Andrew Lee
6,711 posts
Andrew Lee
@ndrewlee
Partner @A16Z - started @speedrun, prev @Initialized, 2X founder - acquired @Farmville, then AI startup 13yrs ago, here to tell you the secrets of seed VC
Joined March 2008
00:00- ๐ข Big news: I've officially become a Partner @a16z @a16zGames ! ๐ After ~2 years as an Entrepreneur in Residence , leading @speedrun - premier accelerator for next-gen consumer and tech startups. We've backed ~100 teams from 12K+ applicants, committing ~$100 million to fuel
- My #ModernLove essay is @nytimes today (and in Sunday print) - thx @danjonesnyt for shepherding me through the difficult task of writing about race and love. When a Dating Dare Leads to Months of Soul Searching nyti.ms/2Y2MD8h
- 1st time founders worry about product. 2nd time founders worry about distributionDonโt start with the product. Start with distribution. I give this advice to entrepreneurs all the time because distribution is the hardest part of building a company. โBuild it and they will comeโ almost never works. And even if you expect distribution to be hardโitโll be 10ร
00:00 - ๐ข Iโve joined @a16z as an Entrepreneur-in-Residence ๐ helping GAMES FUND ONE! So here's a nostalgic love letter to games... scroll to the end for a surprise! ๐คฉ
- @joinClubhouse icons talking about the stories behind their photos - surprise, humility, and responsibility. A wonderful rumination on why representation in the most literal of ways matters
- Last call to apply to a16z @speedrun Demo Day on October 7th in SF! We handpicked 60+ new startups with founders from OpenAI, DeepMind, Meta, Uber, Anduril, NASA, Palantir, Stanford, Oxford, MIT & more Link in thread๐
- ๐๐๐ ๐๐ก๐ก๐ข๐จ๐ก๐๐๐ ๐๐ก๐ง @a16zGames SPEEDRUN application is here! Apply Now to gaming startup school (<12 questions): a16zgames.typeform.com/SPEEDRUN deadline April 21 More ๐- Important dates, who should apply, topics, speakers, & how to WIN a limited edition @a16zGames keyboard
- Psst... itโs a secret endorsement @AndrewYang UBI program - Esther Dufloโs work found that giving cash was better than giving programs. #YangGang #Yang2020BREAKING NEWS: The 2019 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel has been awarded to Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer โfor their experimental approach to alleviating global poverty.โ #NobelPrize
- People ask me a lot why startups fail and how you can prevent it. That's why we're investing $750K to kickstart your startup ๐ธ . No matter how earlyโeven if itโs just an ideaโIโd love to start the conversation. Most startups fail because founders give up b/c: ๐ง They donโt
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00:00- Excited to be joining the BEST team in early stage VC - they're the closest to the Avengers - so it was the natural choice. More excited to work with our portfolio companies, our ecosystem, and of course, our future honeybadgers out there!Early stage venture capital done right is absolutely a team sport. So proud to announce these additions to the Initialized team, including @ndrewlee @PhillipJLAubrey and @dani_metz ๐๐ช link.medium.com/DOSAMJ80EW
