R̶e̶c̶o̶v̶e̶r̶i̶n̶g startup founder building software to improve the 🌎 for my 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦: @climatedraft @climate_af @frontlinefoods @swingleft @tech4campaigns

West Hollywood, CA
Joined November 2006
No one should have to live in constant fear for their life, let alone the lives of their children. The everyday trauma of being Black in America is something no white person can fully comprehend. This must end. We must stop it. – at West Hollywood, CA
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INTRODUCING GUNDO GRANTS Every summer, hundreds of the sharpest students in the country land deep tech internships in Los Angeles. They show up ready to build things that matter. Then they discover LA rent on an intern salary is its own engineering challenge. We think that's a problem worth fixing. Gundo Grants are $5,000 housing stipends for 10 of the top deep tech interns spending this summer in LA. El Segundo has quietly become the center of gravity for hard tech in America, and the interns showing up this summer will be the most important people in aerospace, defense, manufacturing, robotics, energy, and beyond in 10 years. If you're interning at a deep tech company this summer, building something real, and wondering how you'll make the numbers work in LA, then a Gundo Grant is for you! 10 grants. $5K each. Exclusive events. 1 incredible cohort. Applications are due by May 8th → gundo.house/apply @8vc | @bantervc | @DiscipulusVent | @LongJourneyVC | @lowercarbon | neverlift.vc | @rhobusiness
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New job posting, Chief of Staff, reporting directly to me. Please help me share far and wide. This will be a fantastic role at a pivotal time in Fervo’s journey. fervoenergy.com/career/chief…
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📣 Stripe is creating our first "New Grad Accelerator" program for (quite technical) product managers. Come learn how to build great products with us. stripe.com/jobs/listing/prod… - New grad (comp sci) or 0-2 years exp - In-person in SF, Seattle, or NY - Deadline to apply: April 24
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My beloved dog Wily is lost in SF. Please help return her by calling SF Animal Control at 415-554-9400 if spotted.
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We're hiring 2 Associates to join the investment team @upfrontvc! Having been an Associate myself and worked last 12 years with many, I can confidently say it's a comprehensive program for anyone interested in learning the ins and outs of being an early stage investor. We're lead pre-Seed, Seed investors, we take board seats and stick with our portfolio companies throughout their lifetimes, hence you'll get a front row seat to the full depth of the lead VC Partner role. As well each Partner has his/her industry and technology focus areas (aerospace / defense, dev tools and infra, healthcare, fintech, robotics, etc.), you'll get a breadth of exposure to the next gen tech impacting key industries. We're proud to see our Associates get promoted, continue in venture at other top tier funds, join successful startups, and start their own. We are looking for ambitious self-starters, who beyond their FT job has methodically done founder network building, deep dives into next gen tech in the open source community, theses on specific industries going through tech transformations, public writing, and/or investing. If you're a tinkerer who builds AI apps in your spare time, or help friends with their startup business challenges, even better. Please apply here, roles are based in our LA office (yes below is our roof deck), thank you: upfrontvc.notion.site/Associ…
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For a long time, people have been sold a false choice: climate versus jobs. Creating jobs while protecting our climate isn't just possible, it's necessary. And now, it's happening.
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My piece on Donald Trump’s campaign of endless lying about important and trivial subjects, how the lies are still generally not covered with the regularity they deserve, and how his campaign barely tries to defend the indefensible: cnn.com/2024/11/01/politics/…
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Final week donation recommendations are here. Basically, we're recommending 4 options for ROI right now: (1) AZ (2) PA (3) MI and (4) the 2025 Candidate Fund. secure.actblue.com/donate/cl…
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I believe the next @MichaelDell, @JeffBezos, or @elonmusk are likely in their high school's maker space or robotics lab. With this in mind, I have been working w/ @UTAustin to help launch an undergraduate robotics program. Applications are open (Fall '25). robotics.utexas.edu/undergra…
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Today’s bonkers pace of technological change is making some pretty wild ideas possible—and profitable. Exhibit A: Genomines, the brain-breaking startup mining critical metals with plants. Dr. Christina Chang lays out the clean, green future of mining lowercarboncapital.com/2024/…
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Congrats to Arbor, Electra, and @mill for making Time’s Best Inventions Of 2024 list! Carbon-negative energy? Clean iron for green steel? A food-waste-fighting trash can? It’s not surprising in the least that these climate game-changers got the nod. time.com/collection/best-inv…
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Breakthrough ideas don’t always fit an investment plan. Dr. Christina Chang shares how questioning long-held assumptions helped her see the outsize potential of Genomines, the French phenom using plants to mine critical metals—profitably lowercarboncapital.com/2024/…
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Congruent Ventures is hiring for a Principal to join our close-knit investment team in SF! Want to learn more? Share or apply below! We will treat ALL applications confidentially. (Our office is not on a boat to be clear, but we're a tight crew!) airtable.com/appkZ9Xw7RzIYBg…
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The biggest beneficiaries of affirmative action in media are Republican commentators. The MSM are desperate to find any who can engage in civil dialogue without fillibustering or collapsing into bigoted rants. This is why you often see the same Republicans everywhere.
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“There are fundamentally two ways to respond to scarcity. There is Malthusian thinking—a fierce defense of the existing resource pool, a politics that demands ever more scapegoats and leaves everyone poorer in the long run. Then there is liberalism, which demands a growing pie. It argues that we can make more: more housing, more schools, more good jobs, enough for everyone.”
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Billionaires know that Trump will exact revenge if they endorse Harris and he wins but that Harris will not exact revenge if she wins and they didn't endorse anyone. That's what these non-endorsements are about.
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Geothermal often faces cost & scale barriers, especially for large buildings. But Bedrock Energy uses innovative drilling & data tools to optimize ground-source geothermal, cutting emissions & costs. Hear more in this week’s episode with @codysimms ♨️🎙️ mcj.news/bedrock
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Mick Foley with a message to America and Donald Trump.
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In 2022, Democrats lost the U.S. House by just 6,675 votes, and the U.S. House majority has been in chaos under the GOP's ineffective "leadership" ever since. You can help Democrats in must-win House Districts to close fundraising gaps and reach more voters in these critical final days when you donate to the Immediate Impact Fund today: swingleft.org/impact washingtonpost.com/elections…
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