Kevin Croy
@kevincroy
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Co-founder of @9MileLabs B2B Startup Accelerator & Pre-Seed Fund
Seattle, WA
Joined August 2009
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Betterment is buying crypto robo-advisor Makara to keep up with client demand for digital assets
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When I was 24 and working at Apple I found myself in a heated debate with an engineer that I'd not met before. Since I was young and knew everything, I was lecturing this man on some nuances of how drag and drop should behave when activated on a text selection.
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Love these tips. Fundraising founders, read up!!
Fundraising is not natural. As a Founder of 4 VC-backed companies & now a VC, it's painful to see great Founders get tripped up by counterintuitive realities of pitching. Today I'm sharing 16 non-obvious pitching lessons that make a critical difference. https://t.co/AlbbdEJ1JV
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This 100%... Data > instinct.
In the past 48hrs, the USA horrifically lost 34 people to mass shootings. On average, across any 48hrs, we also lose… 500 to Medical errors 300 to the Flu 250 to Suicide 200 to Car Accidents 40 to Homicide via Handgun Often our emotions respond more to spectacle than to data.
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Investors: "What would you do if Google copied you???" Zoom: "I'd build a public company worth $20 billion while they eat our dust."
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founders! here's a step by step guide to get to Product/Market Fit; please send it those who need it — https://t.co/GKrgHn2XnP
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Superhuman founder and CEO Rahul Vohra walks us through the framework his startup used to make product/market fit more actionable, detailing the survey and four-step process that were key to measur...
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If you are a founder raising seed capital for a business you believe in (or a seed VC raising a fund to build companies heart-first), stop and read this post from @emilybest right now https://t.co/o3TSK72jLY
#neverquit #tellthetruth #beyourself
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Dangerous time when our country is led by those who will lie about anything, backed by those who will believe anything, based on information from media sources that will say anything. Americans must break out of that bubble and seek truth.
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Quote from one of the @Acceleprise female founders this morning, "Remember we are doing this for our customers, our employees, our families and every single little girl that wakes up and wants to be a CEO" <3
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Congratulations to @vendorhawk and @servicenow on the acquisition news today!
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Goodnight, Michelle. You did good. You aimed a light and helped the hunters catch a monster. (Photo credit @vonswank) #MichelleMcNamara #IllBeGoneInTheDark #GoldenStateKiller
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Applications for San Francisco (and Melbourne) pre-seed B2B SaaS accelerator @Acceleprise are live! 150+ mentors, 4 months, and 1 demo day 🚀Apply by 6/10:
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Webinar: Using Building System, Energy, and CMMS Data to Prioritize Work Efforts. Join BuildPulse and @AtSite on April 25th at 12pm PT.
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"81.0% of respondents say paying for unused licenses is their biggest worry in 2018." @vendorhawk #2018StateofSaaS cc: @9MileLabs
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Congrats to @stormsensorinc on getting the latest pilot customer installed! Go StormSensor! #IoT #SmartCity #JerseyCity
To better understand sewer overflows, we are piloting new technology from @stormsensorinc to install sensors inside #JerseyCity sewers. This data will help us better plan sewer upgrades and #greeninfrastructure installations across the city. #data #civictech #iteams
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Picked up pocket Kings and took down the pot at @StartupHaven #seattle #Poker2.0 tournament cc: @bcrimmins
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