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#125 Angelinvesting.it - From idea to Series A - Weekly Newsletter

3 minutes to reflect

I still remember the feeling when I pulled into my family company's parking lot. Dozens and dozens of cars. My father's “presidential car” parked dead center, right by the entrance—minimizing every step to the elevator.

Four floors stretching across what felt like city blocks. I remember how that towering monument to my father's success made me feel impossibly small and inadequate. All that concrete and steel screaming one message: this is what winning looks like.

Learning my worth while dwarfed by such towering success wasn't easy.

The real education came when that empire started to crack—when the family business struggled and I had to choose: walk away or fight harder. Fighting for it taught me more about myself than the building ever could.

Years later, I recognize that same feeling everywhere.

Not just in glass towers or marble lobbies, but in the endless parade of success videos young people scroll through socials today. Each post another monument—creators flashing their wealth, their bodies, their achievements, real or fabricated—slammed into the faces of kids who have no idea what they're worth.

And when the confusion gets too heavy? A few fight harder. Most get back to scrolling.

2 resources to advance to pro

THE CORE THESIS ABOUT AI FROM THE MOST PROMINENT VC IN THE WORLD

Marc Andreessen says reasoning AI isn't the next cloud or the internet. It's the next microprocessor. “I think this is a new kind of computer.” His prediction: “All incumbents are gonna get nuked. Everything gets rebuilt.”This isn't an upgrade. It's a reset.

The pre-seed investor in Scale AI just made 1000x

When Scale AI (bought by Meta for 14.3Bln this week) first raised $, it was for AVA - an app that helped you get an appointment with anyone via text message. It pivoted to Scale shortly after and @paigecraig will likely see a >1,000x return

At pre-seed, founder > everything

1 reason to smile

Your network compounds.

Your knowledge compounds.

Your capital compounds.

Abundance attracts abundance.

Have a compounding weekend,

Simone