Tom White
@tomwhite1
I think, write, invest, and have a suffix | Building @beondeck | Thinking @ http://whitenoise.email | #bitcoin | Collector
@grailersdao 🏆 | curator @startupyworld
Tom White
Put simply, the Global Financial Crisis produced some of the best Venture Capital vintage years in modern history. A great deal of this value accrued to those GPs and LPs who deployed capital during the crisis’ nadir.
Tom White • How does Early-Stage Venture Capital Perform in a Recession?
To know me is to understand that I have been, am now, and will continue to be knee-deep (read as: submerged) in both web3 and crypto. For better or worse—depending upon who you ask—this is not new; I have been beating the web3/cryptocurrency drum for a number of years now. The disintermediation of trust, from partial third parties to objective... See more
Tom White • Why Care About Crypto?
It is said that we become what we behold. That is, we shape our tools and then our tools shape us.If the past few years are any indication, the universe is very much following the internet’s lead. We seem to be teetering ever closer to the asymptote that is unadulterated entropy.
Substack • Curate the Internet, Comprehend the World: Introducing Startupy
On Failure: I think seeing failure is really important. It’s important to learn the lesson of what didn't work, sometimes more so than learning the lesson of what did work.On Networking: Replace the word networking with relationships. Networking feels transactional; nobody wants to be networked. Your job in your 20s is to forge relationships and... See more
Substack • "People are our Power" | A Conversation with Lindsay Kaplan, Co-Founder of Chief.com
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"People are our Power" | A Conversation with Lindsay Kaplan, Co-Founder of Chief.com
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No matter where we live in the world, then, it would be wise for us all to think carefully about the global chaos that is only beginning to consume us all. What is happening? Why is it happening? Where are we headed? What, if anything, can and should we do, individually and collectively?
N.S. Lyons • The Upheaval
If the mention of words like web3, crypto, and their complementary acronyms—NFT, DAO, DeFi, et cetera—prompt fears or jeers, derision or confusion, I shall serve as Virgil to your Dante.