emndn retweeted
1. Ever wonder what the rest of the Mona Lisa looks like?
Got @Adobe Firefly to help fill out the background for me with the power of AI
Here's what the backgrounds of the most famous paintings in the world look like with AI:
emndn retweeted
.Europe’s #payments ecosystem has already produced many incredible companies, but there are still a number of areas that we feel are going to be fertile ground for innovation...more on our predictions on what's next for next gen payments companies👇
accel.com/noteworthy/prepare…
emndn retweeted
The recession is now technically over.
Adam Neumann raised $1bn pre-seed round from @a16z to ‘revolutionize real estate’
emndn retweeted
The world's 50 most beautiful sports venues — a thread:
1. Henningsvaer Stadium in Henningsvaer, Norway
emndn retweeted
We need a version of The Marquess of Queensberry Rules for governing disputes between fintech companies with the same name.
emndn retweeted
Ask yourself:
Could this meeting be a zoom?
Could this zoom be a phone call?
Could this phone call be an email?
Could this email be a text?
Could this text be unsent?
Could we in silence retreat to the forest?
Could we, by game trails & forgotten paths, vanish into the trees?
emndn retweeted
Boom
VC funding in Paris reached a record $5.3bn last year — and the French capital is now the EU's #1 hub for startup investment 🇫🇷
bit.ly/3qcYtqh #frenchtech @ngpcapital
emndn retweeted
This is where many of the best athletes in the world train.
Just remember that when you think facilities are the key to athletic performance.
emndn retweeted
All else being equal, it’s often more prudent to prefer teams that tend to Over-Promise & Under-Deliver (OPUD) rather than teams that consistently Under-Promise & Over-Deliver (UPOD)
👇🏾
emndn retweeted
Last week, Ant Group (the company behind Alipay) filed for potentially the largest IPO ever.
If that doesn't make you listen, consider that in 2019, Alipay's payment volume was $16 trillion -- that's 12% more than China's GDP.
What's the deal with Alipay?
A (long) thread ⬇️⬇️
emndn retweeted
I’ve spent a lot of time thinking how to best advise and invest into fintech companies, and over time have come up with a few mental frameworks to assist myself. Here’s one of them:
