Tomisms
Tom ChavezLessons from the startup trenches
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Now Comes the Hard Part
The closest people in my life will not go to the airport with me. A few friendships have not survived it. The ones that have, have survived in spite of it.
The rule I live by is this: if I don’t miss at least one flight a year, I am wastin...
Raise less. WAY less.
I recently sat across from a roomful of VCs to raise a Series A for one of my companies. They passed. Fine. I have built a lot of companies and been told ‘no’ more times than I can count. You just need one to say yes. You kiss a lot of frog...
Stay Fierce. Stay Sane.
My Take:
Every company buildout, and probably every worthwhile undertaking, is marked by flashes of elation and transcendence followed by long periods of total despair. I’ve been thinking about the best way to manage my own psychology,...
A Picnic of Shit Sandwiches
My Take
I told my board recently that if I could start Ketch over, I’d start it three years later. The bet was right. The clock was wrong.
In 2019, we started building privacy infrastructure on the thesis that customer data would become...
I Dated the Prom Queen
This week, we’re talking:
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Your experience is laced with liabilities. Are the instincts you spent decades building your greatest setback? 🧠⚠️🪞
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Q1 venture funding hit $300 billion. Four deals accounted for 65% of it. The concent...
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Building data + AI companies for 30 years. (Since it was niche/nerdy.) Exits to Microsoft/Salesforce/LiveRamp. Currently running super{set}. Into: company building, hip-hop, ethical tech, philosophy, and finding better ways forward.
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