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Hong 關鴻

@Quan

1 year

If anyone ever asks me what it takes to bootstrap a million dollar bike biz.

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Hong 關鴻

@Quan

2 years

I love the delicious irony of Mark @Wahlburgers being replaced by a pho shop. If you kids only knew!

Bay Area restaurant to replace celebrity owned burger chain

The forthcoming restaurant is best known for its savory pho.

www.sfgate.com

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@Quan

6 years

@naval When one teaches, two learn.

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Hong 關鴻

@Quan

10 years

This explains why #Ferguson Police are equipped like they are going to war. Because they are. http://t.co/DI9Uy6zJTZ http://t.co/1HesfjenTa

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@Quan

5 years

We don't need driverless cars. We need to drive our cars less.

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@Quan

2 years

@Sheila_Dang surely they mean 3-4x/hour right?

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Hong 關鴻

@Quan

5 years

Hi, hello. This is why we've been busy for the last few years:

Karmic OSLO: The Bike of the Future is Here!

A modern electric bicycle that shrinks your city and reduces your footprint. Step onto the future of personal mobility.

www.kickstarter.com

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Hong 關鴻

@Quan

4 years

Bike Culture is so rotten, that the first comment on a woman smashing the Everesting record is some rando Bike Bro commenting on her saddle height. JFC. STFU Brent!

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Hong 關鴻

@Quan

8 years

You can tell the startup veterans in the audience because they don't clap for fundraising. #StartupSchool

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@Quan

6 years

@ifindkarma @JoyceWhiteVance @BeckyBunzy All three Branches are broken

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@Quan

2 months

Me: I want to buy Kona Bikes. Wife: You don't need another bike! Me: I didn't mean a bike.

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@Quan

8 years

"First mover means first to scale. First to scale is usually the winner." - @reidhoffman - not actually who came first. #startupschool

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Hong 關鴻

@Quan

5 years

I know @jason is a famous "Unicorn-Hunter", but his Pegasus offer is very compelling: "Just email me at jason @calacanis .com and let’s put $500,000 into your bank account and then start the process of ignoring all other investors until we hit $10m in revenue."

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Hong 關鴻

@Quan

2 years

@Pflax1 I've watched this 10x, that's attempted murder.

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Hong 關鴻

@Quan

1 year

Only in Silicon Valley would I get a #bikesandcoffee with another 'bike guy' and find out that he's the inventor of the touchscreen.

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@Quan

2 years

@juliaioffe Time for another read?

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Hong 關鴻

@Quan

7 years

Sorry iPhone users, but it pays to be #TeamPixel today.

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Hong 關鴻

@Quan

5 years

@chamath @WSJ What's the difference between a startup and a cult? Funding.

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Hong 關鴻

@Quan

6 years

Get an ebike.

Elon Musk

@elonmusk

6 years

Defeating traffic is the ultimate boss battle

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Hong 關鴻

@Quan

5 years

@yoda @Hooray @JonahHill Jonah Spills

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Hong 關鴻

@Quan

1 year

The only startup equity I got that’s worth anything was from being an angel investor. The rest didn’t work out. That’s the game folks! 🦄🩸😅

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Hong 關鴻

@Quan

1 year

@0xgaut that closing sentence is like all of CT

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@Quan

5 years

Journalist: this is modern day redlining. Designer: can't call it that if we change the color.

Johana Bhuiyan

@JMBooyah

5 years

So to be clear, no immediate changes here, the Tenderloin and Chinatown are still no park zones but now the red lines are around those areas are...black lines. Yesterday's app versus today:

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Hong 關鴻

@Quan

4 years

Holy cow, I got the YC interview! #HongSolo #herewegoagain

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Hong 關鴻

@Quan

2 years

One more #TCMobility tweet! @Nils_Wollny had the best startup tee! Excited to see what @holoride does in #web3

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Hong 關鴻

@Quan

3 years

Day 3 (or is it 4?) of collecting on @objktcom What will be my 40th objkt? #CleanNFT #tezos

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Hong 關鴻

@Quan

10 years

The generic #startup advice is "follow your passion" but I think it should be "operationalize your obsession" - goal is to build a business.

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Hong 關鴻

@Quan

6 years

Don't talk to me about bike advocacy unless you want to help kids like this. *Thread*

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Hong 關鴻

@Quan

2 years

This will be a very niche tweet but: I’m Dura-Ace style, Ultegra skills and 105 fitness. #bikelifestyle

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Hong 關鴻

@Quan

4 years

@s_m_i And some of the most racist people I've ever met were right here in tony Palo Alto.

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Hong 關鴻

@Quan

8 years

WSJ vs a16z is about as gangster as SV gets. Dropping blogs not bullets. #firetweets #markthatup #whenyoucomeattheking

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@Quan

5 years

Another day riding my kid to school, another two Moms running the stop sign. They're always "so sorry" after the fact. I told the second one that she might not want to be on her phone while driving thru a school with little kids walking. 😠😡🤬

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@Quan

5 years

@soopa @km Same folks who never had to worry about student loans?

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Hong 關鴻

@Quan

2 years

I'll offer $420k cash if that place has gigabit fiber.

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Hong 關鴻

@Quan

7 years

@angryasianman His name is Evan Klinger, we're on it here in SV. Check the timeline. #stayangry

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Hong 關鴻

@Quan

1 year

@Vaughters IDK man, kinda sweet that Johan still emails you.

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Hong 關鴻

@Quan

4 years

You should see the one inside.

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@AdamParkhomenko

4 years

There is a dumpster fire outside of the White House

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Hong 關鴻

@Quan

8 years

Pro Tip: never label your revenue graph Y axis. #StartupSchool

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Hong 關鴻

@Quan

4 years

I will not apologize.

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Hong 關鴻

@Quan

2 years

@s_m_i immigrant kids buying their parent's cars, while...

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Hong 關鴻

@Quan

5 years

He was also convicted of a hate crime. I'm in my 40's. Thank you for coming to my Tik Talk.

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Hong 關鴻

@Quan

3 years

@Jai__Malik Should have changed your profile pic to really land this joke.

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Hong 關鴻

@Quan

8 years

Ya'll still remember Melania's "Four score and seven years ago" speech? One of the greatest of all time. Of all time! #GreatMelaniaSpeeches

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Hong 關鴻

@Quan

11 months

Wife: you really need to get a job. Me: my job is bicycle

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Hong 關鴻

@Quan

6 years

@jonathon_klein Bicycles we're on the roadways before cars were invented. But guessing you didn't take any history classes either.

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Hong 關鴻

@Quan

2 years

IDK what marketing agency @shakkablood is using, but half my timeline is @HPPRSNFT and I should just mint my hall pass tonight.

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Hong 關鴻

@Quan

9 years

Word to your moms, I came to stop bombs. I got more rhymes than the Bible's got psalms. #PopeBars #peaceout

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Hong 關鴻

@Quan

5 years

@nancywyuen I will fight the Ni Hao Ma Brigade all day long. And don't ever correct me when I say Saigon instead of HCMC.

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Hong 關鴻

@Quan

8 years

"Vast trough of sorrow" is a good description for 99% of startups. #StartupSchool

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Hong 關鴻

@Quan

7 years

Protests will be between 8-11am but they'll actually show up at 11:53. #ComcastSucks

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Hong 關鴻

@Quan

6 years

I was a refugee. We make great Americans if I do say so myself.

Fast Co. Impact

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#WorldRefugeeDay : “If America is the home of the brave, who better represents that than refugees who have resisted authoritarian forces, fought back against oppression, and taken on huge risks in hope of a better tomorrow?”

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Hong 關鴻

@Quan

5 years

@nickyokoyama @BleacherReport @garystriewski This should be doing numbers

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Hong 關鴻

@Quan

4 years

Karmic isn't a big Bike Brand, we're a garage startup. But I want to do something for frontline medical professionals who are still going to battle every day for all of us.

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@Quan

5 years

We just got some art for the house.

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Hong 關鴻

@Quan

5 years

Your ebike laws are fucking racist.

Mayor Eric Adams

@NYCMayor

5 years

I try not to use profanity on social media, but @BillNye & @iamjohnoliver are 100% right about climate change. Every. Single. Word. It's time for adults to quit pretending climate change isn't happening. It's happening. Our kids' lives are on the line.

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Hong 關鴻

@Quan

3 years

@sacca Everyone is looking for meaning, while work is undergoing a major transformation. (based on local anecdata from 100's of candidates in SF Bay Area, where I do hiring for early-stage startups)

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Hong 關鴻

@Quan

1 year

@notnotmoni i went to prom with a latina and that was enough for me

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Hong 關鴻

@Quan

4 years

Fuck me! "Hong, we will see you May 28-31 at the startline for the 2020 Garmin Dirty Kanza." Guess I'm getting a Wahoo Kickr.

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Hong 關鴻

@Quan

4 years

Quick spin, 30yrs in the making.

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@Quan

5 years

@troutgirl THANK YOU to the PenVelo rider! He found it at the summit and actually brought it to my house!

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@Quan

6 years

@DrBrittany @Millie__Weaver She's doubling down! 😂

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Hong 關鴻

@Quan

1 year

Need a graphic designer for a silly little logo pun. Might actually use Fiverr.

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@Quan

2 years

@chimeracoder Significant Otter

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Hong 關鴻

@Quan

5 years

@shl Wait, are you saying that VCs and early employees might not be aligned?

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Hong 關鴻

@Quan

8 years

@jessebwatters you fucking racist piece of shit.

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@Quan

4 years

People are saying there will be a lot of babies born in 9 months. I'm thinking there will be a lot of divorces sooner than that.

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@Quan

4 years

I lol'd

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Hong 關鴻

@Quan

3 years

A lot of you probably know me as the Founder of @KarmicCity . Or the Bike Mayor of Palo Alto. But you'll never guess what my first job out of college was. 👀💎👐🏽🚀

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Hong 關鴻

@Quan

6 years

Most people overestimate the convenience of driving, and underestimate the joy of riding.

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@Quan

5 years

Bike Shop Owners: Why don't women buy bikes? Bike Shop Rides: Let's be assholes to women! #causationiscorrelation #DudesBeLike

Alex!

@killersim00

5 years

I've been trying to let this go since I got back from NC. I went on a shop ride and was so brutally condescended to I almost didn't start the ride. I didn't want the dudes to 'win' so I toughed it out and roasted every single one of them when challenged to a town line.

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@Quan

2 years

People still hating on NFTs while this could be hanging in The Louvre. It would stop visitors dead in their tracks.

Jenni Pasanen

@PasanenJenni

2 years

Mask Obscura – Noon

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@Quan

5 years

@rohit_x_ @amazon this is the greatest Nest ad ever!

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@Quan

3 years

"By the time I was 34, the single most valuable asset I owned was my carbon mountain bike. Fuck me." - @thats_my_line dropping quite the line.

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@Quan

4 years

Hey Bike Twitter!

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@Quan

7 years

@Weinbergrrrrr @chrisfroome Was it a Movistar team car? #toosoon #sorrynotsorry

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@Quan

5 years

Build bikes, not walls.

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@Quan

5 years

What's up SF?!

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@Quan

5 years

I've lost money on every startup where I exercised my options as an employee.

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@Quan

5 years

Levels of Wealth: 1) I'm thinking about getting a Peloton. 2) I have a Peloton in my garage. 3) I have a Peloton in my home office/second BR. 4) I have a Peloton in the sunroom/ADU. 5) The previous owners left this Peloton here when we bought the place. h/t @karaswisher for #5

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Hong 關鴻

@Quan

8 years

Is this tweet from 1996?

Nick Cannon

@NickCannon

8 years

. @Linksys and @RadioShack are what I call an incredible combination!

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@Quan

3 years

this is the peak of this meme format

Scafe says wear a gd mask

@erinscafe

3 years

how it started vs how it’s going

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Hong 關鴻

@Quan

9 years

These cowards should go straight to hell for burning down a church. #WhoIsBurningBlackChurches

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@Quan

5 years

@brianmwang Parenting advice is the second worst thing after startup advice.

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@Quan

4 years

@anthonyjkreider @mqmqqmqm @sedcontra_ Fuck off bot!

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@Quan

2 years

@DanielleFong still shocked how few ppl are worried about this non-zero scenario

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Hong 關鴻

@Quan

6 years

Happy TJ got the win, but these two are the only cyclists my kid likes. The Canadian and the Cookie Monster.

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@Quan

4 years

A bit of good news today, one of our Karmic Owners had her Koben M stolen a few weeks ago. I got an order for a charger, and tipped the police. The bike was recovered.

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@Quan

4 years

I know ppl are stockpiling the basics, but I've got 5 gravel bikes if anyone needs one. #bikelife #alllevelsofgravel

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Hong 關鴻

@Quan

5 years

@scottbudman @zillow I need to move to Nation.

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Hong 關鴻

@Quan

5 years

The Principal has asked me why I tweet about this. I guess he's worried it makes him look bad. He's going to look worse when there is a kid hurt by an inattentive driver on campus. #notmypal #ftk #useless

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Hong 關鴻

@Quan

4 years

Today was a good day!

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Hong 關鴻

@Quan

2 years

I'm happy to announce that I'm working with @0xDecaArt ! No Joke! Looking for long-term builders who appreciate fine art in the world of NFTs.

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Hong 關鴻

@Quan

5 years

I'm here to look at a new @MercedesBenz and the receptionist legit said, "Are you here about a car, or to fix the computers." W. T. F. ?!?

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@Quan

2 years

My daughter just now: “Wait! Women are allowed to compete in the Tour de France!?” Yup! Just started today. My son: That means you can do the TdF one day.

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Hong 關鴻

@Quan

6 years

State of Scooters (12/6/18) Bird - selling for $2-4B (rumored) Spin - sold for $100M (estimated) Skip - raised $100M (valuation?) Lime - we have cars now 🤔 GM - please help us with naming VW - we have a Scooter too! cc @michalnaka

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@Quan

3 years

Gotta love how the Olympic Road Race looks like a regular group ride in the Bay Area. Ugly jerseys, weird helmets and overly expensive bikes.

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Hong 關鴻

@Quan

4 years

My kid just woke up and asked, "How's Pennsylvania?" I said, they're still counting. He replies, "Does he still need it?" No. "So he got Wisconsin and Michigan?" The kids are going to be okay.

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Hong 關鴻

@Quan

8 years

. @Pros_TimMcGinty How about you prosecute murderers instead? Oh wait, he had a badge so it's okay. #TamirRice

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@Quan

8 years

Startups are for everyone.

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@Quan

2 years

People understand the difference between an economy car and a luxury car, but somehow don't understand the difference between a $1200 ebike and a $5000 one.

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Hong 關鴻

@Quan

3 years

I'm not sure if we are talking about the same bike, but okay.

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