Josh Goldman

VC, seeks {radical | new | fun | inspiring | smart} software, services, & things. Invests at seed and early growth stage.

[Josh Goldman @VCjosh]

Pogo launched something amazing today: near instantaneous connection between a brand and it's REAL customers! Big moment for @domwong and his amazing team at @joinpogo! (disclosure: i'm a small angel investor)

[Dom Wong @domwong]

The dirty secret about consumer research? It’s overrun by fraud.

Survey bots. People lying to qualify for interviews.

Today, Pogo is launching the world’s only AI researcher that lets brands talk to verified buyers of any product - at scale, in hours.

Backed by $32M to date.

For 6 years, we’ve built the consumer network that makes research with real, verified buyers possible:

• 3M+ opted-in U.S. consumers
• Visibility into 1 in every 150 U.S. shopping trips
• $470B in observed transactions
• Ranked #1 Loyalty App in the U.S. by Newsweek, two years running

Watch the full story 👇

[Josh Goldman @VCjosh]

@inkookang love the 2024 best of tv. Agree with many, but sad to see some faves not there: Bad Sisters, Welcome to Wrexham in particular! But... Survivor is a top 10??! Really?

[Josh Goldman @VCjosh]

@krakenfx fun! https://t.co/7tWUyPCVDj

[casinoxoxo (ponke arc) @dydxmoon14]

@krakenfx Gib

[Josh Goldman @VCjosh]

@ronniejonesjr @LucidMotors https://t.co/CjAsWC9NFB

[Josh Goldman @VCjosh]

Suddenly my @Quora feed is full of junk phrased as questions that are just political posts. Quora has been my one enjoyable feed free from constant politics, now it's as bad as X. Ruined. If I can't shut off political "questions" in feed, I'm sadly done w/Quora.

[Josh Goldman @VCjosh]

@cincopedia So sad. This was just an amazing series. But Please Cinco, I just have to know... was Season 3 going to be called "Schmamilton"? That was my prediction after Schmigadoon and Schmicago. (other guesses were Schminky Boots, Schmegally Blonde... but I'm sticking with Schmamilton

[Josh Goldman @VCjosh]

@wirecutter Please do dishwand/soap scrubbers. We've tried ~7 and they all suck. They either leak soap all over when not in use, or don't release any soap when you scrub. Please test & report on if any are better than awful. At this point, I'd import one from Japan if it works!

[Josh Goldman @VCjosh]

@shaig Which man would you rather your kids grow up to emulate? Who has values you respect more? You’re good with your kids & grandkids knowing you did not even do the tiniest patriotic gesture of voting to not permit Trump to get back to the White House? And boasted about it publicly?

[Josh Goldman @VCjosh]

@shaig Infuriating. This type of protest non-vote (sitting out) is a cop out. Even worse is posting proudly about it. You have 2 choices- pick the one that you believe will do a better job protecting our country, our democracy, our international standing, and has the better motivations.

[Josh Goldman @VCjosh]

@Mrwhosetheboss No, the apple polishing cloth is thinner

[Josh Goldman @VCjosh]

Watching day 2 of #AIcombinator demo day. i think it used to be known as @ycombinator back in the day. 😵‍💫

[Josh Goldman @VCjosh]

@elonmusk will Tesla resume accepting BTC in purchase process?

[Josh Goldman @VCjosh]

@elonmusk Will Tesla take BTC again soon?

[Josh Goldman @VCjosh]

More badly misaligned panels. Please tell me the production ones will look much better! #Cybertruck $TSLA

[Josh Goldman @VCjosh]

Cybertruck parked in Los Gatos, CA tonight #Cybertruck (1/4)

[Josh Goldman @VCjosh]

This MUST be an older one… panel gaps and misaligned parts everywhere means this can’t be one nearly ready for production. Seriously embarrassing build quality, so I hope they’ve improved on that given how close they’re supposed be to production. (4/4) #Cybertruck

[Josh Goldman @VCjosh]

This genius has left his list of his passwords visible behind him while conducting a live interview from home on CNN (with the helpful gigantic label “PASSWORDS” printed up top!). Bet he’ll have a busy next few days cleaning up that mess!

[CALL TO ACTIVISM @CalltoActivism]

Here is George Clooney response after Trump accused him of being a "Hollywood elite."

"Here’s the thing: I grew up in Kentucky. I sold insurance door-to-door. I sold ladies’ shoes. I worked at an all-night liquor store. I would buy suits that were too big and too long and cut the bottom of the pants off to make ties so I’d have a tie to go on job interviews. I grew up understanding what it was like to not have health insurance for eight years.

So this idea that I’m somehow the “Hollywood elite” and this guy who takes a shit in a gold toilet is somehow the man of the people is laughable.

People in Hollywood, for the most part, are people from the Midwest who moved to Hollywood to have a career. So this idea of “coastal elites” living in a bubble is ridiculous. Who lives in a bigger bubble?

He lives in a gold tower and has twelve people in his company. He doesn’t run a corporation of hundreds of thousands of people he employs and takes care of. He ran a company of twelve people!

When you direct a film you have seven different unions all wanting different things, you have to find consensus with all of them, and you have to get them moving in the same direction.

He’s never had to do any of that kind of stuff. I just look at it and I laugh when I see him say “Hollywood elite.” Hollywood elite? I don’t have a star on Hollywood Boulevard, Donald Trump has a star on Hollywood Boulevard! Fuck you!"

- George Clooney

actor, philanthropist, humanitarian & activist