Guy Friedman
@guyfriedman
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Co-Founder & CEO @steadymd
St. Louis, MO
Joined June 2009
I think it's probably as hard as it's ever been to build a talent-dense early stage team. The core dynamic is that options other than joining an early stage startup are more attractive than ever. Big companies are genuinely appealing places to work, mid stage companies let you
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One of the tougher reads in venture, at least for me, is the Larger Than Life CEO. The one so compelling, so driven, so charismatic, that you basically assume the product has to be as good. Vs. the introvert CEO sort of has to prove it all. The Larger Than Life CEO often has
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Interesting the first Blueprint clinics will be in China
I spent time in China last year and they’re hungry for longevity. I’m going back again. This time to open our first two Blueprint longevity clinics and host a Don’t Die Summit. Dec 7 in Shanghai + Don’t Die Summit (full-day event) + VIP Don’t Die Dinner Dec 11-13 in
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It’s funny w all our European stars the first name that pops in my head is Diego Luna
My prediction for Pochettino’s 26-man roster if the WC started today: Freese, Turner, Schulte Ream, Richards, McKenzie, M Robinson, Jedi, Arfsten, Dest, Freeman McKennie, Morris, Roldan, Adams, Tessman, Berhalter Weah, M Tillman, Pulisic, Luna, Reyna, Aaronson Balogun, Pepi,
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Many cities in China are developing humanoid robots. Here’s a list of about 50 companies working on humanoids that we selected. With so many robotics companies, we’ll inevitably miss quite a few, but this gives a full picture of how fast and large the industry is growing here.
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Congrats to #StL - based Acera Surgical
Solventum Announces Agreement to Acquire Acera Surgical
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One of those companies multiple people have mentioned unprompted over the past year - a good sign
As its voice dectation app takes off, Wispr secures $25M from Notable Capital
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Downtown should be its on @SLMPD District with 50-55 officers and a minimum of 12 per shift. It would probably cost $10-12M a year to operate and I believe the business community would contribute towards that cost (we already have some funding like CID and new Ent. District)
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Feels like this will continue grow with the new AI tools to solve for engagement & progress -> the course materials have been available for a long time
About 6% of students across the US are homeschooled now, compared to ~3% pre-pandemic. It's growing faster now than it was during covid, primarily driven by a dissatisfaction with public schooling https://t.co/niW9U27qLK
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It's time to remove laptops from classrooms. 24 experiments: Students learn more and get better grades after taking notes by hand than typing. It's not just because they're less distracted—writing enables deeper processing and more images. The pen is mightier than the keyboard.
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Battle over, SAFEs won. When it comes to the first $ into a startup, nobody is using convertible notes anymore.
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@tbpn Delivery app tipping isn’t about feedback mechanisms.. it’s a tool for maximizing price paid by consumers… eaters are economically irrational with tip, for every $1 in tip, they economically behave as if it were $0.80 (directionally true but hypothetical figure) … this means
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Talk to anyone in PE who has done rollups and they’ll all tell you the same thing The majority of services businesses require strong human to human relationships When most rollups fail they’ve failed because of churn If the VC rollups aren’t focusing a lot of their AI
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Interesting - I would have thought TopGolf was killing it based on my last few trips there.
Callaway acquired Topgolf for $2 billion in 2020 but is now selling the business to a PE firm for $1.1 billion. Same-venue sales are down double digits, higher rates have destroyed returns, and Callaway's stock is down 50% over 5 years. READ MORE: https://t.co/bBsD6C8PVx
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Which college will the be the first to only take SATs, APs and other exam scores and ignore grades?
America's kids can't do math anymore. The avg 8th grader’s math skills, which rose steadily from 1990 to 2013, have plunged to 1970s levels. Combo of phones, social media, pandemic, and declining education standards, have gutted American numeracy. https://t.co/MlNBpjkgc1
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Figure has shared numbers on its 11-month humanoid deployment at BMW's Spartanburg factory. - Contributed to the production of 30,000+ cars (X3 vehicles). - 90,000+ parts loaded. - Ran 10-hour shifts, Monday to Friday. - Estimated 200+ miles of walking. - A single Figure 02
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Only took 8 short years from this tweet to start to see some of these come to market
@CBinsights Is ANYONE working on "DishBot" - a robot that does the dishes and puts them away? Will pre-pay for your kickstarter
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We made it... https://t.co/9FKYIf1V91
After 18 months in stealth, dozens of prototypes, millions of real-home demonstrations, and one final all-nighter, we’re thrilled for you to say hello to Memo
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Mark Cuban's shark tank portfolio is saved! With the rumored acquisition of BeatBox by AB InBev yesterday, 2025 has produced the two biggest shark tank exits ever, both in beverage On Season 6 episode 6, aired 2014, Mark Cuban invested $1M into BeatBox founders at a $3M
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NEWS: Zoox is starting to offer robotaxi rides to the public today in San Francisco as the Amazon-owned company moves toward a commercial service.
techcrunch.com
This is not a large-scale public launch, nor a commercial one. But it brings the Amazon-owned company one step closer to competing with Waymo.
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