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Ric Ocasek, Lead Singer of The Cars, Dead in NY at 75

nbcnewyork · 20 hours ago

Chris Fralic

@chrisfralic

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

RIP - what a great first album from 1978 https://t.co/o3NodOSp8n https://t.co/Zfm42OhfgO

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Rob Hayes

@robhayes

Father of two amazing daughters, curious about everything, good at trivia games, extroverted introvert. Likes dogs.

His sweet, sweet sound defined my middle school years. RIP https://t.co/G0vPGjlz1d

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Steven Sinofsky

@stevesi

ॐ • Board Partner @a16z • Investor • Adviser • Writings @ https://t.co/DMqdoH6I8K • Nikon 📷•🧘🏻‍♂️ • 🌏 🌍 • https://t.co/kaxyhoID0H

Oh no.... Ric Ocasek, Lead Singer of The Cars, Dead in New York at 75 https://t.co/a3UZgQz1Ur

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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 I was little, my mom had four cassettes for the Benzi Box in her ‘83 Volvo... Billy Joel’s Greatest Hits Thri… https://t.co/2WWkQWnVEb

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Who Would Tavi Gevinson Be Without Instagram?

thecut · 8 hours ago

Brianne @WorkLifeVC Kimmel

@briannekimmel

Managing Partner @worklifevc backing your new favorite tool for work 👩🏼‍💻 @webflow, @tandem_hq, @getcommande & more. Plus one @andrewchen

My take: Posthumanism is much cuter than expected I watched a lot of sci-fi growing up and never expected we’d be… https://t.co/K2mtXCyXTM

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Anil Dash 🥭

@anildash

CEO of 🎏@Glitch, where everyone creates the best stuff on the web together. Host of @podcastfunction. 💜 ethical tech, mangoes, funk, transit & justice. he/him

RT @tavitulle: I wrote this week's cover story for @NYMag 😱 https://t.co/UJCJ4yJIS9

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Adam Mosseri

@mosseri

Head of Instagram, former head of News Feed and designer. Father of two boys, husband to an amazing woman, from New York.

Wow, a really powerful essay by @tavitulle. Her experience and others’ are so important for us to understand so tha… https://t.co/LzDKrpBQ5m

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Don’t Get Trampled: The Puzzle For “Unicorn” Employees

medium · 434 days ago

Scott Belsky

@scottbelsky

helping the creative world overcome the messy middle and make ideas happen. product obsessive. aspiring for a positive slope.

This “don’t get trampled by unicorns” article for employees of late-stage startups getting more timely, I fear. https://t.co/HXI1Z5SoHi

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Jana Messerschmidt

@janamal

Co-Founder @HashtagAngels (@birdride @bookcameo @carta @goforward @lambdaschool). Investor @LightspeedVP. Alum of @Twitter @Netflix & @eceILLINOIS.

Must read for anyone joining a later stage private company. https://t.co/GLJpSnxkir

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Pitch Deck Month: The "Can You Be The Best?" Slide | NextView Ventures

nextviewventures · 6 hours ago

David Beisel

@davidbeisel

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

Slide #5 in the @NextViewVC seed pitch deck: Can You Be The Best? https://t.co/Tf31nlBCgC 1. Team - Introducing yo… https://t.co/YekD1CzV1H

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Melody Koh

@melodykoh

Partner @NextViewVC. former Head of Product @BlueApron, recovering founder. Proud Wahoo. Brooklyn resident. Taipei origin.

@robgo link to post: https://t.co/sZZWk1QBiw

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Mastercard and Visa make strategic investments in Plaid

blog.plaid · 6 hours ago

Homebrew

@homebrew

Seed stage venture fund crafted by @hunterwalk & @satyap. Investors in @chime, @theskimm, @honor, @primarydotcom, @lumi, @plaid, @gustohq, @joymode & others!

RT @Plaid: We're proud to announce strategic investments from @mastercard and @visa today. https://t.co/UUinMTDV5b

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Index Ventures

@IndexVentures

Index helps the most ambitious entrepreneurs turn bold ideas into global businesses. We back startups across all stages: seed, venture & growth.

Congratulations to @zachperret and @Plaid on the strategic investments from @Mastercard and @Visa. https://t.co/LtVyZucASE

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How A Syrian-Armenian Bakery Makes Armenian Pizza

facebook · 21 hours ago

Alexis Ohanian Sr. 🚀

@alexisohanian

Son of an undocumented immigrant. Entrepreneur: @initialized @reddit

RT @businessinsider: Here's how "Armenian pizza" is made Watch the full episode: https://t.co/lyZ52NRnrp https://t.co/wwMqaCGMdL

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John Melas-Kyriazi

@jmelaskyriazi

VC at @sparkcapital & @christinaphili5’s +1 | @fullharvesttech @wildtype_inc @meetclora @capellaspace @andela @freightfarms

😋 @ChristinaPhili5 @ninaachadjian https://t.co/2S03jq90aw

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Adventures in content and commerce: what we’ve learned building Unboxed.tv and what’s next

medium · 1 day ago

M.G. Siegler

@mgsiegler

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

Great, meaty postmortem from @efeng on @getunboxed 🎁📦 https://t.co/znH60a3smF

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Ryan Hoover

@rrhoover

Founder of @ProductHunt, @WeekendFund investor. Working on something new: @yourstacks. Real likes, no gimmicks. ✌️😸

A postmortem on https://t.co/OMuKCvXiNF https://t.co/nWW6CUdBp7 Thanks for sharing, @efeng. 🙏🏼

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Unboxed.tv

unboxed.tv · 1 day ago

Ryan Hoover

@rrhoover

Founder of @ProductHunt, @WeekendFund investor. Working on something new: @yourstacks. Real likes, no gimmicks. ✌️😸

A postmortem on https://t.co/OMuKCvXiNF https://t.co/nWW6CUdBp7 Thanks for sharing, @efeng. 🙏🏼

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Eric Feng

@efeng

Co-founder of Packagd and former Partner at Kleiner Perkins. Previously writing sloppy code at Hulu, Flipboard, Erly, and Microsoft.

We have an update to share on our startup https://t.co/x9YQxWFUYR, as well as some learnings from our time explorin… https://t.co/SvXXWZKcpj

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Instagram post by J A S O N ⚡️M A Y D E N • Sep 14, 2019 at 9:19pm UTC

instagram · 1 day ago

Mark Suster

@msuster

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

👏🏼👏🏼👇🏼👇🏼 https://t.co/EfQ3nrfuXk

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John Maeda

@johnmaeda

The Insta video by CEO/founder @JasonMayden has been the most valuable 9 minutes of my day. https://t.co/Cj965OHIsE

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145 Business Leaders Call on Congress to Act on Gun Violence

nytimes · 4 days ago

Biz Stone

@biz

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

https://t.co/cuPCqCn9E8

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Coffee Chat Series #1: Getting Ahead as an Early-Career Designer

medium · 2 days ago

Julie Zhuo

@joulee

Product design VP @ Facebook. Author of The Making of a Manager https://t.co/IfSZWJfEhT. I love people, words, and food. Join my Q&A mailing list ⬇️

Getting ahead as an Early Career Designer: https://t.co/EkFEGBQz8D "As an early-career designer, you come in with… https://t.co/0tmGU1vNv2

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The logos of all 11 Democratic presidential candidates, ranked

fastcompany · 3 days ago

Khoi Vinh

@khoi

Principal designer at @adobe working on @adobexd and more, blogger @subtraction. Host of Wireframe podcast.

This order makes zero sense to me but I enjoyed the heck out of this. https://t.co/40hw4aWAXg

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Brian Roemmele's answer to What is the new Apple U1 chip, and why is it important? - Quora

quora · 4 days ago

Micah Alpern

@malpern

User Experience & Product Leader. Design Director PayPal. Prior: @Facebook, Sr Director @Medallia. Built @LinkedIn mobile design team, @Yahoo, @eBay & @CMU alum

https://t.co/msnyng2siA https://t.co/8p7i4202PU

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Introducing: Pitch Deck Month | NextView Ventures

nextviewventures · 13 days ago

Rob Go

@robgo

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

We are halfway through pitch deck month. https://t.co/kpeLLevcGo Let’s review the first four slides that we’ve cove… https://t.co/B7hAQECd0J

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Ninja, the biggest name in Fortnite, is leaving Twitch

theverge · 45 days ago

Erik Torenberg

@eriktorenberg

Co-founder @Villageglobal & @tokendaily & @beondeck. Thinking aloud/allowed. Looking to start or join your next company? https://t.co/awyMBNtkuz

Maybe this is why recently it seems VC partners have more leverage over their firms than they did before If vestin… https://t.co/yUmzTwPC0f

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The Vandalisation of ‘UX’

medium · 138 days ago

Nick Finck

@nickf

Lead UXDI Instructor at @GA. CXO at @CraftAndRigor & curator of https://t.co/ZOYtjNNq9N. Formerly design leadership at Facebook, Amazon, Deloitte, & Blue Flavor.

Spot-fucking-on: https://t.co/2DORgTvqDr

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Opinion | Let Children Get Bored Again

nytimes · 225 days ago

Bobby Goodlatte

@rsg

Product Designer & angel investor in @coinbase @envoy @expo @artsy @hodinkee @ethereum (pre-sale) & 40+ more. Ex-@Facebook, led design on growth & photos

Let adults get bored again too https://t.co/5Ppw5rqXgf

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Mariano Pascual

marianopascual.me · 403 days ago