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Lizelle van Vuuren

2 years

Hi 👋 I'm, Lizelle. Serial startup founder, entrepreneur, marketer, fire starter, SaaS + AI enthusiast, technologist, community builder, venture partner, and figuring out what to work on next. → Writing at: → Venture Partner:

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Lizelle van Vuuren

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1 year

When your little library matches your house exactly.

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This is the best thing I’ve ever watched. Y’all I’m in the verge of tears here, watch this. #Election2020

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1 year

Apple and @NWSL launches the Ted Lasso spinoff in 3,2…

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@chelseahandler A badass display of freedom. Happy birthday, Chelsea.

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7 years

Donna Karen just devalued a lifetime of work by devaluing victims of sexual harassment and assault. A true shame to see.

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8 months

Both Sides Now, Joni Mitchell and Brandi Carlile. What she has overcome to sing this poetry once again with such wisdom and lightness. I sobbed through this performance. #GRAMMYs 2024

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5 years

@cmclymer Yup, I don't care about this so-called unspoken rule where apparently no one reclines anymore. His behavior (without any repercussion) is completely unacceptable. That would be reason enough for me to turn around and slap him. Why did he not ask her kindly for to put her seat up?

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7 years

In Denver speech, @MichelleObama urges women to seize their power while not hiding their scars. #WFCO

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10 months

@venturetwins Started with a simple prompt: create an image of a mouthwatering cheeseburger Then I kept asking it “make it even more delicious”. The ingredients kept getting more extravagant; ingredients in ALT.

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1 year

The “funding” we don’t talk about enough in startup land is the salary your significant other makes from their stable job to keep your founder ass afloat. The better halves of founders deserve their own award ceremonies and plenty of equity. Truly.

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3 years

Enterprise companies demanding their employees back 100% in the office are in for a rude awakening. You are going to lose your loyal and talented team members who will seek out remote or hybrid. CEO's attempting to yank us back to 2019 are going to lose the talent battle.

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2 years

Who’s your startup crush? A startup that you’re just like, “damn! I love this.”

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2 years

The least calm person in tech during crisis award goes to Jason.

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2 years

The Simpsons never miss. Silicon Valley Bank episode, 1994.

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5 years

Colorado will be opening drive up labs to start testing at no cost. But you do require a doctors note at this time. This testing starts March 11, 2020. #COVID19colorado

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@GovofCO : “We don’t want any red tape to get in the way of people getting the test or the treatment that they need." #coleg #copolitics #COVID19 #COVID19colorado

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@MenInBlazers Get that pice of 🗑️ away from the Spanish team. @FIFAWWC @FIFAcom do your bloody job and kick him out of that federation.

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Tragic and shocking news out of Baltimore. 26 year old, Pava Marie LaPere a tech CEO was murdered in her apartment. No one seems to be talking about this and I can’t imagine the devastation for her family, friends and her startup team. She was an impact founder who raised $7m

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@_byMegan crazy times. also, this is so effective to drive the fact home that the foundation will not wear off in a literal rainstorm or after a swim - - nails utility -- in an intense way, lol!

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2 years

Who wants me to evangelize the shit out of their product? I’m bored. Founders, pitch me your product, your market, if you’ve found PMF yet, bootstrapped or funded, where you’re at and where you want to be in 6 months and I’ll respond with a game plan for you to attempt.

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@Jennihermoso We are with you, Jenni. ✊🏼 The whole world is with you. Courage under fire, keep climbing.

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4 years

If @USPS did a creative merch campaign we would fund it in the millions + and save the post office and the election. Could we build an ecomm website with @Webflow + 1-click checkout with @fast and shipping by, well, USPS. @web who could help to do this?

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3 years

In a global, remote world everyone has to find the time to connect with others. @UndockHQ Scheduling is the first to help you schedule time with anyone directly in email. As easy to use as autocomplete. Let me know how you like it, ⚡️ #UndockScheduling

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1 year

“Megan Rapinoe”. This 1980’s vibe Ad from Nike is excellent. #USWNT

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1 year

@knguyenpoetry The machine is us. Then the machine is beyond us. We already pay.

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3 years

At @UndockHQ we're building a social calendar that is going to connect you to the people who matter most in a completely new way. We're pretty obsessed with saving people so much time and never having to think about your availability again. Ever! ⚡️

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@SylviaKAlston The revolution will be tele… on @Zoom 🔥

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2 years

Meet my cofounder, Z. I created Z with AI. Today Z has helped me do some unthinkably cool stuff. We started to create a new company together. Here is what we've achieved so far today:

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1 year

20 years in tech and startups.

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9 months

Before you judge a product for not being perfect, go build one from scratch and appreciate what it takes.

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2 years

Who are the best community-led startups I need to know? Community-led, meaning the founders and team are customer-obsessed and building with the community at the center of everything.

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1 year

When I build my venture fund and studio I’ll have a coach and therapist apart of the team. Millions of founders with exceptional potential are just stuck in their own trauma and deserving of building great ideas from a place of focus and strength. What we believe about

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I feel like the world is burning but we have Lil Nas and a whole school of kiddos jamming to old town road and this feels wholesome. It’ll make you smile, volume up.

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5 years

I just became an American citizen after 22 years, in the great State of Colorado where I’ve lived since I moved to this country. I can’t wait to vote! Honored and our judge was a woman, born and raised in Taiwan and she shared a powerhouse story of respect of each other.✌️🇺🇸

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Exceptional founders over communicate.

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@shannonrwatts Terrorism. This is heartbreaking and so unnecessary and infuriating. The LGBTQ community should be marching in the streets for this woman. This is insanity.

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@Esqueer_ Disgusting, disturbing and should be illegal. That flag and their sentiment causes nothing but harm.

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2 years

Please do me a solid; like and reply if you see this. Twitter is truly not feeling smooth. Throttled, slow, dead. Is it just me? It feels slow as molasses engagement wise, and the algo sucks - my tweets are dead — and they’re not that bad.

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2 years

This current fundraising market is no fucking joke. It felt like climbing Everest before, now it’s like trying to reach Mars.

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1 year

Who’s working on mental health + AI + future of work?

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@cmclymer We want it. We want it all! 😍

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My late afternoon walk and running into two neighbors jamming Bob Dylan songs and throwing back a six pack. Take note, this is living.

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7 years

Watching the #WomensConvention live on Facebook and holy Wonder Woman these Senators and Speakers are bringing the Rise of Women! 🔥✊🏼✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿

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We won't sit down. We won't be quiet. We won't take up less space. We are #ReclaimingOurTime . #WomensConvention

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@GlennonDoyle No gays. No gold.

U.S. Women's National Soccer Team

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1 year

The American XI 🇺🇸

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Startup founders are responsible for a million things but ultimately only have one job. Stay alive long enough to find PMF.

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3 years

I'm launching a newsletter soon: A ledger of a rebellious entrepreneur. In Moonshots I explore the good nature of entrepreneurship, the tenacity to never give up, mindfulness, time, wellness, philosophy, marketing, and how to live up to your beliefs.

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Call me crazy but women entrepreneurs who only get 2% of venture funding shouldn’t have to be sexually assaulted to increase the odds of raising capital from the men who get millions to perpetuate toxic startup culture. This makes me furious to even type.

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@TobinHeath @KosovareAsllani @re__inc These are the opinions that matter. The global players knowing what it has taken to arrive at this particular WWC. And class act of Asllani to shut that journalist right up with their probing of smearing the USWNT with anything other than respect.

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1 year

63% of tech workers report they have started their own company post-layoff, according to a recent survey. And 93% report they are now competing with the company that let them go. The next wave is being built. Are you in or are you out?

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2 years

Jon Stewart please run for office. At the very least watch this because I could not have said this better.

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2 years

I lose my shit (in a good way) and am overjoyed every time a women announces that she raised money. Because 2%.

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2 years

My word for 2023 is courage. What’s yours?

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3 years

This is 40. Feeling lucky. Endlessly grateful. Just getting started.

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3 years

When women do awesome shit 👏🏼👏🏼 The first NFT to be on Times Square. @BossBeautiesNFT project is fantastic because it’s all about what they’ve been building for years and leveraged web3 to enter a new dimension of impact for girls and women

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Boss Beauties take over Times Square @Nasdaq ✨🚀💕

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4 years

A must listen, @karaswisher interviewed Parler CEO last Wednesday. This guy is so full of it. Podcast happened before big tech started to ban him. Zero responsibility for ANYTHING. This is what's frightening about tech founders. "Neutral" is a cop out.

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1 year

Startups are an endurance sport.

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1 year

Every tech company's pitch: more productive than ever. What it should be: more human than ever. Make tech more human. The greater the invention the less invasive it will be.

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@pghcaroline More so, how quickly the world turns on and always have when women don’t act in a specific way. Everyone is a know it all during the World Cup specifically as well making it rather insufferable.

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@helenlewis Not worded correctly at all. They didn’t line up for sex. They opted in to rape her — and did. Some of them multiple times. Haunting and infuriating. And it’s important to have the accurate context of their violence against her.

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The @OpenAI Board reshuffle with zero women is a grave mistake and should be considered a high priority. 4 billion women on this amazing planet. Surely we can find 2 or 3 to join the epic responsibility to navigate the future of AI impacting 8 billion people. Here are some

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2 years

The most cringe thing I see from VC Twitter is complaining about founder flaws. You want to know what startup founders really need to be successful?

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1 year

@heyBarsee Most stereotypical men …

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3 years

gm to @WomenandWeapons ⚔️ The mint I was sad to miss, and then I saw @kpwaltman show off her fire duo today and I had to buy 2. @NFTSaraBaumann your artwork is just so damn cool.

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@StephanieNOlson And guess what's not coming with the forcible "return to the office or else"? A $20,000 raise to cover the cost of being in the office. Aside from the stale air and exhaustive lighting in most office buildings which are unhealthy to be in all day, every day.

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1 year

I’m itching to build and launch something. Who needs a GTM hand?

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1 year

Excited to announce a personal rebrand. Who needs the full Lizelle, I am now simply, L.

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2 months

Best zoom I have ever been on, with over 100,000 women for @KamalaHarris . Thanks for throwing this party @shannonrwatts , your leadership is a beacon. Hanging with @Pink @GlennonDoyle @AbbyWambach and so many badasses. We’ve already raised $1.5m! #AnswerTheCall2024 🔥

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Kamala just broke Zoom again. Tonight's Zoom to support Kamala Harris is now the first EVER IN HISTORY to have over 100,000 participants. #AnswerTheCall2024

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2 years

Who’s building in the mental health + future of work space?

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3 years

Oh hell yes. @MyBFF LFG 🚀

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3 years

Step into my office. The space pod got a deck addition, plants and a doormat.

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2 years

Today was one of those perfect days. Woke up next to my wife after 20 years together and still infatuated. Read down a rabbit hole for an hour. Worked out. Helped a neighbor. Bought fresh fruit + veggies. Walked Leo. Made lunch. Worked in the yard. Longboarded. Napped. Now dinner

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1 year

Do yourself a favor and tune into the @TraceeEllisRoss episode on We Can Do Hard Things, with Glennon, Abby, and Amanda. This show is so good for your mental health. And not many things can claim that these days. @GlennonDoyle and @AbbyWambach , thank you.

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1 year

Where are women safe? Everywhere and nowhere. It just depends on how insecure men are. A story. I’m fired up. Rode my e-bike to the grocery store to pick up a few things to grill up for my mom later today. A beautiful Denver day. Shopping was successful and I had great success

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6 years

Legend! Let's help Mari Copeny, an 11 years old Flint Kid who's helping fill other kids' backpacks with supplies for $4 a backpack. Keep Climbing, Little Miss Flint! Let's help this kid help other kids. #LittleMissFlint #FlintKids #FlintWaterCrisis

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2 years

@FitFounder Change your nutrition, it's 70% of the challenge. Eat cleaner, cut out complex carbs for a short while, produce and protein, remove sugar, cut out booze, add more water.

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1 year

On the topic of sh*tty leadership, Clearlink CEO commending an employee for “selling their family dog” to come back into the office. In another episode of ending remote work instead of going to therapy.

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2 years

Do you ever just stop and notice that entrepreneurs face the unknown with relentless energy and enthusiasm day in and day out, and what a great display of the human spirit that is.

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@MandelaSH It’s the more dangerous thing I’ve seen in a while. My founder friends have been texting me all week about this. Completely unhinged.

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Tell as many people as possible what you’re working on because they can help in the most unexpected ways. But no one can speak on your behalf if you’re not sharing.

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3 years

Newsflash to every tech and startups journalist, startups are chaos. Report on something else and stop nitpicking women who take big whopping risks. It is still Women’s History Month, right? We literally couldn’t get through March without a women founder scorned…

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The vibe difference is not even close.

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@lis_ashlee Denver. All the way, Denvah!! Pro women’s soccer in the mile high city without question.

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@creation247 Progress, not perfection. It’s paramount to make incremental improvements but it’s debilitating to want to be perfect all the time. Strive for progress, always.

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Entrepreneurship is a mindset, not strictly a profession. What psychological traits do you think are crucial for entrepreneurship?

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First time founders: you want to do too much. I know, I know. I did the same damn thing. I understand. 💛 Now, go take 90% of all that stuff on your plate off and keep only: • traction • feedback from users • revenue Cool?

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In case you missed Tracy Chapman and Luke Combs - Fast Car. This performance floored me. 😭❤️‍🔥 #GRAMMYs

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@SHEscoresbanger Ban them for life. The disregard, the lack of sensitivity and plain disruptive nature of this is a ban for good to them. Idiots.

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@Kheredine2018 @andy_murray When outcomes are the only reason you're doing something, you're doing it all wrong. Yes, winning is the ultimate reward - but it's rarely why we do anything. It's to live up to our potential. He'll quit when he is good and ready and no longer growing from the sport he adores.

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He would be loving this women’s World Cup. Missing the words and impact of Grant Wahl but feel like he’s there in spirit.

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3 years

How it started How it’s going

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5 years

@cmclymer Legit the most fun I’ve had in twitter in a while. AND I donated to @ewarren again because of you. Good on you! She better call you. Now tell us which damn show’s finale sucked, please! Apparently nothing pains us as much as suspense.

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Just kidding. I was an advisor for a whole 2 weeks before deciding that I wanted to build with @rebekah_bastian and @k_to_the_t . Stepping into the founding team @OwnTrail as Chief Growth Officer and ready to chip away at brand, positioning, GTM, product, and Growth of course.

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It’s not market validation when all the hype is from VCs.

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@AttackingThird Legend moment for her during those penalties. She was a stone cold killer.

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Today an endocrinologists told me to go live my life to the fullest. Right after she told me that I don’t have cancer. I’m so relieved that I can hardly move. When I got Covid-19 for the first time this year at the end of January, aside from feeling like crap, I noticed

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Join the #WomenWhoStartup Global Community on @SlackHQ . Female entrepreneurs & innovators!

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Cat is finally out of the bag and I’m stoked to share that @getknolly Knolly (initially BookBuddy) got accepted into @Techstars Boulder. I got in before all the big news dropped but find it beyond magical that I’ll be apart of the last ever TS Boulder, ever. Plan to bring our

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Who are the best community managers and community builders out there right now?

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Founders getting ready to fundraise in 2024.

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One of the most amazing parts about being human is the ability to change your mind. I think it's a superpower. Don't get too locked into your beliefs that there's no room to grow. Changing your mind is growth.

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