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emndn retweeted
26 May 2023
1. Ever wonder what the rest of the Mona Lisa looks like?
Got @Adobe Firefly to help fill out the background for me with the power of AI
Here's what the backgrounds of the most famous paintings in the world look like with AI:
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emndn retweeted
16 Jun 2022
.Europe’s #payments ecosystem has already produced many incredible companies, but there are still a number of areas that we feel are going to be fertile ground for innovation...more on our predictions on what's next for next gen payments companies👇
accel.com/noteworthy/prepare…
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emndn retweeted
15 Aug 2022
The recession is now technically over.
Adam Neumann raised $1bn pre-seed round from @a16z to ‘revolutionize real estate’
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emndn retweeted
23 Jun 2022
Why Beauty Matters
(and how it has been destroyed by "usability")
A short thread...
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emndn retweeted
6 Mar 2022
The world's 50 most beautiful sports venues — a thread:
1. Henningsvaer Stadium in Henningsvaer, Norway
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emndn retweeted
12 Jul 2021
We need a version of The Marquess of Queensberry Rules for governing disputes between fintech companies with the same name.
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emndn retweeted
18 Jun 2021
Fintechs are becoming Banks faster than Banks are becoming Fintechs.
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emndn retweeted
23 May 2021
So Ethereum is theoretically at $8bn run rate, valued at $240Bn.
Not so crazy multiple (30x) considering the company grew 200x...
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emndn retweeted
14 May 2021
Why US and EU payments markets are completely different
14 May 2021
I’m trying to figure out how to send $6000 from my Chase bank account to my wife’s Chase account for our income tax payment and the answer is to either:
- Write a free paper check
- Send $2000 for 3 days through Zelle
- Pay $25 for a wire transfer
America 🥴
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emndn retweeted
16 Mar 2021
Ask yourself:
Could this meeting be a zoom?
Could this zoom be a phone call?
Could this phone call be an email?
Could this email be a text?
Could this text be unsent?
Could we in silence retreat to the forest?
Could we, by game trails & forgotten paths, vanish into the trees?
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emndn retweeted
2 Mar 2021
Boom
VC funding in Paris reached a record $5.3bn last year — and the French capital is now the EU's #1 hub for startup investment 🇫🇷
bit.ly/3qcYtqh #frenchtech @ngpcapital
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emndn retweeted
15 Feb 2021
This is where many of the best athletes in the world train.
Just remember that when you think facilities are the key to athletic performance.
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emndn retweeted
9 Oct 2020
All else being equal, it’s often more prudent to prefer teams that tend to Over-Promise & Under-Deliver (OPUD) rather than teams that consistently Under-Promise & Over-Deliver (UPOD)
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emndn retweeted
1 Sep 2020
Last week, Ant Group (the company behind Alipay) filed for potentially the largest IPO ever.
If that doesn't make you listen, consider that in 2019, Alipay's payment volume was $16 trillion -- that's 12% more than China's GDP.
What's the deal with Alipay?
A (long) thread ⬇️⬇️
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emndn retweeted
24 Aug 2020
I’ve spent a lot of time thinking how to best advise and invest into fintech companies, and over time have come up with a few mental frameworks to assist myself. Here’s one of them:
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emndn retweeted
24 Aug 2020
At scale, all B2B products converge. It’s reports, alerts, workflow, permissions and approvals all the way down.
23 Aug 2020
In B2B “build something people want” often turns into “build all the custom reports that Jerry on the finance team at {customer} thinks he wants”
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