Sun.Apr 20, 2025

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Both of us worked at investment banks. One of us had startup experience. Only one of us got into a tier 1 VC.

Founder Bounty

Getting into VC is very very difficult. This story is a case of 2 of the exact same profile of people, one with and one without operating experience getting into VC both who had worked in investment banking but one of which got an offer from a top tier VC and the other didnt. But why? You would think, if the best VC's have partners that have oeperational experince why dont other most VC's follow.

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Rabbits on Firetrucks Redux

Tomasz Tunguz

Two years ago I published an image of a rabbit on a fire truck to demonstrate how effective image generation was for blog posts. The conclusion at the time : the images were unusable. In 2025, the opposite is true - with one caveat. Prompt: Coupa & Thoma Bravo logos each in front of a cloud with a plus sign between them. 2023 2025 Two years has brought tremendous professionalism to new image.