CEO of SPG, former dentist, perpetual student
Joined November 2022
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My conversation with Marc Andreessen (@pmarca), co-founder of @a16z and Netscape.
0:00 Caffeine Heart Scare
0:56 Zero Introspection Mindset
3:24 Psychedelics and Founders
4:54 Motivation Beyond Happiness
7:18 Tech as Progress Engine
10:27 Founders Versus Managers
20:01 HP Intel Founder Legacy
21:32 Why Start the Firm
24:14 Venture Barbell Theory
28:57 JP Morgan Boutique Banking
30:02 Religion Split Wall Street
30:41 Barbell of Banking
31:42 Allen & Company Model
33:16 Planning the VC Firm
33:45 CAA Playbook Lessons
36:49 First Principles vs. Status Quo
39:03 Scaling Venture Capital
40:37 Private Equity and Mad Men
42:52 Valley Shifts to Full Stack
45:59 Meeting Jim Clark
48:53 Founder vs. Manager at SGI
54:20 Recruiting Dinner Story
56:58 Starting the Next Company
57:57 Nintendo Online Gamble
58:33 Building Mosaic Browser
59:45 NSFnet Commercial Ban
1:01:28 Eternal September Shift
1:03:11 Spam and Web Controversy
1:04:49 Mosaic Tech Support Flood
1:07:49 Netscape Business Model
1:09:05 Early Internet Skepticism
1:11:15 Moral Panic Pattern
1:13:08 Bicycle Face Story
1:14:48 Music Panic Examples
1:18:12 Lessons from Jim Clark
1:19:36 Clark Versus Barksdale
1:21:22 Tesla Versus Edison
1:23:00 Edison Digression Setup
1:23:13 AI Forecasting Myths
1:23:43 Edison Phonograph Lesson
1:25:11 Netscape Two Jims
1:29:11 Bottling Innovation
1:31:44 Elon Management Code
1:32:24 IBM Big Gray Cloud
1:37:12 Engineer First Truth
1:38:28 Bottlenecks and Speed
1:42:46 Milli Elon Metric
1:47:20 Starlink Side Project
1:49:10 Closing
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Alex Sharp retweeted
I am so excited to announce the launch of SPG Dental Implant Centers nationwide! 😁
I am fortunate to help transform smiles at Sarasota Dentures and Implants every single day. I'm passionate about this meaningful work helping people to regain their confidence and restore their overall health.
The mission of SPG Dental Implant Implant Centers is to help expand access to full-arch implant dentistry. I feel incredibly fortunate to be affiliated with this amazing organization that helps so many people on a daily basis.
Real Patients React to Their New Smiles | Dental Implant Transformations youtu.be/oBHrFVhTbIg?si=Fhwd… via @YouTube
Alex Sharp retweeted
Dead giveaway that someone's life is actually good is how frictionlessly they're able to adapt to everyday things not going according to plan
Show up to a spot and it's closed or a restaurant and the wait is long. Hit unexpected traffic, get a day mixed up, anything that should theoretically break your flow
No blaming, sighing, or any visible signs of frustration. Almost a complete non reaction. Wastes no time even acknowledging it and just pivots to the next best option
Fuck it this place next door seems chill. Looks like we'll be here a bit longer so let's pop into some of these other stores. Then of course everyone ends up having a good time
Zero desire or need to escape the present moment. Can't force the abundance. Just a natural expression of having so much perceived control over your own time that nothing can make you believe that you don't have enough of it
Forget status games. It's all older generation foolishness. New wave is how smoothly you're gliding through reality. Undeniable composure. One of the few energies that can't be faked
Alex Sharp retweeted
On a new episode of The Ben & Marc Show, @RickRubin joins us to talk about "the punk rock of coding," and why it has resonated with him so much👇
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Most people are not worth listening to.
“Before you win everyone will ask you why you’re working so hard and after you win everyone will remind you how lucky you got.” — @markmanson
Alex Sharp retweeted
The single greatest skill you can develop is the ability to stay in a great mood in the absence of things to be in a great mood about.
Alex Sharp retweeted
My dad once told me in the car:
“You’re either an investor or an expense tracker. One is wealthy and the other one is always poor.”
I still think about this.
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A pattern I've noticed in literally every single wealthy person I know:
They all make time to work out and read books.
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Life is better when you’re fighting for things that are bigger than yourself. Humans are ill-wired to optimize for personal happiness.
Taking care of and inspiring yourself to better show up for the rest, absolutely, but chasing personal happiness as a North Star seems to fail.
