Ron J Williams (he/him)

Partner @ Make Good Ventures &
Founder
I help make ventures that make good. #venture #fintech #goodgrowth

[Ron J Williams (he/him) @ronjdub]

@bourscheid @JDVance No notes.

[Ron J Williams (he/him) @ronjdub]

@BigBrainPsych Unroll @threadreaderapp

[Robert Reich @RBReich]

A handful of billionaires now have unprecedented control over banking, the food we eat, the health care we can access and, now, the information we receive.

This is what oligarchy looks like.

[Kamala Harris @KamalaHarris]

On behalf of the American people, I thank Joe Biden for his extraordinary leadership as President of the United States and for his decades of service to our country.

I am honored to have the President’s endorsement and my intention is to earn and win this nomination.

[Ron J Williams (he/him) @ronjdub]

@seanpk @threadreaderapp please unroll

[Ron J Williams (he/him) @ronjdub]

@AlexH_Johnson Drop a beat. Make it a cypher.

[Alex Johnson @AlexH_Johnson]

The internet is built to reward folks who don't let their ego constrain their curiosity.

This is the number one thing I've learned writing @FintechTakes.

Ask dumb questions. Admit you don't know stuff. Change your mind. Lean on experts, but don't take their word on everything.

[Alex Johnson @AlexH_Johnson]

The internet is built to reward folks who don't let their ego constrain their curiosity.

This is the number one thing I've learned writing @FintechTakes.

Ask dumb questions. Admit you don't know stuff. Change your mind. Lean on experts, but don't take their word on everything.

[Ron J Williams (he/him) @ronjdub]

@jefielding @PabloLerdoNews LLMs say amen.

[Ron J Williams (he/him) @ronjdub]

🤣🤣🤣

[Khadijah A. Robinson @dijadontneedya]

I got IDd last night, but as I was rummaging around in my purse for my ID, the dude saw my checkbook and said "nevermind" 😭😒🤣 FIRST OF ALL

[Ron J Williams (he/him) @ronjdub]

If you only go to one boat cruise this #nyFintechWeek, this is the one. 🛥️☀️☀️

[Jon Zanoff @JonZanoff]

We priced the #NYFinTechWeek Boat Cruise tickets at our cost and the universe has responded with the exact karma we needed.. 74 degrees!

Special thanks to @elementus_io, Long Ridge Equity Partners, @Runapay, and Skipify for your support.

⛱️🌤️😎

https://t.co/a08ALF7X8g

[Alex Cohen @anothercohen]

This is going viral again and it’s a good reminder to myself to watermark my memes

[Ron J Williams (he/him) @ronjdub]

@jasonhenrichs @mikulaja @JonZanoff @sytaylor Not this year but next year I’m in

[Ron J Williams (he/him) @ronjdub]

@JonZanoff @sytaylor @mikulaja Or really good SxSW party house.

[Liz Giorgi @lizgiorgi]

So I'm a: @techstars Boulder alumni, a Techstars LP, and I've "given first" to Techstars by doing 17 free speaking engagements for the programs since graduating in 2019.

I have a few things to say about the announcement. Buckle in.

1. Any leader undergoing the experience of Change Management 101 understands that you don't ask the people impacted by the change to do the communication and be the main point of contact for that change. The fact that senior leadership didn't communicate with alumni, but sent an army of MD's to go out and communicate this massive change is just a literal abdication of leadership.

2. If you are leaving the city that built you - you do that with care. And you take it seriously. If Ford was exiting Detroit, they wouldn't send the factory manager to do the announcement.

3. I've exited a market before (sorry, Seattle) and I know that it's not easy to make those calls. But the thing you don't do is call it "bittersweet." It's just bitter for those that are most closely impacted in the community.

4. If you are closing locations, be explicit what is closing and be explicit what is staying open.

5. Great leaders own their decisions with ALL stakeholders. Not just investors. It's shocking to me that alumni haven't heard from leadership directly, but investors did. (I got both comms.)

6. There is literally nothing dorkier on earth than calling something "2.0" in 2024. The fact that this was the best they could do and then they expect to compete in the largest markets in the world is fucking ridiculous.

Am I disappointed, sure. But am I mostly surprised by how poorly this was handled? That's the one.

[Mary L Trump @MaryLTrump]

The Trump supporter who posted the viral video of Donald insisting he wanted to buy a Glock – which legally could have gotten Donald in a lot of legal trouble – DELETED it.

Too late. I already put it in the family archive. 🧵👇

[Ron J Williams (he/him) @ronjdub]

😂😂*spits out all coffee*

[Alex Johnson @AlexH_Johnson]

The idea that business people (particularly those working in tech or VC) are similar to athletes is absurd.

You're not in the arena. It's a Zoom call.

You're not training. You're drinking coffee and answering emails.

You're not wearing athleisure because it's a critical ingredient to high performance. You're wearing it because it's more comfortable than real clothes.

Toddlers have more in common with professional athletes than tech executives and VCs do.

[cokie @cokiehasiotis]

a VC once asked me when i was planning to get pregnant during a pitch so i went into excruciating detail about the state of my cervix

stupid games, stupid prizes

[Ron J Williams (he/him) @ronjdub]

@JonZanoff @rshevlin @AlexH_Johnson @Brian_Luciani I just found a contact I think could be awesome to host. I will jump into your DMs

[Sardine @sardine]

Huge news! 📰

We're announcing the launch of SardineX. An Industry-Wide Consortium to fight Fraud & money laundering.

Founding members: Chesapeake Bank, @Visa, Novo, Spring Labs, iLex, @blockchain, @AlloyLabs, @AirbaseHQ & more.

https://t.co/7cliygY6UN