5X Tech Founder, 3X Tech Commercialization, 2X EIR, CEO of @AxNano and playful dad. Opinions are my own.
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So no one has ever asked how many of Epstein's victims were former Trump pageant contestants? Interesting.
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How long does it take for companies to build factories in America, a couple days or so?
Caste (noun): a system of rigid social stratification characterized by hereditary status, endogamy, and social barriers sanctioned by custom, law, or religion.
Castes are a big deal.
Culture flows from the top, which is why people of character are so important.
We were all adequately warned.
Let's be clear: bullies know their audience. Fear is and will always be their greatest weapon. They know how precisely to exploit and manipulate people's insecurities. It's a shame that those insecurities are so predictable. This literally happens every four years like clockwork.
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I’m a Reagan conservative. I have never voted for a Democrat, but this year, I am proudly voting for @KamalaHarris. Donald Trump is too dangerous ever to hold power again. We must put love of country above politics and unite to defeat him on Nov 5.
From the simplistic voter preference explanations I'm hearing, clearly no one understands economics. Thus, they don't understand that an elected official can't promise one.
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Yeah, I figured.
I “met” JD a few years ago in DC when he was working for a diversity fund (of all things!) led by Steve Case, where I was speaking at their summit.
I’ve tweeted about this before, but I’ll never in my life forget the steely, almost evil look he gave me when I went to introduce myself to him. I said it then—before I knew he had any political aspirations—and I’ll say it again: he looked at me like he HATED me with every fiber of his being. And then he walked away from me without saying anything. It felt like a racist encounter, though I know many won’t believe that. But iykyk.
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Andre Iguodala is retiring from basketball to run Mosaic, a $200 million venture capital fund that he recently raised, per @dealbook.
In addition to 4 NBA Championships, Iguodala has been one of the most active investors in sports over his 20-year career.
Investments include:
• Zoom
• Robinhood
• Coinbase
• Cloudflare
• Leeds United (EPL)
• Bay FC (NWSL)
Congrats on a great career, @andre!
Amazing experience this morning ringing the #nasdaqopeningbell at @NasdaqExchange
I actually thought that America's conscience would last longer than 36 months. The values Americans claimed in 2020 were a lot different when all the sexism, racism and classism lay fully exposed. It didn't take much for society to do a 180.
Castes are a big deal, people.
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reflecting: it’s so much easier to discuss non-traditional (aka “crazy”) VC investment strategies with 15 yrs of data / 2,000+ co’s in the rear view mirror.
back in 2008-10, i spoke with hundreds of (smart & experienced) VCs & LPs who said i was insane… and when I said the firm name was going to be called “500 Startups” (thx for that domain @hnshah 🙏🏼❤️) they literally laughed in my fucking face.
fundraising was hell for many years because nobody thought it made any goddamn sense (and tbh, i was scared shitless it might not work). even after we were on our 3rd fund and >1,000 investments, ppl still thought we were crazy and it wouldn’t work.
but i was very lucky a few folks gave us a shot in the early days (@foundersfund @Redpoint @accel @bluerunventures @JoshKopelman @pmarca @mkapor @fredwilson @marcusogawa among many others)… the checks were small but they were enough to get started, and we never looked back.
today i have a lot of sympathy for rookie VCs and founders aspiring to try out their “crazy investing ideas” — especially in such a tough market, altho 2009-10 was pretty similar in a lot of ways.
it’s a GIANT pain in the ass starting a company or a VC fund, and it takes a lot of support and believers, AND a lot of hard work & persistence.
and even then, many many times we will fail. and try again. and fail again. and try again. and fail again.
but i want to let people know — keep working on your crazy ideas!
because one time, a few times, sometimes… you will SUCCEED.
and that makes all that failure and doubt and persistence worthwhile.
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Congratulations to the @provident1898 team for launching another tool for our equitable #entrepreneurship #ecosystem. @ncidea is a proud partner to support this effort.
@DougSpeight @doctor_shante @LCWYM
Exciting news from our 2020 #ECOSYSTEM partner, @provident1898 !
Powered by Provident1898, the ACQUIRE course is an online, self-paced, asynchronous acquisition #entrepreneurship course. ACQUIRE will empower professionals and aspiring entrepreneurs of color by exposing them to the world of entrepreneurship through acquisition.
Register: bit.ly/3NMWPJR
More info: acquire1898.com
#NCIDEA #ECOSYSTEM #NCecosystem
Woke was an outcome of the rampant sexism, sexual misconduct and chauvinism that yielded the #MeToo movement.
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You can talk about your company’s culture until you’re blue in the face.
You can put up the most beautiful posters in your break room and carve your values into the cornerstone of your building.
But none of that will make the slightest bit of difference if your words don’t match your actions. Culture is observational, not aspirational. It’s not what you say, it’s what you do.
Wisdom. #notjustbars
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A reminder of what we invest in
Stage: Pre-Seed and Seed
Check size: $1-2.5M
Ownership: 10%+
Round sizes: $1.5-5M
Agnostic but core sectors: Enterprise, Ecom tools, B2B FinTech, Vertical SaaS
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