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Yes and he was also part of the boys club by knowing a bunch of VCs. Who you know is more important than what you are building in the modern game of venture cap

Yes and he was also part of the boys club by knowing a bunch of VCs. Who you know is more important than what you are building in the modern game of venture capital.

Swizec 4y ago
> Who you know is more important Networking is all about who knows you, not who you know.
- ksec 4y ago
  >Networking is all about who knows you, not who you know. Need to steal that. And is this a reason why Twitter, Social Media, and self branding on the internet are so important? Since it is all who knows you?
  - Swizec 4y ago
    Yes and the luck surface area. Your amount-of-luck is the surface area of a rectangle. A side is the interestingness of what you do, B side is how many know about it. The bigger the rectangle, the more opportunities you get. https://swizec.com/blog/your-luck-and-opportunity-surface-area/ https://swizec.com/blog/your-luck-and-opportunity-surface-ar... This is how you get opportunities when you aren’t even in the room. Someone says ”Oh yeah I know <ksec>, they’re doing cool things X in the area you just mentioned an interest in”. Or ”Oh yeah for problem Y, you should ping <ksec>, they’re the expert”
    - AlchemistCamp 4y ago
      Missing credit to the original creator of both the term “luck surface area” and the chart: https://www.codusoperandi.com/posts/increasing-your-luck-surface-area https://www.codusoperandi.com/posts/increasing-your-luck-sur... The idea was also expanded upon by one of his friends in a mental models book here: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0525533583/ https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0525533583/
      - ksec 4y ago
        Thank You. Swizec and AlchemistCamp. Will have to find time to read it all.
  - yeasurebut 4y ago
- scarface74 4y ago
  It’s also about “pattern matching”…. https://www.holloway.com/g/venture-capital/sections/pattern-matching https://www.holloway.com/g/venture-capital/sections/pattern-... https://www.adamantventures.com/blog-post/the-problem-with-pattern-matching https://www.adamantventures.com/blog-post/the-problem-with-p...

Yes and he was also part of the boys club by knowing a bunch of VCs. Who you know is more important than what you are building in the modern game of venture capital.

Swizec 4y ago

> Who you know is more important Networking is all about who knows you, not who you know.

ksec 4y ago
>Networking is all about who knows you, not who you know. Need to steal that. And is this a reason why Twitter, Social Media, and self branding on the internet are so important? Since it is all who knows you?
- Swizec 4y ago
  Yes and the luck surface area. Your amount-of-luck is the surface area of a rectangle. A side is the interestingness of what you do, B side is how many know about it. The bigger the rectangle, the more opportunities you get. https://swizec.com/blog/your-luck-and-opportunity-surface-area/ https://swizec.com/blog/your-luck-and-opportunity-surface-ar... This is how you get opportunities when you aren’t even in the room. Someone says ”Oh yeah I know <ksec>, they’re doing cool things X in the area you just mentioned an interest in”. Or ”Oh yeah for problem Y, you should ping <ksec>, they’re the expert”
  - AlchemistCamp 4y ago
    Missing credit to the original creator of both the term “luck surface area” and the chart: https://www.codusoperandi.com/posts/increasing-your-luck-surface-area https://www.codusoperandi.com/posts/increasing-your-luck-sur... The idea was also expanded upon by one of his friends in a mental models book here: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0525533583/ https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0525533583/
    - ksec 4y ago
      Thank You. Swizec and AlchemistCamp. Will have to find time to read it all.
- yeasurebut 4y ago
scarface74 4y ago
It’s also about “pattern matching”…. https://www.holloway.com/g/venture-capital/sections/pattern-matching https://www.holloway.com/g/venture-capital/sections/pattern-... https://www.adamantventures.com/blog-post/the-problem-with-pattern-matching https://www.adamantventures.com/blog-post/the-problem-with-p...