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Everything filed under venture capital venture capital Everything filed under network science network science Everything filed under startups startups Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Nine of every ten companies he backed changed their business plan halfway through, because the market changed under them. Nine of every ten companies he backedchanged their business plan halfwaythrough, because the market changed underthem. Last stated 4 months ago 18 Jun 2026 LT Lip-Bu Tan — holds since 2026-06-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: The things worth building a business around are the ones that will not have changed in ten years, and those are identifiable in advance. — tap to centre the map on it The things worth building a businessaround are the ones that will nothave changed in ten years, and thoseare identifiable in advance. Last stated 3 years ago 14 Dec 2023 JB Jeff Bezos — holds since 2023-12-14 — tap for who they are Same subject: Lacking founder-market fit can be a blessing in disguise rather than a weakness. — tap to centre the map on it Lacking founder-market fit can be ablessing in disguise rather than aweakness. Last stated 2 years ago 21 Feb 2025 TC Thiago Costa — holds since 2025-02-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: Frequent conversations with customers continually correct a founder's mistaken assumptions about the market. — tap to centre the map on it Frequent conversations withcustomers continually correct afounder's mistaken assumptions aboutthe market. Last stated 9 months ago 23 Jan 2026 AK Arvid Kahl — holds since 2026-01-23 — tap for who they are Same subject: 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. — tap to centre the map on it A founder should take half thevaluation if it buys all of thecontrol, because the right to bewrong in your own way is whatfounding was for. Last stated 5 months ago 2 Jun 2026 MP Mark Pincus — holds since 2026-06-02 — 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 toocapital-intensive for venture money;they need government or sovereignfunds behind them. Last stated 4 months ago 18 Jun 2026 LT 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 whatyou want in any situation, and thatis exactly why investors want it: aformidable founder's interests andtheirs are the same. Last stated 2 months ago 3 Sept 2026 PG Paul Graham — holds since 2026-09-03 — 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 donewell enough, investors won't beneeded at all. Last stated 2 months ago 1 Sept 2026 PG 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 credibilitywith investors than growth does. Last stated 2 months ago 1 Sept 2026 PG 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 hasproduced no more excess return thanthe median mutual-fund orprivate-equity manager. Last stated 2 months ago 2 Sept 2026 AD 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 giverise to genuine higher-levelcollective organization, as with antcolonies and pheromone chemistry. Last stated 2 months ago 31 Aug 2026 VR 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 mechanismsreproduce the observeddistributions, large networks aregoverned by self-organizing rulesthat do not depend on what thenetwork is made of. Last stated 27 years ago 21 Oct 1999 RA Réka Albert — holds since 1999-10-21 — tap for who they are AB 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 oneproperty: the number of connectionsper node follows a scale-free powerlaw. Last stated 27 years ago 21 Oct 1999 RA Réka Albert — holds since 1999-10-21 — tap for who they are AB Albert-László Barabási — holds since 1999-10-21 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Nine of every ten companies he backed changed their business plan halfway through, because the market changed under them. Last stated 18 Jun 2026 · 4 months ago Holds Lip-Bu Tan Read this korrent →