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This Week in Startups · 2026-06-29 · 72 min · 13,654 words

Chamath on why young people need more agency, risk, and adventure

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I think you have to have a prepared mind. There are many forms of capital. If you're lucky enough, you can be in a position to allocate time, reputation, influence, human capital. If you can productize your passion, you're gonna have such great joy in your life. And somebody had put into the waiting that the founders were coachable.

All of our money is made with the uncoachable. ones. Exactly. They're supposed to be sharp. They're diamonds, folks.

You can be as successful as you want, but then there's just a lot of people that stop. And then there's a certain core group of maniacs that never stops. You got one trip around the sun, just never stop. Do all the things you want to do, just never stop. All right, everybody, welcome back to this week in Startups.

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