Thinking about the current pace of change got me thinking about the old days.
I started in venture capital in April 2004.
Top 10 companies, April 2004: Industrials, oil, pharma, banks.. and Microsoft/Intel. Combined market value: ~$2.4T.
Top 10 today: NVIDIA, Alphabet, Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, TSMC, Broadcom, Meta, Tesla and Aramco. 9 of 10 are tech. Combined value: ~$27.9T.
NVIDIA (~$4.9T) is ~15x the value of the 2004 number one. And double the value of the 2004 top 10, *combined*.
The game keeps changing. Faster, bigger, better. The one constant: be long on technology. The next decade or two are going to be incredible.