Mike Vernal(@mvernal):One of the crazier facts about venture is that it seems consistently possible to build a small community of college-aged kids that is incredibly talent dense, e.g.: - Thiel Fellows (ETH, Figma, I think Cognition) - KP Fellows (Opensea, also Figma) - Dorm Room Fund (Cursor) - Prod (Mercor, Etched, also Cursor) - Neo Scholars (Cog, also Cursor) Other than Neo (@neo) though, this hasn't really become anyone's dominant strategy.

2026.09.16 18:03

One of the crazier facts about venture is that it seems consistently possible to build a small community of college-aged kids that is incredibly talent dense, e.g.: - Thiel Fellows (ETH, Figma, I think Cognition) - KP Fellows (Opensea, also Figma) - Dorm Room Fund (Cursor) - Prod (Mercor, Etched, also Cursor) - Neo Scholars (Cog, also Cursor) Other than Neo (@neo) though, this hasn't really become anyone's dominant strategy.

Will Manidis@WillManidis

2026.09.16 11:56

there are very few decisions that you'll make in your life that actually matter. if you're lucky, maybe 2-3 every decade. joining drf was one of them for me. cursor, dandy, amp, the best friends i'll ever have, all in an ±18 month period with the same 40?ish people. insane

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