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Venture capital returns are very skewed.

“In those posts I was analyzing data from Correlation Ventures that showed … that 65% of investment rounds fail to return 1x capital and only 4% return greater than 10x capital.” | learn more

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A new lion roars into town.

“A cub was born at the [Lincoln Park] zoo Tuesday, marking the first time an African lion cub has been born there in 20 years, according to a zoo news release.” | learn more

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Painting yourself into a corner.

I used this metaphor and a friend noted that this only makes sense if you’re painting the floor. The Ngram chart implies people started doing this in the early 20th century. | learn more

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Cunningham’s law.

“The best way to get the right answer on the internet is not to ask a question; it’s to post the wrong answer.” | learn more (but not much more)

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This city does not exist.

Imagine a webpage that uses AI to invent an entirely new satellite map every time you hit refresh. Reminiscent of this word does not exist from late 2021. | learn more