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Josh Kopelman
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Josh Kopelman
First Round
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Father. Husband. VC. INTJ. Dad Joke Lover. Partner @FirstRound.
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firstround.com
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    Josh Kopelman
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    Jan 29, 2017
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    Oct 5, 2024
    20 years ago this weekend. #WouldaCouldaShoulda
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    Oct 19, 2023
    1/ On Tuesday the @PhillyInquirer chose to publish an offensive political cartoon portraying Israel as an aggressor against a “meek” Hamas. And I cannot sit in silence.
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    Aug 10, 2019
    Current mood
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    Dec 6, 2023
    It. Does. Not. Depend. On. The. Context.
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    Jul 18, 2020
    Just found this old receipt from 1999. Best $35 I've ever spent...
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    Oct 16, 2023
    Hard to take this statement at face value -- given all the tweets @paddycosgrave has been liking over the last few days. I saved several of them on the attached google doc (so we have a record when the @WebSummit PR team asks him to delete them). docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d…
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    Paddy Cosgrave
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    Oct 16, 2023
    We are devastated to see the terrible killings and the level of innocent civilian casualties in Israel and Gaza. We condemn the attacks by Hamas and extend our deepest sympathies to everyone who has lost loved ones. We hope for peaceful reconciliation.
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    Josh Kopelman
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    Apr 29, 2022
    One of the hardest startup problems for startup founders to diagnose is a PMF problem masquerading as a GTM problem. I've seen so many founders waste months tearing apart their sales/marketing/pricing/positioning…when they should have been tearing apart their product.
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    Josh Kopelman
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    Jan 4, 2021
    I just want to find 11,780 Bitcoin...
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    Josh Kopelman
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    Oct 22, 2015
    Well...that's one way to respond when a VC passes...
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    Jun 6, 2025
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    Josh Kopelman
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    May 18, 2022
    I’ve seen more term sheets pulled in the last month than in the last decade. Just sayin.
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    Josh Kopelman
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    Apr 18, 2025
    New Definition of ARR: today's revenue x 365
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    Nov 4, 2018
    One of my favorite pastimes when spending time with other VC's is to try to decide which phase of the VC lifecycle they are currently in...
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