It’s been a year since I published the
#RiseOfRestBook
, but its message is more important than ever: Great companies can start & scale anywhere. Read my case for finding, funding, & championing entrepreneurs between the coasts, now available in paperback:
I’ve known
@JoeBiden
for three decades. He is a good man, and a great American. He has the experience & character to bring us together. He can bring hope & opportunity to the people & places that have been left behind. I have voted for him, and hope you will too.
#vote
Congrats to my wife
@JeanCase
on the release today of her terrific book
#BeFearless
: 5 Principles for a Life of Breakthroughs and Purpose Please RT!
#thanks
I was looking forward to returning to Riyadh this month to speak at the Future Investment Initiative conference, and participate in a Red Sea Project meeting. In light of recent events, I have decided to put my plans on hold, pending further information regarding Jamal Khashoggi.
I’m excited the
#RiseOfRest
book will be released in 1 month. I wrote it to elevate entrepreneurs across the country who are building companies and helping to renew their communities. Please RT to help us spread the word.
#grateful
NEW BOOK: Entrepreneurs across the country are building groundbreaking companies and in the process renewing their communities. My new
#RiseOfRestBook
will tell their inspiring stories, and give you hope about America's future . Pre-order your copy:
AOL was founded 35 years ago with the belief the Internet would become a platform for diverse voices. We never imagined it would be used to distort and divide. I’m grateful Twitter, Facebook & YouTube took these actions today. With great power comes great responsibility.
Evelyn Berezin, 93, Dies; Built First Word Processor “Why is this woman not famous? Without Ms. Berezin, there would be no Bill Gates, no Steve Jobs, no internet, no word processors, no spreadsheets.”
#FacesOfFounders
#HiddenFigures
I’ve known
@JoeBiden
for three decades. He is a good man, and a great American. He has the experience & character to bring us together. He can bring hope & opportunity to the people & places that have been left behind. I am *delighted* he will be our next President.
JOE BIDEN DEFEATS PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP
The Associated Press declares Joe Biden the winner of a grueling campaign for the American presidency. He will lead a polarized nation through a historic collision of health, economic and social crises.
#APracecall
My new
#RiseOfRest
book will be released in 2 weeks.
Thanks
@WSJ
for this early review:
"It’s hard not to root for the people and communities in Rise of the Rest"
To pre-order:
Please RT to help us spread the word.
Happy Birthday,
@AOL
! Company was founded 35 years ago today, when only 3% of people were online, for an average of just 1 hour a week! Proud of the role our team played in getting America (& the world) online.
Very sorry to see
@RonaldKlain
leave
@Revolution
, which he helped me start in 2005. But Ron will be a terrific Chief of Staff to President-elect
@JoeBiden
, and he will help our country move forward.
Ron Klain’s deep, varied experience and capacity to work with people all across the political spectrum is precisely what I need in a White House chief of staff as we confront this moment of crisis and bring our country together again.
TODAY! I’m excited the
#RiseOfRest
book is now available. I wrote it to tell the inspiring stories of entrepreneurs across the country who are building companies and strengthening their communities. Please order () & RT to help spread the word.
#grateful
“Take half the energy and half the capital you were willing to devote to
#Amazon
and put it towards your startup sector—that will bear far greater fruit over the next 10 to 20 years” “Cities have the opportunity to create the next Amazon”
#RiseOfRest
#HQ2
“
@JoeBiden
is not a miracle cure for what ails America. But he is a good man who would restore steadiness and civility to the White House. He is equipped to begin the long, difficult task of putting a fractured country back together again.”
“Rather than talking about putting up a fence, why don’t we make it possible for them to come here legally with a work permit. And then while they’re working and earning here, they pay taxes here. And when they want to go back they can go back.”
#Reagan
30-year-old dies after attending 'COVID party' thinking virus was a 'hoax' “I think I made a mistake. I thought this was a hoax, but it's not." Those were the final words of a 30-year-old patient who died.
I think
@PeteButtigieg
is right: Washington can learn from America’s heartland. Answers to our country’s big problems are likely to come from small cities, where there is more experimentation, and more community collaboration.
#RiseOfRest
#DemocraticDebate
#DemDebate
My mother, Carol Case, passed away this morning, with her family at her bedside. She was a wonderful role model to me and our entire family. She lived a long and full life, and was ready to move on. We will miss…
Congrats
@FrancisSuarez
on
#Miami
’s momentum as a rising startup city. You have wisely focused on recruiting *people* to start/ back new companies, instead of just trying to lure existing *companies* to relocate, and it’s paying off.
#RiseOfRest
Such a surreal experience. I’m so humbled to be a part of our continued effort to make Miami a center for innovation and talent.
This is only the beginning of what has been a 10 year process of transforming our City into a
#MiamiForEveryone
.
@SteveCase
to 300 U.S. mayors: “You might not have gotten the 50,000 jobs from Amazon's second headquarters, but you can create 50,000 jobs by backing startups, some of which can be the Amazons of tomorrow”
#RiseOfRest
#AmazonHQ2
“Nobody in Silicon Valley can solve homelessness or figure out how to hire with diversity, but 11 electric scooter companies have raised VC funding. Oh, and a company that uses robots to make pizza. You wonder why there’s a tech backlash.”
@karaswisher
Proud of
@Revolution
-backed
@Talkspace
& CEO
@OrenFrank
for taking this stand.
@Facebook
is an awesome platform & a terrific entrepreneurial success story. And I certainly understand the challenges of managing online communities. But with great power comes great responsibility.
The recent statement by Chris Krebs on the security of the 2020 Election was highly inaccurate, in that there were massive improprieties and fraud - including dead people voting, Poll Watchers not allowed into polling locations, “glitches” in the voting machines which changed...
BREAKING: Trump’s Taxes Show Chronic Losses and Years of Income Tax Avoidance “Ultimately, Mr. Trump has been more successful playing a business mogul than being one in real life”
.
@NYTimes
: From Bezos to Walton, Big Investors Back Fund for ‘Flyover’ Startups
@AndrewRSorkin
: “All told, it may be the greatest concentration of American wealth & power in one investment fund” Learn more:
#RiseOfRest
“This is not a call for bottomless handouts. It is a defining moment to show how capitalism can benefit all Americans, particularly entrepreneurs who have been forced to shutter or reduce the capacity of their businesses through no fault of their own.”
“Immigration is not a problem for America to solve...it’s an opportunity for America to seize”
@ChefJoseAndres
”We need to come together, and find common ground”
#SummitLA
Amazon’s NYC
#HQ2
decision was odd. Not surprised they changed course. Bodes well for VA & TN. And sends important signal about dispersion of talent. Great people are NOT just in CA/NY/MA, even though 75% of venture capital goes to those 3 states. The rest is rising!
#RiseOfRest
“Shame on us if we don't have enough tests by the time this so-called return might occur.”
#TonyFauci
“I don't think there’s a chance this virus is just going to disappear. It’s going to be around, and if given the opportunity, it will resurge.”
Life in the Silicon Prairie: Tech's great migration to the Midwest "90% of the future technology market capitalization will be created outside of Silicon Valley"
#RiseOfRest
I have known
#ColinPowell
for nearly three decades, from the time he served on the
@AOL
board (in the 90s). He is a patriot, who puts country before party, and avoids hyperpartisanship. He is a diplomat, who chooses his words carefully. We should listen to what he is saying.
“We have a Constitution and we have to follow that Constitution and the President has drifted away from it,” Former US Secretary of State Colin Powell says he agrees with fellow former generals who have condemned President Trump’s actions against protesters.
#CNNSOTU
That is true, and you should feel great about the support, and the fact it was such a close election. But it is now time for you to put the country first, and commit to a smooth transition of power to President-elect
@JoeBiden
. The country, and the world, is watching.
“Zoom towns” are on the rise as remote work gives more Americans a chance to live where they prefer—often far away from the traditional office centers of big cities.
@WSJ
: “Will allow smaller cities to compete with superstar cities”
#RiseOfRest
I hope Facebook revises its policies, so that won't be necessary. Mark & Sheryl are smart & savvy, and will likely listen to the growing concerns (including from their own employees) & take action. But if they don't, they will - and should - lose other partners & advertisers.
AOL founder and venture capitalist Steve Case backs Talkspace's decision to pull out of a six-figure deal with Facebook over the Trump post. It will be interesting to watch if other business partners or advertisers take a similar stand.
MY TAKE: There’s no going back to the pre-pandemic economy. Congress should respond accordingly. “This is a rare opportunity to break with the past and create a better future. Congress should grab it.”
@washingtonpost
BREAKING:
@TomHanks
narrates
#SuperBowl
commercial for
@WashingtonPost
to “underscore the importance of newsgathering and the dangers journalists can face”
@FredRyan
: “This is a message about the role journalists play in our lives, and the risks they take”
Here’s the data:
African Americans are 14% of the U.S. population, but get less than 1% of venture capital.
Women are 50% but get less than 10%.
Entrepreneurs in 3 states get 75% of VC; the other 47 states fight…
“It is remarkable to hear religious leaders defend profanity, ridicule, and cruelty as hallmarks of authenticity and dismiss decency as a dead language”
@MJGerson
“Christianity is love of neighbor, or it has lost its way”
“You can’t argue people out of paranoia. If you try to point out factual errors, you only entrench false belief. The only solution is to reduce the distrust and anxiety. Rebuilding trust is, obviously, the work of a generation.”
@nytdavidbrooks
I’ve long admired
@ChefJoseAndres
’s dedication to the people of Puerto Rico and I’m excited to go with him on our 8th
#RiseOfRest
Road Trip to see how the island is building and supporting an
#innovation
ecosystem. Learn more: