Alex van Klaveren

@BianchiWeather Happy new year chris

Thanks to all of you for the interactions and fun in 2023, and to sun, snow and more wacky Colorado weather in 2024. Happy new year! 🎉

@KimiChaddah_ great piece in the guardian today on stammering. Astounded to find 70 million have stammers (including me). Thanks for shining a light on this

@TeddyNwachuku @Rippling @deel Remote.com has been great

@JesseTinsley Well played Jesse

You can read more about the acquisition here: accesswire.com/774794/Job-Mob…

Ever since I got into Recruiting over a decade ago I've always been a huge fan of Recruiter.com. In fact their online communities and groups were the first place I started to network. Today I'm excited to officially announce Job Mobz has acquired Recruiter.com. So where does this take us? As of now there are no immediate changes in our various Recruiting businesses which will remain as they have @JobMobz @Flawless_RCRT and @RecruiterDotCom will remain focused on being the leader in Recruiting industry related media and content. Excited for the future as we bring in the iconic brand of Recruiter.com into the Job Mobz portfolio of companies. More to come!

@mrneilforsyth Hi Neil, big fan. Do you offer scholarship schemes for up and coming writers like myself

@onejasonknight This is absurd, non sensical

@BianchiWeather AMA? For real. What happened on your stag do?

On the tarmac in Miami for the next 90 minutes, AMA

Back after 8 amazing days in Colombia with 11 of the best friends a guy could ask for. I’m a lucky guy.

@bznotes Meh. Backing real innovation and responsible investing don’t normally sit in the same room

I truly believe the next 10 years of successful VC investing will be neither about crypto or AI or hardware or software. It will be about RESPONSIBLE INVESTING. Some founders and VCs rode the past few tech waves (eg. last 10-15 years of mobile, local, social, cloud, crypto, AI, etc) to great financial success, but paid somewhat limited attention to how tech was used to further improve on average human condition and health, national security interests of our country, and global issues like climate change, inequality, extremism etc. Vs facilitate deliberate or indirect damage to others. Rest of society is, imo, catching up to such extractive/mercenary elements in tech and VC, and all of us are seeing/feeling the pushback. This past week’s events highlighted them even more. But not all founders and VCs are mercenaries. In fact, many feel very mission-aligned to doing good in the world, and they strive to use technology to solve important problems. I am betting on those trends, and those types of company building efforts to succeed, esp as advanced technologies pervade all aspects of society: from education and elections to dating, finance, medicine, law, manufacturing, religion, defense, and more…it may not make quick money, it may take a bit longer, and it may require us to do things a little differently as we scale companies, but it’s the right thing to do for long term continued success of Silicon Valley.

@mrneilforsyth How grateful?

The Gold finishes tonight (BBC1, 9pm), with all episodes staying on iPlayer. Thanks to everyone who got in touch about the show, and who helped spread the word. We’re all very grateful. #TheGold

@Simon_Gibson_ Damn right

HOW DO YOU LEAD THROUGH THE TOUGH TIMES? This man is one of the greatest leaders of the last decade. I don't just mean in sport. Jurgen Klopp has every quality to lead in business, government or the community. He's a born leader and I've learned a lot from watching him 👇

@BwanaChelsea Pulisic is very talented but not clinical enough for Chelsea. Sending any player to Juventus seems harsh, that club is a swamp

One report says Juventus seeking a swap deal with Chelsea that would see Denis Zakaria stay at Stamford Bridge and Christian Pulisic move to Turin. Who says yes? I do.

@axeliaklein Easy to say that but much harder to do in practice (but yes you are right)

One founder pitfall is tying your self-worth with the success of your company. Don't do this: - It is harder to admit failure and ask for help - You can fall into a sunk-cost thinking - If things go badly you may think you are a bad person Remember: You are not your company!

Just published the latest edition of European Tech Weekly. 30+ funding rounds were announced, with $800m+ of capital being deployed last week. europeantech.substack.com/p/european-tec…

@jowenwillis @micahjay1 Dead right, astute observation

@micahjay1 It can also be a pressure valve for the founder if things aren’t going well for any number of reasons

Is the reason that many early head of sales at start-ups don't last long a case of bad hiring decisions, or an immature sales process? Happens quite regularly but many of these folks go on to do well elsewhere.

@samclaassen Correct. Although ze Germans also have their moments

Amazing how many Russian business men slip to their deaths in hotels…

@loobah_l I think you mean French rather than European

The most European thing ever: just got an automated response from customer service for a French-based e-commerce site that notes the team hours, including a 90 min lunch break. 34.5 total work hours per week. No coverage during lunch or on weekends, or beyond business hours.

@BianchiWeather What will Miami be like this weekend chris?

☀️ Sunny with a high in the low 50s in Denver today! 🔥 Increased fire danger for southern Colorado tomorrow ahead of Monday’s big temp drop. #9wx #COwx

@nealkhosla Yes! Can we add management consultants too

it was obvious it was a bubble when the mba types thought founder was a status job

@zck It’s been raining in Lisbon for 4 weeks straight

Lisbon and SF are at roughly the same latitude, and yet I think of one as sunny and warm while the other is gloomy and cold. A rare triumph of Euro marketers