Ron J Williams (he/him)

@bourscheid @JDVance No notes.

The president told me he did this on Indigenous Peoples Day in honor of you.

@BigBrainPsych Unroll @threadreaderapp

A “razor” is a rule of thumb that simplifies decision-making. All geniuses of the world use razors constantly. The 5 most powerful razors I’ve found: (explained in 60 seconds)

A handful of billionaires now have unprecedented control over banking, the food we eat, the health care we can access and, now, the information we receive. This is what oligarchy looks like.

On behalf of the American people, I thank Joe Biden for his extraordinary leadership as President of the United States and for his decades of service to our country. I am honored to have the President’s endorsement and my intention is to earn and win this nomination.

@seanpk @threadreaderapp please unroll

I take more than 40 supplements a day. At 41, my biological age is just 27. If this picture makes you cringe, you need to understand the science behind why it works. A thread 🧵

@AlexH_Johnson Drop a beat. Make it a cypher.

Podcasting in person with Zach is a joy. Be sure to check this out tomorrow …

The internet is built to reward folks who don't let their ego constrain their curiosity. This is the number one thing I've learned writing @FintechTakes. Ask dumb questions. Admit you don't know stuff. Change your mind. Lean on experts, but don't take their word on everything.

@jefielding @PabloLerdoNews LLMs say amen.

@PabloLerdoNews SHE is a top lawyer at a top firm. Worked on it a bunch, I was in the mix. It is actually possible!

One of my favorite lawyers at a big fancy firm just got a venture round done for only $5k. Nature is healing 🌳🌳🌳

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If you only go to one boat cruise this #nyFintechWeek, this is the one. 🛥️☀️☀️

This is going viral again and it’s a good reminder to myself to watermark my memes

@jasonhenrichs @mikulaja @JonZanoff @sytaylor Not this year but next year I’m in

@mikulaja @ronjdub @JonZanoff @sytaylor @ronjdub will you be stopping by?

Interesting: Cross River is launching a fintech-focused investment banking franchise.

@JonZanoff @sytaylor @mikulaja Or really good SxSW party house.

@sytaylor @mikulaja Agree with Si. Differentiate with tech or deal flow. Tech is hard.

So I'm a: @techstars Boulder alumni, a Techstars LP, and I've "given first" to Techstars by doing 17 free speaking engagements for the programs since graduating in 2019. I have a few things to say about the announcement. Buckle in. 1. Any leader undergoing the experience of Change Management 101 understands that you don't ask the people impacted by the change to do the communication and be the main point of contact for that change. The fact that senior leadership didn't communicate with alumni, but sent an army of MD's to go out and communicate this massive change is just a literal abdication of leadership. 2. If you are leaving the city that built you - you do that with care. And you take it seriously. If Ford was exiting Detroit, they wouldn't send the factory manager to do the announcement. 3. I've exited a market before (sorry, Seattle) and I know that it's not easy to make those calls. But the thing you don't do is call it "bittersweet." It's just bitter for those that are most closely impacted in the community. 4. If you are closing locations, be explicit what is closing and be explicit what is staying open. 5. Great leaders own their decisions with ALL stakeholders. Not just investors. It's shocking to me that alumni haven't heard from leadership directly, but investors did. (I got both comms.) 6. There is literally nothing dorkier on earth than calling something "2.0" in 2024. The fact that this was the best they could do and then they expect to compete in the largest markets in the world is fucking ridiculous. Am I disappointed, sure. But am I mostly surprised by how poorly this was handled? That's the one.

The Trump supporter who posted the viral video of Donald insisting he wanted to buy a Glock – which legally could have gotten Donald in a lot of legal trouble – DELETED it. Too late. I already put it in the family archive. 🧵👇

😂😂*spits out all coffee*

a VC once asked me when i was planning to get pregnant during a pitch so i went into excruciating detail about the state of my cervix stupid games, stupid prizes

@JonZanoff @rshevlin @AlexH_Johnson @Brian_Luciani I just found a contact I think could be awesome to host. I will jump into your DMs

Gearing up to host another edition of our epic FinTech Roundtables during NYC Tech Week this October. 30 FinTechs 30 incumbents plot a course forward. Who should we be talking to about potentially hosting 60 senior leaders? @ronjdub @rshevlin @AlexH_Johnson @Brian_Luciani

Huge news! 📰 We're announcing the launch of SardineX. An Industry-Wide Consortium to fight Fraud & money laundering. Founding members: Chesapeake Bank, @Visa, Novo, Spring Labs, iLex, @blockchain, @AlloyLabs, @AirbaseHQ & more. businesswire.com/news/home/2023…