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The Founder’s Guide to Discipline: Lessons from Front’s Mathilde Collin

firstround · 21 hours ago

First Round

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

The founder’s guide to discipline: lessons from @FrontApp's @collinmathilde (new on @firstround Review) https://t.co/JHvdqPIVcp

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Brett Berson

@brettberson

@firstround and am a fan of clever and caring people.

"Manage your time to find focus: Develop the calendar hygiene to match work to stated priorities by reviewing your… https://t.co/TTDnkxZ2ct

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Version One Ventures

@VersionOneVC

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

RT @collinmathilde: The Founder’s Guide to Discipline: https://t.co/ObUkb9IWVf

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Flockjay - $0-upfront tech sales academy 💪 | Product Hunt

producthunt · 23 hours ago

Michael Seibel

@mwseibel

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

RT @flockjayschool: We've launched @flockjayschool on @ProductHunt! https://t.co/0ouzylu02T $0-upfront tech sales academy for diverse tal…

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Alex Taussig

@ataussig

Partner @LightspeedVP | Current: @DlyHarvest @Faire_Wholesale @VectorSpaceSys @Zola; Past: @thredUP $TWOU $CBLK | Reformed physicist @Harvard/@MIT.

Congrats to @shaanh for launching @flockjayschool on @ProductHunt today! https://t.co/bSd0HBFwS1

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John Melas-Kyriazi

@jmelaskyriazi

Scientist-turned-VC at @sparkcapital and @christinaphili5’s +1

Cool idea @flockjayschool. I look forward to seeing how this goes and hope @sparkcapital portfolio companies take a… https://t.co/L5VrTWTFVb

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As Facebook Raised a Privacy Wall, It Carved an Opening for Tech Giants

nytimes · 12 hours ago

jason 🦄🦄🦄🦄🦄🦄

@Jason

Angel: @uber @thumbtack @wealthfront @datastax @robinhoodapp @desktopmetal @calm @inside @launch https://t.co/5UbG3MzmWL Hong Kong, Jan 25 Sydney, June 17-20

Never trust Zuck $fb @factbook is garbage https://t.co/XoXycK2eHy

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M.G. Siegler

@mgsiegler

General Partner @GVteam. I write @500ish & @reviewinhaiku. Artist formerly known as @ParisLemon. On the road w/ @msquinn 👩🏻 & @maisiesiegler 👶🏻 #GoBlue 〽️🍻

I have some good news for Facebook: there are only 13 days left in 2018. I have some bad news for Facebook: there… https://t.co/yG2YLXUkfF

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Land of the “Super Founders“— A Data-Driven Approach to Uncover the Secrets of Billion Dollar…

medium · 13 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 @skupor: Some very interesting data from @DCVC on successful startups https://t.co/uh9gV38A9E

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Elad Gil

@eladgil

Entrepreneur and Investor

Data on billion dollar startups from @alitamaseb https://t.co/kP04VPFXko

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“Immense growth” makes the Bay Area the world’s 19th-largest economy, if it were a nation

mercurynews · 161 days ago

Ken Norton

@kennethn

Partner, GV (Google Ventures) @GVTeam. Long-time @Google product manager. Always bring the donuts. These are my own opinions, not those of my employer.

RT @kimmaicutler: Entire U.S. states w/ smaller economies than the Bay Area (ht @mmcphate): https://t.co/dG7SUjU9w2 https://t.co/1cYTRh6V8u

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Garry BUIDL Tan

@garrytan

Cofounder & Managing Partner, @Initialized Capital. Earliest investor in @coinbase @instacart and 100+ great startups— $20B in market value so far.

Aaaaand a set of policies and local politicians literally designed to kill that economy https://t.co/1sgSKRfptK

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Venture Capital Blind Spots: – 645 Ventures – Medium

medium · 10 hours ago

Kanyi Maqubela

@km

lover, not-fighter. building startups.

These @645ventures guys are *thorough*. This is a great longread about the blind spots in VC. https://t.co/agqrQWLOoX

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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

My biggest mistakes have been passing on companies that are been growing like crazy because i was *sure* that the g… https://t.co/4qPpyUPEGm

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Die Hard | The Greatest Christmas Story Ever Told | 20th Century FOX

youtube · 14 hours ago

Michael Arrington

@arrington

Be Excellent To Each Other

Time for Christmas, and the greatest feel good Christmas movie in history, Die Hard: https://t.co/LaiukQ7pcW

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John Frankel

@john_frankel

Early stage venture capitalist. Love working with energetic entrepreneurs working to change the world.

Die Hard It’s officially a Christmas movie...I found the trailer: https://t.co/dag5FO8XRO

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Luxtera: Taking the Road Less Traveled – Lux Capital – Medium

medium · 22 hours ago

Lux Capital

@Lux_Capital

Early-Stage Venture Capital

Luxtera: Taking the Road Less Traveled https://t.co/uwRyDSAyed

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Bilal Zuberi

@bznotes

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

Cisco announces acquisition of Lux portfolio company, Luxtera, for $660M. Kudos to my partner @peterjhebert for d… https://t.co/JM8j4b1FuC

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Cisco Announces Intent to Acquire Silicon Photonics Leader, Luxtera

newsroom.cisco · 22 hours ago

Peter Hebert

@peterjhebert

Entrepreneur + venture investor @ Lux Capital

One of most extraordinary technical teams we’ve had pleasure of working with. Huge congrats to CEO Greg Young and h… https://t.co/fbiXhbEHbI

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NEA

@NEA

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

Congratulations, @Luxtera!!! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 https://t.co/QiMWt3U9Qd

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Ada nets $19 million Series A to grow its customer service chatbot

techcrunch · 22 hours ago