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Darragh Buckley, an early employee at payment-processor Stripe, is taking his financial-product startup Increase into the banking world. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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So long, America🫡🇺🇸
49 days ago we landed in the USA to follow our country at the World Cup. We had no idea it would turn into the trip of a lifetime.
Thank you to everyone who followed along, and to all the people we met who made this journey even more special. We honestly don’t have the words to express how grateful we are for everything you did for us.
This trip exceeded every expectation we had. We came here with an open mind, wanting to experience as much of the country as possible. I still remember telling my friends on the flight to Atlanta that I hoped we’d get to meet a few locals on this trip. Now we’re flying home with friends all across the USA.
Before we came, we heard so many stereotypes and warnings about America. People told us about safety concerns, that they might check our social media at the border, and all kinds of other things. None of it matched our experience. This was probably the most welcoming country we’ve ever visited.
So if you have the chance to travel, do it. The world isn’t nearly as bad as the media often makes it seem. 99% of people are awesome!
I heard this quote somewhere during the World Cup, and I think it sums up our experience perfectly:
“If you want to hate the world, watch the news. If you want to love it, travel it.”
Thank you, America ❤️🇺🇸
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Oh @om…
When I first landed in Silicon Valley, Om Malik helped shape the journalist I became. He taught me not just to cover companies, but to understand the people behind them, question the hype, and never lose sight of the bigger picture.
He was a frequent guest on our show, even co-hosting with me at times, and he always brought the spice. You never had to wonder what Om really thought. He was fearless, deeply thoughtful, and never afraid to tell the tech industry hard truths, whether people wanted to hear them or not.
I adored him so much that I brought him home to meet my kids. They knew him as "Uncle Om." And the joy he took in seeing them led me to discover his softer side.
As this AI moment continues to unfold I’ll often wonder what he might have to say about it. One thing I know for certain: he'd have told us exactly what he thought.
We'll miss you, Uncle Om. Thank you for everything.
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Can confirm. Need comms support? You need to lock someone in 3 months before you need to announce.
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Two-thirds of consumers (67%) believe their financial institutions should reimburse them for money lost in a scam even when they personally authorized the transaction
alloy.com/reports/2025-scams… #fraud #scams
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Josh Wolfe on the power of storytelling
“To believe a story and to have that shared belief - through language and customs - is extraordinarily powerful. It has been evolutionarily selected for.”
Lux Capital's @wolfejosh talks with @loganbartlett on The @loganbartshow about why startup founders need to be able to tell a compelling a story.
"It is the one technological device - the ability to conjure images in our minds and to believe them - that has persisted far beyond physical technology existed," Wolfe says.
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Our State of Embedded Finance Report is live! We surveyed top US sponsor banks, and found that 80% of them find it challenging to meet embedded finance #compliance requirements. 🏦 Download the report for more insights: alloy.com/state-of-embedded-…
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🥁…Coming this August: Alloy’s 2024 State of Embedded Finance Report 🏦 ⚡
We surveyed the top U.S. sponsor banks on the embedded finance compliance challenges they're facing & how they’re responding.
Register here for priority access: alloy.com/embedded-finance-r…
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They key to fraud prevention according to @lauraspiekerman? Future-proofing so that your controls evolve with the pace of fraud. Listen to the full podcast from @11FS for more insights from Laura & @clear_bank's Charles McManus on fraud & embedded finance. content.11fs.com/podcasts/86…
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I don’t know who needs to hear this but the media landscape has changed.
Please do not use all your PR budget on outsourced pitching and none of it on subscriptions. I recommend a $2000 a year minimum budget for subs.
Why?
— support media as it evolves
— be in the info flow
— speaking from experience, your outreach means more if you’re a supporter
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I regret anything bad I've ever said about LinkedIn, it's actually a top tier shitposting platform
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an AI scoop from me on a foggy SF thursday that i thought was friday: @huggingface founder clem delangue told me that he's hearing from *10 AI startups per week* who want to sell themselves to the company. also! HF bought an AI startup, @argilla_io!
bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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🚨 Just received a phone call from the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office this afternoon. Officer reads off his badge number & proceeds to ask if this is [my name] located at [my address] w/ SSN# [reads last 4 of my social]. Fuck. Was walking through Costco as I took the call.
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Talked to a 96 person pre-product startup that’s raised $30M today.
We are so back.
