Mike Snyder

Geek before geeky was cool, lover of crazy ideas and the work needed for their realization, hopeless believer in the power of neoteny. One naive dude...

[Mike Snyder @ifest2003]

It will be interesting to see what happens...

[Chamath Palihapitiya @chamath]

Fed rate cut leaves only one final gun to fire: TARP 2.0. Within a few months, we should expect some kind of fiscal program to help companies who will default en masse and potentially seize credit markets if not bailed out...

[Mike Snyder @ifest2003]

Radical transparency even...

[Adam Grant @AdamMGrant]

When you discover holes in your ideas, don't hide them. Discuss them openly.

Other people are going to find the flaws in your work anyway.

You might as well get credit for having the foresight to recognize them and the integrity to acknowledge them.

#WednesdayWisdom

[Mike Snyder @ifest2003]

Foster kids deserve more...

[Jim Jefferies Show @jefferiesshow]

It’s #NationalFosterCareMonth. For every retweet of this tweet, we will donate $1 – up to $10K – to the organization @KidsInSpotlight. Even better, @ComedyCentral will match that donation, and @jimjefferies will personally match the donation as well. https://t.co/1a1cf1Kasn

[Mike Snyder @ifest2003]

15 Key Questions You Must Address When Talking with Investors (or Any Potential Ally/Partner/Employee) About Financing for Your Startup... from Richard Harroch & Larry Kane via @forbes https://t.co/uJP2A1FUEU

[Mike Snyder @ifest2003]

Useful summary of Israeli venture investor OurCrowd (Jon Medved, founder & CEO), which aims to democratize and globalize and thereby restructure startup investing... from gPress @forbes https://t.co/oE7QXNYUSN

[Mike Snyder @ifest2003]

Simple Psychology for Pitching/Sales, but Bears Repeating... Changing Someone Else’s Beliefs by Kate Morgan https://t.co/hC4ytiVWhV

[Mike Snyder @ifest2003]

Will Cash Loving Japan Succeed in Migrating to Digital Payment Systems by 2025? An Opportunity for Japanese Leaders to Help Their Country to Return to the Frontlines of Innovation via the Blockchain | MIT Technology Review https://t.co/T18t6AQdro

[Mike Snyder @ifest2003]

Interesting to see this, maybe useful in healthcare, training, other practical settings...

[Tom Bible @TomBibleAudio]

A really interesting article by Edward Saatchi, one of the founders of @ovrstorystudio on where meaningful character interaction could lead - https://t.co/XVaaBMqp1R

[Mike Snyder @ifest2003]

@Scobleizer @Benioff @joemckendrick @june Guess we need to see how AI will be used (driven widely/public vs. narrowly/private) to support medicine & healthcare, employment opportunities, education/training, investment, government services, etc. Tesla & kitchen tools be cool though.

[Mike Snyder @ifest2003]

Why is Congress so dumb? Thanks to old xOTA friends for sharing this on our listserv at ASU. The story of OTA (and the GOP-led lobotomy of Congress starting in 1994) is one worth telling, becoming more pressing with each new Congress. #OTA #bringbackOTA https://t.co/eGvBl8g85Y

[Mike Snyder @ifest2003]

Really helpful post for rookie Angel investors by @roybahat (probably also worth reading by startup founders as well, who need all the insights and help they can get...) https://t.co/j2W43uUEpN

[Mike Snyder @ifest2003]

Good brief on North Korean RGB Unit 121 "Lazarus/Hidden Cobra" who hacked the Central Bank of Bangladesh's accounts at FRB-NY for $81MM and have scored $650MM (that we know of) and also mentioned Unit 110 focused on crypto, etc. by Patrick Winn https://t.co/B9UAGRKLRD

[Mike Snyder @ifest2003]

@AllRaise interesting new model!

[Mark Suster @msuster]

What a great @AllRaise initiative by @ellie @aileenlee & others. Mentorship was critical to my navigating a tricky industry. Without allies like @bfeld @fredwilson it would have been hard. Thank you for building a platform to give back https://t.co/AHh6eoKETN

[Mike Snyder @ifest2003]

Thoughtful post from Lou Kerner pointing to the erroneous thinking of some recent congressional testimony in re: blockchain. Just the sort of thing that we used to analyze in depth for Congress at OTA before GOP defunded us! https://t.co/tuPWYcvPZM via @alleywatch

[Mike Snyder @ifest2003]

Profillic is accelerating science helping researchers to maximize time & brainpower as software intelligently summarizes relevant findings, building collaborations, fundraising, commercializing research - currently freeing up ~50% of researcher's time. https://t.co/GwKHrCteZs

[Mike Snyder @ifest2003]

Plantible Foods, very interesting venture in the vegetable protein/nutrition space... funding from @UnshackledUS

[American Entrepreneurship Today @AmeriEntre_ship]

The groundbreaking #Plant-based #protein producer, @plantible foods, recently gained the backing of the leading #VentureCapital firm that #funds #Immigrant-founded #startups, @UnshackledUS, to continue growing the extremely versatile #plant Lemna. https://t.co/9IuY6w93aH

[Mike Snyder @ifest2003]

Tell the story of your start-up/solution. Use these 6 basic attributes in your narration to win customers, investors, partners, employees above & beyond your business plan+pitch https://t.co/pxP93ZeDBw via @alleywatch

[Mike Snyder @ifest2003]

Everyone who cares about & lives or thrives thanks to government of the people, by the people, for the people needs to read this (and other evidence-based investigative journalism). Let's get to work! “The Global 1% Is Destroying Democracy” by @wmilam https://t.co/PcHwrf3Mx5

[Mike Snyder @ifest2003]

ConsenSys details the first cohort of companies to enter its new accelerator, Tachyon https://t.co/KXxvS3P1ds via @techcrunch

[Mike Snyder @ifest2003]

“How to Turn Teenagers Into World-Class Scientists” or the story of Andy Bramante, the winningest science fair teacher in the US by Jon Marcus https://t.co/fApU7ZIjm4