nic Brisbourne retweeted
Most advice is people telling you what they would do given their preferences, not what they think you should do given your preferences.
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I love this comment about Amazon's culture of everyone silently reading documents during the first few minutes of meetings.
news.ycombinator.com/item?id…
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71% of English adults support delaying the lifting of lockdown by four weeks. 24% are opposed, with opposition highest among 18-24 year olds (34%)
yougov.co.uk/topics/economy/…
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This is not an original thought, but after countless pitch meetings, it's clear we need more domain experts & fewer technologists starting companies.
We need better problem definition, in both economic & socio/cultural adoption framing, not better tech (tech is the easy part)
Nic Brisbourne retweeted
A powerful excerpt from Bezos' shareholder letter:
— Customers complete 28% of purchases on Amazon in three minutes or less, and half of all purchases are finished in less than 15 minutes. Compare that to the typical shopping trip to a physical store.
eCommerce is the future.
Nic Brisbourne retweeted
The Chinese government is committing genocide against the Uighurs. Right now. We know where. And the world is just sitting back and letting it happen. Disney even thanked local party apparatchiks for letting them film Mulan there.
Traumatized women describe gang rapes and beatings at Chinese government internment camps @IvanCNN reports cnn.it/3qynZYf
Nic Brisbourne retweeted
To build trust and respect early in a relationship, co-founders should have hard discussions:
Who will be CEO?
Who does what?
Who decides what?
What is non-negotiable?
How are conflicts resolved?
How is equity split?
This doesn’t guarantee success but it’s an important test.
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This wholesome product did not commercially perform for us as well as I was hoping it will, still every now and then, we get this kind of a note that reminds me how brilliant it is and what a great impact it can have on kids wonderbly.com/uk/personalize…
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1/19: I wish the 50-year old me could go back and give some “tough love” advice to the younger me. I’m not sure I would have listened, but maybe someone out there in the #startup ecosystem will.
Here are 8 pieces of hard earned wisdom that might serve you well:
Nic Brisbourne retweeted
Just heard a story about the absolute worst way to do a layoff:
1) Company needs to cut 20% of staff
2) Tells team of 10 people "2 of you quit or all of you take a 20% cut. You decide"
3) Of course they all decide to take pay cut
4) A week later, the 2 best quit for better jobs
Nic Brisbourne retweeted
Here is a simple lesson I've learned from reading books on writing. Take a piece of your writing and control or command + F to find these words:
so
just
very
quite
really
pretty
surely
rather
in fact
actually
that said
of course
Delete them. You are now a better writer.
Nic Brisbourne retweeted
It took me...
200+ articles before I got a book deal.
250+ articles before I got major media coverage (NYT).
100+ interviews before my book hit the bestseller list.
You need a lot of shots on goal. Not everything will work, but some of it will.
Keep shooting.
Nic Brisbourne retweeted
In large companies and gov't organizations “fear of failure” inhibits speed and risk-taking, while in startups “fear of failure” drives speed and urgency
Nic Brisbourne retweeted
The busier life gets, the more of your time needs to be spent doing "meta-work" (the work of defining what needs to be done, how to do it, by when, and by who)
Most people do the opposite and drop the meta-work, which is like trying to find your destination by driving very fast
