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Rory Eakin retweeted
31 May 2024
Want to move to Spain?
Here's a list of well-funded startups from May 2024:
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28 Nov 2023
Asset based lending needs better tooling, especially for small facilities. I talked with @fence_finance founder @siroexmon about building transparent, real-time visibility for loan pools as a step toward internet native debt capital markets. Listen here: open.spotify.com/episode/48g…
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8 Nov 2023
I interviewed @StanfordGSB alumna extraordinaire @soniafer to learn more about the Spanish tech ecosystem. She shares her knowledge and experience - a great primer on building a career and a fund in a growing tech market: earthrise.dev/sonia-fernande…
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Rory Eakin retweeted
20 Oct 2023
Such a pleasure to talk about my career as an entrepreneur and an investor with @roryeakin Thanks for bringing visibility to the Spanish VC landscape linkedin.com/posts/roryeakin…
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Rory Eakin retweeted
11 Sep 2023
“The report tells us definitively what we already know to be true, a place called school matters. Education is not transactional nor is it simply content delivery. It is relational. It is social. It is human at its core.”
nytimes.com/2023/09/08/learn…
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17 May 2023
Excited to support @jia_DeFi building a better small business lending platform: roryeakin.com/jia/
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17 May 2023
And, more here from @TechCrunch about the product and business: techcrunch.com/2023/05/17/ji…
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10 Feb 2023
"There are two ways to make money. You can bundle, or you can unbundle." - Jim Barksdale
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26 Jan 2023
Education folks, this is very well done. Thank you @jencarolan
reachcapital.com/2023/01/25/…
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30 Nov 2022
Interested in starting your own microschool, but not sure how? KaiPod Learning is launching the first accelerator program to support new school founders. Learn more and connect with the team at #founders #founders #school #teachers lnkd.in/g25ZJfs4
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Rory Eakin retweeted
10 Nov 2022
For 18 mos., we have been building @KaiPodCo with a mission to improve education for more students. We started by opening learning pods, which are innovative learning environments that personalize education for each child.
Today, we’re announcing...🧵
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27 Oct 2022
KaiPod Learning hiring a Head of Marketing - critical role in an innovative and important education company. More info here, apply online or send me a note and I can connect to the team lnkd.in/ghBEG7Rq
12 Sep 2022
Loved The Boys by @katiehafner - wonderful, moving story with great emotion
katiehafner.com/
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30 Aug 2022
Back to school. Longer form piece which started as reading list to understand K12 education better, and ended with a lens for considering new opportunities in the field:
roryeakin.com/investment-pri…
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Rory Eakin retweeted
4 Aug 2022
new idea: pay it backward by @mattruby
"It's equally remarkable when people pay it backward by elevating fading heroes"
examples:
Rick Rubin/Johnny Cash
Bill Simmons/Jackie MacMullan
Brandi Carlile/Joni Mitchell
mattruby.substack.com/p/pay-…
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6 Jul 2022
My contribution to the "Is Crypto valuable?" conversation, with acknowledgements to @mattwridley and @benthompson
roryeakin.com/crypto-coordin…
23 Jun 2022
Why did Clif Bar sell?
Clif Bar famously walked away from a sale in 1990s to build a purpose driven company, focused on a 'different bottom line' that included people, community and the planet. And it grew tremendously.
This week, that changed. Why?
roryeakin.com/why-did-clif-b…
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