Day 2 with the good, good people
@browsercompany
!
It's a whole-new-adventure-never-a-better-time-to-reimagine-the-browser type of Tuesday. I wish you the same 💫
We just passed 10k students on Arc!! But most exciting is how global this
@browsercompany
crew is...
Students in 98 countries (!) all dreaming of a better internet. US, Italy, Ghana, India, UK, Peru, Germany, South Korea and so many, many more
This, I love this most of all 🫶🏽
From a Notion doc, to an all-hands presentation, to sharing it and feeling your responses — a labor of love.
So grateful to you all, and of course
@lee94josh
,
@abigailjanvier
,
@joshm
, and your local
@browsercompany
.
Exceptionally lucky to work with this brilliant group as they deepen their craft of angel investing.
But also, exceptionally excited to have
@firstround
play a part in building a community of investors that looks a little more like the world we live in.
Founders to operators, big thinkers to ceiling breakers, NYC to SF - Welcome, welcome to the new angels joining
@firstround
Angel Track. We cannot wait to spend the fall with you 🚀
“If you have some power, then your job is to empower somebody else.” Dear Toni M.
So thankful for those taking the time to mentor & empower through
@firstround
Fast Track. Fall is officially in session ✨
Some of the most inspiring thinkers & doers I’ve ever met. One of the most important communities I’ve been lucky to be a part of. Apply for
@DormRoomFund
next cohort of investment partners today 💥
“It was really important for me to make space for Blackness in San Francisco again." Read that once more. My friend,
@thatnatanya
, a force of nature.
@naza_beauty
is live, backed by some (crazy) brilliant individuals. Incredibly proud and so, so excited.
Community folks - truly unique opportunity to come work with me at
@NotionHQ
. It’s a community/support role unlike any other I’ve seen.
And please share if you know someone 🙏
So excited for the fall cohort of
@firstround
Fast Track in SF & NYC. Mentorship crafted with exceptional care by community wiz
@serenabian1
- apply, apply, apply or reach out with any questions!
1/ Applications are now open for the fall cohort of
@firstround
Fast Track, an impactful program that pairs experienced experts with new founders and rising stars for 1:1 mentorship.
Learn more and apply to be a Mentor here:
Some things in life change the course of your journey -
@DormRoomFund
is one such community. If you're a student that loves tech, founders, crazy people with huge ideas, DRF is for you. Apply, apply, apply!
or reach out with any questions :)
I was reminded today that my Dad is the type of man to see an elderly lady walking to the bus stop, cane and shopping in hand, and give her a ride home. Just because.
.
@lafillemouen
is giving an incredible talk
@NoCodeConf
Thank you for such a thought provoking talk!
Empowering one another to scale and being mindful of that as we scale is so critical to
#NoCode
#NoCodeConf
Wow, last week to apply for
@firstround
Angel Track 😇! Met some truly phenomenal leaders & founders in tech through prior cohorts & can't wait to welcome a new group. Applications right here
Mentors move the needle and I - without a doubt - wouldn't be where I am were it not for those who shared their time & energy with me each step of the way. Thrilled for the launch of Fast Track and what it could mean for the next generation of entrepreneurs.
1/ Thrilled to announce
@firstround
Fast Track, a brand new take on mentorship. This 90-day program matches incredible experts with founders and execs we've backed for a remarkable 1:1 mentorship experience.
Apply to be a Mentor or nominate someone here:
We’re so excited to see
@firstround
Angel Track expand to New York and return to SF this Fall! Applications below to join this masterclass & community of exceptional emerging angels. We can’t wait to meet you!
@thegothamgal
@jess
@eladgil
2/ Apply to this fall's Angel Track program to learn and practice the craft of investing. Learn what last year's cohort members had to say about their experience:
Wow. All the feels. But also incredibly excited for
@heyreiwang
's next steps and this next chapter for
@DormRoomFund
. It's a once in a lifetime type of thing.
Leading
@DormRoomFund
is the best job I’ve ever had, the greatest team I’ve worked with and the strongest community I’ve ever belonged to.
I'm following my DRF role models to
#BeAFounder
!
We’re looking for the next CEO of Dorm Room Fund. Apply by 10/31
Because the future is multicultural, babes 🤙🏾✨
Yes (!) on
@TheGrandWorld
candidly and powerfully making room for the questions that aren’t obvious to ask.
Thrilled to share our first guidebook 📗 How to Nurture Interracial Relationships!
Use it to navigate challenging conversations on
#race
,
#identity
#family
. We hope it can be a practical tool to help you deepen your
#relationships
.
✨✨
Having spent the past two years amongst some brilliant founders & operators in New York, can't wait to welcome
@firstround
's first Angel Track NYC cohort this fall. Learn more about the program, its expansion to NYC & SF, and pop in an application below.
Simply one of the best people ✨ Lucky to have learned, grown and seen what it means to think further (and a little differently) with you. You build exceptional things
@phineasb
, I can't to see what you'll do next.
Leaving our
@AllRaise
female founder breakfast this morning I was struck & disappointed by how relevant this article remains, hearing my table’s fundraising stories/the questions asked by some of our community’s investors. Do better.
Come work with us! Community is core to what we do and who we are
@firstround
- and we want to hear from you 👋🏾 Reach out with any questions along the way.
It’s not too late to apply!
@DormRoomFund
&
@firstround
Female Founder Track is coming to NYC and we just can’t wait to meet you brilliant, brilliant women (yes, that’s you!)⚡️
Excited to launch
@firstround
's Spring Angel Track program! We've revamped the curriculum building off our learnings from the past three years and can't wait to bring together a phenomenal group of emerging angels. Apply below!
Simply one of the best.
@bmrothenberg
front and center on
@firstround
Review today sharing his trajectory from scrappy zero to triumphant IPO (and all the winds along the way).
Difficult decision but incredible execution.
@najjmahal
and the Ethel's Club team are very effing good. Community care at its best, see you on the internets
@ethelsclub
✊🏾✨
Hard, but necessary decisions.
Our clubhouse is nothing without the spirit of our incredible members, so we wrapped all that intention up and put it online.
@ethelsclub
will continue to create experiences meant to inspire, delight & teach until we’re live again. ✨
Stay safe!
Another brilliant and necessary initiative from the
@DormRoomFund
team || Happy MLK day good people || Announcing the Blueprint Project for Founders of Color in New York City
...It will be diverse: we are both immigrants and people of color, we believe demographics are destiny, and it is *good business* to invest in diverse problems, and to fund people from diverse backgrounds.
It's here–the deepest, sharpest infrared view of the universe to date: Webb's First Deep Field.
Previewed by
@POTUS
on July 11, it shows galaxies once invisible to us. The full set of
@NASAWebb
's first full-color images & data will be revealed July 12:
Simply one of the best. Dear colleague, mentor & friend,
@phineasb
is looking for a chief of staff to join him here
@firstround
- if you have any inkling this might be you, click through & do the do.
As a perpetual visa person, brilliant and important opportunity for immigrant founders to just talk and think through what it means *to be able* to start a company. c/o the great minds
@UnshackledVC
.
We're doing a new thing at Unshackled!
If you're on a work visa and have been thinking about starting a company but don't know what (or how) just yet, come talk to us. Building something for you.
“The opportunity gap continues to widen and the ability for adults to get good jobs - that help them save, get insurance, provide for their families - is harder than ever.” Important work from the brilliant
@jerseejess
on underemployment & the FoW. subscribesubscribesubscribe.
I’ve collected stories over past 10 years as adult educator + VC.
Putting it all into a new newsletter, all about jobs: stories from students, how they've gotten jobs & interesting tech transforming skills & underemployment.
Where the Good Jobs Are:
Dorm Room Fund has been on 🔥, but with our new CEO and COO steering the ship, we are about to blast off 🚀 🚀!!!! We are delighted to announce
@themollette
(CEO) and
@ImChauncey
(COO) as the two who will be leading the charge!
Now there are three ways to learn how
@Square
exec &
@TryCaviar
lead
@gokulr
makes extremely difficult business decisions:
🎥 Video:
🔊 Audio:
📖 Article:
"A lack of diversity means a lack of crucial voices. And critical blind spots." || A Thread || You might win some but you really lost one, it's so silly how come - LH
13/ Diversity in tech isn’t just some feel-good PC thing. These companies are designing what the future looks like, controlling how we communicate or even influencing how we vote.
A lack of diversity means a lack of crucial voices in those decisions. And critical blind spots.