Matthew Giampetroni
@matthewgiampetroni
Venture Capitalist at Velvet Sea Ventures
Matthew Giampetroni
Firms should invest in innovation while cutting losses when a strategy is unlikely to pay off. This is an explicit recognition of the value of quitting
Dan Callahan • Capital Allocation
The job of being a curator becomes more important as abundance and variety increase
Alex Danco • Positional Scarcity
the first and most important goal of an attention diet should be to consciously limit the number of distractions we’re exposed to
Mark Manson • How to Improve Your Focus and Concentration
In the very early-stages of a company, especially during a fundraise, narratives rule everything and pseudosecrets are the dominant way to build a narrative.
Michael Dempsey • Narratives & Pseudosecrets
That's the real point of startups. Ideally, you are getting together with a group of other people who also want to work a lot harder, and get paid a lot more, than they would in a big company.
Paul Graham • How to Make Wealth
Every bubble begins with something real, which inspires entirely too much fakery
Byrne Hobart • Manias and Mimesis: Applying René Girard’s Mimetic Theory to Financial Bubbles
Debt can also scare off growth equity funds, who don’t like not being the most senior money in the pref stack.
Alex Danco • Debt is Coming
The primary job of senior management is to create value over the long term.
Dan Callahan • Capital Allocation
as the bubble grows, it becomes an increasingly pure bet on a revolution