Tammy Mank Wincup

Optimist. Education champion. Mama and wife.

[Adam Grant @AdamMGrant]

Taking phones off the internet boosts mental health.

People were randomly assigned to block mobile internet for 2 weeks. They socialized, exercised, and read more—and became happier, less depressed & anxious, and more focused.

Being unglued from devices is good for well-being.

[Vala Afshar @ValaAfshar]

You've got to start with the customer experience and work backwards to the technology. You can't start with the technology and try to figure out where you're going to try to sell it.

—Steve Jobs (a very smart and humbling exchange; watch all of it)

[Securly @Securly]

Last week - for the first time ever - our team met for an in-person kick-off

We solidified our vision & mission that has our customers, partners & students at the very core of all we do

To find out more, why not connect with us today: https://t.co/gnHzpzatj0

#OneSecurly #SKO

[Securly @Securly]

Happy 2025, all!

Please join us in welcoming Securly's new CTO, Spence Mallder

Spence brings over 30 years of tech experience to Securly; he will be responsible for R&D & overseeing our Product Teams

Learn more about Securly's mission today: https://t.co/le4Ot95GRv

#Welcome

[Securly @Securly]

🎉 We are elated to share that Tammy Wincup is joining @Securly as new CEO! 🎈

Tammy's vision extends beyond #StudentSafety to a deeper, more customer-centric commitment to supporting #StudentWellness

Please join us in celebrating @tmwincup's arrival: https://t.co/n4QepPFsW6

[Vala Afshar @ValaAfshar]

Never confuse education with intelligence.

Intelligence isn't the ability to remember and repeat, like they teach you in school.

Intelligence is the ability to learn from experience, solve problems, and use our knowledge to adapt to new situations.

—Richard Feynman #DF24

[Christopher Nyren @CNyren]

With today's buyout of Instructure $INST and chapter 11 bankruptcy of 2U $TWOU and $CHGG, $DTOL, $NRDY & $SKIL all trading below $500M market caps, the entire market cap of viable pure play US edtech stocks is just $18B from 5 stocks: $DUOL $LOPE $LRN $COUR $UDMY $HSTM

[Healey Cypher @healeycypher]

WOW @kirstenagreen of @ForerunnerVC just gave one of the best presentations of @FortuneMagazine ‘s #BrainstormTech event. Top 5 takeaways: 🧵

[Tammy Mank Wincup @tmwincup]

With less than 50% of K-3 Louisiana students able to read on grade level, most cannot read the Ten Commandments. Maybe more legislation on science of reading instead?

https://t.co/dzbZ3uGlR3

[keshav @keshavchan]

sam altman on how to be successful

[Tammy Mank Wincup @tmwincup]

Thrilled to be joining the @USDResponse board. If you care about tech, policy, and better serving our citizens - regardless of political stripe - you should know their work.

[U.S. Digital Response @USDResponse]

We're excited to welcome Tammy Mank Wincup to the @USDResponse Board of Directors! 🙌

Tammy brings decades of experience working at the intersection of tech and policy. Her expertise will be invaluable as we shape USDR's future.

https://t.co/gejlYa1y7P

[Vala Afshar @ValaAfshar]

Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.

—Coach John Wooden

(This advice is more important now than ever before: character > reputation)

[Kirsten Green @kirstenagreen]

The public narrative about consumer investing is detached from the potential. Last year, VC firms distanced themselves from the category and just 7% of seed capital went to consumer. But consumer company performance largely outpaces enterprise. My piece in @theinformation:

[Aaron Levie @levie]

The best founders I know — no matter their company’s scale — thrive on doing customer support directly. There’s literally no better way to understand the pulse of your customer base, what features to build next, or where systems are breaking down. It’s always upside.

[Tara Roth @taranellroth]

Congrats to @cshapiro, @sophiebakalar, and the entire @collabfund team!

>20X multiple on invested capital realized 🤯 In this challenging venture landscape, their recent sizable distribution to the @GoldhirshFdn further sets them apart in all of the best ways.

Doing well and doing good ftw!

One more example of why we're so happy to be longtime investors.

[U.S. Digital Response @USDResponse]

ICYMI: USDR is launching a new focus area in #genAI to help governments use the tool responsibly.

With support from @Googleorg, we’ll work to empower agencies to safely experiment with gen AI and increase their capacity to deliver.

[Tammy Mank Wincup @tmwincup]

@seangriffey For those of us that care about depth of issues (for me Education) I think you and your reporters are 💯 glamour. No one needs fly by nights and the model doesn’t work. @KaraArundel

[Tammy Mank Wincup @tmwincup]

To all those aspiring journalists, go learn from the best at the @AJI_Fellowships with @timgrieve @TimAlberta and others. Application deadline March 4th.

https://t.co/jFmRff27pE

[Tammy Mank Wincup @tmwincup]

Listen louder than you sing.

[Steven Overly @StevenOverly]

There's a tension at every university: At places meant to foster human intelligence, where exactly does artificial intelligence fit in?

Well, @ASU is going all in, becoming the first university to partner with @OpenAI. More on today's @POLITICO Tech:

https://t.co/75r9qG2Ba2