partner at leap forward ventures. formerly founder/ceo weebly.
Joined March 2008
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Mar 25
Six months ago, I teamed up with the creator of The Daily on a crazy new idea. We talk to well known founders someone close to them like their college roommate or their mom that tell a whole different side to the story.
Season 1 is launching today: pod.link/1878437990
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Jun 10
It's not often that an internship turns into a billion-dollar IPO, but it did for @seanduffy when his resume fell on to the floor at @ideo. Design thinking, lots of grit, and a crawling world record led to @omadahealth.
Listen to the latest episode at pod.link/1878437990/episode/…
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May 27
.@tripadler's story is my favorite persistence story that most have never heard. He went from rocket ship growth, to hitting a wall and half the team quitting in 6 months. But he kept at it for years and eventually grew @Scribd to over $300M of revenue.
pod.link/1878437990/episode/…
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David Rusenko retweeted
May 21
The world is getting warmer while our infrastructure gets older: a recipe for disasters.
We’re excited to announce Fund II: $85M for early stage investments in disaster resilience.
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May 13
As a first-time mom, Laura Modi went to Walgreens at 11pm for baby formula and felt ashamed and afraid. So she built @bobbiebabyco, the fastest-growing formula brand since the 1980s.
Laura is super thoughtful and inspiring, listen to the episode here: pod.link/1878437990/episode/…
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Apr 29
.@jimmydouglas went from selling vacuums on straight commission to pitching investors on paternity leave to a $20M Series A for @plugmotors. His first investor call? @annimaniac of @floodgatefund.
On @leapforwardfm, he breaks down exactly how he did it: pod.link/1878437990/episode/…
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Apr 15
.@reinpk built Segment into a $3.2B company, but it took years before they figured out *how* to find product-market fit. His ambitions have only grown, and he's now CEO at both @CharmIndustrial and Revoy.
Listen to Peter and @calvinfo tell the story at pod.link/1878437990/episode/…
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David Rusenko retweeted
100 Years of Oil Prices vs. 30 Years of Solar. @drusenko on why the learning curve for renewables is crushing fossil fuels—and why clean tech investors were just too early. Full episode out, link in bio.
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Mar 31
This interview with Jessica goes the deepest of any interview she's done into her life story, and how it gave her the unique combination of qualities that made Y Combinator work.
Mar 26
So much fun having @jesslivingston on and hearing the story of her early life and what an instrumental role she played in starting @ycombinator - in a way many don't fully appreciate!
Listen to the full episode at pod.link/1878437990/episode/…
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Mar 30
It was really special to have @immad (CEO of @mercury) on the pod and especially to talk to his Mom, Tahseen. Immad has an incredibly inspiring story - you won't want to miss this one!
Full episode at pod.link/1878437990/episode/…
And stay tuned at the end for an easter egg 🥚
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Mar 26
So much fun having @jesslivingston on and hearing the story of her early life and what an instrumental role she played in starting @ycombinator - in a way many don't fully appreciate!
Listen to the full episode at pod.link/1878437990/episode/…
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Mar 26
.@paulg talks about how @ycombinator would have never gotten started without @jesslivingston, what people sometimes miss about the role she played, and the secret to doing a startup with your spouse or partner.
Listen to the full episode at pod.link/1878437990/episode/…
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Mar 25
Six months ago, I teamed up with the creator of The Daily on a crazy new idea. We talk to well known founders someone close to them like their college roommate or their mom that tell a whole different side to the story.
Season 1 is launching today: pod.link/1878437990
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Mar 25
Episode 1 is with YC founders Jessica Livingston and Paul Graham.
Episode 2 is with Mercury founder Immad Akhund and his Mom.
Episode 3 launches next Weds Apr 1, and is with Airbnb founder Nate Blecharczyk and their first advisor.
Follow along at leapforward.fm
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Mar 12
Excited for this to come out - can't wait to hear these stories.
Mar 12
On Aug 1, 2008, I quit finance to start WePay, only for Lehman Brothers to collapse two weeks later.
It felt like the world was ending, yet 18 years later the S&P is up 5X and the financial crisis gave birth to a fintech revolution.
Today something similar is happening 🧵👇
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14 Jan 2025
We're thrilled to announce that Veery v0.4 "Barb", our fourth test and first weather satellite, is launching today!
Barb will test:
- a more sensitive radar capable of measuring ocean surface wind speed
- end-to-end control software from @elodinsystems
- improved Iridium SBD software
- partially-automated commissioning
- and much more
SpaceX livestream starts at 10:36pm!
Up first, Falcon 9 will launch 131 payloads to orbit during the Transporter-12 rideshare mission from California → spacex.com/launches/mission/…
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David Rusenko retweeted
23 Oct 2024
In its latest world outlook report, the @IEA declares that China is leading the age of electrification, accounting for 60% of new #RenewableEnergy in 2023. If the global race to see who will own the clean energy economy of the future is on, what does the US stand to lose?
Chart Credit: @IEA and @semafor
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