Partner @a16z | head of GTM @speedrun | I help early-stage founders sell their products | tidsoptimist

Joined April 2009
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Need more reasons to apply for @speedrun 007? How about access to enterprise buyers and hands-on sales training? Sound too good to be true? It's not.
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The future has arrived @jetson_aero
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Macy Mills retweeted
we at @speedrun believe the best companies can come from anywhere and should think globally from day 0! last week we ran the first Israeli edition of the Sprint at NY @Techweek_! we brought together some of the sharpest builders and gave them a taste of what it actually feels like to build with us in the US - the people, the support and the pace! huge thanks to @tkexpress11 for dreaming big with me and to our partners @airwallex for helping make this happen. also grateful to @_CallMeMacy @tmhammer @asaf_ez and @willbitsky for all the support and for making this week so much fun!! this was just Sprint #1 until the next Global Founder Sprint :)
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Story time: When I was 20, I moved to SF through a university program and was supposed to return to @miamiuniversity for my senior year. Instead, a mentor convinced me to stay. That decision changed my career AND became one of my biggest insecurities. 🧵
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Yesterday, I was onboarding a new @speedrun founder who left Harvard after his freshman year. I mentioned that I never returned for my senior year (though I finished my degree online). He immediately lit up. I’d always seen that as a weakness. He didn’t.
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It made me realize how often we carry around outdated narratives about ourselves. Yesterday, I saw that chapter of my life through someone else’s eyes. Strengths and weaknesses are often separated only by context.
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At 20, I found myself in executive meetings, fancy dinners, and rooms where I was often the youngest person by 10 years. I was convinced everyone would eventually realize I didn’t belong there. For years, I felt like I’d skipped a step everyone else got, and I treated that part of my story like something to hide.
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I swear @facebook is getting more and more creative trying to get me to open the app. But i mean really, @sama do you wanna be friends?
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Home hits different after 12 days on the road 🫶 @Techweek_ thx 4 the mems
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Game time at the hottest ticket at #NYTechWeek the @speedrun AI Faire.
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AI faire is in full swing today @speedrun at NY Tech Week
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What a blast closing out @Techweek_ with the first ever NYC AI Faire by @speedrun 💪💪💪
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Our girl @EmlynThompsonLA checking out AI faire by @speedrun #NYtechweek
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Gates open in a few! AI Faire here we goooo @_CallMeMacy @speedrun
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Pro tip for surviving #nytechweek. Chug Diet Coke on your walk to dinner
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✨Scenes✨ from @speedrun insiders VIP dinner @_CallMeMacy @EmlynThompsonLA
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No better way to start #nytechweek than doing @Barrys with @speedrun alum and the Barry’s king himself @tkexpress11 @Techweek_
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How could anyone watch this and not believe in AI?
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So many great events in Boston for @Techweek_ last night. I’m elated at the turn out for the @speedrun insiders dinner; was an amazing chance to meet tons of techs brightest leaders and local entrepreneurs.
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