| Dear Friend, Joe Lonsdale is all of 38 years old. Included in the Forbes “100 Midas List” in 2016, for the first two years he was the youngest member. In spite of his youth, his range of accomplishments could make many old-timers like me blush. (To experience Joe live and ask him your questions, order your SIC 2021 Pass today.) Joe is the managing partner at 8VC, a US-based venture capital firm managing several billion dollars in committed capital. He has co-founded numerous companies, among them global software company Palantir, which is well-known for its work in the defense sector... wealth management platform Addepar... OpenGov, a software provider for over 2,000 municipalities and state agencies... and Affinity, a relationship intelligence platform enabling teams to leverage their network to close the next big deal. He was an early institutional investor in a laundry list of remarkable companies—including Wish, Oculus, Guardant Health, Oscar, Illumio, Anduril, JoyTunes, Blend, Flexport, Joby Aviation, Orca Bio, Qualia, Synthego, RelateIQ, and about a dozen more. I could keep going, but suffice it to say that Joe is someone I really wanted at the SIC 2021. I can’t wait to hear about his adventures since he moved his family and his venture capital firm from liberal California to conservative Texas. In his blog, he praises his new home state for its courage and makes some very perceptive statements: Every major problem in today’s society can be solved by the values that were core to the founding of Texas and core to the founding of America. All of these problems come down to people not understanding liberty, not understanding markets, and not understanding what a free society can accomplish. If you look at our most regulated public systems, whether it’s education, whether it’s healthcare, or whether it’s the absurd housing costs plaguing the country, these problems all exist because systems are run top-down in bad ways rather than letting ideas compete and win. As people who believe in freedom, we must teach people the principles of free society... The number one thing that we need in public systems is for ideas to compete against one another. While a good politician will create programs that help people, a great politician will design systems that echo free society. This young man is not just smart but also wise beyond his years. Let’s hear what he has to say. Right now, you can still get your SIC 2021 Pass at a 50% discount, but not for much longer. Don’t miss the biggest SIC I’ve ever hosted—with 25+ hours of livestreamed presentations and 48 world-class speakers. We’re starting in two days, on May 5 at 10:30 a.m. Eastern Time. The conference will take place on alternating days between May 5 and May 14, plus an extra day on May 18, where you’ll get actionable trade ideas from SIC speakers and our own team of analysts. I urge you to order your SIC 2021 Pass now. Your anxiously waiting for the opening bell analyst, John Mauldin
Co-Founder, Mauldin Economics |
