the truth for RTS lovers is that we are a dying breed. kids today really only play 1st and 3rd person games, and shooters are the largest genre by far. blizzard is just making what people want RTS is an elegant genre for a more civilized age

loved hosting @thejessezhang of @DecagonAI for a @speedrun fireside chat yesterday! a few of my favorite takeaways: - when doing customer calls, focus on the problem not the suggested solution. your job is to deeply understand the customer pain point and come up with the best solution - the number of genuinely great ideas in any technology cycle is small and a founder's job is to find them - but you won't know if they're truly great until you start building + talking to customers - always ask customers if they're willing to pay for something - all good markets have competition. don't try to run away from competition - buckle down and figure out how to win - early on the highest-leverage use of a CEO's time is sales - talking to customers, recruiting, etc

banners going up in SF for @Pokemon world championships this week! 50k people, sold out Moscone, finals at Chase Center 30 years in and Pikachu is still filling NBA arenas - what an incredible run! ⚡

chief of staff at an early-stage, post-PMF startup might be one of the best career launchpads for a smart young person right now. if you're a few years out of school / mba and are high hustle, high autonomy, excited about startups - DM me. we have several portfolio companies hiring forget big tech / finance / consulting - an AI startup today moves at 100x the speed of a traditional company. you'll learn faster and your scope will grow (if you're good) into responsibilities your FANG peers won't touch until 10 years in i know CoS who've built global sales orgs from scratch, stood up 8-figure data centers, run Series B fundraises. the trust & opportunities you get as a CEO's right-hand is immense - many CoS get promoted to lead entire functions as the company scales finally, shadowing a strong founder is one of the best ways to learn to be one yourself. you're in the room when the most important decisions are made & touch every part of the business - product, sales, recruiting etc. you'll also build your network across customers, engineers, investors if this sounds exciting to you, shoot me a DM!

fundraising masterclass from @travisk on valuation: "I'm always saying it's at least this and it can go up, but I start low... so it only goes up, so that everybody's pumped, leaning forward" start low, get bid up. anchoring initial price too high is a rookie mistake

the tipping point for mass adoption of agents will be proactive behavior - when agents can "just do things" for you we've already seen a bit of this with openclaw but we're still so early in the transition - excited to meet teams building proactive AI products!