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Thanks for shoutout @TurnerNovak!
SAFEs launch has been huge so far. Hundreds of startups are raising money using it, including a bunch of the YC companies going through Demo Day π
The Split π retweeted
Scientists have found psychedelic drugs reopen the social reward critical learning period,
#HT to @TurnerNovak. When he's not making us life on Twitter, he's making us think in The Split
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The Split π retweeted
An upstart platform just poached one of Twitchβs top streamers with a $100 million deal.
But thereβs more to the story than what meets the eye - I dug into it in @TheSplit_ today
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The Split π retweeted
Hope to see more teams and leagues make their content available for free. Watching games without cable is a terrible experience today.
(from this week's @thesplit_)
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Crushed it this week @TurnerNovak
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The Split π retweeted
For the first time ever, New York leads the country in Seed and Series A rounds
h/t @shaig @TurnerNovak for sharing
The Split π retweeted
I teamed up with @signatureblock_ to dissect their Q1 '23 Emerging Manager Report:
- 91% of EMs struggling to raise
- 32% decreased target fund sizes
- 26% are solo GPs
- Valuations are down, deal flow up
- AI, web3, climate perceived as most overhyped sectors
Full write-up π
"Emerging Managers are Not OK" by @TurnerNovak
thespl.it/p/emerging-managerβ¦
The Split π retweeted
Super cool to get my tweet featured in @TurnerNovakβs substack post! Iβve got some more fun stats Iβll be posting about @AngelList in the next couple days π
Recommend giving Turnerβs piece a read thespl.it/p/angellist-thinksβ¦
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Enjoyed @TurnerNovak's most recent post on Liveblocks. So many lessons to learn from Figma and the collaboration it enabled. @get_cord is another interesting startup operating in this space.
thespl.it/p/liveblocks-bringβ¦
The Split π retweeted
π₯ deep dive by @TurnerNovak into the story of @liveblocks
- Founding Story
- The π of collaborative apps
- CRDTs
- How composable APIs enable devs
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Highly recommend subbing to Turner's newsletter π
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The Split π retweeted
Can S*bstack save the social network?
With public trust in incumbent social media platforms at an all-time low, it evolved from a simple tool for writing online to an entirely new type of network of 35 million subscribers.
Here's its story and how it can win:
The Split π retweeted
this graph is pretty crazy β brings together some of the broadest changes in society, tech, religion
(h/t @thesplit_)
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The Split π retweeted
American teens are sad
Female & LGBTQ high school students reported record-breaking levels of feeling βpersistently sad or hopelessβ
In @TheAtlantic, Derek Thompson (@DKThomp) explains the 4 mains reasons whyβ¦
(h/t @TurnerNovakβs newsletter)
The Split π retweeted
In 1990, zero states had obesity rates above 20%.
In 2018, zero states had obesity rates *below* 20%.
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