Joe Medved

Startup addict & @Cavs @CleGuardians fanatic. Partner @LererHippeau.

[Joe Medved @joevc]

We are currently building the railroad tracks of the mind, and the market is speculating wildly on the steel companies. The real societal wealth won't be generated until everyone is actually riding the trains. h/t @GeminiApp

[Joe Medved @joevc]

I’m ready to move from sending around docs and slides to sharing HTML. Cowork just needs a better editing layer with things like simple text editing, easy image cut/copy/paste, and pagination.

[Joe Medved @joevc]

I think we need to update the @LererHippeau website with new team photos from @mother__tech's Degen AI. https://t.co/uHsKjRZ0BU

[Joe Medved @joevc]

The vibe coding hype cycle, in my very humbling experience.

[Joe Medved @joevc]

If AI is going to usher in an era of abundance, can we include fully automating taxes? That alone would be a real gift to humanity.

[Joe Medved @joevc]

I've told a few concerned undergrads lately to lean into AI skills. This is the kind of shift they need. Let's hope schools are catching up to professional demands in a post-AI world.

[Lerer Hippeau @LererHippeau]

📢 We’re hiring a Director of Talent to join our team in NYC.

This is not a recruiting role. It's not an HR role. It's a power broker role.

Your mandate is twofold: connect our portfolio companies with exceptional talent, and contribute to our firm's long-term talent mapping and network strategy.

👏 What you'll own: A living network of exceptional operators, technical leaders, and AI-native builders; Founder advisory, serving as the go-to sounding board on hiring strategy, candidate assessment, and org design; Internal tooling and automation to track, map, and engage talent in a way venture hasn't seen before; Deal flow, surfacing future founders to the investment team.

😎 Who you are: You're obsessed with meeting people - not because the job requires it, but because it's who you are; You have sharp pattern recognition, a deep bench of contacts, and people stay in your orbit because you make it worth their while; Your path here could look like a lot of things. Maybe you've scaled teams at a hypergrowth company, founded something yourself, or built your career around community and relationships; What matters less is what you've done before; what matters most is how you do it and the networks you've built.

Come help us define what a modern talent function looks like. This is a full-time, in-office role based in New York City.

Apply via link in comments.

[Lerer Hippeau @LererHippeau]

Meet our newest team member: Madeleine Goldberg. @VCMadeleine joins our team as an Investor. She previously spent 5 years in early and growth-stage investing at Insight Partners. Welcome, Madeleine.

[Lerer Hippeau @LererHippeau]

First NYC Angels Summit is in the books 😇

We gathered 150 angels investing actively in New York to discuss topics, tactical and wide-ranging, about everything involved with sourcing, backing, and supporting early stage companies.

Thanks to our cohosts @alley_corp, @FirstMarkCap, @InspiredCap, and @usv.

[Joe Medved @joevc]

Have we no decency? May this be a turning point for any politician with a soul.

[Ryan Grim @ryangrim]

Drop Site obtained harrowing footage of the latest killing which appears to be from the perspective of the woman in pink filming from the sidewalk

[Joe Medved @joevc]

In Dallas municipalities served by Zipline last Sunday, 10% of homes used the service. The best estimates I can find suggest Amazon sees about 5% of US homes ordering on a daily basis.

[Bloomberg TV @BloombergTV]

.@zipline CEO @Keller Cliffton tells @EdLudlow there is "infinite" demand for its drone delivery service in existing markets and that the company plans to expand to Houston and Phoenix https://t.co/BZYYrG7qjb

[Lerer Hippeau @LererHippeau]

Calling NYC angel investors 😇

@LererHippeau, @FirstMarkCap, @usv, @alley_corp, and @InspiredCap are hosting the inaugural NYC Angels Summit, bringing together a select group of the most active and up-and-coming angels investing in the NYC ecosystem.

Apply to attend at the link below⬇️

[Lerer Hippeau @LererHippeau]

Happy holidays from Lerer Hippeau. It wouldn’t be December if we didn’t celebrate with several hundred of our nearest and dearest.

[Joe Medved @joevc]

For all the "life-changing" hype in today's market, @Zipline could be one of the most consequential companies of the next decade.

[Keller Cliffton @Keller]

Today we’re making one of the biggest announcements in Zipline’s history. We have signed a $150m contract with the US State Dept that will come with $400m of co-commitments from our African partner govts. This will expand life saving autonomous delivery to 130m people in Africa

[Bill Ackman @BillAckman]

I have had great success backing women entrepreneurs.

Amy Wechsler and her daughter Zoe recently launched Spotless. I think it is a great idea which should be a big success.

The Acne Evangelists https://t.co/4GQxMVa7Up

[Brynn Putnam @BrynnPutnam]

Introducing Board – the first ever face-to-face gaming console that combines the best of board games and video games into one beautiful new platform. Available today!! https://t.co/yK0QjdzbSc

[Lerer Hippeau @LererHippeau]

Augmodo recently announced a milestone $37.5M Series A. LH Partner @isabellevop spoke with founder and CEO @Rossfinman about the raise, the company’s rapid rise, and what the future holds.

https://t.co/Sx99O7JLft

[Cleveland Browns @Browns]

all in due time ⌚️

[Lerer Hippeau @LererHippeau]

Please welcome Lava, our latest announced investment. Lava is a wallet-based payment system that makes it effortless for AI companies to monetize - through credits, usage, subscriptions, or hybrid pricing.
https://t.co/O9E7sQVJZW