After strong consideration and strong public demand, I've decided to make it clear as to how my name is pronounced: (Moh-Sheh)
Thanks
@JulianMoncadaNY
for the inspiration and
@BoatShuman
for the extra nudge. Looking forward to not having to correct anyone anymore :)
I genuinely don’t understand why it’s so hard for people to see that Hamas is killing their own people both *literally* and *figuratively*
Would love to understand how someone struggles to comprehend this!
I would quote tweet
@paulg
but he blocked me
1) These are Hamas' statistics
2) anyone under 18 is a "child", even if a militant
3) Hamas/PIJ has misfired 1k+ rockets into Gaza; these deaths are blamed on Israel
4) Hamas is preventing people from fleeing
VC Firm: We would like to include you in our marketing material, plz tweet something funny/interesting
Me: Are you saying that none of my tweets are funny or interesting?
VC Firm: Tweet this
Mia energy is real & seems like it has a chance for SF-like serendipity
I came in skeptical & am leaving with a new view on the city & it’s potential
The level of excitement that
@MiamiMayor
has for his city is infectious. Very akin to that of a founder for their company.
Today we're launching the new 🚀
We haven't been very public about things, including teaming up with
@MLifschitz32
and the companies we've invested in
The new site (and deck) helps paint the full picture, with lots of easter eggs ;)
@dancohen3000
It's scary how off you are. Why the hell do you think it's normal to take elderly women captive?
How would you react if your parents or grandparents were taken captive and held as a hostage? Highly doubt you'd say it's ok they're going on vacation...
What's wrong with you?
@hunterwalk
Mine is “always be the sponge in the room” (also from my dad) i.e. always be learning and never think you know everything! Something that is so important to my day to day life — especially as a VC.
Team
@SusaVentures
gets it. Thanks
@lpolovets
Taking a play out of the
@ShrugCap
playbook isn’t a bad thing :)
Gestures like these make people want to work with these firms more often.
Great quote from an investor update I got today:
"We plan to be 100% transparent/brutally honest in our updates. We want your hard hitting feedback, even if it hurts......If we wanted cheerleaders, we'd speak to our parents"
Keep it real w/your investors it'll only help!
@dancohen3000
You literally make it seem like they're heros for freeing 2 of 200+ hostages who are elderly women that should've never even been a thought to take hostage in the first place
G-d should send you help fast bro. Hamas is scum of the earth and if you can't admit that then your
Do you agree that the main cause for innocent Palestinian deaths are due to Hamas and their antics around placing innocent civilians as human shields in all forms?
Also, do you agree that the IDF has NO INTEREST in killing innocent civilians and out of every army in the world
Does anyone disagree that innocent Palestinian lives matter as much as innocent Israeli lives?
Does anyone disagree that Israelis were murdered in cold blood on Oct 7th, as has been happening to Palestinians since then, and at ~10x the number.
Does anyone disagree that
I probably saw at least 5 IRL handshake deals done over the past two nights
Turns out fundraising is a lot easier when there's a huge network of builders and funders + IRL meetings are allowed
Ladies and Gentlemen
Thank you all for an absolutely vibrant inaugural Miami Tech Week
And I'm excited to announce Miami Tech Week 2022, Apr 17th - 24th
We'll do it even bigger and better, and yes it'll be a vibe
Hadrian is 🤯 and there's no one better to give the rundown on what they're building.
This one is a must read!
@2112Power
is going to save America and bring manufacturing to the next level.
Read this one.
Hadrian builds semi-automated factories that build precision parts for rockets and satellites.
It just raised $90M from a16z, Lux, & Founders Fund.
@2112Power
wants to reverse American decline and keep the solar system free.
For all of you who thought
@eonwhite
was just great....
I found out today that he's the one who built the first ever
@barstoolsports
website for
@stoolpresidente
...
Ian is more than just great, hes EPIC!!
Excited for this to finally be public and to continue working with
@HarryStebbings
& the
@twentyminutevc
fund investing in the US.
Founders — 100% take his $$$
Can’t take your 👀 off Harry!!
🔥convo b/w
@eriktorenberg
@Nivo0o0
&
@cyantist
abt small funds, high conviction investments, backing crazy things no one else wants to by wanting to say yes instead of no, superpowers & much more! Proud to be a backer of Niv!
Excited to announce we are coleading a $18m round into Lula
Lula is truly Miami-native,
@MichaelVegaSanz
&
@MattVanzz
moved here from Puerto Rico, went to the same jr high as
@FrancisSuarez
& are now building the Stripe for Insurance
The American dream!
This is world class from
@Casey
and I hope everyone watches this, internalizes this, and does the same if they have a platform to do so!
Thank you Casey 🙏
The time has come! Excited to be a part of what
@Welcome_HQ
is tackling to help companies build more transparent relationships from the start.
Companies giving offers without this will be at a disadvantage (yes I am biased ☺️)
🎉Today’s the day we pull the curtains back on Welcome (
@welcome_hq
), and share more about our private alpha, fundraise, and mission to help HR teams build lasting relationships with candidates:
Excited to announce that we've raised a $42m Series A to build the world's first space factories
Co-led by Khosla Ventures (
@SamirKaul1
) & Caffeinated Capital (
@tonsing
)
Varda will bring the benefits of space to a much wider population via our products we bring back to Earth!!
Jeff is hands down one of the best in the biz!
I've personally learned a ton from him & every founder I talk to that's worked with him only raves about what its like to work with him.
Founders, take Chapter One's 💰
☀️ Announcing Page Two: $50m+ crypto fund to elevate product & design across Web3 ☀️
We spent 6 months building a new
@chapterone
from first principles before fund two.
New team, new look & new fund focused on what we love building & supporting in web3.
Announcement: We've updated our website!
The redesigned includes:
– An updated portfolio page
– Case Studies^
– Drops (you're likely in it)
Our goal is to give a better view into what we're investing in & help share the company stories more publicly ✨
When your roommate is anthr seed stage VC & you need to take calls from the lobby of your building so he doesn’t find out what deal you’re looking at cc:
@BoatShuman
#competitvemarket
CoS roles like this are a dream for any generalist up and comer wanting to familiarize yourself with what being a CEO is like.
I'm biased for many reasons but check it out!
I'm hiring a Chief of Staff to help us build
@MainStreet
.
In this role, you'll work closely with me to empower millions of small businesses, while building a huge, decade-defining company.
Interested? Drop me a note at Doug
@mainstreet
.us
JD below:
Go work for Jeremy, he's world-class. End of story.
This is the making of an iconic company and it's just getting started.
(not an investor -- just a fan and happy customer. Wish I was though ☺️)
My top priority for
@italic
is building a world-class management team.
Refer your friends! If we hire them, we'll give you:
— Lifetime membership ($∞)
— Complete bedding set ($400)
— 10-pc cookware set + knives ($350)
— Full cashmere wardrobe ($250)
— Any leather bag ($300)
"Track record" in venture is WAY more than just financial returns
The best founders need to *pick you* & I highly doubt they care about how much $ was made on a previous investment
The best leading indicator for future success (IMO) is how founders talk abt/vouch for you
Excited to be a part of what
@MainStreetWork
is doing to help startups & SMB's save money through gov tax incentive programs.
There's finally a consumer-friendly front end for companies to interface w/ the government!
If you want on avg $50K+ back ⤵️
@schlaf
Speed & conviction is key. In a relationship driven business ppl want to know that you beileive in them especially at the earliest stages when it could be lonely, tough, etc...
Three unconventional meetings happened today:
🏃♂️6.5 Mile run to start the morning
🚤45 min walk by the water in the afternoon
🐶1 hour dog walk to finish off the day
SF you've been good :) NY needs more of this
Great meeting with
@hunterwalk
@homebrew
’s HQ. Amazing insights on how to develop a repeatable product offering as a VC to win deals and then add value — something special coming at you guys soon 🤫😱
Anyone who voted for
@ChrisVanHollen
should be ashamed of themselves
It's ABSURD how on the Senate floor in the United States of America we have someone who is legitimately in favor of praising terrorism and Anti-Semitic behavior
Someone look into this guy because he's a
We have recently won the bidding for a once historic art gallery and future museum/office space
The private Miami location will house our growing collection of digital collectibles, on display through video print technology in development
Thank you Mayor, and recent residents.
1/ Today, we’re excited to announce a $10.5M financing led
@a16z
! Memora Health is building an operating system to help modernize how our largest healthcare organizations deliver care.
Great piece from
@ttunguz
on how small ACV's sold into mid to large enterprises w a bottoms up strategy can yield world class sales efficiency
Takeaway: dont be fooled by small ACV's! If the sales strategy is great & working, big businesses can be built!
@Samirkaji
...if you perceive a company to have spectacular potential at seed but you can’t get to your target ownership at the outset, INVEST. This is not something I believed in my younger days but certainly believe now. This isn’t a change in strategy; it’s a tactic for max optionality
The world didn't hear about it so let me remind everybody.
Last year Hamas ethnically cleansed the Bedouin village of Om al-Nasr inside the Gaza strip
They evicted 5,000 residents at gunpoint, viciously killing and injuring many.
When I think “pre-seed” there aren’t many that come to mind but
@gjain
and
@anamitra
have done an awesome job building a super approachable solution for founders at the earliest stages! Congrats on the new fund and excited to continue working together 🚀
Today we announced Afore Fund II, a $77 million fund, dedicated solely to investing in founders in the Pre-Seed stage. We shared some thoughts this morning on our blog . 1/6
Takeaway from
@Superhuman
:
People look at your cold emails (even ones who you think would NEVER open a cold email). If you write good cold emails you will get answers!
REMINDER: take the time to properly craft your cold emails!
You’re missing this:
It’s been made extremely clear by Hamas themselves that the hospital is used as their headquarters and thereby it’s no shock that it contains a massive tunnel network below (the same way it works for every other hospital, masque,
It is gonna be more than 48 hrs since IDF got the control. And we have not seen this underground tunnel that was shown in intelligence reports as an evidence for bombing a hospital, the main hospital in Gaza. The tunnel network in hospitals that was confirmed by President Bush
You know those days when you’re just thankful for the industry you work in, friends you’ve made, & ppl tht gave you time when they didn’t have to? Well that was tdy for me! Thnks
@Maveron
team for an awesome dinner and conversation
@anarghya503
@Levitan
@ntdillon
cc:
@BoatShuman
There's no turning back post
@unlocklevels
Eating food and not knowing how your body responds should be a foreign thing.
It's crazy to think that people claimed to offer "personalized health" before/without this!
.
@unlocklevels
is one of the coolest consumer health products I’ve seen.
It gives you real-time feedback on how your body responds to specific foods.
Metabolic health is an interesting space to watch 👀
Investor updates w/company OKR’s included are 🔥
Best format to let your investors go to work for you. If you arm them with the outputs they can more effectively contribute to the inputs.
Highly recommend. H/t
@dougludlow
If you want an inside look into how I manage my time ⏰ and what’s it’s like to be a startup CEO, you should check out this piece I wrote over at
@firstround
✍️
Want to thank
@blakeir
for the least productive day in a while 😂
That newsletter = automatic binge of
@MrBeastYT
&
@DavidDobrik
In all seriousness though, unreal read & highly recommend for anyone interested in future of media/entertainment
I think I’m starting to really enjoy meeting ppl in their houses, apartments etc...it brings a whole new dynamic to the relationship right off the bat that’s super authentic and inviting! Think I’m gonna adopt some of this ☺️
1/
@Jeff_Jordan
and I are excited to announce that
@a16z
is leading
@Levels
$12M Seed Round to bring biowearables into the mainstream and improve metabolic health.
If you didnt have an excuse to go to Mia...now you do!
let's just say this is the first of many spots in Mia that you'll be able to experience what
@eightsleep
is all about.
Miami takover.
BREAKING NEWS: Thinking about visiting Miami to see what the new tech hub is all about?
@eightsleep
is partnering with
@FrancisSuarez
and
@sbecollection
to give you the Sleep Fitness treatment. We’re launching the first ever Eight Sleep Suite in MIA. Learn more 👇
Our biggest collab yet, RTFKT X
@a16z
a one of a kind funding round curated with the best people in the world to empower the future of fashion and collectibles for the Metaverse,
it's time to BUILD 🛠🌐👟
Remember this. Which other army in the world does this?
Pretty sure Putin didn’t do this when he started to invade Ukraine.
No one wants to see civilians die - except Hamas!!
What I’ve found to be quite interesting is that the byproduct of backing *truly* amazing people sometimes far surpasses the core thesis, product, or reason you backed them in the first place. Any data on this
@paulg
@sama