@dereklee

Serial Founder (2 Exits), Investor, Advisor // Strategic Video // … and incubating something new

 New York, NY
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Joined April 2007
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People love dunking on @ForbesUnder30 as a fraud factory but they're missing the actual insight: ANY list of exceptional young achievers will over-index on fraudsters. Outsized results come from exactly two places: → Extraordinary talent and hard work → Cheating Same selection bias that made Bernie Madoff look like a genius for decades. This isn't a Forbes vetting problem. It's math.
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The word "networking" makes me cringe. Anyone else? Is it a me thing? 📜 👇
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Neither of them are playing the networking game. They're building relationships that compound over decades.
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Networking = "let me add you to my list." Relationship building = "let me invest in you over years, create real value, and see where this goes." Who do you consider genuinely excellent at building long-term relationships? What makes them different?
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To everone that's "still buzzing from.." some event. No you're not, you're just outsourcing your copywriting to @sama without going back and making your own edits. 😂😂😂
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In this weeks episode of: Should Derek become an AI artist? 😂😂 Shoutout: NanoBanana Pro, Wan2.2
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Freepik ============= • nano banana pro for opening image • wan 2.2 for video.. took like 7 tries to get it right.. (gemini 3 to refine prompt) Tiktok - to add music.. posted it there, then downloaded video to post here
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NYC just elected a socialist mayor because people making $120K can't afford to live there. Here's the uncomfortable truth both parties are missing:You can't get anyone interested in capitalism if they can't acquire capital.A thread on the obvious solution no one's talking about 🧵
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I don't care about politics. I care about solutions. The left gets broader ownership. The right gets market mechanisms. Residents get wealth-building. Stop arguing about socialism vs. capitalism and start democratizing capital access.
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The alternative is what we're seeing now: educated professionals making good money who feel so locked out that they'll vote for policies that make housing LESS affordable long-term. We can do better.
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