Jayhawkjeff

Jayhawkjeff

@jayhawkjeff.bsky.social

"Be willing to be a beginner every single morning.” - Meister Eckhart I do teaching, coaching and investing @hayseedcapital.com, VC @rsv.bsky.social, and aspire to practice lutherie. Jayhawks/Broncos/Jazz/Royals

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Jayhawkjeff
@jayhawkjeff.bsky.social

The next meeting of the Full Ratchet Society is scheduled! (Sorry for the delay). If you are a student in KS, MO, IA, NE, or OK and would like to learn more about VC, PE and Entrepreneurship from professionals in the field, this is for you! Sign up below.

hayseedcapital.comFull Ratchet Society — Free VC & PE Mentoring for Midwest StudentsFree venture capital and private equity mentoring and advice for college students in Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, and Iowa. Twice-monthly Zoom sessions with investor Jeff Stowell, a curated market brief to inspire conversation and learning, and a moderated Discord.
Jayhawkjeff
@jayhawkjeff.bsky.social

I have now seen three different and prominent tech commentators describe the Anthropic IPO as a "Rorschach test" and then proceed to do nothing whatsoever to detail how or what that might be the case. 🤷‍♂️

Jayhawkjeff
@jayhawkjeff.bsky.social

My only contribution to “the Factory” discourse is that the salt block they call meatloaf deserves the Medal of Freedom and its own Michelin star.

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BeshearStan
@beshearstan.bsky.social

Kansas Dem Sen. nominee Adam Hamilton on trans rights: “I don’t think we should take a small group of people and bully them, pick on them, and hurt them. I understand one thing really clearly when it comes to transgender people, and that is Jesus told me I was to love my neighbor as I love myself”

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Lyle
@meetlyle.com

When did you last flush the water heater? Tell Lyle once and it reminds you each time, with the part number and how to do it. Join the list at meetlyle.com

Jayhawkjeff
@jayhawkjeff.bsky.social

There's a growing lower-market for $2M-$5M EBITDA. But also for left-behind startups! Likely pain here for investors, but this can help to clear the market out for new startups, provide at least some liquidity and allow for funds to fundraise and become active check-writers again. This is good news.

news.crunchbase.comAcquirers Are Snapping Up Boom-Era Startups That Haven’t Raised Funding In YearsA number of companies whose names might feature on a playlist of 2021 boom-era unicorns have sold to acquirers in recent months, including one-time highfliers like Airtable, Headspace and Miro. In many cases, companies are selling at valuations which, while not puny, are still far below their former peaks.
Jayhawkjeff
@jayhawkjeff.bsky.social

I suppose this isn’t all that surprising, but it really shocked me for some reason. The bag-grabbing is just…

Jake Grumbach@jakemgrumbach.bsky.social

Just as a private equity firm buys out a corporation and strips it for parts, a consultant class is raiding the Democratic Party and getting “generationally wealthy” along the way New from me and @adambonica.bsky.social newrepublic.com/article/2163...

newrepublic.comHow the Consulting Class Is Eating the Democratic PartyFundraising costs gobble up most of the funds raised. Billions are spent on TV ads that have virtually no impact. Candidates may win or lose—but the consulting class always wins.
Jayhawkjeff
@jayhawkjeff.bsky.social

Performative acts are not less valuable because they are performative. They are more valuable. Virtue signaling is a good thing.

Anil Dash@anildash.com

In reality, the people who organized and led the great civil rights and human rights movements of the past *loved* to see and be seen, because it was vital that people have visibility into the momentum of the movements, and also because these were _joyous_ movements that people wanted to belong to!

Jayhawkjeff
@jayhawkjeff.bsky.social

Pretty please! Just two more testers? I promise it's a pretty good app (if you're a dork about your house)!

Jayhawkjeff@jayhawkjeff.bsky.social

I'm humbly seeking some test users for a tool I built that is designed to help keep track of that rarely-used information about your home (e.g. paint colors, filter sizes, roof maintenance, refrigerator brand and serial number, etc.) as well as home inventory (for insurance). meetlyle.com

meetlyle.comPeace of mind for your homeLyle gets to know your house and helps with the jobs at home that never come up until they do.
Jayhawkjeff
@jayhawkjeff.bsky.social

I haven’t lived in KS in more than 20 years, but my KS cell phone has received 15 spam calls from (620) 445-xxxx since just 9:30 this morning. Making cell phones and email addresses usable again is a winning strategy.

Jayhawkjeff
@jayhawkjeff.bsky.social

Re-upping this for the morning crowd! C'mon... you know you HATE the drawer of post-its and user-manuals. You yearn for phone thing that will solve that. @meetlyle.com has the answers you seek. 😀 Or, just help a guy out and fiddle around with some tech!

Jayhawkjeff@jayhawkjeff.bsky.social

I'm humbly seeking some test users for a tool I built that is designed to help keep track of that rarely-used information about your home (e.g. paint colors, filter sizes, roof maintenance, refrigerator brand and serial number, etc.) as well as home inventory (for insurance). meetlyle.com

meetlyle.comPeace of mind for your homeLyle gets to know your house and helps with the jobs at home that never come up until they do.
Jayhawkjeff
@jayhawkjeff.bsky.social

THIS IS LITERALLY AN EPISODE OF THE WEST WING FOR CRYIN’ IN A CAN BE SERIOUS FOR ONE MINUTE PLEASE.

The New York Times@nytimes.com

President Trump has pushed to move briefings out of the White House press room. Aides say he wants an indoor swimming pool instead. nyti.ms/4eoW3AV

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Jayhawkjeff
@jayhawkjeff.bsky.social

PS - Getting a testing code is not automatic at this phase. So I will usually be able to get you a code within a few minutes, but almost always less than an hour.

Jayhawkjeff
@jayhawkjeff.bsky.social

I built it for myself, because I got made about something in the Spring, but I've gotten good feedback and it might be something others can use. You that you can keep using the app free for life if you are willing to help me, If it is ever shut down or you don't like it, you can export your data.

Jayhawkjeff
@jayhawkjeff.bsky.social

I believe my favorite college football team will inexplicably continue to employ its coach for quite some time, but that today's loss was the one that spelled the end of his time there.

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Cindy Holscher
@cindyforkansas.bsky.social

Sam Brownback says Ty Masterson would “do a great job as governor.” What a well-deserved endorsement. In an act of bipartisanship, I even created a graphic for everyone to share far and wide.

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Ed
@ed3d.net

since it worked out well the last time (it did!)-- I've got some time before my next job starts. If anybody's interested in hiring me for a short-term consulting engagement to help align your teams on agentic product/engineering development, drop me a DM and we can have a conversation about it.

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Bryan Schott
@schotthappens.com

Four races shift toward Democrats in the latest update of our 2026 Utah Senate Race Ratings. One race is now considered a toss-up. Check out the full ratings at the link: utahpolitics.news/utah-senate-... #utpol

utahpolitics.newsUtah Senate map gets its first toss-up as four races shift toward DemocratsUtah Political Watch’s updated 2026 ratings move four state Senate races toward Democrats and add the first toss-up. See what changed and why.

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Ben McAdams (The Resurrection Arc)
@purrtah.bsky.social

Likely my last fundraising ask for 14 battleground Utah Democrats. Momentum is heading our way and we have a chance to make historic gains in the Senate and House to break the supermajority secure.actblue.com/donate/purrtah

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Bryan Schott@schotthappens.com

Four races shift toward Democrats in the latest update of our 2026 Utah Senate Race Ratings. One race is now considered a toss-up. Check out the full ratings at the link: utahpolitics.news/utah-senate-... #utpol

utahpolitics.newsUtah Senate map gets its first toss-up as four races shift toward DemocratsUtah Political Watch’s updated 2026 ratings move four state Senate races toward Democrats and add the first toss-up. See what changed and why.
Jayhawkjeff
@jayhawkjeff.bsky.social

This morning the poor students of the "Financing The Startup" class at the OKU School of Law had to listen to my ramblings on the state of the private markets (not great) and the opportunities for new lawyers (really fantastic IMO) in this environment. Thanks @caradehnert.bsky.social for having me!

Jayhawkjeff
@jayhawkjeff.bsky.social

I'm just stuffing this back into everyone's feed this afternoon. Spread far and wide!

Jayhawkjeff@jayhawkjeff.bsky.social

I’m supporting a new project in perimenopause and menopause care. It’s an in-person clinic built around unhurried specialist care, and it’s seeking a medical director. If you know a clinician with deep menopause experience who’d want to help build it, I’d love an introduction.

Jayhawkjeff
@jayhawkjeff.bsky.social

I’m supporting a new project in perimenopause and menopause care. It’s an in-person clinic built around unhurried specialist care, and it’s seeking a medical director. If you know a clinician with deep menopause experience who’d want to help build it, I’d love an introduction.