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Push for Gender Equality in Tech? Some Men Say It’s Gone Too Far

nytimes · 1 day ago

John Lilly

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

Sigh. Predictable & disappointing. Bonus: these guys use the term "witch hunt" non-ironically. SMDH. https://t.co/sANZPP6gQa

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Ken Norton

@kennethn

Partner, Google Ventures (@GVTeam). Long-time @Google product manager. Always bring the donuts. https://t.co/XvNwKN9SYx

🤔 https://t.co/MEK1uR005b https://t.co/DwmrhebGK7

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Danielle Morrill

@DanielleMorrill

Cofounder & CEO @Mattermark. Exploring time travel through code and prose. Backing female founders @XFactorVentures + angel investing (in all genders)

Shout out to the men who have been working with me to get more female founder deal flow. This article is not your i… https://t.co/MbemzIU1dn

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jason

@Jason

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

RT @NellieBowles: I wrote about the backlash to the women in tech movement https://t.co/vyGIAzuPbZ

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Sharon Wienbar

@wienbar

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

RT @EricaJoy: I am boggling that this lawyer went on the record with outright sexism. Just...wow. (Via: https://t.co/2Nv9gQzKas) https://t…

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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 @EmmaAudreyGoss: "I’m sitting in a soundproof booth right now because I’m afraid someone will hear me" (he says on record with NYT) http…

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Leo Polovets

@lpolovets

General Partner @SusaVentures. Before: @Caltech - 2nd non-founding engineer @LinkedIn → @Google → early engineer @Factual. Student of entrepreneurship.

Google in August: so much controversy! Maybe we shouldn't have fired James. Google in September: lol, never mind. https://t.co/h2jufik2XJ

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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

I think this article originally ran with “STASI guards offended by Berlin Wall’s fall threaten to form own village.… https://t.co/RbHppYEKZw

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The Blockchain Is the Internet of Money

wsj · 2 days ago

Elad Gil

@eladgil

Entrepreneur and Investor

Good interview with @balajis in @WSJ https://t.co/IOgN0QjfWb

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Scott Kupor

@skupor

Managing Partner at Andreessen Horowitz; father of three amazing/crazy girls

The "school-ag archipelago" and the legend that is @balajis https://t.co/1tiRMunIYK

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Semil

@semil

Investor via @Haystack_Fund in @Hired_HQ @Instacart @DoorDash @Hashicorp @Giphy @LuxeValet @eShares @OpenDoor @AirmapIO // Venture Partner w/ @GGVCapital

“If you deal w/ information, you need the internet. If you deal w/ money, you need to deal w/ blockchains” @balajis https://t.co/pHERgoCyy8

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Marvin Liao

@marvinliao

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

RT @1confirmation: If you want to understand blockchains, there are a few ppl that you should read all of their work. @balajis is one htt…

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Vijay Pande

@vijaypande

VC (@a16z), Professor (@Stanford), and entrepreneur (@Globavir, @Schrodinger) – https://t.co/2ji2R491jW

RT @balajis: Fun interview with the WSJ this week. Hopefully this helps get a few more people into digital currency. https://t.co/f62YvLr183

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@jdrive

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

The Blockchain Is the Internet of Money: @tunkuv interviews @balajis https://t.co/a2rcE1JcSk via @WSJ

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Venture Capital’s Peanut Gallery, with Parker Thompson | On Deck Daily

ondeckdaily · 2 days ago

Semil

@semil

Investor via @Haystack_Fund in @Hired_HQ @Instacart @DoorDash @Hashicorp @Giphy @LuxeValet @eShares @OpenDoor @AirmapIO // Venture Partner w/ @GGVCapital

RT @DavidSpinks: Great answer from @pt on bootstrapping vs VC funding https://t.co/ifayKcHTB2 https://t.co/Wj7O0Sdccz

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Marvin Liao

@marvinliao

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

Venture Capital’s Peanut Gallery, with Parker Thompson https://t.co/7tF5DKygxJ via @BeOnDeckDaily

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Kushner used private email to conduct White House business

politico · 8 hours 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 @mdudas: Irony is dead https://t.co/YGs8cCuMYY

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David Lee

@davidlee

Managing Partner, @Refactor. https://t.co/6Y0iFACQ0R. Married to @gracelee. Contact me at https://t.co/3ieX6lFcxM

Keep eye on the ball https://t.co/PwEtRVzaib

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Long-Term Stock Exchange CEO: Changing the IPO process

cnbc · 2 days ago

Alexis Ohanian 🗽

@alexisohanian

Co-founder @Reddit. General Partner @InitializedCap. Bestselling author, #WithoutTheirPermission. Making the world suck less. ⬆️

RT @ericries: We believe a company's community members should have a say in corporate governance. https://t.co/yT8dg9Bq1b

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Craig Shapiro

@cshapiro

Founder and managing partner @collabfund. Student of history.

RT @ericries: When companies are distracted from serving customers, everyone makes less money. That's why we're building the LTSE. https://…

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“Convince Me” said the Investor. “No” said the Founder.

hunterwalk · 7 hours ago

Hunter Walk

@hunterwalk

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

“Convince Me” said the Investor. “No” said the Founder. https://t.co/4kb4NhzwaR [new blog post]

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Homebrew

@homebrew

Seed stage venture fund crafted by @hunterwalk & @satyap. Happy investors in @theskimm, @managedbyq, @honor, @primarydotcom, @lumi, @joymode & others!

RT @mdudas: This is good stuff by @hunterwalk: “say Bye Bye Bye….” https://t.co/OHSuvCS05k https://t.co/XpjFMp57Yx

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Mr. President: You Represent All of Us. Don’t Divide Us. Bring Us Together

si · 13 hours ago

April Underwood

@aunder

VP of Product at @slackhq. Investor at @helloangels (#Angels). BOD at @ZillowGroup. Big believer in breakfast. Wife to @matthh, hype girl to @feathers.

Absolutely amazing response from Steve Kerr, and what it means to be a visible leader. https://t.co/SGD84erjpX https://t.co/H3Y4XORtIZ

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Vijaya Gadde

@vijaya

General Counsel at Twitter. New mom. Immigrant. Investor with @HelloAngels. Trustee at @nyulaw. Tweets represent my personal opinions.

RT @SInow: .@SteveKerr writes a piece for SI: Mr. President: You represent all of us. Don’t divide us. Bring us together. https://t.co/sBc…

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Five billion-dollar businesses for the driverless future

techcrunch · 1 day ago

Shahin Farshchi

@Farshchi

Partner @lux_capital empowering entrepreneurs, funding frontier tech companies. Gearhead, Trekkie, workoutaholic.

RT @TechCrunch: Five billion-dollar businesses for the driverless future https://t.co/si4yi8rlzu by @Farshchi

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Lux Capital

@Lux_Capital

Early-Stage Venture Capital

Five billion-dollar businesses for the driverless future via @Farshchi https://t.co/fUBfn2XGnJ

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Who Startups Truly Compete With — Each Other – Haystack

blog.semilshah · 1 day ago

Semil

@semil

Investor via @Haystack_Fund in @Hired_HQ @Instacart @DoorDash @Hashicorp @Giphy @LuxeValet @eShares @OpenDoor @AirmapIO // Venture Partner w/ @GGVCapital

[quick post] Who Startups Truly Compete With -- Each Other: https://t.co/Aqx0gr7S9O (took me years to understand this fundraising nuance)

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Leo Polovets

@lpolovets

General Partner @SusaVentures. Before: @Caltech - 2nd non-founding engineer @LinkedIn → @Google → early engineer @Factual. Student of entrepreneurship.

also, the original post by @semil is very on point: https://t.co/fzsEPytfDQ

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'Junk science': experts cast doubt on widely cited college free speech survey

theguardian · 2 days ago

Scott Kupor

@skupor

Managing Partner at Andreessen Horowitz; father of three amazing/crazy girls

Thx for sharing https://t.co/6kE2RL3ijN

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Paul Graham

@paulg

That Washington Post article about a fifth of undergrads supporting violence against speakers was "junk science." https://t.co/GVeztWWrvM

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The Role of API Gateways in Microservice Architectures - The New Stack

thenewstack.io · 6 hours ago

martin_casado

@martin_casado

General partner at Andreessen Horowitz. https://t.co/jI8c5r0m1w

The Role of API Gateways in Microservice Architectures https://t.co/QzYO9fr1fP < great read!

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Mike Volpi

@mavolpi

Do or do not, there is no try. -Yoda

Nice work @thefosk and @mashape team. Becoming a critical piece...... API Gateways in Microservice Architectures https://t.co/feBJ26G0mA

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The entire island of Puerto Rico may be without electricity for months

vox · 6 hours ago

Sarah Tavel

@sarahtavel

native new yorker, SF-resident. GP @benchmark. ball and chain for @cklemke. formerly: product @pinterest. vc @greylockvc, @bessemervp. rugger @radclifferugby.

RT @mattyglesias: Maybe instead of a last-ditch effort to take everyone's health care away, congress could help Puerto Rico? https://t.co/K…

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April Underwood

@aunder

VP of Product at @slackhq. Investor at @helloangels (#Angels). BOD at @ZillowGroup. Big believer in breakfast. Wife to @matthh, hype girl to @feathers.

RT @dylanlscott: still not wrapped my mind around this: THE ENTIRE ISLAND of Puerto Rico could be without electricity for MONTHS https://…

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In spectacular fail, Adobe security team posts private PGP key on blog

arstechnica · 7 hours 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 @sriramk: Ars on the PGP issue this week has this gem on PGP usability. https://t.co/ZXcLChvJnw https://t.co/iLJO3foAa9

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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

*classic* https://t.co/8nfr0DPwyw

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Diversification (aka How To Survive A Crash) – AVC

avc · 12 hours ago

Semil

@semil

Investor via @Haystack_Fund in @Hired_HQ @Instacart @DoorDash @Hashicorp @Giphy @LuxeValet @eShares @OpenDoor @AirmapIO // Venture Partner w/ @GGVCapital

.@fredwilson, who has lived through a real crash, wisely warns those heavily-weighted to crypto to diversify: https://t.co/r1Udjf5grr

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Adam D'Augelli

@adaugelli

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

Diversification (aka How To Survive A Crash) https://t.co/k8BJfxdex9

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The Wolverine of Wall Street - ESPN Video

espn · 21 hours ago

M.G. Siegler

@mgsiegler

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

RT @AaronMcMann: The heartwarming story on former #Michigan fullback Michael Hirsch that just aired on ESPN's College Gameday: https://t.co…

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Roger Ehrenberg

@infoarbitrage

managing partner @iaventures. working @thetradedeskinc @transferwise @sightmachine @octanelending @memsql @cognitivelogic @telluslabs. also @UMich @Columbia_Biz

For those with undying passion for the Maize & Blue, this will tug at your heart strings https://t.co/BlRnYibimo @UMichFootball #GoBlue 〽️🔥💪

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As Trump Takes On Athletes, Watch Them Rise

nytimes · 1 day ago

Phin Barnes

@phineasb

Sneakerhead. VC. More here: https://t.co/x8K3O1zUB0

As Trump Takes On Athletes, Watch Them Rise via @NYTimes - “Athlete’s eyes are so wide open” - don’t sleep. Do not. https://t.co/wm4qm67Czp

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Tim Devane

@tdevane

Principal, @NextViewVC, once I was @Redseaventures, @Epic, @Bitly, @Betaworks, @DigitalWes, @Wesleyan_U, we don't just say no we're too busy saying yeah

Our five vs your five everyday ya bum... As Trump Runs His Mouth, Watch Athletes Rise https://t.co/PfCImmbhnv

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The Curry of Your Convictions – Dave Pell – Medium

medium · 1 day ago

John Lilly

@johnolilly

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

RT @davepell: The Curry of Your Convictions A few quick thoughts on Trump vs Curry, Kaepernick and America. https://t.co/IrYG2EOsx0

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Steve Vassallo

@vassallo

Fellow Traveler https://t.co/wnDXwA1SEl + Partner @FoundationCap + Former Builder @IDEO + Investor @Sunrun @BoltThreads @Pocket @DesignerFund @ModeAnalytics +..

The Curry of your Convictions. @davepell nails it again... https://t.co/O6HPtUHGme, P.S. Hey Trump, Riley’s not com… https://t.co/BzgMESx4sB

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Democratic senators preparing bill to deal with online political advertising

money.cnn · 1 day ago

🍪Steven Sinofsky ॐ

@stevesi

Board Partner @a16z • Adviser @BoxHQ • Writings @ Learning by Shipping • More to come • ॐ • 🔄=retweet ❤️=like

1/ Much about accountability missing/required by global-scale services. Sea change upon us. Changes right, but… https://t.co/rP0tPkoX3u

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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

Thread, on the challenge of a tools/platform company having to change mindset to deal with abuse. https://t.co/GwiTjJL4NQ

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New Theory Cracks Open the Black Box of Deep Learning | Quanta Magazine

quantamagazine · 1 day ago

Sundeep Peechu

@speechu

GP @felicis ventures

RT @kevin2kelly: How deep learning neural nets work: by forgetting. https://t.co/SmRI3tQSPc

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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 @nattyover: I wrote about a potentially major advance in the theoretical understanding of deep learning: https://t.co/jrRGubzuBs

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iPhone 8 Plus Camera Review: India

austinmann · 1 day 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 @craigmod: (the iphone is a serious, serious camera) https://t.co/tzPjtCFERD https://t.co/XofM3ZwrIN

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🍪Steven Sinofsky ॐ

@stevesi

Board Partner @a16z • Adviser @BoxHQ • Writings @ Learning by Shipping • More to come • ॐ • 🔄=retweet ❤️=like

RT @rizzledizzle: I don’t think people realize how awesome slow-sync flash in new iPhones will be. https://t.co/v3CK8e9tUX https://t.co/iz0…

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