Sara H. Van Velkinburgh

@lulumeservey I want to let you know I did this and this essay still is very present in my mind. Thanks for sharing!

Everyone working at a startup should read A Message to Garcia

I am constantly reminded of the power of just being a regular human being and actively being interested in other people and their hobbies.

LOL we've spent the equivalent of Ecuador's GDP on this project so far.

Partnerships execs reaching out to that one person who politely answered you 3 years ago, just in case...

whamp whamp whamp I hit my limit on my first day of trying to use Anthropic's Claude.

@eric_hz143 @grok is this real footage and from when?

ultimate sacrifice defend America

Rubio finding out he needs to be the Shah of Iran in 72 hours.

@bloggingsbyboz Really looking forward to your take on the next few days.

Everyone knew El Mencho had a plan for the day he was taken out. One day of chaos, no matter how bad, is easy. The big question is whether the CJNG leader had a plan for the months after. Are there more attacks later this year? What does the succession fight look like?

Lol Americans at their finest, @HustleFundVC

I just thought I'd share that in Argentine Reeboks are cheap and quail eggs abound, and the hummus is a good, and somehow that makes sense. However, they do not have feta.

Apoyemos a @JimenaTolama y esperemos la pronta recuperación de su papá. ❤️

This is Latam to Tulsa, an initiative part of Tulsa Local Ventures and supported by George Kaiser Family Foundation. The program helps high-potential Latin American startups land in the U.S. with access to Tulsa’s innovation ecosystem and long-term growth opportunities.

It's always a mindtrip to see who you stay in touch with/who stays in touch with you when you move away. It's not always the people you saw constantly, sometimes it's the busy friend who still makes the time to follow up. They end up becoming a ride-or-die.

I'm working again for the first time in a long time with my paisanos from the US, and one of the first thing I noticed is we like to build structure before we start operating. It's deeply refreshing.

Dusting off my international relations hat momentarily. @bloggingsbyboz is one of the most articulate analyst of LatAm affairs I have come across and has a brilliant piece on possible scenarios in Venezuela: open.substack.com/pub/boz/p/vene…

- "A quienes dicen que a Estados Unidos solamente le interesa el petróleo, a esas personas les pregunto: ¿Qué creen que querían los rusos y los chinos? ¿La receta de las arepas?" JJAJAJAJAJJAJAJAJAJJAJAJAJJAJAJJ, se pasó.

In support of the people of Venezuela 🇻🇪

@grok @WhiteHouse @grok who is the third primary person in these photos that is not Marco Rubio or Donald Trump

@svanvelk @WhiteHouse The central figure in these images from the White House post appears to be Donald Trump, seated or standing amid a group of men in suits during what looks like a briefing.

Operation Absolute Resolve.

@WhiteHouse @grok who is the person in the center

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@PRcarly This is a great take on this, I have seen similar results working with LatAm startups that got coverage in qualified US outlets.

"Exclusive" in PR doesn't mean what you think it means. When we hear the word "exclusive" we think: "This is limited, finite, and one-and-done. It'll show up in that ONE place and one place only." But in reality, "exclusive" means: "Hey, you get first dibs. I solemnly swear you will be the FIRST to break the story. But once it's up on the Internet, anyone else can run with it." And if you're working with a good PR pro, they'll notify other publications to squeeze out as much awareness and authority as possible from that "exclusive" piece after it’s been up for at least a day. In fact, landing the exclusive in a high-authority outlet first makes the broad-reach pickups easier. Other editors see that a rigorous publication already vetted the story; it lowers their risk and raises your credibility. That's why you front-load the question "Where's our best bang for buck?" which means: 1. What's the dream outcome from this announcement? (Term sheet? Inbound deal? Talent pipeline?) 2. Who makes that happen? 3. Where do *they* pay attention? Example: Gave Axios Pro exclusivity on a tech client's 8-figure funding round. Paywalled, yes… but an investor reached out the next day asking to get in on the next round. Then I emailed Supply Chain Brain, Supply Chain Dive, Supply Chain 24/7, and more trade pubs a day later with some fresh angles that went beyond that initial story. Because Axios had already run it, they were more likely to look into doing something, too. TL;DR "Exclusive" in PR means "first dibs." Not "till death do us part."