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She Almost Lost Her Home In California’s Wildfires. Instead She Built A $200 Million Business.

forbes · 1 day ago

Jessica Verrilli

✨Co-Founder @hashtagangels. General Partner @GVTeam. @Parks4All Board. Previously VP at @Twitter. Always adventuring with @tdrobbo. She / Her.

Delighted to back @NikkiPechet and the Homebound team! The world needs faster and more efficient ways to build home… https://t.co/wUZNFnbB0Q

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Ryan Sarver

@rsarver

Venture Partner at @redpointvc. Investor in @wearehims @brandless @flexe @trygigster @teamanvyl. Ex-Twitter. Devon's lesser half, co-creator of @milosarver

Such an important company and mission. Rooting for @NikkiPechet and the team at Homebound. https://t.co/aK1wovdkl4

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Khosla Ventures

@khoslaventures

venture assistance

RT @NikkiPechet: Proud of the Homebound team and excited to share our story. Huge thank you to @samsharf @Forbes @jackabraham https://t.co/…

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Jack Abraham

@jackabraham

Founder and Managing Partner of Atomic. Cofounder of Hims, Bungalow, Terminal, Zenreach, TalkIQ (acq. DialPad), Milo (acq. eBay) & more. Angel in 4 $B+ cos

RT @NikkiPechet: Proud of the Homebound team and excited to share our story. Huge thank you to @samsharf @Forbes @jackabraham https://t.co/…

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Bricks Alive! Scientists Create Living Concrete

nytimes · 2 days 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

Another example of great @Darpa driven innovation: Scientists Create Living Concrete https://t.co/AnduPFeMe7

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Biz Stone

@biz

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

https://t.co/k5mfrEoWJ9 via @NYTimes

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Inside-Out vs. Outside-In: The Adoption of New Technologies - Andreessen Horowitz

a16z · 20 hours ago

Chris Dixon

@cdixon

programming, philosophy, history, internet, startups, investing

New blog post about two different adoption paths for new technologies: inside-out vs outside-in https://t.co/Dzt7MHJJkS

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Linda Xie

@ljxie

Co-founder @ScalarCapital. Previously Product Manager @Coinbase. Advisor @0xProject

RT @cdixon: New blog post about two different adoption paths for new technologies: inside-out vs outside-in https://t.co/Dzt7MHJJkS

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Semil Shah, Haystack & Lightspeed — TLDR Daily

tldrdaily · 1 day ago

Semil

@semil

Investor via @HaystackVC focused on seed-stage investments // Venture Partner w/ @LightspeedVP

Pod Alert 🚨 Shortest pod I’ve been on, h/t @MattHartman https://t.co/4m8RyEXOpk In 6 minutes we cover: -seed cla… https://t.co/Oawzpas0ro

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Matt Hartman 🎧🚀🎹🍦🤖

@MattHartman

Partner @betaworks ventures. 5 min daily podcast at https://t.co/m9fX8SOUW9

I like the format of this “pod alert”. Thanks @semil for the chat 🎧 https://t.co/6DQzVohbSD

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Big Calculator, Artificial Trees, and Pharma: Lux Recommends #212

medium · 1 day ago

Lux Capital

@Lux_Capital

Early-Stage Venture Capital

Big Calculator, Artificial Trees, and Pharma https://t.co/01llNA8Ifv via @arbesman

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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

Latest from Lux team— https://t.co/3N1U71xRKi

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Christopher Tolkien, Keeper of His Father’s Legacy, Dies at 95

nytimes · 1 day ago

Bilal Zuberi

@bznotes

Partner at Lux Capital: @Airmapio, @DesktopMetal, @Orbital_Insight, @ZededaEdge, @NozomiNetworks, @EvolvTechnology, @Saildrone, @fiddlerlabs, @veobot...

OBITUARY: Christopher Tolkien “Takes a humble man to dedicate his life to someone else’s work,” https://t.co/5ZoDTjLvek

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Adam Nash

@adamnash

Product @Dropbox. BoD @Acorns. Adj Lecturer @Stanford. Previously @Wealthfront, LinkedIn, eBay, Apple. Inevitably optimistic. Slightly amusing. Always talking.

RT @bznotes: OBITUARY: Christopher Tolkien “Takes a humble man to dedicate his life to someone else’s work,” https://t.co/5ZoDTjLvek

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VCs are just tired – TechCrunch

techcrunch · 1 day ago

Alexis Ohanian Sr. 🚀

@alexisohanian

Son of an undocumented immigrant. Entrepreneur: @initialized @reddit. Business Dad (now a podcast!) fighting for #paidfamilyleave for all Americans.

RT @vcstarterkit: TechCrunch just posted an article about how "VCs are just tired" (@DannyCrichton) https://t.co/FAoKMYXGpG It's best re…

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Marvin “Polymath but really Just Generalist” Liao

@marvinliao

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

RT @dancharvey: VCs are just tired | TechCrunch https://t.co/ECoEtv5bhu

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Next Generation CPG

medium · 1 day ago

Tim Devane

@tdevane

strong opinions, ever evolving

RT @jeffreyraider: Harry’s and Edgewell coming together to form a next generation CPG company and here’s why we’re so excited about it http…

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Chris Fralic

@chrisfralic

Board Partner @FirstRound. Technology historian and futurist. Student of business.

RT @jeffreyraider: Harry’s and Edgewell coming together to form a next generation CPG company and here’s why we’re so excited about it http…

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The Internet of Beefs

ribbonfarm · 1 day ago

Balaji S. Srinivasan

@balajis

Angel investor. Cofounder of Earn, Counsyl, Teleport, Coin Center. Previously CTO of Coinbase, GP a16z. I hear this Bitcoin thing might be kind of a big deal.

This is good, very good. Maybe @vgr’s best. I’ve been thinking for sometime that the only way to move past zero-s… https://t.co/OLywQK1R2G

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Steven Sinofsky

@stevesi

ॐ • investing • advising • writing • at @a16z @boxhq @tanium @everlaw… • Writings @ https://t.co/8FpwYBVzPl • 📷•🧘🏻‍♂️• tweets kept for 3 months

The Internet of Beefs https://t.co/GL8xjCYctk via @ribbonfarm @vgr HT @balajis // This is very good. Lots to think… https://t.co/L293wbQSyO

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No Free Lunch, but almost: what DoorDash actually pays, after expense — #PayUp

payup.wtf · 1 day ago

Sachin Rekhi

@sachinrekhi

Founder & CEO @NotejoyApp, a collaborative notes app for you and your team. Writer @ https://t.co/633sa0k3yZ, on all things product management.

If this is true, the DoorDash model is clearly unsustainable. Will be interesting to review the upcoming IPO filing. https://t.co/4ovGb3d1L4

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Mike Monteiro🌹

@monteiro

This is a personal account and does not reflect the opinions of my boss, who is an asshole. he/him

“DoorDash pays the average worker an astonishingly low $1.45/hour.” https://t.co/oUwtM8Coqm

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How to start angel investing

medium · 1 day ago

Bobby Goodlatte

@rsg

Product Designer, Angel @coinbase @linear_app @envoy @expo @yumi @guesty @artsy @hodinkee, 40+ more. Ex-@Facebook—led design on growth & photos https://t.co/0faiKRowUa

RT @juliadewahl: I wrote a post on how to start angel investing 👼 https://t.co/eaP7CRT3NS

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Linda Xie

@ljxie

Co-founder @ScalarCapital. Previously Product Manager @Coinbase. Advisor @0xProject

RT @juliadewahl: I wrote a post on how to start angel investing 👼 https://t.co/eaP7CRT3NS

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Julie Horvath

calendly · 1 day ago

Julie Ann Horvath

@nrrrdcore

Senior Design Manager @DeliverooDesign. Previously @Apple, @Amazon, @GitHub, @Yammer. Board of Directors @NatBrut. Moonlights as a Nail Tech. Tweets are my own.

Alrighty, opening my books for #manicuresandmentoring for the first time in 2020 🎉 https://t.co/JzjKUMfm8k

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Daniel Eden

@_dte

Design Systems Lead for Facebook’s Ads & Business products. Erstwhile Designer & Engineer at Dropbox. Avatar by @brandonland_. I don’t own a stripey tee.

💅 💅 💅 https://t.co/35raVk3pTu

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The Passion Economy and the Future of Work - Andreessen Horowitz

a16z · 97 days ago

a16z

@a16z

we invest in software eating the world https://t.co/bef4eiiHHF https://t.co/cwGTtECCnW https://t.co/P6HnTlL2gP https://t.co/vkkwquCwGj https://t.co/EJECpYFoqq

RT @trygigster: Great read on the passion economy and the future of work from @a16z -- https://t.co/NoBjYNB2SR

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WorkBoard triples again in 2019, raises $30M from a16z to celebrate – TechCrunch

techcrunch · 2 days ago

Sachin Rekhi

@sachinrekhi

Founder & CEO @NotejoyApp, a collaborative notes app for you and your team. Writer @ https://t.co/633sa0k3yZ, on all things product management.

Looks like @WorkboardInc is gaining great traction in the OKR software market https://t.co/hhRaFiAzoM

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Analytics API and Customer Data Platform

segment · 996 days ago

Hiten Shah

@hnshah

Co-founder of @usefyi & @producthabits with @MarieProkopets. Past: Started @crazyegg & KISSmetrics. Investor/advisor in 120+ companies. 🤓🙏✌️

RT @Julian: This will sound too good to be true, but this is real: My company partnered with https://t.co/CALDffmRwp to give you guys $1,0…

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Sable - Free bank account and credit card for internationals | Product Hunt

producthunt · 2 days ago

Gustaf Alströmer

@gustaf

partner @ycombinator. previously growth @airbnb. immigrant.

RT @sable_card: Sable Debit cards are live! Check out our launch on https://t.co/J4DeqOlVYu! We are building a bank that treats internation…

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YC Bio Tour - 2020

blog.ycombinator · 2 days ago

Gustaf Alströmer

@gustaf

partner @ycombinator. previously growth @airbnb. immigrant.

YC Bio Tour – 2020 https://t.co/Jw8uAv5goc

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The Capital Report: Small Business Credit, Sales, and Confidence

squareup · 3 days ago

Khosla Ventures

@khoslaventures

venture assistance

RT @Square: 🆕 Just released: a guide on the current state of small business credit, sales, and confidence. https://t.co/RL1IJ25RhC

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Awakening from the Meaning Crisis - YouTube

youtube · 27 days ago

Buster Benson

@buster

Author of Why Are We Yelling? The Art of Productive Disagreement. Co-runs @750words with @kellianne. Past: @SlackHQ, @Twitter, @Amazon, @Patreon.

Link to the YouTube series: https://t.co/EkWLWhWF6C I also listened to a bunch when I was walking or driving, whic… https://t.co/UChbRmv9zn

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Nails by Nrrrdcore (@nailsbynrrrdcore) • Instagram photos and videos

instagram · 40 days ago

Daniel Eden

@_dte

Design Systems Lead for Facebook’s Ads & Business products. Erstwhile Designer & Engineer at Dropbox. Avatar by @brandonland_. I don’t own a stripey tee.

If you need proof that @nrrrdcore is Very Good at this, look no further: https://t.co/hreNaSaPDL https://t.co/35raVk3pTu

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