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Tim Connors

@itstimconnors

6 months

Excited to share what we’ve been working on!

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6 months

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Tim Connors

@itstimconnors

2 years

This fucking guy

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CEO bragging The eng team about features that don’t exist yet

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ETH dipped 8% today bcuz of this

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Hey @elonmusk can we mute tweets via regex? is (a free university|insanely powerful|changing the world)[.\s\n]+(.*99% +(?:are|of people|don’t))

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Tim Connors

@itstimconnors

2 years

If you’re ever worried that an announcement is too small just remember that AirBnB added house categories and called it the “biggest change in a decade”

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Tim Connors

@itstimconnors

2 years

Uhh… a massive DAO just voted to “refund” one of their investors who was owed a 30x return ($5M+) This is an insane story that impacts all builders in web3 and as a founder I need to speak out Merit Circle DAO vs YGG 🧵

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Tim Connors

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2 years

French people when i speak something in french that’s only 99% correct

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Tim Connors

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3 years

Anyone who doesn’t see what’s happening with bitcoin right now needs to open their eyes

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Tim Connors

@itstimconnors

10 months

I spent the last 4 weeks building the holy grail of web scraping: It's a universal web scraper, built with GPT-4 + Vision + Headless Chrome The simple methods I tried at the start didn't work well: full page screenshots or the full HTML ended up being too much data to parse

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Tim Connors

@itstimconnors

1 year

Introducing ✨ GPTeam ✨ A completely customizable group of AI agents, with independent personalities, memories, and directives. We were inspired by the Stanford "Generative Agents" paper and decided to make an implementation that anyone could run. Github link below!

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Tim Connors

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2 years

Decentralization is not about ruthless self-interest. It’s about collaboration. And if we want this industry to continue to thrive, then we’ll need to collaborate with the off-chain world too. That includes honoring legal agreements with investors

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Tim Connors

@itstimconnors

3 years

Embarrassing story time I met a cool dude recently. We decided to exchange twitters He uses my phone to pull up his profile, then pauses. I glance over in horror to see a big fat MUTE icon 😐 Neither of us acknowledge it, but the silence is agonizing. I still haven’t recovered

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Tim Connors

@itstimconnors

3 years

We’ve been invited to interview at @ycombinator 🙈 Since day one, my inbox has been filled with a constant stream of rejection letters. Not fun. Now we’ve been given a shot at YC! Whatever happens, I’m stoked we got it. Any tips appreciated 🙏🏻

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Tim Connors

@itstimconnors

2 years

Reddit launched NFTs Notably, the term “NFT” is never mentioned

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Tim Connors

@itstimconnors

3 years

Keeping a list of investors who've ghosted It's unbelievably rude to take 30-45 min of my time and not have the decency to circle back after I follow up The VC space is far too commoditized for this behavior to survive. Founders DM me when you're raising 😈

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Tim Connors

@itstimconnors

2 years

BREAKING: podcast guy is now ceo of twitter because why not

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Tim Connors

@itstimconnors

3 years

We're so excited to welcome @balajis to the cap table. As a leader in crypto thinking and founder of Coinbase Earn, this means a lot. How it started How its going

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Tim Connors

@itstimconnors

2 years

Its funny how “digital nomad” literally means physical nomad

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@itstimconnors

2 years

Someone tried to poach my cofounder but guessed his email wrong so it sent to my inbox

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Tim Connors

@itstimconnors

3 years

Our ETH Denver hack project: DAO vs DAO on-chain chess ♟ Each member can vote on what move to make next. The game state is saved to the blockchain. We call it @dueldao

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Tim Connors

@itstimconnors

2 years

@tkstanczak SHOW ME the training data that says the fuckin peregrine falcon is a mammal 😤

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Tim Connors

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2 years

I am not a member of this DAO, nor super familiar with YGG, but it’s hard to see this as anything other than a horrendous stain on the reputation of web3

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Tim Connors

@itstimconnors

3 years

No more secrets. It's time to formally introduce our next adventure, @101dotxyz TLDR: Make & take courses that issue crypto rewards. Like Coinbase Earn, but an open platform for any web3 org to built on. Let's dive in... 🎒

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Tim Connors

@itstimconnors

3 years

A story in two acts

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Tim Connors

@itstimconnors

2 years

announcing my new startup: a printer that actually works

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Tim Connors

@itstimconnors

2 years

But how are startups supposed to make money if the VCs aren’t giving them it????

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Tim Connors

@itstimconnors

2 years

Neither the original post nor the majority of comments made any mention of the fact that this was a contractual breach there was one dude who popped in to mention that it would destroy their reputation and get them sued literally no one cared

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Tim Connors

@itstimconnors

2 years

All this talk about founders needing to grind every weekend and late nights is toxic and bullshit Of all the variables involved in startup success, the total number of hours worked wouldn’t even be in the top ten

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Tim Connors

@itstimconnors

3 years

Clout chasers smh😒

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Tim Connors

@itstimconnors

3 years

I don’t know who needs to hear this but.. most young founders come from wealthy families This is a huge caveat to consider when trying to learn from these stories And it’s not talked about enough

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Tim Connors

@itstimconnors

1 year

We've decided to shut down @101dotxyz I apologize to all of our users for the silence on our part for the past few months, we needed the space to consider our next step. I know many of you expected different news. The story is simple: we made a bet that didn't play out. We

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Tim Connors

@itstimconnors

3 years

If you’re overthinking, write If you’re underthinking, read

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Tim Connors

@itstimconnors

3 years

Everyday as a startup founder

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Tim Connors

@itstimconnors

2 years

Early on, we had several VCs pass on us because they thought a specific competitor was gonna beat us It was a reasonable concern. This competitor had raised 10x the amount we did and had a full year head start Today, we have 2x more users than they do 😘

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Tim Connors

@itstimconnors

3 years

We’re shutting down Pearl 😳 @Alec2435 and I dedicated two years of our lives to this business, now it’s time to say goodbye. Here’s why…

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Tim Connors

@itstimconnors

3 years

Me building my first shopify store vs me building this double-sided marketplace

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Tim Connors

@itstimconnors

3 years

founding a long distance startup running 🤝

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Tim Connors

@itstimconnors

3 years

The $SOS airdrop, explained... 🧵 If you don't spend your life on crypto twitter and discord, let me catch you up...

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Tim Connors

@itstimconnors

2 years

Merit Circle DAO may not need outside support anymore, but many other projects do And now they’ve made it harder for earlier projects to get the capital they need. Investors might rightfully ask “what if your DAO decides to fuck us”

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Tim Connors

@itstimconnors

4 years

@sama he110 1nve5t0rs, w3lc0m3 t0 my upd8

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Tim Connors

@itstimconnors

3 years

“Let’s start a DAO” is the new “let’s start a podcast”

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Tim Connors

@itstimconnors

3 years

We got a 20 person house in Breckenridge for the ETH Denver retreat 🏰 Feb 21-24. Wanna come? Details below

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Tim Connors

@itstimconnors

5 months

Someone, please build: Super simple widget that uses the Gmail API + an LLM to apply a label to all inbound emails based on custom rules I don’t want a new inbox, I don’t want an assistant to write me emails. Just the automatic labeling. Charge me based on email volume

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Tim Connors

@itstimconnors

2 years

Meanwhile the investor in question, @YieldGuild aka YGG, made a post basically saying: ““UH WTF. This was an investor agreement. We’re not required to give you anything except money. You can’t just change the rules and push us out.””

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Tim Connors

@itstimconnors

3 years

Turns out the best way to recruit great people is to just throw big parties

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Tim Connors

@itstimconnors

3 years

What if there was a government-run VC firm? Imagine federal money set aside to invest in moonshots It would create a financial incentive for them to help small co’s win against big monopolies And citizens could buy into it. Everyone can be an LP in our national fund

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Tim Connors

@itstimconnors

2 years

Another day, another 600 nullified startups. Incumbents are winning and will continue to win. The only viable path for AI products in this environment is to think much much much further into the future. If its not batshit crazy, its gonna be dead on arrival.

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Tim Connors

@itstimconnors

2 years

We’re pivoting our company. We’ll relaunch the new 101 in a few months. DM for early access. More info:

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Tim Connors

@itstimconnors

2 years

oh silly me. all i needed to do was ask it to give the *correct* answer

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Tim Connors

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We cannot build the future we want without the help of the outside world. This is a nascent industry, still struggling in many ways. We need all the help we can get.

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@itstimconnors

2 years

And the core team (legally organized as a company called “Merit Circle Limited”) commented on the proposal saying: “We would like to honor all agreements, however… the DAO holds the ultimate power” …I bet those investor agreements signed by “Merit Circle Ltd” say otherwise

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Tim Connors

@itstimconnors

9 months

Some news!! I've joined the team at @RewindAI 🎉 Tbh I was initially skeptical of this project (an AI that sees everything you do?!) And after running my own companies for so long, I was worried about losing agency. But as I learned about their vision and met the team, I saw

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Tim Connors

@itstimconnors

2 years

Linkedin people are like “I noticed we both have eyes! We should connect!”

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Tim Connors

@itstimconnors

3 years

After a year of being on twitter, I am deeply sorry to report that spending an unhealthy amount of time on here growing an audience is indeed worth it

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Tim Connors

@itstimconnors

2 years

The author of the proposal talked about the need for decentralization saying: “Decentralization is about freedom. The freedom to do as one desires, unbound by anything and everything.” I strongly disagree.

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Tim Connors

@itstimconnors

3 years

Introducing "Hire From Twitter" ✨ The creatively named widget that helps your team source new hires across multiple twitter posts We'll collect info from people over DMs, import their LinkedIn data, then send you a link to review them all It's FREE💜

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Tim Connors

@itstimconnors

2 years

@drewolbrich why is it so stubborn about this goddamn SAILFISH

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Tim Connors

@itstimconnors

3 years

My favorite new marketing strategy for startups: ✨Widget-based Marketing✨ Instead of trying to master content marketing or paid ads, tech founders can play to their strengths and build viral mini-apps Five prime examples: 🧵

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Tim Connors

@itstimconnors

2 years

The proposal passed unanimously (???) and it was decided that the DAO would buy out YGG at a token price of $0.32 The token was, and is still is trading around $1.00 on the open market They got $1.75M instead if $5.2M absolutely shafted

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Tim Connors

@itstimconnors

6 months

@KennethCassel Is there a reason to believe that traffic delays will disappear? If not, I’m still team train

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Tim Connors

@itstimconnors

3 years

How to raise a pre-seed in 2021 1. Build a following on Twitter 2. Launch in beta, grow a waitlist 3. Set up a Roll Up Vehicle @AngelList 4. Allow customers & fans to invest 5. Use your new investors for intros 6. Pivot into an institutional raise

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Tim Connors

@itstimconnors

3 years

Spotify is down. I hear the chirp of a bird for the first time in 6 years. Across the street i hear children playing. The sounds of the earth, return once more to my ears. A tear runs down my face.

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Tim Connors

@itstimconnors

2 years

This proposal popped up in the governance forums: “aims to cancel YGG’s SAFT, refund their initial investment, and remove their seed tokens” They wanted to cut YGG out before the unlock date when they could theoretically start selling their tokens

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Tim Connors

@itstimconnors

2 years

Members took a look and overwhelming said “lol fuck em” (WHAAAT😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫)

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Tim Connors

@itstimconnors

3 years

When I finish a long day of working on my startup.. I like to sit on my couch and rewatch old episodes of “Silicon Valley” ..because I’m a sick f*ck

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Tim Connors

@itstimconnors

3 years

Wifi sucked at one of the venues at ETH Denver so we bought an $80 5G router and named it “ Free Wifi” Needless to say we’ve made a lot of new friends 👌

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Tim Connors

@itstimconnors

2 years

Despite naysayers the idea was popular, so it was put to an official vote and IT PASSED 106 for. 16 against 🫠

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Tim Connors

@itstimconnors

1 year

@DKThomp

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Tim Connors

@itstimconnors

3 years

Someone posted our course in this “Airdrop Finder” group with 128k ppl Looks to be the main source of Wednesday’s traffic

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Tim Connors

@itstimconnors

2 years

I’ve been building companies for six years. This is my fourth. I definitely haven’t “made it” yet, but I’m getting further each time, and it’s really exciting To the first time founders out there: be patient. play the long game.

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Tim Connors

@itstimconnors

3 years

JOIN OUR DISCORD 🤡🤡🤡

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Tim Connors

@itstimconnors

3 years

Someone please make it stop

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Tim Connors

@itstimconnors

2 years

So excited for #LATechWeek !! 🥰

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Tim Connors

@itstimconnors

3 years

why do “gaming chairs” exist?? like wtf are gamers doing with their bodies that requires a separate category of chair

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Tim Connors

@itstimconnors

3 years

Just got an email from Coinbase You know, the people that run Coinbase Earn - our main competitor They said they wanna make some courses with 101 😁🤣✊ LFG lol

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Tim Connors

@itstimconnors

2 years

Students in Porto Canoa, Brazil taking courses on @101dotxyz The teacher, Marcelo, made 7 courses (all in Portuguese) to teach his class the basics of crypto and incentivize them with NFT badges

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Tim Connors

@itstimconnors

2 years

Just landed in New Delhi 🇮🇳

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Tim Connors

@itstimconnors

3 years

You’re not “bad at fundraising” you just don’t have rich friends

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Tim Connors

@itstimconnors

3 years

Can we please stop using the term “web2” to gatekeep and throw shade The implication that non-crypto projects are outdated or unwanted is ridiculous and harmful

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Tim Connors

@itstimconnors

2 years

@elonmusk 🫡 he took one for the team

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Tim Connors

@itstimconnors

2 years

Perhaps the vote would have gone differently if the community had been educated on the nuances of the investor agreement with an educational tool like @101dotxyz they could do token-gated voting based on badges issued via quizzes

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Tim Connors

@itstimconnors

2 years

Microsoft when its time to murder another 6,000 startups

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Tim Connors

@itstimconnors

2 years

new captcha just dropped:

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Tim Connors

@itstimconnors

4 years

I started my first business as a junior in college. It changed my life. I’ve never written publicly about the whole experience. I think it’s time to share. This is the story of GradStreet 👇🏼

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Tim Connors

@itstimconnors

2 years

@tranc3y you're right, a 10x return is not bad at all but imo this has nothing to do with the size of the return and everything to do with the principle.

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Tim Connors

@itstimconnors

2 years

Our education system is f*cked But web3 gives us a chance to build it better, from the bottom-up instead of the top-down Here's 5 of our predictions about the future of education:

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Tim Connors

@itstimconnors

3 years

POV: Cloning the repo as the first eng hire at a startup

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Tim Connors

@itstimconnors

3 years

Raising money? Understand this: You’re NOT searching for someone “willing to make a bet on you” You’re searching for a parter who shares an understanding with you Investors who don’t understand what you’re building are not qualified to be that partner 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

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Tim Connors

@itstimconnors

2 years

Young founders like crypto bc it’s one of the only spaces left not monopolized by big corps. It’s either this or fight for scraps in web2 It’s annoying to see founders from past generations criticizing the enthusiasm. We don’t have the opportunities you had

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Tim Connors

@itstimconnors

3 years

Ready for ETH Denver ✌️

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Tim Connors

@itstimconnors

4 years

I’ve been accepted to the @beondeck Founder Fellowship! 🤘🏼 I’ve been building businesses for 5 years, but never found a community of other founders. Excited for that to change. This is also a huge opportunity for Pearl to tap into a large network of startups to work with😎

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Tim Connors

@itstimconnors

2 years

Bodega Wine Bar in santa monica lost its glorious pandemic-era outdoor seating for WHAT? 5 tables - 25 potential customers, replaced for TWO CARS 🤬😡 I hate it here

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Tim Connors

@itstimconnors

3 years

You know how Adam Neumann apparently dropped tons of money on crazy parties at WeWork? I went to one once. By mistake. And it was crazy indeed. Story time...✍🏻

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Tim Connors

@itstimconnors

2 years

@101dotxyz @MichaelTant3 3. YGG has formally agreed to the compromise voted on by the community (a buy out at $0.32) Seems like this issue won't go to court.

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Tim Connors

@itstimconnors

3 years

We have 84 startups on the waitlist to use Pearl - separate from the dozens we’ve already onboarded Gonna need a bigger boat 😳

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Tim Connors

@itstimconnors

2 years

@101dotxyz 2. The investor agreement transferred authority of the tokens to the DAO, so "Merit Circle LTD" was apparently not legally on the hook. (I'd love to learn how such a transfer could be accomplished if the DAO is not a formal legal entity) h/t to @MichaelTant3 for the info

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