Ben Casnocha @bencasnocha

Entrepreneur, Investor @VillageGlobal, Co-Author of The Startup of You and The Alliance. https://t.co/7W5h75ZB7H casnocha.com Bay Area, CA Joined December 2006

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Ben Casnocha @bencasnocha

2 days ago

These sorts of projects are happening across the Gulf. Amazing.

HH Sheikh Mohammed @HHShkMohd

2 days ago

These sorts of projects are happening across the Gulf. Amazing.

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I generally disbelieve men who claim they can be friends with women, with zero sexual tension. This is different from claiming the tension isn’t manageable; it is manageable. But let’s not pretend it’s zero.

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Ben Casnocha @bencasnocha

3 days ago

"Between 2007 and 2016 the increase in nonprofit employment outpaced the increase in for-profit employment by three to one...the nonprofit sector was the third-largest employer in the entire country in terms of total wages—larger than finance, retail, and food service."

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Channa Prakash @AgBioWorld

7 days ago

The equivalent of 13 jumbo jets full of children crashes every day and kills them all, because of Vitamin A deficiency. Yet Golden Rice is ignored because of fear of controversy. Shameful! H.t ⁦@MogensStrunge⁩ upworthyscience.com/we-pioneered-a…

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Glinert 🇺🇸 🏭 @StevenGlinert

a week ago

@bencasnocha “Operator turned investor” remains such a hilarious phrase. You were a PM at a unicorn and went to a good undergrad. Stop. I believe you should only be allowed to use that phrase if you’ve operated a forklift

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Ben Casnocha @bencasnocha

a week ago

Virtually every VC *says* they got into venture by accident, it wasn’t their plan, they really miss building/operating, etc. The high status answer to common interview questions inevitably gets co-opted by everyone.

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Ben Casnocha @bencasnocha

2 weeks ago

The wise and self-aware Conan O'Brien reflecting on turning down $28M from FOX to stay at NBC: "I never made a decision in my career because of money. Not once. ...All I've ever wanted is a body of work." youtube.com/watch?v=SKg4c5…

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Ben Casnocha @bencasnocha

2 weeks ago

People at Apple know that the way iMessage handles threaded/quote replies is inferior to WhatsApp and every other messaging app...but they just like messing with us, right?

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Ben Casnocha @bencasnocha

2 weeks ago

Several European VCs are pivoting to focus on the U.S. startup market -- where they have a limited edge in a vastly more competitive / crowded ecosystem. Quite a bearish leading indicator on the future of European startups.

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Ben Casnocha @bencasnocha

2 weeks ago

As a VC, my job is to follow the latest tech launches, like Humane, and carefully study the ensuing commentary.

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Ben Casnocha @bencasnocha

2 weeks ago

The weekly paragraph from @sashachapin: "There is a songbird in your chest. It causes you to do things. Sometimes it chirps aggressively, and you find yourself gripping your fork, issuing bold opinions about foreign policy. Sometimes it coos softly, and you find yourself greeting…

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Ben Casnocha @bencasnocha

2 weeks ago

Vulnerability has become sufficiently high status that it is now routinely gamed. One or two choiceful reveals of something unflattering about yourself but "ultimately skittering away from real self-disclosure," as Freddie DeBoer has put it. Fake transparency is a real thing.