Tech Twitter TLDR - Hello World!

How to be a good mentor. You NEED to be on Twitter, kind of. Elon Musk is an idiot.

Welcome to the very first Tech Twitter TLDR newsletter. Here’s what happened on Tech Twitter in the month of June:

Practical

• Brianne Kimmel says you NEED to be on Twitter if you’re not in San Francisco - I think you can just subscribe to Tech Twitter TLDR :) - Tech Twitter IRL is also a thing.

Brianne Kimmel @briannekimmel

Random thought: if you’re not in Silicon Valley, then you need to be active on Twitter Ideas attract like-minded people, establish credibility and build community in ways that a LinkedIn bio or cold email can’t

• Dani Grant USV shared the firm’s current thinking on trust as a key component of brand strategy.

• Lenny Rachitsky (xAirBnB Growth PM lead) has been sharing amazing advice for PMs. Here’s some wisdom on roadmaps.

• Julie Zhuo, VP of product design at FB, shares how to be a great mentor.

• Thinking of leaving your job? Here’s a framework to think about it.

• A quantitative approach to product-market fit here.

• Best people to follow on Twitter.

Interesting

• Deepfakes made their rounds around Twitter. Check out Kim Kardashian and Zuckerberg.

  Joseph Cox @josephfcox

  Oh my god. Artists uploaded a deep fake of Mark Zuckerberg to Instagram, saying he's in control of billions of people's stolen data and ready to control the future. Facebook previously said it would not delete similar videos under its policies. We'll see vice.com/en_us/article/…

  

• The internet is increasing variance.

• Michael Seibel says people compete in games they just don’t understand.

• Dan Held, xUber growth guy turned crypto influencer, has some interesting thoughts on how Uber would fare in an economic downturn here.

• Naval says drones may render the second amendment obsolete (link)

• Notes app UI hasn’t changed at all. Check out how similar they are here.

• Interesting analysis of the doorbell industry.

Debates

• Lots of drama about whether or not Uber creates sustainable benefit for consumers.

  Zak Kukoff @zck

  The fact that Uber doesn’t create sustainable benefits for consumers is news to me (and many, many others). Criticize Uber all you want — I do plenty — but feels disingenuous to not acknowledge the massive improvements it’s made to many consumers lives.

  

• Shopify announced their move into fulfillment and there were so many hot takes. Here’s a solid TLDR of the announcement.

• Paul Graham and Naval debate the merits of university education.

Numbers

• Accel only paid $0.04/share of Slack (now trading at $40.75). Check out what the other VCs paid here.

  Rolfe Winkler @RolfeWinkler

  What venture firms first paid for Slack shares (IPO price $26, now trading at $40.75) $0.04 @Accel / @agbraccia $0.10 @a16z / @johnofa, @pmarca $0.66 @socialcapital / @mamoonha $2.55 @kleinerperkins / @johndoerr, @atkurland ; @GVteam/@mgsiegler, @davemuni

• Doordash, Lyft, iOS, and many other products/companies were launched in June. Also IBM is 108 years old???

Non-tech

• A bunch of tech twitter people got new puppies.

  Delian Asparouhov @zebulgar

  I have an announcement. This is Westy (short for Westinghouse, ie George Westinghouse) Fair warning my Twitter is mostly going to be photos of him for a while

  

• The growth strategy for Old Town Road.

Funny

• This video of two teenagers trying to figure out how to use an old phone is everything.

  Hear Me Roar @Stop_Trump20

  Teenagers trying to make phone call on an old device 😂😂😂i8uv

  

• Designers today… smh.

• Amazing crypto memes thread.

• Hunter Walk tricked people into divulging the age they lost their virginity thinking they’d get one share of Slack. Well played sir, well played. (link)

• Zak Kukoff from Emergence questionable taste in footwear here.

• TFW your tattoo looks like the Asana logo.

• How I met your mother.

• Elon Musk is an idiot.

• Me at IPO.

Tweeter of the Month - Reggie James

🌀 @HipCityReg

Evening Meditation: I take comfort in the love of my friends I am blessed by the support of family It is a privilege to think of the future It is an honor to craft it Thank you God. Thank you.

• He’s been spreading good vibes across the twitterverse.

• He’s been sharing some interesting perspectives on voice, music, founders, etc.

• His trolling game has been off the charts.

Jobs

• Supply Growth Manager at Umbrella here.

• Head of Marketing at Basecamp here.

• Unity Developer at Eternal here.

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