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Erik Torenberg @eriktorenberg
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This Christmas, treat yourself to a three-part podcast series on Inside VC Baseball.

First, crowd favorites @pt and @ashfontana come back to discuss portfolio construction, starting new funds, and whether they'd rather be YC, First Round, or Benchmark.

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Next, hear @ckorver and @frumpy discuss why they believe more diversified venture portfolios make mor esense mathematically, and in practice.

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Lastly, @pt comes back, alongside @dolginow, to discuss the ins and outs of venture scout programs--why they exist, how they work, and different flavors of them in market.

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1/ When I was younger I held a press conference at the dinner table and announced that I would make the NBA.

Upon hearing this news,, My parents asked “did you mean MBA”?

When I said no they calmly suggested that I evaluate a plan B. “Just incase” my dad added gently.
2/ They were worried about my future. An NBA salary should be sufficient, I assured them.

“It’s not that hard. You see, 1 hour passing, 1 hour dribbling—it’s all in this book.” I pointed to a kid’s book filled w/ pictures of Alonzo Mourning + John Stockton in short shorts.
3/ 10 yrs later, Bill Gates said it's ideal if your career picks up where your childhood left off.

I spent my childhood doing shooting drills, watching NBA games, & NBA stats.

….How am I going to use that?

Here are some lessons learned from playing basketball - add your own!
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3 podcasts this week:

Spoke with @jarroddicker about the future of the news business, the intersection between blockchain and journalism, and why journalists will be more like free agents.

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Spoke with @jgheller about why the health industry does very well at acute care but not preventive care & the opportunities -- and challenges -- to building preventive health care companies.

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And fresh off the presses, I had @sbyrnes and @ShastriMahadeo come on for a Request for Startups: AI Edition, where we discussed opportunities in finance, insurance, healthcare, construction, & manufacturing, among other segments.

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What is the best way you've come across to say "no" to something (anything ranging from getting coffee to joining a company) while still making the other person feel as OK/non-rejected as possible?
Learning:

Different situations call for different styles—in context of investors, etc, direct honesty appreciated

but it’s weird to say to someone who’s inviting you to coffee: “too early for me, come back when more traction” or a birthday "sorry, I'm prioritizing X right now"
I think the best solution for templatized work no's (e.g getting coffee) might be having clear policy & being able to point to it.

Like @pmarca on productivity: pmarchive.com/guide_to_perso…

Best solution for getting out of birthdays, friend's social events (if you're an introvert)?
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Long Reads Sunday #27 | Best Of 2018 Edition!

Simply put, this is the best crypto content of the year - the most interesting, influential & inflammatory threads and essays.

You may not agree with everything here, but you can’t ignore it. 🔥

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"Trump has used Harley-Davidson as an example of a US business that is being harmed by trade barriers. Yet Harley has warned consistently against tariffs, saying they would negatively impact sales"

Harley, hit by tariffs, shifts some production overseas apnews.com/6c8942f7363743…
Important issue highlighted by @riotwomennn: are tariff exemptions determined by bribes?

Corker: "22,000 companies have asked for exemptions.There is no basis to deal with them. Are they going to grant these exclusions based on political contributions?"
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I'm a few pages into the IG report and I just can't get over the thought that there's no reason there ever should've been an investigation into Hillary's e-mails in the first place. The FBI was just trying to satisfy the Republicans.
"....we did not have confidence that Strzok’s decision to prioritize the Russia investigation over following up on the Midyear-related investigative lead... was free from bias." One was a thing, the other was not a thing. He picked the thing over the not thing. That's not bias.
This was my first major blog post on my current blog. It analyzed the initial FBI report on Clinton and it was pretty clear to me (and the FBI in the end) that she didn't do much, if anything, wrong. thegreatconsolidation.com/2016/09/not-wh…
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Later today I want to do at least a little of The Last Jedi, after I have reviewed the deleted scenes. I also have excellent news: I have discovered @threadreaderapp and can give you all umpteen movies in a readable format: #sithmas
Full Attack of the Clones thread (I did not have Phantom Menace on hand): #sithmas threadreaderapp.com/thread/9768109…
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I *truly* cannot say enough about how this character functions, it's so incisive. #sithmas
I would also posit that Darth Vader : Slow Zombie :: Kylo Ren : Fast Zombie. For that matter, a Semi-Fast Zombie upgrade is why Vader's so scary in Rogue One. #sithmas
I don't know who made the decision to cast Oscar Isaac, but it's genius. He manages to steal this sequence and is able to land the humor undercutting Kylo (and later, General Hugs) #sithmas
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#Afrin Offensive about to oppose:
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