@mvernal: One of the crazier facts about venture is that it seems consistently possible to build a small community of college-age…
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The tweet discusses the consistent ability to form small, talent-dense communities of college-aged individuals through venture capital fellowship programs, citing examples that have spawned successful tech companies.
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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): 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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