Let me re-introduce myself. My name is Henri Pierre-Jacques and I am co-founder of @HarlemCapital, a fund backing the next generation of winners. My mission is to build rooms that didn't exist before. Not more seats at someone else's table, entire rooms. I was fortunate to have mentors who looked like me early in my career. That visibility changed what I believed was possible. Many never get that opportunity. You can't be what you can't see so I share my story in case someone else needs to see it. What room are you building?

Founders using @Muse to find investors is not a bad idea

I love miami for a several reasons but by the one that matters most is the access to play sports so easily and stay healthy. The last 4 days I played golf, tennis, padel and basketball. The joy sports bring me as an adult brings back my inner child. The gym isn’t the same.

Update: Got my CAC heart scan today for free at Life Imaging. The scan itself is 3 minutes but had to sit through 45 minutes of talks and upsell to get the free scan, still worth it ♥️

I recently took myself on a solo staycation and turned it into a personal CEO Day. I plan to do a CEO Day at least once a year from now on and recommend it to others. After spending several hours without my phone in Montana earlier this year, I wanted to see what uninterrupted time alone would feel like because I’ve never actually had it. I’m 35 years old and have never traveled somewhere that wasn’t for business or a social event with friends or family. That was a crazy realization in itself for me. To keep it simple, I went to a beach resort within driving distance and did one day. Have to start somewhere. Before going, I worked with ChatGPT to create six one-hour sessions with the goal of identifying actions that could have an outlier impact on what I actually want my life to look like at 45. During each session, I spent 30 minutes talking through a topic using Wispr, then gave the transcript to GPT and asked what themes I was missing, where I was contradicting myself, and what questions I should spend the remaining 30 minutes answering. Creating the agenda beforehand and having a thought partner (GPT) challenge my thinking made the six hours much more productive. As an extrovert, six hours alone was harder than I expected, so I changed locations every session: outside, inside, the beach, restaurant and hotel room. That small change helped keep me fresh. My biggest realization was that I’m not less ambitious than I used to be, but my definition of success has expanded. I still want to find exceptional companies and create wealth, but my marriage, fatherhood, friendships, faith and health are now equally part of the scoreboard. I don’t believe I need to sacrifice everything to accomplish exceptional things. I need to get much better at sacrificing the things that don’t matter so I can go deeper on the things that do. It’s about becoming a better, more intentional version of who I already am. We spend a lot of time intentionally planning offsites and retreats for the fund and our companies. I’m going to start doing the same for myself, and I think you should too.

🗽 There’s a special energy when New York’s builders get in the same room. Last week, we brought together founders, investors & operators at Ray-Ban House in SoHo for new connections, thoughtful conversations & the people shaping what’s next.

This really puts this moment in time into perspective.

Went to the mall today and the lines were still insane. I think @Apple might be back 👀

Traveled all over the world and haven’t seen a workout fitness culture as strong as Miami. What other cities compare?

Wow @Muse just got me and my wife a free CAC (heart scan). I told Muse I want to do a CAC after listening to @altcap’s podcast on it. It told me most locations require physician recommendation or to be above 40 years old, but then found one location that was free for research purposes. It filled the form and then they called me and it was booked within 5 minutes.

One of the biggest unlocks for me was using my hourly rate to determine what I should do versus outsourcing. It can feel wasteful to have things like cleaners or EAs for things that you don’t like to do, if it’s cheaper to pay someone else then you are better off.

“We only want one kid because my wife and I are selfish and we are ok with that.” I heard this on a call today and could completely relate. Often many feel guilty for not wanting kids at all or not wanting several kids, but it’s a personal decision.

What a time to build! I’m having so much fun.

Wow he still going! I need to go to sleep Drake

Drake and his team trying to figure out the live stream

Pumped for this release tonight. Drake is dominating hip hop on any metric this year and it’s an incredible comeback after going silent and leaving the country. We are seeing something similar with Kanye’s return

🚀 Want a front-row seat to venture capital? Our Winter '27 Internship applications are now open! Interns get hands-on experience working alongside the HCP team, with direct exposure to founders & the investment process. Apply by September 30. harlem.capital/internship/

So the President can now buy votes directly instead of through Elon like last time…also this will never happen as it’s $1T+ dollars but he knows that

So you buying the phone that’s been out for 7 years now already??! Absolutely 😆

🎓 Welcome to our Fall '26 Intern Class: Ankita Punjani, Jordan Garrick, Citiana Belayneh, and Edon Zike, with returning Fellow Patrick Mispireta. We’re excited to see what this class brings to the team and the broader HCP ecosystem. harlem.capital/our-27th-clas…

Wow Shelton did it in 5 set tie breaker!!! 330am ending is legendary 🇺🇸