The American Dream

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50% of unicorn founders in this country are foreign born. The founder's experience in this country looks a lot like what the founders did in this country, where it is just like a rejection of everything they have known to build something new. And usually it's these people who are misfitz contrarians, doing something that say like no one else can do. I think if we do our jobs right, over the next ten years, this will be the case. i want to see that inscentive allignment across the country.

We sit down with a16z General Partner Katherine Boyle to discuss investing in “American Dynamism”, why it’s so important and why now is the right time to pursue it. Katherine has a fascinating background, beginning her career as a reporter at The Washington Post before entering the VC world first at Founders Fund, then General Catalyst and now a16z. Her perspectives don’t fit neatly in any box — political, economic or otherwise — and we have a great conversation exploring them. Tune in!

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Katherine’s post on Building American Dynamism
Marc Andreessen’s It’s Time to Build
Katherine’s Substack

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