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New pod! A collab I've wanted to do for a while.. our conversation with Packy McCormick of Not Boring We discuss: - How writing led to investments in Ramp, Scale AI, Replit - Scaling to 239K subs - Vertical Integrators: Base, Fuse, Earth AI, Varda, Hadrian - BTS of...

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CAPITAL1 year ago

@packyM 🔥🔥🔥

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Molly O’Shea1 year ago

@packyM Fireee

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FRANK E ELKINS1 year ago

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Brendan O'Neil1 year ago

@packyM 🍿 excited for this one

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Molly O’Shea1 year ago

@packyM I've already listened 7 times, you'll need plenty of popcorn

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Ramp1 year ago

@packyM Hey so this rules

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Molly O’Shea1 year ago

@packyM You rule

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sourcery1 year ago

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Aish1 year ago

@packyM This is going to be awesome🔥

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Molly O’Shea1 year ago

@packyM oh it's incredible

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rshlsc1 year ago

@packyM This was an awesome podcast! Y’all were fun to listen to!

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Molly O’Shea1 year ago

@packyM Appreciate it - Packy is goat

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