Shimon
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Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel
Joined September 2009
Here’s a Pre seed market pricing that I’ve found based on my and other entrepreneur’s experience. Offered to any one starting a co rn. First time founder 4-8mm.YC 8-15mm .Serial founder 20-40mm. Repeat founders at 15- 20. Successful repeat at 20-30.Successful exit 40-80mm.
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@CawthornforNC Obama is a private citizen. Ted Cruz is and was an active public servant. What’s funny is how you fail to see this distinction and are a congressman 🤦‍♂️.
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@RashidaTlaib We all saw you stay seated when BiBi called for the return of the hostages including American citizens.
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@AvivaKlompas They butchered us on the Sabbath and we are supposed to respect Ramadan? Fuck that.
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Do you want to share a message with 2,100+ entrepreneurs, investors, and students working in #ClimateTech? . If so, I recommend advertising in the @Pod_Snacks weekly newsletter. Drop my name for a discount at info@podsnacks.org.
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@lennysan How about something I made that makes me happy? :). This smart bottle band from @findtapdotcom. It transforms any water bottle into a smart bottle to log hydration, find refill stations nearby, and calculate my total plastic bottles saved. It's $9.99.
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First time riding in a @Waymo was mind blowing! I was ecstatic and grinning ear to ear. It’s fitting that my first ride was in Los Angeles, as the first time I hailed both an Uber Pool and Bird was in LA. With Uber and Bird I thought about how awesome the ride was for me. But
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Hit me up on my personal website if you want to join a startup that's eliminating the single serve plastic water bottle or know someone who wants to help save our oceans. Software is going to eat plastic. #environment #plasticpollution #plasticfree #startup #companyculture
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@LoganPaul "Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery that mediocrity can pay to greatness". @coffeebreak_YT.
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I’m starting another company. Here we go. ✌🏼🌎 @ Venice, California
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As a founder/ceo I most needed time and space to think. I’d often do this on hikes. For me, ideas came from distraction (wouldn’t it be better if?) in absence of stimuli (silence). But as a company grows it’s really hard to get that time and space. What’s your best way to do it?.
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@Israel Here’s my pictures and videos from the funeral. Anyone can share. (Please credit if used in commercial publication).
Last night Esther Greitzer passed. She was a Holocaust survivor who was unable to have children as a result of Mengele's experiments. She survived Auschwitz and lived till 94. Her funeral was in Haifa at 14:00 today. It was packed. Am Yisrael Chai 🇮🇱✡️ #YomHashoa
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The point of having a big home with lots of stuff is not to accumulate, but to share.
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Prediction: SNL first episode. Ben Stiller walks on stage as Mooch. Opens mouth. Alec Baldwin fires before delivering a line.
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@SStricklandMMA @Nakkajakka @earthtorosey_ta The foreign aid is literally a rebate on American weapons. It all goes back to American Defense companies. Next time try spitting facts.
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@heiligerj Ryan Graves the founding CEO was a first time founder. It was a side project for Travis and Garret that took off. Also, it was also a decade ago. FB was also at 4 pre IIRC because Zuck was . a first time founder ;).
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@AvivaKlompas Tough way to learn that unfortunately one side does not want peace but only demise.
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Lytro raised $140MM & revolutionized cameras capable of refocusing images after being taken. Apple just built depth-sensing functionality & ability to edit after into iPhone 13 Pro. Jobs met with the Lytro founder in 2011. 10yrs from idea to integration.
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Homework. you mean glitch in the matrix
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NewCo’s Mission: Eliminate the single serve plastic water bottle by using technology and media to create a movement that changes consumer behavior. Interested in learning more? Catch me in SF/LA/Eden/NYC/Boston/Tel Aviv/Miami/SXSW in the next 6-8 weeks.
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@iyahmaymusic The 2024 population growth rate in Gaza is + 2%, since the beginning of the war. There is no genocide. Zionists kill radical Jihad terrorists, not civilians.
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Last night Esther Greitzer passed. She was a Holocaust survivor who was unable to have children as a result of Mengele's experiments. She survived Auschwitz and lived till 94. Her funeral was in Haifa at 14:00 today. It was packed. Am Yisrael Chai 🇮🇱✡️ #YomHashoa
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@SohiubN @Snowden Will there be civilian casualties in Rafah? Sadly yes. But a massacre? No. Massacre civilians is what Hamas did on Oct 7. Don’t vote in terrorists, start a war, and then whine when you get your ass kicked. Israel could have attacked by air without losing a single IDF soldier.
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@Benioff We’re on it. Check out We’re a soft(ware) drink company that’s a marketplace for unpackaged beverages. Love to share more how @salesforce can join our #drinkdifferent movement (check Instagram).
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So proud this went viral. Have known Stephen and his family since middle school. Thank you for sharing your story.
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RIP Shyp. Is there any way that could have been done better / differently? Few products have felt that magical.
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We are witnessing a female revolution. Women’s March. #MeToo. So many companies empowering women’s mind/body/soul eg @kodewithklossy @diaandco. As an investor, I’m backing women. As an entrepreneur, I will create for women. 2018 women globally will unlock another level.
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Today is my 15 year anniversary of leaving Citi and becoming a tech founder. What a journey it's been. Here's to the next 15!
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I think the main reason celebs are protesting #TwitterBlue is not $8 per month, but because it doesn't solve their real identity problem. This concern is real. We saw $15 billion erased in market cap from Eli Lilly because of a fake account, celebs are understandably concerned.
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Today I became an American Israeli. It took the darkest day in Israel’s history as a State for me to understand that this is the safest home in the world for we, the Jewish people. I was born in America to the great grandson of immigrants who fled Europe. We heard stories about
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Thank you to everyone who shared messages of encouragement about starting Act 2! and yes we are…
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I think the main reason celebs are protesting #TwitterBlue is not $8 per month, but because it doesn't solve their real identity problem. This concern is real. We saw $15 billion erased in market cap from Eli Lilly because of a fake account, celebs are understandably concerned.
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Two year old tweet as true today as it was then.
In retrospect Sandy Hook marked the end of the US gun control debate. Once America decided killing children was bearable, it was over.
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.@MakeSpace has and always will be the more capital efficient, best tech, and best brand in the storage game. Oh, and @rgandhi10 only operates in beast mode. Excited to partner with @IronMountain for RAPID expansion.
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The best way to get a job or a promotion at a startup is do a job — even if it isn’t yours yet — with no expectation and trust the process. The creme always rises to the top.
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We are living in a time of greater access to physical space at office (@Wework) home (@makespace), stuff (@joymode @omni), and furniture on demand. Congrats @livefeather on your fundraise, expansion to Los Angeles, and mission to live lighter.
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“The term “Nakba,” originally coined to describe the magnitude of the self-inflicted Palestinian and Arab defeat in the 1948 war, has become in recent decades a synonym for Palestinian victimhood, with failed aggressors transformed into hapless victims and vice versa. Israel.
As a father whose children are both the descendants of Palestinian refugees who fled the Nakba in 1948, and the descendants of Holocaust survivors from Poland, as I have previously shared, I have a personal appreciation for the different perspectives people have which I live with.
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Wrote a new bio. It’s the first time I wrote a “resume” in a while. Would love any feedback
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Today I shed tears for the first in a long time for Jody Sherman. You were awesome. Thank you for helping me get my start. I miss and love you, Jody.
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Bitcoin was $27K when I made this picture with Dall-E. Daily buy. Dollar cost average. Thank @fredwilson for this advice .
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@ShubhraJainMD @ycombinator 100%. It's one of the reasons why YC is the best in class and why giving up 6% is a no brainer if accepted.
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Most of the decisions made in a startup come down to buy or build: What to buy. What to build. What not to buy. What not to build.
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Congrats to my favorite most poachable duo, @aaronhenshaw & @JoeLallouz, on raising a MEGA series A for @BisonTrails.
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The #DrinkDifferent movement is growing. We have 100+ influencers with 15.5 million @instagram following confirmed to share our message on October 23rd. Here. We. Go.
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Years ago, I was asked to join a tech panel. There were no female speakers. I protested, found my own speaker & began a friendship with @geschehaas. Men, we must stand up. My new co will absolutely have an inclusion rider + female cofounder. Thank you, Mark.
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I routinely tell other founders that Alex is one of the brightest, thoughtful VCs around. I’m grateful to be an early investor in @DlyHarvest and @lightspeedvp lead the series B!
I just published “The future is frozen.”
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@buildthefutures @ShubhraJainMD @ycombinator Looking at their track record probably a bit of both. It’s not over valuation. It’s just the top of the market. And it’s well deserved imho. They’ve consistently picked winners and the pure VC game is won on homers and grand slams.
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Proud to be an investor in @chamillionaire @BeatBullies company @convozapp. Cham’s presentation wasn’t just the best in the room. it’s one of the best I’ve ever seen and far better than any of my own. A genius story teller who set the bar to another level.
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Need help naming your startup? Here’s a tip: Choose two, one syllable words that combined mean something new: @facebook @PayPal @Dropbox @ShopMedMen @WeWork @salesforce @flexport @PillPack @Postmates @SeatGeek @MakeSpace.
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.@LEGO_Group. Will begin selling plant-based pieces later this year, representing its first sustainable products; Identical to traditional oil-based Lego, instead the polyethylene pieces are derived from sugar cane
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warning shots fired. .
A search engine for water? This new '#GoogleMaps' app for water could be a game changer and disrupt water bottle sales at #CocaCola, #PEPSI and #Nestle. $ko $pep #sustainability #plastic @sir.
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Certain investors were the main sources of my past emotional struggles as a founder. I share that sentiment with many other founders. Founders, choose your service partners wisely. Investors, despite the power dynamic, your reputation will precede you.
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Pepsi acquires SodaStream for 3.2bn . #WaterTech is starting to boil. Will be one of the hottest areas by 2020 w/ some of the greatest social and environmental impacts (Fix Flint, Ban single use plastic bottles). @Jessicalessin @theinformation @TechCrunch @mashable @VentureBeat.
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Clubhouse will make money from subscriptions and Twitter will enable paid newsletters. It’s only a matter of time until social media companies, including FB/IG, switch to paid biz models and abandon bombarding users with advertisements that interfere with the product experience.
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I believe people drink bottled water out of "inconvenience" rather than "convenience," which is the prevailing answer. The search to quench thirst is inconvenient. Technology solves search inconvenience (food-> seamless/postmates, transport-> bird/uber). Search for water.
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On October 23 we are launching a global movement. We're fighting to take back our water. We're fighting to find out what's in it. Bottled Water costs >580 times the cost of filtered tap and these bottles are choking our planet. The power is yours. #DrinkDifferent.
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One of my big personal wellness mistakes while building @MakeSpace was not getting nearly enough sleep. @ariannahuff has been saying this for a while and it’s time corporate leaders start listening. Work Culture has to change and should start at the top.
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The last time I was this excited was the early days of @MakeSpace. Me and @msuster them @rgandhi10 @adamJLev @rionharmon kickin ideas. It’s the best :)
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@eldsjal While Spotify was an early beneficiary of the Facebook connect API / friend graph, the novelty of what friends are listening to has worn off. Private sessions only last 6 hours. I should be able to set that permanently. The world has moved private. Spotify should follow suit.
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Plastic bottles sales banned at San Francisco airport! The new rule will apply to airport restaurants, cafes and vending machines. Travelers who need plain water will have to buy refillable aluminum or glass bottles if they don’t bring their own.
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It’s the little things. @MakeSpace has a productized COI request which makes it so seamless to have a pickup / delivery in NYC. Ops is a game of inches.
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32 is an interesting age. Babies are making so many friends, parents or not and including myself, grow up real fast.
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Facebook will no longer provide or sell plastic water bottles in new employee cafeterias because of the products’ negative environmental effects. IT'S HAPPENING! .
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#Entrepreneurs don’t be scared of sharing your ideas. I’ve realized that most people are too busy in their own world to steal your idea. and the ones that do. well, they’re living in your world.
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Imagine if you got to watch your year in @instagram stories. It should save automatically every 24 hrs.
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The $9MM that went to a canned water co could have made a huge impact in Flint, MI where I spent time this week. Software will bring the transparency we need in the water world. On my 2 yr anniversary of not drinking bottled water, here’s to Drinking Flint Tap
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*Simple* ideas are the *genius* ones. Thank you @rrhoover @Struhl . It really is that simple to make a difference in the world. Carry your bottle, Use our Map to find Water, viola! . #DrinkDifferent .
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The other day someone told me I seemed “less capitalistic” because of my mission to eliminate the single serve plastic bottle. Let’s be clear — cleaning up our environment is one of the largest economic opportunities that exists today. Big problems = big reward.
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