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Our team at 01 Advisors put together this community a couple weeks ago to help the Twitter Alumni Network stay connected as a large number of folks work to figure out what's next. It's active and productive and has already been a great resource for people
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Adam's got most of the juicy details in his post below, so i'll just say what a pleasure it is to be working with two of the very best go-to-market executives on the planet in
@adambain
and
@davidbfischer
as we announce our 3rd fund at 01 Advisors.
We have raised a $395m Fund 3!
Even better:
@davidbfischer
, former Facebook CRO, is joining us as Partner!
After years of competing against David, it’s amazing to be on the same side of the table now.
@dickc
and i feel so lucky to work with him :)
Our…
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Dear Chinese Government, year-long detentions for sending a sarcastic tweet are neither the way forward nor the future of your great people.
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Once in a rare while, somebody comes along who doesnt just raise the bar, they create an entirely new standard of measurement.
#RIPSteveJobs
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With the
@umichfootball
graduating seniors in the tunnel of the Big House before commencement.
#goblue
http://t.co/dYUyKDGXps
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@pmarca
just to play devil's advocate: a better question might be "what high school senior, not having read ALL THE BOOKS, will possibly be able to out-write a machine in 5 years?" (also, i almost wrote 'outright', so, you know,...while we're judging writing prowess)
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Too many people believe that the CEO role is about being a teacher. The CEO role is about being a student.
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@WillOremus
@Carnage4Life
whoa whoa whoa.
you don't call, you don't write...then these sudden midnight generalizations?
If you prick us, do we not bleed? I mean, you know, I believe that's from the Merchant of Venice, but i'm talking specifically about me. I definitely bleed. Thin-skinned bleeder here.
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Why companies lose: Failure of conviction, failure of imagination, failure of backbone, failure of execution.
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The shockingly bad takes from journalists and politicians on both the right and the left about SVB (w/ Elizabeth Warren's nutty take in the NYT probably the winner) is your regular reminder that the people who least know what they're talking about tend to do most of the talking
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Two Twitter lists about what is happening in Boston right now:
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Typical flight to SFO
#myVXexperience
(FAQ: Yes, i'm actually working. No, i don't usually ride up front. Yes, really)
http://t.co/Kwmbbeh2
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loading bike into trunk of my car for "take your bike to work day" tomorrow.
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"What makes us happy in our work" -Worth a view, even if you think you already understand this:
http://t.co/GjLKeBMkFa
hat tip
@amac
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To everybody repeatedly asking why I'm not verified if I'm the CEO: I am verified in my own mind, and Mom said that's all that matters.
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It's already legendary, and it's quite possible there will never be another internal email from a CEO as good as this:
http://bit.ly/ckni1o
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Help us help these Ukrainian women, refugees from the war themselves, build out their school for Ukrainian children in Krakow, Poland. More on their story in the GoFundMe below.
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Me: "Why are those guys dressed like Batman?" Him: "Because The Dark Knight Rises opens tonight at midnight" me: "I repeat my question"
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Who should serve more prison time: the two girls who threw tomato soup at van gogh's sunflowers or the person who published a "vegan cacio e pepe" recipe in the NYT cooking section yesterday? Discuss.
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@rickygervais
I think the common lesson learned here is that listening to your mother will get you nowhere.
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The volume of people who strangely confuse the publishing constraint (140, 5-7-5, etc.) with the reader's attention span is remarkable
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@umich
@umichbball
some of the Michigan graduates at Twitter prior to a few of them getting on a plane to Atlanta
http://t.co/7EcpLFervZ
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And for the second time in a year, I get to reset the counter on "Days since death threat by blowtorch" to 0
#keepthosecardsandletterscoming
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I can't tell if Robert Reich wants you to hate him or not, but whatever the case, it's working. Also, that blue tshirt with the maroon sweater, Mon Dieu!
(worth noting he must have grad students making these nitwit cartoon clips...seems like a great use of time)
Elon Musk came from a family that owned an emerald mine in Apartheid South Africa.
Bill Gates’ mom helped Microsoft get a deal with IBM.
Jeff Bezos’ garage-based start was funded by a quarter-million dollar investment from his parents.
“Self-made billionaires” are a myth.
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Was not watching men's Wimbledon final. Checked Twitter. Now watching men's Wimbledon final.
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in Rome: copy of Kama Sutra thrown out 2nd story window above cafe, bounces off awning, lands in street. Man next to me: "they finished it"
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Bulk/auto following/unfollowing are prohibited. They inevitably result in polluted timelines, spam via DM, and inappropriate account ties.
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Psyched! Two new board members & Kleiner Perkins will help grow Twitter to infinity & beyond:
http://t.co/b8jFjVO
@johndoerr
@disneypixar
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"the most thoughtful, honest and realistic policy to come out of a technology company in a long time" via
@smalera
http://t.co/R6dzzZty
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London Olympics have connected a number of cameras at different venues to Twitter accounts. Here's the pool camera account:
@L2012PoolCam
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In bed with a historical biography at 9:25.
I'm pretty sure I'm the only person in Las Vegas saying this.
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Back from a week cooking in kitchens and trattorias across Italy with
@davidnayfeld
. Learning a new skill and practicing it next to experts is hard, exhilarating, and humbling in the best way. A craft where you cant BS your way through, and if you do, you get your ass kicked.
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Amazing morning. Congratulations to everybody
@twitter
that poured their hearts into this
#NewNewTwitter
#LetsFly
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If you're the Daily Mail reporter who got your boss to fly you to the US to go to my home looking for me during work hours today, good move!
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Business pace of execution is like working the speed bag in boxing. It's not how hard/fast you work, it's how smoothly/consistently you work
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The Jets should cut out the middle man and just let the Patriots kick off to themselves.
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Was askd what i meant by "goals not competitors" We create more value by focusing on being the best than we do by focusing on "beating them"
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After talking to the teams at Crashlytics and Bluefin Labs, I'm even more excited about our plans for Twitter Boston (well, Kendall Square)
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Happy New Year. To all my colleagues at Twitter: I love working with you, and I can't wait to see you all at the office tonight at midnight
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I remember thinking (and writing here) that Claire's interview in Elad Gil's "High Growth Handbook" was some of the best management advice i'd heard in a while. No surprise that "Scaling People" is now being hailed as the new go-to management book in tech circles.
The
@chughesjohnson
stans have spoken!
So excited to see that Scaling People is now a WSJ Bestseller: (a first for
@stripepress
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Impressed by commitment
@JalenRose
is making to education in Detroit.
Effecting change in education is, tragically, harder than it should be
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John Donahoe is quietly one of the most impressive CEOs out there. What he's achieved at eBay over the past few years is fascinating.
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The surprising answer to "How close to a train track can you setup a vegetable market?" is apparently "negative 1ft"
http://t.co/2dLLikX
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I'm guessing this won't stop the "why are you preventing <insert name of cause here> from trending?" questions, but
http://t.co/nWZtg88s
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Just read neatly written 5page hand addressed note from person who claims I implanted a radio in their brain. Thus ends my mail opening life
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When you're on your laptop working in the lobby of a hotel in Europe near midnight Friday, drunk people from around the world laugh at you
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Bad news, good news dept: weather in NY bumped me to the am
@VirginAmerica
flight, wind up sitting next to
@richardbranson
&
@thatkevinsmith
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My one slide at Twitter's global sales conference, Bernini's remarkable Fountain of the Four Rivers
#gsc2013
http://t.co/DMYL6pPsoZ
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Was outside watching the bees come and go, looked down and saw this red-tailed hawk feather
#birdofpreygoodlucksigns
http://t.co/wLz6AqT2nE
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Fiction "takes all the things we know and restores to them the rich significance which has been hidden by the veil of familiarity" - CSLewis
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me: battery's dead; won't take a charge
mechanic: I'll diagnose it for $125
me: but we know what's wrong
mech: No, you do. $125 & I'll know
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Great night for
@umichbball
and congratulations to first round picks
@Trey_Burke3
and
@t_hard10
http://t.co/UGsvnIcH5j
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It's 100 degrees and humid in Washington, D.C.
Fortunately, I'm wearing a dark suit
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Father/son day about to head around the Sonoma track in an Indycar with Mario Andretti
@followandretti
#notsohumblebrag
http://t.co/wtenryoH
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Gawker (birthplace of investigative journalism) says I face an ouster campaign! Can you imagine? A campaign! For ME! I'm SOMEBODY!!
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Sometimes I'll see a person doing something I've never tried & I'll think "I could do that." This is not one of those
http://t.co/1R9MTkvRDW
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Derek Delgaudio's one man show on Hulu "In and of Itself" is just incredible. See it without reading any of the reviews. Reminded me of "Ricky Jay and his 52 Assistants" as a show in which the magician's incredible prowess is rivaled by his storytelling.
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Welcome to Vine. Download it now for iPhone and iPod touch and tweet your vines!
http://t.co/xyspWE1v
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