sam lessin 🏴☠️
@lessin
Intern @theinformation. GP @slow. Fmr VP Product FB. co-founder dropio & fin. Seed investor solana, venmo, openphone, teamshares, sublime. https://wless.in
The state of VC in 2025. Where we are, where we are going, and where to invest ... docsend.com/v/w5bsh/wtfvc25
Who on earth is bidding for private ripple stock in the incriment of '$90K'?
I would write a 42 update... but the 40th still fits well.
Some Reflections on Turning 40... in 4 screenshots.
If you are running a seed fund well / with balanced diligence and risk ... expect a 1% fraud rate. it happens.
We asked @lessin about the mistakes he has made as a seed investor: “So if you're an early stage investor, you're gonna have things you invest in that turn out to just be straight up fraudulent. “Now you don't want that number to be too high, but, you know, for us, we probably…
Those Cabbies / Uber Drives Gabbing All Day in Foreign Languages as They Drive Around — They Are The Market for AI Companionship …
It isn't just that children yearn for the mines ... adults yearn for the farm, and once again be as strong on plough as they were before domesticating horses ...late capitalism at work.
Fun first conversation today on TITV..
.@lessin of Slow Ventures on VC failure and the cost of big wins. “I actually think one of the nice parts, one of the great parts about being a seed investor versus a late stage investor, is you have permission to make mistakes?” “When you're an early stage investor, yes, you…
Simply Having a Huge Code Base Used to Be A Real Moat; No More & There Are Lots of Startup Opportunities In This Simple Fact.
Day Two. Let's do this. Happening now. The FULL Mark Zuckerberg interview. x.com/i/broadcasts/1…
So many people say they hate math... but then the same people are falling in love with huge matrices -- i guess size matters afterall?
The funny part about this ... having done this myself in "i don't care" test projects... is GITHUB makes it REALLY REALLY hard to do this by accident / gives you like 10 'are you sure' warnings before it let's you dump a key in a public repo.
Great interview
You actually kind of want the smallest group of people who can fit the whole thing in their head.” - Zuckerberg on AI recruiting “The amount that is being spent to to recruit the people is actually still quite small compared to the overall investment” - Zuckerberg on comp got…