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17 connected korrents · 13 moments from 21 Oct 1999 to 3 Sept 2026. Nearly all of them are about startups .
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management Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Read this korrent: A founder should take half the valuation if it buys all of the control, because the right to be wrong in your own way is what founding was for. A founder should take half the valuation if it buys all of the control, because the right to be wrong in your own way is what founding was for. Last stated 5 months ago
2 Jun 2026
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Mark Pincus — holds since 2026-06-02 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A founder who does not know their own goal dies by a thousand compromises and ends up running a company they do not want to work at. — tap to centre the map on it A founder who does not know their own goal dies by a thousand compromises and ends up running a company they do not want to work at. Last stated 5 months ago
2 Jun 2026
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Mark Pincus — holds since 2026-06-02 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A founder who takes their bearings from what everyone around them is saying will end up nowhere; you have to build your own compass for what the future looks like. — tap to centre the map on it A founder who takes their bearings from what everyone around them is saying will end up nowhere; you have to build your own compass for what the future looks like. Last stated 3 months ago
29 Jul 2026
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Alexandr Wang — holds since 2026-07-29 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Every founder on standard documents has already signed a charter obliging them to sell their company to the buyer they would least want to have it. — tap to centre the map on it Every founder on standard documents has already signed a charter obliging them to sell their company to the buyer they would least want to have it. Last stated 5 months ago
10 May 2026
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Eric Ries — holds since 2026-05-10 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The taboo against copying is a moral one, which is exactly what makes copying an arbitrage available to founders with less ego invested. — tap to centre the map on it The taboo against copying is a moral one, which is exactly what makes copying an arbitrage available to founders with less ego invested. Last stated 4 months ago
14 Jun 2026
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Mark Pincus — holds since 2026-06-14 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The single most valuable thing a founder can find is a belief they can hold with reason that the conventional wisdom says is wrong. — tap to centre the map on it The single most valuable thing a founder can find is a belief they can hold with reason that the conventional wisdom says is wrong. Last stated 3 months ago
28 Jul 2026
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Sam Altman — holds since 2026-07-28 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A founder has to run on what if everything goes right; starting from what if everything goes wrong is playing defense and losing before the start. — tap to centre the map on it A founder has to run on what if everything goes right; starting from what if everything goes wrong is playing defense and losing before the start. Last stated 5 months ago
2 Jun 2026
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Mark Pincus — holds since 2026-06-02 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A founder's gut instincts are almost always right and the ideas built on top of them are usually wrong, so the work is to isolate the instinct and test many ideas around it. — tap to centre the map on it A founder's gut instincts are almost always right and the ideas built on top of them are usually wrong, so the work is to isolate the instinct and test many ideas around it. Last stated 4 months ago
14 Jun 2026
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Mark Pincus — holds since 2026-06-14 — tap for who they are
Same subject: There are things founders can do that managers cannot, and not doing them feels wrong to founders because it is wrong. — tap to centre the map on it There are things founders can do that managers cannot, and not doing them feels wrong to founders because it is wrong. Last stated 2 years ago
1 Sept 2024
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Paul Graham — holds since 2024-09-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI factories and foundries are too capital-intensive for venture money; they need government or sovereign funds behind them. — tap to centre the map on it AI factories and foundries are too capital-intensive for venture money; they need government or sovereign funds behind them. Last stated 4 months ago
18 Jun 2026
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Lip-Bu Tan — holds since 2026-06-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Being formidable means getting what you want in any situation, and that is exactly why investors want it: a formidable founder's interests and theirs are the same. — tap to centre the map on it Being formidable means getting what you want in any situation, and that is exactly why investors want it: a formidable founder's interests and theirs are the same. Last stated 2 months ago
3 Sept 2026
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Paul Graham — holds since 2026-09-03 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Burn rate is a measure of risk, and preemptive rounds push successful companies to raise it whether or not they need to. — tap to centre the map on it Burn rate is a measure of risk, and preemptive rounds push successful companies to raise it whether or not they need to. Last stated 4 months ago
9 Jun 2026
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Bill Gurley — holds since 2026-06-09 — tap for who they are
Same subject: If whatever is being done is done well enough, investors won't be needed at all. — tap to centre the map on it If whatever is being done is done well enough, investors won't be needed at all. Last stated 2 months ago
1 Sept 2026
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Paul Graham — holds since 2026-09-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: No credential gives more credibility with investors than growth does. — tap to centre the map on it No credential gives more credibility with investors than growth does. Last stated 2 months ago
1 Sept 2026
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Paul Graham — holds since 2026-09-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The median venture capitalist has produced no more excess return than the median mutual-fund or private-equity manager. — tap to centre the map on it The median venture capitalist has produced no more excess return than the median mutual-fund or private-equity manager. Last stated 2 months ago
2 Sept 2026
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Aswath Damodaran — holds since 2026-09-02 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A system built from ordinary, mundane components can still give rise to genuine higher-level collective organization, as with ant colonies and pheromone chemistry. — tap to centre the map on it A system built from ordinary, mundane components can still give rise to genuine higher-level collective organization, as with ant colonies and pheromone chemistry. Last stated 2 months ago
31 Aug 2026
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Venkatesh Rao — holds since 2026-08-31 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Because two generic mechanisms reproduce the observed distributions, large networks are governed by self-organizing rules that do not depend on what the network is made of. — tap to centre the map on it Because two generic mechanisms reproduce the observed distributions, large networks are governed by self-organizing rules that do not depend on what the network is made of. Last stated 27 years ago
21 Oct 1999
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Réka Albert — holds since 1999-10-21 — tap for who they are
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Albert-László Barabási — holds since 1999-10-21 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Large real-world networks share one property: the number of connections per node follows a scale-free power law. — tap to centre the map on it Large real-world networks share one property: the number of connections per node follows a scale-free power law. Last stated 27 years ago
21 Oct 1999
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Réka Albert — holds since 1999-10-21 — tap for who they are
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Albert-László Barabási — holds since 1999-10-21 — tap for who they are