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Ben Eidelson

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Just trying to be helpful. Climate Papa. Stepchange Founder & GP. Ex-Stripe, Ex-Google product person. Recovering founder.

Seattle

https://t.co/GPMohJERq2

Joined January 2009

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@ben8128

Ben Eidelson

9 months

I left Stripe a year and a half ago. Since then, I've been spending 100% of my working time trying to wrap my head around the most impactful way I can work on climate. I'm beyond excited to share what I'm doing, who I'm doing it with, and the optimism I've gained diving into this

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Ben Eidelson

10 months

This morning my community is processing this vandalism at a synagogue in Mercer Island, a suburb of Seattle. What does this accomplish?

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Ben Eidelson

3 years

Getting our new ACH debit product just right has been a labor of love for many of us at Stripe. From a completely new API design, to support across Checkout, Payment Links, and Invoicing, to built-in instant bank verification. The whole payment method has been rebuilt.

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3 years

US businesses can now use ACH to debit customer bank accounts. (And it works with Stripe Checkout, Payment Links, and Invoicing!) Bank accounts can be connected and verified instantly so your customers can pay without any wait. 🇺🇸🏦

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4 years

Stripe is still early. I remain particularly shocked by how small our product team is given the immense scope. The entire team is still well below Dunbar’s number! If you’re at all interested, please apply. My DMs are open if you want help.

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Ben Eidelson

2 years

A work / life update: I wrapped up my chapter at Stripe two weeks ago. The 3.5+ years I spent @stripe were an amazing learning experience. I joined in 2018 when the team was acquihired in to help with the "Leverage" org.

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1 year

Climate nerd heaven tonight in Seattle. Thank you @CanaryMediaInc for bringing us together! @ramez and @drvolts had a phenomenally deep and wide ranging convo that inspired the room.

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10 months

@carrie_haverty Thank you Carrie. In a moment where I hope for more engaged dialogue and more attempts at empathy for everyone’s grief it’s sad that actions like this drive the opposite instincts. ❤️

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Ben Eidelson

2 years

@noah_weiss @stripe we called these friction logs. One of @patrickc fave hobbies.

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1 year

@drvolts “molten core of weltanschauung” Must be your new band name.

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10 months

Is this what people who watch sports feel like every weekend?

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10 months

More details and response here:

FBI investigates anti-Israel vandalism at Mercer Island synagogue

The synagogue was vandalized overnight with graffiti, marking the latest affront to Jewish institutions in the Seattle area, officials said Wednesday.

www.seattletimes.com

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Ben Eidelson

1 year

The best AI products will be the ones that don’t mention anything about AI on their website. They will just do things that matter to customers in a better way. If you’re screaming about AI—it’s for investors, not customers.

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Ben Eidelson

1 year

@patrickc And still such a mountain to climb!

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Ben Eidelson

9 months

@SSteyer41 👏 couldn’t agree more. I find myself sending this to a few folks every couple of months.

Opinion | Your Kids Are Not Doomed (Published 2022)

The green future has to be a welcoming one, even a thrilling one.

www.nytimes.com

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Ben Eidelson

5 years

Started working at @stripe 1 year ago yesterday. Still waiting for the honeymoon phase to wrap up.

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4 years

@sippey Looking for a technical cofounder.

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Ben Eidelson

2 years

I always advise founder friends to convert all funding immediately into cans of La Croix. Never keep money in a bank.

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2 years

@xuezhao These tweets are public Lan. He can read them. :)

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Ben Eidelson

9 years

What's going on in Messaging, #ConvComm , and why we're buliding @rep_ai

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Ben Eidelson

2 years

If you think about the sociology and psychology of climate change this is such a great episode of @mcjpod with @drvolts

Episode 230: David Roberts, Volts — MCJ

Today’s guest is David Roberts , aka Dr. Volts, who runs the Volts newsletter and podcast. David has been reporting on and explaining clean energy topics for almost 20 years. He talks to politicians,...

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Ben Eidelson

1 year

Pull to refresh never looked so good. 😍

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Ben Eidelson

4 years

@SeanWebflow Product Manager @ Stripe, with past consumer (Google Hangouts, Photos) and founder experience. Would love to help.

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Ben Eidelson

4 years

@jasonpjason Here at IBM we just make counting machines.

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Ben Eidelson

3 years

Getting pre-authorized debits right was a labor of love for me and the team. Now open to all US & Canadian businesses. Feedback welcome!

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Businesses in Canada and the US can now accept bank debits from Canadian customers in minutes—mandate collection, customer notifications, and bank verification are handled out-of-the-box! 📦

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Ben Eidelson

9 years

I just published “The Messaging Landscape in 2016”

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The Messaging Landscape in 2016

There’s a surge of excitement around messaging as a new platform and the idea of ‘Conversational Commerce’. There are a number of great…

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Ben Eidelson

1 year

If you’re sitting there looking at an orange sky and breathing smoke-filled air wondering “should I maybe work on climate?” The answer is Yes. Yes. Yes.

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2 years

@AcquiredFM @PitchBook @gilbert @djrosent I presume that @taylorswift13 is opening?

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Ben Eidelson

9 months

The more people in climate who read @VaclavSmil ’s work the better. I’m surprised how often folks have never heard of him.

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Ben Eidelson

1 year

"Nathan, let's write a little thing to get more people working on climate." Classic scope creep...

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Guide to Software in Climate Tech

A comprehensive guide to applying software to address climate change.

www.climatepapa.com

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Ben Eidelson

1 year

I should wear earplugs next time I go to such a loud concert. I mean, get our 2 year old from his nap.

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1 year

Hey parents--let's reset "happy hours" to be 8-10pm so they aren't at the worst possible time of day for being absent from family?

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Ben Eidelson

1 year

Hard to think about much else right now. Disgusted by the murder of innocent people and the terror of war. Feeling pain for friends and family in Israel and pain for the tragedies that are unfolding there and in families in Gaza that want none of this violence.

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Ben Eidelson

2 years

In 90 minutes I got to chat with folks working on solar expansion, reducing cow emissions, commercial building decarbonization, workforce expansion, oceanography networks, and plenty more like me finding their way after leaving Meta, Stripe, etc.

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Sam Runkle⚡️🏠

2 years

great turnout at the @mcjcollective // @workonclimate Seattle meet up last night!

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Ben Eidelson

2 years

@shidoshi @ashleymcnamara @GlennF Do you not have clam holders in your car @shidoshi ? Where do you put your clams when cruising down 5. Just hold them on your lap like a maniac?

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Ben Eidelson

2 years

One of the best things I've done since leaving Stripe was to participate in Angel Track. It was classic @firstround --every session was packed with tactical useful nuggets while pulling together a set of thoughtful investors to share notes, perspectives, and deals.

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Brett Berson

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It's one of my favorite times of the year: opening up applications for @firstround Angel Track. We’re putting together a cohort of experienced angels looking to level up in 2023, and would love help getting the word out. More on why you should join below:

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Ben Eidelson

2 years

Every time I hear FAANG I still find it hilarious that Netflix is in the list and Microsoft is not.

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5 years

@jeff_weinstein @stripe We hired Barbara Minto?!

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4 years

Over the last decade I've seen some of the best people and $ go: Consumer -> Fintech -> Climate Gives me hope.

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3 years

@lisazieg @sashadem Seen?

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Ben Eidelson

1 year

Missing on lists of great Father’s Day gifts were heat pumps, home decarbonization plans, and a path to smoke-free skies. Turns out a lot of dads actually want to #ElectrifyFathersDay . I had a really fun time collaborating with @rewiringamerica on this.

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For Father’s Day, we teamed up with @Climate_Papa to ask 20 dads and their kids what they actually wanted as a gift. Here’s how they want to #ElectrifyFathersDay :

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Ben Eidelson

2 years

It's cool that this was all a long game by @gdb to make @stripe docs even better.

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1 year

About to record a @climate_papa episode all about the hot topic of stoves—gas ranges, induction, etc. Any top questions on your mind?

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11 months

It’s quite a litmus test of how social media works to see everyone try and “pick a side” on Sam’s departure. You know—you can just wait to learn what actually happened before you opine. Reminds me of some certain other conflicts that haven’t done well on the socials.

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Ben Eidelson

2 years

I learned so much in my time working for and around @chughesjohnson . So glad I can soon seek her wisdom on demand!

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Stripe Press

2 years

Scaling People: Tactics for Management and Company Building by @chughesjohnson is a practical guide to building a company’s operating systems and scaling the most important resource a company has: its people. Available for preorder now: 📈

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2 years

@gilbert Hard to know their attractiveness over time though. Like you need to ask them for some teenage pics to really get the psychology :)

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1 year

@duncan__c Option 3: do both. When it comes to this transition we should almost always be choosing option 3.

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8 months

@sdamico The pool is a thermal battery. Love it.

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4 years

@patrickc Sorry.

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9 months

Happy NYE! I'm not usually one for suggesting resolutions or 100 day challenges. But I'm so glad that 3 years back @NicoleKelner took on a watercolor challenge that led to a new career as the go to climate artist of climate tech. From climate newsletters to Twitter accounts and

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11 months

@cjc @gregisenberg The key is to never have a board. Or employees. Or customers. Customers make things particularly challenging in my experience.

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1 year

@dadiomov You know what's real easy to automate? The things finance dudes do.

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2 years

Time to untuck the planet. - @sacca + autocorrect.

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3 years

Personally, I'm deeply proud of the team that pulled this off. And that extended team includes a lot of our customers who partnered with us to design the right product and are now live:

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1 year

@alexisohanian This is phenomenal. The problem is that you can now never make a simple pancake again. The new bar is set.

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1 year

It should be more appreciated that a masterful @AcquiredFM episode doesn’t just happen—I loved this peek behind the scenes and what it says about all great art or products for that matter. Glad you opened up the studio @gilbert and @djrosent —

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2 years

Generative (and explanative) AI is the platform shift we've been waiting for in tech.

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1 year

Don't underestimate the climate dads.

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1 year

Thinking about the thing is always worse than the doing of the thing.

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1 year

The best game kids can play... "Papa, we're going to put you to sleep!" And then they tuck you in on the couch. Heaven.

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9 months

And to listen to the launch episode:

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#16 - Introducing Stepchange, our new venture fund

As the first episode of the year, I’m focusing on a bit of a personal update. Today, I'm announcing the launch of a new climate venture fund, Stepchange. I use this week's episode to share the story...

newsletter.climatepapa.com

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9 months

@maiab I love the phase! They are so snuggly and it’s such a special hazy transitional time. But agree with the general observation especially for many men in the “there’s nothing I can do” camp.

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4 years

@alexia Or a laxative?

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1 year

It’s not climate hardware startups vs. climate software startups. It’s climate startups vs web3 NFT avatar startups. Let’s get folks working where we need them.

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Ben Eidelson

2 years

More crypto folks I’m talking to are shifting to climatetech for the next phase of their career. I don’t want to call it a “climatetech” summer for a bunch of obvious reasons... But I’m excited more talent is coming!

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Ben Eidelson

2 years

Unacceptable product failure: had a meeting and took notes on an @AmazonKindle Scribe. The note disappeared an hour later and is non-recoverable. I can be patient for a lack of features, but losing my notes is a bright line for a note-taking product competing with paper.

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5 years

Best thing I've read in a while. @BillGates trying to install Windows Movie Maker in 2003 (scroll down):

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4 years

@cjc @NotionHQ I got a pitch for you. I’m calling it Acme F, Inc.

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10 months

@michael_nielsen Spot on. The next real thing we need to tackle is fossil fuel burning machines at the endpoints (not for energy generation). This is a nice review on the consumer machine transition from @rewiringamerica

Rewiring America

Rewiring America is the leading electrification nonprofit working to electrify our homes, businesses and communities.

www.rewiringamerica.org

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2 years

Living with days and days of smoke on end is terrible (finally green AQI again). The only silver lining: when I talk to West Coasters working in climatetech, about 9 out of 10 made the decision during a wild fire season.

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1 year

Dogs keep getting smarter and smarter.

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7 years

Congrats to @anvishapai and the @slab team on their launch! Been a privileged beta tester for a few months. Get it! ->

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4 years

Opening some old mail. So true.

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2 years

Wow. Give this a try on any complex paper. We now have “read any science” co-pilot. 🤯 Excited for what @explainpaper and similar tools do to democratize knowledge access.

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Aman Jha

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It's here! Upload *any paper* to Explainpaper and start instantly getting explanations! Ask follow up questions if you need a more in-depth answer. Go to and go read all the papers you've been saving! 📝📝📝

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1 year

@waitbutwhy Sapians by @harari_yuval is certainly missing. But also can’t imagine you haven’t already read it?

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7 months

@JesseJenkins So you tee’d it up at the end but I’m very interested in your breakdown of US vs other market costs and dynamics for rooftop solar. Feels like that’s a key area of (relatively) low hanging fruit.

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2 years

@hunterwalk Finger in the air: “that looks to be about a WhatsApp”

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1 year

@d_gershenson I launched a new podcast and a guide to SW in climate! Podcast: Guide:

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Podcast · [object Object] · At the intersection of climate change, technology, and parenthood. Climate Papa is a home for the climate dads, climate papas, and climate papis. The climate abbas, the...

open.spotify.com

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2 years

@bchesky This is great! It should be default on.

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1 year

Call me old fashioned — but I think your product should be better than your landing page. Especially if you’re trying to do “product-led” anything. I keep seeing really polished landing pages that promise the world then under deliver.

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10 months

@stevehind @tylercowen The lack of any sense of how this could play out is just shocking. I’m just confused about what they thought the reception would be?

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2 years

Go back to 2014 and tell yourself that we'll have had a Trump presidency and Bing became the hot new search engine.

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10 months

@Scott_Wiener Exactly. There are lots of ways to engage in productive debate about the Israeli government’s actions. I don’t see what this accomplishes for anyone that actually cares about reducing suffering. Just further divides and removes capacity for empathy.

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1 year

@sethbannon This is the #1 reason I was glad to see the web3 slowdown. So many other problems for talented folks to work on.

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1 year

Don’t be looking for highly personal career path validation or criticism on Twitter. Unless it’s from me—in which case WORK ON CLIMATE. ❤️

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Gokul Rajaram

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DON’T BE JUMPY Got this message from a CEO about a candidate: “I don't think they'd be a good fit. We have a pretty hard rule on no jumpy folks and their background looks like a alot of 1.5 years and then gone”. Current and future job seekers: don’t be jumpy. Accomplish

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@joshelman I’d like the reverse. Pay to get the grumpy kid-haters away :)

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2 years

I'll also be dabbling in emerging climate tech communities and will be putting my energy in that direction over the next decade. It’s _the_ existential problem and opportunity I’ve been most drawn towards, and hope others are as well.

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1 year

Ugh, apparently I’m now one of those people that casually says “shifting the Overton window” in conversation. Apologies.

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2 years

I got to work on everything from our custom collaboration tools (Stripe Home!) to rebuilding our most significant user facing payment methods. I went from being a fintech noob to a little too knowledgeable about NACHA operating rules.

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2 years

@sbyrnes Hmm, was Instagram not a mobile company? My framing is your product may be delivering AI, even if your company isn't building / training models.

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1 year

Just saw Psycho. I get that Hitchcock needed to make it clear that serial killers are not good, but I worry that we missed a chance to inspire the next generation of moteliers.

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4 years

Prediction: Trump kicks off a 2024 campaign as soon as this wraps up.

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1 year

I don’t know what this says about me — but I think LinkedIn may be the most relevant social network now that this place is spiraling as a place to engage in real things. Insta for entertainment and social, LI for other things.

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1 year

"All I want for Father's Day is a 10X increase in the flow of financing to climate solutions." - Dimitry, father to Luna, 5 years old

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Ben Eidelson

10 months

🔌 It's time to hack! Specifically, utility data. Ever wondered about your gas and electricity usage patterns? Dreamed of creating a home visualizer for this data? Sign up:

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1 year

Methane is responsible for .5°C of warming and yet we've spent shockingly little effort understanding it, or even communicating about it correctly. @embrein and @sparkclimate to the rescue. 👇

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1 year

A friend's 7-year-old sent me a text (via his mom): "Hi Ben this is Asa. Do you know a few organizations that are doing stuff to help with climate change? I am going to donate a lot of money from the give jar from my allowance.😊 🌅🌎" What ensued...

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Ben Eidelson

10 months

Wait until he tries Outlook.

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Steven Heidel

10 months

happy to join microsoft, still not using teams though

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10 months

The most important thing I’ve read about parenting in a long time. From @oliverburkeman

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3 years

If you're a current Stripe user, just pop into your dashboard and you can turn it on with the flick of a toggle: If you're not, you can learn more and get started here:

ACH Direct Debit payments on Stripe: Bank debits for US customers

Accept bank debits from US customers for large or recurring payments

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10 months

This is all another reminder of the key lesson of @harari_yuval ’s Sapians — boards and corporations are fictional stories. They only have power if people believe them. Turns out a few hundred heart emojis are a better story.

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