shelley

hell yes anagram. working w big companies doing big things @mercury.

[Will @willy_mitch]

No better way to turn a raise into runway

[shelley @shellmasterflex]

It's my second National Security Summit birthday party for @USMC at @Newlab. Thank you @pete_mathias for organizing

[shelley @shellmasterflex]

"I never see you at the club" ok I never see you at the @payloadspace & @tectonicdefense Investor Summit

[Mo Islam @itsmoislam]

The BEST @payloadspace & @tectonicdefense Investor Summit yet.

Over 150 companies and 140 investment firms representing over $8T of AUM in attendance.

Speakers:
Achal Upadhyaya — CEO, Interlagos
Adam Spice — CFO, Rocket Lab
Adarsh Kulkarni — Founder & CEO, Foundry Robotics
Akinori Yoshida — Director, SoftBank
Alan Tu — Portfolio Manager, WCM Investment Management
Alex Greenberg — COO, Loft Orbital
Amir Blachman — President, Outpost
Amol Helekar — General Partner, TCV
Andy Lapsa — CEO, Stoke Space
Andy Lowery — CEO, Epirus
Andy Markoff — CEO, Smack Technologies
Ashton Kutcher — Managing Partner, Decimal Capital
Brian Manning — CEO, Xona Space
Bridgit Mendler — CEO, Northwood
Chris Morales — Partner, Point72 Ventures
Chris Spagnoletti — CEO, Ursa Major
Connor Love — General Partner, a16z
Curt Blake — Senior of Counsel, WSGR
Dan Magy — CEO, Firestorm
Dan Piemont — CEO, Long Wall
Dan Wright — CEO, Armada
Dave Limp — CEO, Blue Origin
David Anderman — CEO, Sovera Space
David Tearse — CEO, Karman Industries
Dayna Grayson — Managing Partner, Construct Capital
Emma Bell — Investor, Activate Capital
Emma Norchet — Partner, T. Rowe Price
Eric Romo — COO, Impulse
Eric Truitt — CEO, Mantis Space
Erik Kriessmann — Partner, Altimeter
Even Rogers — CEO, True Anomaly
Frank Finelli — Senior Advisor, Carlyle
Greg Barrow — Co-Founder & President, Corridian
Hunter Somerville — Partner, StepStone Group
Ian Cinnamon — CEO, Apex
Jeff Thornburg — CEO, Portal
Jeremy Lewin — Director of Policy Planning, U.S. Department of State
John Gedmark — CEO, Astranis
Jonathan Biele — Managing Director, Office of Strategic Capital
Jonathan Cirtain — CEO, Axiom
Josh Araujo — CEO, Forterra
Julie Bush — CEO, Valinor
Kara Trohaugh — Director of Strategy, Force Structure and Requirements, U.S. Space Force
Karan Kunjur — CEO, K2 Space
Kevin Roche — Partner, Orrick
Lukas Czinger — CEO, Divergent
Mark Danchak — General Partner, General Innovation Capital Partners
Mark Groden — CEO, Skyryse
Marshall Smith — CEO, Starlab
Max Haot — CEO, Vast
Melanie Stricklan — SVP, Special Programs, Vast
Mikkel Vestergaard Frandsen — Founder & CEO, Sceye
Mike Annunziata — Managing Partner, Also Capital
Mike Palank — General Partner, MaC Ventures
Mislav Tolusic — Managing Partner, Marlinspike
Montana Ware — Partner, Orrick
Morgan Beller — Managing Partner, Decimal Capital
Nolan Van Nortwick — Investor, RIOT Ventures
Philip Johnston — CEO, Starcloud
Shahin Farshchi — General Partner, Lux Capital
Shey Sabripour — CEO, CesiumAstro
Soren Monroe-Anderson — CEO, Neros
Spencer McCollester — COO, Endurosat
Tess Hatch — Managing Director, Stifel
Thomas Ainsworth — Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Space Acquisition and Integration
Col. Tim Trimailo — Director, COMSO, Space Systems Command
Toby Ross — Partner, Baillie Gifford
Topher Haddad — CEO, Albedo
Turner Caldwell — CEO, Mariana Minerals
Will Bruey — CEO, Varda
Will Edwards — CEO, Firehawk
Zach Shore — CEO, Hermeus
Zane Mountcastle — CEO, Picogrid

[shelley @shellmasterflex]

@rahul @FlyAerodome @flocksafety @a16z Congrats Rahul!

[shelley @shellmasterflex]

Earlier this month I spent over a week with Kazakh horse herders and eagle hunters in a remote camp a four-hour, off-road drive from the Mongolian city of Ölgii, itself a 3 hr flight from the capital, Ulaanbaatar.

My bird was only 2 years old, her wingspan 6 feet. I was humbled by the perfection of her lethality. The golden eagles we hunted with are not domesticated. They are captured as eaglets, trained to kill, and around age 7 or 8, released back to the wild. Most of the time they are hooded to calm them. The Kazakhs we stayed with named neither their eagles nor their horses.

For a successful hunt, your bird must not be too satisfied. When she is full, she becomes sleepy, and disinterested in the game in front of her. She must be a little hungry or she loses her edge.

[immad @immad]

1/

Hiring your first employee is one of the biggest moments for a founder. But payroll, taxes, benefits, and compliance are far more complicated than they need to be.

Now with AI we can make the pain of payroll go away.

@Mercury Payroll* launches today!

[Investing Addict @InvestingAddict]

Men used to go to war now they check their sleep score to decide if they can take on the day.

[shelley @shellmasterflex]

@DavidPawlan I want in pls

[shelley @shellmasterflex]

Thank u to the city of New Orleans for welcoming 1200 Mercury folks last week. Ugly Gator Saloon on Bourbon I still think about you.

[immad @immad]

1/ Today, we're launching @Mercury Books.

AI-powered accounting software, for your bookkeeper or you, that categorizes and reconciles your transactions the moment they happen.

[shelley @shellmasterflex]

@gabrielessner

[shelley @shellmasterflex]

On top of everything else, Gen z will never know what it felt like to watch True Detective S1 intro for the first time

[shelley @shellmasterflex]

How could you forget , how could you forgive

[shelley @shellmasterflex]

@gabrielessner Same bud

[shelley @shellmasterflex]

I lived in LA for 6 years and all those beautiful sunsets have nothing on Pizza Pigeon going to town on the corner of 34th and 2nd

[shelley @shellmasterflex]

Big

[immad @immad]

1/ The FDIC just approved @Mercury Bank, N.A.'s application for deposit insurance.

One step closer to opening Mercury Bank!. There is still work between here and opening Mercury Bank’s virtual doors, which should happen in 2027.

I started Mercury in 2017 because I wanted to build the bank I wished had existed when I was running my previous companies. Going from a fintech with bank partners to a tech company with an actual bank has been the vision from the beginning.

[shelley @shellmasterflex]

@immad @mercury What a time to be alive @mercury

[shelley @shellmasterflex]

Tryna keep track of the defense homie be like

[shelley @shellmasterflex]

everyone knows you're not supposed to say what your bday wish is or it won't come true but what are the rules for if it does

[shelley @shellmasterflex]

@mualphaxi @arenamag Can't wait for my copy!