Alec Ellin
@AlecEllin
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CEO of The Drop CRM @laylodotcom (YC S20) • 😇 Investor in Drapr (acq. Gap), DTCH and a few 🛸
California
Joined March 2010
2023 at @laylodotcom - Drops to 20m Fans - Powered 40k musicians, sports teams, live events and entertainers - Tripled revenue (again) - Launched Multidrops which has powered some of the biggest tours globally and drove over a $250m in ticket sales - Launched our Shopify
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“We can’t turn off our menorahs!” This interview made me cry. 😢 Every Jewish person needs to watch this.
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One of the all time great poasters, Misha Saul, sorely missed from this website, nails it over on his substack:
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I am heartbroken by the news from Australia that at least 11 people were murdered today while celebrating Hanukkah on Bondi Beach. As families around the world, light candles and gather in joy, these innocent people were killed solely for being Jewish. I grieve for them, yet I am
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Brilliant move for both
https://t.co/HngrXph6kU "The Walt Disney Company and OpenAI reach landmark agreement to bring beloved characters from across Disney’s brands to Sora"
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Do things that don’t scale
Did A24 actually placed an engagement announcement in The Boston Globe as part of the film’s marketing?
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The babies must be Israeli collaborators, Hamas would never!
Hamas hid tons of baby formula to damage Israel with starvation claims, Palestinian activist says https://t.co/Us6GhKHxri
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Are these "protesters" a permanent, valued member of the progressive coalition now?
🚨BREAKING: Chaos erupted outside Wilshire Blvd Temple in Los Angeles as pro-Hamas demonstrators blocked and harassed Jews trying to enter the synagogue and school, creating a near-pogrom atmosphere, witnesses said. https://t.co/uZYiD1Htqv
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A glimpse of China’s fishing militia invading the Philippines’ EEZ. Tens of thousands of such vessels, subsidized by China, operate as proxy enforcers for the Coast Guard and PLANavy. They go around wreaking havoc on sovereignty of other states & marine life alike.
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NEW IN PIRATE WIRES: The Los Angeles City Council has voted to cap rent increases below inflation for most units — essentially telling investors they can’t earn a return in the city. The effects of this decision are clear: over time, the rent cap will choke off new development,
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Is this seizing the means of production?
Buried the lede that 36k Nvidia employees have $630 billion of RSUs outstanding => $17.5 mil per person
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Wake up, world! This is where the next pandemic is coming from, not nature.
Dangerous gain-of-function research continues. Chinese virologists have constructed chimeras of bat SADSr-CoVs and SADS-CoV that show up to 10,000x enhancement of viral growth in brain. And have done so using grossly inadequate biosafety protections. https://t.co/YdoSttscIH
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Nvm artists will be fine
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Live will be bigger than ever
Ari Emanuel says his portfolio of live assets (UFC/WWE, tennis, Frieze art fairs, car auctions) is the Anti-AI bet because the value of curated IRL events is going up as people get more free time: "Netherlands just said 4-day work weeks. Drive times now are 11am to 4pm across
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It’s happening
We're officially authorized to drive fully autonomously across more of the Golden State. Next stop: welcoming riders in San Diego in mid-2026! ☀️
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A couple of these AI + Music platforms (remixing, DAW, social) will have massive Spotify-like outcomes and the labels don’t really care which one it is because they’re taking slices of each and doing what they do best, licensing. Great IP will only grow in value imo. Also
New: All 3 major music companies have licensed their work to a new AI-powered music service. It will all be announced tomorrow. https://t.co/5CMnX1TdkB
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What are we even doing
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