Andrew

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[Andrew @andrewkirk]

Mike is the GOAT at bringing people together. He has a unique talent for it but has also refined and practiced his approach over and over. Excited to see him publish what he's learned over the past 10 years.

[Mike Wang @zmwang]

I'm writing a cookbook for connection and launching the first recipes → https://t.co/iW2nFzoi6q

For 15+ years I've been the friend people texted at 11 pm before a big life thing.

"I'm walking into my first board meeting tomorrow, how do we build trust in the first 10 minutes?"
"I'm designing my 35th, help me make it more than a bar night."
"I'm going on a trip with my parents, how do we actually connect?"
"We're designing our intercultural wedding, how do we make it magical and not formulaic?"

🍽️ They each wanted a "recipe" for how to design an experience. I'm sharing some of the meaningful ones that helped them (ingredients, steps, and a little science explaining why it works).

👨‍👩‍👧 What I learned is that people wanted to connect with the most important people in their lives, but were stuck. Holidays with parents, date night with their partner, a cousin's trip, a team offsite, a birthday, a baby shower. We default to the same script and wonder why the night felt okay but not great. It's usually not a lack of love in the room. It is a lack of inspiration about how.

🍚 In the same way you pull up a food recipe when you want to cook something great for someone, I believe we need inspiration from recipes for the experiences we host. Magical recipes to teach people how to host, facilitate, and create the "vibes".

I will share a new recipe every Monday (https://t.co/iW2nFzoi6q).

Comment 👇: What recipes would you want to read? Who do you want to deepen connection with in your life?

[Andrew @andrewkirk]

@thuddwhirr

[Andrew @andrewkirk]

@CarlPeaslee https://t.co/yjxKe5aJTH is probably as close as you’re going to get

[Arielle "AZ" Zuckerberg @ariellezuck]

Such a fun convo! Felt like we were just hanging out. You’re an awesome podcast host, @MollySOShea!

[Andrew @andrewkirk]

@sdamico Our 36” induction cooktop died, probably our fault for using a massive rondeau and bridging four burners for hours at a time. Until there is a 36” Impulse product, who’s making the next best thing?

[Andrew @andrewkirk]

@DanielleMorrill Good good culture club, pasta supply co, breadbelly, earnest

[Misha Chellam 🇺🇸 🏗️ @mishachellam]

The California dream is alive!! What a story this is. Congrats ⁦@AsmRobertRivas⁩.

[Andrew @andrewkirk]

@enborra @twilio It was inspiring to see you grow your scope and team time and time again to take on new challenges with the same exacting standards. Chapeau.

[Andrew @andrewkirk]

So prod of what Ellen and Matt are building at Summer Health, congrats on the launch!

[Ellen DaSilva @ellenjdasilva]

1/It’s the honor of a lifetime to announce the public beta launch of Summer Health (@joinsummer) and our $7.5M seed round from @Alfred_Lin at @sequoia, @deenashakir at @Lux_Capital, @BoxGroup, @ChelseaClinton and more. We connect you with pediatricians via text within 15 minutes.

[Misha Chellam 🇺🇸 🏗️ @mishachellam]

A broad movement is needed to countervail special interests and get our institutions working again. Movement Progressivism (e.g. Green New Deal, @AOC) has energy but lacks outcomes. Abundance Progressivism has similar goals but a different approach. https://t.co/eUXRMZq4Ae

[Codecov by Harness @codecov]

We are excited to announce that we're opening the public beta for our new feature: Impact Analysis. Now you'll have runtime information right into your workflow. Understand the impact of a code change on your users, before you make it.

https://t.co/a5Jb9x1Rll

[Carbon Free California @CarbonFreeCA]

Extending operations at the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant would significantly reduce emissions while helping CA progress towards its ambitious clean energy goals, according to @TheBrattleGroup study commissioned by Carbon Free California. Learn more.
https://t.co/QPZcZ5lmnZ

[Andrew @andrewkirk]

@borjessonjonas @twilio @jeffiel @thuddwhirr @emcooke Congratulations! It was a pleasure to work along side you. In my mind “Jonas is looking into it” will always == “it will be solved”.

[Fin.com @betterwithfin]

Today we're excited to announce our latest funding, a $20M Series A round led by Coatue. Christine Hall at TechCrunch comprehensively covered the raise, which helps Fin scale our leading work insights platform.

https://t.co/aPP3ezxyln

[Andrew @andrewkirk]

@linear Please and thank you!

[Twilio Changelog @TwilioChangelog]

Super SIM is now available for download as an eSIM profile https://t.co/yrYZoptrzc

[Andrew @andrewkirk]

I'm looking to grow my PM team. We have so many things to build at Fin and the team to build them. DM me if you'd like to learn more https://t.co/cXAsyrQ3e5

[Andrew @andrewkirk]

@thuddwhirr @kimmaicutler It was ok until now