villi @villi

Venture Capitalist. Ordinary thinker. Athlete. Dad. Strong opinions about sneakers. Tweets are my own. linkedin.com/in/villi04/ San Francisco, CA Joined January 2010

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villi @villi

16 hours ago

Scheduled power outage tonight. May be the first time in 20 years I go to bed before 11pm.

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This an absurd take. It is almost entirely merit based. They also prioritize kids from underrepresented schools (mostly small private schools with mostly white kids). The UC system also discriminates against kids coming from Lowell. Mission High has 3-4x higher acceptance rate.

San Francisco Chronicle @sfchronicle

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Jay Rosen @jayrosen_nyu

2 days ago

Not the odds, but the stakes.

Larry Sabato @LarrySabato

2 days ago

Not the odds, but the stakes.

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villi @villi

6 days ago

The problem with Twitter is that it only rewards binary and usually extreme perspectives regardless of the issue. Nuance and appreciation for complexity is scarce.

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Lucid00.com @Lucid00

6 days ago

I love that @rive_app is slowly getting the attention it's getting. It's literally a vector format like .SVG, but is also centered on animation and interaction and there are runtimes for websites, apps and game engines. Oh and the format itself is open source.

Drawsgood @drawsgood

7 days ago

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villi @villi

6 days ago

Yesterday as a family we had the conversation about what to do if we get a call from any of us asking to do something important (send money or do something unusual). How do you know it is actually me? And what we should do to verify each other. You should too.

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villi @villi

6 days ago

This is such an incredible story! Amazing founders. Congrats to all!

Notable Capital @notablecap

6 days ago

This is such an incredible story! Amazing founders. Congrats to all!

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villi @villi

6 days ago

I wrote about this 7 years ago. It is not VCs or their incentives that are the main driver behind the lack of M&A activity. medium.com/@villispeaks/w…

Dan Primack @danprimack

6 days ago

I wrote about this 7 years ago. It is not VCs or their incentives that are the main driver behind the lack of M&A activity. medium.com/@villispeaks/w…

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Idrees Ali @idreesali114

a week ago

Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, who is in custody on espionage charges, makes a heart-shaped gesture behind a glass wall of an enclosure for defendants as he attends a court hearing in Moscow, Russia, April 23, 2024. REUTERS/Tatyana Makeyeva

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villi @villi

7 days ago

Border security is the only thing that would have made today better on the policy side. But what a big day.

Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur

a week ago

Border security is the only thing that would have made today better on the policy side. But what a big day.

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Josh Schwarzapel @JSchwarz9

7 days ago

Can’t believe I’m retweeting this, but credit where credit is due…

Noah Smith 🐇🇺🇸🇺🇦 @Noahpinion

a week ago

Can’t believe I’m retweeting this, but credit where credit is due…

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villi @villi

7 days ago

I wonder how much of the social media anti-Ukraine/Israel/pro-TikTok activity is actually state sponsored. Probably more than we think.

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Adam Nash @adamnash

7 days ago

Hard to believe that Lina Khan did something good, given her maniacal dedication to destroying tech. This is very good for labor, and brings the freedom we’ve enjoyed for decades in Silicon Valley to the whole country. More of this please. 🙏

Lina Khan @linakhanFTC

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The Hill @thehill

a week ago

#BREAKING: The FTC voted 3-2 to ban non-compete agreements that prevent tens of millions of employees from working for competitors or starting a competing business after they leave a job. trib.al/zrvzIeH

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villi @villi

a week ago

A friend was telling me that one day when he retires he wants to publish a book on dive bar bathrooms. This may be the cover.

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villi @villi

a week ago

Where does Taylor Swift find the time to write so much. In the midst of the biggest tour in history. It is incredible.

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villi @villi

a week ago

I am skeptical that in this world of AI we will be able to create large revenue generating companies with a few dozen employees. That presumes limited competition, high barriers to entry, and strong defensibility. I don’t see evidence of that.