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people @a16z, building @speedrun | ex-@riotgames, @birdride, @ohiostate always

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30 of the 70 companies in our last @speedrun batch had founders born outside the US

and if we keep doing our job – and we will – that number is only going up:

* founders building products + teams internationally
* builders stuck in an H-1B job ready to accelerate their slope
* students here on F-1 who are ready to take a shot at their startup idea

Speedrun Global Founders is our answer >> our end-to-end approach to guiding founders through visas, customs, housing, banking, and building local SF community, while enabling founders from all over the globe to participate in Speedrun

we also have the coolest hat in venture - maybe thats a lame flex, but i honestly challenge you to show me better vc drip

you might catch a few of our founders wearing them today. come through Global Founders and I’ll bring you one 🫡

-apply below my friends-

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@cchevyyc Must’ve missed you!

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@Techweek_ @kenanhsaleh @HubSpotStartups @a16z @speedrun Leveled up with the privacy screen!

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@nazzari @Techweek_ @UnicornerNews Too late I’m here

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a hotel earns my love when I open up the bathrobe and the little rope thing doesn’t fall on the bathroom floor cuz it’s actually in the loops 🙏

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@shreyamurthy @jmoynick check it out https://t.co/ZymGoyRg4N

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nyc thursday: private startup culture convo w:

@shreyamurthy who just announced ticketing on partiful and is going on tbpn

@jmoynick who advises founders in the iconic USV portfolio on building world class teams

and eleanor morgan who's building liftoff to solve one of the scariest problems in hiring

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@shreyamurthy true

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@shreyamurthy BIG TIME

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@Tocelot this is honestly so sick, bummed im still on a plane :)

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@lucky_z2 i love it when great things happen for great people!

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@espricewright Happened overnight with the new regs

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Caught up with Emily Capodilupo of @WHOOP at our Startup Culture Brunch with @speedrun @tmhammer @UnderscoreVC.
Her excitement says it all: you don't have to be in San Francisco anymore. Boston is a real, growing tech scene, and it doesn't feel obvious or accidental anymore.

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@Techweek_ @speedrun @UnderscoreVC @ToastTab @Salsify @WHOOP panelists all did an incredible job, huge appreciation for the honest discussion

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@roseajohnson @Techweek_ 🤫

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@pmarca @washingtonpost

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@iamjasonlevin @JTLonsdale I always kinda suspected my Big HR membership dues were going to something untoward…

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@WillManidis You can assemble an iPhone with 996, but you could have never designed one 🙏

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@KatiaAmeri boston punching above its weight in deep tech dang