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President Trump Eyes a New Real-Estate Purchase: Greenland

wsj · 1 day ago

Zachary Bogue

@zackbogue

@dcvc and @foundersden; environmentalist

RT @kfury: Since he’s busy terraforming it anyhow... https://t.co/ntILn3FBY8

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Kanyi Maqubela

@km

lover, not-fighter. building startups.

Learning some surprising facts this week. https://t.co/fRyKNXKBPT

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Coinbase Custody acquires Xapo’s institutional business, becoming the world’s largest crypto custodian

blog.coinbase · 1 day ago

Bobby Goodlatte

@rsg

Product Designer & angel investor in @coinbase @envoy @expo @artsy @guesty @hodinkee & 40+ more. Ex-@Facebook, led design on FB growth & photos

RT @emiliemc: So proud to announce this acquisition, a game changer for Coinbase and for the crypto space: https://t.co/eSLGrinmgW cc: @wen…

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Garry()

@garrytan

Managing Partner, @Initialized. Earliest investor in @coinbase @instacart @flexport & 100+ more—$36B in startup market cap so far. Forbes Midas List 2019 #21 🚀

RT @brian_armstrong: Coinbase Custody is now the #1 crypto custodian for institutions! https://t.co/B4qPV8jAY9 Excited to carry on the torc…

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Compounding Relationships Make Life Easier

nav.al · 1 day ago

Naval

@naval

Present.

Compounding Relationships Make Life Easier https://t.co/37WWQMcDtl https://t.co/L0yHpTgWlh

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Hiten Shah

@hnshah

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

RT @naval: Compounding Relationships Make Life Easier https://t.co/37WWQMcDtl https://t.co/L0yHpTgWlh

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YC-backed Eden Farm wants to cut out the middlemen between farmers and restaurants in Indonesia – TechCrunch

techcrunch · 1 day ago

Y Combinator

@ycombinator

Eden Farm (YC S19) wants to cut out the middlemen between farmers and restaurants in Indonesia: https://t.co/l6HjARCzN2

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Aaron Epstein

@aaron_epstein

Visiting Partner @YCombinator. Co-founder @CreativeMarket.

Great team with an important mission in Indonesia. https://t.co/WSLv0MvPDo

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Why I Invested in Lady Gaga’s Haus Laboratories

marieclaire · 1 day ago

Alex Taussig, Lightspeed

@ataussig

VC @LightspeedVP | BoD: @AWA_Studios @DlyHarvest @Faire_Wholesale @VectorSpaceSys @Zola; Past: @thredUP $TWOU $CBLK | Physics @Harvard/@MIT. Writes @firehosevc.

In this profile, my @lightspeedvp partner @Nik_Quinn dives deep into her first meeting with @ladygaga and why we ju… https://t.co/ROvQ1MroYl

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Jeremy Liew, Partner at Lightspeed

@jeremysliew

Partner at @LightspeedVP. Investor in @Snap, @Giphy, @Affirm, @Blockchain, @Honest, @Cheddar, @HQTrivia, @Rothys ++ Overcompensating for a geeky youth

.@Nik_Quinn dropping knowledge bombs https://t.co/8sktNHqZi2

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Icebergs, 60 Foot Seas and 13,000 Miles Stand in the Way of a Saildrone’s Quest to Circle Antarctica | The Weather Channel

weather · 1 day ago

Lux Capital

@Lux_Capital

Early-Stage Venture Capital

Icebergs, 60 Foot Seas and 13,000 Miles Stand in the Way of a @saildrone Quest to Circle Antarctica https://t.co/FiO4zGybEv

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Bilal Zuberi

@bznotes

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

RT @saildrone: Check out this fantastic #video the @weatherchannel made about the First Saildrone #Antarctic Circumnavigation! https://t.co…

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In praise of retweeting yourself

mic · 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 @TaylorLorenz: People trying to call me out for RTing my own tweets like I didn’t write an entire article endorsing it https://t.co/PD3W…

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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 @TaylorLorenz: People trying to call me out for RTing my own tweets like I didn’t write an entire article endorsing it https://t.co/PD3W…

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I Shared My Phone Number. I Learned I Shouldn’t Have.

nytimes · 2 days ago

@jdrive

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

I Shared My Phone Number. I Learned I Shouldn’t Have. - The New York Times https://t.co/wxpNOoeUxl

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Alex Rainert 🤦🏻‍♂️

@arainert

Head of Product & Design @NYTimes. Husband to @superkb, father of 2, vizsla owner, introvert, avg ⚽️ player, @LFC, easy laugh. Past @foursquare @google @itp_nyu

RT @karaswisher: Read this from ⁦@bxchen⁩ https://t.co/UotmcJ1XgU via @NYTimes

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Birth control delivery startup Nurx approaches $300M valuation – TechCrunch

techcrunch · 2 days ago

👨🏻‍💻☕️

@hunterwalk

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

2010: it was an inside round? Wow, what went wrong? 2020: it wasn't an inside round? Wow, what went wrong? https://t.co/lQhLBXQxRp

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Y Combinator

@ycombinator

Congrats to the @nurxapp (YC W16) team -- Birth control delivery startup Nurx raises $52M: https://t.co/QE54uBSq6t

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Silicon Valley's most famous startup accelerator has a lot of participants who have already done the program. Tech founders share why they rejoined Y Combinator even after launching successful startups.

businessinsider · 2 days ago

Y Combinator

@ycombinator

Why 150 founders have done YC more than once: https://t.co/9BXXyZxsfX

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Gustaf Alströmer

@gustaf

partner @ycombinator. previously growth @airbnb. immigrant.

RT @ycombinator: Why 150 founders have done YC more than once: https://t.co/9BXXyZxsfX

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10,000 Steps in a New York Summer

om.co · 2 days ago

@om

I was a reporter once. Now I have opinions about tech. I write. I make photos. I invest @TrueVentures & blog at https://t.co/AvBTBiv8hn.

10,000 Steps in a New York Summer https://t.co/kXVKLgbELy

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Josh Felser

@Joshmedia

Seed investor/entrepreneur. #Climatechange warrior and founder of @hashtagclimate

What a rich morning read this just was. Thx @om. Thx to @chrismichel for the alert. https://t.co/elVRpjKsyT

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Major breach found in biometrics system used by banks, UK police and defence firms

theguardian · 2 days ago

martin_casado

@martin_casado

General partner at Andreessen Horowitz.

Major breach found in biometrics system used by banks, UK police and defence firms https://t.co/bGXuILUgWC < until… https://t.co/LSYeGDJn8U

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a16z

@a16z

we invest in software eating the world https://t.co/3ilMLRtntG https://t.co/hvmV7MkOsN https://t.co/DwO5V4NqxY https://t.co/EJECpYFoqq

RT @martin_casado: Major breach found in biometrics system used by banks, UK police and defence firms https://t.co/bGXuILUgWC < until mutat…

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Taylor Lorenz to Join Styles | The New York Times Company

nytco · 3 days ago

@om

I was a reporter once. Now I have opinions about tech. I write. I make photos. I invest @TrueVentures & blog at https://t.co/AvBTBiv8hn.

You are one fun/optimistic writer and I hope they don’t ruin you with their pessimism and “we hate tech” sensibilit… https://t.co/E0OFEgB9hO

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Robyn Kanner

@robynkanner

director of creative & product @BetoORourke. former: @google, @amazon, etc. bylines: @nytimes, @wired, @theatlantic, etc.

RT @TaylorLorenz: ~Personal news~ https://t.co/6cRef4r6z9

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The fundamental difference between Venture Capital and Value Investing

25iq · 3 days ago

Adam D'Augelli

@adaugelli

VC at True Ventures.

'All successful investors are alike; each unhappy speculator is unhappy in their own way" https://t.co/ofhvqm06mS

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Marvin Liao

@marvinliao

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

RT @trengriffin: @Planwyz https://t.co/OTX1P789c9 https://t.co/5NwjjpBfXc

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Three Years of Misery Inside Google, the Happiest Company in Tech

wired · 3 days ago

m_pszStevenSinofsky

@stevesi

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

https://t.co/g4nsCrDZWL by @nitashatiku // This line is excellent and too often overlooked: “Over time, Google's le… https://t.co/12VZV2HRtA

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martin_casado

@martin_casado

General partner at Andreessen Horowitz.

RT @NielsProvos: Three Years of Misery Inside Google, the Happiest Company in Tech. https://t.co/T49hCaAlK5

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Confidence: The currency of acceleration – TechCrunch

techcrunch · 3 days ago

Founder Collective

@fcollective

Our mission is to be the most aligned VC for founders at seed #ProudInvestor in @Uber, @TheTradeDeskinc @Buzzfeed, @Cruise @Diaandco @PillPack @SeatGeek & more.

Go slow to go fast. https://t.co/dBk03f4rrf HT @epaley

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Gary Chou

@garychou

Professional Podcaster + Fun guy @orbitalnyc @svaixd @urbanarchiveny

“what does it cost to build confidence that our most important experiments are working?” Great piece by ⁦@epaley⁩ https://t.co/MHVKTXEEmG

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Restoring Forests Could Help Put a Brake on Global Warming, Study Finds

nytimes · 3 days ago

Jason Shellen

@shellen

Founder at @alittledrive Formerly @slackhq @pinterest @brizzly @googlereader @blogger & more

@Ecosia @sundarpichai For real though, Sundar. Google could legitimately save the planet if you did the same thing. https://t.co/ciDzmTSlto

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Erika Hall

@mulegirl

Fighting, writing, and strategizing. Co-founder of Mule Design. We can help you figure it out.

RT @shellen: @Ecosia @sundarpichai For real though, Sundar. Google could legitimately save the planet if you did the same thing. https://t.…

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China Is Waging a Disinformation War Against Hong Kong Protesters

nytimes · 3 days ago

Rob Go

@robgo

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

While this is partially true, the western news coverage has been very biased as well https://t.co/QXKDkLlx3O

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Marvin Liao

@marvinliao

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

RT @casey_lau: @jebbery @Twitter Looks like @nytimes is on the same page as us @jebbery https://t.co/zlwwFQ3tcl

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Startup Success Outside Silicon Valley: Data from Over 200 Exits in 17 Cities

medium · 3 days ago

Founder Collective

@fcollective

Our mission is to be the most aligned VC for founders at seed #ProudInvestor in @Uber, @TheTradeDeskinc @Buzzfeed, @Cruise @Diaandco @PillPack @SeatGeek & more.

Startup Success Outside Silicon Valley: Data from Over 200 Exits in 17 Cities https://t.co/8QnxY4SMbo HT @dafrankel @josephflaherty

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Hiten Shah

@hnshah

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

RT @bfeld: Startup Success Outside Silicon Valley: Data from Over 200 Exits in 17 Cities https://t.co/hb07mLG1o3 @dafrankel @fcollective ht…

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Uber Design Platform

medium · 3 days ago

John Lilly

@johnolilly

Former GP@Greylock, CEO@Mozilla, dad, husband, son, nerd. Current board of Code for America, VotingWorks, Figma, Caffeine, Crew, Clockwise, Angle.

RT @figmadesign: An in depth look into Uber's design system by @paglia_marco #madewithfigma https://t.co/FtgClRAIqV

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Rasmus Andersson

@rsms

Design @Figmadesign. Previously @Dropbox, @Facebook, founding member @Spotify

RT @figmadesign: An in depth look into Uber's design system by @paglia_marco #madewithfigma https://t.co/FtgClRAIqV

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