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Everything filed under venture capital venture capital Everything filed under network science network science Everything filed under startups startups Everything filed under design design Everything filed under investing investing Everything filed under metascience metascience Everything filed under optimism optimism Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Some ideas are worth funding with fifty million dollars or with nothing, and never with five million, because underfunding buys you an ambiguous outcome instead of an answer. Some ideas are worth funding with fiftymillion dollars or with nothing, and neverwith five million, because underfundingbuys you an ambiguous outcome instead ofan answer. Last stated 3 months ago 7 Aug 2026 MH Max Hodak — holds since 2026-08-07 — tap for who they are Same subject: An employee’s startup equity grant is most likely worth nothing, because people overestimate both the odds of success and their own share of it. — tap to centre the map on it An employee’s startup equity grantis most likely worth nothing,because people overestimate both theodds of success and their own shareof it. Last stated 15 years ago 28 Oct 2011 PM Patrick McKenzie — holds since 2011-10-28 — tap for who they are Same subject: A founder who picks an idea because the market wants it will give up, because nobody can persist at something that was never important to them. — tap to centre the map on it A founder who picks an idea becausethe market wants it will give up,because nobody can persist atsomething that was never importantto them. Last stated 2 years ago 19 Jun 2024 AS Aravind Srinivas — holds since 2024-06-19 — tap for who they are Same subject: The value of an ambitious experiment target is not hitting it but the conversation about what would have to be true to hit it. — tap to centre the map on it The value of an ambitious experimenttarget is not hitting it but theconversation about what would haveto be true to hit it. Last stated a year ago 5 Oct 2025 AC Albert Cheng — holds since 2025-10-05 — tap for who they are Same subject: You can build anything now, but not everything is worth building; what matters is whether ideas take a shape somebody else would want to use. — tap to centre the map on it You can build anything now, but noteverything is worth building; whatmatters is whether ideas take ashape somebody else would want touse. Last stated 2 months ago 25 Aug 2026 JB John Bai — holds since 2026-08-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: For investors today, the idea not worth engaging with is the one that is too small, where it used to be the one that was too ambitious. — tap to centre the map on it For investors today, the idea notworth engaging with is the one thatis too small, where it used to bethe one that was too ambitious. Last stated 2 months ago 6 Sept 2026 AA Anish Acharya — holds since 2026-09-06 — tap for who they are Same subject: What limits science is how it is funded and organised, not how much money it gets. — tap to centre the map on it What limits science is how it isfunded and organised, not how muchmoney it gets. Last stated 7 years ago 23 Jun 2019 JR José Luis Ricón — holds since 2019-06-23 — tap for who they are Same subject: The deeper anyone digs into a charity's cost-effectiveness estimate, the more unwarranted optimism they find, so the right prior on giving is a sceptical one. — tap to centre the map on it The deeper anyone digs into acharity's cost-effectivenessestimate, the more unwarrantedoptimism they find, so the rightprior on giving is a sceptical one. Last stated 15 years ago 18 Aug 2011 HK Holden Karnofsky — holds since 2011-08-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: If the people building a product would not use it with their own money, it is not good enough. — tap to centre the map on it If the people building a productwould not use it with their ownmoney, it is not good enough. Last stated 6 months ago 28 Apr 2026 PD Polly D'Arcy — holds since 2026-04-28 — 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 Some ideas are worth funding with fifty million dollars or with nothing, and never with five million, because underfunding buys you an ambiguous outcome instead of an answer. Last stated 7 Aug 2026 · 3 months ago Holds Max Hodak Read this korrent →