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Aaron Klein

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“This is the essence of ‘wealth creation’ — everyone had more. It wasn’t zero sum. Nobody had to lose for the world to get better.”

Why Western Civilization Needs Defending

How did the US, after 248 years, manage to create a quarter of the world’s wealth, even though we’re only about 5% of the population?

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Aaron Klein

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6 years

Fifty years ago, Charles Schulz wrote a story line where two boys who didn’t look like each other became friends, and one invited the other over for a sleepover. Radical for its time...but a dent in the universe. ❤️

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2 years

Jerry Seinfeld is an epic interview.

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6 years

Capitalism is a gift to mankind.

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6 years

[ angry response accusing you of massive political bias for not directing your peace and love exclusively toward my political team ] May 2017-style politics be no more.

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6 years

[ apolitical tweet expressing earnest desire that everyone have a great 2018 and find peace and happiness and fulfillment and love ]

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9 years

My time has been completely overtaken by this massively multiplayer online game called “email.”

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5 years

These trucks are never, ever, ever getting back together. Like ever.

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7 years

Amazing speech from Chief Justice John Roberts at his son’s graduation.

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6 years

Hey @Dodgers , this is what you do when your Giants-loving brother brings his new daughter over for Christmas. 😂

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5 years

All residents of Chicago begin making plans to move to Antarctica, which has slightly lower tax rates.

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Chicago will be colder than Antarctica this week

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7 years

His plan was to spend more time with his family, but they're all really busy dealing with identity theft.

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7 years

BREAKING: Equifax says its CEO is retiring

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5 years

Never laugh at your wife’s choices. You’re one of them.

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5 years

R E M I S S I O N // Celebrating this boy officially in remission today! What an incredible journey Spence has been on and we’re so proud of him. ❤️

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7 years

To-do list when friend gets promoted to CEO role. 1. Send note of congrats. 2. Order them @bhorowitz 's The Hard Thing About Hard Things.

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Aaron Klein

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2 years

I’m not positive, but I think that’s just a chocolate chip cookie.

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Aaron Klein

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3 years

Jeff Bezos just received seven LinkedIn messages saying “congrats on your retirement announcement, have you thought about rolling over your 401K?”

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Aaron Klein

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3 years

@caroljsroth Suzanne Pleshett on the final episode of Newhart. Nothing can top it.

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Aaron Klein

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4 years

Wife asked for help clearing out and scanning old documents to get rid of paper. Found 2002 tax return. With a brokerage statement. Where I sold 149 shares of AAPL for $3,536. Which today would be worth $886,633. 😂

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Aaron Klein

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5 years

Ben, Ben, Ben...you look precisely 33% cooler when you’re holding a bottle of Miller Lite over a can. Which happens to be the exact per-ounce “visual cachet” premium the market is pricing in here.

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5 years

Markets are not efficient, volume 6,397: Six pack of Miller Lite tall boys (16oz): $6.39 Six pack of Miller Lite bottles (12oz): $7.19

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5 years

18 years of marriage, and I think I’ve finally made it to the next level.

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5 years

V I C T O R Y // Right before our dinner date, we got word that, after countless letters, appeals and calls, Blue Shield has agreed to cover the cost of Spencer’s treatments. We had to break out the champagne to celebrate! So grateful. ❤️

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4 years

😂😂😂 This is so accurate.

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3 years

Whoever runs the Chick-Fil-A drive-thru operation should be given immediate control of the California DMV, no questions asked.

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8 years

Theory: chip cards got rolled out only to make Apple Pay and Google Wallet become a FASTER way to pay. 😂

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7 years

Love this guy. Always willing to serve his teammates.

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7 years

Chase Utley, known leader. 💯

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3 years

Two years ago today, Spencer went into remission. We will never stop being grateful we got him back.

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3 years

“You are about to embark upon the Great Crusade, toward which we have striven these many months. The eyes of the world are upon you. The hope and prayers of liberty-loving people everywhere march with you.” —General Dwight D. Eisenhower on June 6, 1944 #DDay

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8 years

As Hillary and Bernie fight about who can #ResistCapitalism more, satellites demonstrate which economic system wins.

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5 years

“Don’t believe everything you read on the Internet.” —Abraham Lincoln

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4 years

I’m a nominal 49ers fan, but... 24 year old phenom quarterback who has got to be one of the greatest human beings in the NFL. 61 year old legendary coach who hasn’t won a Super Bowl. Not hard to feel good about this Super Bowl.

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Aaron Klein

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3 years

Just reached the “son taking a girl to homecoming” life stage. 😱 We love Ava, she’s a great friend to Teddy. ❤️

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5 years

I did not know this. Incredible.

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5 years

Today I learned how they fill in the color for the graves of our soldiers who lost their lives in Normandy. They take the sand from Omaha Beach and scrub them into the letters to give them the brown/gold coloring. #DDay #DDay75Anniversary

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6 months

Home and toasting a 12 year mission accomplished. 🍾❤️

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3 years

Two years ago, he was in the middle of treatments and we had the first hopes he might go into remission. Today he graduates from eighth grade, with honors!

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3 years

Death was no match for the hope unleashed on the world! Happy Easter 2021 from the Kleins. ❤️

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6 years

I have yet to meet one woman for whom this was true.

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Millennial women are 'worried,' 'ashamed' of out-earning boyfriends and husbands

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7 years

Amazing post by @FeliciaHorowitz ...you'll never understand the impact possible in Africa until you go. I've lived all that she writes here.

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Aaron Klein

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1 year

May we all have the ability to see the best in others like Isabella.

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Aaron Klein

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10 months

247 years ago, it was accepted fact that the world should be governed by kings. Lords ruled over peasants, and slavery was embraced by the elite in nearly every country on earth. A group of radicals had a different idea. “All men are created equal,” they wrote in our Declaration…

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3 years

THAT’S EXACTLY WHAT A SPIDER WOULD WRITE.

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Aaron Klein

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4 years

Is it me or did the Governor of California just order home isolation for all three of our presidential candidates? 😂

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4 years

#BREAKINGNEWS Gov. Gavin Newsom called for closure of all bars and wineries throughout the state of California and home isolation of those 65 and older. #CoronaVirusUpdates #COVID ー19

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5 years

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5 years

B R A V E H E A R T // Seven years ago we’d just gotten our first Little League uniform. Today, this sweet boy is doing his third infusion treatment. He’s having a tough time getting the IV in this morning, so we’d welcome your prayers!

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3 years

Celebrated two decades of marriage by renewing our vows in front of our three amazing kids, and a small handful of family and friends. Such a wonderful day. ❤️ #20YearsofKlein

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6 months

1/So, some pretty big news today. I've been CEO of Nitrogen (+ Riskalyze) for 50 quarters. We didn't have a product for the first 8...but it's been 42 straight quarters of growth since then. Which also means...this is the largest company I've ever run, 42 quarters in a row.

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Aaron Klein

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4 years

Dear Media, the United States has 5.5x the citizens of Italy. Headlines that drive unwarranted fear aren’t helpful.

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JUST IN: The United States surpassed Italy on Saturday morning with the most reported coronavirus deaths of any nation

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8 years

This is why it’s SO important to be invested within your Risk Number! via @ReformedBroker

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8 years

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5 years

G R A T I T U D E // Feeling a deep sense of it as today marks one year since we fell down the rabbit hole of Spencer’s illness. Twelve months, countless meetings with the medical team and eight infusions later, we’re almost to full remission. Counting our blessings today! ❤️

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5 years

There are two kinds of people in the world. Those who say “you suck, and the only way to fix that is to hire me.” And those who say “what you’re doing is awesome, and I’d love to help build on that awesomeness by joining you.” Always be the latter.

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Aaron Klein

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4 years

Just popped open Memories and today is ONE YEAR since Spence officially went into remission. Words cannot express our gratitude.

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Aaron Klein

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5 years

When I hear about the “student debt crisis,” I think about the 2000s. I borrowed a lot of money to start a business then. It failed. It wasn’t all my fault, but it taught me a lot of lessons I use today. It was crushing, but I paid it all back. It’s the right thing to do.

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Aaron Klein

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5 years

“Move fast and break things,” meet fintech.

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Robinhood deletes tweets about launching checking and savings accounts, scrubs the page from its website, and now calls the offering a "cash management" program ( @julieverhage / Bloomberg)

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4 years

Wow. A brilliant legal mind AND a heart for the vulnerable. The mom of a multicultural adoptive family will be sitting on the Supreme Court. May ACB prove a worthy successor to RBG. ❤️

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Aaron Klein

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4 years

Rumor has it that Schwab and TD couldn’t get a SINGLE investment banker to work on their $26 billion dollar deal. I’m guessing it was the zero transaction fees.

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Aaron Klein

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1 year

Welcome to Nitrogen. It’s a catalyst. A force multiplier. The essential element for growth. #WelcometoNitrogen #RiskalyzeRebrand

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Aaron Klein

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3 years

How it started...and how it’s going. HAPPY ANNIVERSARY to my sweetheart. 20 years and you’re still more beautiful inside and out, every single day. I’m so grateful for our life together. Can’t wait to celebrate with you this weekend! ❤️

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Aaron Klein

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3 years

1/We're thrilled to share the news that @Riskalyze has been recapitalized by @HgCapital , one of the world's leading software investors with $37B under management. This is a huge step forward for the Fearless Investing Movement.

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@AaronKlein

1 year

You should not be able to trade individual stocks as a member of Congress. Full stop.

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BREAKING NEWS: The New York Times has just reported on Congressional members trading during the banking crisis. They showed how members traded during the crisis, while the public worried. Here is the list of members highlighted:

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4 years

Incredibly fortunate to get to experience GAME 2 of the #WorldSeries in person! So grateful Spence is in remission...his FIRST World Series game. Go #Dodgers !

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5 years

"When I say be kind to one another, I don't mean only the people that think the same way you do. I mean BE KIND TO EVERYONE." In a world where everyone tries to invalidate each other's freedom of thought, Ellen and President Bush's example of grace and kindness rings true.

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. @TheEllenShow explains how she ended up in Jerry Jones’ box this weekend (she was a guest of his daughter) at the Cowboys/Packers game. And she also talks about her friendship with former President George W. Bush

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4 years

This is Spence from a year ago. On this PANS/PANDAS Awareness Day, we’re nearly a year into his remission. He’s healthy and thriving. So incredibly grateful. ❤️

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Aaron Klein

@AaronKlein

2 years

This account is exactly why @elonmusk invented Twitter in the first place.

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2 years

Today is Queen Elizabeth’s 96th birthday. That means that, during her reign, she’s had the privilege of watching America win two world wars, literally invent cars (thank you President Ford), and become the oldest and greatest country on earth. You’re welcome, your majesty.

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6 years

“When a man tries to mistreat a woman...he is unlikely to get very far with a woman whose father has made her feel that she’s worth a whole lot.” Very thoughtful read from @AbigailShrier

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Aaron Klein

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5 years

We did it! Lori and I were so thrilled to accept this award on behalf of the tens of thousands of advisors who make the Fearless Investing Movement strong. 💪👏🎉 #Wealthies #WMIA19

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5 years

And @Riskalyze wins the #Wealthies for risk tolerance/client profiling! @AaronKlein @lthardwick #WMIA19 @wealth_mgmt

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2 years

This afternoon, we gathered a bunch of his industry colleagues for a group photo to let @gspitzner know that we are all #TeamGavin , we know he’s going to beat cancer, and we’re behind him 110%. #FISummit

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Aaron Klein

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4 years

I've discovered a strange correlation between hard work and good luck.

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3 years

“People with scarcity mindsets are always unhappy in my experience.” An absolutely phenomenal must-read interview with @bhorowitz . The contribution and abundance principle is a defining belief of our time.

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12 years

In other news, AOL is suing Yahoo for violating their patent on a system or method for systematically dismantling a technology company.

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2 years

We don't get paid to predict rain, we get paid to build arks.

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Aaron Klein

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3 years

California Public Health has decreed that my vaccinated parents can't see their grandson graduate from 8th grade in an OUTDOOR ceremony. This ignores DECADES of viral science and CDC guidance. We are not a totalitarian society. It's time for this anti-science nonsense to end.

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5 years

No power at the kids’ school today. Emma: “it was crazy, the wi-fi didn’t work and we had to look things up in books!” 😂

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4 years

So proud of this boy. He missed a year of baseball with his autoimmune illness...but he is BACK and ready for a great season! ⚾️

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Aaron Klein

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4 years

Our leaders have tough decisions to make. Life and death for people, and their dreams and livelihoods. I don’t know about you, but I’m praying for the success of folks like the President, VP, Governor Newsom, Governor Cuomo and so many others. We need them all to succeed. 🇺🇸

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7 months

About once a year, @pmarca does the world a great service by sorting out the builders from the critics. The outrage and attacks against a convincing and optimistic vision are very telling, and helpful.

Marc Andreessen 🇺🇸

@pmarca

7 months

THE TECHNO-OPTIMIST MANIFESTO part 1 “You live in a deranged age — more deranged than usual, because despite great scientific and technological advances, man has not the faintest idea of who he is or what he is doing.” — Walker Percy “Our species is 300,000 years old. For the…

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5 years

There were more than a few days in the last year when I didn’t know if we’d ever be able to take this picture again. #Grateful #LoveConquersAll

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4 years

Former Detroit police chief who was pulled over by his own officer talks about the change we need in this country to defeat injustice. Great read...

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5 years

Spence is starting infusion #10 today. If all goes well, this one will put him over the edge into full remission and he’ll only do these when he has a flare up in the future! So grateful. ❤️🎉💪

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8 months

Still just a little bit in shock at this great honor from our industry…CEO of the Year at the Wealth Management Industry Awards. Thank you @wealth_mgmt for this great honor and thank you Nitrogen team…this is for you! 💜

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5 years

P R O G R E S S // Spence is showing some great progress post-treatment. More ability to verbalize, fewer hallucinations. We’re so grateful, however slow it might be! Out for a Chinese dinner tonight. ❤️

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Aaron Klein

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4 years

Jim Bowen is ONE OF A KIND, and he always brings a world of insights from his team at @ftportfolios to the stage. I can't wait to hear what he has to say about 2020 and beyond! #FearlessWeek

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@AaronKlein

9 years

A preview of tomorrow… INTRODUCING AN ALL-NEW SOCIAL NETWORK, ALPHABET+.

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5 years

WeWork is not proof of a tech bubble; in fact, it’s evidence there isn’t one. The markets did their job.

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3 years

Prayers tonight… …for the interpreters who risked their lives for freedom …for women fearful for their human rights …for little girls who wonder if they’ll be allowed to go to school tomorrow …and our heroes in uniform trying to do in a day what should take weeks.

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5 years

So great to have my four favorite people here at #FISummit . ❤️

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3 years

Happy Teddy Day to this incredible kid. We are so grateful that he became a Klein five years ago today. He’s made our entire family better. ❤️

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1 year

The days of "if you accept this debt package / line of credit for your business, you must park 75% of your cash at our bank" are over. Years ago, we were subject to such a covenant, and I wouldn't sign it even with the strongest bank after this last few days.

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Aaron Klein

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5 years

C O U R A G E // Spence made it through his second treatment today and did a great job! Such a good IV placement, they got it down in seven hours each day instead of nine. Grateful. #LoveConquersAll

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@AaronKlein

10 years

Apple sold 25x more CPU transistors on iPhone 6 launch week than existed in all PCs on Earth in 1995. (via @BenedictEvans )

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2 years

@3YearLetterman @elonmusk @slashdot Bill Gates did not invent the internet. That was Alfred Gore, our oldest living documentary filmmaker, who also invented global warming to power the Internet’s servers with steam energy.

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Aaron Klein

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4 years

1/Just sent out an email abolishing annual performance reviews at Riskalyze. And I don’t think anyone will miss them. In its place is our new Performance Feedback process, which asks Riskalyzers and their managers to answer two simple questions 3x/year.

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Aaron Klein

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3 years

This morning, we closed the transaction to partner with @HgCapital and exit Riskalyze's early investors. This next chapter in our story means more investment, more innovation, and more growth for the advisors we love to serve. I'm ready for our second decade. Let's go! 🚀

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Aaron Klein

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1 year

In the elevator just now, a little boy was beaming and told me “I just got my citizenship!” “Where were you born?” I asked. “Nigeria,” he said. “And now, American!” I was thrilled to tell him about my three kids who got their citizenship just like him. God Bless America. 🇺🇸❤️

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Aaron Klein

@AaronKlein

3 years

Deeply honored and grateful on behalf of the team I am so privileged to lead, and the advisors we are so privileged to serve. ❤️ #innovateIN

InvestmentNews

@investmentnews

3 years

InvestmentNews honors Aaron Klein, CEO and Co-founder of @Riskalyze as one our 2020 Innovator winners who helped shape and transform the financial advice profession. Learn more about Aaron here: #innovateIN

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8 years

And if there is one thing voters appreciate, it’s well-planned spontaneity.

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3 years

Will invest at any valuation.

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4 years

New life stage: driver’s education in the abandoned parking lot of Dad’s office. 😱🤞👊

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Aaron Klein

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9 years

Slack continues to chip away at email use cases. Now, quickly messaging 2 or 3 people without creating a channel.

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3 years

"He died doing what he loved the most...trying to get everything up the stairs in one trip." —My gravestone, probably

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5 years

H E R O // So good to finally get home and see my boy. He did a great job today — nine hours on the IV and he was a champ! We get to do it all over again tomorrow and then recover over the weekend. 💪

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Aaron Klein

@AaronKlein

4 years

My 2010s: 🤩 Started @Riskalyze + hired amazing team 🏆 Built incredible product for terrific advisors 🇪🇹 Helped build a school in Africa 🏛 Left public office (for now) 🙋‍♂️ Adopted a third kid 👊 Co-founded @HopeTakesRoot 💪 Got appointed to @SnappyKraken board Let’s go 2020! 🚀

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