Serial founder, startup advisor and angel investor. Developer early AI. EIR, Antler. Speaker, mayoral candidate, fan of leveraging tech for social impact.
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Join for free: a virtual conf with 1000+ LPs, Family Offices, Funds of Funds, & GPs of VC, PE, RE, & Hedge Funds – Nov 26 on Zoom. $100M+ & $1B+ Single FOs, LPs, FoFs & other investment firms have confirmed their participation. Like & reply "+" to get the invite in DM (we're at 1200+ regs now).
Our previous event attracted attendees with a combined AUM of $1.6 trillion, including: 270 Single Family Offices, 90 Multi Family Offices, 180 Funds of Funds, 300 LPs, 570 angels, & hundreds of GPs.
For the first time, we're adding a virtual Private Networking Lounge with LPs, FoFs & FOs in addition to speakers' Zoom panels & presentations (US, EU, & UAE):
1) $1B+ Family Office panel: In what and how are we investing? RE, PE, VC & other alternatives – Shubhra Jain @ Tarsadia SFO ($2B); Neetu Puranikmath @ Cooper Family Office.
2) 2x+ DPI Club: How to return your LPs more than expected? – Justin Stebbins @ Northgate Capital ($5B); Douglas Mellinger @ Clarion Capital Partners ($1.8B)
3) Family Office Trends 2025 – Uli Maybach @ Maybach Foundation; Christian D Evans @ Pax Fortis Multi-Family Office. Moderated by Valerie Bertele @ Yellow Rocks.
4) 1st-generation UHNWI strategies: 1. Launch a SFO, or 2. Join a Multi-Family Office, or 3. Other ways to preserve & grow capital? – Shane Neman @ SFO / Neman Ventures; Lisa Morris @ AKS Single Family Office.
5) How to Grow AUM of a Fund in 2025: Best Fundraising Practices for PE, VC, RE, & Hedge Funds – David Butler @ Argosy Real Estate Partners ($3.6B); Jaclyn Baumgarten @ IDC Ventures ($650M AUM, IDC Network $2.5B); Ed H. @ Arena LP ($3.4B).
6) Why FoFs exist, and why LPs accept double-layer fees? – Chuck Tedeschi @ Top Tier Capital Partners ($8B); Scott Sherman @ Mesa Lane Capital Partners.
7) How to harness AI for sourcing, evaluation, and reporting? – Logan Allin @ Fin Capital.
8) How Governments Can Attract Capital, Innovations & Talent by Focusing on Venture Studios? – Preslav Panayotov @ VentureWaves Innovation Network
9) State of Venture Q3 2024 – Benjamin Lawrence @ CB Insights.
10) $2T growing Private Credit Market & what it means for Private Credit Secondaries – Brett Hickey @ StarMountain Capital ($4B+).
11) Collaboration between Family Offices, Venture Studios, VC Funds, & Corporations – Ahmed Nasser Al Nowais @ Annex Investments; Daniela Plattner @ Palm Venture Studios; Marc Wesselink @ venturerock.
12) What do our private banking clients want to invest in? Our portfolio construction – Orley J. Pacheco @ Wells Fargo ($2T)
@margauxmaccoll @ @TechCrunch, @SaacksAttack @ @BusinessInsider, Abby Schultz @ @barronsonline, @theMetz will moderate some of the panels
More speakers/moderators on the website.
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This will only be effective if EVERYONE refrains from tweeting (X-ing?) on August 1st a/k/a #TweetlessTuesday. Let's show the owner the POWER OF THE PEOPLE. Honestly, would it kill you to keep your thoughts to yourself for 1 damn day? Read a book! 👀 #August1stTweetOutDay
I am proposing that August 1st be a “Tweet Out” day where blue voters take the day off from tweeting. Think of the revenue lost for Twitter - X if we did that. Best way to affect change with a billionaire is to hit them in the wallet. RT if you are with me.
#August1stTweetOutDay
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"People who spout 'Blockchain!' don’t understand the technology. This made me create Weaver’s Iron Law of Blockchain which is: When somebody says you can solve X with blockchain, they don’t understand X and you can ignore them." #weaversironlawofblockchain currentaffairs.org/2022/05/w…
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Monsieur @lucbesson, while Bowie was perfect for #Valerian opening, @JeffLynnesELO could work, too. A 2-minute trailer... vimeo.com/573780595 . Thanks
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We're super excited to launch Wozi on @ProductHunt ! Wozi is a plant-based flavor enhancer that makes healthy foods delicious. Snack guilt-free 😋!
Check us out and ask us anything.
producthunt.com/posts/wozi
As a bonus, check out @avichal's reaction from @pioneerdotapp's Demo Day
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Exactly 25 years ago today, we pulled off a huge #aprilfools #prank Microsoft was not happy, and PR buried it. Here's the whole story for the first time since then #MicrosoftCoffee microsoft-coffee.medium.com/…
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One last update (I think!): We just hit $5 million raised for Texans across the state.
Thank you ALL for your collective action when people need it most.
Charity can’t replace policy, but solidarity is how we’ll face climate change and build a better world. 💪🏽🌎
Thank you 🙏🏽
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Absolute mic drop. I’d love to hear someone answer this question. – at Cary, NC
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“In order to ensure free and fair elections, Amazon will free up the US Postal Service’s resources by using only independent shipping corporations from now until November 3rd.”
- something Jeff Bezos could totally say. And afford.
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Ok @Nandi_Bushell....Round 2! Every superhero needs a theme song. Here’s one for you! Mad props to The Grohlettes for the background vocals.
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.@JoeBiden can unify the American people because he's spent his life fighting for us. And as president, he'll build an America that lives up to our ideals.
I'm honored to join him as our party's nominee for Vice President, and do what it takes to make him our Commander-in-Chief.
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Your campaign was so preoccupied with whether they could, they didn't stop to think if they should.
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Holy cow. Between this and the CNN poll yesterday. Prepare for establishment meltdown in 3...2...
This morning’s NH Democratic Primary poll from @WBUR is going to get a lot of attention. It shows @BernieSanders moving into a big lead:
-Sanders 29%
-Buttigieg 17%
-Biden 14%
-Warren 13%
-Klobuchar 6%
-Yang 5%
-Gabbard 5%
-Steyer 2%
Sanders is +14 since December.
Scott Kennedy retweeted
Like a broken clock, Trump's Hair is fashionably correct twice a year: St. Paddy's Day and Halloween.
@ConanOBrien , feel free.
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Welcome home, @RealDonaldTrump! While you were gone we started actually punishing people for sexual harassment so, you know, heads up.
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To all of you who say “S/he can't say such awful things and think it's OK because s/he’s a comedian.” Yes, we fucking can. (1)
