Author of The Startup Guide: https://xitter.cf/t.co/WZg8II78Z1 + Creator of Jobs for Generalists in Innovation, Startups & Tech: https://xitter.cf/t.co/8Yx9UWA47Y

New Zealand
Joined September 2010
As a generalist I've had to search hard to find jobs for me in the startup world. I don't fit the usual categories: Marketing, sales, engineering, design, product, people. So I built this: Jobs for Generalists in Innovation, Startups and Tech generalist.carrd.co/
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Today on SHOWCASE: a very short but highly motivational story by Brandon Case, "Spin Drive Class with Captain Ryan." Enjoy! stupefyingstories.blogspot.c…
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Short and sweet answer. (autothink.io/ FAQ)
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7/ So DROPLET TRANSMISSION is an error in the physical interpretation of an empirical observation... ... made and propagated by medical professionals, who do NOT study physics. We need more interdisciplinary research across medicine, public health, physics, engineering, etc.
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Too many people think a little fear is a good thing in organizations. It isn't: 😱 Fear is the enemy of innovation & employee participation 🤝If you're civil, coworkers are 59% more likely to share info, employees work 71% harder, and health & well-being receive boosts, too!
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“For every other crime, we call that a confession.” – at Islington, London
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Pete Lead retweeted
When valuations are down and capital markets are dried up and everyone is focused on ARR multiples but you're still a female so it's like oh did something change?
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Things I did today for the first time, while preparing my tax: 1. used Javascript in Zapier 👩‍💻 2. used RegexExtract in Google Sheets 🪄 3. Realised I made over $500 from selling copies of The Startup Guide 🥳
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So happy to share my first first-author conference paper! I (and four brilliant collaborators: @vsetlur @WindsCogley @arvindsatya1 and Marti Hearst) found that readers prefer charts with more text and that this text has subtle and strong influences on reader takeaways. 🧵/12
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Our game has a nonbinary mascot character, Samy. She's a fluffy samoyed and uses all pronouns. Sometimes Samy shares letters with players they can write back to. We didn't expect players to tell us they came out to Samy with letters before they told anyone else 😭
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10 million articles on how to add page numbers in a Canva doc. "Copy, paste, edit." It feels like there should be an easier way.
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Turning the tables... VCs ask a lot of questions of founders. What do the best founders ask me? 1/ What is your thesis on this space? 2/ What do you want to see us accomplish before we raise our [next round]? 3/ Am I missing anything on the market? 4/ What is your process?
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Introducing draw-to-image:
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Yesterday I heard a woman talk about having JOMO instead of FOMO. The joy of missing out instead of the fear of missing out. Saying no to things and enjoying it so that you can have time to do things you want to do, focus on priorities, or just relax so that you don't burn out.
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Official, NT Gov-commishd work to inform Indig communities about fracking, @CSIRO omits the word "fracking" & notes that "greenhouse gasses *MAY* play a role in climate change." Cool & nrml Here's the Aboriginal Information Program "Shale Gas Factsheet" (Eng version) in full:
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Want to turn your skills and hobbies into a business but need some help along the way? If you're aged 18-25 and based in Victoria then join our Ask Me Anything next Thursday to learn more about our Digital Boss program in Victoria! hubs.ly/Q01p3HrC0
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Nothing will ever threaten your kids more than climate change. And the guys who want to make climate change worse on purpose need to make sure you're angry about trans people, immigrants, CRT or anything else.
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a pretty horrible chapter in our family history ended today not with a bang, but with a much anticipated whimper three months ago our eldest had a terrible mental health episode, the worst I had ever seen in 10 years of complex MH issues …
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We’ve been made aware that a local govt candidate is circulating election material that misrepresents our position on something important. We wanted to clarify. Thank you to everyone who raised this with us – we’re glad you believe in informed debate too.
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