Yoni rechtman @yoni.bsky.social · 06/12/2024We're at the start of a new private equity X venture capital supercyle: Whether it’s PE funds buying venture backed companies, venture funds launching PE strategies, or startups using PE-like approaches to buy their customers, something big is going on. 040
Yoni rechtman @yoni.bsky.social · 06/12/2024Uber saw me out of the house at 930 on a school night and knew something didn’t line up 020
Yoni rechtman @yoni.bsky.social · 28/11/2024I feel pretty committed to the animated Boba Fett as my universal avatar across platforms BUT this image is really speaking to me right now. So much power, grace, feeling, in a single frame. 000
Yoni rechtman @yoni.bsky.social · 26/11/2024"Don't quit your day job" isn't an insult. It's genuinely very good advice. Having an income means operating with less financial/time pressure and lets you maintain optionality until it’s time to make a binary call. 020
Yoni rechtman @yoni.bsky.social · 26/11/20245 tarpit ideas that are worth building 1. Ag tech 2. Duolingo for mental health 3. AI travel agents 4. local, offline marketplaces (events, dating, etc.) 5. Content discovery Obviously these are all really hard and probably fail but it's worth studying history and figuring out how to do it anyway 130
Yoni rechtman @yoni.bsky.social · 25/11/2024We’re hiring (slow.co/jobs) right now so i’m finding myself explaining the job of a VC a lot. So here’s the skinny on this very weird “profession” - good, bad, and other. 120
Yoni rechtman @yoni.bsky.social · 22/11/2024logos with exclamation marks. something you don't see as much anymore 020
Yoni rechtman @yoni.bsky.social · 21/11/2024Finally getting congestion pricing through is great. But it's not enough. Raising revenue isn't the goal, making the city more livable and affordable is. It means nothing if the money isn't spent well. Don’t celebrate taxes and spending, celebrate impact and outcomes. 120
Yoni rechtman @yoni.bsky.social · 20/11/2024I’m a sector generalist, stage specialist. BUT there are some things I’m more excited about and know I care about. 1. SMB platforms. Make real economy businesses better 2. Preseed. Help great founders navigate the idea maze 3. Growth buyouts and vertical companies. 010
Yoni rechtman @yoni.bsky.social · 19/11/2024As AI makes it easier for recruiters to spam outbound, short term talent (construction, caterers, substitute teachers, travel nurses) will come to rely on talent agents to book jobs, optimize schedules, and increase earnings. 020
Yoni rechtman @yoni.bsky.social · 19/11/2024In 2019 I wrote “What if Twitter were a protocol rather than a service”. Bluesky has been an obviously good idea for at least that long | 99d.substack.com/p/going-gala... 010
Yoni rechtman @yoni.bsky.social · 18/11/2024Big week for the #abundance agenda in NY. Love to see it. 181
Yoni rechtman @yoni.bsky.social · 18/11/2024There's 3 kinds of investors/investor motivations, each with its own failure mode: 1) I want to win 2) I want to make money 3) I want to be right Which are you? Which do you want to raise from? 020
Yoni rechtman @yoni.bsky.social · 14/11/2024One year during finals I basically to the vampire weekend album Modern Vampires of The City on repeat while studying snd now ky puts me in totally uncalled for state of panic and dread. Deeply unserious pavlovian response. 000
Yoni rechtman @yoni.bsky.social · 13/11/2024Platforms that can turn skilled labor into real owners (free from Uber-like indenture or PE-owned extraction) can unleash tons of new entrepreneurial energy. For you troubles you’ll earn MUCH higher take rates - and much more stably - than any of SaaS, services, or marketplace on their own. 021
Yoni rechtman @yoni.bsky.social · 13/11/2024Elon is gonna take all the federal contractors and lock them in the four seas of until they agree to end cost plus contracts. 100
Yoni rechtman @yoni.bsky.social · 12/11/2024An abundance agenda for NY. These are winnable fights that matter for our lives and will make NY into a beacon of competence and liberal success on the national stage. 010
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Yoni rechtman @yoni.bsky.social · 12/04/2023First Bluesky screenshot essay. Sales doesn’t need more point solutions. It needs a Rippling. 230