Chris Philipps

MD of Philipps & Byrne, Tech Due Diligence worldwide for top VCs and startups. Author, Speaker & Trans Human Being 🏳️‍⚧️

[Chris Philipps @ChPhilipps]

“It’s easy to stand up and speak out when there’s nothing at risk. The real test of values is when times are challenging and you have something to lose.”

💯🖤

[Ben Cohen @YoBenCohen]

After 47 years, Jerry has made the difficult decision to step down from the company we built together. I’m sharing his words as he resigns from Ben & Jerry’s. His legacy deserves to be true to our values, not silenced by @MagnumGlobal #FreeBenAndJerrys

[Erica Wenger @Erica_Wenger]

Chart below gives you a sense of what it’s like to raise a VC fund in 2023… let alone raise a VC fund as a woman in 2023

🔘 Gray = male-led funds
🔴 Red = female-led funds

[Mitchell Hashimoto @mitchellh]

I've developed a lot of plugin systems, and the OpenAI ChatGPT plugin interface might be the damn craziest and most impressive approach I've ever seen in computing in my entire life.

[Christopher Lauer™ @Schmidtlepp]

Weiß gar nicht warum Schwarzer am Sonntag Polizeischutz hatte, wenn sie angegriffen wird kann sie doch einfach mit dem Angreifer verhandeln, um diese sinnlose Gewalt zu beenden.

[Chris Philipps @ChPhilipps]

Bielefeld, I would have never thought I‘d say that, but: It was a blast! 🚀 #TechDD workshop at @HelloFounders #FoundersFoundation

[Chris Philipps @ChPhilipps]

What a great evening! I did not expect such a diverse program. Still flashed from all this happening in the philharmonic which is one of my favorite buildings in Berlin and has awesome acoustic capabilities. Also, thank you, @Sampleconstruct for a great performance! #strom23

[Chris Philipps @ChPhilipps]

The very least thing I was expecting at @BerlinPhil was computers on stage who are as old as me #strom2023 Robert Henke

[Chris Philipps @ChPhilipps]

Anyone interested going tomorrow? I have one ticket left! https://t.co/t5Df37hCEr

[Berliner Philharmoniker @BerlinPhil]

Beim dieswöchigen (schon ausverkauften) ⚡️Strom-Festival in der Philharmonie Berlin sind auch Musiker der Berliner Philharmoniker vertreten: Gemeinsam mit dem Komponisten und Sound Designer Simon Stockhausen (@Sampleconstruct) treten sie als »transformed acoustix« auf.

[Berliner Philharmoniker @BerlinPhil]

Beim dieswöchigen (schon ausverkauften) ⚡️Strom-Festival in der Philharmonie Berlin sind auch Musiker der Berliner Philharmoniker vertreten: Gemeinsam mit dem Komponisten und Sound Designer Simon Stockhausen (@Sampleconstruct) treten sie als »transformed acoustix« auf.

[Chris Philipps @ChPhilipps]

So much looking forward to #bits22! Besides Arnie, my personal highlight is THIS: 😍

[Chris Philipps @ChPhilipps]

@elonmusk Rich bored white boy with luxury problems talking…

[Chris Philipps @ChPhilipps]

Ach, fick dich doch, #SPD!
SPD lässt Gegnerin von Trans-Rechten über Queerpolitik verhandeln - https://t.co/mTMZUS4WUi https://t.co/HlxKsLMnn6

[Margarete Stokowski @marga_owski]

Weiße Feuilletonredakteure die seit 147 Jahren auf jeder Buchmesse waren und im Leben noch keinen Konflikt mit Nazis hatten, finden Boykott den falschen Weg? extravagant

[Chris Philipps @ChPhilipps]

Talking to Investment Managers these days, some of them still wonder - what exactly is a #TechDueDiligence? What are the benefits?

We get this question a lot! So in short: To Get Insights. Add Value. Manage Risk.

If you have any questions & want to tal…https://t.co/xooFnxP0Ad

[Chris Philipps @ChPhilipps]

Leider hat Laschet damit unwiederbringlich erwiesen, dass er ein absolut unbelehrbarer Volltrottel ist. 😩

[Sascha Lobo @saschalobo]

Hab den Eindruck, Armin Laschet ist Spezialist dafür, den exakt gleichen Fehler immer wieder zu machen.

https://t.co/D6nh00mR7e

[Chris Philipps @ChPhilipps]

@RichardDawkins Trans lives and identities are not up for „discussion“, Black lives are not, Jewish lives are not. Actually *no* lives are up for discussion, neither „academically“ nor otherwise.

[Chris Philipps @ChPhilipps]

@CSU @Markus_Soeder WTF!?!

[Van Jones @VanJones68]

Today is a good day.
It’s easier to be a parent this morning.
Character MATTERS.
Being a good person MATTERS.
This is a big deal.

It’s easy to do it the cheap way and get away with stuff — but it comes back around.

Today is a good day.

#PresidentBiden
#VotersDecided

[Stefan Tilkov @stilkov]

I miss conferences, hallway discussions, conference parties, cities I don’t know, cities I know superficially, hotels and hotel bars, even airports and airport shopping and shitty WiFi connections.

[Chris Philipps @ChPhilipps]

@elawprof Our pleasure! Happy to host this award!