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Changing your business trajectory.

Boostphase
September 14, 2026

Good review of the state of hard tech VC

Erik Bruckner @E_Bruxxx

State of Hard Tech VC

Few things im seeing:

> F*ck ton of capital out there. However, doesn't feel like it unless you're one of the companies everyone wants lol. Headlines make venture look like 2021 again. It isn't. Capital is concentrating into a relatively small group of
August 3, 2026

Good advice.

Ruben @rdominguezibar

Bill Gurley made public a letter he wrote 15 years ago answering one question: "So you want to be a VC?"

The parts that sting the most:

▫️ A VC job is 80% salesmanship. "You sell your way into deals, you recruit constantly, you help create bus dev deals. It's a sales job."

▫️

June 1, 2026

Good advice.

Erik Bruckner @E_Bruxxx

One thing deep tech / hard tech founders don’t appreciate enough: some of the best capital comes from family offices. Many are founder-operator types, think long-term, move quickly, well networked and generally understand industrial businesses better than VCs. Traditional venture
March 27, 2026

Sarbanes-Oxley was so obviously destructive that neither Sarbanes nor Oxley ran for re-election.

Handre @Handre

Sarbanes-Oxley turned going public into a $3 million annual compliance nightmare. IPOs dropped 76% in the decade after 2002 -- from 457 average annual IPOs in the 1990s to just 108 from 2003-2012.

The compliance costs hit small companies hardest (obviously). Goldman Sachs
February 2, 2026

“The median growth-stage venture-backed company cannot go public at a valuation that returns capital to the late-stage investors.”

True. And this is a real problem.

Will Manidis @WillManidis

http://x.com/i/article/2018312833503465472
January 27, 2026

Good advice.

ℏεsam @Hesamation

everyone must read this piece from Steve Jobs

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