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Amanda Herson

@Amanda_Herson

Partner @fcollective. I tweet about VC, building companies, being human and sometimes parenting/ balancing act.

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Public markets are bearish on Consumer brands... now might be the best time to build one:

⏱️ What took 10 engineers a year in 2014, now takes 1 engineer a month, thanks to Shopify, Klaviyo, and increasingly, co-pilots
👻 Capital is tougher to raise = less competition (though…

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'We think of the world in the cardinal points of people, opportunity, context, deal – and very much in that order.' - David Frankel on how Founder Collective – Seed Stage Venture Capital evaluates opportunities, from the 2024 Upfront Ventures Summit, with Yair Riemer samir kaji youtube.com/watch?v=ef1kag…

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Nothing like a little warm weather to remind me that I live in the coolest city in the world (Cape Town is still the prettiest) 🍎

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Tough Monday with feral children adjusting to time change… but then I see emails with Founders helping Founders and I know it’s going to be an amazing week 🤞

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From Robben Island to Roosevelt Island in 1 week. Both were infamous penitentiarys and now serve as proud places of learnings. Excited to go hear Micah Rosenbloom inspire the next generation of founders and investors CornellTechNYC.

From Robben Island to Roosevelt Island in 1 week. Both were infamous penitentiarys and now serve as proud places of learnings. Excited to go hear @micahjay1 inspire the next generation of founders and investors @CornellTechNYC.
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Shooting my shot at Chamath Palihapitiya and the besties who called out this past ep on The All-In Podcast difficulty w/tracking their movies and shows

Check out Queue 📺🎥🍿 - the easiest and most fun way to track your watchlist

Even made a video just for you guys 👇🏻

@jason david friedberg David Sacks

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Fun discussion with Rob Biederman - a close collaborator, and one of the most helpful VCs out there. Thanks for some tough questions!

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Three C’s for aspiring VC interns/ associates:
- Culture
- Curiosity
- Conviction

Throw in some hustle on the side and the rest you can learn on the job.

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Happy Birthday 🎂 to one of the best. Those who are lucky enough to know Micah Rosenbloom, know that today is the day to celebrate a humble, brilliant, thoughtful human with the best snacks South of Houston 🎉

(I may get the cold 🥶 shoulder on Monday morning for publicizing but I’ll…

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Huge amount of data analysis and work with leadership behind this. Bottom line: TikTok does not merely reflect pre-existing sentiment—it is shaping views, creating a dangerous environment for Jews. TikTok ratio differs from opinion polls, which show sentiment among Americans aged…

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I just had to explain to my kids that we only had a landline growing up and I used to fight with my sisters because if someone was talking no one else could get through. It was hilarious that they didn’t believe me… wait til they realize there was no Google or Alexa.

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