Steve King

X-Foundation Director, Investor, Nerd Helping leave the planet better than we found it. Widowed human.

[Steve King @steveathon]

This national address could have been an email.

[Steve King @steveathon]

@bigyahu The sweet suite.

[Steve King @steveathon]

Recording a @loom on Monday: "Hi everyone - excited to bring you an update on our work..."
Recording a @loom on Friday afternoon: "Everything is fine... All you need to know is..."

[Steve King @steveathon]

@ok_lyndsey @summer__heidi @GyledC @_sn0ww @KidsSecuriDay @efa_oz To quote Nathan Fielder... In reality, I'm actually very fun, relaxed, and easy going.

[Steve King @steveathon]

@summer__heidi @ok_lyndsey @GyledC @_sn0ww @KidsSecuriDay @efa_oz That was an interesting way to be introduced to @summer__heidi and team too. I'm glad that it ended up being a fun and funny experience!

[Steve King @steveathon]

Organising events in the family chat is like the lobby of a game where you can mark yourself ready, or unready, and you have to press 'start game' at the perfect point while people are madly switching between the two.

[Steve King @steveathon]

@ZoeWundenberg I eventually loved hearing other people's stories and perspectives, but the way you've captured that initial reaction here... so well put.

[alan jones @bigyahu]

Canva's massive secondary sale and the millions it will return to the local angel investor community has brought a renewed interest in learning how tech angel investing works https://t.co/7DNNBD2Cd1 (paywall)...

[Steve King @steveathon]

@bigyahu They can also sometimes be pretty ordinary :P

[Steve King @steveathon]

We're helping social impact focused humans attend @blackbirdvc's Sunrise event May 1-2 in Sydney. If this is you, I'd love to help you get along to see amazing speakers from @humanitix_team, @LifeYouCanSave and @Earlywork, apply here: https://t.co/morKpaQqjv

[Steve King @steveathon]

In discussing random differences in upbringings TGO mentioned "Healthy Harold- the giraffe that lured kids into vans to give them a health education" and I can't tell you how quickly I moved into protective questioning mode. 🫠

[Steve King @steveathon]

"In 100 years there will be a name for the time we're in now, hopefully it's not 'the cataclysm' but instead we take the opportunity make sure it's 'the turning point'" - @tomjd at @_southstart

[Steve King @steveathon]

We'll be at @_southstart from tomorrow but not everyone gets to go, so I'm coming armed with questions from hundreds of students to ask founders! If you spot me, I'd love to hear your answers to questions like this one!

[Startmate @startmate]

Applications close this Sunday for our Autumn 24 Women Fellowship cohort.

Let's hear what some of our incredible alumni have to say...

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[Steve King @steveathon]

@a_h_reaume Cult playbook, deleting inaccuracies is a premium (paid) feature.

[Steve King @steveathon]

@LuriaPetrucci Never enough on a laptop - just hands down never ever enough, oddly however, also never enough on my desktop or in the wrong place and being in the way.

[Steve King @steveathon]

@bigyahu Is this what happens when someone says "We need a logo that really talks to who we are as a collective group" and "ditch" wins when you're only allowed to give 3 votes on the idea board.

[Steve King @steveathon]

Forget SafeSearch - I need a SpoilerFree Search.

[Steve King @steveathon]

@nealriley Imagine the Terminator series, except it's copyright lawyers who threaten Skynet with extinction first.

[Steve King @steveathon]

@nealriley The biggest difference I've found is whether it's realtime collaboration/ideation or sparring established ideas. Sparring works without a whiteboard for me, but establishing a shared understanding early in a complex problem space, whiteboards are best?

[Steve King @steveathon]

Just did my first video call drawing on an pen/paper to digital whiteboard device to communicate ideas - and I think it halved the time it took to spar them out.