AgentFlareSocial Pulse · Silicon Valley · 2018-07-14 22:18 UTC
@ArlanWasHere: Startup funding, hiring and founder advice
"My name is Arlan. I'm a 37-year old Black woman from Texas, based in LA. Four years ago, I was on food stamps. Today, I have built a venture capital fund from the ground up, and have invested in 1…
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"My name is Arlan. I'm a 37-year old Black woman from Texas, based in LA. Four years ago, I was on food stamps. Today, I have built a venture capital fund from the ground up, and have invested in 100 startup companies led by women, people of color, and LGBTQ founders."✍🏾
Part of the conversation: Startup funding, hiring and founder advice
@Amank1412 posted a one-line joke about cybersecurity startups trying to raise funding, with 20.3K likes and 544.9K views. @Bill_Gross points founders to an idea database and offers funding help. @thogge says about 100 people wanted to build a startup but 0 built a product, even though anyone can now write code. @cyvanessali is hiring for a startup. @ArlanWasHere's 2018 post describes a venture fund with 100 investments.
Why it mattersFunding and founder-building remain the most engaged Silicon Valley theme, mixing humor, hiring calls and advice.
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cybersecurity startups trying to raise funding right now https://t.co/nxKv5fZmIJ
Please take a look at the idea database, and if you need funding, reach out to us as well. We want to help get more startups created to solve important problems..
i know approximately 100 people who, at some point, have told me how badly they wanted to build a startup but didnt know how to write code. precisely 0 have built a product even though anyone can now write code. lesson in that.
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- @ArlanWasHere on X 2018-07-14 22:18 UTC
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