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My investment criteria: * Can this explode? * What is the product hook? * What is the distribution trick? * What’s… https://t.co/dkCIIaR8t8
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Good heuristic for creating SaaS startups: find a commonly used spreadsheet (eg cap tables) and turn it into a dash… https://t.co/gAuUDIni2O
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In traditional investing, there is ‘growth’ and ‘value’. In venture investing, there is ‘story’ and ‘proof’. Alth… https://t.co/rbdERumWNd
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If San Francisco really wants to be a city of the future, it should turn all metered street parking into protected… https://t.co/De1VskDGID
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It shouldn’t take 4,000 pounds of steel to move a human one mile. That’s why @BirdRide will win. We were promised… https://t.co/w6uH3LunnA
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Very impressed with the Coinbase Mafia. In terms of entrepreneurial activity and talent, it’s the best alumni network since PayPal.
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Great data by City of Portland showing that scooters are taking cars off the road. It works. https://t.co/TnkuyLnsfQ
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Excited to join the advisory board of @0xProject - one of the most important projects in crypto - which is helping… https://t.co/nJZrxpiiNs
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Traffic keeps getting worse because, even as the population of cities increases, we can’t build more roads. We’re s… https://t.co/RRc6J8yIgU
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3 major ‘firsts’ today all-in-one: 1) Launch of @Harbor platform. 2) Launch of first institutional-quality securit… https://t.co/uKcSHevbMo
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Bird is all-in on Gov Tech. This new platform will give cities unprecedented control over where and how scooters ar… https://t.co/cRLyONN6EA
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Nice summary of the tactics I used in creating startups and what I look for in new investments. https://t.co/nDGQNhDno5
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Congrats @starkness @roasbeef @lightning for launching Lightning protocol in beta. Most important scaling solution… https://t.co/qEh3UKT5Jg
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The NYT comes out in favor of scooters and adding a protected lane for scooters and bikes. The solution to traffic… https://t.co/wkvUsgQ7sk
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Crypto is in a bear market for 2 reasons: (1) compliance concerns. (2) lack of tangible applications. Harbor solves… https://t.co/ms4pSnB41w
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First they try to ban you. Then they begrudgingly accept you. Then they realize they need you. Then they redesign t… https://t.co/mq2P1lRtJX
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Positive comments by SEC’s new crypto czar. Smart contracts can produce “better than human” compliance as rules get… https://t.co/ewc6vZg0Bf
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We are big fans of 0x. As the number of tokens becomes infinite, you need a protocol, not just a central exchange,… https://t.co/yDUEk19Cx8
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Large companies think in terms of extending existing assets whereas startups begin with a clean-sheet design. Start… https://t.co/W3NFCBuEPC
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I like the concept of product-market-fit but @lochhead has a point about category design: Those who define the ca… https://t.co/s9pBlmcgh9
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Only 2 applications of blockchain have been proven at scale: 1) ownership ledger (for bitcoin) 2) fundraising platf… https://t.co/CzrcvJkcjP
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.@appannie is quite an amazing tool for investors. Lets you cut through the hype and see market share data very qui… https://t.co/RubpaKGTnn
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Bird stats: * 1 million rides in 7 months. * 445,334 pounds of carbon emissions saved. * 22,512 free helmets distri… https://t.co/kTDI4TC7RE
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Electric vehicles are the future and will make our cities cleaner, greener and more convenient. But it won’t just b… https://t.co/p75jqQThCg
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"Who Is Michael Ovitz" is an instant classic -- the story of an extraordinary life, filled with incredible highs an… https://t.co/t5U6SpFS5I
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My interview with @ericjackson on what I’m up to now -- supporting great entrepreneurs through Craft and launching… https://t.co/G4HyQs4Eq3
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Kudos to Gov Brown & the CA assembly for seeing through the hysteria and treating e-scooters the same as e-bikes. O… https://t.co/tLUzezqzWl
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The SEC recently said that all ICOs were securities. Here’s what to do about it. Introducing the Private ICO (PICO)… https://t.co/BVVg4tjHbi
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@bgurley Seasonality was obvious to us when we led the Series A. We modeled it as an adjustment to TAM. Market size… https://t.co/fCytmdowYx
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Lots of bad news from the UN on climate change (eg death of all coral reefs by 2040). If even half of this comes to… https://t.co/Hyqoagw6ln
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Congrats @BitGo on acquisition of Kingdom Trust. First full-stack solution for institutional custody. This opens th… https://t.co/MMUFNiBmqb
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This is one of the most interesting new models in venture — and, in Jack’s hands, is likely to be one of the most s… https://t.co/Iq2lNdjdcj
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What a year. Started as a beach town phenomenon that reactionaries wanted to ban. Now becoming core infrastructure… https://t.co/bKQYZNwwSh
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Nice summary of my interview with @NTmoney @TokenSummit about security tokens, @harbor, and the potential to unlock… https://t.co/EmHae4NauR
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Fascinating series. @DeepMindAI’s AlphaZero destroys the top chess computing engine Stockfish. It started with no p… https://t.co/UogGnrDlPY
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Congrats to @BirdRide on being named @Inc’s Company of the Year. What an amazing year — starting with a “crazy” ide… https://t.co/oWxYgL0dms
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Excited to be supporting some of the smartest investors in crypto - @KyleSamani @TusharJain_ @multicoincap. Here’s… https://t.co/5hhivFp0yY
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Defining our own category, rather than playing by the incumbent’s rules, made all the difference. More often than n… https://t.co/YRSldGZ8vt
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Recent SEC guidance is very clear: ICOs are securities. Harbor is working on a solution to make utility tokens comp… https://t.co/UxOKhtJFf6
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Congrats @AriannaSimpson - we are excited to be supporting you! https://t.co/9zgPDrMFe8
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Excited about this seed investment. Jim Barksdale once famously said that all businesses make money by either unbun… https://t.co/USLLw4Q7mH
— davidsacks (@davidsacks)
Thanks for having me on the show — we covered a lot of ground including lessons from PayPal, Yammer, and Bird! https://t.co/XYcobPjpxn
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“The next 12 months will be defined by the emergence of securities tokens and institutional participation in the to… https://t.co/7jEcjqp9Hv
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