Dani Grant
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Let millennials invest in VC funds. What you would do is you'd create a shadow LP that becomes an LP in all these funds and then allows the general public to be a part of that LP. So like what it would broaden access to is like you as a 25 year old could buy a hundred dollars of A16Zs, you know, fund, whatever, whether or not the VCs will enjoy that TBD, but do people want it? A hundred percent.
Let millennials invest in VC funds. What you would do is you'd create a shadow LP that becomes an LP in all these funds and then allows the general public to be a part of that LP. So like what it would broaden access to is like you as a 25 year old could buy a hundred dollars of A16Zs, you know, fund, whatever, whether or not the VCs will enjoy that TBD, but do people want it? A hundred percent.
Let millennials invest in VC funds. What you would do is you'd create a shadow LP that becomes an LP in all these funds and then allows the general public to be a part of that LP. So like what it would broaden access to is like you as a 25 year old could buy a hundred dollars of A16Zs, you know, fund, whatever, whether or not the VCs will enjoy that TBD, but do people want it? A hundred percent.
Yes, yeah. This is, for the record, an idea that won't work. And it won't, like, and there are more reasons than that that it won't work. It's like, also, they love not having to share their fund, like, returns with the general public. And this would change that. Like, it's like, for all the reasons this won't work. This is sort of an idea kind of like, allow Harvard to accept more students.
Yes, yeah. This is, for the record, an idea that won't work. And it won't, like, and there are more reasons than that that it won't work. It's like, also, they love not having to share their fund, like, returns with the general public. And this would change that. Like, it's like, for all the reasons this won't work. This is sort of an idea kind of like, allow Harvard to accept more students.
Yes, yeah. This is, for the record, an idea that won't work. And it won't, like, and there are more reasons than that that it won't work. It's like, also, they love not having to share their fund, like, returns with the general public. And this would change that. Like, it's like, for all the reasons this won't work. This is sort of an idea kind of like, allow Harvard to accept more students.
And it's like, that's not really what they do. Yeah.
And it's like, that's not really what they do. Yeah.
And it's like, that's not really what they do. Yeah.
Totally. At the time that we wrote this Notion doc, a company had just launched called Otis, which was the Skillshare founder launching a new financial startup. And it allowed, like, I guess it's targeted for young people, but allowed anyone to invest in like alternative assets like art and sneakers and just own a part of culture. And when I saw that, I was like, that's super inspiring.
Totally. At the time that we wrote this Notion doc, a company had just launched called Otis, which was the Skillshare founder launching a new financial startup. And it allowed, like, I guess it's targeted for young people, but allowed anyone to invest in like alternative assets like art and sneakers and just own a part of culture. And when I saw that, I was like, that's super inspiring.
Totally. At the time that we wrote this Notion doc, a company had just launched called Otis, which was the Skillshare founder launching a new financial startup. And it allowed, like, I guess it's targeted for young people, but allowed anyone to invest in like alternative assets like art and sneakers and just own a part of culture. And when I saw that, I was like, that's super inspiring.
What else do millennials want to be a part of? And I was like, A16C.
What else do millennials want to be a part of? And I was like, A16C.
What else do millennials want to be a part of? And I was like, A16C.
Yeah. At the time, so this one is, okay, the one more theme that I got very interested in at the time was these in-person events. And I think that now is the time to start in-person things because we're all so, we all realize just how precious they are, but they're all really hard to start because the quality bar for what you'll attend a second time that's in-person is just super high.
Yeah. At the time, so this one is, okay, the one more theme that I got very interested in at the time was these in-person events. And I think that now is the time to start in-person things because we're all so, we all realize just how precious they are, but they're all really hard to start because the quality bar for what you'll attend a second time that's in-person is just super high.
Yeah. At the time, so this one is, okay, the one more theme that I got very interested in at the time was these in-person events. And I think that now is the time to start in-person things because we're all so, we all realize just how precious they are, but they're all really hard to start because the quality bar for what you'll attend a second time that's in-person is just super high.
And so there is an amazing company called Sofar Sounds. Are you familiar?
And so there is an amazing company called Sofar Sounds. Are you familiar?