Chris Abkarians

Co-founder at Juno | ex-Netflix | HBS | Duke

[Chris Abkarians @abkarians]

@SahilPunamia @lpolovets @netflix Don’t think that’s true though. Willingness to pay is different for each person. I’ve always believed that shows with a smaller passionate audience might have a significantly higher willingness to pay for new episodes. I’d pay a lot for new eps of some shows

[Chris Abkarians @abkarians]

@moseskagan We need to follow Singapore’s comp model. It’s been done and works incredibly well

[Chris Abkarians @abkarians]

@Altimor Zero copyright issue if you train on content in the public domain. Most music ever created can be used except roughly the last 50-70 years. Even then, there is an enormous amount of music from the past decade legally in public domain. Same goes for books and film

[Chris Abkarians @abkarians]

@NateSilver538 Where you guys @

[Tanay Jaipuria @tanayj]

Scary thought: We've been in a low-interest rate world for over a decade straight, and within 6 months of rates rising, we've seen SPAC collapses, FTX, and now SVB.

What else unravels over the next year or two?

[Chris Abkarians @abkarians]

@JulieChangRE @Neema5

[Chris Abkarians @abkarians]

@Neema5 Congrats!

[Chris Abkarians @abkarians]

@alanliberkeley @Neema5 F1 is back in just a few weeks! But the golf doc is surprisingly good

[Chris Abkarians @abkarians]

@Sam_Rosati Excellent idea and very doable. As an example, I combined efforts with 100 e-commerce SMBs to negotiate lower merchant fees on bnpl transactions, bringing the fee down from 6% to 3.5%. Bargaining groups work best on software and non durable goods. Happy to chat

[Chris Abkarians @abkarians]

Great content @DevinHughes and @Neema5!

[Martin Hamedani @Neema5]

I'm excited to introduce my first conversation at Step Change Growth! I spoke with @DevinHughes, VP of BD at LendKey. We spoke about how he got started, how he evaluates opportunities, learnings from failure, and more. https://t.co/sl4WZt6sPR

[Chris Abkarians @abkarians]

Martin is one of the sharpest minds in fintech BD. Give him a follow!

[Martin Hamedani @Neema5]

Strategic partnerships are one of the best ways tech companies can grow. Yet most of the growth content online is about traditional marketing.

My goal is to bring real tactical examples from BD leaders across tech to you. Please join me here for insights https://t.co/bGYMi8xgXC

[Chris Abkarians @abkarians]

@Neema5 Great thread Martin! Would love to hear more about how to vet partners to avoid an FTX style situation

[Martin Hamedani @Neema5]

All the crazy FTX/Binance drama started because of a strategic partnership back in 2019. As part of the partnership, Binance agreed to invest in FTX and to work together to further develop the crypto ecosystem.

🧵 below on how partnerships can make or break most tech companies

[Martin Hamedani @Neema5]

I'm going to start interviewing different partnership leaders at different companies and sharing their stories and learnings. If you liked this thread and want to keep hearing more please let me know and share!

[Chris Abkarians @abkarians]

@alanliberkeley cz can sure turn up the heat

[Chris Abkarians @abkarians]

@Neema5 just do it!

[Martin Hamedani @Neema5]

I’m doing some customer research on a new idea in the tax space. Specifically, real time tax optimization and forward planning. I would greatly appreciate it if you could fill out this quick anon survey for me. https://t.co/oQrStCGWeQ if you want to chat more let me know!

[Chris Abkarians @abkarians]

@alanliberkeley Did @Neema5 tell you to tweet that?

[Chris Abkarians @abkarians]

Probably nothing

[F1 DAO (🏎️,🏎️) @F1_DAO]

Hi @TotoWolff_ we loved seeing you today at @HarvardHBS. The new @MercedesAMGF1 livery was 🔥 @F1_DAO says hi and we’ll see you soon!

[Chris Abkarians @abkarians]

@SavageSports_1 @BLOCKS_DAO @unstoppableweb @F1 @F1_DAO ?