I am really excited about this summer.
We are helping Rachel with her move to Manhattan this weekend. Rachel works at Rally Rd which has an HQ in SOHO. Rachel has been working from home (our home) and like every young adult that has had to do that it has been grueling. Not for Ellen and I of course.
From all my friends reports living in Manhattan, the city is quickly coming back. My personal opinion is that the summer and fall of 2021 will be one of the best times ever to start your life and career in New York City.
This week I am in the studio taping two months worth of ‘Panic With Friends’ podcasts so that both Knut and I can travel and ignore the studio work for 2-3 months. Nikita took her first flight in 16 months (Vancouver to Phoenix) to be in the studio and mix it up.
In crowding together so many smart guests from my founder and investor network, I am already getting some themes and trends that should stand out in the post COVID world. I will share them this weekend from the road.
This past weekend watching Phil Mickelson win the PGA at 51 years of age was exciting. I was doing my MBA at Arizona State University when Phil joined the ASU golf team. Knut, Tom (my partner) and I – all classmates – shared the ASU Karsten golf course with Phil and his teammates. Phil was already famous and so was Tiger Woods who came down from Stanford to play ASU often. The first Taylor Made metal drivers were the rage and I remember the angles Phil would play shots that boggled our minds.
I make old man jokes about myself all day now that I am 55, but of course I am channeling some Phil towards my career as an investor.
As investing legend Fred Wilson (also over 55) wrote today on his blog:
I think us “old timers” can take some lessons from Phil and other athletes who are outperforming well beyond their prime. We can stay in the game to start. We can figure out what our version of learning how to hit the ball as far as the youngsters is. And we can take comfort in the fact that we have been in this moment before and know how to take a breath, calm down, and make the right decision. And win again!
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Off to pee because you know…my prostate.
Have a great day.