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Crypto, inner space, outer space, & a bit of everything else @NFX | Co-creator of Diem≋ (fka Libra)

San Francisco, CA
Joined May 2009
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Morgan Beller
4 months
I’ve been wanting to say this since 2018…stablecoins are defense tech 🇺🇸
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4 years
1/ I first met @GigiLevy five years ago on a trip to Israel. Since then, it’s been incredible to watch Gigi, @JamesCurrier , @PeteFlint & the whole team build @NFX from James’ garage to what it is today. I'm excited & honored to be joining @NFX as a General Partner.
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The internet is fucking awesome.
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4 years
What else are you 5.3 years ahead on? @VitalikButerin
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vitalik.eth
9 years
Doge is E-God spelled backwards.
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Morgan Beller
5 years
Hello world!
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Morgan Beller
3 years
We ( @NFX ) raised a new fund to exclusively focus on pre-seed & seed. Not only is this where we have the most fun, but we also believe early-stage founders are best supported by early-stage-only funds.
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Morgan Beller
1 year
It hurts me to do this, but it hurts me more for why I had to 💔
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Shaun Maguire
1 year
How is this the front page of @nytimes right now? The only source for this right now is Hamas itself This is one of the most important stories of the War and they rushed it Shameful. Glad I cancelled my subscription
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2 years
It’s hard not to be hyperbolic after visiting @stoke_space . Thank you @Erdayastronaut for beautifully sharing the story 🚀
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@Erdayastronaut
Everyday Astronaut
2 years
What @stoke_space is working on might be one of the coolest, most innovative and exciting rocket systems to be developed… ever, in my opinion! I’m so excited to share an exclusive tour and interview with their CEO @AndyLapsa ! THIS. IS. AWESOME! 🔥
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Morgan Beller
2 years
1/ At Libra I used to wake up thinking about 3 things: 1. The future of money is (more) digital 2. Dominance of USD as the world’s reserve currency is great for the United States (and beyond) 3. If U.S. regulators don't recognize this, someone else will (👋🏻🇨🇳)
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Morgan Beller
3 years
When you're playing a game, speed matters. A lot. @0xPolygon makes sure that users can get the magic of web3 gaming with the speed and user experience of web2.
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Morgan Beller
4 years
🚨 @VitalikButerin and I are dropping an album🚨 Our one rule going into it: no crypto (I can’t say we succeeded, but we tried) The A-Side (more timely/nearer future topics) is out today:
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1 year
I’m going to say it…now that we’re post-Covid, I’m highly skeptical of investing in remote teams (at seed)
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Morgan Beller
3 years
Web3 doesn't sleep which is why we know we have to move FAST. Web3 also is collaborative which is why we're really grateful to partner with the team at @0xPolygon to identify opportunities and evaluate teams.
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4 years
This will be on the right side of history. Will future proof India by design and by attracting money & talent hunting for a crypto friendly jurisdiction. @balajis
@balajis
Balaji
4 years
India should support crypto as a pillar of its foreign & domestic policy. It defends national security by preventing deplatforming, deters fraud via on-chain accounting, and offers a decentralized alternative to a new Cold War. @nsitharaman @narendramodi
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3/ With that, if you're starting something, thinking of starting something, know someone who's starting something, have a friend who's starting something, have a friend who you want help convincing to start something...don't be shy 🙋🏻‍♀️
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@beller
Morgan Beller
3 years
Day 1 of @solana Breakpoint & @rajgokal ’s account is suspended…👀 @jack
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Morgan Beller
2 years
Tomorrow should be a bank holiday
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@beller
Morgan Beller
3 years
I invested in @stoke_space & all I got was this photo with a rocket.
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Morgan Beller
4 years
Month one officially on the job @NFX and time to start sharing some words of wisdom from my team.
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4 years
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@CoinDesk
CoinDesk
4 years
JUST IN: Ethereum-based code collaboration platform @radicle has raised $12 million in a round co-led by @NFX and including @balajis , @Melt_Dem and others. @IanAllison123 reports
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Morgan Beller
4 years
In the game of digital currencies, China is playing Go and the US is playing checkers:
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Morgan Beller
4 years
Excited to share our newest product launch @NFX — Scouts & Angels, an expansion of Signal (the investing network). These are the friends of VC firms, the unseen forces. They are so important, yet there hasn't been a fast way to find them. Until now:
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Morgan Beller
3 years
For a while, I thought wallets/stablecoins were going to be what onboarded the next 1B people into web3. Increasingly, it seems that the real gateway drug will be gaming. With that, if you're building (or even thinking of building) anything in this world...
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NFX
3 years
Today, our 6 new NFX FAST programs answer the “now what?” around our $450M fund. Apply for pre-seed & seed funding ($500k-$2M) & get a decision inside of 9 days. We allocated $20M for this. First come, first served. Applications open now through 10/31:
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Morgan Beller
4 years
2/ @Novi & @Libra_ , thank you for the ride of a lifetime. @Novi , you aren't getting rid of me that easily. I will be staying on as an advisor to make sure we help the world move money better.
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Morgan Beller
2 years
Today @arkivedao launched the world's first decentralized museum. Yes, it sounds nuts but...it also just makes sense. (including because this is all of @tmcleod3 's interests/life's work in one) A bit more on why @NFX is backing them...
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@beller
Morgan Beller
5 years
I made to make people laugh while helping out the folks at @_MealsOnWheels
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Morgan Beller
2 years
Roll call 😈 @NFX
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Morgan Beller
3 years
Yes, this is funny. And yes, this is my ideal kitchen hang. But also, this is an important (and in my opinion much needed) step towards helping to translate crypto to people who are new to the space. #KryptoWithKunis #StonerCats
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@beller
Morgan Beller
3 years
Alright so, time for a bit on the "why?" behind @stonercatstv Yes, it's another NFT project. Yes, it's another NFT project that involves celebrities. And yes, it's another NFT project that involves investors. [insert eye roll] (here comes the but...)
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@beller
Morgan Beller
10 years
Nothing else but @Soylent -inis and @Soylent Whites. @a16z knows how to party. http://t.co/3homdeBQvN
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Morgan Beller
3 years
Web3 is different. In many ways… It’s common to discuss the differences from technology and cultural perspectives. But what's often overlooked is that the people in web3 are different too. So, with that…
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@beller
Morgan Beller
3 years
Thank you for having me
@joemccann
◢ J◎e McCann 🧊
3 years
Those @solana shades looking pretty rare, @beller . Welcome. 😎
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3 years
#prouddaughteralert Goosebumps for the guy who taught me everything ( @mjbeller ) and our chosen family ( @1HowardWu & @apruden08 ). No one deserves it more. Thanks for making the future more private <3
@AleoHQ
Aleo
3 years
Today, the Aleo team is proud to announce our $28M raise from industry-leading investors to build the first platform for fully private and decentralized applications. We’re thrilled to work with our lead Series A investor @a16z and other first-class supporters. Thread 👇(1/6)
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Morgan Beller
4 years
@alexisohanian @serenawilliams I’m just going to leave this here...
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Morgan Beller
3 years
Imagine if Fedwire was run by one of America's most successful CEOs who was now recommending to crypto-tize the network...
@NandanNilekani
Nandan Nilekani
3 years
How does India become a $5T economy? We’ll need to close the $250B financing gap for India’s small businesses by attracting global, risk-tolerant pools of capital — and as iSPIRT details, the rapidly growing cryptoeconomy may be one of the key ways:
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Morgan Beller
8 years
Can't explain why I'm tearing as @HillaryClinton & @BillClinton swim in balloons, w/ sparklers going off & @KatyPerry blasting. #ImWithHer
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Morgan Beller
2 years
As Twitter writes SVB’s Burn Book entry, it is easy to lose sight of the fact that the entire industry would not be where it is today without them.
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@beller
Morgan Beller
8 months
After the nth generative AI application that felt like copy & paste (sorry), I began to think AI is like (bottled) water. Hear me out, but I think we have a lot to learn from @Perrier .
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Morgan Beller
3 years
Feeling nostalgic and proud of this case study on perseverance. When things got tough, @davidmarcus & I would text each other "🍑🔥" - it was time to light a fire under our (and our teams' & partners') asses.
@davidmarcus
David Marcus
3 years
Remittances are a critical way to achieve financial inclusion. Today, we’re rolling out a small pilot of the @Novi digital wallet app in two countries — the US and Guatemala. People can send and receive money instantly, securely, and with no fees. 1/8
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Morgan Beller
2 years
With my dad & brother as crypto founders, the Bellers recently realized that what we consider normal family dinner conversation, isn’t that normal. So we decided to invite our friends & record them. Welcome to the family ✨
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@beller
Morgan Beller
3 years
Taking off for Lisbon. If you’re there / will be there in the next week…🙋🏻‍♀️
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Morgan Beller
2 years
Because darties are the real poster child of network effects. If you’re in SF tomorrow: come one, come all 🪩 #SFBW22
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@beller
Morgan Beller
2 years
3/ So when I see regulators potentially trying to cap dollar-denominated stablecoins at the knees, it’s hard to react differently than “what the fuck?”
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@beller
Morgan Beller
3 years
So with that, fund 3 is wide open for web3 business. gm 🙋🏻‍♀️
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@beller
Morgan Beller
3 years
And there’s the @stonercatstv cast: @aplusk , Mila Kunis, Chris Rock, Seth Macfarlane, Jane Fonda and… @VitalikButerin . Meow.
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CoinDesk
3 years
EXCLUSIVE: Ethereum's @VitalikButerin will voice an animated character in Mila Kunis’ new NFT show, @stonercatstv . @cheyenneligon reports
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Morgan Beller
4 years
You know where this is going...I’m pretty damn stoked. 🚀
@NFX
NFX
4 years
We're thrilled to co-lead the $9M seed in STOKE, a SpaceTech company making reusable second-stage rockets to lower the cost & delay of space travel. Led by an A+ team of ex- @blueorigin @SpaceX . @beller cc @ycombinator @alexisohanian @JoeMontana @kylevogt
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Morgan Beller
3 years
If you're not thinking/building community first on day 0, you're ngmi. A bit more on why we feel strongly about that with the help of my smarter friends @cuysheffield & @Micah_Johnson3
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@beller
Morgan Beller
7 years
Congrats to @balajis & @calilyliu ! Pay-to-install for crypto is going to change the game.
@earndotcom
Earn.com
7 years
Launch your token with an Airdrop! You can now instantly bootstrap your blockchain project with 100,000+ cryptocurrency early adopters. Read more here:
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Morgan Beller
1 year
Raymond’s personal drive to make the industry better was a clear “why”, Saam’s legal background was a clear “what,” and Rami’s understanding of data and AI showed the clear “how” @evenuplaw would be different.
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Morgan Beller
3 years
We have a lot to deliver on (thank you to those who bought the ticket to take the ride) but first, we took a minute to pause and reflect on @stonercatstv 's 1st step @NFX @maariabajwa @staringispolite @lisasterb @MackFlavelle
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10 years
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Morgan Beller
2 years
I've always said, I wish I cared about anything as much as @mjbeller cares about everything (and this is the same sewing machine he used to alter my clothes growing up)
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Arielle "AZ" Zuckerberg
2 years
Learning Man “classes” ranged from beatboxing ( @aartibhatnagar ) and rhythmic gymnastics ( @mandyzcamp ) to negotiation ( @craigmd ) and time management ( @SamCorcos ). Here's a photo of me & @pitdesi learning how to sew with @beller 's dad.
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Morgan Beller
2 years
The party has started! Also, thank you @CeloOrg for putting a last minute roof over our heads. For those who haven’t heard / seen, new 📍 is 500 Treat Ave, SF
@beller
Morgan Beller
2 years
We're hosting a Beller Family Hackathon for @sfblockchainwk with @SpanningLabs & @AleoHQ . We have a new office, snacks, fun people, lots of prizes. Come one come all. (and register here: )
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Morgan Beller
2 years
There's a lot we don't know, but what we do know is that the FTX debacle is more a case study on fraud, centralization & power than a case study on crypto.
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@beller
Morgan Beller
2 years
If you’re behind the whole “SF is back”™️ thing, put your money where your mouth is. (And thank @agarwal & @sbuss for dedicating their lives to @GrowSF / making it happen)
@agarwal
Sachin Agarwal
2 years
Our voter guide website traffic is through the roof right now. Only 25% of SF voters have voted as of this afternoon, and it seems that many more will vote in the next 24 hours. I didn't think I was going to ask for more money, but we have room to increase our ads budget TONIGHT
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Morgan Beller
1 year
In order for crypto to go up, more people need to get in
@NFX
NFX
1 year
See how NFX-backed @RampNetwork is driving web3 adoption by launching compatibility with 40 more currencies. Founder @szymsypniewicz spoke with @marcoquiroz10 at @FortuneMagazine about the company's efforts to increase financial inclusion globally.
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1 year
When we first met @evenuplaw 3 years ago, personal injury law + AI seemed like a strange fit. But then it clicked.
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Morgan Beller
3 years
Founder: “We’re profitable” Me: “Based on what” Founder: “Our @BlockFi returns” #ETHDenver
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Morgan Beller
4 years
Today @GigiLevy wrote a bit of a fundraising manifesto: why it's supposed to be hard and how to best play the art & science of the process.
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Morgan Beller
7 months
Hi from Miami where 1. I’m desperately missing SF and, 2. A common reaction to “where do you live?” is still um, not positive. Well, I fucking love San Francisco. (While I recognize it’s not for everyone) Thank you @EdLudlow @HenryBaker (& team!) for letting me show vs. tell
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Morgan Beller
3 years
Ethereum is fucking awesome.*
@ljxie
Linda Xie
3 years
We raised $2 million in our Ethereum documentary crowdfund on @viamirror !! Blown away by the amount of support from the Ethereum community, THANK YOU! We are working our hardest to get the film made to help share the incredible story of Ethereum ❤️
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1 year
Yesterday, @StarfishSpace successfully launched & deployed their Otter Pup satellite servicing craft (thanks @SpaceX ) A big step towards Starfish's goal of extending the lifespan of satellites in orbit. Which is a big step towards a greater goal...
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Morgan Beller
2 years
Called my grandpa for his birthday, got this text. At 83, I hope I love what I’m doing as much as he does.
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Morgan Beller
3 years
Come join some pretty awesome people in helping to tell the story @VitalikButerin deserves to have told @carrieannewep @ljxie @pplpleasr1 @EthereumFilm @Iiterature @viamirror
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Morgan Beller
3 years
In honor of 6/28 being Tau (pi*2) Day: Crust volume = Tau*z*a*a (equation & photo courtesy of @VitalikButerin ) So, Happy Tau*z*a*a Day (from me & V) Let’s all celebrate by eating pizza crusts (and if you’re a person who doesn’t eat pizza crust, goodbye)
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3 years
@Ukraine_DAO I guess this is a good problem to have
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Morgan Beller
3 years
To further clarify... @VitalikButerin is treated like any other cast member. But instead of receiving payment for his work, he's decided to redirect 100% of his proceeds to @SENStweet .
@staringispolite
Jonathan Howard
3 years
So @VitalikButerin got to choose where 3% of @stonercatstv proceeds went It's going directly to @SENStweet to further longevity and anti-aging research for people like Mrs. Stoner in the show 🥰 Check out their work here:
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@beller
Morgan Beller
4 years
Be more like my mom and read @JamesCurrier ’s latest on the psychology behind sharing
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Morgan Beller
2 years
Gone are the days of needing a centralized exchange / wallet to off-ramp your crypto Enter: @RampNetwork ’s partnership with @TrustWallet that solves this Practice safe CEX y’all
@NFX
NFX
2 years
Today @TrustWallet partners with @RampNetwork to enable users to convert their crypto to fiat without using a centralized exchange. See why NFX-backed Ramp has quickly become the leading web3 payments infrastructure company in @Cointelegraph .
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Morgan Beller
4 years
In addition to a new name, @DiemAssociation also launched its developer site today!
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Morgan Beller
4 months
If you can read this, do you want to come work with us? (or know anyone who does)? ( @_dmuus_ is lonely) If yes, please 🛝
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10 years
"I started 4 companies before. You've probably never heard of them because they had no users and no customers." @8en #VFSummit
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Morgan Beller
10 years
These women are unbelievable. Unbelievable. @wennmachers @JudySmith_ @a16z
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Morgan Beller
9 years
Why is @waitbutwhy so good at explaining things? "It's an asset that I don't know anything about anything"
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7 months
Polling & puppies @NFX today (and hopefully no arrests for providing water bottles) @GrowSF @WeAreTogetherSF
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Morgan Beller
3 years
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@joonian
Wong Joon Ian
3 years
Ooh interesting. @beller says her firm NFX will start working with Galaxy to work with founders at the very early stages, during @CeloOrg 's #kuneco conference that's live now.
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. @evenuplaw made @_dmuus_ & I realize that "AI" (👀) may be most primed to pop off in the industries you least expect. The same way mobile payments "leapfrogged" credit cards in emerging markets, we see AI leapfrogging industries unserved by SaaS.
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Morgan Beller
10 years
"10 ways to grievously damage your high-growth tech startup" @pmarca http://t.co/q97Ol9KFeu
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Morgan Beller
4 years
On the topics of a) officially month one @NFX & b) fundraising...if you/a family member/a friend/someone you met (at a distance) on the street has an idea they're working on...🙋🏻‍♀️
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Morgan Beller
9 years
"You can't accomplish anything if you're not in first and out the latest" - @JLo #nvca
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Morgan Beller
2 years
Because building the world’s first 100% reusable rocket wasn’t enough
@stoke_space
Stoke Space
2 years
Super excited to unveil Fusion by Stoke Space. We needed a tool that lets us build complex hardware before we know what the final product looks like. And the best news is that now everyone can have it! @stokefusion
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Morgan Beller
3 years
One (of many) learning lessons from @stonercatstv : On-ramps need to be a whole hell of a lot easier. With that... @RampNetwork @szymsypniewicz @thePalenimbus
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Morgan Beller
3 years
@ArmchairExpPod
Armchair Expert Podcast
3 years
Mila and Ashton join us today to talk about—- you guessed it—- CRYPTOCURRENCY!!! There’s a sprinkling of mountain lion talk as well. Enjoy on @Spotify for FREE!! @aplusk
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Morgan Beller
2 years
We're hosting a Beller Family Hackathon for @sfblockchainwk with @SpanningLabs & @AleoHQ . We have a new office, snacks, fun people, lots of prizes. Come one come all. (and register here: )
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Morgan Beller
10 years
"Every comedian's dream: speaking at an abandoned military base to a group of tech professionals" @ConanOBrien @a16z http://t.co/yGUPxT11xh
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Morgan Beller
4 years
Pretty damn proud & excited that @NFX is announcing the launch of NFX Bio today. And pretty damn proud & excited to get to work with these three: @omri_drory @GitaReinitz @EmilyLeproust From suits, to hoodies, to lab coats...
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