Tony Levitan

Father, People guy, rugger, ponderer, explorer, coach, student, still searching for....

[Tony Levitan @tlevitan]

Super pleased to share LIT Fellow, @ztownsend's Series A funding announcement. Great example of power of creativity in business innovation!

[Zac Townsend @ztownsend]

We at @meanwhile have closed a $40M Series A co-led by @FulgurVentures and @hiFramework with participation from Wences Casares

This round gives us significant capital to power our journey of building the world's largest long-term insurance and savings company. 1/

[Zac Townsend @ztownsend]

We at @meanwhile have closed a $40M Series A co-led by @FulgurVentures and @hiFramework with participation from Wences Casares

This round gives us significant capital to power our journey of building the world's largest long-term insurance and savings company. 1/

[Tony Levitan @tlevitan]

@RSerna2010 @finix @AcrewCapital @lightspeedvp @leappartners So pleased for Leaders in Tech Fellow and good buddy, @rserna2010 and team at Finix. Go, go, go!

[Richie Serna @RSerna2010]

Today @finix is excited to announce we’ve raised $75M in Series C funding led by @AcrewCapital, co-led by @lightspeedvp and @leappartners.

When we started Finix, we were big believers in the developer movement. We still are! Since then, we’ve recognized that there’s been a major shift in the market. Even businesses that have developers don’t want to spend their time or resources on payments — they want highly brandable and configurable payment components. From startups to publicly traded companies, merchants to vertical SaaS companies, customers of all sizes are taking advantage of Finix’s no-code solutions. Today, every feature in Finix's broad product suite is now available in no-code, low-code and API-driven solutions.

If Adyen is for the enterprise, Square is for card present SMBs, Stripe is for the developer-centric startup, Finix is for the 22M businesses without enough developers.

Read more here: https://t.co/JBaxHRusIV

[Tony Levitan @tlevitan]

Gotta love a reference to Animal House in this context.. Well done, @CharlesStohr

[Bob Sutton @work_matters]

The U.S. vaccine distribution challenges remind me of @StanfordGSB's Charles O'Reilly's definition: "Innovation= creativity + implementation." In this case, implementation means scaling both manufacturing and distribution, which require system-wide communication and coordination.

[Tony Levitan @tlevitan]

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[Glenn Kessler @GlennKessler__]

It’s amazing how the US election infrastructure was working just fine in 2016, when Trump won the presidency, but now in 2020 it’s like a “third-world country” when he lost. Who was president during that period of decline?

[Tony Levitan @tlevitan]

Few outsiders capture Philly, @mattnathanson. Nice to be reminded you did.

[matt nathanson @mattnathanson]

philadelphia, you have always been a magical place.

just gonna leave this here.

❤️

https://t.co/Vn5ncsfFeE

[Tony Levitan @tlevitan]

Yep, and I wonder how so many fellow Americans can act in a way that repudiates core values I work to live everyday in all facets of my life. This morning's reflection is a sizable and very personal "WTF"

[Don Winslow @donwinslow]

Take a minute to stop and realize 65 million people knew everything we know about Donald Trump and voted for him anyway.

We got big problems in this country.

[Dan Rather @DanRather]

Yes, the Earth will continue to orbit the sun. And yes, it will become fall in the Northern Hemisphere. And “It’ll start getting cooler.” But the seasons and climate change aren't the same thing, Mr. President. Denying the climate crises is a lot like denying COVID: It's deadly.

[Tony Levitan @tlevitan]

Indeed!

[Barbara Waxman MS, MPA, PCC @BarbaraWaxman]

Words to live by.

#MuhammadAli #Wisdom #MidlifeAndBetter

[Tony Levitan @tlevitan]

@fredcampbell Yikes all around!

[Tony Levitan @tlevitan]

1/2I totally understand conspiracy theories now!

[Tony Levitan @tlevitan]

The jiggered clock

[Tony Levitan @tlevitan]

How exciting to be public with something — a community, a pedagogy, a collection of colleagues — so near and dear to my heart!

[Leaders in Tech @LitFellows]

Introducing Leaders in Tech: https://t.co/XnCr2SQ5qK. Learn more about our beginnings at https://t.co/VLD7zQYAiC

[Sports Illustrated @SInow]

The NL east is hot, and the Nationals are the hottest

https://t.co/tL4ocaDS0w

[MyFitnessPal @MyFitnessPal]

“I remember thinking to myself, ‘I don’t care how long this takes. I don’t care how hard it is. I don’t care how many times I screw up. I’m not giving up on this.’”
https://t.co/uPDPZjnwQB

[Harvard Business Review @HarvardBiz]

You can be friends with one of your employees. But set boundaries for when you’re talking in “friend mode” and “work mode.” https://t.co/B2uRx6aHXJ

[Sports Illustrated @SInow]

NBA matchmaker: Dream teams for five free agents still on the market https://t.co/kL1QQoWRIo

[Tony Levitan @tlevitan]

Schweet!

[USA Rugby @USARugby]

Concluding the most successful season in USA Men’s Sevens history as World No. 2.

🥈🥈🥈🥈🥇🥉🥉

#EaglesUnited 🇺🇸