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The e-mail Larry Page should have written to James Damore

economist · 2 days ago

Sharon Wienbar

Experienced public/private Board Director, Former CEO @Hackbright, Venture Partner at @ScaleVP, Rower, #changetheratio Champion

Letter from Alphabet: The e-mail Larry Page should have written to James Damore https://t.co/h6trr2bZSG via @TheEconomist

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Marvin Liao

@marvinliao

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

RT @Techmeme: Damore's memo made giant, unfounded leaps and ignored evidence contrary to his conclusion https://t.co/dF2b2e4Ocs https://t.c…

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Brad Feld

@bfeld

I'm a VC at Foundry Group. I live in Boulder, Colorado, invest in software and Internet companies around the US, run marathons, and love to read.

Letter from Alphabet: The e-mail Larry Page should have written to James Damore https://t.co/ESoLLDofYf via @TheEconomist

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Why We Terminated Daily Stormer

blog.cloudflare · 19 hours ago

Albert Wenger

@albertwenger

VC at http://t.co/ob75pN98ID

RT @eastdakota: Why we terminated Daily Stormer. https://t.co/6WF5wXnGOg

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Alex Taussig

@ataussig

Partner @LightspeedVP. On @PlanetoftheApps. Investor: @Zola, @VectorSpaceSys, @Thredup, @JauntVR, @2UInc, RentJuice/@Zillow. Reformed physicist @Harvard/@MIT.

Fascinating post by @eastdakota of @Cloudflare https://t.co/NRxpkfzxHR

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Benjamin Tseng

@BenjaminTseng

VC (currently investing in cleantech & healthcare); former Product & BD exec, ex-scientist, unabashed knowledge junkie

Thoughtful re what it means 2 be good platform in consolidated internet: Cloudflare: Why We Terminated Daily Stormer https://t.co/CghOh9WejW

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Superhuman VIP - Product Hunt

producthunt · 4 hours ago

Dave McClure

@davemcclure

RT @SuperhumanCo: @SuperhumanCo is featured on @ProductHunt Upcoming! Subscribe here for our next wave of VIP invites 🚀 https://t.co/y51Jr2…

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jason

@Jason

Angel: @uber @thumbtack @wealthfront @datastax @robinhoodapp @desktopmetal Founder @Engadget @Inside @LAUNCH @twistartups / July 18 https://t.co/5UbG3MzmWL

most likely to be my 7th or 8th 🦄: @SuperhumanCo -- get in VIP & replace gmail with a 10x solution! https://t.co/vH3XiUmGmO

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First Round

@firstround

Backing remarkable founders from the first moment — not just the first round.

We just subscribed to Superhuman VIP. You can get your early access here too: https://t.co/vPhTPogRmz via @rahulvohra

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GV's Michael Margolis on user research for startups - Inside Intercom

blog.intercom · 25 minutes ago

@GVteam

GV provides venture capital funding to bold new companies.

GV UX Research Partner @mmargolis talks with @intercom about helping startups better understand their users — https://t.co/RfmLBzAN1O

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Rich Miner

@richminer

Android Co-Founder, building stuff at Google. Co-Founded Wildfire, a voice based personal assistant 25yrs ago, PhD in Comp Science. Posts represent my thoughts.

RT @kennethn: Good interview with @GVteam UX research partner @mmargolis, the best asker-of-questions I've ever known: https://t.co/cpe21wz…

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Essential Phone, available now.

essential.comtial-phone-available-now · 1 hour 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

Andy Rubin’s ‘Essential’ phone now shipping https://t.co/wdS2CkPc5d

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Rich Miner

@richminer

Android Co-Founder, building stuff at Google. Co-Founded Wildfire, a voice based personal assistant 25yrs ago, PhD in Comp Science. Posts represent my thoughts.

My essential phone is on the way and now you can order yours... @essential @Arubin https://t.co/kaQJrX67Oh

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High-profile investors, including Laurene Powell Jobs, just put $80 million into Color Genomics

cnbc · 17 hours ago

Elad Gil

@eladgil

Entrepreneur and Investor

RT @Color: ⚡️We're pleased to announce that we're closing $80M in new funding to further invest in the future of health. https://t.co/hp1NO…

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Garry Tan

@garrytan

Managing Partner, Initialized Capital. Designer/engineer turned investor. Writes software, dreams. @InitializedCap

Go @eladgil @othman 📈 https://t.co/UoaFQw8JpY

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Cuban Wants to Buy Back Broadcast.com Name for New Chat Venture

theinformation · 19 hours ago

Jorge Conde

@jorgeconde__

General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz @a16z

.@theinformation As a Miami native, I slightly misinterpreted this headline: https://t.co/g3ZCesqsAE

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sam lessin

@lessin

Founder at @finexploration, Intern at @theinformation. Partner at @slow. Former VP Product @facebook. Founder @dropio back in the day. SF, NYC, SKIS, KITES.

isn't there some sort of 'Mark Cuban' rule? whenever he starts a 'https://t.co/ifKNTlQ0kS' the end is within X mo? https://t.co/QLe4Rhi5l1

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Happy Birthday GIFs - Find & Share on GIPHY

giphy · 22 hours ago

jeremy liew

@jeremysliew

Consumer Investor. Partner at @LightspeedVP. Overcompensating for a geeky youth. Watch what I do at https://t.co/5pNgwMQ1xL

Talk about being part of popular culture. Top search result for "happy birthday"is @GIPHY https://t.co/kWcsxcaz8V. https://t.co/laVaF8axAE

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Aaron Batalion

@abatalion

Partner at @lightspeedvp. Cast of @PlanetOfTheApps. Past: Founder + 1st CTO, @livingsocial.

RT @jeremysliew: Talk about being part of popular culture. Top search result for "happy birthday"is @GIPHY https://t.co/kWcsxcaz8V. https:/…

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Opinion | Why Are Police Officers More Dangerous Than Airplanes?

nytimes · 23 hours 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

Why Are Police Officers More Dangerous Than Airplanes? https://t.co/ecyTIDaKDt

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Tim O'Reilly

@timoreilly

Founder and CEO, O'Reilly Media. Watching the alpha geeks, sharing their stories, helping the future unfold.

RT @BenedictEvans: Why Are Police Officers More Dangerous Than Airplanes? https://t.co/ecyTIDaKDt

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Millions of programmers rely on this site to do their jobs, and its CEO has big plans to make it even more helpful

businessinsider · 1 day ago

Spark Capital

@sparkcapital

We invest in startups led by creative thinkers.

Great Q&A with @spolsky 🙌🚀 by @gamoid. https://t.co/4ye8ghr33b

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Frank Chen

@withfries2

Partner at @a16z. Tweets about startups, venture investing, AI, autonomy, science, tech, and the future. Sometimes Star Wars. And food. Opinons my own.

RT @stevesi: Millions of programmers rely on @stackoverflow to do their jobs, and @spolsky has big plans for it https://t.co/V5tipt8TQj @b…

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Get in touch with us on Twitter

Michelle Zatlyn

fortune · 1 hour ago

NEA

@NEA

New Enterprise Associates: a global venture capital firm helping entrepreneurs build transformational businesses across multiple stages, sectors and geographies

Congrats, @zatlyn! Coo & Co-Founder of @Cloudflare & @Forbes 2017 #40under40 honoree: https://t.co/B4zukyEHUb https://t.co/J2DVDsDZoa

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Venrock

@Venrock

Build. Grow. Disrupt. @brobertsvc @vcsurferdad @pakman @miketyrrell @nickbeim @bobkocher @camisamuelsvc @rnbracken @alonbonder

Congratulations, @zatlyn, on being named one of @FortuneMagazine's 40 Under 40! https://t.co/MtqL1iqGsY

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Social Capital adds a new partner to the mix: Mike Ghaffary

techcrunch · 1 hour ago

Social Capital

@socialcapital

Working with entrepreneurs to solve the world's hardest problems.

We're thrilled to welcome @newmike to the Social Capital team! https://t.co/O2VUmtoeAN

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Charles Hudson

@chudson

Managing Partner @PrecursorVC. Venture Partner at @SoftTechVC. Inner Mission dweller. Tigers, Lions, Red Wings, Pistons fan. Check out https://t.co/3aR0QMwZtL

Congrats to my friend @newmike! https://t.co/ZN0jilfy9X

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Why Steph Curry and Andre Iguodala Are Getting Into Tech

bloomberg · 2 hours ago

Phin Barnes

@phineasb

Sneakerhead. VC. More here: https://t.co/x8K3O1zUB0

Why @StephenCurry30 and @andre Are Getting Into Tech - and a hat tip to a great event from @_richsmith https://t.co/4guuYXYebw

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500 Startups

@500Startups

500 Startups is a seed fund & a network of startup programs. Founded by PayPal & Google alums. Born in Silicon Valley, the #500STRONG family is worldwide.

Why @StephenCurry30 and @andre are getting into #tech https://t.co/Zf66zt2uy6 via @technology #investing

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The Many Challenges of CPG and Retail Startups

collaborativefund · 21 hours ago

Collaborative Fund

@collabfund

Collaborative = (people x stuff) + new technologies^creativity

The Many Challenges of Retail Startups By @sophiebakalar https://t.co/qdZD9DkLlq

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Andrew Chen

@andrewchen

Growth: @uber. Writer: https://t.co/C3BLJOhwoS. Plus one: @briannekimmel

The Many Challenges of CPG and Retail Startups https://t.co/XBNQAC3CVA

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Workday acquires the team behind Pattern, a young startup founded by ex-Googlers

techcrunch · 1 day ago

Andy McLoughlin

@Bandrew

Partner @SoftTechVC. Co-founder @Huddle + @FoundersPledge. Ex-angel investor (@Postmates, @Pipedrive, @Intercom, @Bugsnag, @Calm, @Buffer et al). British. Tall.

Happy for the @getpattern team as they’re acquired “to build the future” at @Workday https://t.co/5NWlMDm5xe #stvc

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