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businesswire · 6 days ago

Satya Patel

Dad, VC @Homebrew & Board Dir. @kippbayarea. Ex-Twitter VP Product/Google PM. Food, scotch & @Giants fan. Penn educated, Vegas raised. Optimizing for happiness.

Can't say enough about @zachperret @williamhockey and the @Plaid team. Truly revolutionizing an industry. https://t.co/Ft4D6NCnN7

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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.

Such a smart move by Visa to acquire Plaid. Incredible $5.3B outcome for the Plaid team. https://t.co/FGsLSYOtQF

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Plaid is joining Visa

blog.plaid · 6 days ago

Homebrew

@homebrew

Seed stage VC by @hunterwalk & @satyap. $$ in @chime, @theskimm, @honor, @primarydotcom, @lumi, @plaid, @boweryfarming @gustohq, @joymode, @getweave & others!

🙌 @Plaid https://t.co/V6szFNlhTg

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Norwest

@NorwestVP

Norwest is a venture capital and growth equity investment firm managing more than $9.5 billion in capital.

More on the exciting Plaid/Visa news and the future of fintech from @zachperret co-founder & CEO of @Plaid: https://t.co/L4oIp2CSaG

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How We Built our Exec Team in 4 Months

linkedin · 6 days ago

Jeff Richards

@jrichlive

Managing Partner @GGVCapital, $6.2B global venture capital firm, 2X founder, praying for @Dartmouth hoops return to Final Four

RT @DenehyXXL: From July to Nov I fired myself from just about every job in the company. This is why we will win. https://t.co/SBi3dGmF0l

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GGV Capital

@GGVCapital

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

Candid and insightful reflection from @DenehyXXL re: how @Electric_AI built an A+ growth-stage executive team in 4… https://t.co/lIYrWbkW7y

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How To Invest In Startups

blog.samaltman · 6 days ago

Sam Altman

@sama

ready player sama

How To Invest In Startups: https://t.co/oVR6SrkJ4X

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Geoff Ralston

@gralston

President at Y Combinator. Founder, Imagine K12. Angel Investor.

Thinking of being an angel investor? @sama on how to do it right: https://t.co/MFmtKOgn0F

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Leak confirms Samsung's next big phone will be called the Galaxy S20

dailymail.co.uk · 6 days ago

Bill Gurley

@bgurley

VC @benchmark, Investor: @grubhub, @zillow, @uber, @stitchfix, @nextdoor, @glassdoor, @hacker0x01, @solvhealth, @roverdotcom, @goodeggs, @instawork

I see the new Samsung phone will have four cameras vs. the iPhone’s three. Reminds me of this classic Onion piece o… https://t.co/P0ExZN7IFk

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Bilal Zuberi

@bznotes

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

I think Light camera might be the ultimate future. https://t.co/07DvkLintF https://t.co/GYZzwjS0z0

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The 'No Code' Delusion

alexhudson · 6 days ago

Laura Klein

@lauraklein

Principal at Users Know & Author of UX for Lean Startups and Build Better Products; Podcast at What is Wrong with UX Pronouns: She/Her

RT @newsycombinator: The “No Code” Delusion https://t.co/IjwgQSBZ6L

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Rasmus Andersson

@rsms

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

Interesting take on the “no code” thing https://t.co/Uq2mf97fJ4

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CoverWallet, now an Aon company | Union Square Ventures

usv · 6 days ago

USV

@usv

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

New post: CoverWallet an Aon Company https://t.co/8uOyHHL6w9

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Albert Wenger 🌎🔥⌛

@albertwenger

VC at http://t.co/ob75pN98ID

Big news on @CoverWallet https://t.co/aFJOKsC2uP

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Jet.com | Prices Drop As You Shop

jet · 1040 days ago

Alex Taussig

@ataussig

Partner @LightspeedVP. BoD: @AWA_Studios @DlyHarvest @Faire_Wholesale @Flockjay @Zola. Past: @thredUP $TWOU $CBLK. Writes @firehosevc every week(ish).

Anecdotally, Jet did major outdoor ad spend in its heyday. Post acquisition, someone probably realized that the cos… https://t.co/Vzryd6xp5t

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Papyrus - SNL

youtube · 840 days ago

Bo Ren

@Bosefina

Serving founders at @samsungnext💫. Scout @indieVC, Bicoastal Angel 😇 Group Founder. Formerly @facebook @instagram @tumblr | Open DMs 🤗

Attn font nerds & designers, this is the best SNL skit ever: https://t.co/y0DqXuzOpH

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Status as a Service (StaaS)

eugenewei · 323 days ago

Andrew Chen

@andrewchen

a16z, ex-Uber. I write a newsletter at https://t.co/C3BLJOhwoS. Plus one: @briannekimmel.

I particularly enjoyed the following pieces last year: Status as a Service https://t.co/FDnvb7jHnC Positional sca… https://t.co/qp6BW77vnY

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CNBC US Home

cnbc · 997 days ago

Benedict Evans

@benedictevans

Trying to work out what's going on, and what happens next. Mostly tech. Curious. Easily bored. Single parent. Working on something new.

RT @CNBCnow: BREAKING: Visa to acquire fintech start-up Plaid for "total purchase consideration of $5.3 billion" https://t.co/jn8limUSe7

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ESPN: The Worldwide Leader in Sports

espn · 1062 days 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.

RT @web: This is a brilliant funnel. https://t.co/255Uie27Xj for quick updates and non-paywalled articles. ESPN+ for sports fanatics and…

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52 things I learned in 2019

medium · 41 days ago

Andy Budd

@andybudd

UX Designer, @Clearleft CEO, @DigitalBrighton co-founder and curator of @UXLondon and @LDConf

RT @TomWhitwell: I just published 52 things I learned in 2019 https://t.co/ftBLIWyf9W

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The Passion Economy and the Future of Work - Andreessen Horowitz

a16z · 99 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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The forgotten art of squatting is a revelation for bodies ruined by sitting

qz · 383 days ago

James Yu

@jamesjyu

Sci-fi writer, investor, coder. Before: founded Parse (YC S11). Stories in @terraformsf @many_loops https://t.co/TDjwzaxshx & forthcoming in @uncannymagazine

Next hot SV trend: squatting desks https://t.co/9KF9wgB8OF

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#CES2020: Primordial Soup of Innovation

medium.learningbyshipping · 7 days ago