Brian Brackeen
@BrianBrackeen
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Investor @lightshipcap Organizer @BlackTechWeek Investing in the best founders & funders. ONLY Pitch me via our website - https://t.co/b4CrKWAobL
MIA - MVY - PHL - CVG - TUL
Joined March 2010
So obvious… but so many folks don’t understand that 45-60 is a sweet spot for founder success 🤷
Silicon Valley is obsessed with 20-year-old founders. But there is no age limit to starting a business. While everyone thinks older people don't play, the data says otherwise:
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This is responsible AI.
Statement from OpenAI and King Estate, Inc. The Estate of Martin Luther King, Jr., Inc. (King, Inc.) and OpenAI have worked together to address how Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s likeness is represented in Sora generations. Some users generated disrespectful depictions of Dr.
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When people say dumb things with a great accent it’s still dumb.
This was an exceptionally cogent articulation from Roelof about the state of venture capital. "There's a lot more talent than really interesting companies to be built. And I think we're spreading a lot of that talent thin right now." "Venture is a return-free risk."
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He’s 110% correct on this one.
Google was about to lose a vote by the Indianapolis City council and withdrew a proposal for a $1B data center. Microsoft pulled a similar project in Wisconsin based on community pushback. Are these isolated incidents or the beginning of a trend? If the data below is
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** FOUNDER TIP ** I sat down for this interview in 2017. Still hits. "There are many ways to learn about yourself in life, but none is as impactful or as fast as starting a company.” https://t.co/MxA38r4SSb
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Lord. Google sucks.
Google Pixel 10 Pro Fold is the first phone that exploded during JerryRigEverything's durability test. 💀 On top of that, it didn't survive the bend test either.
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Miami remains a top 10 ecosystem despite the haters. 😂
NEW! Miami startups bagged $754M of VC in Q3, PitchBook reports. What were the top deals? We also have state and national results! @refreshmiami @PitchBook #MiamiTech #NoPaywall
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Not too bad weekend 😂
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** FOUNDER TIP **
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** FOUNDER TIP ** This is wholly correct, and yet if you are an early stage founder there is nothing here for you. The truth is you don’t know your customers needs. Secondly, your customers needs are most likely met by others at this point.
Jeff Bezos: “People who are right a lot change their mind a lot” “Because of AI, new technologies, and all the dynamism in the world, so many things are changing — and they’re changing rapidly,” Jeff observes. The best solution he’s found for dealing with this rapid change is
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** FOUNDER TIP ** Average people with strong opinions are a dangerous thing.
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Best thing on the internet today.
“Oh my god… I have no words.” Listen to the emotional moment this year’s laureate Maria Corina Machado finds out she has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Kristian Berg Harpviken, Director of the Norwegian Nobel Institute, shared the news with her directly before it was
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Please baby Jesus.
Doug Pederson says he “probably would consider” coming back to the #Eagles in an offensive consultant role if they were to ask. ( via @JAKIBSports )
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Denzel Ward should be in Novacare center by 7am tomorrow morning. #FlyEaglesFly
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The OC is not it and I’m done waiting to see “consistency”
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Excellent video also highlighting that Detroit style pizza is superior to Chicago style.
We're proud to help small and medium businesses at Detroit’s Apple Manufacturing Academy as they embrace new manufacturing techniques to create new opportunities for their teams, their communities, and our country.
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I truly don’t think he takes pleasure in this reality. It’s meant to be a wake up call. Miami’s tax policy, crime policy, education policy, and philanthropic efforts are not patented. Other cities could and should implement them to keep people safe, educated, and in their cities
Ken Griffin: Asking people to leave from Chicago or NY has not been hard. We have gone from 1300 people in Chicago to a few hundred The sad part of the story was how many who had built lives in Chicago were willing to walk away from that There are more murders in Chicago on a
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