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Building in IRL social • Send book recs • Alum @ycombinator @AmericanU

Miami

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Kaben Clauson

1 year

UPDATE: We’ve been building an IRL social network called Base. We operate on the principle that the best moments in life come from spending time with great people in-person. Base is designed to make these types of moments consistent, authentic, and meaningful.

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@kbclauson

Kaben Clauson

3 years

Last day of @ycombinator . Grateful for the new friends I made all over the globe and the incredible lessons from our partners. Founders, YC is worth it.

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3 years

Moving to Miami was one of the best decisions I've ever made. This city is more than its stereotypes.

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3 years

Two more friends are moving their startups from Chicago to Miami this year. It's not stopping. 👀

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1 year

The main advice from @ycombinator : talk to your customers. How much? More than you already are. This seems obvious but most avoid it. Talking to customers daily can be painful, as they usually think your early product sucks (it does). Finding truth fast is a key value of YC.

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6 years

The @calm app has perhaps the best design I’ve seen. You get the sense that their designers really understand the product/user at a deep level. Even the menus are peaceful.

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1 year

Base is expanding. Austin & Chicago are next. We're looking to hire leaders in both places. If you have any friends in those cities who love social, hospitality + IRL community -- we'd love to connect with them.

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11 years

My Great Grandfather lived to be 101. He went blind from a rare disorder at age 23, yet remains the happiest person I've ever known.

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2 years

One of the few bad things about Miami is the total lack of good bookstores.

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3 years

Hosting a happy hour for anyone in Miami Tech this Friday. Two founder friends are in town, considering moving their startups here. Help me recruit! 😁 dm for details.

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5 years

@farnamstreet Foundation Trilogy

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4 years

@OfficialBBrooks We need ten of thousands of new black and Hispanic millionaires. Angel investing and friends/family round is where things are truly unequal.

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3 years

@_shahedk @ybelyayeva Customer support troubleshooting, legal docs, admitting you made a wrong hire, multiple calls to get a ‘maybe no’ from an investor. So agree. The glamor of startups is way out of proportion to what the daily tasks truly are. We should explain it more to lower pain.

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6 years

Founders round table @M25vc Summit. A very real conversation around these & more: -Hiring A vs. B/C players -Founder Mental Health -VC/Partnership pitfalls -Tactics for overcoming scaling issues.

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3 years

The Founders. Excellent origin story of the PayPal Mafia.

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11 months

College is a bad deal for most people. We should normalize skipping it. A friend of mine in Alaska is making $150k+ a year as a welder. There are a lot of jobs that are massively undersupplied since college became a cultural status symbol.

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1 year

Members are matched algorithmically on over 25 factors. We constantly learn from each experience to improve our group matching. We’ve been blown away by how much people are loving this. This is a problem worth solving. A lot to still learn. Let me know if you have ideas. 🏁

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In-person is the way to build a startup. My friends who are doing great with a fully remote team would be even better off in person. Especially months 0 - 12.

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6 years

@ProfFeynman Asimov was a genius.

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3 years

@GrahmeTaylor There are a lot more readers and people seeking intellectual discussions than many might assume. Latin culture is a major positive for energy and quality of life.

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11 months

A year ago I synced with my co-founders @ric2z @soulafloat for the first time on what would become Base. Nothing is more important than working with people you respect and admire. 🫡 Cool to see our wild idea being used (and loved) everyday. Grateful we came together.

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1 year

Your social life shouldn’t be hard work. Being a ‘super-connector’ is a lot of work and outside of most people’s comfort zones. We make it easy by inviting members to curated experiences designed specifically for them.

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1 year

@nikitabier Thanks for the prayers.

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Kaben Clauson

4 years

@ryan_caldbeck @ycombinator Try 'TruePublic' in the app store. We had this race close. Still a lot to learn but need to get away from telephone polling. Will only get worse each cycle. The solution is combining multiple sources and drawing out 'shy' voters + those who are hard to reach.

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Kaben Clauson

6 years

Meeting student entrepreneurs at the @AnvilStartups today and speaking here tonight. The largest student run co-working space in the world is at @LifeAtPurdue .

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Kaben Clauson

4 years

The last few months have illuminated the power of TruePublic in the post-COVID world. So excited for my team and our early users to see the impact we are having. Big media announcement coming next week!

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1 year

@pakzadroya Seeing the opposite. All the data shows Miami strong (prices). Maybe just your circle?

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1 year

Purpose: many social gatherings have an inherently transactional purpose. This often kills human connection on the vine. We have learned that bringing people together around shared interests & personality is a greater predictor of joy than any other factor.

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4 years

Ford is giving all 30k employees the option to work remotely forever. This is a huge domino for the rest of corporate America.

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Kaben Clauson

2 years

@LaMoniRojas Crema Gourmet in Brickell. Not even close. I overhear NFT project talk nearly every time I'm working there. 😅Euro style, a vibe.

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Kaben Clauson

2 years

Arc browser is a dramatic improvement over Chrome. Having a ton of open tabs finally makes sense. @browsercompany

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Kaben Clauson

6 years

Great night with a bunch of amazing founders for the #clubM25summit . So many different journeys.

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2 years

One of my life goals is to get voice assistants to stop pronouncing my name as 'Cabin' 😅

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Kaben Clauson

7 years

One solution to reading the ideal 500-1000 books left in your life- @naval says read only what interests you, put down books when you like, skim. If you are a completionist (I am) then you have to think carefully about what you read or break the habit. Too many great books.

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Kaben Clauson

11 months

Hosting a number of founder board game meetups on Sunday afternoons. We have a few spots for the next one. If you're interested & in Miami shoot me a DM.

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Kaben Clauson

4 years

@patrick_oshag Churchill by @aroberts_andrew - perhaps the most well-written bio I've ever read.

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Kaben Clauson

3 years

Proud of my sister and her team at @anthillhelps 🚀

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Anthill : winner of Future of Work #SXSWPitch #SXSW #SXSW2022 #SXSW22 #SXSWinteractive

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Kaben Clauson

3 years

If we cared more for the poor in this country we would cap payday lending interest rates and ban state lottery programs. Both of these systems are regressive taxes on those who are most vulnerable.

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1 year

Since the 1970’s we’ve seen a major drop in the amount of time people spend together in-person. In the US people are now spending 3x more time alone than they did just 30 years ago. The average American has not made a new friend in 5 years.

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3 years

Great pitch event last night for Miami Tech @ManaTechMiami @MichelleAbbs . 🚀

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1 year

Base is a member network that curates the creative class of each city. Each member applies as a Leader, Scholar, or Artist. Our members include scientists, architects, graffiti artists, filmmakers, entrepreneurs, and more.

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6 years

Portrait of me as a young boy in South Africa with my best friend Skimbuse. Painted by a great Zulu artist named Boy Molefe decades ago. These days formed me. 🙏🏻

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3 years

@edchucation @Web3Equity @FrancisSuarez @dao_hq Welcome! DAO HQ looks great 👀

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3 years

Fascinated by how fractional NFT's could create liquidity for business owners, home owners, many more areas of the economy. Float everything.

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11 months

Everyone is mocking Bezos & Sanchez but I'm going the other way. It looks like they are having a blast. Being madly in love is inherently cringe.

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3 years

@austin_rief @Shrimp_Society_ I made SO many mistakes that are rather easy to avoid in hindsight. No better 'school'.

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Kaben Clauson

5 years

Meeting some amazing people in tech from all over the world. Big ideas in an amazing country: #Armenia #WCIT2019

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3 years

I have a faint memory of dial-up internet and I will die in a photo-realistic VR world. Thinking about what a unique leap this is in human history. Anyone 25-50 has a historical perspective that is one-of-a-kind.

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Kaben Clauson

3 years

My sister is killing it!! Let's goooooo.

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Chicago HR startup Anthill raises $3M

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6 years

@jGage718 Foundation series. Still my favorite of all time.

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5 years

I have lost two of my closest friends in life, one to a freak heart attack at 19 and another to murder. These events crushed me for months yet made me a much happier and kinder person over the long run. I miss my friends and they inspire me. Happy to be alive this Friday night.

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Kaben Clauson

6 years

@ToddWenning @patrick_oshag The Walton story is incredible.

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2 years

@rabois A year and a half. Wish I moved to Miami even sooner. ✊

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Kaben Clauson

1 year

Remote work is challenging one of the last bastions of community. For many, the workplace was the spark of their larger social life. As we age into adulthood, it becomes harder to make new friends in cities. 1. We are busier. 2. We have a higher bar for who we give our time too.

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Kaben Clauson

3 years

@andrewchen A number of local YC founders are meeting in Brickell in 2 weeks, you should join us.

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2 years

@AmandaMGoetz yesss, we're building something to solve this problem. Miami is our launch city.

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Kaben Clauson

3 years

@timy0ung @ycombinator @mikekijewski @joedubeytldr @efutoran Yes, it's worth it and everyone in the batch I've talked to has agreed. The second time founders especially.

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Kaben Clauson

2 years

@ErickGavin7 Nothing in Brickell. Might start a used bookstore here one day. It would likely lose money though 😅

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Kaben Clauson

11 months

We throw around the word ‘wise’ casually but Munger deserves it. He was still cognitively sharp at 99. An inspiration on how to live late.

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Charlie Munger just died at 99 😔

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3 years

Openmindedness and intellectual curiosity are two of the values I look for most in teammates and friends. These traits have been a common theme among the people I'm meeting in Miami Tech. ✊

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Kaben Clauson

4 years

@myfriendjanine Our customer for are HR leaders and CEO's running companies who have gone remote/hybrid. We have made internal feedback fun, frequent, and truly anonymous. In a remote world, our software gives employees a feeling of 'belonging' even when apart.

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Kaben Clauson

6 years

New gig at ⁦ @NBAonTNT ⁩ 😆. The Turner campus is excellent, worked on something exciting with them for ⁦ @TruePublicApp all day⁩.

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Kaben Clauson

1 year

People: Historically we have found that most people form their bonds in an industry-specific sense (founders know founders). We have found that people want to get out of industry bubbles. Base makes it this easy. We learn about each member to better match them.

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Kaben Clauson

6 years

I’m going to be live on @WGNRadioNews tomorrow at 12:15 central sharing the TruePublic story and introducing some fascinating public opinion data on how Illinois compares to the US. We’ll be sharing this data here also over the coming days.

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Kaben Clauson

6 years

@schlaf @IMDb BeFocused Pro (pomodoro tracker)

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Kaben Clauson

3 years

Many have built a great fortune but how many have built a great country? Lee Kuan Yew built Singapore from a 3rd world country to the most prosperous place on earth in one lifetime. His autobiography is something else.

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Kaben Clauson

4 years

Is there a startup specifically designed around helping new employees onboard in a remote/hybrid world? New customers of TrueTeams are universally bringing this up as a huge pain point. We solve for some of it with our community features...but not directly.

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2 years

@michaelsayman 1. The Hard Thing About Hard Things @bhorowitz 2. Any book that has a picture of the author on the cover lol

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Kaben Clauson

5 years

@Airbnb @Airbnb has an A1 marketing and design team. Always impressed. I think Adventures can the business equivalent of what UberEats was for Uber.

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Kaben Clauson

2 years

@chrisadamo_ @EmilSkandul @FrancisSuarez @Richard_Florida @matthaggman @fgorordo @peteryared @SaltzmanJason @volvoshine @GrahmeTaylor @cjohndesign @eMergeAmericas @CityofMiami @MiamiFoundation @opportunitymia Moving here was the best decision I've made. Never felt more welcomed in my life. I'm hitting 60% on convincing friends who visit for a week to move here also :)

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Kaben Clauson

1 year

Place: physical social clubs have the disadvantage of being locked to a single location. This can make it difficult to reach a citywide audience while creating a redundancy to meetups. Every city is full of incredible venues. Base allows you to explore your city.

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Kaben Clauson

4 years

The Iceberg Theory was coined by American writer Ernest Hemingway. Just as only a small part of an iceberg is visible above water, Hemingway's stories presented only a small part of what was actually happening. This theory is relevant in hiring as well. Where else?

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2 years

@sabakarimm No photos allowed. IRL.

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Kaben Clauson

3 years

Many of the problems with remote work could be solved with advanced VR collaboration tools. Whiteboarding sessions, team meetings -- we're not too far from making the VR version of these amazing. Zoom will seem ancient when we have this.

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Kaben Clauson

4 years

Heard from 10k+ person company yesterday that they just made a decision to go with a hybrid remote work model for ALL employees starting in July. What keeps them from going fully remote? 1. Community. Essentially, how do our employees form bonds with each other over zoom?

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Kaben Clauson

3 years

Journaling by hand is still an underrated thinking tool. There is something almost magical about taking the chaos of the mind and putting it down. The solution always seems simpler in words.

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Kaben Clauson

2 years

Congress is massively underpaid and understaffed. We should make these jobs desirable for people who don't have family money. Starting to look like British aristocracy.

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Kaben Clauson

1 year

@JoePompliano 2005 Alaska High School Basketball State Championship. Rivals meet, Barlett vs West. Mario Chalmers (top prospect & future miami heat pg) vs. the deepest team in state history. Back and forth all game. Goes to OT. West High soph guard Brian Hurn does a crossover into a carmelo

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Kaben Clauson

5 years

@zackkanter 7 Powers: The Foundations of Business Strategy - great book on unfair advantages and moats. @hamiltonhelmer

7 Powers: The Foundations of Business Strategy

What are the secrets to making a company enduringly valuable? 7 Powers breaks fresh ground by constructing a comprehensive strategy toolset that is easy for you to learn, communicate and quickly...

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Kaben Clauson

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In 2001, @RobertDPutnam wrote Bowling Alone. A great study of why community has collapsed in the US. This was before remote work, social media, and gaming all became mainstream. The 'single player' nature of media consumption (TV) is one of the major causes of the decline in

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Kaben Clauson

3 years

@JeanineSuah @brexHQ My sister - her company is @anthillhelps 🙌

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Kaben Clauson

1 year

Any in-real-life network is built around three concepts: People, Place, and Purpose. Most in-person events, whether industry networking or a dinner party are missing an aspect of these elements. We are using tech to solve them.

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Kaben Clauson

3 years

Managing your network is difficult. I've always wanted a world-class 'CRM' for people I want to develop professional relationships with. Excited for what @joinupstream @ajt @jdanjohnson are building with Upstream Reconnect. Join the waitlist:

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Kaben Clauson

11 months

@davidu We can put together a dinner of founders/eccentrics. 5th or the 7th.

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4 years

The energy of #MiamiTech is incredible. The openness of all types to help (founders, investors, operators) is refreshing. The potential for the next decade...

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Kaben Clauson

3 years

@Coveted @evanleaphart @tokenwig @theothercole @doyouknowchamp @adriancole Give me the details.

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Kaben Clauson

5 years

@garrytan In fact I think a major startup will come out of solving for hiring biases based on physical looks & personality. How many interviewees win based on charm then don’t perform? Some jobs require charm to win but most don’t.

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1 year

@alexyoungkwon @perl_xyz @TIME @bray_wilcock @ccarella @Frozenfire42 Love it!

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1 year

A scary scenario is that Xi & China see the current chaos as a unique opportunity to achieve their goals in Taiwan.

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Kaben Clauson

3 years

@TG3II @DinoMonks Welcome @TG3II !!

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2 years

@austin_rief Frolicking is a hilarious word. Well used here.

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2 years

“Monetary policy does not work like a scalpel but more like a sledgehammer.” ― Liaquat Ahamed (Author of Lords of Finance)

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Kaben Clauson

6 years

Status-as-a-Service by @eugenewei is one of the best long-form pieces I've read. It gives a ton of clarity around social and certainly sparked a number of new ideas we must implement in @TruePublicApp asap. Please write more long-form like this @eugenewei .

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@mkobach I'd say next 12-24 months. It will be a major problem for the dating app world 1st. Tech that verifies people is key.

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11 months

@SamFeldtMusic I'd include having a healthy relationship with alcohol & party culture. Seen some tough stories of great talents being washed out.

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1 year

@rubenharris @phaedrael @Career_Karma @EarnYourLeisure Legend

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6 years

@tonysphere @zerofasting @trueventures @kevinrose @mmaser This app dramatically improved my energy levels. 🙌

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Kaben Clauson

5 years

Had a great time on the @Technori podcast with @kitun at WGN studios today. He’s a character!! Fascinating convo around the societal changes that are creating a massive opportunity for TruePublic.

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@philshungry @ycombinator Simple but convenient to forget. Man, the mistakes I made early on...lol

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10 months

@brianbreslin I don't think any social media company has a real incentive to kill bots. MAU's could drop by 20% overnight.

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