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The Thing I Love Most About Uber | Above the Crowd

abovethecrowd · 1 day ago

Bill Gurley

VC @benchmark, Investor: @grubhub, @zillow, @uber, @stitchfix, @nextdoor, @glassdoor, @hacker0x01, @sailthru, @solvhealth, @StitchHQ, @roverdotcom

The Thing I Love Most About Uber https://t.co/Deozbvh8QU

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Venky Ganesan

@venkyganesan

Managing Director at Menlo Ventures who is excited to be venturing right with amazing partners. All opinion is personal and retweets are not endorsements

as usually an incredibly insightful piece by @bgurley https://t.co/SU4u4J2XhL

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Adam D'Augelli

@adaugelli

VC at True Ventures. Lover of Disruptive Technology, Punk Music, and Burritos.

The Thing I Love Most About Uber by @bgurley https://t.co/j7l7TUtd3U

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jason

@Jason

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

great post from @bgurley https://t.co/Cr5foBo3QO

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What Kind of Seed Round Should You Raise? – Better Everyday

bettereveryday.vc · 1 day ago

Rob Go

@robgo

Cofounder of NextView Ventures. Seed investor. Formerly VC @ Spark Capital and Product Marketing @ Ebay. Father of 2.

Pre seed? Proper Seed? Series A? Oh my! New post on what kind of first round to raise. https://t.co/FuDEbausOv

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Lee Hower

@leehower

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

In a world with many flavors of “seed” round, what’s the right approach for founders? Some thoughts from @robgo https://t.co/AvLNLMbZOx

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NextView

@NextViewVC

High conviction, hands-on seed investors. Championing founders who are redesigning the Everyday Economy. Subscribe to Better Everyday, our Medium publication ⬇️

New, must-read advice from @robgo: “What Kind of Seed Round Should You Raise?” https://t.co/CUgvOGbkAR https://t.co/3XeCP6xxor

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Amazon Prime and other Subscription Businesses: How do you Value a Subscriber?

25iq · 278 days ago

Steven Sinofsky ॐ

@stevesi

Board Partner @a16z • Adviser @BoxHQ • Writings @ Learning by Shipping • Nikon 📷•🧘🏻‍♂️ 🔄=retweet ❤️=like

RT @trengriffin: How would you value the 100 million Amazon Prime subscribers (a number just revealed today)? Read my blog post: https://t.…

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Shervin Pishevar

@shervin

Co-Founder: Virgin Hyperloop One/Sherpa/JamCity/Webs Investor: Uber/Didi/Airbnb/Robinhood/MachineZone/PillPack/Wag/Getaround/Ipsy/DSC/Postmates/WarbyParker/RTR

Wonderful insights from @trengriffin https://t.co/jTjTPeoEyV

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Machine Learning’s ‘Amazing’ Ability to Predict Chaos | Quanta Magazine

quantamagazine · 1 day ago

martin_casado

@martin_casado

General partner at Andreessen Horowitz.

RT @nattyover: I wrote about some big new stuff happening in chaos theory: https://t.co/63snoq4FWi

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rohit

@rohit_x_

True Ventures / Lapsed Photon Slinger / ex CTO ONISystems

local neuron reservoirs for systems behaving far from stability https://t.co/tyrHzLdMNh

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The Untold Story of Jaime Levy, Punk-Rock Cyber-Publishing Pioneer

nymag · 1 day ago

jason

@Jason

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

Profile of my pal, Jaime Levy https://t.co/ZkzWZVpiBM

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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 @robinsloan: Gahhh this is phenomenal https://t.co/R2yn1bdrSS https://t.co/K1AmqTqn4n

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Robot Cognition, Vsports, and Sizes of Scifi Ships: Lux Recommends #127

medium · 51 minutes ago

Zavain Dar

@zavaindar

Batman. 9-5: VC @Lux_Capital; Lecturer @Stanford. @Blockstack @RecursionPharma @TempoAutomation @Clarifai @Rigetti @Primer_ai Auransa @TalaMobile @Zymergen

RT @arbesman: Robot Cognition, Vsports, and Sizes of Scifi Ships - This week's Lux Recommends from @Lux_Capital https://t.co/bFVnCK5xpo

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Lux Capital

@Lux_Capital

Early-Stage Venture Capital

Robot Cognition, Vsports, and Sizes of Scifi Ships https://t.co/4yrnE6SD6c via @arbesman

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KineticaVoice: Should We Fear The Future Of Work?

forbes · 17 hours ago

Canvas Ventures

@CanvasVC

Canvas is an early-stage VC firm. Partners led Series A & B rounds @Zola, @Transfix, @FigureEightInc and more. Loves fintech, marketplaces, enterprise.

Should We Fear The Future Of Work? https://t.co/JoEe0MuIGo @Forbes #AI #bigdata https://t.co/TcWKJvigZ6

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Rebecca Lynn

@VCRebecca

Partner @CanvasVC & @Morgenthaler_V. Investor in @LendingClub, @Doximity, @FutureAdvisor, Check, @HealthLoop, @Viewics, @FigureEightInc, @Convo, @Socrata.

Should We Fear The Future Of Work? https://t.co/xieeF9kFIB @Forbes #AI #bigdata https://t.co/UQVFx0Y7Yc

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The Airplane Saddle Is A Standing Seat For Super-Economy Flights

fastcodesign · 1 day ago

rohit

@rohit_x_

True Ventures / Lapsed Photon Slinger / ex CTO ONISystems

when user research takes a back seat. https://t.co/QBSKqAsc0o

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Marvin Liao

@marvinliao

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

RT @AdamSinger: Oh my god we have officially become cattle. https://t.co/IThZlSbWsE

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Crypto-collectibles and Kitties marketplace Rare Bits raises $6M

techcrunch · 1 day ago

Spark Capital

@sparkcapital

We take risks on exceptional founders and the products they design.

Proud to be partnering with @rarebits_io 👏👏👏 https://t.co/4HLRTmnrbM

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First Round

@firstround

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

We're thrilled to share the news about our new partnership with @rarebits_io https://t.co/vIfAnDsUCo

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TheWaveVR wraps $6M Series A to fuel its immersive, social VR music app

techcrunch · 1 day ago

Kobie Fuller

@kobiefuller

GP at Upfront Ventures / Washed up sprinter / Fashion Lover / Co-creator of Growthverse

https://t.co/2zfQSoB4bd

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Kevin Zhang

@kevinyzhang

I eat a lot, spend too much $ on games & need to work out to counteract the former, so esp interested in founders innovating in the above. Partner @UpfrontVC

VR is very much alive, exciting to see @TheWaveVR continue to push boundaries on interactivity and creativity! https://t.co/XMMKtoPWp2

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Partnering with Rare Bits – Spark Capital – Medium

medium · 1 day ago

Nabeel Hyatt

@nabeel

investor, entrepreneur, hardware & software geek - partner @sparkcapital. investing time and $ at the fringes.

(new post) Partnering with Rare Bits, an exchange for blockchain goods. https://t.co/VafHAtEvut

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John Melas-Kyriazi

@jmelaskyriazi

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

“Partnering with Rare Bits” by @nabeel https://t.co/NTulwQwq0r

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Shapeways raises $30 million to help creators build businesses powered by 3D printing

venturebeat · 1 day ago

Lux Capital

@Lux_Capital

Early-Stage Venture Capital

Shapeways raises $30 million to help creators build businesses powered by 3D printing https://t.co/t1BAf4F2Io

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Josh Wolfe

@wolfejosh

VC, entrepreneur, fund manager @Lux_Capital; Chair @CiPrep Coney Island Prep; Trustee @SfiScience Santa Fe Inst; CoFounder of Carson, Quinn & Bodhi w/ @ltwolfe

Proud to back this team printing the future! https://t.co/tTs7hReee8

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How Bolt Does Fraud Detection Better

blog.bolt · 1 day ago

Keval Desai

@kevaldesai

Often wrong, never in doubt #GuessMyProfession https://t.co/brHs3tB8AI

RT @bolt: How Bolt does fraud detection better! ⚡️ An overview: https://t.co/3GnLqrZnIc

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@jdrive

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

. https://t.co/CBjFn7LBaw

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Build a serverless framework at home: Go on, bit of open sourcey hijinx won't hurt

theregister.co.uk · 1 day ago

Canvas Ventures

@CanvasVC

Canvas is an early-stage VC firm. Partners led Series A & B rounds @Zola, @Transfix, @FigureEightInc and more. Loves fintech, marketplaces, enterprise.

Build a serverless framework at home: Go on, bit of open sourcey hijinx won't hurt https://t.co/T25KKKZE5p via… https://t.co/nXLYdanGnK

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Rebecca Lynn

@VCRebecca

Partner @CanvasVC & @Morgenthaler_V. Investor in @LendingClub, @Doximity, @FutureAdvisor, Check, @HealthLoop, @Viewics, @FigureEightInc, @Convo, @Socrata.

Build a serverless framework at home: Go on, bit of open sourcey hijinx won't hurt https://t.co/G5c1xLTfTX via… https://t.co/yivMsu6RGQ

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Arrogance Peaks in Silicon Valley – 500ish Words

500ish · 1 day ago

👨🏻‍💻☕️

@hunterwalk

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

@mgsiegler agreed re partially transformation from underdog to incumbent. Also sheer #s of people - like % of "assh… https://t.co/s6jE2eJIKi

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Marvin Liao

@marvinliao

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

RT @Samirkaji: Good article by @mgsiegler https://t.co/kQqW6CoYUy Unfortunate byproduct of many things (bull market, high IQ/ego/wealth).…

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Offscreen Magazine Issue 16

offscreenmag · 402 days ago

Bryce Roberts

@bryce

VC, Dad

Time to add “Cover Model” to the ole resume. Issue 19 of @offscreenmag out now https://t.co/xmVr7melMb https://t.co/5SuUAXPlJO

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Palantir Knows Everything About You

bloomberg · 1 day ago

rohit

@rohit_x_

True Ventures / Lapsed Photon Slinger / ex CTO ONISystems

terrifying. https://t.co/Tt0WrJyA2R

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The Top 100 Venture Capitalists

cbinsights · 4 days ago

mmurph

@mmurph

Partner @MenloVentures : Investing in AI-first SaaS (apps, devops, API platforms) and robotics. Former GP @kpcb

RT @MenloVentures: Hats off to Menlo Partner @shawnvc for his well-deserved ranking on @CBinsights Top 100 VCs https://t.co/8vf3LyShyJ

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The Freakishly Strong Base

collaborativefund · 168 days ago

Naval

@naval

Present.

“The first rule of compounding: Never interrupt it unnecessarily.” - Munger https://t.co/jMAr8iQyM6

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The promise (and risk) of pre-emptive funding

versionone.vc · 2 days ago

Kanyi Maqubela

@km

lover, not-fighter. building startups.

Agreed. The most aligned “pre-emptive” offer is from insiders. Outsider “pre-emptive” offer often means them runnin… https://t.co/7qq4YoCAzf

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