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Technology enthusiast. Podcast: https://t.co/tEDGjzOI8y

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    Alex LaBossiere
    RT @DenverRayburn: I’m hiring a Chief of Staff at @fw_automation For 2 years you’ll work with me across the company, then move into a senior role in biz ops or finance The right person is highly organized, self-motivated, hungry, and comfortable keeping many things moving at once. CoS, banking, or staffer backgrounds are likely fits
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    RT @laboss: What happened to crypto? I sat down with Haseeb Qureshi (@hosseeb), Managing Partner at Dragonfly, to find out. We spoke about digital dollars, nationalized banks, bubbles and speculation, Iran and BlackRock, jaywalking, and beanie babies. 0:00 – Intro 1:23 – What Happened to Crypto? 3:18 – Stablecoins and Escape Velocity 7:04 – Bitcoin, Gold, and the Generational Trade 10:34 – War and Stores of Value 15:06 – Retail, Nvidia, and Capital Flight 18:23 – Stablecoins 101 20:00 – Eurodollars, Venmo, and AI Agents 23:00 – Dollarization and the Black Market 25:28 – Banks, Airwaves, and the Balance of Power 31:20 – Too Many Currencies 36:11 – Institutions and Cypherpunks 40:08 – Iran and BlackRock 41:00 – Speculation and Bubbles 43:12 – Prediction Markets and the Overton Window 51:04 – Skin in the Game and the Rational Voter 54:06 – Staying in Crypto 57:13 – When Crypto VC Ends 58:57 – What Would Change Haseeb’s Mind on Crypto 1:03:00 – What Should More People Be Thinking About?
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    RT @hosseeb: Just did a longform conversation with @laboss on what’s actually happened to crypto and why it's working. Where stablecoins fit into geopolitics, Bitcoin as generational trade (why it rarely acts like gold), prosocial prediction markets, when crypto VC will end, and more. Worth a listen if you’re still trying to figure out why crypto is suddenly back 👇
    Alex LaBossiere @laboss
    What happened to crypto? I sat down with Haseeb Qureshi (@hosseeb), Managing Partner at Dragonfly, to find out. We spoke about digital dollars, nationalized banks, bubbles and speculation, Iran and BlackRock, jaywalking, and beanie babies. 0:00 – Intro 1:23 – What Happened to Crypto? 3:18 – Stablecoins and Escape Velocity 7:04 – Bitcoin, Gold, and the Generational Trade 10:34 – War and Stores of Value 15:06 – Retail, Nvidia, and Capital Flight 18:23 – Stablecoins 101 20:00 – Eurodollars, Venmo, and AI Agents 23:00 – Dollarization and the Black Market 25:28 – Banks, Airwaves, and the Balance of Power 31:20 – Too Many Currencies 36:11 – Institutions and Cypherpunks 40:08 – Iran and BlackRock 41:00 – Speculation and Bubbles 43:12 – Prediction Markets and the Overton Window 51:04 – Skin in the Game and the Rational Voter 54:06 – Staying in Crypto 57:13 – When Crypto VC Ends 58:57 – What Would Change Haseeb’s Mind on Crypto 1:03:00 – What Should More People Be Thinking About?
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    At some point everyone will figure out Gaurav quietly runs one of the best interview series on the internet. Until then I get to feel early
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    Nikesh Arora is the Chairman and CEO of Palo Alto Networks. Before that, he ran Google’s European business and was handpicked by Masayoshi Son to one day lead SoftBank. He came to America with $2,000 from his father, planning to go home once he had saved $100,000. In 2018, Nikesh took over Palo Alto Networks despite knowing almost nothing about cybersecurity. Since then, its revenue had quadrupled and its stock has risen ~10x. Nikesh is the operator’s operator. He walks into industries as an outsider, sees the game more clearly than the people inside it, and makes very big companies move very fast. Eric Schmidt once called him “the finest analytical businessman” he had ever worked with. Nikesh says he has had “limited success” and “just runs a normal business.” My conversation with @nikesharora:
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    Nikesh Arora is the Chairman and CEO of Palo Alto Networks. Before that, he ran Google’s European business and was handpicked by Masayoshi Son to one day lead SoftBank. He came to America with $2,000 from his father, planning to go home once he had saved $100,000. In 2018, Nikesh took over Palo Alto Networks despite knowing almost nothing about cybersecurity. Since then, its revenue had quadrupled and its stock has risen ~10x. Nikesh is the operator’s operator. He walks into industries as an outsider, sees the game more clearly than the people inside it, and makes very big companies move very fast. Eric Schmidt once called him “the finest analytical businessman” he had ever worked with. Nikesh says he has had “limited success” and “just runs a normal business.” My conversation with @nikesharora:
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    RT @BrettHarrison: Introducing the American Innovation Exchange, the first U.S. derivatives exchange designed for trading the AI economy. Trade futures and options on compute, metals, energy, and other critical instruments in the AI supply chain. Coming soon from Architect.
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    RT @EximBankUS: As part of Factory Floor Fridays, EXIM visited @fw_automation in Los Angeles, CA to spotlight American small business innovation, software-orchestrated textile production, and the domestic manufacturing capabilities being built here at home to strengthen supply chains, support U.S. jobs, and compete globally. 🇺🇸🏭
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    RT @adcock_colby: $100M. Largest defense-tech Series A in US history. We're building the AI brain for unmanned warfare 🇺🇸🫡
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    RT @AryVaidya: Earlier in the year, @gauravahuja and I went looking for a concise, visually striking chronicle of the breakthrough moments that shaped modern technology -- and couldn't find one. So we made it! Incredibly excited to publish Artifacts to the world today. The book is a walk through time, distilling the catalytic “why-now” shocks that turned fragile ideas into enduring platforms, from vacuum tubes to quantum leaps. We believe that knowing where we came from is the best way to imagine where we can go, and every category-defining company we admire can trace its roots to one of these moments in time. This book is a love letter to the technological breakthroughs of the past century and an ode to the moments that became Timeless. We're proud to share it today with the people who will write the next pages. Check your mail soon!
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    RT @ndrewpignanelli: Everyone needs a cofounder. That’s why we built the first ai agent that runs your business with you, remembers things, and knows everything about your business. Cofounder by @intelligenceco can automate, remember, and take actions on your behalf.
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    RT @laboss: I sat down with Miles Grimshaw (@MilesGrimshaw), General Partner at Thrive Capital. We spoke about trillion dollar companies, Silicon Valley as an idea, business genetics, practicing scales, and Swedish House Mafia. 0:00 - Intro 2:14 – “The Era of Doing” 6:15 – Startup Capital Intensity in the Age of AI 9:14 – The Rise of Trillion Dollar Outcomes 15:11 – Silicon Valley as an Idea 21:04 – Physics vs Biology-Style Investing 25:41 – Business Genetics and Compounding 33:04 – Dying of Indigestion and Going Multi-Product 35:55 – Co-Pilots, Command Centers, and Defensibility 40:07 – Investing Stage Agnostically 44:29 – When is VC a Good Capital Instrument? 49:18 – Thrive’s Core Beliefs 53:57 – A Bet vs a Commitment 57:49 – The Few Ideas Miles Takes Seriously 59:47 – Doing a Few Big Things vs a Million Little Things 1:03:54 – Practicing Scales 1:06:22 – What Should More People Be Thinking About?
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    RT @laboss: “What looks late to some by absolute size is still really early…” @MilesGrimshaw is on the podcast. Episode out Thursday.
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    RT @jmj: 🚨 Dream job alert: We’re hiring an Investment Partner at Chapter One in San Francisco & there’s never been a better moment. SF is ground zero for AI, and we’re in it with a fresh fund ready to deploy. This is the role I wish existed when I was coming up: real ownership, leading deals, and working with a tight, product-obsessed team. If you’ve been waiting to take a bigger swing, this is your shot.
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    RT @mprkhrst: Today, we’re announcing Antimetal’s $20M Series A. Writing code is no longer the hard part. Maintaining it is. We’re automating everything that happens after you deploy. We have 60 spots available. Reply for early access.
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