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Handshake raises $80M more to build a more diversity-focused LinkedIn for college students – TechCrunch

techcrunch · 5 days ago

Jeff Richards 🇺🇸

Managing Partner @GGVCapital, $6.2B global venture capital firm, 2X founder, Dad to 4 amazing kids, praying for @Dartmouth hoops return to Final Four #golong

I first met @GarrettLord 3 years ago via an intro fr @efeng. Could tell in 5 mins he and team @joinHandshake were o… https://t.co/NN5mqFJv3Z

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Will Reed

@willreed_21

gp @sparkcapital. black lives matter.

It’s been so much fun working with @GarrettLord @benmchristensen @scottringwelski and the rest of team Handshake -… https://t.co/sb62F4LkAB

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Eric Feng

@efeng

Leading Commerce Incubations at $FB. Was co-founder at Packagd (acq.), GP at Kleiner Perkins, and writing messy code at Hulu, Flipboard, Erly (acq.), and $MSFT.

"Handshake is laser focused on delivering on its vision to democratize job opportunity. We’re delighted to join for… https://t.co/fXf3iSoHu5

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Making Butter with Jam | Union Square Ventures

usv · 5 days ago

USV

@usv

Union Square Ventures is a venture capital firm based in New York City.

We are thrilled to be partnering with @thedanigrant, @_irtefa and the @scoopsofjam team! https://t.co/k5IG7h3x5C

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Rebecca Kaden

@rebeccakaden

Investor @USV

"@scoopsofjam turns your product itself into a collaboration hub, with comments, edits, and fixes taking place righ… https://t.co/AMqWyrLpb4

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Albert Wenger 🌎🔥⌛

@albertwenger

VC at http://t.co/ob75pN98ID

So excited about this! https://t.co/WToTWimJF2

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Building an Equitable World for the Next Generation

eventbrite · 6 days ago

Lightspeed

@lightspeedvp

Tomorrow, built today. Investors in enterprise and consumer. https://t.co/QavsS3BFdB

What questions do you have for our 10/21 Virtual Town Hall panelists? Submit them at https://t.co/jejnaiHUgW #buildinganequitableworld

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Barry Eggers

@BarryEggers

Founding partner @lightspeedvp. Valley native. Fan of entrepreneurs, elephants, startups, sharks, rhinos, and kind people. @NVCA Chairman

RT @lightspeedvp: What questions do you have for our 10/21 Virtual Town Hall panelists? Submit them at https://t.co/jejnaiHUgW #buildingane…

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Jeremy Liew, Partner at Lightspeed #BLM

@jeremysliew

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

Can we go through some specific, non obvious and real (ie actually happened to someone) situations where we can lea… https://t.co/K62gsoU70z

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I Will Vote

iwillvote · 719 days ago

DHH

@dhh

Creator of Ruby on Rails, Founder & CTO at Basecamp & HEY, NYT best-selling author, and Le Mans 24h class-winning racing driver.

I'm starting to feel a sense of urgency to convert my green card into dual-citizenship, just such that I'm ready to… https://t.co/1FcO4mKkB3

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Anil Dash 🗳 Election Is a Season, Not a Night 📢

@anildash

helping everybody build on the web @glitch • ask your parents about my blog

RT @levlinds: highlights from the @AOC among us stream - my love for this woman knows no bounds 💖 https://t.co/aZErKVAlVw https://t.co/OCa0…

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will.i.am - home

will.i.am · 1314 days ago

Phin Barnes

@phineasb

Sneakerhead. VC.

RT @jgebbia: Beautiful video mashup by https://t.co/CCTV3nVbex and Jennifer Hudson to inspire you to cast your vote. https://t.co/lNBolyNWTD

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Joe Gebbia

@jgebbia

@airbnb Co-founder @samara Originator https://t.co/6hcSA54tPY

Beautiful video mashup by https://t.co/CCTV3nVbex and Jennifer Hudson to inspire you to cast your vote. https://t.co/lNBolyNWTD

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Lux Capital's Zack Schildhorn on the Power of Narrative for Entrepreneurs

youtube · 276 days ago

Zack Schildhorn

@zacktrak

VC @ Lux Capital, photographer, coral collector & outdoor enthusiast

Thank you and good addition! https://t.co/uyhXxIpEHj

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Bo Ren

@Bosefina

Product-focused investor empowering underestimated founders. Writer. Advisor. Formerly @facebook @instagram @tumblr

Great tactics on the power of narrative-story telling for deep tech founders by @zacktrak: https://t.co/PTO26WlwEA… https://t.co/BjKKdFVU8A

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Doing Old Things Better Vs. Doing Brand New Things - Andreessen Horowitz

a16z · 7 days ago

Ben Horowitz

@bhorowitz

Cofounder of @a16z. Author of The Hard Thing About Hard Things. New book, What You Do Is Who You Are, 10/29 https://t.co/KS3kHofi82

Great insights from @cdixon . . . as always! https://t.co/3HGskNr1dd

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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 @drdrasko: "Doing Old Things Better Vs. Doing Brand New Things". Brilliant @cdixon https://t.co/VIAY3Xftul #tech via @a16z

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My Experience with Burnout as a Startup Founder

buffer · 1 hour ago

Marvin “Polymath but really Just Generalist” Liao

@marvinliao

Ever curious: Tsundoku, Reader, World Traveler, Investor & Tech/Media exec interested in almost everything! Aspiring Shokunin. https://t.co/LSIQ6nyS2L

RT @rrhoover: Buffer’s @joelgascoigne on burnout https://t.co/IX07H7LOKH https://t.co/12w2BSDpTs

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Ryan Hoover

@rrhoover

Founder of @ProductHunt, @WeekendFund investor. Real likes, no gimmicks. ✌️😸

Buffer’s @joelgascoigne on burnout https://t.co/IX07H7LOKH https://t.co/12w2BSDpTs

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Does Palantir See Too Much?

nytimes · 23 hours ago

Patrick Collison

@patrickc

Fallibilist, optimist. Stripe CEO.

Extensively-researched NYT piece about Palantir: https://t.co/2ZP4D2vopi

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Miki Setlur ☕️

@mikisetlur

I design things. I explore the city. Sometimes I'm witty. Design Leadership @samsara. Alum @facebook, @twitter, @evernote

RT @patrickc: Extensively-researched NYT piece about Palantir: https://t.co/2ZP4D2vopi

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Robin Williams's Son Wants to Help You Feel Better

fashionista · 1 day ago

Bobby Goodlatte

@rsg

Co-Founder & GP, Form Capital. Investor in @Coinbase @Envoy @Expo @Artsy @Guesty @Hodinkee @Linear_app @AlmanacDocs @QuillChat @Supercast @Gowalla & 50+ more

RT @zakwilliams: It’s true, I do want to help you feel better! https://t.co/7Q55IJzmjh

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matt hunter

@mh

product design & other things @jawbone. i miss tokyo (and sometimes san francisco).

I’m a happy customer! https://t.co/a6yYfIxvRa

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The Bionic Market

dcgross · 1 day ago

Daniel Gross

@danielgross

Pioneer (https://t.co/6JJPSpNvTh). Started Cue, acquired by Apple. Uber, GitHub, Figma, Opendoor, Airtable, Cruise, others. Forgot my IRC login so now I’m here.

https://t.co/wN7kUb21nX

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Thomas Schranz 🍄

@__tosh

Founder at https://t.co/Sw9XuKSSpB, https://t.co/oPwmRvI8PD, https://t.co/uGGrhizDHy, https://t.co/Q83p3QMs5c 🧚‍♀️ Product, UX, Service Design, Positioning, StarCraft, Typography, Game Design, Clojure, Tea, …

🐙 "tool for thought" market size guesstimate is larger than count(people alive + count companies alive) think sp… https://t.co/7dMWLJW2TK

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Building an Equitable World for the Next Generation.

mercebent.medium · 1 day ago

Lightspeed

@lightspeedvp

Tomorrow, built today. Investors in enterprise and consumer. https://t.co/QavsS3BFdB

3/3 Learn more and watch the event here: https://t.co/GLqDmlSf1K

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Jeremy Liew, Partner at Lightspeed #BLM

@jeremysliew

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

Recap on @mercebent moderated panel with @Ludacris @CoryBooker @LondonBreed @36westbrook and others on steps toward… https://t.co/BJKxh2Ht7w

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Synthetic Biology, Robot Dolphins, and Very Old Twinkies: Lux Recommends #251

medium · 1 day ago

Lux Capital

@Lux_Capital

Early-Stage Venture Capital

Synthetic Biology, Robot Dolphins, and Very Old Twinkies https://t.co/SLa6UdMKkk via @arbesman

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Josh Wolfe

@wolfejosh

Co-Founder @Lux_Capital Trustee @SfiScience Santa Fe Inst Chair @CiPrep Coney Island Prep (Brooklyn) Co-Founder of Carson, Quinn & Bodhi w/ @ltwolfe

A few crazy things from the Lux team for your weekend reading... https://t.co/RZPvaZY7ve

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How Did These Women Become Tech Leaders? Tune in to Hear Them Tell You All About it!

circlearound · 2 days ago

Suzy Ryoo

@suzywillow

Co-Founder & President, @qandaLA & @HumanRe_Sources 🎶 Partner @AtomFactory @CrossCultureVC ✨ 📍LA via immigrant entrepreneurs, #runningryoos 🇰🇷❤

Registration link: https://t.co/vnGzB0e2S2 📍

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Ryan Hoover

@rrhoover

Founder of @ProductHunt, @WeekendFund investor. Real likes, no gimmicks. ✌️😸

Just registered (starting in 1 hour) https://t.co/8I7tvbx2yJ https://t.co/3z6lgIDRNN

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Analysis | A powerful argument for wearing a mask, in visual form

washingtonpost · 2 days ago

Bobby Goodlatte

@rsg

Co-Founder & GP, Form Capital. Investor in @Coinbase @Envoy @Expo @Artsy @Guesty @Hodinkee @Linear_app @AlmanacDocs @QuillChat @Supercast @Gowalla & 50+ more

RT @StevenTDennis: 🔥COVID chart finds a strong correlation with mask use by state: 👁️👁️👇 https://t.co/IE0TIGDZm8 via @_cingraham @washingto…

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Paul Graham

@paulg

RT @Atul_Gawande: This figure says it all. https://t.co/B6Yd9NKxpe https://t.co/X1rsobTNAr

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Business Operations - Tech Stack Details

about.gitlab · 2 days ago

Paul Graham

@paulg

RT @sytses: Wonder what software we use at GitLab? We published our entire tech stack https://t.co/fSy1FSJtBA

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Thomas Schranz 🍄

@__tosh

RT @sytses: Wonder what software we use at GitLab? We published our entire tech stack https://t.co/fSy1FSJtBA

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Looking Glass Factory · The World's Leading Holographic Display

lookingglassfactory · 2 days ago

Peter Hebert

@peterjhebert

Entrepreneur + venture investor @ Lux Capital

well played @LKGGlass, well played https://t.co/2PMvFRtklf

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Josh Wolfe

@wolfejosh

Co-Founder @Lux_Capital Trustee @SfiScience Santa Fe Inst Chair @CiPrep Coney Island Prep (Brooklyn) Co-Founder of Carson, Quinn & Bodhi w/ @ltwolfe

Well done. https://t.co/i8tqBSz5eG

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FDA approves Gilead's remdesivir as coronavirus treatment

cnbc · 2 days ago

Keval Desai

@kevaldesai

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

Merry Christmas! (one hopes) ... https://t.co/NzcwDsAv3W

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Scott Kupor

@skupor

Managing Partner at Andreessen Horowitz; Author of Secrets of Sand Hill Road; father of three amazing/crazy/beautiful girls

https://t.co/R6RiHZQ8UF

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Zebrium Named a 2020 Gartner Cool Vendor | AIOps

zebrium · 2 days ago

GGV Capital

@GGVCapital

Global venture capital firm that invests in local founders. For more @jrichlive, @glennsolomon, @hanstung, @jennyleehw

Congrats @ZebriumAI on being named a 2020 Cool Vendor by @Gartner_inc 😎! cc: @Ajay_sf @glennsolomon #devops https://t.co/8V3uCvxdsX

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Accel

@Accel

First partner to exceptional teams everywhere.

RT @ZebriumAI: Zebrium is thrilled to announce that Gartner has named us a 2020 Cool Vendor. https://t.co/DT6fEXHeoJ #gartner #coolvendor…

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Here.fm raises $2.9 million to reimagine video chat – TechCrunch

techcrunch · 3 days ago

scott belsky

@scottbelsky

helping the creative world overcome the messy middle and make ideas happen. founder @behance, cpo @adobe, angel in startups the world needs. product obsessive.

another awesome team advancing the possibilities and flexibility of video chat and live group collaboration for the… https://t.co/g69ZCiqZhZ

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Y Combinator

@ycombinator

YC S20's @hereHQ raises $2.9 million to reimagine video chat: https://t.co/CpZfss3VXO

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