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Tom 🔨
a16z speedrun 🧊
@tmhammer
people @a16z, building @speedrun | ex-@riotgames, @birdride, @ohiostate always
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    Tom 🔨
    a16z speedrun 🧊
    @tmhammer
    Apr 30
    30 of the 70 companies in our last @speedrun batch had founders born outside the US and if we keep doing our job – and we will – that number is only going up: * founders building products + teams internationally * builders stuck in an H-1B job ready to accelerate their slope *
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    Tom 🔨
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    Jul 29
    one of the most important things i've heard this year re: teams and the "resource curse" from @dhh small teams > big teams because constraints force you to make tradeoffs that lead to better products. the inverse logic applies: "Microsoft is going to produce the kind of
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    Tom 🔨
    a16z speedrun 🧊
    @tmhammer
    Jul 28
    it’s happening
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    Tom 🔨
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    @tmhammer
    Jul 27
    tomorrow we kick off @speedrun 007 in santa monica twelve weeks of founder pain and suffering-as-a-service 😉
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    Tom 🔨
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    @tmhammer
    Jul 22
    when your two friends who have obviously loved each other for a decade announce their engagement
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    Jul 22
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    a16z. Unfinished Business.
    Today, ATOMS is announcing a $1.7B equity investment with lead investor a16z and Ben Horowitz joining the board. As part of this investment we have merged our various businesses into one Atoms equity...
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