Parker Thompson

I'm a huge believer this approach aligns with how people and companies are going to work and I am super excited to see how it evolves. We definitely need better tools to support better ways of working.

Ray and crew have built a cool product that lets people passively invest in real estate. This tool is to real estate what Wealthfront is to stocks. It automatically builds, manages, and rebalances your portfolio without the need to manage the underlying investments. The approach is great. As a non-expert in real estate, this is how I want to invest in the space.

It was fun to do. Happy to elaborate on any incoherent statements I made. Holla!

Loves me some A-Listers. This product is really solid & still pretty undiscovered. I recommend it on a regular basis to companies who are resource constrained and need to hire great people fast. Disclosure: I work at AngelList…but not on the talent team, so I don't represent the product team here.

I work on Intros with some other awesome folks at AngelList. Happy to answer questions.

PlateJoy rocks. Food is a crowded space, but PJ is pretty different. Fans food on wheels startups are satisfying when you're in a hurry, but they aren't great for you and you get sick of them pretty quick or if you don't want to feed your kids fast/restaurant food every day. On the other side, grocery delivery let's you make great good, but you have to do all the work of putting together the...

This film offers great perspective on the venture/startup industry. It highlights how young the industry is, and how different things were when many of the big tech companies were founded 20-50 years ago.

As an early-stage founder you shouldn't try to be your own lawyer and shouldn't try to outsmart your VCs, but you should know the basics. This book is everything you need to know on the mechanics of funding your company, and nothing more.

How do you guys plan to monetize long term? It looks like you get them to pre-purchase a drink up front. Is that a sustainable model (what do the economics look like) or do you have other revenue streams in the future?

How do the communities that are formed around shared interests create more connection/value for the users involved than hashtags on Instagram, and how does behavior differ from products like Flickr where there have been vibrant (but relatively small) groups for many years?

What differentiates you from crowdfunding platforms that target the general public? In other words, why do thee non-profits work with you instead of existing larger platforms?