@ankurnagpal built and sold Teachable for $250M and Carry for $76M. I bootstrapped Kit and turned down a $200M acquisition offer from Spotify. We took different paths as founders. In this episode, we break down why we made those choices, what worked, and what we'd do differently.

Mercury is the largest position in USVC @immad and team have built a monster business that is accelerating in every dimension at serious scale All while working on their banking charter that will unlock greater margins and more functionality

We're 50 days out from the Outliers Summit! A two-day gathering in New York (Nov 5-6) for founders, builders, and creators building unreasonably ambitious companies, hosted with my friend @ankurnagpal in partnership with @AngelList Two years ago, 600 founders, builders, and operators showed up. This year, we're expecting 1,200+, and it's now two full days instead of one. Last year, 54% of attendees were founders, C-suite, VP+, or investors. 39% were founders and CEOs specifically, and the average founder in the room had raised $5.9M. The operators came from Google, Meta, Stripe, Ramp, Notion, Palantir, a16z, and Thrive, plus a few hundred startups you haven't heard of yet. It's not a conference where you sit in the dark and listen to panels. It's a room where the person next to you is probably building something worth asking about. You'll be hearing from people like Sam Parr, Ryan Hoover (Product Hunt, Weekend Fund), Sahil Lavingia (Gumroad), Andy Dunn (Bonobos, Pie), Nadya Okamoto (Pie, August), Zach Sims (Codecademy), Nik Sharma, and Nat Eliason. Every year I meet someone who started a company because of a conversation they had in that room. Apply to attend below: (Ticket prices go up in two weeks)

What is the best workplace assistant that can: - Read my meeting notes - See the things that are my action items - Actually do the thing (typically, send a Slack or email etc.) See so many tools like this, but which one is actually good / reliable here

Curious about private markets? Join @ankurnagpal, General Partner at @USVC_, and Brian Walsh, SoFi's Head of Advice and Planning, on September 15 for a live conversation about venture capital, why more companies are staying private longer, and what that means for investors. Register now 👉

This is the thesis behind why we are building USVC Companies are staying private longer, and the majority of the wealth created from technological innovation is happening outside public markets IPOs are now exits, not entries

ETFs pulled in a record $1.5 trillion last year. What used to be gatekept by Wall Street institutions is now in the hands of everyday investors. On Nov 3rd, I’m hosting the ETF Investor Forum in NYC. 700+ investors, fund managers, RIAs, and allocators in a single room, including: Dan Ives | @DivesTech Eric Balchunas | @EricBalchunas Robbie Mitchnick | @robbiemitchnick Matt Cole | @ColeMacro Ankur Nagpal | @ankurnagpal Gavin Filmore | @tidalfg Plus many more. We’re packing a ton of programming into one day. We'll be talking everything from Bitcoin to critical metals to robotics. Grab your ticket here:

A lot of employees at hot AI companies are going to get completely burned on the value of their equity Between insanely high liquidation preferences and inflated valuations, a lot of 7 and 8 figure equity grants are going to end up being worth nothing Stay safe

Last call: Today is the last day for early bird tickets to the Outliers Summit hosted by @andruyeung and yours truly in NYC on November 5-6 Grab $99 tickets here (before midnight): Almost 500 tickets already sold for founders and future founders!

Would love to hire someone (or multiple people?) to make short-form videos for tech and VC There are so many cool companies now in the @usvc_ portfolio and we'd love to tell their story better DM me your best work or recommend someone dope in the comments

New USVC Investment: We just bought a position in @loyalfordogs Loyal is trying to build the first ever FDA-approved drug to extend lifespan... starting with dogs Here's why we invested in @celinehalioua and team: