texting in a romantic relationship is cope a real one will stop at nothing to see you, touch you, talk to you if you’re a woman struggling with dating, please stop texting him. get a grip. if he wants to see you, he will. you don’t need to be so available.

reflecting on @CrucibleCap turning 2 next month. emerging trends in venture platforms that will accelerate as infrastructure economics change the economics of venture. what am i missing? compute — firms building or funding their own compute businesses. (Our compute biz has 8-figure run rate; Cambium built an opco/propco with capital partners to deploy portco Sambanova’s chips; nearly every large fund is doing something here to route immense capex and opex margins back to their bottom line) asset optimization — firms buying businesses or asset portfolios and optimizing them with their portcos. (GC buying a hospital; we’re looking at distressed energy assets to optimize w a portco and harvest levered depreciation.) restructuring — firms doing bankruptcy buyouts, restructurings, and recaps of legacy companies. (we did @standardnuclear with @decisivepointvc; working on a second energy buyout/restructure w another partner now) trading — firms moving into trading: prop desks, market making, and/or managing their own VaR/exposure. (we run a prop book; many HFT/MM VC arms have strategic capital offerings; hearing one large SV fund is trying to hire traders.) strategic finance — firms moving beyond talent, biz dev, media platform into strategic finance as companies need more debt: ABS, EBL, trade finance, PO finance, serviced by an in-house lead. (we’re building a syndication network and a suite of template docs/tools.) securitization / tokenization — as financing complexity grows, more firms will help companies securitize or tokenize fixed assets/liabilities to tap larger capital pools without an IPO, either partnering with a platform or building their own since it’s largely a commodified service now

It was a pleasure to meet some remarkable care workers in Dundee today and thank them for the vital work they do. Our Displaced Workers Scheme is delivering up to 45,000 extra hours of care every month, ensuring more people in Scotland can get the care they deserve.

To everyone who received their exam results today, well done! You have done Scotland proud. Your hard work has paid off and we’ve seen a fantastic set of results. I hope you all get the chance to celebrate today.

Our high streets can thrive again and this is proof. Community-led organisations like Our Union Street in Aberdeen are making a real difference - and with @scotgov funding, we are helping them build on that.