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Entrepreneur ( @async_com ) and Investor (GP @originsvc w/ @MATUIDIBlaise ) 🎙️ Sign up for my Audioletter below

New York, NY

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ilan abehassera

9 months

Enough with Newsletters? Say hello to Audioletters 🥹 Once a week. A 5mn-long voice note on tech, education, society, and more. Say hello to my new Audioletter 🎙️ powered by @async_com and @beehiiv . 👉 I’ve been a podcaster for a while ( @OuiAreNY ), and

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Ilan's Audioletter 🎙️

Once a week. A 5mn voice note on all things tech, education, society and more. Powered by Async: Listen, Read and React!

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ilan abehassera

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Elon Musk: “My proceeds from PayPal were $180m. I put $100m in SpaceX, $70m in Tesla & $10m in Solar City. I had to borrow money for rent.”

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Most of the YC startups I am seeing from this batch (W19) are super super early, with much later stage valuations. I wish they were raising less money with valuation < 10M post. Raising at a $15/20M valuation at this stage is, most of the time, going to kill them, Thoughts?

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How @elonmusk and Larry Ellis (Oracle founder) negotiate and close a $2bn deal over SMS 🤯 (From the Musk v Twitter case)

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Time to say a little more about what we're going after at Dots ( @Workwithdots ) 🏴‍☠️, and carefully select our first wave of supporters 🏆 Read on 👇🏼

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I am looking for a strong web designer for super simple one-page websites. Any recommendations team? 🙏🏼

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!!! RT @joshgreenman : PEOPLE ARE RUNNING THROUGH THE STREETS OF SEATTLE RELEASING SOFTWARE PATCHES ON EACH OTHER'S COMPUTERS THIS IS CRAZY

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Central Park today 😍

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🎙 @MATUIDIBlaise sur @OuiAreNY dans une fabuleuse discussion de 1h+ ou l'on parle @PSG_inside , @equipedefrance , @InterMiamiCF et business 🔥 👉

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Well played @tryramp 😎. Loving Ramp at @Workwithdots cc @nickabouzeid

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Feeling like the first time I started using Facebook back then. The world is ready @amoamoamo @an21m @michaeljames 🫶🏼🧨

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Today is the day ☀️ I’m proud to announce @async_com 's general availability to everyone starting today! And our launch on @ProductHunt 🙏🏼 We need your support on PH now 🙏🏼 : After months of user feedback, improvements, and interview with various

Async - Product Information, Latest Updates, and Reviews 2024 | Product Hunt

Gone are the days of non-stop meetings. Replace quick calls and unnecessary back-and-forths with asynchronous voice messaging that was built with how you work in mind. Read the transcript. Reply any...

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Replace unnecessary meetings with async voice messages you can share, read and react to. Announcing @async_com 's GA to everyone starting today! And our launch on @ProductHunt Thanks for your support 🙏🏼 And sign up from here 👉

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1 month later, still sporting them @Spectacles 👻

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*Personal Update* I am back at it, because that's what I am made for ⭐️ Say hello to Dots ( @Workwithdots ), my new company with @jeremylv (that I've known since @sunrise ) and Dan Attali (who's worked with me at Producteev and ily!) 🧵

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4 years

French founders acquiring other French founders in the US 🔥🔥🔥 This week alone: 🏄🏽 @datadoghq buying @SqreenIO 🏄🏽 @TenableSecurity buying @AlsidOfficial (for $98M) Beautiful to watch this happen. Keep them coming

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We're a business 🫡

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My experience re: a new breed of angel investors becoming vertical VCs thanks to @AngelList and their rolling funds, but not only Thread 👇🏼

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2014. 😛

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What separates the winners from the losers is how a person reacts to each new twist of fate.

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“Le plus grand compétiteur que je connaisse”, my boy @jonathanCherki and his monstruous $500M round today 🔥😍

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Mon podcast @OuiAreNY dans le top 10 des podcasts de la catégorie “Entrepreneurship" en France today 😭 J’arrive @Mattintouch et @gdiypodcast 👩🏽‍🚀

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@DavidSacks

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Say something kind next time you speak with a Jew…. Never thought I would have to say something like this on Twitter 😔 I’m not the kind to talk politics but what is happening in 🇮🇱 is not about politics, it should touch all of us. Why? Remember the Holocaust, many of us

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2 years

I am humble to reveal Async ( @async_com ), formerly Dots: Free up your calendar and emails using voice messages you can read, share and react to. Claim your personal URL now and join our waitlist: 👉🏼 🧵

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Async - Voice Memos that move ideas forward

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One of the very first guy in tech who opened his network for my first co, Producteev. Still call him a friend 10y later 💚 @jberrebi

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Jeff Bezos then and now 1998 : “I sell books!” 2017 : “I sell whatever the f*ck I want”

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After 5 years of angel investing in 📈 companies like Checkr, Algolia, Sunrise, , & more, I've started my own angel fund a few mths ago, called avrhm capital (read Avraham!). It’s my side hustle, I am an operator first, but 🔥

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Remember ClubHouse?

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“Hit a stride” 🤪 @amoamoamo

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My drone fell out of the sky for no apparent reason, completely broken. Sent it out for service, after careful analysis, they just shipped me a brand new one. Twitter is not just here to complain to brands, we can also give kudos 🌟 Well done @DJIGlobal @DJISupport

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New read 📚 The beginning is thrilling @reeveswiedeman 🔥

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Wow. Scannable QR code for advertisement formed by drones in sky in Shanghai. Next level marketing ⚔️

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Interesting

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Today is a good day @async_com 🚀

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2 years

Any top graphic designer who can help with deck design? (send you references, if any!) cc @jeijones

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9 years

One thing that’s for sure, @AngelList is totally owning startup hiring. We’re getting tens of highly qualified candidates per day!!

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4 years

Brilliant ad 😌

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2 years

Who's between @Superhuman and @WhatsApp ? 🤔🤫 😍

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As you get busier, I find it harder to remain benevolent and kind. Relationships become more and more transactional 😭. Let’s take time to ask people how they feel before starting a meeting, or when they reach out to schedule a call. Starting with me 🙏🏼 #RandomActsOfKindness

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Feels good to be back at the mothership 😎

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I can't say enough good things about the folks at @HustleFundVC seriously. @dunkhippo33 has been one of our first users on @async_com and she's the best ambassador. Same feeling w/ @ericbahn . Benevolence at its finest. When investor = evangelist 🧡

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Happy b-day @async_com 🥰

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1 year

It's kinda scary to see the number of new startups relying exclusively on OpenAI APIs for their product/tech. We've seen this before, and it never ends well.

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One @async_com user, generated 231 sign-ups by tweeting his personal URL 😱 ( @steventey 🐐) While we knew we were building sthg with high viral potential (we're a comms tool 🤷‍♂️), I am still processing how the playbook for launching new software products has changed. A 🧵

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**My New Podcast: Oui Are New York 🗽** Je vais raconter la “secret sauce” des Français qui réussissent a NY 👨🏼‍🍳👩🏼‍🍳 Premier episode avec @JohnBenhamou de @PeopleDoc_Inc Disponible partout! Spotify: Apple Podcasts:

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Oui Are New York

Podcast · [object Object] · Je m'appelle Ilan Abehassera, je suis Entrepreneur (Dots), investisseur (Origins Fund), et passionné de podcasts depuis des années. Basé à 🗽 dont je suis amoureux, depuis...

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4 years

Willo’s first batch is only available for a few days, so act quickly if you want in :) 👉🏻 👉🏻 pioneer code : LETSWILLO32 👉🏻 10% for my friends : ILANFRIENDS32

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Meet Willo: The Next Gen Kids' Automated Toothbrush

Help your kids enjoy brushing teeth with consistent, effortless dental care. Willo's automated kids' toothbrush provides independence and effective results.

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Two years in, and I often can’t find sleep because I’m coming up with features, GTM ideas, hacks, integrations ideas for @async_com . Work on something you’re passionate about, and you’ll never work a day in your life they said 🎤❤️🫰

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Investors: take 1mn to respond to your founders' investor updates, it means a lot to them, and it provides the nitro ⚡️ to keep them going in their looonnnnggg journey. 🧡

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Sunday in @Spectacles

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@andrewchen 👇

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💉✅🙏🏼

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@mwseibel 100% that the YC stamp is worth a lot, I'm an investor in 4/5 YC companies and they're all doing amazing. I'll continue to invest in YC cos! I'm simply challenging the >10M valuations based on the traction / progression I'm seeing on the 15 companies I've looked at today. Fair?

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Bonjour la France 🇫🇷. @letswillo on @LesEchos

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Willo lève 7,5 millions pour produire son robot brosse à dents

La jeune pousse créée à Limoges, mais dont le siège est aux Etats-Unis, vient de lever 7,5millions de dollars et devrait lancer son produit d'ici à la fin de l'année.

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@garrytan Of course, but I've seen startups die (couldn't raise subsequent rounds fast enough) because they were way overvalued early on, and couldn't justify it to new investors. The funding story has importance.. Btw I'm an entrepreneur before being an angel ☺️

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8 months

@jxnlco @NotionHQ It exists : it’s called @async_com :) we just integrated the action button as a shortcut. happy to help!

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@andruyeung Unless you use @async_com : voice notes are transcripted and where you can really structure conversations out of them :)

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Months of work, and a dream : Making email human again. Respond to your @gmail emails with an async voice note, right from @googlechrome and @arcinternet . Bonus : Add a voice note to anything you're working on : the fastest way to share feedback & context with anyone, right

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🚨 Add voice notes to your emails and your work apps. Meet Async for Gmail and Chrome! We're on @ProductHunt today and would love your support! 📷 Today marks a new era in Async's journey. Bringing the power of asynchronous communications to where you

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What's better than the French Alps to (try to) disconnect for a few days? 🗻🌞😌

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Interview @OuiAreNY a ne pas rater par le King du SAAS, @tiboel de @efounders 🦁

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Today, we're launching a new product experience on @async_com , and taking a big risk on growth. We call it "no sign up required". Why? This was the single largest request from early users, and they were very vocal about it 😱 🧶 (1/7)

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Touchant de voir autant d'hommages a Bernard Tapie sur les réseaux sociaux. On a perdu un grand homme 🖤

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There are investors, and then there's @vsodera my main man right there 🫡

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From idea to our first investment: 2.5 months. We see Diaspora becoming a long term brand helping and backing the 🇫🇷 in the 🇺🇸, but we would have never started it without the platform @AngelList has built for angels like us

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5 years

A little more about what we're up to at @letswillo 🤠

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3 years

I just sold an appartement and reinvested some of the profits into ethereum. Welcome to 2021

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3 years

@Bouazizalex @deel @copernicussw as a new @deel customer with @Workwithdots (as of this morning!), I am not surprised. We've onboarded our first 2 French employees in literally 10mn through your platform. I am super super impressed 🤯. Well deserved!

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Un Serie A de $100M pour @bubble . C’est l’histoire de @estraschnov que je raconte dans le premier épisode de cette nouvelle saison de @OuiAreNY 🔥

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Full @Workwithdots team in NYC ♥️

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After months of discovery calls at @async_com , we've finally uncovered the holy grail: what type of conversation needs to be a meeting, and what does not. It's actually pretty simple 🤌🏼 🧵

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4 years

Du lourd, on rentre dans le sujet du seed pour de bon. Pas à la clubhouse 😈👻

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Pourquoi les valorisations des startups early-stage explosent ? @ilan @CayeHurtado @2lr Retrouvez l'épisode en intégralité sur FrenchWeb : Et sur vos plateformes préférées : - Apple Podcast - Spotify ...

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11 years

F*ckin’ Green Card’d!!!

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5 years

@garrytan No doubt :) this is just my 2 cents looking at about 15 cos that I liked a lot today. but when you invest very early, valuation has importance and more often than not, startups end up struggling raising their series A because expectations were a bit too high

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We have a beautiful office space in front of the Empire State building, with a private rooftop (yes we got "lucky" negotiating it during Covid!), and considering renting up to 4 desks to a cool startup (desks, snacks, coffee ☕ provided!) Feel free to ping me if interested!

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Les mecs mettent la barre très haut

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Jean de La Rochebrochard

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Avec @CarlosDiaz et @ilan on va parler bisounours, marshmallow et cocottes en papier :)

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2 years

Splendid idea @jaltma . + perfect timing right before the Holidays. 🫡

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4 years

I am very excited by this new breed of entrepreneurial-minded investors helping more companies getting off the ground, feeding them to later-stage funds, who more than ever, should become LPs of these new Rolling Funds ✊🏼 cc @avlok

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9 years

Using @shyp a few times a week now, their “returns” offering is so seamless

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. @letswillo 🎈💌 persona update: This week was my last one at Willo after 4 years and a half as President/COO, and although I wanted a break from operating the company, I will remain a proud co-founder and on the board 💣 More here :

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Ilan Abehassera on LinkedIn: Willo 🎈💌 tdlr: This week was my last one at Willo after 4 years and...

Willo 🎈💌 tdlr: This week was my last one at Willo after 4 years and a half as President/COO, and although I wanted a break from operating the company, I… | 26 comments on LinkedIn

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Last day of Hannukah, may the lights stay with all of us 🕎

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10 years

If you think you’re having a bad day - today in 1976 Ronald Wayne sold his 10 % stake in apple for $800. Today it is worth $58,065,210,000

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Big day 😭

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8 years

This device helps blind people navigate by sound

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Every week, I disconnect for 25 hours ✂️ I cut everything: no screens, no work, no calls, no text, no nothing. Here's why everyone should try disconnecting for a bit every week.

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💙🤍❤️ Becoming American 🇺🇸

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@ankurnagpal $100k for 🫣

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Async - Voice Memos that move ideas forward

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Precisely

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😱⁦ @Superhuman ⁩

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2 weeks later, they’re back at it 🧨🫶🏼. Unstoppable. Let’s go Capture by @amoamoamo

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Yup, the WFH collection 🤪

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Found this beautiful message of hope from the late Rabbi Jonathan Sacks. Helpful in these challenging times 🇮🇱 We Are What We Are Because of Those Who Came Before Us Our lives are not disconnected particles. We are each a letter in God’s Book of Life. But single letters, though

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Best 5mn chat in a while, great to meet you @NYCMayor 👑. Thanks @martinmignot and @IndexVentures for the great party, and welcome to NYC! ✨

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@pmarca why always opposing both? 💀 We’re done with the mean leaders, we’re now in the era of emotional intelligence 🥷🏼

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3 years

Let’s ride this wave @Sorare @KMbappe 😎⚽️

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I think I became totally allergic to startup books. Best way to learn about dos and don'ts for startups? Go join one or build one!

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10 years

Ok @acompli , after a couple of hours only, you won your dock spot. Something no other email app ever succeeded at! http://t.co/67gfNUfUVx

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Slowly but surely, @SlackHQ Huddles have totally replaced our internal Zoom calls. Brilliant execution there 🫡

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Office rooftop view yesterday evening. Drinks with some of the @async_com crew 🥰

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Hello @bonjourdiaspora , backing the French 🇫🇷 Diaspora in the US 🇺🇸 More here 👇

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Ilan Abehassera on LinkedIn: Backing the French 🇫🇷 Diaspora in the US 🇺🇸 I've been investing...

Backing the French 🇫🇷 Diaspora in the US 🇺🇸 I've been investing in startups on the side, ever since I sold my first company in 2012. 40 investments later,… | 76 comments on LinkedIn

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Days like these 🧡 Seeing people flock to your product and sharing positive vibes 🧨

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We just sent 1,500 invites to our product, let us know if you haven't received yours and we'll fast track you! 🚀

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