Tony Levitan

Super pleased to share LIT Fellow, @ztownsend's Series A funding announcement. Great example of power of creativity in business innovation!

We at @meanwhile have closed a $40M Series A co-led by @FulgurVentures and @hiFramework with participation from Wences Casares This round gives us significant capital to power our journey of building the world's largest long-term insurance and savings company. 1/

@RSerna2010 @finix @AcrewCapital @lightspeedvp @leappartners So pleased for Leaders in Tech Fellow and good buddy, @rserna2010 and team at Finix. Go, go, go!

Today @finix is excited to announce we’ve raised $75M in Series C funding led by @AcrewCapital, co-led by @lightspeedvp and @leappartners. When we started Finix, we were big believers in the developer movement. We still are! Since then, we’ve recognized that there’s been a major shift in the market. Even businesses that have developers don’t want to spend their time or resources on payments — they want highly brandable and configurable payment components. From startups to publicly traded companies, merchants to vertical SaaS companies, customers of all sizes are taking advantage of Finix’s no-code solutions. Today, every feature in Finix's broad product suite is now available in no-code, low-code and API-driven solutions. If Adyen is for the enterprise, Square is for card present SMBs, Stripe is for the developer-centric startup, Finix is for the 22M businesses without enough developers. Read more here: hubs.ly/Q02VFwNl0

Gotta love a reference to Animal House in this context.. Well done, @CharlesStohr

The U.S. vaccine distribution challenges remind me of @StanfordGSB's Charles O'Reilly's definition: "Innovation= creativity + implementation." In this case, implementation means scaling both manufacturing and distribution, which require system-wide communication and coordination.

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Few outsiders capture Philly, @mattnathanson. Nice to be reminded you did.

Yep, and I wonder how so many fellow Americans can act in a way that repudiates core values I work to live everyday in all facets of my life. This morning's reflection is a sizable and very personal "WTF"

Yes, the Earth will continue to orbit the sun. And yes, it will become fall in the Northern Hemisphere. And “It’ll start getting cooler.” But the seasons and climate change aren't the same thing, Mr. President. Denying the climate crises is a lot like denying COVID: It's deadly.

Indeed!

@fredcampbell Yikes all around!

1/2I totally understand conspiracy theories now!

The jiggered clock

How exciting to be public with something — a community, a pedagogy, a collection of colleagues — so near and dear to my heart!

The NL east is hot, and the Nationals are the hottest go.si.com/us9TZ9y

“I remember thinking to myself, ‘I don’t care how long this takes. I don’t care how hard it is. I don’t care how many times I screw up. I’m not giving up on this.’” undrarmr.co/2Zjbjqz

You can be friends with one of your employees. But set boundaries for when you’re talking in “friend mode” and “work mode.” s.hbr.org/2SLS4U4

NBA matchmaker: Dream teams for five free agents still on the market go.si.com/94y1emW

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