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Will McCreadie
@McCreadieWill
Partner at Red Glass | AI x physical world | Prev @generalcatalyst
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    Will McCreadie
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    Jan 27
    I’m excited to announce that after nearly three incredible years at General Catalyst I’ve joined my long time friend, and former Lux Capital colleague, @bznotes at Red Glass Ventures as a partner. As an early member of the Global Resilience team at GC, I was fortunate to work
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    Will McCreadie
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    Dec 16, 2020
    People don’t understand the difference between a million and a billion. Unconventional way to grasp this: 1 million seconds ≈ 11 days 1 billion seconds ≈ 31 YEARS ht @APompliano
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    Will McCreadie
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    Dec 10, 2020
    Replying to @naval
    In general: You trust things created before you were 15. You’re somewhat skeptical if it was built in years 15-45 If it’s created after you were 45, you’re likely to think it’s stupid or dangerous. Applies to tech and culture.
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    Will McCreadie
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    Sep 14, 2020
    Takeaways from @APompliano’s podcast with Cramer. 1. Cramer’s relentless optimism is the key to his success. He’s had plenty of failures, but optimism ensures many shots on goal. 2. Pomp explaining BTC to someone with a legacy finance background is 👌.
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    Will McCreadie
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    Jul 18, 2021
    1/ 47% of ALL active satellites in space are controlled by 4 companies. 35% are owned by SpaceX alone Time for a 🛰🧵👇
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    Will McCreadie
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    Jul 26, 2020
    Replying to @micsolana
    Great example of a scarcity and abundance dynamic. When most info is static, current, dynamic info was valuable. Now that most information is dynamic, immutable info and opinions are scarce and valuable. Permanence has gone from feature -> bug -> feature
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    Will McCreadie
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    Aug 18, 2020
    Replying to @paulg
    There’s going to be a competitive advantage in doing business as usual. Everyone seems to want a snow day, shorter hours, more flexibility, and lower expectations. Firms that focus on getting back to normal, putting the user first again, etc, should outperform here
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    Will McCreadie
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    Feb 23, 2021
    1/ On recent Real Vision, @wolfejosh makes a great point: SPACs foster a deterioration of discipline. Abundance of capital creates a sense of *scarcity* in the M&A landscape.
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    Will McCreadie
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    Sep 27, 2020
    Replying to @naval
    Introduce a problem, supply a solution. This is business. Introduce a problem, without a solution. This is news.
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    Will McCreadie
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    Mar 19, 2021
    Replying to @patrick_oshag
    This is a once a decade thing. For me it’s The Big Short
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    Will McCreadie
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    Feb 28, 2021
    Replying to @paulg
    Tim Urban has a nice metaphor for this. You start out in a small stream, childhood. Everyone gets funneled into the river of adolescence, swept on mostly the same path, until college, where you’re in a lagoon of optionality (more freedom but less direction. Adulthood is the ocean
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    Will McCreadie
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    Nov 8, 2020
    Replying to @paulg
    10% while constantly opening new windows
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    Will McCreadie
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    Sep 13, 2020
    Replying to @zebulgar
    Lux Capital: What sucks, and how does this fix it? Collaborative Fund: Is this good for me & good for the world? SoftBank: Is this the most absurd way to torch $300 M?
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    Will McCreadie
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    Nov 28, 2020
    Replying to @APompliano
    Wrath of the Khans - Hard Core History