David Crow
@davidcrow
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Connector of dots. Maker of lines. Rider of slopes. Kinda sendy, dad. (he/him) 🇨🇦/acc
Toronto, Canada
Joined July 2006
”Plans are like maps. They animate people. And this is the most crucial thing they do. When people actually do things, they generate outcomes that help them discover what needs to be explained, and what should be done next. “ 2/3
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Oh Stripe Atlas equivalent for 🇨🇦
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"Yours to Discover" by internetVin My little talk at Toronto Tech Week 2025. This was a new format and setting for me, I was pretty nervous about it, but I thought I would just try it out and see what I would learn. Thank you for everything so far.
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From superclusters to battery plants - this government has wasted billions.
Opinion: Canada’s electric vehicle strategy has failed, and there are lessons to learn
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Happy Belated Mother's Day. I've decided we are rebranding Father's Day. Henceforth, it shall be known as "Mother Fucker's Day"
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1/ The hiring/job market in tech is broken an no one is talking about it. It's insane.
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@bram The Canadians stay in the USA and raise more money The ones that stay in SF after demo day become unicorns at 2.5X the rate I had a pod dinner tonight and our whole row of founders I sat in turned out to be Canadians who are all going to base their startups in SF after demo
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“Products are made in a factory, but brands are created in the mind.“ - Walter Landor
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Shopify killed the Toronto tech scene. Here's my working theory: between 2013 and 2020, Shopify's hyper growth created a talent vortex. It wasn't just engineers – they strategically acquired and aggressively hired Toronto's entrepreneurial energy into one massive ecosystem out
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Presidents Obama and Bush on their way to the Capitol Rotunda: Staffer to Bush: “Are you going to behave?” Obama chimes in from behind: “Nope.”
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“Change your opinions, keep to your principles; change your leaves, keep intact your roots.” – Victor Hugo
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VCs to avoid (with a “fuck off”) If some are innocent, they should come out and out the culprit. Pic by @EricNewcomer
1/8 I’m very sad today to see that @Bench has shut down. I’ve avoided speaking publicly about Bench since just over 3 years ago when I was fired from the company I co-founded. I still don’t have a lot of appetite to talk about it tbh, but think at least a short statement is
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@Cernovich Canada’s culture has become a toxic mix of insecure impostor syndrome and a hatred of non conformists. The result is a social and political culture that doesn’t take advantage of its natural resources (including its human capital) and, instead, apes stupid ideas (particularly
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Many of crypto's best started their journeys in Canada, including Vitalik. But our government and banks keep crushing the industry through over-regulation. Why does innovation always flee this country? Love to see Canadians like Brian being more assertive.
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I'M FEELING SPICY. I’ll say the quiet part out loud: 1. You don’t need 2 monitors to work. One is fine. 2. Stripe MRR screenshots only attract people into Stripe MRR screenshots. 3. Rocket reach should be illegal. They sell your phone number and email address to strangers
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This is an extraordinary video.
With the rekindled Jason Calacanis x Palmer Luckey beef we present to you one of the realest moments of all time: Palmer calling out Jason for hypocrisy at Jason’s own conference. All time based hall of famer.
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The theoretically highest potential VC manager is one that is the best at selecting within an entirely unconstrained pool of opportunity. No specialsiation, no stage focus, no pattern-matching on founder attributes or company characteristics. With every bound a manager adds
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x is going to be run by only waterloo interns this upcoming january
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