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Douglas Kim retweeted
San Francisco is a city of beautiful neighborhoods, but we only let tourists stay in the CBD (often dead) or Fisherman's Wharf (tacky caricature).
If we want to change the narrative, why not let them see what we see? Why aren't there hotels in our vibrant walkable neighborhoods?
Douglas Kim retweeted
I have been in venture a very long time (four years)
And I have never seen an opportunity bigger than we’re sering right now (replacing all gas stoves)
Douglas Kim retweeted
dreamers playing as south korea is celebrating their victory 🥹
teapaw.org/briller613_bts/status/…
Douglas Kim retweeted
THIS IS WHAT IT MEANS ❤️🇰🇷
The moment the final whistle blew for South Korea ⬇️
Douglas Kim retweeted
On episode 40, I asked @peterfenton why the best venture capitalists in the world seems to get worse at the job over time. Loved the thoughtfulness, self-awareness and humility in his answer.
Douglas Kim retweeted
Hi, Douglas- thanks for taking the time to reach out to us today. When you have a moment, could you send us a DM so we can further assist? Thanks! ^SW teapaw.org/messages/compose?recip…
Douglas Kim retweeted
Now seems like a good time to dust off the memo I sent to @flexport's team in early 2019 to explain why we raised a billion dollars of venture capital back then. Many of our employees and most of our existing investors thought it was too much dilution.
Douglas Kim retweeted
I’ve invested in many startups. The one common characteristic of the failures?
A dysfunctional culture
Here are the top 7 dysfunctions they all shared.
Douglas Kim retweeted
🧵How does Seed stage fund math work?
Now that I invest in funds, I’ve seen dozens of emerging manager decks and the fund model is one of the biggest decisions and misses that I see. VC is as much math as gut/luck.
Let’s get into it
Douglas Kim retweeted
We're proud to be represented by our chairman and managing partner, Adam Grosser, during his Building Back Better panel at the MIT Connection Science Annual Sponsors' Conference where he spoke alongside Praveen Mandal, @dkimbpm, @alex_pentland, @laylool, and @C_T_Lakshmanan!
Douglas Kim retweeted
Incredibly proud of the team and the people that have contributed to this milestone. This is one of the coolest team that I have had the pleasure of serving! #realteam #realdeal
🆒 News!! Tetrate has been named a 2021 Gartner Cool Vendor for Cloud Computing!!
Read why & download the report: bit.ly/3F2DL4t
Douglas Kim retweeted
fun fact:
3M people attended the Day of the Dead parade in Mexico City yesterday, which ppl might think of as an old Mexican tradition...
but the parade only exists because the fictional parade in the 2015 James Bond movie SPECTRE was so popular.
Douglas Kim retweeted
1/ Let's do an exercise together:
We've often heard people say something like "this innovative new service/company is good for patients and saves money, but there's no business model for it/ current reimbursement doesn't support it"
Step 1: Let's generate examples:
Douglas Kim retweeted
Hi Twitter. I need your help.
A few years ago, I had a freak accident that sent me into catastrophic kidney failure. I've been struggling to find a kidney donor ever since. I'm in dire need of a type O+/- kidney and ask that you please share my story.
#kidneyfordevon
🧵👇
Douglas Kim retweeted
Profs. Will Gornall and Ilya Strebulaev write about the economic impact of the #venturecapital industry. Among public companies founded in the last 50 years, VC-backed companies account for half in number, three quarters by value, and >92% of R&D spending and patent value.
#VC helped build some of America’s most iconic companies: @moderna_tx @Tesla @apple @genentech @netflix @Zoom @intel @coursera & @BeyondMeat.
Now let’s build the NEXT generation of companies that will help 🇺🇸 recover from the pandemic & #BuildBackBetter: bit.ly/3kULTeK
Douglas Kim retweeted
Join our #FinTechRoundtable this Wednesday-- now at 9 a.m. Pacific.
Discuss contactless payments with the panel: Aradhna Chetal, David Cherryhomes, @dkimbpm @varungyan and @bala_k.
Register now:
tetrate-io.zoom.us/webinar/r…
