Bocar Dia @mrbocs

Partner at Forum Ventures. Padawan. Lover of technology, innovation, people, travel, wine, sneakers, basketball. Views on here are my own. linkedin.com/in/bocardia/ Toronto Joined May 2010

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David Clark @daveclark85

3 days ago

Your regular reminder of how, in VC, a few funds, and a few companies, drive nearly all the returns. We looked at how the 119 funds we backed between 2010 and 2020 performed over the last 12 months. Here’s what we found 👇 /1

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elvis @omarsar0

2 weeks ago

Anthropic continues to crush it with these guides. This is a good example of what context engineering involves.

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Robert Greene @RobertGreene

4 weeks ago

Never take it for granted that your past successes will continue in the future. Actually, your past successes are your biggest obstacle: every battle, every war, is different, and you cannot assume that what worked before will work today.

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BuccoCapital Bloke @buccocapital

4 weeks ago

I think the risk that companies build their own systems of record - ERP, ITSM, CRM etc - is incredibly low Companies are not stupid. They have no competence here, the stakes are massively high, and regardless of how easy it is, they would still have maintain and optimize it,…

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Lucy Hargreaves @lucyhargreaves4

3 weeks ago

The Outcomes Tracker is one of my favourite @build_canada projects. OKRs for government, updated in real-time. Is the federal government making progress? See for yourself 👇

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Aidan Gomez @aidangomez

3 weeks ago

Big news today: we’ve raised $500M to grow @cohere, and have added some incredible new leaders to our team! We’re fortunate to build Cohere to be the world’s best choice for enterprises alongside some of the best investors, partners, and customers in the business.

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Ben Lang @benln

a month ago

Thiel Fellowship may be the greatest startup accelerator ever

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Aaron Levie @levie

a month ago

There’s a window right now where AI agents will get built for every vertical and domain. The playbook is to go deep on the context engineering required for the vertical or particular space, figure out the right UX that ties into the existing workflows naturally, and connect to…

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Bill Gurley @bgurley

a month ago

I was asked on the internet which is simpler, an IPO or a DL. Here is the answer and detail. Fewer steps in a DL. And more access for ALL investors.

Bill Gurley @bgurley

a month ago

I was asked on the internet which is simpler, an IPO or a DL. Here is the answer and detail. Fewer steps in a DL. And more access for ALL investors.

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Zach DeWitt @ZacharyDeWitt

a month ago

Power law in venture is immense. At $100 per share, Figma's VC returns: Index: $7B Greylock: $6.5B KP: $5.7B Sequoia: $3.5B 10x+ funds from one investment.

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Build Canada @build_canada

2 months ago

Canada's outdated capital gains policies are driving entrepreneurs and investors away. We need competitive tax reform to keep talent and investment here, building the businesses of tomorrow. Today, Canada has two policies to encourage builders to start businesses the Lifetime…

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Jason ✨👾SaaStr.Ai✨ Lemkin @jasonlk

2 months ago

🚨 FIGMA S-1 DROPPED 🚨 The numbers are … strong: 📈 $821M LTM revenue (46% YoY growth) 💰 18% non-GAAP operating margin (turned profitable!) 🏦 $1.5B+ cash, ZERO debt 📊 91% gross margins (best-in-class SaaS) 🔄 132% net dollar retention (sticky AF) 🏢 78% of Forbes 2000…

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Bocar Dia @mrbocs

2 months ago

🔥 @lovable_dev went from 0 to 75 million ARR in 7 months and 35 employees 🔥 The secret? A combination of authentic founder-led marketing, obsessive product focus, and a growth strategy and culture that defies conventional rules. If you are not following @antonosika and his…

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Alex Immerman @aleximm

3 months ago

"The battle between every startup and incumbent comes down to whether the startup can get the distribution before the incumbent can build the innovation."

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tobi lutke @tobi

3 months ago

I really like the term “context engineering” over prompt engineering. It describes the core skill better: the art of providing all the context for the task to be plausibly solvable by the LLM.

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Boris Wertz @bwertz

3 months ago

Moats in the age of AI: speed!

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StockMarket.News @_Investinq

3 months ago

🚨 You won't believe who owns TRILLIONS in U.S. and Japanese government debt. This video alone should terrify policymakers but hardly anyone is talking about it. Let me break down who really owns the world's debt and what it means for your future. ( a thread)

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David Clark @daveclark85

4 months ago

Following the interesting article from @packyM on the growth in value of the largest US VC-backed exits, we have done a deep dive into the Pitchbook data. We looked at exits >$10k from 2005 onwards and grouped into blocks of five years. Highlights below /1

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Deedy @deedydas

4 months ago

🚨 This was the BEST Google I/O that I can remember. Google launched over 12 different insane things. Here is every single one of the launches and the best tweets about them: 1/12

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tobi lutke @tobi

4 months ago

More and more AI memos dropping every day. This time by a head of state: “Government itself must become much more productive by deploying AI at scale, by focusing on results over spending, and by using scarce tax dollars to catalyse multiples of private investment” Well said