Rick Zullo

1) “Moats” are a term thrown around a lot in startup circles In reality, companies don’t build moats, they build "CAPABILITIES" that yield them We’ve created a simplified, but exhaustive framework for capabilities that create company defining moats medium.com/@EqualVentures…

📢📢📢 Excited to welcome @00hughes_sam to @EqualVentures as our 1st Platform Manager We've been blown away by our experience w/ Sam and know she'll be invaluable in helping us bring community, conviction and capital together unlike anyone else 👏👏👏 newsletter.equal.vc/p/welcoming-sa…

Operating models in VC amidst unprecedented turnover GP turnover when you have 3-5 GPs and the model is “1 GP per deal” is obviously hard on the firm, but even harder on the companies We are seeing unprecedented turnover (whether leaving or retiring) across a lot of the most…

Since it's earliest days this has been an incredibly impactful and engaging community, and seeing the way that @Rick_Zullo and team keep raising the bar is amazing! Can't wait for this year's event 🙌

Nuance vs Dogma Nuance doesn’t grab attention, but it’s reality Attention seeking relies on dogma at the expense of truth - we see this in the “advice” we hear for startup/investing, diet/exercise and even parenting In doing so, we sacrifice efficacy for sake of advocacy

This weekend, we laid my father to rest It's been a really hard couple of months and I just want to thank everyone for all the love, support and grace that they have given me during this time Above all else, thank you to my wife @lauren_zullo and our team here at @EqualVentures…

When my wife lost her mentor a few months ago, I wrote in our last LP letter that “Everyone deals with tragedy in different ways, but I think the best way we can honor those that have passed is to ensure that the life they lived inspires us to do something even better with our…

Last week, we lost my dad After 18 months battling cancer and 42 days in the ICU, he passed peacefully surrounded by his family While the last 6 weeks have been so difficult, I'm thankful we had that time together Live life with every minute you have obits.crabiel.com/richard-zullo

The very 1st investment I made at @EqualVentures was in Ryan and the team at @ThreeFlowTech Its been an amazing ride since, seeing them build one of the most transformative companies in the employee benefits arena Lots of incredible lessons/stories in this one with @TurnerNovak

We believe the secret to industry transformation is bringing conviction, capital and connection together No event better demonstrates the potential of bringing those forces together than the @EqualVentures Climate Capital Summit I hope you’ll join us for our best event yet

Equality isn’t about taking from one segment of the population to give to another It’s about giving everyone the opportunity for economic mobility Higher taxes, less police and less market rate housing only mean one thing - less opportunity for economic mobility for anyone…

Been a tough couple of weeks and gonna be a rough road ahead, but grateful to celebrate 13 years of marriage with the one and only @lauren_zullo and our two munchkins - gotta seize the moments when you can!

BIG FAVOR TO ASK My dad has now been in the ICU for >2 weeks and on a ventilator for 12 days. He’s fighting leukemia and ILD/IPS. He’s going into surgery on Monday. Today he was able to use a pen/clipboard and watch some TV. All he wanted to do was to watch @espn and hear what…

Over the last 2 weeks, I’ve largely worked out of the ICU. My dad has been there for the last 12 days and on a ventilator for the last 9…it’s been a tough time for me and my family. In preparation for our AGM today, last night I spent time with our founders, LPs and employees,…