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MJ Hegar - Doors

youtube · 2 days ago

Michael Seibel

@mwseibel

CEO, Partner at Y Combinator #ycombinator michael@ycombinator.com Ask me anything here: https://t.co/tmWuSOx38z

This is a political ad: https://t.co/mEK9SMqFEb

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David Hornik

@davidhornik

David Hornik is an investor at August Capital, the author of VentureBlog, & the executive producer of The Lobby Conference.

This is fantastic story telling (and an important story). https://t.co/QCIe0CZkHW

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Mark Suster

@msuster

2x entrepreneur. Sold both companies (last to @salesforce). Now @UpfrontVC looking to invest in passionate entrepreneurs. Snapchat: msuster

THIS. Best video you’ll watch this weekend 👇🏼👇🏼🔥🔥👏🏼👏🏼 https://t.co/MTIBa9qBTA

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Paul McCartney’s Extraordinary Carpool Karaoke Tour of Liverpool With James Corden

thedailybeast · 17 hours ago

Chris Fralic

@chrisfralic

VC @FirstRound. Technology historian and futurist. Student of business.

RT @NPRKelly: So so good. Pure joy at the end of a very long week. https://t.co/1llOv4Guy0

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Ajay Agarwal

@ajay_bcv

partner with bain cap ventures. investor in bloomreach, sendgrid, gainsight, optimizely, fourkites, shipbob, clari, tellapart, kiva systems, infoscout

So good! https://t.co/U3JGQr40Yv

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Keval Desai

@kevaldesai

Often wrong, never in doubt #GuessMyProfession https://t.co/brHs3tB8AI

Tweet of the week = https://t.co/3dzFDgHAsU

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The Cult of Peloton: Reinventing the Fitness Industry, and Becoming a Microcultural Phenomenon

adweek · 26 days ago

GGV Capital

@GGVCapital

VC firm with $3.8B under mgmt, investing in entrepreneurs across the US & China. For more @jrichlive, @glennsolomon, @hanstung, @jennyleehw

The Cult of Peloton: Reinventing the Fitness Industry, and Becoming a Microcultural Phenomenon https://t.co/7EolyQEeZN

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Jeff Richards

@jrichlive

Managing Partner @GGVCapital, $3.8B venture capital firm investing across US & China, 2X founder, praying for @Dartmouth hoops return to Final4

This is a company and a founder you are going to hear a lot about. Amazing team with a huge, global vision. ♥️… https://t.co/dSUFFGRg51

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Hans Tung

@hanstung

MD @GGVCapital Stanford, global VC. 2 kids; Brds: @xiaomi @Wish @Musically @poshmark @bustle @boweryfarming @wearlively; @Airbnb @Offerup @peloton @slack @lime

Even from beijing, you can feel the growing curiosity abt @onepeloton. @keylargofoley https://t.co/RceYjMGjdl

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This is how AI can help you make sense of the world

weforum · 1 day ago

Josh Wolfe

@wolfejosh

VC, entrepreneur, fund manager @Lux_Capital; Chair @CiPrep Coney Island Prep; Trustee @SfiScience Santa Fe Inst; CoFounder of Carson, Quinn & Bodhi w/ @ltwolfe

Lux family co @primer_ai founded by @sgourley https://t.co/EM47cZTHLO

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21st June 18. A postmortem and an apology.

transferwise · 20 hours ago

Matthew Ocko

@mattocko

Venture capitalist (@DCVC). Technologist. Husband-ist. Dad-ist. Friend-ist. Real wood fires, evenings w/ good food, wine & friends, & neat sci-fi. ♥ != endorse

One of the most heavily funded, highest valued “nextgen” finserv companies out there thought it was ok to basically… https://t.co/li1j9dI8dG

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When The Profile Gets Ahead Of The Proof

haystack.vc · 1 day ago

Bilal Zuberi

@bznotes

Partner at Lux Capital. @Airmapio, @DesktopMetal, @Orbital_Insight, @CyPhyWorksinc, @NozomiNetworks, @EvolvTechnology, @Saildrone, @hangartech, @veobot, others.

On point from @semil. Eg. many people in SV chasing starting with 'high profiles'. Core assumption being: if you r… https://t.co/OZac8dNkng

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Stellarator’s plasma results show a triumph of engineering and modeling

arstechnica · 45 minutes ago

Matthew Ocko

@mattocko

Venture capitalist (@DCVC). Technologist. Husband-ist. Dad-ist. Friend-ist. Real wood fires, evenings w/ good food, wine & friends, & neat sci-fi. ♥ != endorse

https://t.co/XomuCwKSAV

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A Most Beautiful Game – 500ish Words

500ish · 2 hours ago

Semil

@semil

Investor via @Haystack_Fund focused on seed-stage investments // Venture Partner w/ @LightspeedVP

RT @500ish: A Most Beautiful Game https://t.co/6Q39ZPz4Yz

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Sarah Sanders is upset a restaurant wouldn’t serve her. She’s OK with it happening to gays.

vox · 4 hours ago

Vinod Khosla

@vkhosla

entrepreneurship zealot, grounded technology possibilist, believer in the power of ideas

RT @voxdotcom: Sarah Sanders is upset a restaurant wouldn’t serve her. She’s OK with it happening to gays. https://t.co/ZHINiOzkbw

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The case for the middle-aged entrepreneur

venturebeat · 4 hours ago

Trinity Ventures

@trinityventures

Silicon Valley VC investing in early stage tech start-ups. Focus on Social & Mobile Commerce, SaaS, Cloud & Mobile Infrastructure and Digital Media.

Trinity partner @schwark argues assumptions about older founders via @VentureBeat https://t.co/7mu6SYcOuV

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The New York Times keeps confusing die-hard Republicans with persuadable voters.

newrepublic · 6 hours ago

Jana Messerschmidt

@janamal

It's called rewirement, not retirement. Alum of @Twitter, @Netflix & @eceILLINOIS. @HelloAngels Founding Partner. @thecoffeebean superfan.

RT @HeerJeet: Let's stop pretending hard-core GOP militants are persuadable voters: https://t.co/Hd1phXVuvY

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Why ‘Find your passion!’ may be bad advice | Stanford News

news.stanford.edu · 7 hours ago

Alexis Ohanian Sr. 🚀

@alexisohanian

🚀 Cofounder @Initialized (earliest investor in 100+ startups -- $20B in market value so far) 📖 Bestselling author ⬆️ Cofounder @Reddit

RT @triketora: growth mindset applied to passion areas: instead of trying to find your passion areas, develop them https://t.co/jy4emQzZBO

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How Large is the Universe?

youtube · 8 hours ago

Cyan

@cyantist

Why?

I’ve found it is best not to think about this question. It can lead to pretty dark places. So I don’t ponder it any… https://t.co/1YzN6WTMuJ

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Cynthia Nixon Reveals That Her Eldest Son Is Transgender

brit.co · 8 hours ago

Arlan 👊🏾

@ArlanWasHere

Founder @Backstage_Cap🚀 @ProjectCoverOrg🦋 @BootstrappedVC🎙& @modernlword🌈 Subject of S7 @podcaststartup Fangirl @GeneralHospital📺 😍’ing @queergermangirl

What’s shocking here is that @CynthiaNixon has FOUR children! You go girl! https://t.co/kWxjRJB4p5

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How To Hack Your Internal Operating System (Mindset)

medium · 9 hours ago

Marvin Liao

@marvinliao

Ever curious: Tsundoku, Reader, World Traveler, Investor & Tech/Media exec interested in almost everything! Aspiring Shokunin.

RT @danmartell: How To Hack Your Internal Operating System (Mindset) https://t.co/wXsdesxzos

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American tech giants are making life tough for startups

economist · 9 hours ago

Manu Kumar

@ManuKumar

Human, Founder, Investor. Chief Firestarter at @K9Ventures. The O.G. for PreSeed. @lyft, @twilio, @playosmo, @CartaInc, @lucidchart, @auth0 and more.

Into the danger zone: American tech giants are making life tough for startups via @TheEconomist https://t.co/qD3lvLFncS

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Why a small-town restaurant owner asked Sarah Huckabee Sanders to leave — and would do it again

washingtonpost · 10 hours ago

Manu Kumar

@ManuKumar

Human, Founder, Investor. Chief Firestarter at @K9Ventures. The O.G. for PreSeed. @lyft, @twilio, @playosmo, @CartaInc, @lucidchart, @auth0 and more.

RT @washingtonpost: The owner of The Red Hen explains why she asked Sarah Huckabee Sanders to leave https://t.co/ACgzN569XJ

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(Red) House on a hill

om.blog · 11 hours ago

@om

I was a reporter once. Now I have opinions about tech. I write. I make photos. I invest @TrueVentures & blog at https://t.co/AvBTBiv8hn.

(Red) House on a hill https://t.co/2bhtINyj6f https://t.co/HPMwvrrMs2

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India Is the Latest Front in Trump’s Endless Trade War

foreignpolicy · 12 hours ago

Keval Desai

@kevaldesai

Often wrong, never in doubt #GuessMyProfession https://t.co/brHs3tB8AI

RT @ForeignPolicy: Trump's trade wars are expanding -- and now India is joining the ranks of countries to retaliate. https://t.co/LMMdSfJxJ4

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The Red Hen - Lexington, VA

yelp · 12 hours ago

Katie Jacobs Stanton

@KatieS

Mom of 3 kids & @tacopuppy. CMO @Color. Alum of @Twitter @WhiteHouse @Google @Yahoo. Board Member @Vivendi @TIME. Founding Partner @helloangels. ❤️🇺🇸🌍

We're now so divided not even @Yelp is safe. 💔🇺🇸 https://t.co/hg3XjLTmaZ

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