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claytonm

@claytonm

Background in Pro Poker & Writing. Now Building Startups & Communities. Minimalism & Stoicism

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2017-10-09 00:37

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claytonm

investing

2018-02-24 18:28

Personal questions you may hear more than once when fundraising

The first time I brought on investment was 2009. I was 22 and playing online poker Sit-and-Gos (SNGs) full time. I had a large enough sample size of games played with an okay ROI. Investors covered buyins

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bitcoin

2017-12-19 16:59

A not-so-good early adopter, but there may still be hope for others

“Hey, have you heard about bitcoin?” a friend asked me. I had, but only through online poker, where peers had mentioned the Seals with Clubs site; an online poker room which popped up after Black Friday,

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entrepreneurship

2017-12-06 05:06

Servant

“I want to have my own business so I can be my own boss.” I hear this quote roughly once a month, from someone eager to jump into entrepreneurship. When I dropped out of Iowa State in 2009, to dive headfirst

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entrepreneurship

2017-12-03 05:18

A Moment

On a chilly September night in 2014, I left boxing practice at State Gym, and made my way across the Iowa State campus to meet with a group of individuals for the first time. Prior to that meeting, I had

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business

2017-10-26 02:09

A short conversation, and a simple belief:

I was recently leaving a luncheon in Des Moines, when an individual approached me and started talking about business. After only 2 minutes of conversing, and with multiple interruptions to my answering

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business

2017-10-11 17:20

Burn the Boats

As I type this, I'm somewhere over the Atlantic at 35,000 feet. In front of me a man is complaining to his friend about letting some of his employees go. The complaining is targeted towards their inability

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business

2017-10-09 02:47

Professional Background in Online Poker and Marketing Writing. Now Building Startups and Communities.

Welcome! I'm Clayton Mooney, an Iowan who lived abroad before winding back up in Iowa. And I'm thankful I did. During my teens, I frequented numerous house games for poker, played the early days of online

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