David Hickson

North country boy. Serial Tech Operator. Dad. Husband. SAFC. Founders Factory.

[David Hickson @Davidandthetwit]

@magnus_mills @QuoqsPublishing Bought 💪👍

[David Hickson @Davidandthetwit]

@wreeve Not a Goosian Distribution.

[David Hickson @Davidandthetwit]

🎉👍👇

[Founders Factory @foundersfactory]

🇮🇹💰We’re excited to announce our second partner for Founders Factory Italy—@mediobanca, Italy’s largest investment bank. Together, we’ll build, fund, and scale fintech startups in Italy.

Find out more about the partnership 👇

[David Hickson @Davidandthetwit]

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[Founders Factory @foundersfactory]

⭐️11 businesses spun out of our Venture Studio
⭐️10 more invested in via our Accelerator
⭐️4 new programmes launched
⭐️2 new locations established

2023’s got off to a flying start at Founders Factory. Here are the highlights so far 🧵

[David Hickson @Davidandthetwit]

@DirectLine Done.thank you

[David Hickson @Davidandthetwit]

@DirectLine hi - we are worried that someone is trying to scam us, can you confirm whether 03458785044 is one of your numbers?

[David Hickson @Davidandthetwit]

@nntaleb Apparently viagra is taken orally, not injected into the right arm.

[David Hickson @Davidandthetwit]

@QuoqsPublishing Bought

[David Hickson @Davidandthetwit]

@adsinuk @alexdunsdon 🤣

[David Hickson @Davidandthetwit]

@adsinuk @alexfmac Options/warrants (unless paid for with a premium) are just that - no downside optionality. With a SAFE even with a conversion on exit clause (which they all have, just not exclusively so) is the startup gets the money to spend

[David Hickson @Davidandthetwit]

@frank_webster 1. lawrie mcmenemy. 2 this auto-fills your DP selections

[David Hickson @Davidandthetwit]

@BristOliver 🤣🤣🤣

[David Hickson @Davidandthetwit]

Done something different as one of those individuals, then to paraphrase Groucho Marx, you don’t think in sufficient dimensions to do so.

[David Hickson @Davidandthetwit]

I see a lot of takes on here about the individuals at SVB. You know, SVB was caught in a series of very unusual events. And it’s not a monolith. It is a collection of individuals likely doing their best to do their best given limited prisms. If you somehow think you would have /1

[David Hickson @Davidandthetwit]

We are lucky to have them all 👇

[Dom Hallas @Dom_Hallas]

Final special shoutout (I know I'll miss people) to a small number of folks in the community who I know were pushing Govt all weekend and suffered through many anxious calls. @matthewclifford @ccrosswell @brenthoberman @cape. You're all heroes.

[David Hickson @Davidandthetwit]

I follow a lot of people on Twitter in other fields who I respect. But then I hear their takes on tech, SVB, and bail outs and it puts me in mind of Gell-Mann Amnesia.

[David Hickson @Davidandthetwit]

@rod_mallo 🤣🤣🤣

[David Hickson @Davidandthetwit]

@brenthoberman @hmtreasury @bankofengland @HSBC_UK @RishiSunak @Jeremy_Hunt @michelledonelan @Dom_Hallas @Coadec Dom is excellent

[David Hickson @Davidandthetwit]

@andrewjscott @Dom_Hallas @Coadec He’s been excellent.