New long-form.
Excited to share this article I wrote for @compound awesome new initiative: 'The Archive'.
My piece looks at what the 19th century Silicon Valley, Cleveland, can tell us about the future of innovation hubs.
https://t.co/gvCShTywCu
This was part of a memo from USV investing in LendingClub in 2011. Started to see similar thesis all over again. History doesn't repeat but it often rhymes.
Equity-based comp is usually a huge rip off that relies on employees being information-poor. But if everyone stopped believing in it, the economics of startups would stop working
Best gender rep in a C-level tech role is less than 1/3 women? Yikes. @cartainc’s new @tablestakes study shows the serious gender equity gap: https://t.co/1YLPvftpiy
Want to build a better https://t.co/gkmdvwqp6T... where it might have been today if it never got acquired and left for dead in 2009:
- ML classifying that actually works
- Privacy-first (paid, no ads)
- 3p apps (tax, calcs, etc.)
- FIRE mgmt
- mobile 1st
What else should it do?
The Belmont City Council is pleased to announce our newly appointed councilmember for 2019-2020.🎉 Planning Commissioner Chair Tom MCCune was unanimously voted after a difficult decision with well-qualified candidates. Welcome Tom!!!!! @MatesJulia@CStoneBmont@CityBelmont
Confused about money? In his inimitable fashion, @QuinnsComments strips personal finance down to its basics—and offers 20 pointers. https://t.co/FxuOmgJeIz
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DEAR FOUNDERS: SOME AWESOME TIPS AND TRICKS ON HOW TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF YOUR COMPANY
(wish younger nihal had known about these 😉)
https://t.co/jKhveyIxN3