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“San Francisco is back!”
“It never left.”
“Long dead.”
They’re all takes, none particularly great, but they allude to a certain degree of self-importance you know among all the people when the heart of the city beats in a significant way.
To me, San Francisco feels like it has never left us, despite all the fragility and frustration it is known to be associated with. , it would be too naive to believe that it could disappear from culture or become irrelevant. I’m not saying San Francisco didn’t justify a massive exodus with empty storefronts and office buildings — that’s what happened. According to Vox, citing LinkedIn data, “Over the last 12 months, San Francisco has witnessed her second-largest increase in the working-age population of any region in the United States.”
I have felt It feels good to eavesdrop on conversations and hear people talk about the future, to see bookstores full until closing time, to networking events and happy hour schedules. I’m constantly reconnecting and running into people I only knew through Twitter DMs. This is the “I live here” milestone I’ve been dreaming of. Maybe that’s what I’ve been experiencing in San Francisco, but the more social energy around us feels less cheeky and more present. There’s a cycle of, and I think for some reason people are flocking to Hayes Valley, is it because of the scattered founders who recently had coffee? The emphasis seems to be on doing Maybe I’ve been lucky, but the return of SF feels more down-to-earth and less bragging.
Cities never leave our lives, only cyclical moments, temporary friendships, and lessons about how fickle communities can be.
If you like this newsletter, check out my personal blog too. The rest of this newsletter discusses pitch deck decomposition and artificial intelligence.As always you can follow me twitter Or on Instagram, which unfortunately did not post about the city’s demise.
Start tearing down the pitch deck
It never hurts to be reminded that eating vegetables is important – and that’s my lazy introduction Haje Jan KampsThe latest Pitch Deck Teardown from Spinach.io. Huh. Remember, this series includes walkthroughs of startup pitch materials, including areas of strength, and improvements and witty analyzes throughout. There is a possibility.
Read the full analysis here And remember: If you want your own pitch deck teardown featured on TC+, here’s more info. Also, check out all of our Pitch Deck Teardowns and other pitching advice.
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follow up
As with any hype cycle, accountability and transparency are required. of TCs Dominic-Madori Davis I have written two articles examining how the artificial intelligence boom has coexisted with historically underfunded minorities. Let’s start with the good points. First, her AI startup, founded by a woman, is seeing an increase in VC funding. yeah yeah At the same time, the work isn’t done — biases continue to show up all over AI, from the investments VCs make to the products founders are building.
Here’s why, in Davis’ words, this is important. “As we enter a new golden age of AI, the debate about diversity is more important than ever. has contributed to racist recruiting tactics and lower approval rates in black homes: self-driving cars have a harder time detecting dark skin, making blacks more likely to be run over by cars In one example, the robot identified black men as criminals 9% more often than white men. [began] Adopt AI. ”
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etc
- Z5 Capital, a U.S.-based enterprise startup-focused venture firm, plans to raise $25 million in funding, according to SEC filings.
- Green Bay Ventures, the venture capital firm founded by NEA co-founder Dick Kramlich and partner Anthony Schiller, has raised $90 million in a new investment vehicle, according to SEC filings.
- “Some people think Adobe is a startup,” I heard at happy hour in San Francisco.
- If you missed last week’s Startups Weekly, check out my final issue here.
- TechCrunch takes place in Boston on April 20th. Along with his favorite colleague, he will be interviewing top experts at a one-day Founders Summit. Book your pass early! Speakers include Kerty Levy of Techstars, Dayna Grayson of Construct Capital, and James Currier of NFX.
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chat next week,
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