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I find your lack of empathy disturbing
Brief thoughts on SVB.
Patrick Mathieson
Mar 14
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Really, really good blog posts on building, scaling, and financing startups
How not to die by Paul Graham (2007). "As long as you've made something that a few users are ecstatic about, you're on the right track. It will be good…
Patrick Mathieson
Mar 7
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Really, really good blog posts on building, scaling, and financing startups
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This tech “recession” is almost entirely about investor sentiment
Strange times in tech-land these days. If you’re reading this blog, you probably know about this: But have you also noticed… uh… this? It’s a funny sort…
Patrick Mathieson
Jan 31
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This tech “recession” is almost entirely about investor sentiment
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Down Round predictions & housekeeping
Grading my awful 2022 predictions & making some more anyways
Patrick Mathieson
Jan 24
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Do small favors, ask for big ones
There’s a scene I love in the Amazon original series Red Oaks. It goes like this: David, the young tennis instructor protagonist, has agreed to play…
Patrick Mathieson
Jan 16
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Staying in the Game
A colleague recently told me about a well-known public technology company that is widely admired for its business efficiency and durable growth. It is a…
Patrick Mathieson
Dec 28, 2022
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A flat round (in 2022) does not mean you're a failure
This past month I’ve probably had some version of the following conversation a half dozen times: Founder: I need to figure out whether to raise more now…
Patrick Mathieson
Nov 30, 2022
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Against crypto boy kings
Imagine two hypothetical founders/inventors/futurists/icons. Person A identifies an opportunity (say, cryptocurrencies), allocates a portion of his or…
Patrick Mathieson
Nov 13, 2022
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