{"id":1039771618053120000,"conversation_id":"1039770050855665664","created_at":1536735846000,"date":"2018-09-12","time":"07:04:06","timezone":"UTC","user_id":7386292,"username":"fdestin","name":"Fred Destin","place":"","tweet":"6/ the Chinese miners flooded the market with capacity, prices dropped and our groundbreaking new 14nm chips suffered from power-related design issues - 20-30% of them failed when overclocked","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":2,"retweets_count":1,"likes_count":3,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/fdestin/status/1039771618053120000","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"7386292","username":"fdestin"}],"retweet_date":""}
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{"id":1032149069194506200,"conversation_id":"1032145257067159552","created_at":1534918489000,"date":"2018-08-22","time":"06:14:49","timezone":"UTC","user_id":7386292,"username":"fdestin","name":"Fred Destin","place":"","tweet":"7/ a good example where this really matters is food delivery where every country has a different CAC / AOV / cost of labour equation ... meaning the contribution economics of each territory is quite different - and not all equally attractive","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":2,"retweets_count":0,"likes_count":17,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/fdestin/status/1032149069194506240","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"7386292","username":"fdestin"}],"retweet_date":""}
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{"id":1032145257067159600,"conversation_id":"1032145257067159552","created_at":1534917580000,"date":"2018-08-22","time":"05:59:40","timezone":"UTC","user_id":7386292,"username":"fdestin","name":"Fred Destin","place":"","tweet":"1/ wanted to share a shift in perspective that has helped me think differently about the startups I work with : flow optimisation.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":6,"retweets_count":30,"likes_count":144,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/fdestin/status/1032145257067159552","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"7386292","username":"fdestin"}],"retweet_date":""}
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{"id":1031176707330457600,"conversation_id":"1031176083280941056","created_at":1534686660000,"date":"2018-08-19","time":"13:51:00","timezone":"UTC","user_id":7386292,"username":"fdestin","name":"Fred Destin","place":"","tweet":"Not a sector I looked at but I’d be concerned about being new entrant #3 or #4 when product differentiation gets flimsier or you’re micro-segmenting an existing market.  Not an expert on this one :-)","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":0,"retweets_count":0,"likes_count":0,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/fdestin/status/1031176707330457600","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"7386292","username":"fdestin"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1031175217366921200,"conversation_id":"1031171677470765057","created_at":1534686304000,"date":"2018-08-19","time":"13:45:04","timezone":"UTC","user_id":7386292,"username":"fdestin","name":"Fred Destin","place":"","tweet":"8/ Your job as a venture capitalist is to find exceptional outliers.  Everything will conspire to either make you believe you own BS or shy away from what your gut tells you is a great investment.  Extreme mental plasticity is hence a skill you better develop and maintain!","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":2,"retweets_count":23,"likes_count":142,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/fdestin/status/1031175217366921219","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"7386292","username":"fdestin"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1031174732408938500,"conversation_id":"1031171677470765057","created_at":1534686189000,"date":"2018-08-19","time":"13:43:09","timezone":"UTC","user_id":7386292,"username":"fdestin","name":"Fred Destin","place":"","tweet":"7/ And finally watch out for how partnership dynamics affect your appetite for risk.  Your job is to take high upside risk and if you are overly concerned about having to explain a loss, it will skew you away from high upside outliers.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":1,"retweets_count":9,"likes_count":91,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/fdestin/status/1031174732408938496","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"7386292","username":"fdestin"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1031174260570685400,"conversation_id":"1031171677470765057","created_at":1534686076000,"date":"2018-08-19","time":"13:41:16","timezone":"UTC","user_id":7386292,"username":"fdestin","name":"Fred Destin","place":"","tweet":"6/ Watch our for overreliance in third party opinions.  Off the cuff judgements from highly credible people are particularly dangerous.  Keep talking to people in diligence until you have formed a deep, unique and insightful view of a business.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":2,"retweets_count":13,"likes_count":87,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/fdestin/status/1031174260570685440","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"7386292","username":"fdestin"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1031173879685947400,"conversation_id":"1031171677470765057","created_at":1534685985000,"date":"2018-08-19","time":"13:39:45","timezone":"UTC","user_id":7386292,"username":"fdestin","name":"Fred Destin","place":"","tweet":"5/ Similarly data is both friend and foe.  Early data, whether good or bad, often has very poor predictive capabilities and / or is not statistically meaningful.  As for product design, be data informed but not data driven.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":1,"retweets_count":15,"likes_count":95,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/fdestin/status/1031173879685947392","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"7386292","username":"fdestin"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1031173450994511900,"conversation_id":"1031171677470765057","created_at":1534685883000,"date":"2018-08-19","time":"13:38:03","timezone":"UTC","user_id":7386292,"username":"fdestin","name":"Fred Destin","place":"","tweet":"4/ Pattern recognition is a tool you should use but it is a very blunt instrument.  It’s the reason why experienced investors miss new trends: “tried this before, it won’t work” - even when new market factors or tech enablers make success more likely","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":1,"retweets_count":26,"likes_count":111,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/fdestin/status/1031173450994511874","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"7386292","username":"fdestin"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1031172950928576500,"conversation_id":"1031171677470765057","created_at":1534685764000,"date":"2018-08-19","time":"13:36:04","timezone":"UTC","user_id":7386292,"username":"fdestin","name":"Fred Destin","place":"","tweet":"3/ Objections to your investment thesis are a GIFT - even if they are poorly expressed by the other party.  Treat them as such.  If concerns are raised by someone less versed in a topic than you - listen hard.  Their intuition might be right.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":1,"retweets_count":11,"likes_count":98,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/fdestin/status/1031172950928576512","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"7386292","username":"fdestin"}],"retweet_date":""}
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{"id":1030551586580385800,"conversation_id":"1030551586580385792","created_at":1534537619000,"date":"2018-08-17","time":"20:26:59","timezone":"UTC","user_id":7386292,"username":"fdestin","name":"Fred Destin","place":"","tweet":"OH: “monetisation = the American startup version of profitability” 👍","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":0,"retweets_count":0,"likes_count":7,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/fdestin/status/1030551586580385792","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"7386292","username":"fdestin"}],"retweet_date":""}
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{"id":1020673319278989300,"conversation_id":"1020673319278989312","created_at":1532182457000,"date":"2018-07-21","time":"14:14:17","timezone":"UTC","user_id":7386292,"username":"fdestin","name":"Fred Destin","place":"","tweet":"Talking to one of the entrepreneurs I worked with about lobbying in Washington - his view was comforting in that the system broadly works and the corporations shelling out the most cash don’t control the agenda. Honestly, good to hear in this frenzied age.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":1,"retweets_count":1,"likes_count":6,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/fdestin/status/1020673319278989312","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"7386292","username":"fdestin"}],"retweet_date":""}
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{"id":1001025831110676500,"conversation_id":"1001022545678749696","created_at":1527498130000,"date":"2018-05-28","time":"09:02:10","timezone":"UTC","user_id":7386292,"username":"fdestin","name":"Fred Destin","place":"","tweet":"10/ as noted in this survey - the direct co-investment strategy is now a major trend - I’m curious to see how this plays out as brand-name VCs fight with internal syndicates on later stage rounds 🤔","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":1,"retweets_count":0,"likes_count":2,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/fdestin/status/1001025831110676480","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"7386292","username":"fdestin"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1001025383746166800,"conversation_id":"1001022545678749696","created_at":1527498024000,"date":"2018-05-28","time":"09:00:24","timezone":"UTC","user_id":7386292,"username":"fdestin","name":"Fred Destin","place":"","tweet":"9/ vertical focus by VCs is often a legit strategy but it’s as often used to “tick the LP box” - anyone who says they invest in SaaS + marketplaces + emerging tech + companies with network effects / accreting data plays ... basically covers the whole market","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":1,"retweets_count":0,"likes_count":6,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/fdestin/status/1001025383746166784","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"7386292","username":"fdestin"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1001024859273613300,"conversation_id":"1001022545678749696","created_at":1527497899000,"date":"2018-05-28","time":"08:58:19","timezone":"UTC","user_id":7386292,"username":"fdestin","name":"Fred Destin","place":"","tweet":"8/ the task of selecting venture managers is hard - it’s an incredibly undifferentiated product from the outside and most VCs are decent at selling themselves - especially in Europe where so few have track record","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":1,"retweets_count":1,"likes_count":3,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/fdestin/status/1001024859273613314","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"7386292","username":"fdestin"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1001024558214926300,"conversation_id":"1001022545678749696","created_at":1527497827000,"date":"2018-05-28","time":"08:57:07","timezone":"UTC","user_id":7386292,"username":"fdestin","name":"Fred Destin","place":"","tweet":"7/ in particular they provide much needed comfort to family offices - who have desire to be exposed to tech investments but have much less visibility on and experience of venture managers","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":1,"retweets_count":0,"likes_count":2,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/fdestin/status/1001024558214926336","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"7386292","username":"fdestin"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1001024290601553900,"conversation_id":"1001022545678749696","created_at":1527497763000,"date":"2018-05-28","time":"08:56:03","timezone":"UTC","user_id":7386292,"username":"fdestin","name":"Fred Destin","place":"","tweet":"6/ Fund-of-funds tend to know the VC market inside out and provide good validation to emerging managers (in the absence of the world’s most sophisticated endowments, of course)","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":1,"retweets_count":0,"likes_count":2,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/fdestin/status/1001024290601553920","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"7386292","username":"fdestin"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1001024018936451100,"conversation_id":"1001022545678749696","created_at":1527497698000,"date":"2018-05-28","time":"08:54:58","timezone":"UTC","user_id":7386292,"username":"fdestin","name":"Fred Destin","place":"","tweet":"5/ Fund-of-funds have continued to justify their existence through selective investor management and by being good partners to the VC they back - nowhere is this truer than in the emerging manager segment","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":1,"retweets_count":1,"likes_count":5,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/fdestin/status/1001024018936451072","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"7386292","username":"fdestin"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1001023671127957500,"conversation_id":"1001022545678749696","created_at":1527497615000,"date":"2018-05-28","time":"08:53:35","timezone":"UTC","user_id":7386292,"username":"fdestin","name":"Fred Destin","place":"","tweet":"4/ Fund of funds suffered from a trope whereby many investors considered “fees on fees” players were destined to disappear - this hasn’t panned out in any meaningful way","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":1,"retweets_count":0,"likes_count":2,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/fdestin/status/1001023671127957504","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"7386292","username":"fdestin"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1001023347076059100,"conversation_id":"1001022545678749696","created_at":1527497538000,"date":"2018-05-28","time":"08:52:18","timezone":"UTC","user_id":7386292,"username":"fdestin","name":"Fred Destin","place":"","tweet":"3/ and these investors because of their size are often ill suited to smaller managers, effectively shutting them out of this market segment, except for the view who have active “small tickets” emerging manager programmes","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":1,"retweets_count":0,"likes_count":2,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/fdestin/status/1001023347076059136","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"7386292","username":"fdestin"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1001022985560576000,"conversation_id":"1001022545678749696","created_at":1527497452000,"date":"2018-05-28","time":"08:50:52","timezone":"UTC","user_id":7386292,"username":"fdestin","name":"Fred Destin","place":"","tweet":"2/ “established” VCs seek super stable sources of capital and hence seek out endomwments and pension funds who invest across multiple cycles and take time to build very long term relationships","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":1,"retweets_count":0,"likes_count":2,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/fdestin/status/1001022985560576000","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"7386292","username":"fdestin"}],"retweet_date":""}
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