Raise your hand if you like numbers! We're hiring a full-time Controller here at OpCo 🔢
If you (or someone in your network!) are laser-focused on the details & want to contribute to a new approach to venture, we want to meet you! Find out more & apply: airtable.com/shruWXQRdrMKPbc…
To celebrate #BlackHistoryMonth, we're spotlighting 12 incredible Black operators ( OpCo LPs) you should know. Read about how they're each changing the face of tech over on our blog:
operatorcollective.com/12-bl…
No one in my feed is talking about it, but I am haunted by the #Surfsidecollapse. I keep watching the video and all the emotions of #september11th come rushing back. Pray for the 99 missing.
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson is all that one could hope for in a judge — brilliant, thoughtful, public servant, humble, balanced. Thrilled for her confirmation and happy for our country. “She could be the first Black woman on the Supreme Court” fortune.com/2021/06/15/she-c….
The female CEOs on this year’s Fortune 500 just broke three all-time records! 41 total, 2 black women, and the highest-ranked company run by a female CEO. fortune.com/2021/06/02/femal…
Your weekend data science must-reads are here! Our latest selection includes @hedman_marcel (et al.) on modelling real estate demand, @scottlundberg on prediction and causality, and @AnnaChingChing (et al.) on Twitter trolls and election interference. buff.ly/3wre8py
So much talent together in these amazing @BlckVentureInst cohorts #1 and #2! Congratulations to the awesome fellows and to @LeylaSeka. We are all grateful and incredibly proud to see what you have built and how you are changing the world for the better every day. 💪💪
I woke up buzzing about @BlckVentureInst --1 beautiful moment was when folks from cohort 1 came to tell cohort 2 about their experience. I teared up & I am okay with that. ❤️to @marcuseast @theluxuryceo & Mandy Howard. Boom @JacksonTheVC@frederikg191 @Samer_Yousif10 @bradleyml
The reported shootings of Asian American women on Tuesday in Atlanta is an unspeakable tragedy – for the families of the victims first and foremost, but also for the AAPI community — which has been reeling from high levels of racial discrimination. bit.ly/3eKmNOf
We asked @RuthieJSF what she wants for her birthday. She has only one request -- that you follow @OperatorCollect! Please help us make Ruthie's birthday the best one ever!🎂 @LeylaSeka@AmbrosiaVert
#COVID19 interrupted school for 1B children. Today TeacherPrints is receiving $25K from @SchmidtFutures & @Citadel Founder & CEO Ken Griffin to build tools & tech to get them back on track. So proud to be part of this global effort! #edtech#k12#FuturesForum
Since the onset of the pandemic, there’s been a dramatic rise in attacks against #AAPI community members, with 700 violent attacks reported in the Bay Area and ~2,800 nationwide. #EnoughIsEnough
When #MeToo and #BLM began, many not in the affected groups were surprised to learn of the pervasiveness. Then communities leapt into action and real change has begun. We need to shine that same light on #AAPI hate.
On Friday, the 7-day average of #COVID19 deaths in LA surpassed its previous peak from early August for the first time. Cases are almost triple their summer peak. We’re not okay.
"If vaccinating teachers allows schools to reopen, the social and economic benefits likely would outweigh reopening any other essential industry." — RAND's Aaron Strong & @jwwelburnwsj.com/articles/teachers-sh…