Kyle Wild

RT @lechat_im: Less than an hour and super awesome analytics dashboard is up and running--@keen_io, you rock!

Two founder skills are inherently antifragile: one is learning and the other is team building.

I recommend investing in the best of both.

The most antifragile longterm investment for your company is creating a culture that attracts and enables insanely high-upside individuals.

Antifragile is a book that puts into words what I've always (quite accidentally) believed.

Reader vs. Google+ is a case study in antifragile vs fragilista.

The desire to control everything from the top doesn't make one able to.

Antifragile is easily the most important systems philosophy book I've ever come across. It gives a vocabulary to brilliant system designs.

Five most powerful leadership words = "I trust you; good luck."

Non-management is the antifragile form of leadership.

RT @maxstoller: Level of talent at this @hackNY was the highest yet. Step back and consider the impact @hackNY has had on NYC and students in just 3 years.

On talent: If you try to put a person into a box, they'll either be too small for it (sucks) or too big for it (sucks worse).

If the #1 risk of a seed stage startup is future talent (it is), then why don't more investors ask specific questions about talent strategy?

Talent is everything!

If recruiting isn't one of your founders' core competencies, then recruiting someone with that strength is priority 1

If I could choose only one talent, it would be finding and recruiting and aligning people with other talents.

RT @nglaros: Elon Musk says the biggest mistake he's ever made is judging someone by their talent, not by their heart.

RT @beingpractical: Crisis is what brings clarity and focus. You get punched in the gut, you get back up, and you take care of business! ~ @fredwilson

I don't have the data to prove this, but I think strategy board gamers win at business.

Got sage advice from @benkepes 2 days ago about how to build a platform business with a consulting partner ecosystem. Used the advice today.

If you have a collaborative nature rather than (or in concert with) a competitive one, business is a whole heck of a lot easier to develop.

"An international network of online businesses buying each other's products is the best chance for world peace." @davemcclure at @MAVentures

Two founder skills are inherently antifragile: one is learning and the other is team building.

I recommend investing in the best of both.

What if giving a young, unproven startup founder $30M to pursue a rollup strategy were a great move?

Would anyone in PE actually do that?

Talent is everything!

If recruiting isn't one of your founders' core competencies, then recruiting someone with that strength is priority 1

RT @TechCrunchOnion: 17 year-old founders lining up to sell their companies to Yahoo.

"We heard there is a world where homework is illegal. Sign us up!"

RT @levie: Fun fact: Yahoo just acquired a company whose founder was born after Yahoo was started. Carry on.