Stand up for @Uber in CA - tell your senator to vote NO on AB2293! #CAlovesUber CAneedsUber.com


Peter Thiel's Contrarian Strategy fortune.com/2014/09/04/peter…


This is why I love working with fellows. Everyday something new. Today, Bass Cannon. youtube.com/watch?v=jYChDEAK…


Peter Thiel spoke positively about charter schools and voucher systems in creating positive change in K -12 education tonight at Harvard!


@thielfellowship at #HacktheNorth! Visit our booth! Apply by 10/15 to try to win a flight to our Vegas Summit thielfellowship.org/apply/


#HackTheNorth trying for the Thiel Fellowship prize? Go to our sponsor table to pitch! Teams made up of age 20 or under or rookies welcome!


@zachlatta come visit!


Thank you to the entire #HackTheNorth team we had a great time and will be back! You all are a model of what makes for a great hackathon!


Is Homework Worth the Time? washingtonpost.com/blogs/ans… #innovationsacademy


You don't need a BA to start a green career. Read about your options and get inspired! @thielfellowship corporateknights.com/?p=2842


"When you stop learning, you start becoming irrelevant." - Rani Borkar VP at Intel, reinforcing keeping on top of your game! #ghc2014.


Sweet! #bridgewater #ghc2014


These ladies rule #GHC2014. I'm meeting so many great people for @thielfellowship and #thielsummit!


@a_j_r I hope this is true! Let's ingrain the principles of @thielfellowship so deeply into society that the program becomes unnecessary.


Meet The World’s Youngest Female Billionaire, A College Dropout And Medical Genius elitedaily.com/money/entrepr…


"When I'm in my CS classes full of guys, I sometimes wonder why I'm there. When I'm at Grocehopper, I know why."#womenincs #GHC2014


Dinner with some entrepreneurial ladies at GraceHopper! #GHC14 #likealadyboss


Saw this at CalHacks! Tacklebox lets others help you respond to difficult messages. Check it out via @tacklelabs usetackle.com/?ref=9b30f7266…


"Defeating Dictators" begins tomorrow! Streamed live info on nonviolent ways to challenge regimes.
 oslofreedomforum.com.


Kettner Griswold, 2012 Thiel Fellow, posts some thoughts about curing Ebola in the future. quora.com/What-are-some-poss…


The time is now to support the role of learning in the pursuit of discovery... wired.com/2014/10/on-learnin…


Deschooling Society @DanielleFong forbes.com/sites/federicogue…


Congrats to @markdaniel94 and team on launching @strut! medium.com/@strut/introducin…


One of our last summit sponsors, Blastos, has an interesting campaign. Check it out! @indiegogo igg.me/p/959779/twtr @BlastosCrowd


Join the TED-style culminating event of girleffectaccelerator.com at Palace of Fine Arts in SF on Nov 11! More Info - bit.ly/1FXFx3V


A visceral demonstration of how critical it is for schools to teach how to think and deeply understand subjects. vimeo.com/109405701


@AppleCider_ Most of all we want to see demos that you have the desire to move forward, not just a cool thing that dies in the water!


It's all happening @DowntownProjLV! 24 hours until we kick off our #ThielSummit with a pizza party @WorkInProgress! Welcome summiters!


Thanks to everyone who came to the #ThielSummit and special thanks to my colleagues, mentors, keynotes, demo pitch judges, and sponsors!


@Rockmedia @Claire0h Let's get to 50% women in STEM. We've increased from 10 - 25% female applicants/fellows and sponsored #GHC14 to help!


#ThielSummit attendees have been asking for my email management tips. Enjoy! docs.google.com/document/d/1… #habitformation #inboxzero


@hdarav @BruinEntreprenr So far so good! And they are fast at building features and requests!


All the hard work at Harvard is done by the admissions officers who anoint an already-proven hypercompetitive elite. washingtonpost.com/opinions/…


Parable of the Polygons: how harmless choices can make a harmful world. From @vihartvihart and @ncasenmare. ncase.me/polygons/


"Motivation is bullshit.The true craftsperson ethic comes from discipline, which is doing things even if ur not motivated to."--@ncasenmare


Yes! "Her parents allowed her to take the money they had set aside for tuition and use it to seed her company." newyorker.com/magazine/2014/…


First hand account of the protesting in Oakland ustream.tv/channel/treboros. These people are brave as the police force is rising.#oaklandprotest


Great advice about treating kickstarter backers like fans and family in "The Art of Asking." Check it out creative types and startup folk!


Not just hunches anymore -- team dynamics and communication patterns quantified!  hbr.org/2012/04/the-new-scie…


A wonderful lesson for all types of relationships -- business and personal alike. youtube.com/watch?v=r1tCAXVs… #priceofadmission #DanSavage


This is what happens when real communication doesn't take place! youtube.com/watch?v=qtsNbxgP…


Diversity scholarships up to $5K available for @galvanize's full-stack immersive program. Learn more: scholarships.galvanize.it/un…


One more day to apply for the Thiel Fellowship! My inbox is like the 4th of July. Bring it on! thielfellowship.org/apply/


25 yr old @ #Mhacks pitches us his #thielfellowship project. "The people who read applications will surely overlook my age." #notboothbabes


Ready to see some hacks! We're giving $1-5K grants to undergrads who want to extend their hacks into a product or business. #MHacks


@EricElias @RyanBethencourt Thanks for the vote of confidence! We want to see hacks go to market!


#MHacks, it was great! @William_Blake and I loved staying @_creatorspace. They've got a great thing going! #crashingwithhackers


It pays to be a mensch! paulgraham.com/ronco.html


Choice over indoctrination please!  nytimes.com/2015/02/08/educa…


B4 getting swept up in the competitions that define so much of life, ask yourself if you even want the prize offered tinyurl.com/osv9yxp


People are more forgiving of mistakes when one is consistently honest, open about it, and sincerely apologizes. #characterbuilding #ProTips


I just published “Power of Connection” medium.com/@DStrachman/power…


HardwareCon at the end of this month! eventbrite.com/e/hardwarecon…


The Dropouts | Magazine | The Harvard Crimson thecrimson.com/article/2015/…


Giving away $1K grants this weekend to help #treehacks hackers move their projects forward! Come visit the Thiel table!


The idea of young people leaving school to work on their ideas has gone from being completely absurd to supported. tinyurl.com/p35g7hd


@omosanzalette I wish! There is still a lot more to do, but we're making waves. Thanks for journeying together :).


Having fun with the Cosmos team at #treehacks.


This 23-Year-Old Is Taking on Nike and Apple With a Crowdfunded Sleep Tracker | WIRED wired.com/2015/02/23-year-ol…


My favorite exchange with an applicant today. I have to work on my Madonna impression though. #OldIsGold


@toishop Lol! You are all ready to strike a pose with me :) We'll make it happen. :P


Build electronics while playing #Minecraft. @withpiper is launching today on KS: kck.st/1M3hQcA


How being a Thiel Fellow influenced one young woman's perspective.  businessinsider.com/eden-ful…


This is really cool! New transportation options rideleap.com/. I just want it to go to East Bay. @rideleap


Congrats @riteshagar! Looking forward to seeing where OYO goes! techinasia.com/peter-thiel-f…


@GianlucaRispo by the end of this week!


"Father blocked stack overflow due to school exams. :-)" Never thought I'd hear that, but it makes sense these days! #keeponbuilding


Help us "Kickstart" a future where garments are responsive. Photochromia is a collection of UV responsive garments. thndr.it/1CLNdFS


@GeorgeMillo you should be getting emails from me on that. Anyway, you should hear by Sunday!


It amazes me that The Diamond Age is 20 years old. My favorite passage so far.


@GianlucaRispo You should hear by tomorrow!


@sonali2641996 @GianlucaRispo Same dates. Results will be out tomorrow!


@KusoMaster Looking forward to seeing you at the summit. Keep building!


SilverAir Sock - Odorless Socks Made With Pure Silver is popular on @Kickstarter! kck.st/1NApjAz


Thiel Fellow, Paul Gu, Tackles the Issue of Student Loans With Upstart: millennialmagazine.com/paul-…


Does your #Startup use technology to solve the world's biggest problems? Apply now for @SU_Labs Startup Accelerator goo.gl/zThGiD


Love this! -- Anger Management: Why the Genius Founders Turned to Couples Therapy nyti.ms/1bbsy3K


Right on! -- You Need Operators - theheretic.org/2015/04/18/yo… via @pfinette


Excited for this! Anything I don't want to do, Magic does instead! getmagicnow.com


Is your company selling Hotel California? theheretic.org/2015/04/25/ho… via @pfinette


“Hackathons are like gyms.” by @davefontenot medium.com/hackathons-anonym…


Effective Crowdfunding Guide opentechco.co/image/data/gui…


Used Magic tonight for the first time and so far I'm very impressed! @tweetmagicnow


Went to a @RoomtoRead event tonight. Great organization with a wonderful track record.


I'm using Plan these days. So far so good! It's like the best of my calendar and omnifocus rolled into one! buff.ly/1E84N33


Altschool Raises $100M From Founders Fund, Zuckerberg To Scale A Massive Network of Schools Around on.tcrn.ch/l/nxxW via @techcrunch


Congrats @naarnett on launching @waypaverlabs! waypaverlabs.org/


The one and only @William_Blake discussing issues of higher education. Tune in, turn on, stop out. kcrw.com/news-culture/shows/…


OnboardIQ Raises $1.65M To Streamline The Hiring Process on.tcrn.ch/l/53tC via @techcrunch


Why ‘C’ Students Usually End Up Being The Most Successful In Life elitedaily.com/money/c-stude… via @EliteDaily


The proportion of people without any college education at Google has increased over time. nyti.ms/11MuanK


Quitting school to start a company used to be seen as risky. Now it’s a badge of honor. on.wsj.com/1ANaCb1 via @WSJ


The artist who painted Facebook's 1st office took stock instead of cash — and now he is worth $200 million businessinsider.com/graffiti… via @sai


Clara foods is improving the egg white  and removing the chicken at #indiebio1.


Congrats on a great piece @JihadKawas wamda.com/2015/06/college-ji…


Kickoff @VoiceAndExit


Discussing higher education @William_Blake


"Let's destroy the hour as a measure of skill!" @William_Blake speaking about decoupling time in the classroom as information learned.


On the road with @William_Blake. Just had my first kolache in West, TX. Survey says: underwhelmed.


A twist on an old favorite, "I fought the law, and tech won. I fought the law, and tech won!"


Upstart Raises $35M Series C shar.es/1sr8a2 via @@upstart


"God dammit I just want a fucking apple" - Advice on buying fruit for hackathons. @MLHacks #HackCon


Utah teen starts drone company, wins fellowship and $100K in funding | KSL.com ksl.to/RJai2O via @kslcom


Common application for Hackathons announced today at #HackCon @MLHacks


Great day at #HackCon today! Got to lead some LARPing with @William_Blake on sticky situations when running events. #peoplehacking


Excited to see minors get more access to cryptocurrency in the future. With more access do they get more autonomy?telegraph.co.uk/education/ed…


So excited about what @she_a and the @zanadotio team have built! startupdaily.net/2015/07/vir…


Finally something positive on #Millennials! Can't wait to read @2BillionUnder20 by @staceyferreira & @jaredkleinert ctt.ec/0tVXa+


A new app lets anyone with a startup idea instantly chat with Kleiner Perkins investors read.bi/1MSK61p via @bi_enterprise


@NoorFSiddiqui @AlexEKoren @CathyTie Thank you all for being there!


Ethereum Launches Long-Awaited Decentralized App Network coinde.sk/1ODJVaI via @CoinDesk


SoftBank Leads $100M Investment In India-Based Budget Hotel Network OYO Rooms on.tcrn.ch/l/7X4d via @techcrunch


How Lightspeed discovered budget hotel network Oyo and the journey thereafter yourstory.com/2015/08/lights… via @YourStoryCo


"So many spectacular entrepreneurs these days. It's a great time for new ideas and people with good hearts." @jgbuckwalter


Help make it happen for 6,000 Miles to Freedom igg.me/p/6-000-miles-to-free… #indiegogo via @indiegogo


With @william_blake on Bart and spotted some #hacktheplanet hackers! We will miss you all this weekend! @1517fund @MLHacks


These two guys snagged funding from Y Combinator to change the way companies hire read.bi/1TkZF9j via @sai


Love the nuanced take on raising large rounds. bothsidesofthetable.com/2015…


@robcobbable @jhilmd @1517fund @startup_shell We're still working on getting a real site up. Just starting to launch now. Stay tuned!


I just published “Give and Take” medium.com/@DStrachman/give-…


Having fun at #MHacks @MLHacks


#MHacks hackers! Come visit the @1517fund table. We're giving out three $1K grants to help you on your work.


@schoolyardstand Love that!


Having conflicted feelings -- really excited for @HackMIT this weekend but super sad to miss @HackTheNorth. #hackathonworldproblems


Higher ed bubble will burst once big players follow suit in assessing candidates rather than using school as a proxy! buff.ly/1Kp4uqV


I just published “Be Entrepreneurial Over Being a Founder” buff.ly/1iHCdTp


@palakzatakia me too!


Another playable post by the one and only @ncasenmare ncase.me/neurons/! Love it!


“I want to invest in startups with underrepresented founders.” by @ArlanWasHere medium.com/female-founders/i…


"The wisest are the most annoyed at the loss of time." Join me in saving time scheduling with Clara! claralabs.com/start?referral…


nomva brings a fresh twist to burgeoning fruit pouch category with HPP and probiotics foodnavigator-usa.com/Manufa…


@WomenCatalysts @culturebywhisk Bam!


@RyanBethencourt @jessepollak So curious what you think of this! wired.com/2015/10/uber-movin…


Very excited to be talking about entrepreneurship at Gracehopper tomorrow with @ElissaBeth, @she_a, and @lmaepa! #LeadTheCSuite #GHC15


Bringing a new set of stickers @boston_hacks! Excited for our new schwag! @William_Blake @1517fund


The benefits of cultivating "structured stress" for a better education, explained with comics. medium.com/@pericarus/struct…


First ever @1517fund jack-o-lantern! #tistheseason #thanksmom


@omosanzalette @1517fund @William_Blake We did not!


This weekend an alter ego has emerged.

Mike Schweaver@MikeSchweaver
                  31 Oct 2015

                I put the bend in the hockey stick


Be a ⭐, support #womenintech, back #SheStartedIt & get cool perks along the way: igg.me/at/shestarteditfilm #womeninfilm


@MLHacks @HackPrinceton srsly ppl, get on it!


.@tradecraft is offering a $7k scholarship for a top female applicant to its next growth program. Details here: bit.ly/1Ylnaw4


@leepnet @_jacksmith @1517fund @William_Blake Lots! quora.com/What-is-Danielle-S…


@jjeremycai @_jacksmith @leepnet @OnboardIQ @William_Blake @1517fund Very happy to be part of the journey!


A great guide for US tax compliance for startups by @KruzeConsulting. kruzeconsulting.com/blog/pos…


Citizen journalism comes to the living room with Fresco News app for Apple TV!

9to5mac.com/2016/01/26/fresc…


Wondering about how to split equity? Some great advice from StartUp! @GimletMedia bites.audio/1TaCiye


A Hackathon Love Letter is our first medium post for @1517fund! #TreeHacks @MLHacks medium.com/@1517/a-hackathon…


Welcome :)


Dude! I’m the one who used to yell at *you* for texting things that are clearly for real conversation.


I’m going to start sharing my random musings here like @William_Blake. Go...


Indianapolis means the city if Indiana. Why don’t other cities do this? Why don’t we have Massachusettsapolis? Californiapolis kinda works. #deepthoughts


My Fort Wayne visit has been great! But I have one question. What is with all the classic oldies (not “old school” from the 80s onward) in public spaces? #kungfufighting #lovewillkeepustogether #sweatintotheoldies


And now we’re onto Supertramp’s Breakfast in America. I dig it!


Where’s the first one?


Great question! Maybe it’s something along the lines of that education is largely to prepare for the average experience. Very few people will run their own business of any kind.


This reminds me of the adage of the overnight success that is 8 years in the making.


"Birds flock, fish school, people ‘tribe.’” #tweetingwhilereading #triballeadership a.co/75vtpU3


I will never forget you guys wrapping up your burritos. That was the “it” moment for me.

Replying to @yoyo_thomas @1517fund @shahedkhan @vhmth @William_Blake


Got a date for that? I will look through my camera roll!!

Replying to @vhmth @yoyo_thomas @1517fund @shahedkhan @William_Blake


Brilliantly said!


You must have gone to a fru fru coffee place this morning.


Going to BIL this weekend from SF? Take Cabin!

Cabin@ridecabin
                  19 Jun 2018

                "It was just such an easy, comfortable and convenient way to travel!" - @beyondcasualb beyondcasualb.com/2018/06/17… #ridecabin


I rehearse to myself. One pro tip I learned is to focus on looking at one audience member at a time rather than staring blankly into space. Works great for staying connected with your audience.


I had an old boyfriend who quickly pointed out that using much more of it at once were the conditions for a seizure.


Happy to chat with anyone to offer support, but better yet if that 40 year old is also a dropout to support our mission!


You must update this!!!


Let’s stop using the the term “alternative education” and replace it with “progressive education.” The progressive education movement embodies much more of what we are after and moves away from the notion that “alternative” schools are for the kids who can’t cut it.


This in spades!


I’ve been calling VC advanced tutoring, but I’m the one being taught.

Naval

                    @naval

                  4 Aug 2018

                The real returns to tech investing - brilliant entrepreneurs come to your office every day and teach you in hours what took them years.


I just deleted FB off my phone and it’s funny to see that my brain is searching for a new habit.


Shriya has great advice! We get questions about user interviews all the time.

1517 Fund

                    @1517fund

                  15 Aug 2018

                I just published “Subversion 016. How to Find Out What People Will Pay For” medium.com/p/subversion-016-…


One of my favs!


Start planning for the needs of your parents earlier than you think and put them into your financial and personal equations. An example of this is that I visit my family about once/quarter now rather than once a year.


Dammit! And I trusted you!!!

Replying to @NPDeMember @JennGee @KateGardiner @cokehat @JasonYaley @ericbahn @jericwilson @clemantine1 @tamaratam @surfclubrest @DJTJTheKING @katefreetime


I’d like to see someone fundraiser like this :)

míš@bvdhai
                  19 Aug 2018

                I am about to tell you an epic tale about subterfuge, dating in the 21st century and the fall of human civilization. This actually happened to me and it could happen to you too. Get some popcorn. *Thread*


This guy knows what’s up.

Dalai Lama

                    @DalaiLama

                  20 Aug 2018

                Irrespective of whether we have faith in religion or not, it’s good to be more compassionate. It makes us happier as individuals with a positive influence on our families and the neighborhood where we live.


Life is so so so much better fully rested.


I’d also like to add, “Now that you have the means, find one charity you’d like to support.” Giving is learned.

Austen Allred

                    @Austen

                  24 Aug 2018

                Probably the most important conversation we have at Lambda is the personal finance training.

“OK so you tripled your income. Now keep cost of living low, avoid debt, use tax advantaged low-fee investments, and you will end up rich, absolutely guaranteed.”


Excellent!

Dasha Maggio

                    @dashamaggio

                  10 Sep 2018

                Today, @Felicis announced that we're committing 1% in non-dilutive capital on top of every 1st check we write to be used towards personalized founder development (exec coaching, therapy, leadership development, peer groups etc). Story from @alexrkonrad: forbes.com/sites/alexkonrad/…


Maybe a once a year type group trip is in order! Also group text threads can be highly effective.


I learned about dry brushing one’s teeth two weeks ago and haven’t looked back.

Jack Conte@jackconte
                  11 Sep 2018

                Just learned that the “tingly” feeling you get using toothpaste was added in the 50s as an effect to make you feel like the product is “working.” It creates a neurological craving, addicting you to that “clean feeling” after brushing. From the book, The Power of Habit


We’ve been investing in the Midwest for a while with 1517. Happy to learn more!


Excited to be judging at @HackTheNorth


Fabulous talk @HackTheNorth with @chamath about how to grow by looking at our internal conditions and dysfunction.


Hosting office hours today @HackTheNorth from 4 to 6pm. Comment for a slot!


Funny moment of this morning is listening to Coming to America and realizing we are in Canada.


Most mindblowing thing from today hasn’t been the tech I’ve seen (and it’s been great) but that I accidentally left my backpack in the front seat of the car in a parking lot and it was there when I returned.


What it’s like to be on the road with 1517.


Thanks to @kartiktalwar for introducing me to this thread. Read this! Funniest thing I’ve seen in a long time. forum.bodybuilding.com/showt…


And this is what I’m subjected to on road trips.

Michael P Gibson

                    @William_Blake

                  15 Sep 2018

                Contrarian View: Philip Bailey blows Phil Collins away in Easy Lover


I love their mission! #HacktheNorth


Fabulous unique hacks at #HacktheNorth. If you’re looking for an internship at one of our startups, a grant, or potentially investment from @1517fund reach out! We’d love to work with you 💗.


The more you know...

Bruce Fenton

                    @brucefenton

                  15 Sep 2018

                Suppose Jane had $100k in crypto in 2017, traded it to $500k, bought alts at the peak & now they’re worth $50k.
How much does she have?

Actually, negative $62k.

Her crypto is $50k but she owes $112k in short term capital gains tax.

IRS doesn’t care if you still have it.


I love going to other countries and being able to get a great tea latte. The US needs to catch up!


I’m down to traveling with a tiny carry on bag that I can sling over my shoulder for a week at a time, sometimes more. Makes travel SO much better and cuts out the extraneous shit.


Sometimes running a fund is mind blowing. I can’t say what happened right this second but it’s one for the books. 🤯😁 Someday the tell all will be great.


That is an awesome shot! @ArlanWasHere is everywhere!


Tribal Leadership discusses using genuine “we” language over “I” language as a way to ascend as a leader. I also notice that the leaders that seem to get a lot of attention sure do use a lot of “I” language (ex: touting accomplishments as their own). Are “we” leaders overlooked?


Thanks for writing this and taking ownership on the problem and solution. I’d be curious about advisor equity too since that may be an area that can be shored up faster and that founders can put into action.


One thought that came to mind for me is that maybe not everyone wants to work for an org that is a Tribal Leader level 4 or 5 so maybe that’s why ego driven leaders may gather more fans — some prefer being followers at work and leaders in other areas of their lives.


1517 really needs a dog!


If you run a program for children, teens, or young adults, please stop calling them "kids." It's condescending and disrespectful.


"Kids" is a slang term that came into fashion in the 60s. I don't agree with this whole blog post -- but I appreciate the reverence this person has for children. traditioninaction.org/Cultur…


We rarely if ever called the Thiel Fellows "kids" -- it automatically creates additional hierarchy that doesn't need to be there.  I meet with so many directors of other  programs that work with young adults and the lack of reverence, by calling them kids, astounds me.


It can imply affection as well, but it also holds meaning for being less than or less apt “he’s just a kid.” I’d call it slang that turned into a colloquialism...but I think it’s important to realize where words come from.


My point is mainly that if you work with a demographic and aren’t showing the utmost respect for them, than why be in it? I don’t recall Montessori or John Holt calling children kids. They had deep respect for those they served and it stands out in their language.


Agreed, individuals can find fitting terminology. But I’m talking about leaders naming a group. A group servicing women would think twice before calling them girls. I think young people deserve similar consideration and people in leadership positions should be more thoughtful.


I’m learning to tweet


But I ain’t got wings


Storming out


Is the hardest thing


Hack the North's keynote was one of the best talks I've seen in a long time. youtube.com/watch?v=nHHCrTjc…


One foot in front of the other is all it takes.

Arlan 👊🏾@ArlanWasHere
                  20 Sep 2018

                👋🏾 Pick one goal you have right now that you’ve been thinking about for weeks/months/years but have not gotten very far with it. Then do one thing TODAY that helps you move towards making it a reality. Doesn’t have to be a huge step, just any step forward.

Let’s go!


🙋♀happy to take some LPs off your hands. #helpful #askingforafriend


In all seriousness, loved your talk at HtN. Sent you a book recommendation through messenger.


At 1517 we have a nap corner in the office. I realize that a dog would totally make the nap corner 1000x better.


Would love to apply for your next SF event!

Replying to @ArlanWasHere @MoniqueWoodard @ekp @sydneypaige10 @rrhoover @Backstage_Cap


You might like our post about decks! medium.com/1517/a-1517-anti-…


I kinda want to make 1517.surf to do just that.


Same


If you’re interesting in learning more about this, and you haven’t already, check out Internal Family Systems work. It’s a very powerful therapeutic method. And happy to share my learnings about it too on a walk and talk, neighbor.


Anyone interested in this should check out Internal Family Systems methodology. It’s great and powerful work.

Ben Casnocha

                    @bencasnocha

                  20 Sep 2018

                "Me" is not a unified actor that always agrees with itself 100%. Our minds are made up of many "sub-minds," conscious and subconscious, that contradict each other. Thus, even solo decision making is complicated. To channel Whitman: We are large, we contain multitudes...


Yup :)


Go work with Jesse! Can’t recommend him highly enough!


I’m addicted to this book. Everyone who enjoys being in the kitchen should give it a read.


An excellent observation by @William_Blake: You don’t read a cookbook looking for stories of people crisping the perfect bacon. Self help and business books spend so much time on one off stories rather than distilling information to their purest how to essence.


This is brilliant!


An interesting effect of living in a place like the Bay is that there is no shortage of kindred spirits but there is a shortage of time in which to build meaningful relationships. If you’re fortunate enough to have found your tribe, focus on deepening ties over widening the net.


Big meeting to prep for tomorrow. From the calendar invite sent by the meeting requester. *** <> Danielle: Existential Hope Call. #ivegotthis


Haven’t been to yoga in a while. Everything was great until I was in savasana and my teacher accidentally dropped essential oil on my face landing in my eye. At first I was chill “I’ve got this, yeah”...


And now I realize I have everything really backwards. I’m out of the loop. I thought Asteroid was a cat!


It’s the new definition of hot yoga.


I have a love hate relationship with being a woman investor. I don’t like being asked to speak or meet because of my gender. I do enjoy women in VC groups because those communities are great.

Cyan Banister

                    @cyantist

                  10 Oct 2018

                Sometimes I feel incredibly femme and I like to play the part, but clothing is a costume to express how I’m feeling inside or to mask it. But seriously, stop asking me to be or to represent women. I’m the Q in LGBTQ. Ask me about that. Or better yet, don’t. Ask me about investing


I lamented earlier today that Twitter reminds me of a HS popularity contest with certain folks only interacting upward. I dislike when people feign wanting to interact (posting a question or eliciting a response) but actually just want to signal that they are getting attention.


The Singularity is right in front of me! @SUSouthAfrica


I’m dealing with that right now. Dreamhost made some “improvements” and my email has been down for about 24 hrs. On hold now with tech support.


Should be out soon!

Replying to @FreedomPrincipl @FNGhadaki @StaceyFerreira @TaddyBlecher @FredSwaniker @BKesala @SUSouthAfrica


Just visited @SPARKSchools and am completely blown away and impressed. I’d encourage people to visit to see what an innovative scaleable school looks and feels like. And not just in South Africa, they are a model that should be implemented world wide! I’m so grateful they exist.


Thank you to the folks @UmuziOrg for hosting us today! I loved seeing their bootcamp and learned tons. Looking forward to connecting them with @Brad_83Moon from Hitch to help them expand content to their applicant pool.


Thanks for reposting! I loved this session :). Glad you found it valuable.


I don’t know Eric but I love his tweets!

Eric Bahn 💛

                    @ericbahn

                  25 Oct 2018

                1/ I want to start an honest conversation about kids: They are terrible for your career. They strain your marriage. They make you way poorer.

But they are also the best decisions I’ve made in my life. Here’s what my experience has been like with two young ones.


Congrats!!


Hangry and slangry are my nemesis!

Arianna Simpson

                    @AriannaSimpson

                  25 Oct 2018

                When you’re feeling sad or angry, there’s a high chance you’re just running on insufficient sleep, or hungry — unless that’s just me, but I doubt it. Turns out becoming aware of this makes for much happier living!


It all seems particularly apt today as we just attended the wedding of one the 1517 family.

Replying to @kevinverse @William_Blake @cheryltamcheng @zenfounder


I also think there is a degree of empathy that preseed founder GPs have to share with their founders that goes a long way.


@ArlanWasHere @PrecursorVC

Replying to @kevinverse @1517fund @bluerunventures @HustleFundVC


Hanging with my 400 sisters in venture @AllRaise #womenwhoventure


Loving how community minded @AllRaise is, how positive, and how genuine the speakers have been. #womenwhoventure


The audience was just polled on how long our group has been in venture. The group drastically diminished between 5 and 10 years. Probably only 15 women out of 400 standing who were in venture 10+ years ago. @AllRaise #womenwhoventure


The 10K hours principle comes from a small study of musicians in Germany. It became viral, but what Anders Ericsson (the study author) would want us to know is that it’s not just about number of hours but quality of hours. #learning #womenwhoventure


“What it’s like to continually do something better and better” @angeladuckw @AllRaise #womenwhoventure


“Voluntary obsession” is 24 hour interest. I love this phrase, it encapsulates so much.


“Difference between grit and workaholicism is about having endurance over time and not burning out.” @angeladuckw @AllRaise #womenwhoventure


People lead with different identities. Don’t assume. Maybe it’s founder first, women founder second, mother third. @AllRaise #WomenWhoVenture


“I hate the word networking, I prefer relationships” @HeidiRoizen @AllRaise


“Women have to be incredible time mangers. Men didn’t care when they got home. So they could be time inefficient. I would be really judicious about where I put my time — with entrepreneurs, an industry conference, etc.” - MJ Elmore @AllRaise #WomenWhoVenture


“Men wanted to drink scotch and I wanted to do glassfusing.” @HeidiRoizen on making events that interest women.


Funny enough, I’m meeting with a group of professional women next week to chat and paint ceramics.


There are only 170 women venture partners today. #WomenWhoVenture


“What you want to do is leverage up your expectations of what is possible. You need to set an aspiration in your negotiations. Expectations are a powerful influence.” - Margaret Neale @AllRaise #WomenWhoVenture


Why women must negotiate. @AllRaise


The cost of not negotiating. #WomenWhoVenture


Women need to pair their ask with a communal concern to be effective. #WomenWhoVenture


This is 100% my experience.


I missed the slide on the research but women negotiate better than men when it is in service of someone else. A takeaway being to hire women lawyers and real estate agents.


Absolutely LOVING @AllRaise Women Who Venture Summit. It’s not only inspiration but SO informational. A great blend of touching the heart and exciting the mind.


Interesting findings


What’s cooking on @SFBART? We are! It’s damn hot on this train.


Congrats to @MiracleMessages on their ungala tonight! They are my new favorite nonprofit. Especially if you are in San Francisco, follow and support them! They connect the homeless to a very scarce resource, connection and belonging.


Air purifiers? :)


Going back to school — for a minute! Congrats @VitalikButerin. bitcoinmagazine.com/articles…


Underdogs unite! 🙌


Got to experience my first safari this year. It was almost as gripping as this!

Ben Casnocha

                    @bencasnocha

                  4 Dec 2018

                Lion's Battle With More Than 20 Hyenas Is This Year's Most Gripping Nature Video.  The nuzzling at the end is ❤ huffingtonpost.com/entry/lio…


Goals for 2019 — get more people in the industry to have reviews like this by setting a great example. Founder GPs especially have the opportunity to turn this industry on its head and to build a great firm today they have to!

RateMyInvestor@RateMyInvestor
                  4 Dec 2018

                @DStrachman with @1517fund receives a 10/10 #realreviews #investors Leave your own investor review today: ratemyinvestor.com/


Startup program to help fund more immigrant founders: $20k, free housing in SF, a pro-bono immigration lawyer, and 12 weekly dinners! Apply at xx.team/sf


The blatant transactionality of some people in VC drives me nuts. If I ever say “what deals do ya got?” Please put me out of my misery. That said it’s kinda refreshing to know someone’s intent so fast.


.@William_Blake and I are arguing about ghost writing. I think it’s fraud not fine. #paidplagiarism


Sure, but my point about ghost writers is that the authors take credit as if it’s their writing whereas speech writers (I think) get credit for their work.

Replying to @BuckyFuller60 @William_Blake


Best decision making advice I ever got was to separate the quality of one’s decision in the moment from the outcome of the decision.

Replying to @cory @rabois @naval @albertwenger @AdamMGrant


Anyone else get an autonomous sensory meridian response (ASMR) from this?

Massimo

                    @Rainmaker1973

                  13 Dec 2018

                One property of the lemniscate of Bernoulli is that a ball rolling down an arc of the lemniscate under the influence of gravity, will take the same time to traverse it as a ball rolling down a straight line segment connecting the endpoints of the arc buff.ly/2FU0i5c


🙋♀(caveat that our thesis is to work with people who haven’t been to college or dropped out) 25% of our portfolio is hardware.


I recommend going to a practice group over reading the books. The experience of the practice is much deeper than what I personally get out of reading Marshall’s work.

Replying to @mishachellam @eriktorenberg


Just watched Elf for the first time. It’s the best gender reversal I’ve ever seen for the manic pixie dream girl trope. Merry Jolly!


Check out ActiView! actiview.co/en/


Best big sister evah!

Momo🤩@momogotfans
                  25 Dec 2018

                When they hit the rapids: #BirdBox


Thanks Ro!


I do agree with this a ton but think it’s only one source for making a big decision. Making sure to integrate your gut feeling into the equation is very important.

ChuChuTrain

                    @TheChuChu_

                  31 Dec 2018

                Your gut feeling is your natural algorithm. It takes all raw knowledge collected from your whole life and spits out an answer.

Instantly.

So trust it for big decisions


When we do reviews with founders we ask about investor relations to ensure that we are referring ONLY to reputable investors.

Austen Allred

                    @Austen

                  31 Dec 2018

                Replying to @Austen
                “VC industry needs to have a MeToo movement but instead of women calling out shitty men - it should be companies calling out bad behaviour in VCs. Ppl will be shocked at how much bad behaviour that goes on but not talked publicly.”


ratemyinvestor.com/


He must have been more awesome!

Replying to @WillManidis @RateMyInvestor @1517fund @William_Blake


Adding this to our due diligence checklist 🐈


Received my copy of Women in Venture Capital by @KarinaChan14 Let's grow the female narrative in VC by sharing our experiences, and inspire the next generation of #womeninvc and #femalefounders @TBDFwomen Aspiring VCs, read it for less than $1 here: amazon.com/dp/B07KMHC853


This sounds like we might be up for adoption :). Thanks Isaac!

Replying to @isaacmorehouse @William_Blake @1517fund


“College was supposed to be a stepping stone to a career, not a place that you go when you finish high school so that you can spend 4 years deciding what you want to do.” theascent.pub/why-i-wish-i-h…


.@DiveDorothy is starting a twitter account that is going to be epic. Add her now, thank me later.


Do you notice the phrases you use often? On days I have back to back meetings it’s particularly noticeable. Today’s was, “It depends [outline variables] but if I were in your shoes...”


Women.

Replying to @orangebook @VitalikButerin @ericweinstein @nntaleb @naval @peterthiel @tylercowen @NickSzabo4 @IAmAdamRobinson @robinhanson @jordanbpeterson @RayDalio


What women do you learn from?

Replying to @rws1st @orangebook @VitalikButerin @ericweinstein @nntaleb @naval @peterthiel @tylercowen @NickSzabo4 @IAmAdamRobinson @robinhanson @jordanbpeterson @RayDalio


I heard a great talk by @angeladuckw about quitting on a good day and not on a bad day to help make sure you’re making a better decision.


Though I enjoy dancing, I’d enjoy the intended response to the question of which women you follow around these parts and learn from. It’s important that men voice opinions here so that it’s a human issue and not a women’s issue. @ericweinstein suavely boarded the train.

Replying to @rws1st @orangebook @VitalikButerin @nntaleb @naval @peterthiel @tylercowen @NickSzabo4 @IAmAdamRobinson @robinhanson @jordanbpeterson @RayDalio


😂 Don’t feed the trolls people. They are attention seeking, not truth seeking!

Replying to @JohnGoon19 @SavagesAgain @ericweinstein @rws1st @orangebook @VitalikButerin @nntaleb @naval @peterthiel @tylercowen @NickSzabo4 @IAmAdamRobinson @robinhanson @jordanbpeterson @RayDalio @LauraDeming @DrDebraSoh @SheerPriya @PiaMalaney @CHSommers @clairlemon @bariweiss @HeatherEHeying @EstherPerel @meghan_daum @Eden_Eats @heather_berlin @DeirdreMcClosk @BridgetPhetasy @rileyreidx3 @Marcia4Science @DanielleFong


I meet a lot of people who dream of starting a school someday. For those of you who have a flexible schedule, here’s your first step — volunteer at your local school (reading buddies anyone?). They always need extra support and you’ll get practical experience.


I volunteered at Malcolm X Elementary today in Berkeley and it was great! Will be going back weekly. Got the first hour of my day doing something meaningful that is outside myself and inspired for the rest of it.


I worked with a first grader today who wore NASA patches all over his jacket. We read about Mars and talked about SpaceX. I’m going to bring him They Might Be Giant’s “Why Does the Sun Shine” next week to read through together and play him the song 🙂.


If he ever wants to talk to me about project based learning have him be in touch. I’m a cofounder if Innovations Academy in San Diego. We serve 400 students and have been running for 10 years.


Times 1000X.


^ this is why I think Geoff is one of the best people and investors around. He practices what he preaches (in rhyme) 🙏


Follow suit!

Geoff Lewis

                    @GeoffLewisOrg

                  14 Feb 2019

                Say what you mean, and do what you say. If you do both, good things will (ultimately) come your way.


I’ve been using the term “email avalanche” lately. I like it. I think it describes the flood but also the will to get through it.


Thank Alex!


Docusign is the copy machine in Office Space that you just want to take down with a baseball bat.


I don’t think it’s nice, it’s strategic. Hitches are just kinks to work out. We’d miss out in a lot of great teams if we didn’t give clear feedback and figure out the best way to work together as capital partners.


Only move to where your customers are.

Geoff Lewis

                    @GeoffLewisOrg

                  25 Feb 2019

                Interesting, and I’m positive on LA. But the best early stage firms I know would not ask founders to move anywhere.


Doing it right!

TheOriginal™@Original_Vaughn
                  1 Mar 2019

                Student came to class today with his child due to no babysitter or anybody to watch her while he was in class.
My professor NATHAN ALEXANDER said “I’ll hold her so you can take good notes!” #HBCU #morehouse #Respect


Some of you got this today. I wish YC could provide a sentence of feedback so that applicants have something to work towards. Look inside and choose which things to develop. Sometimes things just aren’t a fit. Pieces of paper, as apologetic as they are, don’t define you.


I’d posit that this means that companies will have to develop lasting communities over thinking of consumers as a number. Trust has to start with intent and action and community building is a great way to ensure mission alignment among all.


1517 launched our second fund this week investing in two companies started by women CEOs. Happy International Women’s Day!


Thanks! And big congrats to @naarnett and @zslayback on the team too!

Replying to @bkavoussi @1517fund @William_Blake


Super excited to work with the  teams at @hamama_greens and @travel_left!


Thank you! We are excited to have made the leap!


Just got rejected for a claim for my cat through @Trupanion for a major surgery. I’ve been a customer for 5 years. Time to appeal.


Go to @UWVelocity and @RyersonDMZ and @creativedlab. All fabulous programs with great founders.


Thanks Moshe! Just commented separately! Can’t wait to get back to Toronto :).


Our 1517 portfolio is family. It got taken a step further when a founder meant to call me on Saturday and dialed his mom instead. Parents are often our first investors. I just want to be your second!


I loved it too :). Things are good! Hope they are swell with you too!

Replying to @entrepranu @entreprANU @William_Blake


Just made it so my bf can’t eat meat. Rendering fat is a new hobby. As I poured chicken fat into a tiny container, the scene from The DarkCrystal came to me when the skeksis suck life force out of gelfings. Whoops. We are ready for lab created meat.  #80sbaby #darkcrystal


Best line was, “Wow, Danielle sounds a lot like my mom. Weird.”


Incredible! What an amazing act to take!

Qantas

                    @Qantas

                  11 Mar 2019

                Our competitors don't normally ask us for advice, but when an airline leader reached out, we couldn't ignore it.
Naturally, there was only one way to respond: CEO to CEO.


Here’s something more thorough fir you then! medium.com/1517/a-1517-anti-…


Yup!

JHR@rahardjaj
                  11 Mar 2019

                “If you can’t decide, the answer is No.” @naval


Where my food tech investors at?! I’m looking more at that space and have some companies to share. 🌿🌱🌾🥕🍆(🤣)


How do you want it to change?


Sold! Thank you!

Replying to @smothers_john @PottsJustin @dimensionvc


Awesome! Reaching out.


Ha! Just got in my first for real twitter chat. Thanks Ben!


Right on! As a quirky person, I love my fellow people who don’t fit in boxes.

Eric Weinstein

                    @ericweinstein

                  13 Mar 2019

                There’s no greater good I can do in this world beyond inspiring discouraged super-learners who have been shamed as “learning disabled”.

If you’re smart but can’t sit still, have terrible handwriting, struggle w reading & can’t follow directions, just know I might take you first.


📣 Listen up! Don’t wait for your first hire to include women. It starts much earlier than that. Bring on women equity holding advisors and investors. Expand from the start and we will help you grow your team.


I like making visual analogies. We are so booked with meetings with week that I’m telling people we are snowed in. Seems about right!


Some days feel like this. Can’t say what yet but getting pretty excited. And let’s be real, some days feel like shit. But gotta celebrate the wins.


I have a founder who I think would have a hard time asking for a free cupcake at a bakery who just played a baller move with a big name brand. It’s hard to go to bat for ourselves. Much easier to go all out for our mission.


Have you lied about your profession at social gatherings? One friend is a florist, another an aquarium curator, and a third a babysitter. All are high powered women. I have never heard of a man doing this. If you’ve lied about your work, comment with your alter profession.


I’ve been thinking of using cat acupuncturist. 🐈


I’m glad to see that it’s not just a women thing but I also think there may be differences of why it’s being done that may apply more generally across gender. Interested to see more answers here first.


Corrupt systems breed corruption. insidehighered.com/admission…


Not enough cats! 🐈🐈🐈🐈🐈🐈


Woah — I have never thought of this.


Don’t let your cap kill you! medium.com/1517/advice-from-…

parker

                    @pt

                  20 Mar 2019

                Replying to @pt
                A second failure pattern is asking for a high valuation at Demo Day and missing the opportunity.

I was told today (unsubstantiated rumor) all companies were told to ask for $10M regardless of stage.

You can die by burning bridges being way out of line w/ market. Lose momentum.


1517 is coming to a city near you! (But you might need to listen to us sing) #annarbor #detroit #chicago #fortwayne


Yup!


I’m glad someone appreciates our karaoke!


Super exited to announce our @hamama_greens investment! medium.com/1517/hamama-makin…


No Series A either with tougher metrics to hit. Market changes are going to be a bitch.

Michael P Gibson

                    @William_Blake

                  23 Mar 2019

                What YC partners say to a founder when they say, “But how can we raise on $12M cap when we have no revenue, no users?!”


Ditto this and bring your children to our events. Always welcome!

Jake Chapman 🇺🇸🚀 ✨🇺🇸

                    @vc

                  25 Mar 2019

                Should have said this long ago....

If you are meeting with me for almost any reason and have kids.... FEEL FREE TO BRING THEM ALONG. Use your judgement but kids should be exposed to the real world and they should never be a reason you and I can't meet.

That is all


Pure connection starting with unconditional abundant love is a beautiful thing.


I haven’t noticed this, but the main factor is that I only use Lyft.


When you make a referral for someone and up pop these as a thank you! Nom nom nom thanks!! @themehakvohra


I was just snacking on popcorn when these came on. Outta the way popcorn, here come these babies! Get in mah belly!


I do wish “Amy” was “Tom”...the future could also be wild in setting gender expectations.


When an investor you’re pitching tells you that you should be raising significantly more money, the correct response to that should be, “Oh, would you like to lead that?!” Don’t try to sell their bs line to smaller investors to attempt to show false traction.


I often see the line coming from investors who have the ability to lead bigger rounds too. One company came in saying a big wig said they should be raising $5M only to come back two weeks later shifting to $150K.


Mental health roll call! How’s my twitter fam?


I’ll go first! Kinda swimming in tasks right now and my head is spinning. Feeling a little too connected to screens at the moment and have the beginning of eye twitch. Need more centering exercises like meditation, slightly better sleep, and more horizon viewing!


This is great! Love the idea of doing the 36 questions with family!


You’ve got this!!


Adulting


A mentee saw my post about being stressed yesterday and started his email with a kitty gif. I feel so seen!


Happy birthday Timo!


Love you too! 💗💗💗 😍


Harry Stebbings

                    @HarryStebbings

                  5 Apr 2019

                At event the other day & heard VC tell founders, “don’t cold email, we won’t look at it.”

Combination of shock & horror felt by me here. Understand founders need to target for stage, geography & sector preference but other than that, to me, this VC was wrong.

harry@stride.vc


“No one seems to care about the unseen: the people who never get to live here because the apartments they would live in aren’t ever built, the bookstores unopened, the dance steps untried, the poetry never recited because the rent’s too damn high.”

Michael P Gibson

                    @William_Blake

                  8 Apr 2019

                San Francisco is past its prime: it has combined the expensive and the bland and the appalling into a new form of decadence. Expect fewer new companies to start there. No music. No art. nationalreview.com/2019/04/s…


The only time I’ve heard the word disruptive used correctly in the last few years is while watch David Attenborough’s Our Planet on Netflix last night.


:( it takes time Jedi!


If you have a short pitch-like meeting use 20 minutes for going over the work and demo and 10 minutes to solicit feedback. Don’t wait for the last 2 minutes for advice!


Just a reminder that you can pay taxes until midnight but you can only vote until 9pm. #priorities

Taxes violate consent. 🌸@dcamp314
                  7 Feb 2017

                Taxation is a consent violation.


Novel addition to a company update, what team members are reading. I like it! Since we care so much about the people themselves, it’s great to see that they are taking time to develop themselves in other ways and get a sliver of info on what’s interesting to them at the moment.


When I was a private tutor I jokingly said I could making a recording saying “what’s next” that would do most of the work. With founders it’s “what are you learning from customers.”


Is the internship 10 hours a month? :) Also happy to help find placement with one of our portfolio companies. Danielle@1517fund.com


Huey Lewis is making a comeback, mark my words. #poweroflove #hiptobesquare


Applying to the Thiel Fellowship? Balance your past efforts with the promise of your future. medium.com/1517/applying-to-…


Heading to Miami and Orlando next week. Anyone I should meet?


Loomception: when @zslayback makes a loom to comment on my @useloom.


I like it!


Me watching Shark Tank. I’m good enough, smart enough, and dog gone it, I’m worth it!


Reminder to call your friends! Everything looked amazing on social but had a feeling to reach out — everything was NOT ok. Pro-tip, you can even call without texting first. Totes works.


Signs you are a crazy cat lady. Vet picks up: What’s your cat’s name? Me: First or last? Vet: 🙄


My other cat was at the vet recently and they put down Meera Strachman. Me internally: that’s not her name! Stay Meera Jane Bunny Bear.


Only in SF

Victor Pontis

                    @VictorPontis

                  25 Apr 2019

                I’m going to set up a desk and work out at a parking spot for a couple hours to show that parking real estate can be used for better purposes.

Wish me luck.


Attending #eMergeAmericas2019 today!


Learned something new today. Every species except mammals can regenerate their hearing. #eMergeAmericas2019


Apparently MIT has a prize for research being done that is too risky for a PI to put their name on it as an advisor. 🤔 But isn’t the whole point to do interesting work in research institutions?! Oh wait, I forgot, the goal is number of papers.


First conference fire drill. 🔥 #eMergeAmericas2019


Heard about @OlaySkin’s skin advisor app today. 50K data points on faces. Kinda fun to see it guess age.


Gonna get up close and personal with this sonic boom on Wednesday morning. floridatoday.com/story/news/…


A good place to start is probably to even out your own follow ratios (if it’s not already balanced).


Damn, rescheduled for Fri after I leave. Boooo!


I’ve wanted to start a blog called 200 for a long time to showcase how far the dollar stretches in different places. I’m reminded of that having gone from staying in a room with two bunk beds in Miami Beach last night to a 3 bedroom townhouse rental in Cape Canaveral tonight.


First time I thought of this was when I was in Japan and stayed in a postage stamp room and then went immediately to Bangkok and was in a 1K sq ft suite with turn down service, chocolate covered fruit, and a happy hour included nightly.


WePark! Coming to an absurdly expensive city near you. fastcompany.com/90342223/the…


Capital partnership isn’t always (or even often) a fit and it’s really hard to share that with great people but it’s part of the job. I’m grateful to the founders who hear that message with grace instead of as a personal shortcoming (on their side or mine).


That time when one of our companies hired someone off American Ninja Warrior medium.com/1517/a-day-in-the…


I love how different parts of the US are — if someone only visited Florida they’d think we all wore crop tops, ate tater tots, and wrestled crocs. #onlyinflorida


Is that what YOU are doing now? I want to see this crop top :).


Lol — True!


I always cringe when I see that flier.


Achievement unlocked!


What would you advise your younger self? medium.com/1517/finding-your…


Watching Master Chef Junior while doing catch up emails while on the road in hotel rooms is starting to become a new past time.


Visiting Columbus, Ohio today! Seeing a bunch of @Upstart team members here. So awesome to see what founders, and inaugural fellows with @thielfellowship, like @paulxgu have done!


Read Better than Before by @gretchenrubin if you want to fully understand this.

Justin Kan

                    @justinkan

                  16 May 2019

                Willpower is overrated. Figure out the systems that let you not have to use it.


Alex is good people! Congrats!

Alex Iskold | 2048.vc

                    @alexiskold

                  8 May 2019

                Thrilled to announce @2048vc $27MM Fund 1 and an incredible group of LPs. We are high conviction, first-check, geo-agnostic investors, backing companies differentiated through technology. Read more about us and please re-tweet. 2048.vc/blog/2019/5/4/2048-f…


.@ComebackCapital conference today in Youngstown. 50% of our portfolio is from outside the Bay and 22% of our portfolio come from non-coastal cities. Excited to connect here — come say hello!


One reason I spent the week checking out Midwest startup communities. @ComebackCapital


Dadding done right

Alexis Ohanian 🗽

                    @alexisohanian

                  16 May 2019

                Just applied to join 4 private Natural Hair facebook groups. I hope they don't auto-reject my application when they see my profile photo 😂

I told them it was to keep getting better at doing my daughter's hair.


Woot!


How did it come to be that “great question” has become almost a verbal tic when being asking something? Most questions aren’t that great! Feels like false flattery to me.


True, but so would pausing before answering.


I talked to people on planes all the time :). “Are you from (departure area)?” is a good start.


Ryan Hoover

                    @rrhoover

                  24 May 2019

                Hobo Johnson breaks so many “rules” in his music. Like it or not, he stand out. youtu.be/A8a2EosJIbM


Don’t forget that disposable income is also for supporting organizations you love with your dollars.


The inside scoop on raising Fund II!

Justin

                    @PottsJustin

                  29 May 2019

                If you’ve ever wondered how it feels to build a startup


If you “invest” in a company, sign docs, and only then disclose that it will take weeks or months for you to wire monies, you aren’t an investor, you’re a sham artist.


Absolutely! I’ve heard about it happening but so far haven’t had to deal with it myself. Keeping my fingers crossed on that one.


.@Samirkaji is tweeting some of the best high level preseed and seed fund content. Follow! He’s on 🔥

samir kaji

                    @Samirkaji

                  26 Jun 2019

                My convo with a HNW LP the other day:

LP: I'm tired of looking at seed funds. Most won't lead, and just follow signals or trends.

Me: Have you heard of "XYZ" fund? they are independent thinkers & are raising:

LP: Nice, how much have they closed, and who else is in?

Sigh


If this whole VC thing doesn’t work out...


Sending you a winner. More soon :)

Replying to @GeoffLewisOrg @justGLew @bedrock


@micah


I did! But that’s in process. Here is the final :).


Win win is if the Fellowship makes a partnership with Superhuman for dropouts :). Congrats Will!


Young founders are extraordinary. Few have experience working with this talent and believe it can’t be replicated. Luck is a part of working with greats like @VitalikButerin @riteshagar @zoink @luminartech before anyone else believes in them. Mastery is doing it again and again.


🙋♀ medium.com/1517/finding-your…

Replying to @ellie @VentureValkyrie @thegothamgal @jalak @sarahtavel @venturetwins


Haha had to look that one up. You’re kind :).

Replying to @teyvz @ellie @VentureValkyrie @thegothamgal @jalak @sarahtavel @venturetwins @singareddynm


Thanks Fer! Couldn’t have done it without the support of our investors and founders!


Right back at ya Leslie!


Narcissistic parents are a bitch.


Somehow I thought humming was inaudible since it was done with a closed mouth. My third grade teacher: “Who is humming?” Me: 😳 “They can hear that?!”


One more: my mom had a “no whining” sticker on the fridge. I thought it was to help with sobriety.


Agreed! I crack myself up all the time.


Heard a great meditation tip the other day for remaining present after the formal sit. Meditate with your whole body, not just with your mind/head. I’ve been trying it out for a few days and really love the fuller awareness.


Zero to Sun!

Eric Weinstein

                    @ericweinstein

                  19 Jul 2019

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Working on one! Depends on what’s being measured but as a start there are 4 companies at or tracking towards unicorn status that have been launched out of the fellowship (and even just the first few years). This was only taking in ~20 fellows per year all under 20.


And for specificity @VitalikButerin and @riteshagar in the tens of billions and @luminartech and @zoink coming up. Not to mention the great work and contributions of others like @LauraDeming, @ch402, @edenfull, @DaleJStephens, @liamihorne, @shaklakhani, etc.


The most important result is that we normalized the conversation around college and unleashed the elephant in the room. Ten years ago students and parents didn’t dare talk about the opportunity and financial cost of higher ed. Today it’s a much more nuanced discussion.

Replying to @DStrachman @Austen @VitalikButerin @riteshagar @luminartech @zoink @LauraDeming @ch402 @edenfull @liamihorne @shaklakhani


Lol my version of this: garden, rearrange my room/office, bake


Definitely public — timeline is a little fuzzy.


Something is very right about driving through New England when Aerosmith comes on the radio.


I only allow myself to watch bad tv on the road. Watched my first episode of Friends last night. T.E.R.R.I.B.L.E But it clearly taught a generation to think it’s fun to live in overcrowded apartments and practice adulting.


Strategy meetings > update meetings. I get lots of requests for catch ups but the most beneficial, productive, and interesting meetings focus on strategy and problem solving. Updates are for email. Face to face is for rolling up the sleeves.


Tweet storm!


What cramped office?

Michael P Gibson

                    @William_Blake

                  31 Jul 2019

                “One morning I walked to Gibson’s office, a cramped room in a coworking space...” podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…


Am I the only one who prefers events to skip the networking time at the beginning and just get going to the meat and potatoes?


As someone who tends to run on time for things I often feel punished since the networking time is also used to help shore up the late comers.


Excited to be in Waterloo for my very favorite hackathon! I love starting every fall with this event -- far better than an PSL. @HackTheNorth


@theombl @HackTheNorth Next year it is Theo! Feel better!


Congrats to Cabin's 2.0 launch!
medium.com/@Cabin/part-i-red…


Opening ceremonies @HackTheNorth starting soon!


If anyone @HackTheNorth wants some office hour time on Saturday be in touch! We would love to talk about projects, startups, school (aka advanced bad guidance counseling), etc. @1517fund @William_Blake #HacktheNorth2019


@jzlegion @iwatatheplants @1517fund

Replying to @jzlegion @iwatatheplants @1517fund


Definitely not easy. I think this influence can be modeled much like other attributes and behaviors through leading by example, discussing topics, etc. My parents never made time to talk about entrepreneurship, but they both have their own small businesses. Osmosis is powerful.

Replying to @MicahMerrick @micahmerrick @balajis


@EricSchleien How did it help with your skin?! Never heard of that.


More reasons to love @HackTheNorth, their mission is to allow anybody to dream big.💗💗💗


@ThorburnWinsor @William_Blake @HackTheNorth @1517fund Message me!


It is SO good! Also very easy to watch on a flight :). Seen it twice in the air. I recommend for women of all ages and watch all the way through. Every ending isn’t happy!


Oklahoma is more than OK! Checking out @GatherTulsa today with a group of VCs who invest outside of coastal cities. Such a fabulous park and community center!


New terms learned while traveling: “Blight” (Detroit) and “food desert” (Tulsa). Food deserts are areas without a full service grocery store for a 3 mile radius. Without access to a car, nutritious food is very limited. What terms have you learned on the road that surprised you?


I love learning new things on these trips too — especially about Black Wallstreet. Thank you @gkff!


Visiting with the founder of @HoganAssessment today, “You’ve heard of Myers-Briggs? That’s a party game. We’re an engineering firm.”


Ah those days, I miss them so!


Overheard in SF: He’s Mr. Wrong but right for a minute.


When I was in Tulsa I learned that they have the most advanced program in cyber security there.


Bam!


As long as I can get on my soapbox about hating Goodnight Moon, I’m in!


@DaleJStephens Leave her with some things that smell like you (unlaundered clothes are a good choice).


I’ll raise this to 75% but will take 50% if I can get it.

Julia DeWahl

                    @juliadewahl

                  6 Oct 2019

                Doesn’t feel like we’d lose too much if all books were half their length, but would gain so much from being able to read twice as many books.

Would love to see the new standard for nonfiction book length cut by 50%.


@madbardmike This is specifically referencing nonfiction and not limiting the number of books. A really great series could come out of this. Maybe I’m reading the wrong books but most nonfiction I’ve read has at least a couple chapters dedicated to why reading the book is important. 🤮


@madbardmike Certainly in some cases, but I think you would also agree that some authors are long winded. For example, I loved the takeaways from Peak, but it could have easily been at least 25% shorter.


My cofounder, @William_Blake, is in rapture listening to the Joe Rogan interview about a UFO conspiracy. He is so Moulder.🙄 #xfilesfund


Reality is a marvelous teacher.


Who knew that one of our team member’s most polarizing ideas would be in porn regulation.


@AccelepriseSF has a company in their latest batch working on this issue.


Fun podcast with Brandon! I shared my journey in entrepreneurship of starting a school, working on the Thiel Fellowship, how founders can follow their passion and express that authentically, and what I believe the future of education looks like. Enjoy! brandonstover.com/evolve-dan…


I feel this!


Silence is golden

weisser

                    @julianweisser

                  9 Oct 2019

                2009: Remember when people had custom ringtones?

2019: Remember when people had ringtones?


@EduEngineer This means a lot coming from you Mathew, thank you!


This wasn’t about all startups, just being able to start one if desired.


@semiDL @shl But yes “launch anything” isn’t actually anything but it’s a decent chunk of the market.


Go to Sleep No More - immersive theatre excellence! I love all the performances available!


Eat them after freezing them and the deal is done.


@hunterwalk Leveling up is freezing them — better than ice cream!


I can help you. Mail them to me!


@cullend @nthnryn


It’s too broad a question. I’ve started asking something along the lines of “if I were going to focus on one thing for you this month, what would it be?”


@DaleJStephens 💗


I can’t be the only woman annoyed by introductions to other woman in tech for being women. Introduce me (and others) to people overall because we have values alignment and mutual possibilities for working with each other not because of a stated physical trait.


And don’t get me wrong, I love women in tech/vc groups a lot and partake frequently. I just don’t want to be introduced because of my gender. It’s the same as being asked to speak because of one’s gender or race. All of this can be done in a much more savvy way.


@pauramirezparra Bingo


Fuck yeah!


Sadly not uncommon


@micahmerrick @pauramirezparra I agree but I think it’s more than about sophistication. It’s nearly common courtesy to me. I don’t see men being connected because they are men (unless they are also within a less represented demographic).


Definitely the case, and seems really foolish to me to be so oblivious. I guess obliviousness is an issue with bias. I did have a man compliment me once for having an entrepreneurship panel of all women (not a women in entrepreneurship panel). Felt great to be seen like that.


Posting on social at the same time. Twitter = social commentary. FB = more about my crazy cat ladyness. Y’all don’t know the real me.


I have a potential LP who keeps insisting that he’s “interested” in Fund II.


And yeah, I actually sent him that gif!


@JanettLiriano I concur!


Right women doing X is a better ask but I agree that I think it’s coming from the right place.


@LGROY If I can’t have fun fundraising, I want no part of it!


@GrizzlyAdnan


@WilliamAEden We’ve all been there.


Loving @DAytonShenker message about how regeneration is the 2.0 version of sustainability at the @OpalGroupHR conference.


Today at the @OpalGroupHR @SophieDurey makes the point that “impact” investing is just investing. Yes yes yes!!!


Esprit de l'escalier moment of the day: Potential LP asks me if I’m planning to have a baby any time soon. What I should have said, “Oh, are you offering a donation?”


@vhmth https://www.actionsportsmed.org/ Richard works miracles.


@tySchmitt5 Random Access Memories by Daft Punk is excellent


Same!

Antoine Nivard

                    @antoinenivard

                  2 Nov 2019

                Catching myself having to think about an alternative to "please let me know how I can be helpful" in about 10 emails a day because @vcstarterkit ruined it for the next decade... 🤷♂


@jihadkawas is making this happen!


.@ridecabin introduces binge-living medium.com/@Cabin/part-iii-s…


“On Writing Well” is very helpful. Stephen King also recommends just reading from the greats.


Excited to participate this week in Tulsa!

Center for Black Innovation@CFBInnovation
                  11 Nov 2019

                #BTWTulsa is happening this week!

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Thank you for having me! Great companies and great people. Looking forward to meeting with more of them today.


Pet peeve activated again: don’t use cumulative years of experience in marketing materials. It doesn’t make any team look smarter or more experienced, it makes you look like you don’t know how expertise works.


I’ll keep out!


@madbardmike


What more is there to say? If @William_Blake and I used this metric we would say we had 20 years of experience working with early stage founders. We don’t have 20 years of experience, we have 20 man hours in between two people. This is simple division.


This is why decision quality while made at the time matters. Hindsight is for going back over process and learnings to inform decision making in the future.

Shaun Maguire

                    @shaunmmaguire

                  26 Nov 2019

                One of my favorite things I’ve overheard @sequoia so far:

“In this job you can look stupid for passing on a company and then look like a genius years later.”

And the corollary:

“In this job you can look like a genius for making an investment and then look stupid years later.”


🥳 Congrats @useloom on their Series B! techcrunch.com/2019/11/26/lo…


Mind blown. So funny!

Steven Schmatz@schmatzarella
                  27 Nov 2019

                Flight attendant: Is there a doctor onboard?

Dad: that should've been you

Me: Not now Dad

Dad: Not asking for a Data Scientist to help, are they?

Me: Dad, there's a medical emergency happening right now

Dad: Go and see if importing scikit-learn helps


Had a great conversation with one of my favorite educators!

Michael Strong

                    @flowidealism

                  11 Dec 2019

                My delightful podcast with @DStrachman, founder and partner of 1517 Fund, on our shared commitment to new models of education, including a passion for Holt, Gatto, and real world projects, tinyurl.com/w5vfjnp


@OceanPleasant But what we really want to know is what did YOU learn about broth? :)


@OceanPleasant Top three fun facts! (Clearly I would have enjoyed the ramen lesson 🤣)


From now on I’m going to respond to unsolicited and completely not applicable email pitches with rickrolling. I’m almost excited to get more junk messages!


Click here for my availability! youtu.be/oHg5SJYRHA0


“Your opportunity for a $4B TAM” - First rickroll is out!


Got pitched to be supported by a group focused on women in venture last year. They’ve happily accepted LP intros. Had a big fish for them yesterday. When pressed they finally disclosed that they’ve dropped their women in venture product. But they’d sure like that intro 🤯🖕


I wrote to them specially about this LP being interested in women led funds (but being able to deploy through a portfolio model), they say they want the intro, and only when pressed disclose that that product (that I hoped to be a part of) is no longer. Such a taker move.


@NPDeMember @zslayback A target for what?


This was my reaction. Actually started my email back to them with “Wow.”


Hm, I’ve never felt this way talking to founders. That said I have seen other investors act like this when critiquing a deal. Overall I think my job is to ask good questions over pretending I have knowledge.


Magic


I think 1517 will be giving a $1K grant to that 7 year old in a few years.

Paul Graham

                    @paulg

                  8 Jan 2020

                10 yo: They only made Star Wars to make money.

7 yo: If nobody did anything to make money, we'd still be cavemen. You wouldn't have your Xbox. We'd just be a bunch of guys throwing spears at deers.


@dunkhippo33 They haven’t approached with a project yet!


What do you want to call it? Gotta have an alternative!


@sydneypaige10 Cat people unite! 🐈


We’ve said @1517fund that we could build a whole thesis off of funding companies in nondescript warehouses.

Paul Graham

                    @paulg

                  17 Jan 2020

                In a hangar in Colorado, the first civilian supersonic aircraft since the Concorde, the Boom XB-1, is being built right now.


@cullend @1517fund The nondescript one? Yes!


Lol that would be a fun R&D project but y’all know that when we have a space of our own it is going to be part bookstore, cat cafe, and homeschool center — and likely really visible from the street :). Although maybe speakeasy style would be cooler 🤔.


@Quan @1517fund 💗💗💗💗sold!


Omg this would be so much fun! We will get there someday.


@PottsJustin Fabulous work!!!


Woot!


Feet meet fire. This is so wrong at the individual and organizational level.

Jasmine Crowe-Houston@jasminecrowe
                  29 Jan 2020

                This morning I had a meeting with a VC fund not a partner but an associate. Which now I’m sure I never want to take again, but I digress. The meeting started off as any VC call would.
Me: company background, tech, traction, revenues ect.
Him: Fund size, deal size ect...


@jasminecrowe Wanted to add if you need more intros, happy to check through my contacts. We are a preseed fund so I’m guessing past our stage but happy to connect you with others. Message me if you’d like to chat! Or email danielle@1517fund.com.


“Danielle, I’m looking to do something unheard of (at least to me): an all-female pre-seed round. Think you can point me in the right direction? We are consumer/media focused.”

Game on! We meet Monday. We don’t do early stage consumer but happy to help. Hands up if interested.


I have qualms with gendered stuff in general in tech but I think this is a neat goal especially from a male founder. I’m always telling people that diversity starts with your cofounders, investors, and advisors. Not when you’re 20 bros deep.


Thanks! I’m thinking @HustleFundVC   too.


Flying @FlyFrontier for my first time. We are over 2.5 hours late leaving the gate and I hear this is normal. ✈


I think a public written apology and action items from the firm would be great. Happy to help your founder with intros too. Or if she’s at the preseed stage could look ourselves.


@HustleFundVC @DaleJStephens If someone wants to join and is in SF on Monday at 11am happy to host at 101 Montgomery or setup a Zoom!


Too much to say but I don’t like being singled out for attributes I can’t control. Women want to talk because I’m a woman in VC or being asked to speak on “women in” panels. I don’t think my gender is relevant to my work. Holding up examples is important but the how matters.


Email me! Danielle@1517fund.com


@maeveinspace And yes, complex is a great word here! I feel the same way.


Want to join for our meeting on Monday at 11 is SF?


@farhaj @FlyFrontier No idea! Maybe walking is better?


Respect and honoring of children is a large part of why I do what I do with 1517 and what started as the Thiel Fellowship. K - 12 will only change when the incentives at the top do. scarymommy.com/why-we-need-m…


Learning this everyday that I work in the industry too.

Eric Bahn 💛

                    @ericbahn

                  1 Feb 2020

                I’m in an industry where I deal with a lot of smug and arrogant people.

But behind the overconfident visage of these folks is deep insecurity, and maybe a rough childhood.

And that makes me try to love these people more. Or at least be empathetic.


Gave a talk yesterday where I shared that non-coercion is a central tenant and value of mine. It’s imbedded from my early days working with children all the way through working with founders. Force is not relationship. It’s manipulation. We can do better than that and we must.


@cullend Sadly not. Though I’ll work it into future ones. Had it been recorded I would have sounded like a chain smoker. Speaking with a cold sucks :).


^ same!


@theonemartian @thielfellowship You’ll have to talk with current fellows and the current TF team then.


Great thread! @1517fund is preseed. We call it the DNA round.


Didn’t realize I could turn it on! Thanks for the pro tip.


Love it! I’ve had a good handful of people in the Bay tell me that a 9am meeting is too early for them. Go get em!


Performance seems key for Fund II these days (at least for preseed/seed funds). It’s a bloodbath with more funds in the market and more family offices wanting to focus on directs plus institutionals reallocating into current managers with little space for new ones. As usual YMMV.


“I really like working with X but between us they’ve had a hard time executing on A, B, and C. I think D needs to happen for them to keep this going.”

Replying to @shriyanevatia @eriktorenberg


@Samirkaji Sorry, I’m saying performance for Fund I seems a lot more important for raising Fund II than was expected three or four years ago.


VC Twitter is on the decline. Who else or what other worlds should I be following?


Fuck yeah

Farhaj Mayan

                    @farhaj

                  6 Feb 2020

                Weirdly accurate fortune cookie


Lol 🐢 🐢 🐢 all the day down.


On VC Twitter — too much infighting, too much bragging/self promotion, bullshit philosophy/fake intellectualism, and too many people who don’t know what they are talking about grandstanding. Let’s diversify our twitter talking portfolios. Who you got?


@farhaj


What do you think? Would love to hear your thoughts.


@zslayback Who do you follow?! Many French bulldogs?


@ndneighbor Not sure what I’m in the mood for. I do love to be a spy on the art world. But I’m a curious person in general. Who intrigues you?


@tnachen Following! Thanks! What do you like about it?


.@ndneighbor searched for Art director and this person popped up. Love it! Can’t wait for more in my feed.

Raphael Lacoste@raphaellacoste
                  31 Jan 2020

                Some recent works of the past year, I am busy as Art Director and Father but will always try to push some personal ideas and universes I want to explore :) hope you like !


@tnachen Maybe? I am not sure that more fans truly equals more overall quality in the twitterverse.


This is true.


@tnachen Ah sorry! Missed the context! Thanks!


I relate to that.


@ndneighbor @pasql @IonedaJun @itsmegabinamie @nicolemclovin @typesupply @_EricHu @monosynth @pcho 💗💗💗


@Bptstmlgt @GlobalEcoGuy @JacquelynGill @jjacobs22 @emorwee @RRword Adding! Thank you!


Adding thank you!!

Replying to @mustbesyrup @mattdpearce @WesleyLowery @annafifield @danabranham @petridishes


@dumarkusd @William_Blake @MrsRobinson1010 Great!


This sounds terrible but I also trust you lol.


Thanks for taking one for the team!


Added!


@rthvkm @LettersOfNote Thx!


@maxholzheu @visakanv Already following but thx!!


I don’t know if we are but we definitely sing WHAT A FEELIN’ often 🎶 🎤 🎵


As an N of 1 I can verify being scared shitless to have other people’s kids harmed on my watch.


@ShyRuparel


@MicahMerrick Sold! 🙌


Then all the fan boys can say that Elon was all over them!


@Jonas_Sota Any particular recs?


Any recs?!


Thanks!!

Replying to @my_nm_is_jns @wrathofgnon @Arch_Revival_ @RobertKwolek @createstreets @modacitylife


@witta_g @Jonas_Sota Recommendations?


@monadsupes So why are you still here?!


@jayvasdigital Specific recommendations?


Come on! I’m not going to name names publicly but this isn’t rocket science.


Thanks! I’m having lots of fun with it. Really curious to see how my feed reads after all these new adds.

Replying to @WhampaChick @mattdpearce @WesleyLowery @annafifield @danabranham @petridishes


@WhampaChick @TimoSheridan @mattdpearce @AsteadWesley @WesleyLowery @annafifield @danabranham @petridishes p.s. you had me at lover of cats and transparent government.


@0xval @eriktorenberg @MrsRobinson1010 That whole quantity quality thing.


@meannie @zslayback Recs?!


@TheLexTimes Recs?!?


@CaddiesUnited I will take your word for it :)


@realCoreyEngel Described in the thread!


@Stratosphere41 Agreed! Should have done this earlier!


@rishmishra Recs?


@LTrotsky21 @BetterCity @azeem @ExponentialView @Nicolas_Colin @alexdunsdon @daveg @DanielKorski @TheAnnaGat @APompliano @mdudas @benedictevans @bznotes @jillruthcarlson @emilybest @wrathofgnon @WorkMJ @Melt_Dem @Rainmaker1973 @lauraolin @robins_rebecca @oliviasolon Lol so what are your recs?


@LTrotsky21 Viking Capitalists


@realCoreyEngel Maybe. I’d just like to diversify my egos :).


Thanks!

Replying to @WongMelenceng @wrathofgnon @Chol_Chuluuntar @byzantinepower @hbdchick @thespandrell


I never said I was on time to the party.

Replying to @pre_market_ @nanogenomic @zebulgar


@realCoreyEngel ☕ sometime!


@ArlanWasHere


A founder I know in his mid 20’s just outfitted his own camper van. I had to deeply resist the pull to Chris Farley. I miss him so! RIP

Arlan 👊🏾@ArlanWasHere
                  8 Feb 2020

                I need someone running for president to say, “I was born...in a van...down by the river!”


@DanielleFong ^ same


Totally getting an ASMR response from this. 🧠💥

Nino@CantMissJames
                  7 Feb 2020

                I randomly found an hour long video of someone just walking around NYC in the rain in HD on YouTube. It was kinda relaxing. This is just a short clip


@shriyanevatia Or just don’t offer drinks. We have very little to no alcohol at our events and people come in spades for the community.


For people you see often — what is a unique conversation opener to “How was your day” for checking in on someone? As an aside I stopped asking new people what they do for work and instead ask “how do you spend your time” and that gets far better and interesting responses.


@realCoreyEngel Message me!


I’m not sure how to feel about this. 🙄😂🤣😭


I think it’s more likely that he was a psychonaut.


Also, no woman ever said “oh I LOVE being called ma’am” ever ever ever.


That is very very sad.


The more you know! 🌈

Daniel Peter

                    @danieljpeter

                  7 Feb 2020

                Two tablespoons of honey would be enough to fuel a bee’s entire flight around the world.


@TheAnnaGat @roybahat ^ my cofounder has this in spades and has read more books than anyone I know.


@chrsaravia I like this!


@Brian36redPoker adVenture Capital


Wow, this account is rad!

Massimo

                    @Rainmaker1973

                  8 Feb 2020

                Ferrofluid is here poured over-top of a magnet. The magnet is locked within the superconductor's magnetic fields, allowing the fluid to float in midair around the magnet. This is both flux pinning and Meissner effect [full video with more magnets: buff.ly/2EnjNEw]


Tell me more! Why would a woman love being called ma’am?


I like respectful greetings too. But is Ms. or miss really disrespectful? Also anyone who wants to call me honey or sugar is welcome to allllll day. The coasts don’t really have that either.


Lol when grannies do it it’s the cutest!


Team work is the dream work!


What’s your super power that no one will ever pay you for? Mine is being strangely good at parallel parking and making tight turns.


Not everyone consciously chooses their work because it’s the way they want to spend the majority of their waking hours. I prefer asking people “How do you spend your time” because they can talk about work if that’s what they want, or a hobby or dream they may much prefer.


@enordec 😆 Ok. Align side mirrors. While staying stationary, cut the wheel to the right all the way. ONLY THEN start to back into the space. About half way into the space start to cut the wheel to the left (sometimes I wait until the back right wheel grazes the curb).


@SekaiFarai It’s hard not to be seen for something so crucial.


@SekaiFarai Thanks for putting in all the extra!


@eefernandez Say what?!


Depends on the definition of mostly but 20% of our founders are in non-coastal cities. Thanks!


I also fall asleep at the dentist. I find it very relaxing to get a cleaning.


@TerezaN This is a great party trick!


Lol


Gardening/eat your greens @hamama_greens. I grow two of them!

Replying to @N_Sportelli @otherlandhome @drinkhaus @clarepaint @framebridge


@logancyang @William_Blake We looked at a coworking space in that same building or maybe one over and it was atrocious.


That’s a great selfie!


@AlexEKoren Too quick!


Come work with one of our companies!


@SeyoneC Very few are at a stage to work with interns but certainly have a look at the list!


@sydneypaige10 Count me in for next time!


Happy to see if I can help!


We almost always give feedback about what concerns us about investing and what would need to be shored up to get to yes. As a former teacher, giving actionable critique comes in very handy. Some of our best companies we’ve said no to once or twice before leading their round.

Dave Sachse

                    @DSox

                  12 Feb 2020

                If you are a VC....... do you communicate to startups why you decide not to invest or why it’s not a fit for your fund? Why or why not?

If you are a startup.....  how do you prefer investors communicate their investment decision?


@TrumpetisAwesom I can’t think of a time that stands out. We often preface things with “it’s our job to be wrong a lot of the time” and I think that softens things a bit. That said the things we point out are often factual “we really wish the customer were using the product more often.”


Thanks for the super fun interview! Let’s do another one soon!


𝙋𝙚𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙎𝙖𝙙𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙩𝙤𝙣

                    @AgilePeter

                  13 Feb 2020

                I'm really in love with the vision of @DStrachman and @1517fund - As someone who has been through tons of education, I know that there are many other avenues of success that doesn't require a degree or pedigree. Was a ton of fun!!! #VCHunted


Loving this SO hard!

Bilal Zuberi // Red Glass Ventures

                    @bznotes

                  13 Feb 2020

                Male VCs and Executives: if we are conversing over email and want to schedule a call or email, and you choose to add a female to the cc: I am NOT going to assume that’s your EA.

a) it could be your colleague you want to include in the conversation
b) EAs can also be male


@Quan Lol damn that ma’am!


^ my first thought too.


@Quan It’s all your fault (I think?)!


@AgilePeter Looks like so much fun!


From dumpster diving to the future of food with @spirainc . What an inspiring story!  podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…


@roybahat So good!


Justin

                    @PottsJustin

                  17 Feb 2020

                Trying to write an email with a reasonable amount of exclamation marks nitter.poast.org/debickix/status/121887…


Same, I feel attacked!


@ThatMrE @spirainc @1517fund You are resourceful as they come! Where there is a will there is an Elliot!


Vanilla Sky


@DaleJStephens Turning into a medium post soon :)


From founding team with a name to a company. medium.com/@1517/the-evoluti…


@airhabibnb @1517fund @tulsaremote Congrats! You’ll love it!


@everettpberry Thank you! We are all about the long haul.


You dodged a bullet my friend.


I just turned 40 and had an interesting experience with it since I have been in my “pre-40s” for about two years (I never liked the label of “late” for a decade). I’ve found sliding into 40 to be very natural while I have friends in their mid-40s who can’t even talk about it.


They’ll only know what DTC mail is :)


Right now, there are 2 categories of tweets about schooling:

1) Those who act as if nuanced things are binary.

2) Those who don’t know enough about how homeschooling works.

Soon, there will be a third: Those who know that education expands past their worldview 📚🧐

David Perell

                    @david_perell

                  24 Feb 2020

                Right now, there are two categories of school for kids.

1) Traditional in-class learning.

2) Home-school where kids stay home and parents teach their own curriculum.

Soon, there will be a third: Children learn at home, but enroll in an online school with thousands of kids.


@prelevent @NPDeMember Oh that is good!


I admire people who want to tackle these problems, but please for the love of all that is good, go learn some more about what educational pioneers have been doing for decades.


^this! I am so driven nuts by that tweet. Reading three books on different educational models would clear up his thinking — go check out Holt, Gatto, Montessori. It’s really not hard and especially with so many followers I wish that he’d make more educated statements 🤦♀


@ashleyzanders I wish I had met Gatto! My colleague @zslayback did and I still have to get the download on what it was like to talk to him before he passed away.


I can’t tell if you’re being literal or flippant. But if the latter, I assure you that someone who thinks children who homeschool are just learning at home isn’t going to make a big dent in the problem. The best founders I’ve supported understand the complexity of their work.


@tjrwriting What does the problem being solved look like to you? Do you not think that people who want to tackle a space should educate themselves on what’s come before? His tweet isn’t even first principles thinking which I could get behind for being interesting — it’s just tweetbate.


@tjrwriting And after looking at your tweets, which are interesting and spot on, I don’t even know what we are disagreeing on.


^seeing this more and more. Be close to your customers for the first few years and open a second office if you need to scale hires from a metropolitan area later.


@roybahat


@tjrwriting Lol operations are HUGE! And operations on a solid foundation is even better.


@zslayback @ashleyzanders Ah so sad :(


@bencasnocha I like “You’ve got this!”


We don’t lead As! Thanks for the mention. @briannekimmel might!

Replying to @Mat_Sherman @Joshmedia @ljin18 @1517fund


This 💯%. We use the Grit Scale at 1517 to help founders think about their growth in this area.

Leo Polovets

                    @lpolovets

                  28 Feb 2020

                Before VC, I thought the biggest challenges for founders would be strategic or tactical. It turns out the toughest challenges are psychological:

- parting ways w/a co-founder
- firing people
- fundraising for months w/o a single Yes
- etc

Brutally tough. So much grit required.


@Ashraf82901324 Message me!


Check out the work of @angeladuckw. She developed the scale!


This is the short version: sjdm.org/dmidi/files/Grit-8-…

Replying to @DStrachman @sarah_cone @angeladuckw


@sarah_cone @calitrav Lol love this :)


@dumarkusd Beautiful!!


And part of our decision to work with Dylan almost a decade ago was because of the mentoring opportunities he put himself in before we learned about him!

Replying to @spenceraviav @zoink @michael_nielsen @figmadesign @William_Blake


In what way? This could be read as positive, negative, or some of both. So curious to understand more.


Imposter syndrome could be where that pressure stems from. Internally we talked about the program as a 10 year horizon but media focused a lot on the 2 years. I meet a lot of people under 25 who have the stated concern and I find that mindset extremely worrying and hope to help.


Woah — was just fitting all that in a tweet at the same time. Guess we are in sync this evening! 🤯👍

Replying to @zoink @spenceraviav @michael_nielsen @figmadesign @William_Blake


Check out 8 Dates by the Gottman Institute!


Chris needs some vibes. Let’s bring them!🌞

Chris Cantino

                    @chriscantino

                  2 Mar 2020

                Can hardly believe I’m typing this... we recently discovered I have thyroid cancer.

I have surgery tomorrow to remove as much as possible. Feeling off, but eager to move forward. Ready to make the most of this and come out stronger.

Life’s crazy sometimes. Please send vibes. 🙏


@chriscantino


I’d like to see your recommendations for the conditions in which someone should consider raising a microvc fund.


I saw keep the door open unless it was egregious. You can always pass later when you have more information.


At a FO conference today and a panel stressed working with Fund I and II of sub $100M funds because of outsized returns and alignment of interests (making money off investments not management fees). A section on how to pick great emerging managers for LPs would be awesome!


And bring on the bunny slippers!


1517 has done a lot of remote work/calls for years. With health concerns I’ll be taking more meetings in these, and using @useloom and Zoom.


p.s. but my slippers actually have donuts on them.


@ericbahn Looking forward to trading slipper pics when I get home to Oakland on Friday.


1. The prevailing advice to LPs is to back “emerging managers” who come out of high performing legacy firms with many years of experience and metrics. So though it might be the GPs first fund, they have X number of years under their belt.


2. But the advice is also to back “emerging managers” who are underrepresented. These managers are rarely coming out of legacy firms.


3. I wish these two groups were not lumped together. Underrepresented GPs are a lot less likely to come out of a big firm. So if LPs want to diversify their GP base we need better recommendations for doing diligence on fund managers who don’t fit the old paradigm.


@DelJohnsonVC I can’t say whether it’s likely or not but would sure love to see more data!


4. And there are surely LPs out there that have underrepresented managers as a full on thesis. Very curious to know what they look for because that could help educate others.


@DelJohnsonVC What do you think “gathering real data” looks like for Fund I and II underrepresented managers when there isn’t much performance data at that point? Past history of execution? Access to deal flow?


Lol I get SO excited when @vcstarterkit likes my tweets. Squeeee!


@DelJohnsonVC Fund KPIs take a VERY long time to mature. If we were measured off our year 3 performance instead of year 5, if would be hard to go from being a fund to a firm. We are tracking very well, but it takes a special kind of LP to believe in you early since there aren’t best practices.


@matkaliski Absolutely. But we are out there doing it and I’d love to see some LP best practices for working with these groups.


@matkaliski Are there different levels of underrepresented, surely. I’d like to see everyone lifted up.


I’m hoping more parents get a taste of homeschooling too as an unintended consequence.

Michael P Gibson

                    @William_Blake

                  3 Mar 2020

                In 1665, Cambridge University closed b/c of the plague. Issac Newton quarantined himself at his childhood home. It was the most productive time of his life. He discovered the calculus & laws of motion. Stuck a bodkin in his eye to study optics. How will you spend the next year?


Thank you!

Replying to @SweeshHQ @lolitataub @imchristiepitts @ComebackCapital @ChingonaVC @dundeevc @mercuryfund @flyovercapital @VamosVentures @1517fund @OperatorCollect @KaporCapital


Hong is the king of soft landings. Would highly recommend working with him. He will go all out for you!

Hong 關鴻@Quan
                  4 Mar 2020

                Replying to @Quan
                Anyway, my new thing is helping people navigate their careers, and find them soft-landings when the unexpected happens. Good people get laid off all the time (I've been through it 3-4x myself).


What is spiritual capital? Access to G-d? Having a spiritual community? Curious about this since I’ve not thought about spirituality in this way.


@Quan This is what makes you a pro! Will definitely refer people when they need a pillow before hitting pavement.


When one of our companies IPOs, I’m not going to be sitting on a beach...I’ll be starting a bird sanctuary. If anyone knows of pygmy falcons needing rescuing, send them my way. #livingmybestlife

Massimo

                    @Rainmaker1973

                  2 Mar 2020

                This tiny bird is the pygmy falcon, the smallest raptor on the African continent, it barely reaches 20 cm in length bit.ly/2m6cYNS


@pauramirezparra Ohhhh sounds great!!


Very well said!


Time is a buzz kill. So relatable.

mental illness is crazy cause i’m like
omg i’m gonna be late
omg i’m gonna be late
omg i’m gonna be late
omg i’m gonna be late
omg i’m gonna be late
coronavirus? oh whatever, if i die i die
are they mad at me
are they mad at me
are they mad at me
are they mad at me
are they mad a

Jill Gutowitz

writer

writer


Check out @kevinfadler and @MiracleMessages!


Lol the school does because they get paid by “butts in the seat” daily attendance records. If they are under enrolled they lose a lot of funding. Having been a school principal, I think they are just not wanting the burden of doing independent study paperwork. Such bullshit.

Replying to @Bodezaffa @MicahMerrick @balajis


I’ve been thinking a lot about parents who can’t afford to take time off or have childcare for their children during quarantine for coronavirus. For those that can, maybe pitching in to take a neighborhood kid in for a week could be a great way to help out. #teamsleepover