Home Rule Pledge
“The consumer didn’t fucking want Jimi Hendrix, but they got him.
And it changed the world.
Fuck the customer.
The customer doesn’t know what he wants.
You fucking give it to him. And he likes it.”
— Noel Gallagher (1 min video)
Investors write checks. That’s it.
Money is, and always has been, a commodity.
There is no such thing as “smart” money.
It is not the investor’s role to find clients for you, secure new investors, or run recruiting.
Some will say that in order to invest in your company.
They are lying.
Investors want to wake up and read an email from the founder saying, “The company is now worth more.”
That’s it.
Money is, and always has been, a commodity.
There is no such thing as “smart” money.
It is not the investor’s role to find clients for you, secure new investors, or run recruiting.
Some will say that in order to invest in your company.
They are lying.
Investors want to wake up and read an email from the founder saying, “The company is now worth more.”
That’s it.
We are minority passive capital investors.
We prefer companies controlled by founders.
We vote our shares alongside founders.
If the founders are gone, we vote in our own best interest.
We don’t take board seats.
Our strongest advice to founders: “Valuation is temporary; control is forever.”
We prefer companies controlled by founders.
We vote our shares alongside founders.
If the founders are gone, we vote in our own best interest.
We don’t take board seats.
Our strongest advice to founders: “Valuation is temporary; control is forever.”
We don’t call our investments “our portfolio companies.”
The SEC should regulate that, and it should be illegal to say it unless you control or consolidate the company.
The SEC should regulate that, and it should be illegal to say it unless you control or consolidate the company.
Very few people understand the new world.
The ones that do are busy building companies.
Shut up and let them work.
Without a home rule pledge, you can’t have fanatical founders.
The ones that do are busy building companies.
Shut up and let them work.
Without a home rule pledge, you can’t have fanatical founders.