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Founder, https://t.co/CCWaCIEcQJ. GP @adventure_fund, Adj Professor @NorthwesternU; design founder w/ multiple exits: Twitter, Eventbrite, Brex. Prev. Innovation @Whitehouse
Brooklyn, NY
Joined November 2006
My favorite letters of the alphabet are R&D, followed by M&A, right before I.P.O.
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My new personality trait is that I never need to take a personality test again. This was 100% spot-on, and I've taken this test at least a dozen times over the past two-decades.
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I’m not a big tarot card person … but I’m all-in after this card pull last night. The next tattoo is dropping soon. Death → Ace of Cups → Wealth.“A big ending or transformation has already happened, clearing out the old. Right now is a fresh emotional or creative start - new
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Kids today finally know what it was like trying to look a porn in the late 90s.
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When it’s good, it’s great. When it’s bad it’s still good — that’s not so bad.
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RT @martymadrid: I have no idea what I’m doing, but I definitely have a playbook for it … fall in love with the idea, invest in the potenti….
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I fixed the headline … “Figma adds $20B in market value since its IPO”. Figma is not down, it’s less up. But, it’s up massively.
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I forget a live in a bubble and that some people have never actually been San Francisco.
My favorite pet economy theory is that the best companies are built in places with bad weather because there's nothing else to do except work.
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Survival at all costs.
The real startup game is simple:.Find leverage. Earn trust. Stay alive.
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I have no idea what I’m doing, but I definitely have a playbook for it … fall in love with the idea, invest in the potential, let the execution be all-consuming … do it knowing that the highest probable outcome is failure. And enjoy every minute of it.
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If you’re good at Twitter, you would have been great at sending post cards, telegrams, and ransom letters.
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San Diego Founders, VCs, Entrepreneurs, and really anyone working in Tech . come hangout at the @AgreeHQ Ocean Beach House next on Monday. We'll have some BBQ, Beers, and a little bit of Texas Hold 'Em!
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Join the founder's of Agree.com in Ocean Beach for a good food, fine drinks, and even stay for a low-stakes poker game! No pitches, no demos, no BS ... just…
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The best way to get what you want: You have to be able to tell your story the way it needs to be heard by your audience in the exact moment they hear it. People want a lot of things, but more than anything they want to hear what they need to hear … and if what you have to say,
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This is the only practice use-case.
ngl loveable has been a game changer in dealing with family members with "an idea for an app". no more asking for free design or connections to "coders" - I just tell them to go built it themselves.
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