Michael Goldenstein @michaeljames Twitter profile

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Michael Goldenstein

@michaeljames

2 years

. @zenly shut down today. A growing app with 40 million active users, gone 😔 But here’s what’s coming next…

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@michaeljames

10 months

Why we do what we do 🫶

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Michael Goldenstein

@michaeljames

10 months

When you told everyone you’d release an app on Sunday… Thanks for all the feedback the past few days 🫶

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@michaeljames

2 years

And so with the Zenly chapter ending a new one begins. I’m looking forward to working with @an21m and a few other friends while we try to fix a lot of what we see is broken with our new project, @amoamoamo .

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@michaeljames

4 years

Why hasn’t Apple made an air purifier yet?

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@michaeljames

2 years

Couldn’t be more proud of the ⁦ @zenly ⁩ team 👏❤️ Working with and learning from the 🐐 @an21m ⁩ for the last 5+ years has been the highlight of my career - can’t wait to see what’s next

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@michaeljames

2 years

TikTok is eating the world and only making things worse as companies focus their efforts on getting their screen time back instead of focusing on why people use their products in the first place. Meanwhile, doom scrolling TikTok and its equivalents isn’t making anyone feel good.

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@michaeljames

10 months

👀👀 @amoamoamo

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@michaeljames

2 years

Apps like BeReal, Locket, and even Zenly are testaments to people seeking products based on real relationships where they no longer need to compete with brands and celebrities.

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@michaeljames

2 years

Today’s social products have become overly complex and commoditized super apps that no longer serve the best interests of those who use them, but rather the advertisers that feed their top line.

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Michael Goldenstein

@michaeljames

9 months

The friend map is here!

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Michael Goldenstein

@michaeljames

2 years

But there is some good news. While this is all happening, there seems to be a renaissance in social getting back to what social networks initially set out to accomplish. Connecting friends first and foremost before the mission statements became connecting the world.

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Michael Goldenstein

@michaeljames

15 days

@quasimatt Bump in France in August basically just shows you where people vacation

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@michaeljames

18 days

🤔🤔

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@michaeljames

1 year

NYC 🤝 Paris

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@joshm

1 year

🫡🫡🫡

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Michael Goldenstein

@michaeljames

3 months

Should we make this the default Bump app icon?

Valentin Fougères

@Valentin_Fgrs

3 months

Need to talk to the Apple Maps team...

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Michael Goldenstein

@michaeljames

2 years

While I’m sad that Zenly will be joining everyone’s graveyard folder, there’s also no better time to be starting from scratch. TLDR too many things are broken and people just want to get back to being themselves with their friends.

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Michael Goldenstein

@michaeljames

2 years

Bye bye

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@nicolasfallourd

2 years

🥐🥖🍷

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Michael Goldenstein

@michaeljames

1 year

#AppleEvent at @amoamoamo tomorrow - all are welcome

Michael Goldenstein

@michaeljames

1 year

#WWDC23 at @amoamoamo HQ tonight 📺

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@michaeljames

2 years

Internally, all of these orgs are becoming bloated. Employee interest no longer serves company interest as individuals fight over pixels and their own metrics in order to get their next promotion, almost always to the detriment of the business.

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Michael Goldenstein

@michaeljames

5 years

Proud of this. Special thanks to @julienmartin_ and the teams that pulled way too many all nighters getting this out cc @rbriaux and co 🙏💪

zenly

@zenly

5 years

This is a tweet about our new website 🥳 (Desktop only. For all of you on mobile you should probably go straight to the app 🤪😘)

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Michael Goldenstein

@michaeljames

2 years

Zenly successors topping the charts in Japan

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@Hala_moshimo

2 years

zenlyの後継アプリが多すぎてどれが良いのか分からない！！！！！😭😭😭

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Michael Goldenstein

@michaeljames

4 years

Summer 2021 is going to be the sequel to the summer of love of 1968

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Michael Goldenstein

@michaeljames

2 years

Apple’s ATT and the market are only increasing pressure to grow time spent, video views and revenue. To whose benefit? Definitely not ours.

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Michael Goldenstein

@michaeljames

18 days

We are so back @jose_goncalves_

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Michael Goldenstein

@michaeljames

5 years

Just getting started 🙃

zenly

@zenly

5 years

Thrilled to be ranked the #1 youth product in Japan by @Nikkei_TRENDY 🥇🙏🎉

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Michael Goldenstein

@michaeljames

5 years

Join our team at @zenlyapp . DMs are open 🥳

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Michael Goldenstein

@michaeljames

4 years

The Last Dance brought back memories of driving to Philly with my dad to watch MJs last game ever. He dropped a solid 6 points. Dad still claims that my name is Michael James so my initials would be MJ just like Mike.

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Michael Goldenstein

@michaeljames

9 months

@blkbzt @amoamoamo Nope! We sold them all 😇

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Michael Goldenstein

@michaeljames

1 year

Paris is lucky to have you

Josh Miller

@joshm

1 year

Lil' personal life update: 🇫🇷 I'm moving to Paris – for one year – starting in September! 🇫🇷 I'll be working from @an21m 's @amoamoamo office (one of my fav crews), and living in the 6th. Anyone want to hang? Who should I meet while I'm there?!

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Michael Goldenstein

@michaeljames

4 years

Proud of ⁦ @sararahmcb ⁩ for this one 💜🚀

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@michaeljames

4 years

Meanwhile in Japan 🇯🇵😍

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Michael Goldenstein

@michaeljames

1 year

It’s the food.

Matt Turck

@mattturck

1 year

Probably nothing, but Poolside AI is the 2nd notable startup to be announcing moving its HQ from the US to Paris in a week? (other one being The Browser Company) 🇺🇸🛫🇫🇷

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Michael Goldenstein

@michaeljames

2 years

👀

Turner Novak 🍌🧢

@TurnerNovak

2 years

Zenly is also now getting about 1/3 the monthly downloads as Snapchat, mostly in Asian markets (Japan, Vietnam, etc) where Snap doesn't have a large presence

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Michael Goldenstein

@michaeljames

1 year

A treat from @hamburger with a lot of opinions I share though makes me wonder at what point we started using social media and social networks interchangeably and at what point they diverged entirely

The Verge

@verge

1 year

Social media is doomed to die

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Michael Goldenstein

@michaeljames

10 months

Good times with @NoeLoterman

Antoine Martin

@an21m

10 months

We were crazy 🤣

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@michaeljames

2 years

👀👀👀

zenly

@zenly

2 years

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Michael Goldenstein

@michaeljames

6 years

When you spend the last 17 days in a row with your colleague @NoeLoterman

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Michael Goldenstein

@michaeljames

1 year

#WWDC23 at @amoamoamo HQ tonight 📺

Jean-Sébastien Wallez

@jswallez

1 year

@an21m Coming! 🤗

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Michael Goldenstein

@michaeljames

4 years

🍦🍦🍦🍦🍦🍦🍦🍦🍦🍦🍦🍦🍦🍦🍦🍦🍦🍦🍦🍦🍦🍦🍦🍦🍦🍦🍦

Claire Pluvinage

@PluClaire

4 years

2020 has been a year unlike any other for all of us, but it didn’t stop us from recruiting: 27 new hires, 23 onboarded remotely, 88% international folks 🤗 Who said the French ecosystem isn’t attractive?! 🚀 Check out the @zenlyapp job offer page

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Michael Goldenstein

@michaeljames

6 years

Indonesian teenagers refer to IG stories as Snapgram 👻

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Michael Goldenstein

@michaeljames

5 years

Can’t wait to have this guy around

Danny Trinh

@dtrinh

5 years

Some personal news: I'm really excited to share that I'm joining the world class team at @zenlyapp to head design. There's a deeply ambitious roadmap 🗺️ ahead and I'm fired up to get to work in 2020 in Paris 🇫🇷. Happy holidays to you & yours!

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Michael Goldenstein

@michaeljames

2 months

Why @amoamoamo exists

Jared Hecht

@jaredhecht

2 months

Our real-life networks are buried in messaging applications. They’re the important groups in our lives that are stuck in WhatsApp, groupme, telegram and discord. They deserve better. These form factors are outdated and it’s time for a mega upgrade.

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Michael Goldenstein

@michaeljames

4 years

Tel Aviv this spring

Max Roser

@MaxCRoser

4 years

Israel has now vaccinated more than a million people. More than 10% of the country’s population. Other countries take holidays and keep the vaccines waiting in the freezers while their populations are stuck in lockdowns and their people die by the thousands.

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@michaeljames

4 years

Rattled I missed my 1000th day

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Michael Goldenstein

@michaeljames

4 years

🐐 @qperez42

zenly

@zenly

4 years

🤩 New on Zenly 🤩 Know when your friends are making frequent journeys (like heading to work, school, or just heading home), see their starting point, and get notified when they arrive!

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@michaeljames

17 days

@alexkehr Are you so delusional that you’ve convinced yourself that you invented this feature?

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Michael Goldenstein

@michaeljames

3 years

🍦🗺🥳 🤝 🚈🚲🛴

zenly

@zenly

3 years

🆕 Introducing a new way to get to your people and places, with @citymapper now available in Zenly! Next time you want to zip it to the party or just want to find the quickest way home, get directions and transit options without having to leave Zenly. Ⓜ️🚇🚌

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Michael Goldenstein

@michaeljames

6 years

Dad: best last day of Comdex/CES ever in 20 years Me: why? Dad: cause I skipped it! Tired of hearing bla bla about autonomous everything that doesn’t work and connected mobility when 150k people wait in line 30 min for a bus everywhere 😂😂

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Michael Goldenstein

@michaeljames

10 months

Friends!

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@eisokant

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Michael Goldenstein

@michaeljames

5 years

How many nights until I can say I live in Miami part time?

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Michael Goldenstein

@michaeljames

2 years

👀

Antoine Martin

@an21m

2 years

So cool & humbling to see the race to build the best @zenly clone/replacement. Fun stuff coming from @snapmap @NauNau_App @joinsuperlocal @gowalla @Life360 We promised we wouldn't do it, but it's going to be really hard to sit on the sidelines for this one...

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Michael Goldenstein

@michaeljames

5 years

It’s happening.

Antoine Martin

@an21m

5 years

Of our last 7 hires at @zenlyapp in Paris, 4 come from abroad, 3 from the US. Times are changing!

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Michael Goldenstein

@michaeljames

11 months

🇮🇱💔

Michael Beschloss

@BeschlossDC

11 months

Fifty years ago this week:

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@michaeljames

6 years

Finally 👶

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Michael Goldenstein

@michaeljames

8 months

Me too

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@michaeljames

1 year

💯

Joe Kennedy

@joekndy

1 year

It’s wild to me that this single team designed the photos, settings, maps, and camera apps Now you have 5 designers working on a single feature in a calendar app Software should not be that complicated

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Michael Goldenstein

@michaeljames

6 years

Can’t wait to see @RobinhoodApp take over the world. Good luck @n26 🤑

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Michael Goldenstein

@michaeljames

1 year

Same

Nikita Bier

@nikitabier

1 year

@tjparker I couldn’t imagine building a zero-to-one product without having a team huddled in a room for 6 months.

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Michael Goldenstein

@michaeljames

1 year

Best US based tech recruiters?

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Michael Goldenstein

@michaeljames

10 months

@FetchRequested @amoamoamo Because the effort is where the love is

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Michael Goldenstein

@michaeljames

6 years

One more 🇫🇷

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Michael Goldenstein

@michaeljames

4 years

🇺🇸🤝🇫🇷

Joe Biden

@JoeBiden

4 years

Today marks five years since the horrific ISIS terrorist attacks in Paris — an assault not just on the people of France but against our common humanity. As president, I will work to protect Americans and our allies, countering terrorism and extremist violence in all forms.

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Michael Goldenstein

@michaeljames

6 years

🇫🇷🇫🇷🇫🇷 #ChampionsDuMonde

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Michael Goldenstein

@michaeljames

1 year

Thanks for coming!

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Michael Goldenstein

@michaeljames

4 years

🤩🤩

awwwards.

@awwwards

4 years

Zenly live map of your friends & family by @HerveStudio (France) has been nominated for Site of the Month April, head this way to vote for them and you could win a free year in our Desgin Directory #WebGL #Animation #Illustration

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Michael Goldenstein

@michaeljames

5 months

And ❤️🇮🇱

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Michael Goldenstein

@michaeljames

6 years

Sending an email to a colleague sitting next to me feels weird. #slackdown

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Michael Goldenstein

@michaeljames

4 years

💛💛💛

Snapchat

@Snapchat

4 years

We condemn racism. We must embrace profound change. It starts with advocating for creating more opportunity, and for living the American values of freedom, equality and justice for all. Our CEO Evan's memo to our team:

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Michael Goldenstein

@michaeljames

4 years

You?

zenly

@zenly

4 years

How long have you been staying home? What about your friends? Introducing the Stay at Home Challenge 🏡 Stay home and stay safe! We’re proud of all of you for doing your part in helping to #stopthespread ❤️😘

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Michael Goldenstein

@michaeljames

2 years

15 years of 🍿

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Michael Goldenstein

@michaeljames

4 years

This email from @Uber feels very dystopian - especially from a no reply that doesn’t allow me to dispute the (false) claim. Being able to essentially denounce people on a whim just doesn’t sit right, even if everyone should be wearing masks in taxis.

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Michael Goldenstein

@michaeljames

5 years

Only this legend moves to Paris bearing gifts of @Clase_Azul

Danny Trinh

@dtrinh

5 years

It’s said the best way to predict the future is to build it. ✅ Day 1 at @zenlyapp in the books. I’m so fired up about the journey ahead 🔜🔛🔝

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@michaeljames

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🫶🫶 @2lr

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Michael Goldenstein

@michaeljames

4 years

Thanks to @gregisenberg I ask myself this question every 6 months

GREG ISENBERG

@gregisenberg

4 years

Q: What are you optimizing for? #MFSA 1. Money 2. Freedom 3. Stability 4. Ability The world rewards those who are focused Perfectly prioritize

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Michael Goldenstein

@michaeljames

4 years

Can’t think of anyone who has exposed themselves to such a wide spectrum of opinion as @SachaBaronCohen has...and he’s been doing it for decades. More superior potassium in this piece 👇

Sacha Baron Cohen

@SachaBaronCohen

4 years

It still feels bizarre to speak out in my own voice, but I wrote this for @TIME because Trump’s lies and conspiracies, spread by Facebook, threaten to kill more people—and democracy as we know it!

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Michael Goldenstein

@michaeljames

4 years

Thinking about early February, when I was mocked by a gate agent in Paris for wearing a mask while boarding a flight to Tokyo, only to land in Tokyo with fever checks and masks everywhere. Week 3 on lockdown in France vs business *nearly* as usual in Japan.

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Michael Goldenstein

@michaeljames

4 years

😍

Josh Nelson

@jnelly2

4 years

I'm trying to learn to become a better designer, I figured one way to do that is by analyzing products with great design – so here's my first teardown! Starting out with @zenlyapp , what makes using this so enjoyable? A thread 👇🏾

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Michael Goldenstein

@michaeljames

4 years

2021 is going to be a fun year ⁦ @zenlyapp ⁩ 👇

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Michael Goldenstein

@michaeljames

2 years

Contrarian take but couldn’t agree more

Sheel Mohnot

@pitdesi

2 years

From @elonmusk on remote work… tell us how you really feel! (email from yesterday)

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Michael Goldenstein

@michaeljames

4 years

@dtrinh @AgentAkki @zenlyapp Stay tuned for more from @sararahmcb but what you’re seeing today is all @julienmartin_

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Michael Goldenstein

@michaeljames

2 years

@joshm @browsercompany Def good people @sararahmcb @hamburger

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Michael Goldenstein

@michaeljames

4 years

Strong play

Houseparty

@houseparty

4 years

Houseparty is throwing a BIG in-app event featuring all your favorite stars and celebrities on May 15th through the 17th. @aliciakeys , @DojaCat , @sanbenito , @DaBabyDaBaby are #InTheHouse and performing, only on Houseparty! See the full lineup at

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@michaeljames

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@jswallez @Madgraphism Louie Louie

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Michael Goldenstein

@michaeljames

4 years

Bring Bump Back™️

Antoine Martin

@an21m

4 years

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Michael Goldenstein

@michaeljames

4 years

👀👀 the guy is back

GREG ISENBERG

@gregisenberg

4 years

I'm excited to share that I started a new company called Late Checkout @latecheckoutplz We do 3 things: 1. Studio: We build and own internet communities 2. Agency: We design products with select companies 3. Fund: We acquire internet companies with profitable communities

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Michael Goldenstein

@michaeljames

6 years

This has sadly become reality in France. Never thought I’d see it happen at home 💔

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