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Sessions discussed Trump campaign-related matters with Russian ambassador, U.S. intelligence intercepts show

washingtonpost · 7 hours ago

Chris Sacca

I love @crystale. Sometimes on @ABCSharkTank. Early investor: @Twitter @Uber @Twilio @Instagram. Now working to give back. https://t.co/BnDQddecgt

RT @washingtonpost: Sessions discussed matters related to Trump campaign with Russian ambassador, U.S. intelligence intercepts show https:/…

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John Lilly

@johnolilly

Partner @ Greylock, former CEO @ Mozilla, dad, husband, son, nerd

What a huge surprise. https://t.co/H4LIRXceGy

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jason

@Jason

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

What a disaster.... the Russians played these idiots like a fiddle just to create massive chaos--and it worked! https://t.co/dF1RDKDSzT

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VC Jeremy Liew on the Biggest Pitch Mistake He's Seen, and It's a Doozy

entrepreneur · 8 hours ago

Alex Taussig

@ataussig

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

"VC @jeremysliew on the Biggest Pitch Mistake He's Seen, and It's a Doozy" | great interview with my partner. https://t.co/LHn498ErLc

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Lightspeed

@lightspeedvp

Tomorrow, built today. Early stage investors in enterprise and consumer. https://t.co/uK24pPaPgL

RT @Entrepreneur: VC @jeremysliew on the Biggest Pitch Mistake He's Seen, and It's a Doozy | by @lydiabelanger https://t.co/W2DCeWICbz

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jeremy liew

@jeremysliew

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

Looking for grit, & the zig-zagging path to success for founders. Thanks for the chat @LydiaBelanger @Entrepreneur https://t.co/jNWIS6KVXb

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Sean Spicer Resigns as White House Press Secretary

nytimes · 14 hours ago

M.G. Siegler

@mgsiegler

General Partner @GVteam. I write @500ish & @reviewinhaiku. Artist formerly known as @ParisLemon. On the road with @msquinn. #GoBlue

RT @darlin: Sean Spicer Resigns as White House Press Secretary https://t.co/6xPaJmFWXR

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Noah Lichtenstein

@Noah_L

Entrepreneur + Investor. Oregon roots, Stanford schooling, Cali living.

Another one bites the dust... #spicer https://t.co/2W4yxELcem

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Vinod Khosla: Venture capital has less sexual harassment than other industries

recode · 1 day ago

Marvin Liao

@marvinliao

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

RT @EricaJoy: Even if this were true, it does. not. matter. We're not having a contest to see which industry is worse for women. https://t.…

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Sharon Wienbar

@wienbar

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

Ummm, how would he know? https://t.co/YO3TK8ryLl

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Opinion | Why Women Aren’t C.E.O.s, According to Women Who Almost Were

nytimes · 17 hours ago

Caitlin Strandberg

@strandby

VC @FirstMarkCap / Past: @HarvardHBS @Flybridge @Learnvest (@nm_news) & @Behance (@adobe) / typos are my own / 😍

“We’re not sure she’s ready for that job.’ ”Why Women Aren’t C.E.O.s, According to Women Who Almost Were @nytimes https://t.co/qpWIOzNEsz

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jalak jobanputra

@jalak

VC since 99. Founder @futurepvc. Global Nomad. x Ballerina. Early #blockchain believer.

“I used to love the word 'gravitas'. I now think it’s male code for ‘not like us’ " Why Women Aren’t C.E.O.s https://t.co/jRWldDfKPM

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The Battle for the Moon Begins

bloomberg · 1 day 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

That's where Elon's tunnel machines are really going... 😜 https://t.co/2FRHpm9a9r

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Marvin Liao

@marvinliao

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

RT @sknthla: The next gold rush is going to be the moon. https://t.co/wn1ixeUaYX via @business

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Opinion | Kamala Harris and Rand Paul: To Shrink Jails, Let’s Reform Bail

nytimes · 1 day ago

Chris Sacca

@sacca

I love @crystale. Sometimes on @ABCSharkTank. Early investor: @Twitter @Uber @Twilio @Instagram. Now working to give back. https://t.co/BnDQddecgt

RT @nytopinion: Op-Ed by Kamala Harris and Rand Paul: Jails are stuffed with people too poor to pay bail. We can't let that go on. https://…

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Dave McClure

@davemcclure

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RT @nytimes: Opinion: Kamala Harris and Rand Paul want to "reform a bail system that is discriminatory and wasteful" https://t.co/yAT2Ys1Thp

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5 Startups Changing How Americans Buy Their First Home

fastcompany · 7 days ago

Nick Beim

@NickBeim

Investor @Dataminr @GoQuiq @Workframe @ClaraLending @IntentMedia @Caredotcom @Gilt @JBoss @CrowdJustice, Partner @Venrock, Director @Endeavor_Global

RT @jeffafoster: Nice post on @claralending from @ainsleyoc in @FastCompany. 5 great companies working to improve home finance. https://…

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Venrock

@Venrock

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

.@claralending featured as one of five startups changing how we purchase homes in @FastCompany! https://t.co/cdqdkrGaCc

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7 Things We Can All Learn from This Female Venture Capitalist

coveteur · 7 hours ago

RRE Ventures

@RRE

Early-stage venture capital. We help build startups that transform industries.

Check out thoughts from our own @AMLG23 on science and investing https://t.co/DDvx2h1jH2

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Alice Lloyd George

@AMLG23

VC @RRE. Tech, art, science, the future, time travel, wookiepedia. Host @thefluxpodcast

Fun chat with @Coveteur on investing in frontier tech + what I think it takes to fix the valley's gender problems https://t.co/fACcEcHS4J

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A smart fish tank left a casino vulnerable to hackers

money.cnn · 7 hours ago

a16z

@a16z

Andreessen Horowitz is a tech VC firm that invests in software eating the world https://t.co/xNuFDRYHRj https://t.co/cwGTtEUdfu https://t.co/m4unvi8FIF

RT @martin_casado: A smart fish tank left a casino vulnerable to hackers https://t.co/3KAYeDjpju

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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.

Well this smells fishy. https://t.co/MQWvqznmVU

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Anti-drone radio wave startup SkySafe secures $11.5M from Andreessen

techcrunch · 15 hours ago

Eze Vidra

@ediggs

Chief Innovation Officer at Antidote, disrupting clinical trials with technology. Founded @Techbikers and @campuslondon, blog at https://t.co/CXCBxcEbTi

1/ Anti-drone radio wave startup SkySafe secures $11.5M from Andreessen https://t.co/0cQ0dxQ2Z6 for every tech wave there's an anti-wave

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Tom Hulme

@thulme

General Partner @GVTeam (Google Ventures) - supporting high growth tech and life science companies. Formerly: @IDEO, founder @OpenIDEO @OIEngine, YGL of @WEF

Anti-drone radio wave startup SkySafe secures $11.5M from Andreessen https://t.co/I3ApKJjwCp

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It’s been a year since Sherpaa went from VC-funded to Independent: aka how to be a sustainable…

medium · 15 hours ago

Om Malik

@om

Partner, True Ventures. Founder, Gigaom. I love possibilities, I believe in people & imagineering. https://t.co/AvBTBiv8hn

$180M of VC money to build 60 primary care practices when primary care practices can be bought for ~$600k each https://t.co/NFkJlUt4kw

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Warren Hogarth

@warrenhogarth

On a journey to empower consumers to retake control of their financial lives. https://t.co/DNgF7UBdRv

RT @gautamkollu: Inside look at how a health tech startup survived the non-health VC's unethical attempt to gut them https://t.co/EqbNpMjVn7

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Getting Help

nickgrossman.is · 20 hours ago

Fred Wilson

@fredwilson

I am a VC

"But I can say without hesitation that getting actual dedicated help was the best thing I’ve ever done" https://t.co/wwVsfQ2egG

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USV

@usv

Union Square Ventures is a venture capital firm based in New York City.

RT @nickgrossman: Getting Help https://t.co/qahPyTnxrW

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Microsoft Profit Jumps, Fueled by Cloud Computing

wsj · 21 hours ago

Alfred Lin

@Alfred_Lin

Partner @sequoia. Formerly @zappos. Working with founders from idea to IPO and beyond: @airbnb @diaandco @doordash @houzz @humble @stelladot @zipline

Azure and Office 365 revs up 97% and 43%, respectively. MSFT shows it can transition to a cloud/SaaS business and g… https://t.co/RJ1vu8DQXA

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Kara Nortman

@karanortman

Partner @UpfrontVC Co-Founder @Seedling M&A @ IAC worked w/ Urbanspoon @Tinder @Citysearch @AskDotCom @HomeAdvisor @Vimeo skier/runner/lover of chaos/mom of 3

As a former + proud MSFT intern, Great to see the mighty giant rise again! https://t.co/4sd4BBXoz1

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Easy Come, Easy Go – AVC

avc · 5 days ago

Tom Hulme

@thulme

General Partner @GVTeam (Google Ventures) - supporting high growth tech and life science companies. Formerly: @IDEO, founder @OpenIDEO @OIEngine, YGL of @WEF

Easy Come, Easy Go – @fredwilson on crypto currencies: https://t.co/2oYDXf8Zny

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Coindexter

coindexter.io · 2 days ago

USV

@usv

Union Square Ventures is a venture capital firm based in New York City.

RT @libovness: Hello Coindexter, a collaborative library for long-term investors in decentralized, blockchain networks: https://t.co/NJ98sv…

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This machine-learning software has transformed Google, and the rest of the world may be next

technologyreview · 16 days ago

Marvin Liao

@marvinliao

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

RT @ExponentialView: The story behind TensorFlow https://t.co/ExRKqQ4IEK writes @tsimonite https://t.co/y7NEpt8P1Z

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Wells Fargo Accidentally Releases Trove of Data on Wealthy Clients

nytimes · 4 hours ago

Om Malik

@om

Partner, True Ventures. Founder, Gigaom. I love possibilities, I believe in people & imagineering. https://t.co/AvBTBiv8hn

Wells Fargo Accidentally Releases Trove of Data on Wealthy Clients, via @nytimes https://t.co/M5758nCs0f

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Growth Guide: How to Set Up, Staff and Scale a Growth Program

blog.ycombinator · 1 day ago

Marvin Liao

@marvinliao

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

RT @trengriffin: "2017 Growth Guide: How to Set Up, Staff and Scale a Growth Program" - Y Combinator https://t.co/ZVKqEP92eT

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Affirm now has 1,000 retail partners

techcrunch · 1 day ago

a16z

@a16z

Andreessen Horowitz is a tech VC firm that invests in software eating the world https://t.co/xNuFDRYHRj https://t.co/cwGTtEUdfu https://t.co/m4unvi8FIF

RT @TechCrunch: Affirm now has 1,000 retail partners https://t.co/IM7I4oeGLS by @ryanlawler

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