Blair Garrou

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Blair Garrou

Blair Garrou

@bgarrou

Early-stage VC investing in software startups throughout the Midcontinent

Houston, Texas Katılım Ocak 2009
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Arden
Arden@Arden_Labs·
Loyalty is indeed still a thing, and blockchain truly unlocks a number of value-add use cases to the end user experience. The on-chain tech must be implemented with a laser focus on ADDING value, rather than simply replacing existing value. Coming soon w/ Arden.cc
raj 🖤@rajgokal

a story for another time… for now I’ll share that starbucks almost built this on @solana, but in the final few days, it fell apart. it would have been interesting to see things play out differently. loyalty is still a thing, with eg @bobaguys seeing demonstrable lift. onward.

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Arden
Arden@Arden_Labs·
Arden is thrilled to announce the March 26 launch of @MaterialWorld0, a cross-chain NFT project built to gamify the utility of @Chainlink’s Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol (CCIP) and Verified Randomness Function (VRF). Learn more in the🧵👇
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Arden@Arden_Labs·
BIG NEWS! We’re thrilled to announce that Arden has acquired @shadow_storage, a leading decentralized storage solution built on @GenesysGo shdwDrive. The full Medium post is below, with the tl;dr in the 🧵. @ardenlabs/arden-acquires-shadow-storage-bolstering-its-blockchain-based-infrastructure-solutions-f947e3cebeb3" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">medium.com/@ardenlabs/ard…
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LISNR
LISNR@lisnr·
We are very excited to announce our partnership with @SunCashBahamas, as we enable CBDC payments within its digital wallet, delivering online and offline proximity-based payments to consumers and merchants in the Bahamas!
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Cart.com 🛒
Cart.com 🛒@cartdotcom·
Excited to have @omairdotcom recognized along with so many other inspiring business leaders as a winner in the Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2023 Gulf South program! #EOYUS #EOY Gulf South @EY_US bit.ly/3qP2ojr
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Houston Landing
Houston Landing@Hou_Landing·
Houston Landing — a new, nonprofit, no-paywall, nonpartisan journalism site — is ready to fully launch. Beginning Wednesday, you will see multiple news stories a day from our team. bit.ly/3C81kJJ
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Sean Johnson 🔥
Sean Johnson 🔥@intentionally·
The Definitive Guide to Product Market Fit. Based on my course at Kellogg. 193 annotated slides. 9 principles. Dozens of examples. For a PDF copy, like the post and reply "Product" in the comments and I'll send it your way. Hope it's helpful.
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Benson Hill
Benson Hill@BensonHillInc·
How Benson Hill cut a path for sustainable, non-GMO soy. “The focus at Benson Hill is scaling up their aquaculture ingredients… But they’ve already made inroads in the #pet and #poultry industries…” feedstrategy.com/animal-feed-ma…
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aziz gilani
aziz gilani@TexasVC·
Our friends at @SVB_Financial have been great partners since the inception of @mercuryfund and they're taking their current challenges very seriously. Kudos for the transparency and pro-active steps to bolster the balance sheet. ir.svb.com/events-and-pre…
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Mark Suster
Mark Suster@msuster·
1/ More in the VC community need to speak out publicly to quell the panic about @SVB_Financial ... I believe their CEO when he says they are solvent and not in violation of any banking ratios & goal was to raise & strengthen balance sheet
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Mercury Fund
Mercury Fund@mercuryfund·
We’re pleased to announce @sjolewis has been promoted to Partner! Named one of Insider’s Rising-Star Fintech VCs, a Kauffman Fellow, and a member of Mercury’s DEI board, Samantha is a next-gen VC leader: driven, inclusive, & versed in emerging technologies.
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Mercury Fund
Mercury Fund@mercuryfund·
“We need governance structures that are actually adhered to, and we need more responsible VCs who practice good governance.” @sjolewis shares her thoughts on #DeFi, what she wants to hear in a pitch, and more in this TechCrunch piece from @jacqmelinek. techcrunch.com/2023/01/10/six…
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Omair Tariq
Omair Tariq@omairdotcom·
End of the 1H and @cartdotcom continues to break records…
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James Aman
James Aman@scasplte2·
Wow, just wow. 🤦‍♂️ The lack of insight on how to build a robust distributed evosystem is just astonishing. I cannot wait for the day when we look back on Ethereum as the Blackberry of blockchains. Innovative for its time but ultimately just a stepping stone to something better.
Justin Bons@Justin_Bons

1/14) Cardano has made major trade offs by relying on a UTXO model instead of a account model The disadvantages of a UTXO model far outweigh the advantages From a worse user experience, To ADA smart contracts being far more limited I will cover these fundamental flaws here:

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David Leebron
David Leebron@davidleebron·
And I convey my very last diploma tube as president of Rice.
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LISNR
LISNR@lisnr·
Excited to announce our partnership w/ @_orionec to enable contactless E-Bike authentication! Our 4th launch in the mobility space in 2022, ORION plans to deliver our market-leading authentication solution across the U.S. buff.ly/3KgoK15 #ContactlessAuthentication #LISNR
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@MaterialWorld0 @chainlink @shadow_storage @GenesysGo @SunCashBahamas @omairdotcom @EY_US @intentionally