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VC + Fixing the American Food System 🥕🥩🌱 Founder @ultranative & @centerforminds.

Austin, TX Katılım Ocak 2011
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Charles Cadieu
Charles Cadieu@charlescadieu·
Every conversation at @DataCenterWorld reinforced the same point: the future of data center infrastructure isn't about choosing between speed and sustainability. It's about delivering both. Proud to see @SpiritusCDR Orchard Power recognized with the Most Promising Startup award, and even more encouraged that this conversation is gaining momentum. See the full Data Center World write-up in the first comment for more.
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Ford Smith
Ford Smith@fordsmith·
@electra_frost @ns Founders go where they think they have the best shot at building. If enough people are leaving, it's worth asking what's driving that.
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electrafrost.btc 🟧 Network School V1-V2
electrafrost.btc 🟧 Network School V1-V2@electra_frost·
Last week a startup founder told me he felt he would be "financially irresponsible to stay in Australia", and is on his way to @ns. I've sold my accounting practice. I'm now free to assist law-abiding, Australians to lead internationally flexible lives leaveaustralia.com.au
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Ford Smith
Ford Smith@fordsmith·
@ShawnNeedham2 It's always interesting to hear from people who've tried a different model for that long. Real-world experience adds a lot to the conversation.
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Shawn Needham RPh
Shawn Needham RPh@ShawnNeedham2·
The Andrew Langer Show and Timothy Lee. Big voices for free markets in healthcare. At Moses Lake Professional Pharmacy we are pioneers in free market healthcare when we decided to stop billing insurance in 2002. It was one of the best business decisions we ever made. Dealing directly with the consumer allows for better pricing, services and quality. Stay tuned for these two to be on Health Solutions with Shawn and Janet Needham RPh Podcast
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Ford Smith
Ford Smith@fordsmith·
@TroySitko A little more curiosity and empathy would probably make a bigger difference than most people realize.
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Troy Sitko
Troy Sitko@TroySitko·
My least favourite thing about the world today is how little so many people think about anyone or anything but themselves, how others don't even breach their consciousness.
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Ford Smith
Ford Smith@fordsmith·
@leallovio It's easy to focus on one piece and forget the others. Balance usually matters more than any single area.
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Lea Llovio
Lea Llovio@leallovio·
Healing and life elevation require that you tend your physical body as much as you tend to your mind and your spirit. Higher states of consciousness that bring peace, physical, optimization, and elevated living, require the integration of all parts of the human
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Ford Smith
Ford Smith@fordsmith·
@mikeminoguema Access and affordability have to move together. Great care doesn't mean much if people can't afford to use it.
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Mike Minogue | MA Gov Candidate
Mike Minogue | MA Gov Candidate@mikeminoguema·
Bonnie’s story is one I hear across Massachusetts. Skyrocketing healthcare costs are hurting families and small businesses. We have some of the best care in the world, but it’s also some of the most expensive. As governor, I’ll put Patients First by expanding access to care, supporting doctors and nurses, lowering premiums, and reducing drug costs.
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Ford Smith@fordsmith·
@kelvinkchan That's an important distinction. Better clinical care matters, but preventing people from needing it in the first place has an even bigger impact.
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Kelvin Chan
Kelvin Chan@kelvinkchan·
Clinical care is always the topic of conversation when it comes to needed healthcare improvements. That’s a noble problem to solve, but it doesn’t solve the real upstream issue. The issue of why people get upset when they visit the doctors to begin with.
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Ford Smith
Ford Smith@fordsmith·
@yerassylnu 😂 Old videos are always a little painful to watch, but they're the best reminder of how much you've improved.
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Yerassyl Nurpeissov
Yerassyl Nurpeissov@yerassylnu·
JUST FOUND OLD ARCHIVE VIDEO from 2022 (2023). Why I have so strange accent? xD By the way its always funny and nostalgic to see old videos that you published on social media Days when theres no ai and I made a game. Do you have your old archives too? #founder #startup #pov
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Dave Maloney
Dave Maloney@CharityBetDave·
Super excited to signup for @Clear. Now, I always wait in the longest line wherever I go. My next startup will be called Clearest. Pay $169/yr. Arrive at the airport where a member of Clearest punches you in the face, robs you, and leaves you in an endless loop of checking bags.
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Ford Smith
Ford Smith@fordsmith·
@JimMooreJourno Sadly, a lot of people share that experience. Accessing care can end up feeling like a battle when it really shouldn't.
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James Moore
James Moore@JimMooreJourno·
"Once you're diagnosed, that's it, you're left to your own devices. I've had to spend a fortune on private healthcare because I couldn't get any improvements [with]in the NHS." Same here m’fraid. And you often have to fight to get what the NHS does provide bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…
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Ford Smith
Ford Smith@fordsmith·
@markuretsky Interesting way to describe self awareness. Some ideas make more sense when you experience them than when you try to explain them.
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Mark Uretsky
Mark Uretsky@markuretsky·
When you point at something, your finger points away from you. Consciousness is what happens when the pointing points at the pointing. Try to point at your own pointing. Feels weird? That weird feeling is you.
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Ford Smith
Ford Smith@fordsmith·
Facts are important. Brainwash is real. We need more good work out of organizations like @neutralityorg
Brivael Le Pogam@brivael

Encore un scandale. On accuse Elon Musk sans arrêt de se servir de Grok pour faire passer ses idées. Pourtant, le @neutralityorg vient de sortir The Neutrality Project : une étude indépendante qui prouve l’inverse. Sur 18 modèles IA testés, 54 positions sur 60 atterrissent à gauche du centre. Moyenne globale : -0.41 (biais progressiste massif, surtout environnement et valeurs sociales). Et Grok 4.5 ? -0.02. Le modèle le plus neutre de tout le benchmark. Le seul vraiment proche du centre. Pendant ce temps, les autres boîtes injectent massivement leur idéologie de gauche dans des IA qui répondent à des milliards de questions par jour. Manipulation des masses à grande échelle. C’est absolument scandaleux. Ça devrait être un scandale mondial. x.com/neutralityorg/…

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Ford Smith
Ford Smith@fordsmith·
@LandTanin That's an interesting lens. The best ideas often come from building where AI is a tool, not where it's the entire product.
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Tanin
Tanin@LandTanin·
Spoke with the founder who already raised, his advice on choosing a startup idea(for deep tech): choose things that are orthogonal to the development of ai. Things that ai aren’t trained on. And tell a story of what the future might look like and how you’ll fit into it. This advice has really stuck with me
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Kateryna Golushko@katerynag13

Moderated a panel in London this Monday on fundraising. Lots of cool intel from the investors and founders who raised massive rounds. Wanna know something? Nobody cares about your product if you can't speak. And...

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Ford Smith
Ford Smith@fordsmith·
@SeijinJung Interesting read. The real signal is often what incumbents choose to defend, not just what they announce.
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Seijin Jung
Seijin Jung@SeijinJung·
Apple didn't file this to protect trade secrets. they filed it to protect the platform. every company that beat Apple did it through software. nobody could touch the hardware. OpenAI buying Jony Ive's startup changes that. the lawsuit is the tell.
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Ford Smith
Ford Smith@fordsmith·
@PavlosProkopeas That's a rare combination of experience to bring into something new. Excited to see what decades in the industry look like when applied to passion projects.
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Pavlos Papageorgiou
Pavlos Papageorgiou@PavlosProkopeas·
I worked in a tech company or 32 years. Originally it was a Scottish startup, we got acquired twice, became part of Canon in 2016. Their medical imaging divison, not cameras. I quit in April. Since then I've been working on two passion projects: A Japanese learning app for people like me - mature, regular visitors or part time residents in Japan, and a specialist photography app. Announcements soon...
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Ford Smith
Ford Smith@fordsmith·
@mrrodrigues76 The intersection of AI, data, and healthcare is moving fast. Curious to see the real world use cases that come out of events like this.
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Mauro Rodrigues
Mauro Rodrigues@mrrodrigues76·
Are you ready to enter the age of AI? Join us at the Oracle Healthcare Innovation Day at our Nashville offices to explore the latest in AI, healthcare data, multicloud, and security. Connect with Oracle experts, and network with peers. Register today. social.ora.cl/6017BEPd6c
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Ford Smith
Ford Smith@fordsmith·
@ravi2706kumar Interesting space. The right biotech cofounder can make a huge difference when it comes to validating both the science and the market.
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