1/ Stop waiting for the "tech market recovery." It’s not coming. What we’re seeing right now isn't a temporary rough patch but a permanent, aggressive structural downsizing of tech companies.
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- Our charts show why every VC is chasing StanfordI built a startup incubator at Stanford in 2015 - all of this is absolutely true (and it gets crazier each year!) VCs are ever-present, and the coolest thing you can do is drop out to start a company. Raising money is (IMO) easier than at any other school - no investor wants to
- 🚖New VC Taxi episode: When faced with a $150k surgery bill, Girum Tihtina (@og_doctourist) took his brother to India for 1/10th the cost. Now, he’s built @Doctours, a high-trust medical tourism platform. Girum & @waynejwhu dive into: 🩺 Building trust in global care 📱 Why
- Gaming is the modern gathering place, and 84% of internet users are already there. But most games optimize for dopamine. @astrapuffs wants to make games both fun and genuinely good for people. @waynejwhu rides with co-founder @carissakarban on VC Taxi to talk about agentic NPCs,
- Modern medicine is moving at light speed (GLP-1s, peptides, longevity). The backend? Still stuck on fax machines and spreadsheets. We’re leading a $7.5M Series A for VITL to fix the plumbing for the $100B cash-pay healthcare market. Their traction so far? 📈 90% QoQ growth 🏥


