Today I had a miscarriage.
Today I became the 1 in 4 pregnancies.
Well to be accurate, it started over 72 hours ago, and the whole process is set to continue for a few weeks...
🧵
So, here I am saying it out loud - "I’m having a miscarriage" - in the hopes of making myself and any other parent who has (or will) experience this pain feel a little less lonely.
❤️
#normalizemisscariages
#normalizepregnancyloss
There are many painful emotions tied to the loss of my pregnancy. They show up in waves of grief.
But, as I morn what once was, and what could have been… I refuse to perpetuate the taboo of miscarriages and suffer in silence.
As many as 50% of all pregnancies end in
#miscarriage
- most often before a woman misses a menstrual period or even knows they're pregnant.
About 15%-25% (1 in 4) of recognized pregnancies end in a miscarriage.
Any other women (when traveling alone on business) lie about how many people you are ordering room service for?
…and, also hate when the room service guy lingers in the room asking about “why you are here” and “are you far from home”?
I always regret when I don’t say there
@alexisohanian
@profgalloway
Everyone has a story, experience, or life lesson that you can learn from.
If you let someone’s title or profession be your qualifier for conversation you are missing out.
We're able to be fully remote at
@sevensevensix
because we've built a self-serve, digital internal operating system.
It's called Cerebro, aka
@alexisohanian
's brainchild 🧠, and I was honored to help PM alongside Alexis for my first 2 years at the firm.
Cerebro allows us to
Happy birthday
@alexisohanian
! Thank you for being such authentic leader and an ally on and off Twitter. Your impact and legacy continue to grow with each year that passes. Lucky us ✨
I hope you have an amazing birthday full of family, love, laughter, and relaxation! 📚🥃🐓🎂🥳
This is missing the point.
Feel free to add some female “besties” to the
@theallinpod
.
But an all-female insider round table podcast, ALL OUT has already been started by me and
@katelin_cruse
.
Stay tuned.
I am THRILLED to announce my 1st investment with
@SevenSevenSix
-
@EarlyBird
🐣💗
It all started with a virtual water-cooler conversation around investing in our children’s financial future.
🧵
I got a Savings Bond from my great Aunt when I was born in 1983. No one is giving savings bonds anymore — we need an onramp to modern wealth creation for the next generation. When the
@sevensevensix
team met
@giftearlybird
we knew this would be the next era of wealth building.
“Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up.” - Pablo Picasso
So glad this new
#creatoreconomy
is allowing more adults to remain artists 🎨
We all know the saying “it takes a village” — well, for most working moms villages no longer exist.
Woman and families are trying to operate in an out-dated system with more responsibilities, and less support (or rights!) than ever.
“I've learned that people will forget what you said, they will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”
Reflecting on how relevant this quote can be, in the world of VC.
Grateful to be working
@sevensevensix
, where how a founder “feels” matters.
Relationships are not 50/50. Sometimes you pick up more of the weight, and the work to let the other person shine.
@davidcapple
thank you for allowing me to live this moment ❤️
#USOpen2022
#SerenaWilliams
Life happens, and for some of us, there is a ⏰ that can't wait.
Below is the template I made to keep things running while I was out. We open-source it, bc all parents could use an extra 🖐️.
Even
@alexisohanian
new papa of ✌️ is using it.
Sometimes the best thing to do is cut the noise. Put blinders on and reconnect with yourself.
This has brought me to my biggest personal and professional wins.
Finally getting a
@sevensevensix
website online next week. V1 is gonna be very simple bc it's been a low priority -- here's the team page! (Copy is still placeholder)
“Whenever you see me somewhere succeeding in one area of my life, that almost certainly means I am failing in another area of my life.” - Shonda Rhimes
🎓 Congratulations to all the recent grads! We were mesmerized by this commencement speech. What is your favorite part?
Milestone moment captured on
@giftearlybird
🍼 today! Love that I can log these moments + invest in my babes future.
Getting it down one-handed while 🤱 and only have one typo to show for it.
I couldn't be more proud than to have entered Venture with this team
@sevensevensix
, in this way! 💥🙌
"Our investor community would reflect our country: 50% women and 15% Black / indigenous people."
Back to the starting line from day 0, and more to come🚀
I have the honor of a lifetime to start and end everyday building alongside the
@sevensevensix
team and our founders.
You all constantly inspire me and fill my workdays with purpose and passion (the HR-appropriate kind). 😉
I’m proud to announce
@sevensevensix
has raised $500M for our two newest funds, bringing our total AUM to $750M. We’re just over 1 year old + I’m grateful some of the best institutional investors in the world have chosen us. (Tho yes, I was hoping we’d hit $776M AUM in Year 1).
I can be your VC friend
@sevensevensix
!
We've got lots of great early-stage companies looking to find their next teammates 🧐🚀
Here they are, - which company feels right for you?
#makeyourmove
Just your daily reminder if you're looking for jobs at startups you should bug your VC friends! I have way more visibility now than I did as a candidate across sectors / stages + it's one of the (IMO) few ways VCs can actually be helpful...
Positive feedback is NOT cheerleading. Often, when giving positive feedback, it's a "great job!". The problem is this doesn't bring awareness to the specific behavior that makes our teammates effective. Hence, removing the learning opportunity— which is what feedback is all about
What if I told you there is a billionaire who controls your medical records.
She started Epic Systems in a Wisconsin basement in 1979.
And now she's the richest woman you've never heard of.
10 matter-of-fact messages from the Midwest billionaire, Judy Faulkner:
1. “If you see
It's an honor to be selected as one of 10 women on PEI Group’s Women of Influence in Private Markets List, in the VC category — especially as someone who did not set out to be a venture capitalist (but has loved every minute of it!).
Thank you to
@alexisohanian
,
@katelin_cruse
, and
@GarvinLissie
, for creating the space to join you at the starting line
@sevensevensix
.
I'll allow my actions to speak for the immense amount of gratitude I have for this opportunity.
👀 a few moments along my journey 👇
We are thrilled to re-introduce
@cristina_laki
as our very first Founder Outcomes Partner at Seven Seven Six!
This new role directly supports the growth and performance of our founders and portfolio.
Work-life balance is bullshit.
Companies need to understand that people can’t do their best work if they aren’t their best selves. Not only does this mean creating an environment/culture where they can thrive internally, but the right resources and support to thrive externally.
I just joined
@useintro
last week as an expert & already have had some amazing calls.
Yesterday, I helped a first-time founder who's trying to figure out how to package and price their PLG (Product-Led Growth) product for launch.
Here are the 3 pieces of advice that I gave +
I’m thrilled to be involved as an investor, & also as a student. I hadn’t picked up an instrument since the recorder in elementary school, but their app has allowed even me – a busy working mom of 2 under 3 – to take lessons at my pace & convenience. Without adding any mom guilt!
As a kid, I didn’t get very far in my piano or saxophone lessons– probably because I didn’t have
@tralaapp
. Our latest
@sevensevensix
investment in Trala, led by our Founder Outcomes Partner
@cristina_laki
, is making music education more accessible to everyone from anywhere.
The most alone I felt was laying on my couch post-emergency room visit, with the sole instructions/advice to "wait it out"...
At that moment, I went from investor ➡️ user.
@poppyseedhealth
gave me the live support + answers the hospital did not, and could not. 🧡🙏
@SimmoneTaitt
We're deeply sorry for your loss, Cristina. Sending you love as you get the support you need to grieve & heal.
Behind every stat is a real person. Thank you for bravely sharing your story to help normalize miscarriage and loss, and in doing so, helping others feel less alone. 🧡
Get yourself a boss who not only celebrates and amplifies your work, but gives you the space, resources and support to be creative and successful in the first place. 👏
Nothing like building tech while breathing in that ocean breeze and the warm sun. I see you LA builders
@useintro
😎
This takes me back to our
@typeform
beach house and Friday afternoon volley ball & canas 🍻
To the moon and back, let's go
@InterluneSpace
+
@katelin_cruse
! 🚀🌕
Helium-3 mining on the moon isn't just science fiction; it's a gateway to solving some of Earth's most pressing energy issues. Here's why this is a game-changer. ⬇️
#SpaceTech
#RenewableEnergy
Led by former
@blueorigin
President Rob Meyerson,
@InterluneSpace
is harvesting resources from space to benefit Earth 🪐
I had a chance to chat with Rob and learn more about why now is the best time to launch Interlune's epic mission ↓
1/ If you weren't able to tune into my talk about "Having It All" at The Customer Conference (Spoiler alert: you can't have it all!)
Here are the top takeaways 🧵
As a VC how do you know when you’ve built a good product? When your portfolio companies use your product (Cerebro) as a key part of their GTM pipeline strategy.
@alexisohanian
, you did it again 🧠
@sevensevensix
Congrats
@cristina_laki
on being named Founder Outcomes Partner at
@sevensevensix
💫 She will directly support the growth and performance of Seven Seven Six’s portfolio and founders to support their growth.
She explains more in her talk with
@alexisohanian
here!
🧵1/ Thrilled to share my recent onboarding experience with
@Austin_Cole_7
from the
@useintro
team—easily a top 3 experience. The way Austin navigated our session was nothing short of masterful. Here's why it stood out.
If your goal for your work/life balance is a perfect 50/50, you're basically setting yourself up to fail.
I talked with
@caseymlewis
about how you should instead strive to view an optimal work/life balance as a series of ebbs and flows ↓
Sometimes the best gifts come in small packages! Shoutout to
@cristina_laki
for sharing her
@babylist
Hello Baby Box that came with our $25 gift to start a Baby Fund!
Head to the link in our bio to start your journey with a $25 gift from our family to yours!
The most important tool I deploy as a manager is the "Task Relevant Maturity" (TRM) framework.
TRM enables me + my team to get the right support based on *each task* I delegate. When done right, it supercharges output & empowers the team.
Let's dig in ↓
In observance of
#InfertilityAwarenessWeek
, I’ll resurface the importance of implementing pregnancy loss leave. 1 in 4 pregnancies ends in miscarriage, leaving many women grieving in silence at work.
👋 Hello, world! Meet .
🧵 A thread: What started as an informal, cozy dinner of emerging female angels in April 2019 in SF has now grown into an active Slack community, monthly virtual hangouts, and IRL events. 1/