Monika Auger

Lazard Investment Banking. Ex Venture Capital at M34 Capital, reporter / producer at WSJ.

[Samantha Power @SamanthaJPower]

R.I.P. Stephen Hawking. Among his many profound contributions to this world was this simple sentiment: “It would not be much of a universe if it wasn’t home to the people you love.”

[Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson]

His passing has left an intellectual vacuum in his wake. But it's not empty. Think of it as a kind of vacuum energy permeating the fabric of spacetime that defies measure. Stephen Hawking, RIP 1942-2018.

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Better video coming soon, but it would look a bit like this:

[Naval @naval]

The Efficient Markets Hypothesis fails because humans are herd animals, not independent rational actors. Thus the best investors tend to be antisocial and contrarian.

[Sam Altman @sama]

The most important thing to learn in school is that you can learn almost anything, and so you shouldn't let not knowing about something be an excuse for not doing what you want to do. Go focus and study.

[Jon Erlichman @JonErlichman]

Here's how old these companies will be turning in 2018:

Snapchat: 7 years
Uber: 9 years
Twitter: 12 years
Facebook: 14 years
Tesla: 15 years
Google: 20 years
Netflix: 21 years
Amazon: 24 years
Apple: 42 years
Intel: 50 years
HP: 79 years
Disney: 95 years
IBM: 107 years

[Jon Erlichman @JonErlichman]

Things that didn’t exist on New Year’s Eve 10 years ago:

Uber
Instagram
Airbnb
Apple Maps
Lyft
Snapchat
Siri
iPad
Bitcoin
Alexa
WhatsApp
WeChat
Angry Birds
Tinder
FB Messenger
Square
Apple Watch
Google Chrome
Slack
Kickstarter
App Store
Pinterest
Venmo
Candy Crush
Find My iPhone

[Rich Lyons @richlyons]

Technology is not an industry anymore. It's the economy.

[Naval @naval]

The Internet evolved media from physical to digital, from paid to free, from editorial to social. Next up: from corporate to ownerless.

[Naval @naval]

Twitter's in no danger - it has network effects. But social media is too important to humanity to leave as a walled garden forever. https://t.co/nBjx8N8o7J

[steve blank @sgblank]

Working Outside the Tech Bubble https://t.co/pp2FAiuDWc

[Monika Auger @Monikaauger]

Who would have thought you could buy streets and sidewalks in SF. https://t.co/WiKocaIqdt

[Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson]

Laid end-to-end @JeffBezos' 90B dollars can circle Earth 273 times, then reach the Moon & back 4 times. Then stack 10 km high

[Matthew Chayes @chayesmatthew]

Midday on the @NYCTSubway. Guy walks onto a train with this.

[Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson]

When I close my eyes, I see the planets as pirouetting dancers in a cosmic ballet, choreographed by the forces of gravity.

[steve blank @sgblank]

The amount of work that gets done in a startup is inversely proportional to how fancy the building is

[Monika Auger @Monikaauger]

AI creates fake video of Obama. https://t.co/8zA22rVReQ

[Monika Auger @Monikaauger]

Subtle. https://t.co/8HxE6rkmuj

[CNBC @CNBC]

Someone held up a 'buy bitcoin' sign during Yellen's testimony to Congress https://t.co/Sb0hSGvx9d

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

@newscientist The world's population is accelerating towards collapse, but few seem to notice or care