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2 years

yesterday in unexpected unbelievable i’m still unwell twists

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best public speaking tips you have ready set go

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this is not the way to make me open your pitch *blocks*

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I’ve been scooped! 8.11.23 🤍

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Duolingo is hiring for a literal Emily in Paris

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2 years

@DominicMadori @TechCrunch i am so excited to work w u

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4 years

in today’s unsolicited advice: don’t let anyone gaslight you into thinking you’re being “too extra” about social distancing. everyone is living their own, deeply emotional, pandemic. remember that!

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3 years

who is building the best community in edtech right now?

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2 years

i am strongly considering only writing about companies if i can chat with the founder 1:1. i don't mind PR, i just don't think it's natural for conversations and it takes away from natural rapport

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11 months

it's my first day covering venture capital and startups for @theinformation (!!!) send tips and say hi: natasha @theinformation .com or on Signal at 925 271 0912 ✨

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4 years

I wrote about a new investment club spinning out of Stanford GSB class. $1.5M has been raised across 175 students to invest in their classmates' startups:

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1 year

@roshanpateI honestly i needed this laugh

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3 years

did the SF half marathon this morning!!!!! 💛🥴

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3 years

companies building Clubhouse clones: • Discord • Slack • LinkedIn • Swell • Facebook • Twitter am i missing anyone?

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natasha mascarenhas

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4 years

And I'm officially up and writing for @TechCrunch ! 👋🏾 Send tips and pitches to natasha.mascarenhas @techcrunch .com.

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3 years

uhhh i turned 25 today

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3 years

good morning to everyone except -the dude who told me my voice was "very stalk-able" -the vc who offered to teach me how to be a "real journalist" -the guy who offered to put me on a panel if i went on a date with him

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4 years

Thrilled to share that after a life-changing year with @CrunchbaseNews , I’m joining the fantastic folks over at @TechCrunch ! Same beat, same city, and I start next month. Stay tuned :)

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5 years

if anyone ever wonders why i'm a hopeless romantic: i got my dad airpods for his birthday and when i called him to ask for his review on them he told me his favorite part is that him and my mom can listen to the same song with one bud each

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3 years

Duolingo, founded by immigrants, has defined gamification in edtech. Its route to 500 million registered learners and millions in revenue is not simple. My first ever EC-1 explores the rare making of a language learning unicorn turned household name:

The Duolingo EC-1 | TechCrunch

Education may well be the most important activity we conduct as a society — and it may also be the hardest space to build a startup in. Selling to school

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3 years

onlyfans is going to lose its onlyfans

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5 years

This is beautiful. Climate Strike on Market St. in San Francisco

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2 years

ran the san francisco half marathon 2022 ✔️🤍

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4 years

march: "here are x startups that are enabling remote work" november: "here are x startups that are fixing the broken horrible fatigued world of remote work"

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3 years

self care be like

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3 years

today marks one year at @techcrunch 🤯

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3 years

made tikka masala mac & cheese for friendsgiving yesterday

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4 years

i love hearing my parents describe my job to my grandparents "she covers companies like uber before they become companies like uber"

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3 months

Scoop: Jack Altman has raised $150 million for a new, early stage fund to back B2B enterprise startups and more — continuing a fundraising spree

Alt Capital Raises $150 Million Fund, Extending Altman Brothers’ Funding Spree

Sam Altman’s younger brother Jack has raised a $150 million venture fund to invest in early-stage startups through his VC firm Alt Capital, the younger Altman said in an interview. The fund plans to...

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2 years

there's the layoffs that happen due to market uncertainty, and there's the layoffs that happen due to the ability to cite market uncertainty

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4 years

reminder that we are 6+ months into a global pandemic so give yourself (and your people) some grace

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2 years

i'm 25 years late but i'm becoming a notion bitch

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2 years

i feel bad for all the people who followed me this week over a bollywood icon sighting and will now be learning about the intricacies of the pre-seed world and changes at y combinator

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3 years

the very best kind of breakfast

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3 years

New: Plaid is launching an incubator for early-stage fintech startups led by BIPOC founders. Part of its programming will focus on how startups can navigate regulatory and political hurdles:

Plaid launches FinRise, an incubator for underrepresented fintech founders | TechCrunch

Plaid is launching FinRise, a nine-month incubator for early-stage fintech founders from underrepresented backgrounds. Inspired by an internal hackathon

techcrunch.com

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2 years

iiiinteresting a16z is starting a podcast focused on the intersection of technology and culture

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5 years

Some (!!!) news: today is my first day as a vc/tech reporter for @crunchbasenews . Super excited to join this talented team and be back in San Francisco. Say hello: natasha @crunchbase .com

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7 months

Ok now Duolingo is playing games w/ me Job requirements as Duo's Owl Trainer: conduct weekly bird baths with evian water + manage luxury swimwear fittings

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3 years

the fact that a founder turned part-time venture capitalist is using equity crowdfunding to raise money for his own company is a meta headache on its own. so i asked @shl to explain himself to @techcrunch :

Gumroad wants to make equity crowdfunding mainstream | TechCrunch

Gumroad, a startup that helps creators sell their work, is raising $6 million at a $100 million valuation. While $1 million of that total is reserved for

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3 years

not going to lie, always felt left out and now i feel 💕included 💕

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4 years

i talked to @shl about his new $5M fund. two months ago he didn't even want to be a vc:

Gumroad founder Sahil Lavingia launches new seed fund in collaboration with AngelList | TechCrunch

Gumroad founder Sahil Lavingia has teamed up with AngelList to launch his debut $5 million rolling fund to invest in early-stage entrepreneurs. He is

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4 years

My latest: a look at the small, but growing, cohort of venture capital firms that explicitly offer mental health services for their portfolio companies.

Here��s How Some VC Firms Are Trying To Keep Founder Mental Health In Mind

When Ezra Galston was spinning up Starting Line, a Chicago-based venture capital fund, the pressures of raising “almost broke” him.

news.crunchbase.com

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2 years

wedding season with my 🧡

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2 years

Scoop: On Deck just laid off 25% of its staff, or around 72 people. ODX, On Deck's accelerator, clashed with the market and has caused leadership to figure out a way to ensure long-term sustainability. w/ @bayareawriter

On Deck cuts 25% of staff, scales back accelerator

On Deck, a tech company that connects founders to each other, capital and advice, has laid off 25% off its staff, per sources familiar with the company.

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2 years

happy @ycombinator W22 demo day -394 companies (!) -50% of startups are based out of the united states with New Zealand, Sudan, Uganda and Costa Rica repped for the first time -most popular vertical is b2b enterprise, followed by fintech

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6 months

BREAKING: Anthropic was approached by OpenAI for a potential merger. The board did this as part of talks to convince Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei to join as interim chief executive of OpenAI — reports @steph_palazzolo

OpenAI’s Board Approached Anthropic About Merger

OpenAI’s board of directors approached Dario Amodei, the co-founder and CEO of rival large-language model developer Anthropic, about a potential merger of the two companies, said a person with direct...

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2 years

a ton of twitter, stripe, lyft and meta employees are all looking for jobs (and probably competing with each other). wonder what % will stay in big tech, vs join a startup vs start one themselves..

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1 year

After 3+ transformative years at TechCrunch, it's my last day! I'm joining The Information, a newsroom I've long respected, starting next month. I'll be covering the same beat, venture capital and startups, in the same city, San Francisco!

I'm joining The Information!

Starting next month, I'll be the publication's newest venture capital and startups reporter.

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6 months

Went on @BBCWorld to talk OpenAI 🔥

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2 years

only got through half of my routine, i mean, interview but oof what a treat to chat with @kevinhart4real this morning

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2 years

@KevinHart4real and mom with the reaction we were all looking for

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2 years

hello twenty six 💛

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3 years

omg

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5 years

A VC firm just called me an "angel" when asking for more coverage. For the record: absolutely not.

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4 years

founders! let's try an experiment. instead of writing about your seed round, i want to know the wild stories and learning lessons you have from getting your first check. the more candid, the better. no detail is too boring. dms open, tag people i should talk to below 👋🏾

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1 year

i just crossed three years at @techcrunch & @equitypod 🤭

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4 years

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1 year

Morning Brew is laying off 14% of its team days after Protocol said its shutting down and laying off all its staff Sad week in media news

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2 years

it is so weird when some founders feel that it's okay to demand not just coverage, but specific placement, timing & framing of coverage. i always try to explain that this isn't how journalism works, but where are they getting this advice?! oof

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3 years

getting a head start on my newsletter for this weekend, so a q for all of you: what is the next 'startup mafia' that no one is talking about?

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3 years

i can't believe i just tried getting out of a meeting by saying i have an upcoming meeting .....and then my apple watch responded by saying "you have no meetings for the rest of today"

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3 years

was ur day more like affirm or like plaid

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2 years

techcrunch disrupt is here helloooo everyone 👋🏾

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3 years

i am late to the Deepika Padukone fan club but i have mostly definitely arrived

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5 months

Scoop w/ @amir : Boston-based venture capital firm OpenView has cut most of its staff and will stop making new investments & focus on supporting existing portfolio companies. This comes just months after the firm closed a $570M fund.

VC Firm OpenView Abruptly Winds Down After Key Partners Leave, Returns Sour

OpenView Venture Partners, a Boston-based venture capital firm that has backed enterprise software firms such as Calendly and Expensify, laid off most of its staff and will no longer make new...

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4 years

In journalism school, we were taught not to show opinion on social media platforms. Let me be clear to any journalists using that adage to stay quiet right now: condemning racism is not bias. It is not controversial to believe that #BlackLivesMatter .

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4 years

It is worth being repeated and not just retweeted: #BlackLivesMatter is not a political statement, it is a human statement. If you’re avoiding a conversation about racism because you think it’s “too political”, you are part of the problem

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3 years

india's surge in cases is breaking my heart. this is horrifying to watch unfold.

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3 years

Squire just tripled its valuation after tripling its valuation just eight months ago. I spoke to @davesalvant about the growth, Squire Capital, and the significance of nearing unicorn status as a company launched by Black co-founders:

Squire, a barbershop tech platform, triples its valuation (again) with Tiger Global | TechCrunch

Squire is now a 175-person company with a tech platform used by over 2,000 shops across three continents.

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2 years

💚 mandatory @techcrunch events are back in person selfie 💚

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3 years

historically excluded individuals are leading, and closing new venture capital funds. headlines just from the past week:

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3 years

worklife ventures, founded by @briannekimmel , has filed paperwork with plans to raise $60M in Fund II. Her debut fund, closed in 2019, was $5M 🔥

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2 years

two years at @techcrunch 💚 and two years minus a week at @equitypod 😂

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3 years

20 minute calls are more productive than 45 minute calls prove me wrong

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4 years

an investor just called the middle ground between a seed round and a series a round....an avocado round! 👏🏾 👏🏾 👏🏾

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4 years

i need a hobby other than stress

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1 year

still life of san francisco

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4 years

this is my perfect mom, she is my new coworker, and she’ll probably show up during our zoom call with cut fruit of some sorts

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3 years

my bf, who hates social media, has not put @DispoHQ down since he downloaded it. at least 5 new pics to wake up to every day heart = warmed

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3 years

one day i’ll write a thought piece about the collegiate indian dance circuit one day

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5 years

👋 Spending a good chunk of November in Boston and New York City. Who in the startup/vc world do I need to grab coffee with?

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1 year

Founders who have left their companies amid the downturn: Lyft's Logan Green and John Zimmer Instacart's Apoorva Mehta Slack's Stewart Butterfield Medium's Ev Williams Strava's Michael Horvath Peloton's John Foley FTX's SBF Pipe's Harry Hurst Netflix's Reed Hastings

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2 years

writing about one of the coolest startups i’ve seen all year for tomorrow

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2 years

new beat alert: more fintech reporting from me. i care about how money blends with culture, economic empowerment & access

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2 years

I am thrilled to share that the incredible @nmasc_ will be covering more fintech, particularly as it pertains to inclusion and access

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2 years

do you track diversity metrics?

All Raise

@AllRaise

2 years

It's almost spooky season! How do you scare a VC in 5 words or less? 👻

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2 years

my nani passed away on monday. she taught me the meaning of food as a love language & we spent amazing summers in india together. she never forgot to wear a bindi & lipstick, even at her lowest i wrote some words about what she means to me 🤍

my nani

we know that food is love, but do we ever stop and think who taught us that beautiful expression in the first place? for me, the teacher was and always will be my nani. every summer growing up, my...

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1 year

Scoop: @Airtable has laid off over 250 people. I last spoke to @howieliu in October, when he spoke about being fortunate to not be under too much pressure to show short-term results of profitability. Today's move marks the company's refocus to be leaner, more focused on product

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3 years

the best

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4 years

Udemy co-founder @GaganBiyani and altMBA co-founder @wes_kao are returning to edtech with a new, stealthy startup. It has raised $4M+ so far and does not have a name yet:

Udemy and altMBA co-founders return to edtech with a new, stealthy business | TechCrunch

In 2009, Udemy co-founder Gagan Biyani tried to convince people to learn online through live classes. But what he discovered instead was that everyone

techcrunch.com

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3 years

happy @ycombinator W21 demo day -second fully-virtual batch -350 companies (!) -the most international batch so far (50% of startups are based out of the united states)

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2 years

what a complex, sad and exhausting moment in tech history

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5 years

Opened up a fortune cookie at YC Demo Day, not sure what I expected

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3 years

happy @ycombinator s21 demo day -fourth virtual demo day -377 companies 📈 -about 50% are based outside the US, with India taking the lead (again) -B2B enterprise, fintech and consumer are the top 3 sectors represented (again)

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2 years

title inflation??? in early stage startups??? shocker

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2 years

Edtech news: Codecademy just sold to Skillsoft for $525M, nearly a year after it raised $40M + pivoted to the enterprise

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2 years

simple things to do that builds relationships with journalists (beyond the most obvious, which is tip us scoops) - talk about things other than your startup/fund - dm us what is missing from public discourse about xyz - do interviews 1:1, without a PR person in the room

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2 years

this is the third layoff story that I've written in less than 24 hours...this is sad, and feeling lots for all employees impacted.

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1 year

taylor swift’s ticketmaster pre sale fiasco is most certainly going to inspire at least 2.5 startups

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4 years

my mom is coming in hot with the latest in cut fruit dynamics: -the square pieces of watermelon are for the guests -the ugly pieces of watermelon are for me

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4 years

note to self: moving sucks, never buy things, even the accent chair

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2 years

we’re doneeeeeeee goodnight

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