mattaparker @mattaparker
something new | @ModernTaxio | 3x founder, raised $10M+ equity/debt | SF 📍 San Francisco, CA Joined March 2010-
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The lawyers are making all the money in tech right now and it’s not even close. Litigation, unhinged funding rounds, secondaries, SPVs on SPVS, and data scraping businesses, and licensing deals at all time highs.
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You need it understand how hard it is to sell your company for anything, let alone $600m. It doesn't just happen. If you don't get it you are missing something. Show some respect for the dollar.
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“For every buyer there’s a seller, and one must ask: why would the other fellow be willing to part with a position that you think is attractive? If you can’t answer that question, you probably shouldn’t be buying.” — Howard Marks, Oaktree Capital
“For every buyer there’s a seller, and one must ask: why would the other fellow be willing to part with a position that you think is attractive? If you can’t answer that question, you probably shouldn’t be buying.” — Howard Marks, Oaktree Capital
LinkedIn is playing hardball with companies like Amplemarket and Apollo. The irony is that LinkedIn's own InMail is likely the most spammy sales tool of all.
Is investing in an SPV in OpenAI at $500B a good idea?
In 2018, founders cooking their revenue numbers was a novelty. In 2025, it’s almost like you don’t have a chance if you don’t. Meanwhile sales has gotten harder, there’s 100x more options in each category.
A murder, an electrocution and a birth to parents unaware they were pregnant. Black Rock City 2025.
Buying a leash for my soon-to-be 2 year old. Never thought I’d be that guy. Any recommendations?
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"Give me my first love!" Lee Corso's first-ever headgear pick belonged to Brutus and the Buckeyes and it's only fitting that his last one is the same ❤️
High speed rail in America is still decades away, kind of unreal how far behind we are here.
High speed rail in America is still decades away, kind of unreal how far behind we are here.
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BG2. Inside China’s Tech Surge: EVs, AI, and How America Can Compete 👊💥@bgurley
Absolutely nothing has changed about the @Equinox product besides the app in 7 years.
Paternity leave is so mid. A man might get fired if he even hints at it.
Feels like these breaches matter even more now with AI tools. What you could do with 4 million identities 5 years ago is completely different from what you can do now with these tools. techcrunch.com/2025/08/28/tra…
My kids, three and one, have never slept past 6:30 am.
The universe is taking a hard stance lately on Burning Man.
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