CEO, Founder of Opower

Washington DC
Joined February 2009
Replying to @neo
@Neo just raised $320M after successful seed investments in Cursor, Kalshi, Bluesky, & more. Thank you to all the brilliant people helping Neo become tech's premier community for talent & startups. From Sheryl & Schrep to Sam & Satya, read more in this fab @Forbes feature.
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Talking about geothermal with @collabfund is always a ton of fun. Excited to be part of the path to clean heat!
The secret to affordable, sustainable heating might literally be buried beneath your feet. Curious? @danjyates, CEO of @DandelionEnergy, shares how they do it. Thank you, @morganhousel, for asking the question we were all thinking!
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Really the enjoyed the opportunity to share the @DandelionEnergy story with @builderonline this week. Excited to be bringing Dandelion's technology and expertise to new home developments all across the US!
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It's official—we’ve built the most energy efficient geothermal heat pump on the market! The Dandelion Geo is available nationwide as of today. In tandem, we’re announcing expanded services to home builders and installers nationwide! Check it all out at dandelionenergy.com.
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Go ⁦@dkhos⁩ !! Great example of entrepreneurial leadership paying off big time: When Uber’s CEO started driving for Uber, he found he agreed with a lot of drivers’ complaints. “The whole experience was pretty clunky.” wsj.com/articles/uber-ceo-st…
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The integration of chat gpt with wolfram is wild.
I think the nature of research will be very different post-AI. Here's a hint. I paste in the data on business starts, and ask GPT/Wolfram to analyze it, look for exogenous shocks, and evaluate the potential as an independent variable. The pieces are almost there for real impact.
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Some good environmental news on the last day of January: nrdc.org/experts/taryn-kieko… Go @NRDC and congrats to all of us!!
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Harvard and MIT scientists rediscovered an ancient Roman technique for casting concrete using quicklime in such a way that it is *SPONTANEOUSLY SELF HEALING* 🤯 news.mit.edu/2023/roman-conc… – at San Francisco, CA
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Brave women out on the streets of Kabul today following Talibans BAN on female education. “They closed the schools, the world remained silent. They closed our universities. Silence. Now our educational courses?. What are we supposed to do? Kill ourselves?”
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Note the incredible stats on how @HadiP and @CodeOrg have brought Computer Science education to 100 million kids for $1/child. 🤯
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Tough day for all the folks who insist this never happened: "Prigozhin said: 'We have interfered (in U.S. elections), we are interfering and we will continue to interfere. Carefully, accurately, surgically and in our own way, as we know how to do.'" reuters.com/world/us/russias…
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Iceman. YOU’RE FIRED. #peteholmes #xmen
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In 2022
Iranian sports climber #ElnazRekabi who in a bold act of defiance did not wear the mandatory hijab at an international competition will be taken directly to Evin prison. Iranian women continue to take courageous action despite severe repercussions. #WomanLifeFreedom
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Few things hold folks back more than the belief they are “too advanced” to do the humbling, low status work required to create something out of nothing. From what I have seen, rather than believing you are so experienced you can skip the grind, it’s better to fully embrace it.
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I know everyone thinks Hemingway has the ultimate Six Word Story, but may I present (Via mltshp.com/p/1O1CE )
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Towards making not dying from Covid possible @OurWorldInData
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Nobody can predict what is going to happen over the next 12 months but we haven't had a real bad tech downturn since 2000 (2008 terrible for lots of other folks but nbd for tech) let me tell you what starting a company in 2000 was like..
YC's message to founders:
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