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Patrick O'Shaughnessy

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Venture Capital LinkedIn Twitter/X
#80
LinkedIn Rank
3,446
Benchmarker Score
27
Posts
2,963
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161
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110
Avg Likes
6
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3,124
Total Engagement
116
Engagement Rate
3.6
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Posting Regularity
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312,100 followers

Data last refreshed: February 16, 2026

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Recent Posts

20 posts

This conversation with Ben Horowitz gets into sides of his story you don't often hear. The people who shaped Ben tell you a lot about how he sees the world. His father grew up communist and later...

Events & Speaking Engagements Article Investment Thesis Fund Management Leadership National Security Feb 03, 2026 View on LinkedIn
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Gokul Rajaram is one of the most prolific product builders and investors of the last 20 years. He helped build the core ads and product businesses at Google, Facebook, Square, and DoorDash, workin...

Events & Speaking Engagements Article Artificial Intelligence Generative AI Advertising SaaS Product Development Jan 29, 2026 View on LinkedIn
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Only David Senra could get me to be on the other side of the mic. Because I don't plan on being interviewed often, I wanted to share this conversation, which I so enjoyed, with our audience. It w...

Events & Speaking Engagements Image Leadership Founder Journey Brand Building Hiring & Talent Jan 20, 2026 View on LinkedIn
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Ladder was my first angel investment, made entirely on trust in Tom Digan when I had no idea what I was doing in venture. What followed is one of the most unlikely and dramatic business stories I'v...

Portfolio Company Wins Article Founder Journey Product-Market Fit Customer Acquisition Mobile Apps B2C Jan 13, 2026 View on LinkedIn
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Reed Hastings built Netflix around two ideas that everyone talks about, but are extremely hard to do in practice. The first is finding a simple idea and taking it extraordinarily seriously. Even f...

Founder & Startup Advice Article Media & Entertainment Hiring & Talent Company Culture Leadership Board Governance Jan 06, 2026 View on LinkedIn
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The best growth stock of the 2010s wasn't a tech company. It was Domino's Pizza. "There are three value equations in pizza: quality, value and convenience. When Domino's started its run, it starte...

Investment Thesis & Strategy Video (LinkedIn Source) Investment Thesis Public Markets Competitive Advantage Brand Building Dec 16, 2025 View on LinkedIn
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My conversation with Martín Escobari, Head of Growth Equity at General Atlantic, explores the history of the firm and the current state of growth and emerging markets. He shares why this is the be...

Market Analysis & Trends Image Growth Stage Emerging Markets Market Cycles Public Markets Macroeconomics Nov 25, 2025 View on LinkedIn
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My conversation with Ariel Emanuel centers on the multibillion-dollar "anti-AI bet" he’s making on live events, sports, and IP. As AI makes digital content cheaper and everyday work more automate...

Investment Thesis & Strategy Image Artificial Intelligence Media & Entertainment Investment Thesis Industry Trends Nov 19, 2025 View on LinkedIn
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Wolfgang Hammer helps founders and CEOs, at both startups and massive fortune 100 companies, use storytelling to better understand what they do, and why it matters. In many ways, this conversation...

Founder & Startup Advice Image Brand Building Marketing Leadership Founder Journey Nov 11, 2025 View on LinkedIn
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Luca Ferrari is the co-founder and CEO of Bending Spoons, one of the most fascinating companies in Europe and just became Italy's first decacorn. He describes it as 25% private equity firm and 75%...

Investment Thesis & Strategy Image Investment Thesis Acquisitions Venture Debt Operational Excellence Hiring & Talent Nov 04, 2025 View on LinkedIn
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Colossus is hiring for two roles. We're looking for someone in each of the following categories: FEATURES WRITING - Obsessed with capitalism and culture - Perfectionist when it comes to facts,...

Team & Firm Culture Text Hiring & Talent Revenue Growth Sales Strategy Company Culture Oct 22, 2025 View on LinkedIn
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My conversation with Karim Atiyeh, co-founder and CTO of Ramp and one of the best operators active today. I love talking to people who are obsessed with their craft, and Karim is one of them. The ...

Founder & Startup Advice Image Product Development Team Building Company Culture Operational Excellence Competitive Advantage Oct 21, 2025 View on LinkedIn
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"Difference for the sake of it in everything." — James Dyson Karim explains why Ramp is yellow:

Founder & Startup Advice Video (LinkedIn Source) Brand Building Marketing Competitive Advantage Oct 21, 2025 View on LinkedIn
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Dan Wang explains why it would be harder for the US to rebuild large-scale manufacturing than for China to get better at invention: "By most metrics, Chinese scientists are producing better qualit...

Market Analysis & Trends Video (LinkedIn Source) Manufacturing Industry Trends Macroeconomics Oct 17, 2025 View on LinkedIn
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Dan Wang is one of the sharpest thinkers on China and its relationship with the US. Dan spent six years living in China studying its manufacturing and technology ecosystem, and his new book Breakn...

Market Analysis & Trends Image Manufacturing Artificial Intelligence National Security Emerging Markets Industry Trends Oct 16, 2025 View on LinkedIn
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My conversation with Jesse Zhang. Decagon is building a customer service agent with AI, with plans for much more than that. It’s one of the more successful early AI applications, with tons of ...

Founder & Startup Advice Image Artificial Intelligence AI Agents Product-Market Fit Founder Journey Oct 06, 2025 View on LinkedIn
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My conversation with Dylan Patel on everything you ever wanted to know about the incredible buildout happening in AI infrastructure. This is a whirlwind tour through the companies, deals, models, ...

Events & Speaking Engagements Image AI Infrastructure Semiconductors Cloud Computing Artificial Intelligence Sep 30, 2025 View on LinkedIn
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Barry Diller ran, built, and often revolutionized ABC, Paramount, and Fox all by the time he was 49, making more legendary movies and shows than I can list… And then he really started making money...

Personal Journey & Reflections Image Media & Entertainment Marketplaces Consumer Tech Leadership Acquisitions Sep 23, 2025 View on LinkedIn
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From tomorrow’s episode with Barry Diller… The power of instinct over data

Events & Speaking Engagements Video (LinkedIn Source) Leadership Data & Analytics Sep 23, 2025 View on LinkedIn
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Jeff Horing has never done an interview like this because he’s too busy investing at Insight Partners. Despite having built a $100B investment firm, he feels like he’s as in the weeds as he was du...

Investment Thesis & Strategy Image Investment Thesis Fund Management Portfolio Management Sep 16, 2025 View on LinkedIn
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Rank History

16 Feb 2026
#37
24 Jan 2026
#42
24 Jan 2026
#42

Content Categories

Events & Speaking Engagements 5
Investment Thesis & Strategy 5
Founder & Startup Advice 5
Market Analysis & Trends 4
Personal Journey & Reflections 4

Topics & Themes

Leadership Investment Thesis Artificial Intelligence Founder Journey Industry Trends Brand Building Hiring & Talent Competitive Advantage Company Culture Macroeconomics Media & Entertainment Public Markets Marketing Acquisitions Operational Excellence Product Development Manufacturing National Security Emerging Markets Product-Market Fit

Top Quartile Benchmarks

Based on top 94 of 375 in Venture Capital

Posts
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Likes
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Comments
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Avg Likes
303.6
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Avg Comments
21.7
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Benchmarker Score
25,190
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Posts/Week
2.9
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Avg Post Length
405 chars
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Trending Topics (Top Quartile)
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