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Palmer Luckey is one of history's greatest tech innovators
“Palmer is just one of the greatest technology innovators in history, period.”
Silicon Valley, not the DOD, was the obstacle to defense innovation
“I think the government and the DOD want to work with Silicon Valley and innovative entrepreneurs. I think that the, it's ridiculous that, I don't think it is anymore, but it was so unpopular for a few years that people were like, oh, the government doesn't wan…”
Singerman: Even Peter Thiel cannot accurately predict macroeconomic trends
“My partner, Peter Thiel is. Brilliant macroeconomist and probably the best in the business at this, and he can't even predict this, right? Like predicting macro is extremely hard.”
Singerman: Applying 'buy low, sell high' to venture capital makes no sense
“So this concept of buy low, sell high, like using regular stock market phrases in venture to me just doesn't make any sense.”
Brian Singerman Dislikes Startup Board Meetings and Prefers Strategy Dinners
“I can't stand boards. Private company boards, like, I would much rather do strategy dinners with founders, and they know that.”
The media prefers virtue signaling over authentic founders like Palmer Luckey
“The media likes people who virtue signal, not necessarily people who speak their minds. Palmer has always been good about speaking his mind.”
Maximizing VC Returns Requires Horizons Longer Than Standard 10-Year Funds
“I think if we're going to maximize returns, it would be over an even longer period of time.”
Singerman: Bullish on defense tech, but no team compares to Anduril
“Defense tech is an area that I'm bullish on, but there's nothing like Endural.”
Singerman: Anduril's software platform is its most transformative product
“It is truly transformative in the defense space to have a real software platform backing all of your products that doesn't exist. And so I do still think that that is the most important and impressive part of the company right now.”