Several years ago (during deep Covid), I wrote a blog post about some lessons learned during my first few years as a VC. This April, I celebrated 10 years at Uncork (🤯) so - belatedly - here is an updated piece on 10 lessons from 10 years in venture.
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AI Creative Tools: State of Play ✨
I spend most days testing the latest AI models & workflows across all forms of creative content - images, video, audio, 3D...
For the first time, I'm dropping slides on where we're at + which tools I use for each task 👇
I first heard about Internapalooza back in college, so it was fun to attend this year & spend time with so many curious, high-energy, and ambitious interns! ✨
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s/o @cory for an awesome event + @finalround_ai for running mock interviews + @reeyopeeyo 📝
Create has been growing fast, so we’re hiring to meet the challenge ahead!
We’re looking for:
- Senior Infra Engineer
- Senior AI Engineer
- Senior Frontend Engineer
Come help us build the future of coding using AI
Good luck to all those attending AI Startup School today. I did Startup School back in 2018, back when it was like ~100 people in a room.
Was a good time, gave me a big push :).
I heard this morning it's over 2,000 people.
It is rare is to have even 100 ambitious people in a…
My mental clarity has sky rocketed ever since AI told me to physically write more.
There is something ironic that thing we are trying to use to completely automate our lives is telling us to pick up the pen and paper.
Writing is a super power.
Prompts that changed my life.…
Most founders are too slow, and its because of their psychology.
Speed is the first thing we look for @NFX. We talk about it constantly with our portfolio companies.
What we mean by speed📷
Still buzzing from last night’s @nvca Gala where we got to celebrate our very own Sarah Du — officially a 2025 Rising Star! 🌟✨
She’s smart, driven, and makes all of us at Uncork better. Huge congrats, Sarah — you crushed it! 🎉📸
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