Loren Appin

Cofounder & COO @fishbowlapp (acquired by Recruit Holdings)

[juan @juanbuis]

it’s incredible how reading this feels like finally unlocking 100% of your brain

(via @christophepas)

[Loren Appin @lorenappin]

It’s awesome to see @jkwade and @RSerna2010 taking on Stripe and building @finix into the next billion dollar payments company

[Richie Serna @RSerna2010]

Over the last 1.5 years, @Finix has enhanced its in-person payments capabilities, launched new features, become a payfac, and more in order to support software platforms of all sizes.

Today, we're reintroducing Finix: A PayFac for Platform Payments. https://t.co/OPdrkXbN3x

[Alexis Gay @yayalexisgay]

The San Francisco accent is so weird—I’ve never understood why “I don’t want to go to that” is pronounced “yeah, I might be down.”

[Apartment List @ApartmentList]

(1/2) NEW: In honor of Women's History Month, we collaborated with @fishbowlapp to analyze the Best Cities for Working Women:
🏀 1. Raleigh
🍑 2. ATL
🎸 3. Austin
🏛️ 4. DC
🏙️ 5. Minneapolis

Read our full report → https://t.co/PTMds6MoUJ

[Loren Appin @lorenappin]

This 💯. Prioritize your top investors towards the end of your pitching. We all need practice.

[Nikita Bier @nikitabier]

If there’s one piece of advice I’d give to 1st time founders: line up as many pitches as you can with the worst investors you can find. It will get the kinks out of your pitch before you start talking to the whales. By the end, your pitch will be an Oscar winning performance.

[Haseeb ＞|＜ @hosseeb]

1/ Blockchains are not networks—they're cities. 🏙️

This simple mental model will help you understand why the L1 wars are evolving the way they are.

New blog post + short 🧵

https://t.co/a8282BN15C

[Shaan Puri @ShaanVP]

Part III - What it is

The metaverse is the moment in time where our digital life is worth more to us than our phsyical life.

This is not an overnight change. Or an invention by some steve jobs type.

It's a gradual change that's been happening for 20 yrs

[Richie Serna @RSerna2010]

Excited to share that in just 100 days, the Cap Table Coalition has helped nearly 200 Black, Latino/a, LGBTQ+, Native American, and women investors deploy $16M of capital into some of today's most exciting startups! https://t.co/NNxF36bkcC

[Loren Appin @lorenappin]

@inakib @fishbowlapp Thanks @inakib! Wouldn’t have gotten to where I am today without everything I learned at Pixable and from you.

[Inaki Berenguer @inakib]

Glassdoor acquires @fishbowlapp, the company founded by Pixable alumni @lorenappin! Congrats!

Loren was part of the Pixable founding team and stayed as VP of Growth for 6yrs. I couldn’t be happier to see so many Pixable alumni succeeding as entrepreneurs https://t.co/hnDB9tAn5P

[Loren Appin @lorenappin]

@jkwade @fishbowlapp Thanks @jkwade! Just have to say I’m fortunate in having good friends like you that have been down the startup path, and can relate to the ups and downs, having made this journey not quite as lonely.

[Loren Appin @lorenappin]

@AndrewBeckNYC @fishbowlapp Thanks Andrew! Focused on the plan to apply that formula to all industries now.

[Loren Appin @lorenappin]

Proud of the entire @fishbowlapp team and very excited about the next stage for Fishbowl.

[TechCrunch @TechCrunch]

Glassdoor acquires Fishbowl, a semi-anonymous social network and job board, to square up to LinkedIn https://t.co/sXePe8POGc by @ingridlunden

[Gavin Baker @GavinSBaker]

1) LinkedIn feels antiquated and ripe for disruption.

Sales Navigator and the flood of absurd InMail’s are an active disincentive to engagement. i.e. LinkedIn clearly believes I am a “Chief Information Officer” so I am constantly targeted with IT InMails.

[Steve Schlafman @schlaf]

Professional collectives are going to be an exciting trend in the roaring 20s.

They’ll emerge for creators, coaches, angels, writers and many other professions.

The professional will have access to shared infrastructure and community while retaining the benefits of being indie.

[Brian Honigman @BrianHonigman]

Impressed with how engaged folks are on @fishbowlapp, a social network focused on career development.

I'd describe it as a cross btwn Glassdoor (anonymous Q+A) + Clubhouse (live audio discussions).

It's sweet spot is the anonymity to openly chat about anything career-wise.

[Loren Appin @lorenappin]

Great conversation going on right now on @fishbowlapp with Twilio CEO @jeffiel, YouTube Product Director @ErinTeague and Founder @namrataganatra. https://t.co/zCS14UQxLX

[Jeff Richards @jrichlive]

We @GGVCapital hosted a holiday toast last night w/70 founders from around the 🌎. It was a special moment to reflect on the challenges of 2020, the resiliency of teams, and a look forward to 2021. An amazing group of people with a very bright outlook for the future 🙏.

[Loren Appin @lorenappin]

@ryanbeckwith Apps... but not sure how I'd fare against Google and Apple.