โTwerendipityโ: Those moments when โcharactersโ from the stories people tell on Twitter suddenly show up in the middle of the story https://t.co/jYi3JUUcog
a founder in a very competitive, VC-backed marekt stopped by today to give an update on her business. sheโs been building the co. for a few years.
her update stressed a few themes that I keep thinking about about the oddities of venture capital, so sharing them in this thread.
The most amazing, infusion-of-joy thing just happened to me in an ATL @WholeFoods.
@Ludacris bought my groceries.
He was ahead of me in line when the food for my 4 rescued dogs & 2 rescued cats (and elderly, blind chicken named Dixie Licklighter) ended up in with his stuff.
Around 43% of all children born in 1800 died before they were 5 years old. In all countries child mortality was higher than one third.
In 1950s world was clearly divided between developed and developing world.
In the last decades the poorest countries caught up substantially.