Evan Schoenbach
@eschoenbach
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Learning and building. ex @Mosaic_VC, @insightpartners, @HostCommittee. Tinkerer, developer, optimist
London
Joined June 2009
Strong new first-check firm for enterprise technology founders. Worth checking out
Excited to announce Preface's $23m inaugural institutional fund investing in frontier enterprise technology. Special thanks to @rebecca_szkutak at @Forbes for the highlight. https://t.co/gSnWSLKjgZ
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So important to look beyond even ubiquitous headlines
1/ There is a common line repeated in the media: "Fed survey shows 40 percent of adults still can’t cover a $400 emergency expense" Inspired by @EconTalker to go deeper and question things I read, here is a perfect example of how people cherry pick data to fit their narrative.
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Everyone loves SpaceX, and thinks of Elon as the genius founder that invents new types of rockets that are cheaper, faster, more efficient. It's fun to think of it as SpaceX versus NASA, or Silicon Valley vs Aerospace. But let's talk about D&I, and logs. Logs as in timber. 🌲
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... wow. Ben Affleck perfectly predicting Spotify and Netflix in a random 2003 interview Almost exactly right about the unit economics of annual music subscriptions and the timing of online movie streaming. Solid point too on how shareware (Napster) is a necessary predecessor
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Very cool: traffic lights prediction API will impact route planning within cities (depending on traffic light timing!). Traveling salesman problem now picks up a timing factor @getnexar
data.getnexar.com
We are excited to announce the pre-launch our first API. Lights API is our Traffic Lights Prediction API.
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A hero is one who does not consider themselves a hero. Awed by James Shaw Jr’s humility and bravery.
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2. A scam account pretending to be @elonmusk immediately replies with a ridiculous proposition asking you to send ETH to a some address. 3. An army of sock-puppets reply to the tweet to build social proof.
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Last night we captured surveillance footage of a vandal trying to break in to one of our employee's vehicles in our parking lot. While the suspect is still at large, we took the liberty to have John Curley give his play-by-play of the incident. Take a listen 🔊
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“Drinking the Soylent” is almost always a better metaphor for tech true-believers thank “drinking the Kool-aid”. It doesn’t kill you, it just messes with your digestive system and makes you insufferable to be around.
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Sophisticated foods are bittersweet (wine, beer, coffee, chocolate). Addictive relationships are cooperative and competitive. Work becomes flow at the limits of ability. The flavor of life is on the edge.
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.@tferriss on one reason why he moved away from Silicon Valley: its “McCarthyism masquerading as liberal open-mindedness...how many topics or dissenting opinions are simply out-of-bounds.” https://t.co/AaW4fb9C3c
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Major bug leads to lowest price in 😱😱 weeks.
A major vulnerability has frozen hundreds of millions of dollars of Ethereum. Price drops to lowest value in 2 weeks https://t.co/dB5T8WkFsv
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The Columbine school shooting shocked America. As of today, it is no longer one of the 10 deadliest shootings in modern US history.
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Congrats to my partner @chalfs on his strong appearance in Midas List Europe. Overdue recognition for an excellent investor and person
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Superb nuanced crypto explainer and perspective by @adamludwin. https://t.co/2lP88xTduP.
#crypto #bitcoin #ethereum
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Planned investments in original content in 2017: -ESPN: $7+ billion -Netflix: $6 billion -Amazon: $4.5 billion -Hulu: $2.5 billion -HBO: $2 billion -Apple: $1 billion -Facebook: $1 billion -YouTube: $200+ million #CheddarLIVE $DIS $NFLX $AMZN $AAPL $FB $GOOGL
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If you have ever had a problem grasping the importance of diversity in tech and its impact on society, watch this video
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No need to ever have the "flag" discussion ever again. Just show this video to whoever doesn't get it
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That's horribly high. Though about same as Muslims globally who have favorable views of ISIS (Pew Research).
9% in new ABC/Post poll say it's acceptable to hold neo-Nazi or white supremacist views. That's 22 million Americans
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