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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 πŸ‘€
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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 nature.com/articles/s41586-0…
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An upstart platform just poached one of Twitch’s top streamers with a $100 million deal. But there’s more to the story than what meets the eye - I dug into it in @TheSplit_ today thespl.it/p/kick-twitch-and-…
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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 --- 🍌 Apple’s New β€œTV”open.substack.com/pub/turner…
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A little over our skis h/t @TheSplit_
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For the first time ever, New York leads the country in Seed and Series A rounds h/t @shaig @TurnerNovak for sharing
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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 πŸ‘‡
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Super cool to get my tweet featured in @TurnerNovak’s substack post! I’ve got some more fun stats I’ll be posting about @AngelList in the next couple days πŸ‘€ Recommend giving Turner’s piece a read thespl.it/p/angellist-thinks…
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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-bring…
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πŸ”₯ deep dive by @TurnerNovak into the story of @liveblocks - Founding Story - The 🌊 of collaborative apps - CRDTs - How composable APIs enable devs πŸ‘‹ @stevenfabre @guillaume_slls Highly recommend subbing to Turner's newsletter πŸ‘‡ thespl.it/p/liveblocks-bring…
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In-N-Out family office hiring a junior position. Found in @TurnerNovak's newsletter for @BananaCap_. Follow, like, and subscribe. talent.innout.com/en_US/care…
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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:
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this graph is pretty crazy β€” brings together some of the broadest changes in society, tech, religion (h/t @thesplit_)
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A few of my favorite newsletters: @thefutureparty After School by @caseymlewis Daily Consumer by @damirbecirovic The Generalist by @mariogabriele Investing 101 by @kwharrison13 The Split by @TurnerNovak SatPost by @TrungTPhan @chartrdaily Lenny’s Newsletter by @lennysan
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y'all @TurnerNovak is giving you the best vday gift to travel w/ Safara πŸ‘€πŸ’Έ if you're not subscribed to @TheSplit_ you're missing out!!
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One of my favorite newsletters right now is @TurnerNovak’s The Split. Today’s post on Toutiao is a fantastic look inside a major product people don’t know enough about link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/V… Click this link and sign up (for free!) so I can get a banana hat please.
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American teens are sad Female & LGBTQ high school students reported record-breaking levels of feeling β€œpersistently sad or hopeless” In @TheAtlantic, Derek Thompson (@DKThomp) explains the 4 mains reasons why… (h/t @TurnerNovak’s newsletter)
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In 1990, zero states had obesity rates above 20%. In 2018, zero states had obesity rates *below* 20%. (h/t @TurnerNovak)
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