Eddie De La Cruz
@EdrizioCruz
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ex Y-Combinator Visiting Partner. Co-founded Arcus (sold to Mastercard). Investing and helping underdog founders 👊🏾 achieve the dream 🇺🇸
Miami, FL
Joined April 2011
Huge thank you to my family at @ycombinator for the amazing support all of these years
From selling guavas in a Santo Domingo barrio to selling his company to Mastercard, @EdrizioCruz — co-founder of Arcus (YC S13) and former YC Visiting Group Partner — shares his improbable odyssey in his new book: The Underdog Founder. Available now: https://t.co/MGkQtxtaNs
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E155: De mecánico de aviones a vender su empresa a @Mastercard 🛫💰 | La historia de Edrizo de la Cruz @EdrizioCruz en @10ampro
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Founders, not all fast money is smart money, but all smart money is fast money
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Best speech of the night. Felicidades to the first ever Dominican academy award winner 🏆🇩🇴
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"Smart people listen to other smart people, and change their mind"
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When you care about what every one thinks of you, your become invisible. 🙈 When you stop caring what everyone thinks of you, you become invincible 💪🏾
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Having fun at what you do = being successful at what you do being successful at what you do = how many people you help + how much wealth you create
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Founder's summer vacation : "I'll take no calls on Fridays, and will take Sundays off " VC summer vacation : "I'll take all of August off, and will take 1st week of September off "
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Nos vemos en Colombia 🇨🇴
Edrizio de la Cruz estará en #PlatziConf este 7 de septiembre 🇨🇴 Siendo ex socio de Y Combinator, @EdrizioCruz te revelará los mitos que matan el emprendimiento latino. Últimas entradas en: https://t.co/roUptqTqss
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Orgulloso 🥲
MARILEIDY PAULINO BREAKS THE WOMEN'S 400M OLYMPIC RECORD 🥇 She's the first woman from the Dominican Republic to win an Olympic gold medal 🇩🇴
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I spoke to an investor yesterday who said "I have a PhD in incubators" Me: have you ever built a startup and gone thru an incubator? Him: no Me: have you ever ran an incubator? Him: no 🤦🏾♂️
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Thanks to caya from @slidebean for inviting me to chat about what no one says about startup exits https://t.co/olnOJOgeRY
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"When you're small, act small" - GT. Start where you are with what you have because that's already plenty
Always play the hand you have, not the one you wish you had
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Termine de leer las memorias de @EdrizioCruz y, o sea, es de lo mas inspirador que lei hasta ahora. Gracias @AllanBoru y equipo @CaraoVC por la oportunidad de conocerlo en su summit 🙏
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Mark your calendars for the #FounderSchool Fundraising Summit in Miami, supported by @joinlazo, Mana Tech, @CitizensBank, and @EdrizioCruz 🤩 The #summit will feature #pitch sessions, #panels, and a final happy hour with live music 🎉 📅June 20th. Register here:
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