The Wisdom Wall
6 quotable lessons, heuristics and mental models. Every one is playable at the moment it was said. No fortune cookies allowed.
“I've heard anecdotally the words clean, sustainable climate are automatic kind of triggers for negative response, but American independence, kind of domestic resilience, um, competitiveness, you know, strengthening the grid, helping make, um, Are, are systems stronger to be able to, you know, sustain more production?…”
“And though we make a lot of, we talk a lot about Valley of Death, I think one of the challenges in our Valley of Death in the Series B and C funding is that we've invested in a lot of stuff and haven't told the story to help generalists understand it. And as a result, the limited pool is not just limited by the limited…”
“as it relates to lobbying and language, what might be more important than what you say in the meeting is the air cover you show up with before you even show up.”
“where there are times to have some expansive argument, and learn to get out of our own way, and not make an omissions argument that bums people out, but instead make an argument about why this is just better, is I think a discipline we need to get used to.”
“working in associations with other companies is incredibly valuable. We're so used to viewing competition warily, but when it comes to Like, the thermal batteries, and they're all, all of the thermal battery companies can actually bind together and actually help influence Forty-Five-X, which is what Boundary Stone…”
“as it relates to how companies now approach the government, I do think there is a world of storytelling that founders and companies need to do that is social media first. And lose the muscle of, oh, maybe I'll place a story in fast companies. And Fast Company will tell my story, and then I can retweet Fast Company.…”