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Eric Stromberg
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Founder and Partner @terraincap. Call your shot.
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    Eric Stromberg
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    May 9, 2024
    The breakout companies of today started by calling their shot... In retrospect, it's clear that the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank in 2023 marked the ceremonial end of one startup era as we begin a new one. That 15-year cycle was defined by increasingly standardized and
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    Eric Stromberg
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    Apr 5, 2020
    Two categories of people: 1] Those who think COVID-19 will spark a Zoom-fueled remote work from home utopia. 2] Those with young kids.
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    Eric Stromberg
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    May 18, 2022
    My personal email address has an extra character that people often miss. When they do, the email goes to another guy. Over the years he’s received: - my wedding photos - my home purchase contract - docs for my first angel investment All fwd’d to me with a note of congrats.
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    Eric Stromberg
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    Oct 7, 2020
    Reminder: Even the best founders needed some help finding a good startup idea.
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    Eric Stromberg
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    May 3, 2020
    Read non-fiction to raise your floor. Read fiction to raise your ceiling.
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    Eric Stromberg
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    Jul 16, 2020
    Introducing Screenshot Essays: All that's fit to print on a single iPhone screenshot. A rare win/win: Less work for me. Faster for you. First in the series: Hidden Moats in 
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    Eric Stromberg
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    Jan 5, 2020
    New York is the future. Silicon Valley is the future. Boston is the future. LA is the future. Remote is the future. Ignore all of this - it's mostly people validating their own choices and may not be relevant to your context. Build the company that you want to build.
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    Eric Stromberg
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    Oct 14, 2020
    I’m hiring one person to work with me
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    Eric Stromberg
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    Sep 15, 2020
    The Barnes and Noble leadership team that brought you Nook went on to build Peloton into a $20B company. Same model of bundling hardware + content. Very different outcome. But without Nook we probably don't have Peloton.
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    Eric Stromberg
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    Nov 27, 2019
    Anyone who has worked at a big company with multiple offices knows exactly what the future of remote work looks like — 20 people separately dialed into the same video call, 18 of whom are on mute with their camera turned off the entire time.
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    Eric Stromberg
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    Apr 24, 2019
    The relationship between how much data a VC asks for and the probability they'll actually invest:
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    Eric Stromberg
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    Mar 30, 2020
    In part due to @balajis journalism, on March 2nd I told my parents and in-laws to cancel all social plans. They canceled a dinner that weekend, where attendees were shortly after diagnosed with Covid-19. The responsibility - and impact - is real.
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    Mar 30, 2020
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    4) You are an expert in something. You have a responsibility as a citizen to do citizen journalism, to share that with the world 5) The media should not be “guardians of democracy” nor “enemies of the people”. Neither guardian nor enemy, just the people. All citizen journalists.
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    Eric Stromberg
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    Nov 11, 2021
    "Startup ideas are worthless, execution is everything." *Except for the $1T+ in market cap generated from the ideas in a 9-page white paper.
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    Eric Stromberg
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    Nov 12, 2020
    New @ScreenshotEssay today: TikTok, Instagram, and the Quadrant of Deep Understanding
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