Do you also often forget how surrounded by Microsoft we are? Log in to LinkedIn, play with the Xbox, collab with Github, start an Excel spreadsheet, whip open and Skype some friends.

OK fine, no Skype, but although we don't wear MS swag, you're using MS all the time. Pretty…

Over the last year I’ve been asking what 'Being a good friend' means.

Over and over, two things floated to the top.

Doing the small things, and, Showing up.

Doing the small things – A message, a reply, or sending a meme. Just any form of checking up on them, or communication…

Can anyone explain the difference between Google Meet, Google Hangout and Google Chat?

Read this yesterday on Ipshita Agarwal’s newsletter and can’t get it out of my head.

“Is meditation connecting or disconnecting?”

Sometimes I learn more when I answer questions, then when people answer mine

If you go to New York, every startup turns into a fintech

If you go to LA, every startup turn into a social network

If you go to Silicon Valley, every startup turns into a unicorn

Investor meetings
User feedback
Competition
Occasional bugs
Massive cap table software bill

What else do you need? All of these things signal towards a healthy startup.

seems like building something addictive, which everyone admits is a problem, isn't that difficult.

sounds like the real problem to solve is creating a social product that's fun, and useful, that can be loved – and good for your mental health. that's the challenge.

All I know is I don't know everything.

Fundraising is so easy. All you need to know is stuff like:
Warrants
Pre-money
Post-money
Full Ratchet
Data Rooms
SAFE Notes
Priced Rounds
Term Sheets
Voting Rights
Board Seats
Due Diligence
Stock Options
RSU
ESOP
Capped Notes
Valuation Caps
Uncapped Notes
Partner Meetings…

Movies/shows about startups, companies, founders:
Jobs Apple
Bezos Amazon
Steve Jobs Apple
GirlBoss NASTY GAL
The Playlist Spotify
Tetris Tetris
Super Pumped Uber
WeCrashed WeWork
The Dropout Theranos
BlackBerry BlackBerry
The Founder McDonald's
Dumb Money…

Looking for two people to quickly user test something for me. DM if you've got a moment to spare and help a friend out.

Can you believe it’s friday? How fast do the weeks go??

I don’t have to imagine anymore…

Can’t wait to go through this.

Soren Iverson 👏👏👏

Investors only want one thing and it's...

It can take 50 no’s to get 1 yes,
Then 1 yes to change 50 minds.

air.chat/sabakarim

Holy shit. I just finished a talk for a University and for the first time in my life I had a heckler. I’ve done over 500 talks for 20 years and this is a first.

This man is apparently a high up director at the school…

He literally interrupted twice and was excessively rude.…

Saba Karim, Visionary Founder just joined The Promenade!

'Wow, from Twitter to The Promenade in a flash! Crazy stuff. Excited to explore this wild new world and connect with y'all. Let's do this! 🚀'

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