Kwabena Boateng

Product Manager at Google | Venture Fellow @ AlleyCorp👨🏿‍💻

[Kanyi Maqubela @km]

On African tech: 10 years ago so much energy was on fiber optics, towers, handsets.

Today: a digital company that is 5 years old has a quarter billion dollar exit.

Tomorrow: one of the fastest growing companies (by revenue!) I’ve seen is African, started 2 years ago.

[Aaron Levie @levie]

The holy grail in startups is discovering a problem that everyone has a different solution for, and no one is happy with it. There are still way more of these markets than we realize.

[Kwabena Boateng @kwabboateng]

When your boss is an internet icon:

[Chris Bakke @ChrisJBakke]

Kevin Ryan:

- Launched Dilbert website in 90s

- CEO of Doubleclick (acq. Google, $3.1b)

- Founder of MongoDB (IPO, $12b cap)

- Founder of Business Insider (acq. Axel, $442m)

- Founder of Gilt Groupe

- Founder of Zola

- Founder of Nomad Health

Reasonably decent resume.

[Melissa Kargiannakis @melkargi]

More @skritswap simplifications: putting @kanyewest's contracts into #plainlanguage. So that it's easier for everyone to read and understand. 📝📚📄

#contractsforkanye cc with thanks to @CherylStephens

[Kwabena Boateng @kwabboateng]

Can’t wait to get started! @beondeck #odf5

[ODF @joinodf]

📢 Applications are open for the fifth *and* sixth cohorts of the On Deck Fellowship 📢

One year since since launch, 450 alumni have started 200 startups, and raised over $100M from some of the world’s top investors.

Apply + learn more here 👇👇

https://t.co/mzBWqPQ6dR

[Kwabena Boateng @kwabboateng]

@br80io Hi @br80io--where can I learn more about equatia?

[Kwabena Boateng @kwabboateng]

@capiche how long does it take to pass step 4? Can't wait to get tapped. #secretsociety

[Kwabena Boateng @kwabboateng]

#409: Brené Brown — Striving versus Self-Acceptance, Saving Marriages, and More on @Breaker ❤️ https://t.co/ybCrRBsX2h

[Kwabena Boateng @kwabboateng]

Shonda Rhimes on How to Create Stories (and Products) People Want on @Breaker ❤️ https://t.co/XPUtEldYPv

[Kwabena Boateng @kwabboateng]

@strongapp any plans to expose an api?

[Kwabena Boateng @kwabboateng]

How to Get Rich: Every Episode on @Breaker ❤️ https://t.co/iTmPf26Go7

[Kwabena Boateng @kwabboateng]

a16z Podcast: The Economics of Expensive Medicines on @Breaker ❤️ https://t.co/whMqiR8sxi

[Kwabena Boateng @kwabboateng]

An Economist Goes To The Hospital on @Breaker ❤️ https://t.co/k892RM67wq

[Kwabena Boateng @kwabboateng]

Productize Yourself on @Breaker ❤️ https://t.co/L6wQRZtJmf

[Eric Topol @EricTopol]

It's even worse than that. In the US, 3 consecutive years of declining life expectancy (unprecedented) and now ~$11,000 per person #healthcare spending https://t.co/7PaLGyglVT @ECONdailycharts @TheEconomist

[Kwabena Boateng @kwabboateng]

Judgment Is the Decisive Skill on @Breaker ❤️ https://t.co/gpMMdOrB4m

[Kwabena Boateng @kwabboateng]

a16z Podcast: Innovating in Bets on @Breaker ❤️ https://t.co/YW4gPlG9T0

[Kwabena Boateng @kwabboateng]

#371: Ramit Sethi — Automating Finances, Negotiating Prenups, Disagreeing with Tim, and More on @Breaker ❤️ https://t.co/aNbEKC57zm

[Kwabena Boateng @kwabboateng]

#125: Derek Sivers on Developing Confidence, Finding Happiness, and Saying “No” to Millions (Repost) on @Breaker ❤️ https://t.co/OW9qsLSVUw

[Kwabena Boateng @kwabboateng]

@NotionHQ @mostin +1