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1/ Big day at
@Sequoia
. Today we launched our 5th seed fund to support outlier founders in the US, Europe, LatAm. We're also doubling down on Arc, upping to 3 classes/year (2 in US, 1 in Europe). Applications open today! All verticals are welcome, but here's what I'm excited for:
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Excited to bring together the female founder and female VC communities via Female Founder Office Hours! Join us at .
@aileenlee
@jesskah
@jennylefcourt
@rebeccak46
@kirstenagreen
@emelton
@eurie_kim
@msquinn
@sarahtavel
@SLP_EDU
@mahaibrahim
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The Wing is a more than a company, it’s a phenomenon. Thrilled that
@Sequoia
is partnering with
@AudreyGelman
and Lauren Kassan on the next chapter.
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Sequoia is hiring. We’re looking for smart, curious, hungry, low ego folks with grit, who want to partner deeply with the next gen of amazing founders and be part of the next ring of the Sequoia tree.
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So proud of my friend / mentor / idol / partner / work wife / cofounder /teacher / sage
@aileenlee
for being in
@TIME
’s 100 Most Influential People for her work influencing the VC industry with
@CowboyVC
and
@allraise
. Well deserved. 🙌
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One of the most difficult parts of being a founder was the immense pressure to pretend everything was going great, even when it wasn’t.
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Amazing to see 400+ founders committing to diversity at the team, board, and funder level.
#foundersforchange
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📣 If you’re a pre-seed or seed stage founder in SF and interested in
@Sequoia
Arc, join us at Dandelion Chocolate (2600 16th St, SF) this Thurs 7/27 4-6pm.
@BogieBalkansky
,
@charliecurnin
,
@josephinekchen
,
@laurenmhreeder
, and I will be there with some Arc alum, meeting founders
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1/ Today 120+ amazing female founders are joining forces with
@AllRaise
to become mentors for Female Founder Office Hours!
@FeliciaCurcuru
@juliahartz
@kmlake
@hollyhliu
@collinmathilde
@sarahleary
@NBoujarwah
@ritun
#allraise
#femalefounderofficehours
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Inspiring and historic to see
@audreygelman
as the first visibly pregnant CEO on the cover of a business magazine.
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Female Founder Office Hours was just an idea last October. We shipped the MVP in November and due to overwhelming demand by female founders we've added 5 more events -- NYC, LA, SF Series A, SF Series B, Boston. Sign up at !
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1/ Excited to come out of stealth on our Company Design program for seed and A/B. We
@sequoia
have been working on this for 2+ years. Intimate cohorts of founders + institutionalizing 5 decades of tribal knowledge + pay-it-forward mentorship & community.
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1/ Thrilled to announce the launch of
@AllRaise
, dedicated to diversity in funders & founders. Over the past 6 months, we’ve been hard at work on initiatives like
#FemaleFounderOfficeHours
,
#FoundersForChange
, and Women VC community events.
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1/ Introducing
@Claim
, the mobile app with the best tagline ever: Benefits with Friends!
Claim is both a rewards app and a social network, where friends can earn cash back, trade rewards and redeem together.
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1/ Thrilled to announce
@Sequoia
is co-leading
@MavenClinic
’s $27M Series B alongside
@annielamont
@nancybrownoak
of
@OakHCFT
. Excited to partner with founder Kate Ryder
@kentuckychang
to transform women’s health and make life easier for working parents!
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1/ At Arc,
@sequoia
’s company-building immersion for pre-seed and seed-stage founders, we break down foundational topics into easily digestible frameworks for founders to apply to their own companies. We start with PMF.
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Delighted to announce Arc applications are now open for the Americas! Arc is
@sequoia
’s 7-week seed-stage catalyst for outlier founders. We teach Company Design, the Sequoia way to start, build and scale enduring companies. Apply here:
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Common pitching mistakes that
@jennylefcourt
and I have seen (and made as a former female founder myself) — 1) not selling the dream, 2) not explaining the problem clearly, 3) not thinking thru the why now
#femalefounderofficehours
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Epic milestone with the FIGS IPO. It’s the first co to go public led by two female founders
@trinaspear
@heatherhasson
and in a category that most underestimated. Kudos to
@sorayadarabi
at
@trailmixvc
for spotting the magic so early.
#ForceOfNatureFridays
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Today we are hosting our first ever
@AllRaise
conference, a historic gathering of 400+ women VCs! Talks on grit, intersectionality, how to win, and more.
#WomenWhoVenture
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Find people you love being around, who get shit done, who you want to help win. Treat them right always.
@johnolilly
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1/ Today we unveiled the next phase of
@AllRaise
Female Founder Office Hours. We’re helping female founders hack the warm intro to VCs via our deal flow network. After piloting for a few months, we have results to show: 30 new investments!
@FeliciaCurcuru
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Excited to help other entrepreneurs navigate the roller coaster that is startup life. The struggle is real :-)
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1/ Now out of stealth:
@AllRaise
Board Xcelerate, which helps private co’s find diverse members in 90 days. Quietly piloted in 2020 and did 5 searches for
@WorkboardInc
@joinHandshake
@contentful
& more. Amazing advisory board incl
@kmlake
@thefriley
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1/ Applications are open for the
@Sequoia
Arc Fall '23 cohort: Wondering what the program is like? It's a blend of fun experiential learning and a tight-knit community of outlier founders. Here are my top 🔟 moments from the last few cohorts. 🧵👇
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Happy 10 year anniversary to
@Sequoia
Scouts! I was a Scout prior to becoming a full-time investor, as was
@mvernal
,
@Alfred_Lin
,
@janamal
,
@catleecatlee
,
@Jason
. My first Scouts event I remember seeing
@pandemona
speak and wanting to be like her.
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Announcing
@allraise
Female Founder Office Hours roundtable events in SF/NY/LA! Topics are fundraising, M&A, pivoting. Lots of awesome female founder/VC speakers
@Jenn_RTR
@lidiayan2012
@hollyhliu
@shivsiroya
@karanortman
@jess
@BeautyCEO
@alexavontobel
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As
@audreygelman
often says, don’t just break the glass ceiling, let’s build a whole new house.
@the_wing
will be expanding globally and digitally.
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Thrilled for the next chapter of Polyvore's adventure as part of the Yahoo family!
http://t.co/G8WVlMP8t9
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1/ Sometimes you meet a founder who is simply a force of nature. Amira Yahyaoui is a reknowned humans right activist in her home country of Tunisia. Exiled at 17, Arab Spring at 26, cofounded an award-winning NGO at 27.
@Mira404
@mosdotcom
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Forces of Nature! The
@AllRaise
VC Summit was our 3rd year gathering the women VC community. Inspiring, educational, fun! Thx
@PamKostka
@aileenlee
@lainypainter
@jennylefcourt
@domoniquefines
@wayeechu
@karanortman
@MorganStanley
@golfandgum
@Miss_Burt
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Amazing energy from 100 women at the inaugural Female Founder Office Hours!
#femalefounderofficehours
@aileenlee
@mahaibrahim
@jencarolan
@jennylefcourt
@SLP_EDU
@kirstenagreen
@eurie_kim
@rquintini
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1/ Four days left to apply for
@Sequoia
Arc! If you're looking to join a small, curated cohort of exceptional founders, experience world-class programming, and learn 50 years of company-building lessons from the archives of Sequoia, join us: .
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Q: Is there any specific advice that you would you give to female founders with regards to fund raising?
A: Sell the dream. Sell yourself. Don’t do that conservative assumptions thing.
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So proud of
@mavenclinic
for today’s funding milestone at $1B🦄 valuation. I took a moment to reflect on
@_KateRyder
’s battle to build a category-defining company in women’s & family health. “Women’s health is too niche” is what some said. They were wrong.
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3/ I’m moved that so many people have signed the
#BringBackPolyvore
petition. Means a lot to us that our work mattered to you.
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On a day like today, I’m glad to be at Grace Hopper
@GHC
, surrounded by the next gen of women computer scientists, sharing the stage with pioneers like Anita Hill, Priscilla Chan,
@AllRaise
-ers
@hollyhliu
@eva_ho
, and
@Sequoia
women like
@amysundae
. We’ve much to do.
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While we still have a long way to go, I’m proud
@Sequoia
is
#MovingForward
. We’re in year 2 of the Ascent mentoring program for women, 4 of our last 6 US investor hires were women, and it’s been a thrill to host 2 Female Founder Office Hours events. Thx
@cherylyeoh
@AndreaCoravos
On IWD,
@AndreaCoravos
and I are proud to kickoff Project
#MovingForward
, an open-source initiative highlighting VCs Committed to diverse, inclusive and harassment-free workplaces. Huge thanks to the first 57 VCs who joined the movement!
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The Wing is a community of women, and so is this round. Women from tech
@KaraNortman
@UpfrontVC
@smlyne
, entertainment
@KerryWashington
Katie McGrath of
@badrobot
, policy
@ValerieJarrett
@kaplanrobbie
@hilaryr
, sports
@mpinoe
@meghankling
@alexmorgan13
@beckysauerbrunn
.
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Tomorrow I'm doing a talk on Real Stories of M&A for Female Founder Office Hours, together with
@hollyhliu
of Kabam ($1B sale to Netmarble),
@jess
of GV / Twitter corpdev, and
@karanortman
of Upfront / IAC corpdev. Last chance to register at
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2/ I dedicated 8.5 yrs of my life to building Polyvore and made many wonderful friends along the way. Every day I was inspired by the Polyvore community’s creativity & artistry. I got to work with incredibly smart talented people every day. Thank you for 11 amazing years.
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The new
@sequoia
website tells the stories of some of the amazing founders we work with via longform journalistic pieces. Inspired by
@thehelenmayer
@WithOtter
@yongkookkim
@Wonolo
@_KateRyder
@mavenclinic
@Pendulum_Co
@plibin
@mmhmmapp
@t_xu
@DoorDash
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Thank you to
@sarahcuda
for the incredibly kind words in
@PandoDaily
today, especially when you're busy with your book launch. FWIW, I agree the uterus is a feature, not a bug :-)
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Thank you to the founders who took a chance on me in my first 2.5yrs in venture. Love this crew
@meetsetter
@laliberteg
@Wonolo
@yongkookkim
@ajbrustein
@mavenclinic
@KentuckyChang
@the_wing
@audreygelman
@ironclad_inc
@jboehmig
@selenecruzin
@visitrestore
@jennylqian
@mercyouri
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1/
@SquintAI
brings magic to industrial work. Just point your phone at a machine in factory to get instant help. We
@Sequoia
are thrilled to partner with
@DevinBhushan
on their seed and Series A.
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Cool to see
@drewhouston
taking a break from his busy travels to support diversity with his hand-drawn
#FoundersForChange
sign!
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Female Founder Office Hours is officially expanding to NYC, thanks to
@rebeccak46
and
@daynagrayson
! Sign up for 1:1s and talks by
@ellie
@hayleybay
@bethferreira
@thegothamgal
@smlyne
@anuduggalnyc
@karinklein
@nkatragadda
@Nish67
@sutiandong
@shanaglick
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1/ Childcare in America is broken. COVID only made it worse by decimating the daycare industry. Otter is tackling this enormous problem by helping families care for families. Thrilled that we
@sequoia
are partnering with
@WithOtter
@thehelenmayer
.
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1/ It’s been an incredible week! We
@sequoia
kicked off our latest Arc cohort on Monday, and today I spoke with
@ingridlunden
@techcrunch
and founders about all things PMF at
#TCEarlyStage2024
. Recap in this🧵:
(h/t
@meliarobin
for the photo)
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1/
#AllRaiseFTW
: I was 6mos new to venture when
@aileenlee
emailed about a dinner. That dinner was a brainstorm that birthed
@AllRaise
and Female Founder Office Hours. Working together instantly accelerated friendships and trust that lead to co-investments, deal flow, mentorship.
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Announcing Arc by
@sequoia
, a catalyst for outlier seed stage founders. $1M + 8 weeks of Company Design programming, taught by Sequoia partners and our network of operators and founders. Learn to build for the next decade, not the next quarter. Apply:
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An incredible portrait of strength, grace, ambition, and embracing your imperfections.
@serenawilliams
is
#goals
.
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In my 1st meeting with
@dougleone
, he told me “we must evolve, or die.” He talked about how
@Sequoia
has disrupted itself over the last 45 years, from going to China when others thought it was crazy, to inventing Scouts and keeping it secret for years. Big part of why I joined.
ICYMI at
#TCDisrupt
:
@dougleone
’s advice to founders on entering China & building enduring companies.
@Cookie
@TechCrunch
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Congrats to
@the_wing
@audreygelman
@nickeyskarstad
on the launch of jobs marketplace in The Wing app. Love the little touches that remove unconscious bias from the job posting process. The Wing is a new model that encompasses professional networking, social, and IRL space.
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1/ Kudos to
@KentuckyChang
and
@mavenclinic
on raising a $45M Series C round and for continuing to revolutionize women’s health. Proud not just as a board member, but as a new mom (as of 15 days ago) and customer.
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Introducing
@AllRaise
new CEO
@PamKostka
. She epitomizes so much about women in tech — smart, substantive, delivers results, great with people, but kept her head down and isn’t a well-known name. All Raise will change that!
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Over the last yr,
@AllRaise
matched 1000 female founders to mentors via Female Founder Office Hours. Now we are breaking out new programs by stage. Introducing All Raise’s founder bootcamp, run by
@srhnhm
@marialegre
@hollyhliu
@marannelson
@chewishgirl
.
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Tried my best to win
@Sequoia
’s ugly Christmas sweater contest with my Santa Cat hoodie but was utterly defeated by
@breckard
and Darrell in their Christmas tuxes.
#UglyChristmasSweater
#uglysweater
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Talent is evenly distributed, but opportunity is not.
@iamlokre
is a 27 year old Toronto singer who was heard on
@Protege
and discovered by Grammy winner
@beberexha
. Powerful stories like hers are why
@sequoia
is investing in
@Protege
and partnering with
@jacksonjhin
@guamish
.
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How Female Founder Office Hours works: Meet & mingle with 100 female founders + 10 senior women VCs. VCs host 1:1 office hours (they're NOT pitch meetings). It's designed to be a safe space to drop your guard, share real issues, problem-solve and make friends with other founders.
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1/ Big news from
@AllRaise
:
We’re launching Masterclasses, a virtual bootcamp for women and non-binary founders. It started long ago with Female Founder Office Hours 1:1s, evolved into IRL bootcamps, and now they are scaled online for all.
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I'm being auctioned off for charity to benefit leukemia & lymphoma research c/o
@LLSusa
@notablelabs
@davidlee
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4/
@mavenclinic
got me through a miscarriage, 9 months of pregnancy (or 8 because I had a preemie), 8 days of hospitalization, and 2 NICU stays. Eternally grateful to
@KentuckyChang
and the Maven team. Any employer who cares about their women & parents should get Maven!
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When we invest, we view that as the start of a long-term partnership (10+ years). And we think it’s hard to get married on the second date. ❤️💍
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Thank you to
@ghc
for an inspiring 3 days! It was great to meet the next gen of female engineers, PMs, founders and VCs.
#GraceHopper2017
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Kudos to Kara Nortman
@karanortman
!! Co-head of her firm
@upfrontvc
, sports team owner
@weareangelcity
,
@AllRaise
cofounder, heroine to all women in VC. Proud to call her a co-investor and friend. ❤️
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Some companies have that magical combination of a world-changing mission, massive market, great product, and founders you just want to root for.
@Wonolo
is one of them. So proud of
@yongkookkim
@ajbrustein
@jeremymburton
for raising their $32M Series C from
@jamisonh
@BainCapVC
.
We're excited to be partnering with
@BainCapVC
to provide flexible work and help the issue of underemployment. Read our most recent blog post by our CEO
@yongkookkim
. via
@Wonolo
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1/ I’ve been getting a lot of questions about
@sequoia
Arc that I wanted to answer. First, what is the experience like? The easiest way to answer is to hear from folks who've been through it, like
@zebriez
If you’re thinking about applying to Arc, maybe I can help!
I was part of Arc’s summer cohort via
@hiconstellate
.
TBH I wasn’t sure an accelerator program would be my cup of tea. But Arc had a tremendous positive impact on the trajectory of my company.
More 👇🏻
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The rise of Robinhood, Chime, crypto, defi shows that consumers want a next generation of financial services. I couldn’t imagine anyone better than a former revolutionary like Amira
@Mira404
to revolutionize banking with
@mosdotcom
:
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1/ Excited for the world to see the magic that is
@newness_tv
. It's a beauty livestreaming community and so much more!
@sequoia
co-led the seed round with
@aileenlee
@CowboyVC
@kentgoldman
@upsidevc
@alexia
@dreammachinevc
@ninaachadjian
over a year ago.
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My heart is exploding with nerd joy because
@Avengers
Infinity War was everything I could have hoped for and more. A fantastic payoff to 10 years of MCU buildup! Thank you
@MarvelStudios
@Kevfeige
@Russo_Brothers
#AvengersInfinityWar
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Excited for
@ironclad_inc
+
@Sequoia
!
@jboehmig
is solving a pain point he personally faced and that is also faced by pretty much every company in the world—the tedium of contracts. Wish I’d had this product when I was a CEO.
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Excited to share
@Sequoia
's investment in Pace
@pacetogether
, which helps people unlock emotional insights together. Pace blends the best of group therapy + group chat + social networking. Love working with
@smallchou
@catleecatlee
@alexshye
@jordancooper
@PaceCap
.
Big day at Pace
@pacetogether
! We’re announcing the launch of the Pace 1.0 App and $18mm in funding from Jess Lee at Sequoia Capital
@sequoia
and Jordan Cooper at Pace Capital (no relation :). /1
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2/ Today we are also announcing 3 new initiatives: Where Are The Numbers (), The Diverse VC Candidate Database (), Women VC & LP Networking events ().
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Sarah Tavel is
#boss
@sarahtavel
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Amazing energy from 15K amazing women in computer science hitting the dance floor at
#GraceHopper
@ghc
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Super proud of the work
@AllRaise
Board Xcelerate has done to help place 18 diverse board members in the last 10 months. Incredible women execs from
@lyft
@PayPal
@Nike
@okta
now on the boards of
@pendoio
@NextRoll_Inc
@RenttheRunway
@ServiceTitan
.
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❤️
@Mavenclinic
helped us w/two pregnancies & a miscarriage. Got my new mom questions answered by OBs in <20min, did physical therapy from the comfort of my bed, cried to a sleep consultant, spoke to a top reproductive endocrinologist after work hours. Game changing care model.
So proud of
@jesskah
for helping create such an important company for family and women’s health. We used this app at home during her pregnancy and it was a massive step function change in patient care. Congrats
@mavenclinic
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Crazy Rich Asians is our Black Panther. Nice work
@BingChen
for orchestrating the
#GoldOpen
movement. Not to mention the movie has a 100% certified fresh rating on
@RottenTomatoes
. Congrats to
@jonmchu
@ConstanceWu
@henrygolding
!
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Late Night was such a funny, touching, and relevant film.
@mindykaling
is such an important voice for this generation’s women. So cool to see her “creepy fanfic of Emma Thompson” (her words not mine) get made with the real Emma Thompson and be the blockbuster film of Sundance!
I am so excited our movie
#LateNight
found a home at
@AmazonStudios
. We worked so hard on this. Can’t wait for you all to see it!
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Exciting to see 100 awesome
#FoundersForChange
gathering for a big Diversity & Inclusion event with
@AllRaise
led by
@jennylefcourt
@annimaniac
!
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Love how
@mlevram
beautifully captures the two sides of
@Alfred_Lin
: the deeply analytical COO brain and the warm, empathetic, supportive human.
And in typical low-key Alfred fashion, he hasn’t even tweeted his own article yet 😂
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You know your husband is a nerd when he spends nights & weekends coding an open source library to determine if your kids look more like mom or dad
#theAnswerWasObvious
#proudwifey
♥️
@timt
@menloventures
@pinecone
@juliacomputing
@EdoLiberty
@Viral_B_Shah
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Proof that investing in women, minorities and impact businesses doesn’t mean sacrificing returns. Congrats
@TheRealFreada
@mkapor
@unolil
#KaporImpact
In 2011 we made a shift, took a gamble & exclusively invested in impact startups. VCs cautioned us but 8 years later we’re proud to prove that impact investing doesn't mean sacrificing returns. Learn more, view the Kapor Capital Impact report:
#KaporImpact
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Investors focus on different things at different stages. Seed = Market, A = Product, B = Traction, C+ = Growth. Team matters at all stages. — Fundraisjng advice from Sonya Huang
@sonyatweetybird
of
@sequoia
at
@AllRaise
@houzz
@nasdaqcenter
#intermationalwomensday
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Happy to be hanging out with
@selenecruzin
of
@visitrestore
and
@hollyhliu
and 80 female founders at the
@AllRaise
x
@Houzz
x
@Nasdaq
International Women’s Day.
#InternationalWomansDay2019
#allraise
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