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Taylor Sargent
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Taylor Sargent
@TaylorCSargent
Partner @IndustriousVC. Prev @DARPA @NASA. Trying to give every dog the best pet of its life. 🎾🔭 @GMU_COS. Views are my own.
- I don't think I was expecting to see an @anduriltech office surrounded by cornfields on the outskirts of West Lafayette, IN.
- Can you spot when Elon announced a new Twitter CEO will be starting in 6 weeks?
- After 2 years in SF, I moved home to Colorado. Bought a house with land, got married, adopted 2 dogs, started a family, and am continuing to invest in some of the coolest aerospace, national security, energy, etc. startups out there. Probably the best part is that my kids get
- Has anyone read Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir? Seems the reviews are strong.
- Hey what are you doing for the next ~50 years? I was wondering if you had any time to get together and grow old.
- At Industrious Ventures, we only invest in good quests. If you are building things that push humanity forward, come talk to us."For a lot of people, I think the Cluely investment was a real moment...Like, what are we doing? I didn’t come here to build cheating apps. I didn’t come to build apps to help people under 21 gamble. These don’t seem amoral to me, they seem actually immoral." –@growing_daniel
00:00 - We need a YC that only funds good quests.
- Had a dream last night where I grabbed coffee with a non-CEO employee of one of the startups I was looking at. She advised me to steer well clear of an investment in them and that she was about to jump ship. Which section of the memo should this go in?
- Professional update: very excited to join Industrious Ventures - an early stage fund focused on aerospace, defense, manufacturing, and much more. I've loved working in this ecosystem for the last 7+ years and am excited to continue supporting entrepreneurs and companies building
- Replying to @JoshuaSteinmanBreakfast burritos would be huge
- Thank you to the Reindustrialize team for a great couple days. I have seen a few calls for the location to be in LA or Austin moving forward. I think Detroit (or other major cities in the rust belt) is the perfect place for this to be.
- Anduril these days. P.S. Through collaboration is how we win.
