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Playdate Store

shop.play.date · 14 hours ago

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@soleio

Software designer turned investor. Facebook, Dropbox, Figma, Vercel, Combine. Wonder junkie. 🃏

Haven’t been this excited about a console since the Genesis released. 🟨 https://t.co/Hl0oMGvTXa

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Jason Santa Maria

@jasonsantamaria

Designer by day, designer by night. he/him

It’s time! https://t.co/DKapSYFi4z

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Linda Dong 🍉

@lindadong

🌙 She/her @Apple Design Evangelist talking design, games and immersive experiences. Not a wilty flower. 🕹 Currently playing: The Sims 4

The first 20,000 units already spoken for in like….how many minutes was that??? Wild. You can still pre-order! https://t.co/gWI3EKMwDb

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may-li 🐯 khoe

@mayli

i wonder what happens if i delete this bio

!!!!!!!!! https://t.co/0f1fHYWOhS

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Are You Allowed to Criticize Simone Biles?: A Decision Tree

mcsweeneys · 1 day ago

Ken Norton

@kennethn

Bring the Donuts. Coach to product leaders. I write about product management at https://t.co/97Gbgb5FGj. Before: 14 years @Google (he/him)

Handy reference. https://t.co/qfx0cXnqzN

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parker

@pt

internet enthusiast. calmer than you are, dude.

My two thoughts on this topic: 1) You’re allowed to have whatever opinion you want. F the haters. 2) Still, liter… https://t.co/mMX55V9o4n

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Azeem Azhar

@azeem

Exponential View. 🔮🌟🤔 Born at 324.93ppm

RT @joehas: ARE YOU ALLOWED TO CRITICIZE SIMONE BILES?: A DECISION TREE https://t.co/5br41eSTfK https://t.co/F32MxQUqJV

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Laura Klein

@lauraklein

Principal: Users Know; Author: UX for Lean Startups & Build Better Products; Podcast: What is Wrong with UX; Pronouns: She/Her; laura@usersknow.com

RT @jeanburgess: Are You Allowed to Criticize Simone Biles?: A Decision Tree - McSweeney’s Internet Tendency https://t.co/C4M6jnVzp0

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The Danger of Early Hype in Consumer Social

sarahtavel.medium · 2 days ago

Sarah Tavel

@sarahtavel

At @Benchmark, I invest in consumer, marketplaces (b2c and b2b), & crypto. Formerly product @pinterest. Ball and chain for @cklemke and 👶🏼🐶.

I just published The Hype Subsidy – Why Early Hype is Dangerous in Consumer Social https://t.co/Wfr7JC4P4T

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Rob Go

@robgo

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

Great post! “Avoid avoid avoid… GRAB!" https://t.co/FZaRKv1kul

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Nabeel Hyatt

@nabeel

vc @sparkcapital - board of @capellaspace @discord @descriptapp @instawork @sonderstays @_allstripes, @wildtypefoods @ridezum prior bod @postmates @cruise

Great post @sarahtavel - or to put this in language founders will understand this is basically “Hype Debt” https://t.co/Iqk1fovBkO

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Adam Nash

@adamnash

CEO & Co-Founder @ Silverback 🦍. BoD @Acorns @DriveShift. Lecturer @Stanford. Inevitably optimistic. Slightly amusing. Always talking.

RT @sarahtavel: I just published The Hype Subsidy – Why Early Hype is Dangerous in Consumer Social https://t.co/Wfr7JC4P4T

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The Anti-Portfolio

newcomer.co · 2 days ago

Chris Fralic

@chrisfralic

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

RT @EricNewcomer: I spent months reporting out this profile on @BessemerVP Learned some stuff https://t.co/oBtCqo46x9

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Bessemer

@BessemerVP

For the entrepreneurs who want to build revolutions of their own.

Speaking of our Anti-Portfolio and keeping it real, we just added Coinbase: https://t.co/I4TpKzVol4 https://t.co/8JeAQ6BhSa

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Byron Deeter

@bdeeter

Partner @bessemervp w/@twilio @servicetitan @hashicorp @intercom @guildeducation @procoretech @ncino @scalefactor @gainsighthq @canva @docusign

RT @EricNewcomer: Bessemer Venture Partners is a thoughtful firm in a world of loose money. https://t.co/oBtCqo46x9

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The SaaS Org Chart

sacks.substack · 6 days ago

Manu Kumar

@ManuKumar

🦮 Human, Founder, Investor. Chief Firestarter at @K9Ventures. The O.G. for PreSeed. @lyft, @twilio, @playosmo, @CartaInc, @lucidchart, @auth0, @HiHello & more.

RT @DavidSacks: New blog: The SaaS Org Chart You've raised a new funding round. You need to staff up. Here's what that looks like. https:…

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David Sacks

@DavidSacks

Founder, Investor, Bestie, Rain Man. Over 25x🦄 💦🐦. Creator of the Bottom-Up SaaS Playbook. Occasional movie producer. @craft_ventures @theallinpod @getcallin

New blog: The SaaS Org Chart You've raised a new funding round. You need to staff up. Here's what that looks like. https://t.co/6ZIGO8Jlx1

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Azeem Azhar

@azeem

Exponential View. 🔮🌟🤔 Born at 324.93ppm

The SaaS Org Chart https://t.co/WzgA96KinZ

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Designing Windows 95’s User Interface

socket3.wordpress · 1267 days ago

Michael Sayman

@michaelsayman

Preorder APP KID https://t.co/2opwUSVrRd Product @Roblox, @Google ‘17-20 @Facebook ‘14-17 Peruano/Boliviano michaelsayman@me.com 🇵🇪🇧🇴🏳️‍🌈

RT @GK3: so good, anyone have more stories like this? https://t.co/8kBNXQXBHO

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George Kedenburg III

@GK3

product design @instagram 📷✨ — before: @facebook live and watch parties, @parseit, @prplrckscssrs. i buy too many sneakers.

so good, anyone have more stories like this? https://t.co/8kBNXQXBHO

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The Highest Forms of Wealth

collaborativefund · 8 days ago

Danielle Morrill

@DanielleMorrill

Marketing ✨ @gitlab | past: CEO/cofounder @mattermark (acq’d) YC (S12), early @twilio | startup leadership coach | my tweets auto-archive

Love this post by ⁦@morganhousel⁩ and I deeply agree that “the highest form of wealth is controlling your time”. https://t.co/iraVuK2NiE

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Sachin Rekhi

@sachinrekhi

Founder & CEO @NotejoyApp, a collaborative notes app for you and your team. Writer @ https://t.co/633sa02sap, on all things product management. Dad @ https://t.co/lzXIUbMxUm.

“To me, the highest form of wealth is controlling your time.” 💯 https://t.co/n01TwAAj2y

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‘The war has changed’: Internal CDC document urges new messaging, warns delta infections likely more severe

washingtonpost · 2 hours ago

Camille Samuels

@CamiSamuelsVC

Partner @Venrock investing in health. Recovering NYer. Mom. Unabashedly curious about science, wellness, people, current affairs, and other cool stuff

RT @matthewherper: Internal CDC document warns delta infections likely more severe https://t.co/LDB48trWVK

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Adam Nash

@adamnash

CEO & Co-Founder @ Silverback 🦍. BoD @Acorns @DriveShift. Lecturer @Stanford. Inevitably optimistic. Slightly amusing. Always talking.

RT @Bob_Wachter: The CDC document that was discussed in @washingtonpost today https://t.co/59FtxhE5f5 is now on line: https://t.co/141Fz4vz…

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The State of Developer Ecosystem in 2021 Infographic

jetbrains · 5 hours ago

Sidebar

@SidebarIO

Every weekday, the 5 best design links curated by a selection of great editors, by @SachaGreif

The State of Developer Ecosystem in 2021 Infographic https://t.co/gGpuqaUTKT

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Sara Soueidan

@SaraSoueidan

Freelance front-end UI & design systems engineer/speaker/trainer • camp @superfriendlyco • 🔜 https://t.co/P1LXpp7Uak

I was pleasantly surprised to see stats for HTML and CSS included in this infographic, but then saw the note just a… https://t.co/xvR7RWpkBk

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Series C funding round announcement

neuralink · 11 hours ago

Shivon Zilis

@shivon

Artificial intelligence, biological intelligence, and whatever exists in between and beyond. Made in Canada. Currently at Neuralink.

RT @neuralink: Announcing our $205M Series C funding round https://t.co/O04xknRlWm

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Ken Howery

@KenHowery

Personal account. Former U.S. Ambassador to the Kingdom of Sweden; Co-founder and former Partner, Founders Fund; Co-founder, PayPal

Excited to support @Neuralink’s mission to treat brain related conditions and link biological and artificial intell… https://t.co/lihHThUSvq

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GGV Capital gave this real estate startup founder a term sheet 48 hours after meeting – TechCrunch

techcrunch · 16 hours ago

Jeff Richards 🇺🇸

@jrichlive

Managing Partner @GGVCapital, $9B global venture capital firm, 2X founder, 4X dad, praying for @Dartmouth 🏀 return to Final Four #golong

Really fired up for @LizPYoung + team @realmscore! Incredible team going after a massive, massive market 😊🚀 https://t.co/7QKjFUY5RY

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Lerer Hippeau

@LererHippeau

Based in New York City, Lerer Hippeau empowers early-stage founders with the capital and tools they need to build ideas into category-defining companies.

Congratulations to LH portfolio company @realmscore on raising their Series A 🔥 https://t.co/rZaM1rO944

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Sunisa Lee Is Representing America in the Tokyo Olympics—and a Community America Left Behind

time · 18 hours ago

anildash

@anildash

helping make @glitch • big fan of being a big fan of things • he/him

RT @angvaj: for @TIME, i wrote about suni lee and what it means for us to have a hmong american olympian https://t.co/WiCQaEQGG9

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Linda Dong 🍉

@lindadong

🌙 She/her @Apple Design Evangelist talking design, games and immersive experiences. Not a wilty flower. 🕹 Currently playing: The Sims 4

RT @angvaj: for @TIME, i wrote about suni lee and what it means for us to have a hmong american olympian https://t.co/WiCQaEQGG9

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Pfizer says 3rd dose of its vaccine can 'strongly' boost protection against delta variant

thedenverchannel · 1 day ago

Arlan 👊🏾

@ArlanWasHere

BLACK. Founder & Managing Partner @Backstage_Cap, author IT’S ABOUT DAMN TIME, host YOUR FIRST MILLION pod, fan @GeneralHospital, MARRIED to @queergermangirl😍

If it has the chance to save my life and others? You better believe it. And I had a rough time for the 24 hours aft… https://t.co/GHlxM7Maos

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Alex Rainert 🤦🏻‍♂️

@arainert

Head of Audio Product @NYTimes ✨🎧✨ Husband to @superkb, introvert, @LFC, easy laugh. Tweets last a fortnight. Past @foursquare @google @itp_nyu

https://t.co/cMWDODqa0F https://t.co/p0jfgUv1EJ

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Facebook requiring U.S. employees to be vaccinated to return to work

cnbc · 1 day ago

parker

@pt

internet enthusiast. calmer than you are, dude.

It’s always an opportunity when you can change a corporate policy in a way that’s likely to be disproportionately d… https://t.co/zihjeLdstL

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Azeem Azhar

@azeem

Exponential View. 🔮🌟🤔 Born at 324.93ppm

And another one! https://t.co/ASrqlMPySu

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On Deck Series A Memo

beondeck · 1 day ago

Erik Torenberg

@eriktorenberg

Co-founder @Villageglobal & @beondeck. Hiring: https://t.co/VKUd5efWkf

This is the best snapshot into what On Deck is building as a business. https://t.co/M78NAeEkrT

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Micah Baldwin

@micah

Executive Coach @HighOutput_. Repeat Founder. Angel Investor. Focus: mental health, kindness, and creativity. ex-@madronaventures @amazon & several startups

RT @beondeck: In March, On Deck raised its Series A. Here’s the memo we used to raise it. https://t.co/lX7dhuaqCm

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Google postpones return-to-work until October, will require vaccinations

cnbc · 1 day ago

Azeem Azhar

@azeem

Exponential View. 🔮🌟🤔 Born at 324.93ppm

RT @CNBC: Google postpones return-to-work until October, will require vaccinations https://t.co/DUDNBsmnBe

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PaulStamatiou.eth

@Stammy

Designer @Twitter since 2013. Building @StocketaApp. @YCombinator @GeorgiaTech alum. I tweet about design, tech, crypto and #SwiftUI code. 🇬🇷

RT @CNBCnow: BREAKING: Google will require employees to get the Covid vaccine, postpones return-to-work until October https://t.co/025o1ni…

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The Growing Demand for Clean Electricity | Union Square Ventures

usv · 1 day ago

USV

@usv

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

New post: The Growing Demand for Clean Electricity https://t.co/FuApGwptfk

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Albert Wenger 🌎🔥⌛

@albertwenger

VC at https://t.co/PK5K4ZzdrG, learn more at https://t.co/jmssnvCFKB (hearts == stars, follows != endorsements)

Blog post by @mona_alsubaei over @usv on "The Growing Demand for Clean Electricity" https://t.co/hdmne2SD5t

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InVia Robotics raises $30M for warehouse robotics push

venturebeat · 2 days ago

Upfront Ventures

@upfrontvc

We're Upfront.

As ecommerce continues to expand, companies need more warehouse leverage. That's where @inviarobotics comes in 👇👇👇 https://t.co/4CCFkWPt6I

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Greg Bettinelli

@gregbettinelli

#LongLA. Partner @UpfrontVC. Advisor FreemanSpogli. Co-founder MuckerLab. Former CMO @HauteLook (@Nordstrom), @eBay, @StubHub. Swiss-Italian @FCLugano1908 fan.

Congrats to Invia Robotics team. Excited to have M12 (Microsoft), Qualcomm and Hitachi on board! https://t.co/c5Va6vBjtD

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A Dao of Flexibility

flickr · 2 days ago

Aarron Walter

@aarron

Product and design at Resolve to Save Lives. Author of Designing for Emotion. Co-host of Design Better Podcast. Started UX practice @Mailchimp. He/him.

That time @beep introduced responsive design to the world and I had a front seat to history. https://t.co/kmNcU9Eueb

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Ethan Marcotte

@beep

Digs @drinkerthinker. Designer, writer, speaker, and tech worker. Partner at @autogram_is; started that @RWD thing. He/him. 💌: https://t.co/gZs9acQypG

For that very first talk on @RWD, there were a *lot* of wonderful folks in the room. I’m real glad Aarron was one o… https://t.co/ODRdnS1XbU

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Orum raises $25M to automate outbound sales workflows

venturebeat · 2 days ago

John Vrionis

@jvrionis

Aspiring man for others. Catholic. Father of 3. Husband. Founder @Unusual_VC

Big milestone and great example of amazing founders executing well. Congrats @OrumHQ team. https://t.co/WavwVRnDVR

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David Sacks

@DavidSacks

Founder, Investor, Bestie, Rain Man. Over 25x🦄 💦🐦. Creator of the Bottom-Up SaaS Playbook. Occasional movie producer. @craft_ventures @theallinpod @getcallin

RT @jasoncdorfman: Excited to announce our series A fundraise! https://t.co/34ZV6Taqch

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