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leadersintech · 1 day ago

David Cohen

Founder and Managing Partner at @Techstars. Proud first round investor in startups that are today worth $100B+. Geeky to the bone.

.@techstars is proud to support LIT which launched today. https://t.co/vMovUwLFIg

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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.

Honored to be on the board of LIT and to take concrete steps toward creating more diverse leadership in the tech ec… https://t.co/LGEE58qhvv

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Jeremy Liew, Partner at Lightspeed

@jeremysliew

Partner at @LightspeedVP. Investor in @Snap, @Giphy, @Affirm, @Blockchain, @Honest, @Cheddar, @HQTrivia, @Rothys ++ Overcompensating for a geeky youth

Being a 1st time founder is hard. @LitFellows provides actionable CEO coaching and self discovery with a group of p… https://t.co/CVw35GxgME

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Garry()

@garrytan

Constructor • @initialized

This nonprofit is doing great work helping founders be better, more integrated humans with a focus on mental health https://t.co/YJRMstueat

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jason@calacanis.com

@Jason

Angel investor: @uber @thumbtack @wealthfront @datastax @robinhoodapp @desktopmetal @calm @inside @launch https://t.co/05eHjdUnWS https://t.co/5UbG3MzmWL

Congrats to my pal @suekhim (of @brilliantorg) on the launch of her leadership program for tech. Leadership is e… https://t.co/Nm6rc7Et0j

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Justin Kan

@justinkan

Be kind to yourself. If you won’t, who will? Entrepreneur & investor. @atrium

Doing this program leveled up my leadership skills and emotional self awareness more than anything I’ve ever done.… https://t.co/3gVBzV0TwL

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Shasta Ventures

@shasta

We build unwavering partnerships with founders creating epic products.

Honored to play a part in this innovative program. @Litfellows is growing a community of leaders committed to cultu… https://t.co/sK8KytV0B0

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James Currier

@JamesCurrier

@NFX, 5-time Founder, product designer, investor, father, husband, son.

Leaders In Tech is phenomenal. The CEO's I know who have gone through it, all rave about it. You cannot apply, yo… https://t.co/TFaSnY1TEX

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Introducing Leaders in Tech

medium · 1 day ago

David Cohen

@davidcohen

Founder and Managing Partner at @Techstars. Proud first round investor in startups that are today worth $100B+. Geeky to the bone.

.@techstars is proud to support LIT which launched today. https://t.co/vMovUwLFIg

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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.

Honored to be on the board of LIT and to take concrete steps toward creating more diverse leadership in the tech ec… https://t.co/LGEE58qhvv

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Jeremy Liew, Partner at Lightspeed

@jeremysliew

Partner at @LightspeedVP. Investor in @Snap, @Giphy, @Affirm, @Blockchain, @Honest, @Cheddar, @HQTrivia, @Rothys ++ Overcompensating for a geeky youth

Being a 1st time founder is hard. @LitFellows provides actionable CEO coaching and self discovery with a group of p… https://t.co/CVw35GxgME

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Garry()

@garrytan

Constructor • @initialized

This nonprofit is doing great work helping founders be better, more integrated humans with a focus on mental health https://t.co/YJRMstueat

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jason@calacanis.com

@Jason

Angel investor: @uber @thumbtack @wealthfront @datastax @robinhoodapp @desktopmetal @calm @inside @launch https://t.co/05eHjdUnWS https://t.co/5UbG3MzmWL

Congrats to my pal @suekhim (of @brilliantorg) on the launch of her leadership program for tech. Leadership is e… https://t.co/Nm6rc7Et0j

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Justin Kan

@justinkan

Be kind to yourself. If you won’t, who will? Entrepreneur & investor. @atrium

Doing this program leveled up my leadership skills and emotional self awareness more than anything I’ve ever done.… https://t.co/3gVBzV0TwL

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Shasta Ventures

@shasta

We build unwavering partnerships with founders creating epic products.

Honored to play a part in this innovative program. @Litfellows is growing a community of leaders committed to cultu… https://t.co/sK8KytV0B0

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James Currier

@JamesCurrier

@NFX, 5-time Founder, product designer, investor, father, husband, son.

Leaders In Tech is phenomenal. The CEO's I know who have gone through it, all rave about it. You cannot apply, yo… https://t.co/TFaSnY1TEX

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Michael Bloomberg Is Expected to File for the Alabama 2020 Presidential Primary

nytimes · 4 days ago

Chris Fralic

@chrisfralic

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

🔥 https://t.co/vDMmh65UVz

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@jdrive

Roughly 70% water. Also: VC / Entrepreneur / Volunteer / Tinkerer

Michael Bloomberg Is Expected to File for the Alabama 2020 Presidential Primary https://t.co/ejiF30qlCf

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John Elton

@johnelton

Venture Capitalist @greycroftvc

Hell yeah he Is!!! subway series https://t.co/Zfg2vPvN1J Go @MikeBloomberg

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seth goldstein

@seth

entrepreneur, artist, investor, mentor, mensch, dad. co-founder spartacus, @jdgusc, @cgoldstein2020

please! https://t.co/VuLRlafb17 via @NYTimes

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Anil Dash 🥭

@anildash

Helping everyone create the web together at 🎏@Glitch. Host of @podcastfunction. 💜 ethical tech, mangoes, funk, transit & justice. he/him

Hated seeing the crowds go crazy for Steyer. https://t.co/qdENHOOaZd

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Mike Monteiro🌹

@monteiro

This is a personal account and does not reflect the opinions of my boss, who is an asshole. he/him

Scope creep. https://t.co/2qASnNTYJp

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Privacy

apple · 774 days ago

Benedict Evans

@benedictevans

Trying to work out what's going on, and what happens next. Curious. Easily bored. Single parent. Expat in San Francisco. @a16z.

Apple markets Privacy as a product. https://t.co/zj2noNeCHf

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Chris Messina

@chrismessina

Hashtag inventor, speaker, product designer, & TBD. ¶ Citizen of the web.

RT @brian_lovin: These videos on the new Apple Privacy page are so cool 🤩 https://t.co/AGEVaacLK5 https://t.co/dzjEABSAci

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Brian Lovin

@brian_lovin

Nice Boy™ Designer @github via @withspectrum Building @designdetailsfm, @specfm Prev. @facebook, @buffer He/him

These videos on the new Apple Privacy page are so cool 🤩 https://t.co/AGEVaacLK5 https://t.co/dzjEABSAci

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Benjamin De Cock

@bdc

Designer @stripe, lurker @csswg.

I dig the lock animation on the Apple logo here https://t.co/zAvS482NAq The implementation, however, is kinda ques… https://t.co/OpXamvy57e

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Rasmus Andersson

@rsms

Design @Figmadesign. Previously @Dropbox, @Facebook, founding member @Spotify

@brian_lovin Based on this old school sprite map I’d be After Effects. https://t.co/tNSVPcveD7

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Giuliani considers an impeachment podcast

cnn · 19 hours ago

Arlan 👊🏾

@ArlanWasHere

Founder @Backstage_Cap🚀 Podcast YOUR FIRST MILLION + @bootstrappedvc🎙 Fan @GeneralHospital co-founder @ProjectCoverOrg🦋 MARRIED to @queergermangirl 8/14/19😍

Oh god, please do. https://t.co/azpgfB1GnQ

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Charlie O'Donnell

@ceonyc

Xennial. VC @ https://t.co/oVYq4U0pLd. Mets fan, triathlete, cyclist. Friend of the Pod. These are my initials, btw.

When the suite of tools podcast runs ads for the suite of tools. So #meta. Cc @PodSaveAmerica https://t.co/urNuWV8cqG

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jason@calacanis.com

@Jason

Angel investor: @uber @thumbtack @wealthfront @datastax @robinhoodapp @desktopmetal @calm @inside @launch https://t.co/05eHjdUnWS https://t.co/5UbG3MzmWL

Rudy is an American treasure... he’s going to single handily end the @realDonaldTrump presidency https://t.co/cJm68vTvNR

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Michael Sippey

@sippey

Person of interests. Product at Medium.

mail kimp https://t.co/BMLgiRtUnO

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WSJ News Exclusive | WeWork in Talks to Hire T-Mobile CEO John Legere

wsj · 22 hours ago

Bryce Roberts

@bryce

VC, Dad

When AI runs HR. https://t.co/7CxijnBkZC

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Benedict Evans

@benedictevans

Trying to work out what's going on, and what happens next. Curious. Easily bored. Single parent. Expat in San Francisco. @a16z.

RT @ScottMAustin: Who has better hair? John Legere or Adam Neumann? #WeWork https://t.co/xSZgRwCDWM https://t.co/A9hacDclVt

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Steven Sinofsky

@stevesi

ॐ • investing • advising • writing • at places like: @a16z @boxhq @tanium @everlaw • Writings @ https://t.co/8FpwYBVzPl • Nikon 📷•🧘🏻‍♂️

SoftBank searching for a new leader of the office-sharing startup https://t.co/pAK2ElQRqB "T-Mobile has spent years… https://t.co/5iAh9a0pav

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Bilal Zuberi

@bznotes

Partner at Lux Capital: @Airmapio, @DesktopMetal, @Orbital_Insight, @ZededaEdge, @NozomiNetworks, @EvolvTechnology, @Saildrone, @fiddlerlabs, @veobot...

🤣 https://t.co/SjQkkXvF9w

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Denouement | NextView Ventures

nextviewventures · 5 days ago

Lee Hower

@leehower

Co-founder & Partner of NextView Ventures, former entrepreneur at LinkedIn and PayPal, general helper of startups

[blog post] Denouement... some thoughts on the last decade in startups and where we are in the cycle https://t.co/OwVS2JH8GV

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Rob Go

@robgo

Husband of @ntduke and father of two. Cofounder of NextView Ventures. Seed investor. Formerly @ Spark Capital and @ Ebay.

New post from my partner @leehower who wins the award for using a word I’ve never heard of before: Denouement https://t.co/Nw3RQ5Pevj

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NextView

@NextViewVC

High conviction, hands-on seed investors. Championing founders who are redesigning the Everyday Economy.

New blog post from @leehower today: https://t.co/VCwJH7bZBQ

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David Beisel

@davidbeisel

Co-founder & Partner at NextView Ventures (@NextViewVC), a NYC- & Boston-based VC firm that invests in founders redesigning the Everyday Economy.

Denouement of This Startup Cycle https://t.co/zUzoVIIhbv https://t.co/jciTDvdDs5

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Help us shape our approach to synthetic and manipulated media

blog.twitter · 1 day ago

Vijaya Gadde

@vijaya

Legal, Policy and Trust & Safety Lead at @Twitter. New mom. Immigrant. Investor with @HashtagAngels. Board member at @mercycorps. Trustee at @nyulaw.

Help us shape Twitter's policy on synthetic and manipulated media. Feedback due by 11/27. Details in the blog! https://t.co/n9gT8acdYQ

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Keith Coleman 🌱😀🙌

@kcoleman

VP Product @twitter. Previously CEO at Yes Inc, @google 🙌

RT @vijaya: Help us shape Twitter's policy on synthetic and manipulated media. Feedback due by 11/27. Details in the blog! https://t.co/n9g…

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Biz Stone

@biz

Dad, husband, and entrepreneur. Co-founder of Twitter, Medium, and Jelly. Back at Twitter.

Help us shape our approach to synthetic and manipulated media https://t.co/QmJDpe1vga

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No, It’s Not “Like a Startup Within a Big Company”

hunterwalk · 4 days ago

🧑🏻‍💻☕️

@hunterwalk

You'll find me @homebrew, Seed Stage Venture Fund w @satyap. Previously made products at YouTube, Google & SecondLife. Married to @cbarlerin.

No, It’s Not “Like a Startup Within a Big Company” https://t.co/vtX8nac4zD [because my tweets autodelete]

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Danielle Morrill

@DanielleMorrill

GM @MeltanoData at @gitlab. Partner @xfactorventures. Fully remote. Previous: CEO/cofounder @Mattermark, YC grad, @Twilio. Tweets archived every 7 days

RT @hunterwalk: No, It’s Not “Like a Startup Within a Big Company” https://t.co/vtX8nac4zD [because my tweets autodelete]

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Homebrew

@homebrew

Seed stage VC by @hunterwalk & @satyap. $$ in @chime, @theskimm, @honor, @primarydotcom, @lumi, @plaid, @boweryfarming @gustohq, @joymode, @getweave & others!

RT @santoshsankar: No, It's Not "Like a Startup Within a Big Company" https://t.co/li7segNCTC via @hunterwalk

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Fintech Can Save Us From Ourselves - Andreessen Horowitz

a16z · 4 days ago

Benedict Evans

@benedictevans

Trying to work out what's going on, and what happens next. Curious. Easily bored. Single parent. Expat in San Francisco. @a16z.

RT @illscience: New post 🚨 -> Using gambler’s fallacy and financial automation to help consumers save: https://t.co/iwZp5pv1wb

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Anish Acharya

@illscience

Default world: GP @ A16Z, previously: Credit Karma, Snowball, Google (+Ventures), SocialDeck, Amazon; Alter-ego: illscience, playing and producing for 20 years

New post 🚨 -> Using gambler’s fallacy and financial automation to help consumers save: https://t.co/iwZp5pv1wb

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Andrew Chen

@andrewchen

a16z, ex-Uber. I write a newsletter at https://t.co/C3BLJOhwoS. Plus one: @briannekimmel.

Fintech + consumer psychology is going to be a really interesting area of study! https://t.co/Tbt84dA9Ax

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This Google Ventures-backed indoor farming startup just opened its biggest farm yet

fastcompany · 6 days ago

Lerer Hippeau

@LererHippeau

Based in New York City, Lerer Hippeau empowers early-stage founders with the capital and tools they need to build ideas into category-defining companies.

Congratulations to @ifain and the @BoweryFarming on $50M in additional funding. Exciting to watch you grow.🌱 https://t.co/FETXxFazqE

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Homebrew

@homebrew

Seed stage VC by @hunterwalk & @satyap. $$ in @chime, @theskimm, @honor, @primarydotcom, @lumi, @plaid, @boweryfarming @gustohq, @joymode, @getweave & others!

🥬🥬🥬🤑🤑🤑 go go @ifain & @BoweryFarming https://t.co/sonDvQ5EgB

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Adam Nash

@adamnash

Product @Dropbox. BoD @Acorns. Adj Lecturer @Stanford. Previously @Wealthfront, LinkedIn, eBay, Apple. Inevitably optimistic. Slightly amusing. Always talking.

Ugh. Kills me that I’m not an investor in @BoweryFarming. But happy to see their continued success. https://t.co/5Tu3tq37vY

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Scanwell Health launches smartphone tests for UTIs in partnership with Lemonaid Health – TechCrunch

techcrunch · 6 days ago

Version One Ventures

@VersionOneVC

We back the next generation of entrepreneurs who are leveraging powerful network effects. Run by @angelatytran & @bwertz.

RT @TechCrunch: Scanwell Health launches smartphone tests for UTIs in partnership with Lemonaid Health https://t.co/0bmNFPL0UC by @jshieber…

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Angela Tran

@angelatytran

Values- & data-driven GP @VersionOneVC, NextGen board chair @ComputerHistory, people developer, engineer, Torontonian-American, and sports fan.

Excited to be a part of the @scanwellhealth journey! As I wrote earlier today, we @VersionOneVC are bullish about o… https://t.co/hPvhNXJk7n

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Y Combinator

@ycombinator

YC S18's @scanwellhealth launches smartphone tests for UTIs in partnership with Lemonaid Health: https://t.co/Z2m6ggq1Vz

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How Superhuman Built an Engine to Find Product/Market Fit

firstround · 363 days ago

Elad Gil

@eladgil

Entrepreneur and Investor

For me an equally important insight that too many people miss (but is in this post) - you should figure out who you… https://t.co/NAKdB9SKzE

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David Sacks

@DavidSacks

Founder who backs founders through @craft_ventures. Previously: Created two unicorns, invested in a dozen more. Occasional movie producer.

How do startups know if they have product-market fit. @SeanEllis has defined a metric: 40% of users say they would… https://t.co/bYZxKDbUlC

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Y Combinator, Not Lambda School, Is Unbundling Education

medium · 9 days ago

Garry()

@garrytan

Constructor • @initialized

RT @sachinrekhi: Loved this thought experiment of how Y Combinator is disrupting and unbundling higher education https://t.co/qgUGtirqJu

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Sachin Rekhi

@sachinrekhi

Founder & CEO @NotejoyApp, a collaborative notes app for you and your team. Writer @ https://t.co/633sa0k3yZ, on all things product management.

Loved this thought experiment of how Y Combinator is disrupting and unbundling higher education https://t.co/qgUGtirqJu

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GitHub Octoverse 2017

octoverse.github · 761 days ago

Thomas 🍄

@__tosh

Founder at https://t.co/Sw9XuKSSpB, https://t.co/oPwmRvI8PD, https://t.co/uGGrhizDHy, https://t.co/Q83p3QMs5c 🧚‍♀️ Product, UX, Service Design, Positioning, Typography, Game Design, Clojure, Tea, …

Python is climbing further https://t.co/052dgFHBR7

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Sophie Shepherd

@sophshepherd

Product design @github. she/her

Every year I love reading through GitHub's State of the Octoverse report (https://t.co/kmbVijmVnd). Huge congrats… https://t.co/7NRqEuKh9D

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Loop Returns picks up $10 million in Series A led by FirstMark Capital – TechCrunch

techcrunch · 1 hour ago

Amish Jani

@amishjani

Founder & Managing Director of @FirstMarkCap in NYC. Co-host @CloudNYSummit.

Loop Returns picks up $10 million in Series A led by @FirstMarkCap https://t.co/Nrt6QaHOIL via @TechCrunch

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Rick Heitzmann

@rickheitzmann

Venture capitalist - Founder and Managing Director at @FirstMarkcap, Entrepreneur, avid Philly sports fan

Welcome to the @FirstMarkCap family! https://t.co/MCgoOYpMdK

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The CEO of Workato explains how a game to teach kids to code inspired his team to go from working out of his house to winning a new $70 million investment

businessinsider · 22 hours ago

Redpoint

@redpointvc

Seed. Early. Growth. Redpoint backs exceptional founders to create new markets and redefine existing ones.

Welcome to the Redpoint Family @Workato ! 🎉 https://t.co/GoJUjiZ47j

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Satish Dharmaraj

@satishd

elephants - my soul animal #blacklivesmatter❤️NIN/Trent is a GOAT ❤️@dswt dogs, ❤️ trap, Gunna,YoungNudy, Carti,Thugger,RaeSre,youngMA, Chappelle,❤️NFL🙏❤️🇺🇲

Honored to include @Workato in our portfolio - so excited to be partnering with you! https://t.co/T21P8FXo3g

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Amazon will launch new grocery store as alternative to Whole Foods

cnet · 23 hours ago

Jeff Richards

@jrichlive

Managing Partner @GGVCapital, $6.2B global venture capital firm, 2X founder, praying for @Dartmouth hoops return to Final Four

$AMZN https://t.co/NZmE1Gy7fp https://t.co/0Grt0Q9tMy

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Daniel Raffel

@danielraffel

Product @Google. Previously made @Snapguide @YahooPipes & cooked @PerseNY. In ❤️ w/ @Sarap

Amazon no go on new grocery store alternative https://t.co/JsUrbJf5vA

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Veo FreeMove: Bringing Together Humans and Industrial Robots for Flexible Manufacturing — Veo Robotics

veobot · 23 hours ago

Lux Capital

@Lux_Capital

Early-Stage Venture Capital

Veo FreeMove: Bringing Together Humans and Industrial Robots for Flexible Manufacturing @veobot https://t.co/cNTqvTutnC

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Bilal Zuberi

@bznotes

Partner at Lux Capital: @Airmapio, @DesktopMetal, @Orbital_Insight, @ZededaEdge, @NozomiNetworks, @EvolvTechnology, @Saildrone, @fiddlerlabs, @veobot...

Strong move, @veobot. See what I did there? :)🤖 https://t.co/kVEU2NWeY8

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Apple co-founder says Apple Card algorithm gave wife lower credit limit

reuters · 1 day ago

DHH

@dhh

Creator of Ruby on Rails, Founder & CTO at Basecamp, NYT best-selling author, and Le Mans 24h class-winning racing driver.

RT @Reuters: Apple co-founder says Apple Card algorithm gave wife lower credit limit https://t.co/RAthPHnOLw https://t.co/3QvYpxfe1Y

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Erika Hall

@mulegirl

Author of Just Enough Research. 2nd edition is out now! Co-founder of Mule Design. Consultant who can help you do things better. Say hi.

RT @Reuters: Apple co-founder says Apple Card algorithm gave wife lower credit limit https://t.co/RAthPHnOLw https://t.co/3QvYpxfe1Y

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