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rypaulsmith

@rypaulsmith

Founder of Recyclops, husband, father of 4

 Salt Lake City
recyclops.com
Joined January 2013
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The Utah Jazz have everything you need to go to the NBA Finals...great guard play by Mike Conley & superstar Donovan Mitchell, dominate defense led by Rudy Gobert & Royce O'Neale, they are one of the best 3-point shooting teams in the league led by Joe Ingles & Bojan Bogdanovic
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Yesterday, in prep for an investor pitch to @KickstartFund, I felt like I needed a slide on our COVID-19 response. What a crazy world 🤯
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Jeff Morris Jr.
@jmj5 Dec 2019
When looking for a startup to join, search for companies who are “succeeding despite themselves”: 1. Product funnels aren’t optimized 2. Marketing channels still being tested 3. Operations are messy If customers love the product despite this, they have early product market fit.
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Great article from @FastCompany featuring #RISNIncubator ventures @renewlogy & #Recyclops on how their innovations are addressing #recycling issues here in the U.S. Kudos, @renewpriyanka and @rypaulsmith!
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"there are promising technologies poised to revolutionize each point where our system currently fails." Learn more how #RISNincubator COs like @renewlogy & #Recyclops are changing the way we divert waste. #StrongerFuture @EntrepreneurASU @TalkingTrashPHX fastcompany.com/90321566/all…
All the ways recycling is broken—and how to fix them

All the ways recycling is broken—and how to fix them

You may throw a plastic container in the recycling bin and assume it's going to easily become a new item. But every step of our recycling system—from product design to collection to sorting—has major...

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The world really is getting better: Since yesterday: Life expectancy went up by 9.5 hours 137,000 came out of poverty 305,000 got safer water 295,000 got electricity 620,000 got online for the first time Thanks to @MaxCRoser & his incredible website slides.ourworldindata.org/ta…
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TCIP Demo Day for investors is in full swing. @BusinessUtah @CoworkSLC @BoomStartup The same group of companies will be pitching to the public at 6 pm tonight at The Salt Mine in Sandy. Hope to see you there.
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Facebook should have an old person edit feature. You can move comments to the right place, tag people correctly, and change posts to private messages for them.
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2017 Entrepreneur of the Year: Kevin Auernig (@sodaliciouskev), @Sodalicious bit.ly/2lY8209
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Proud of my dual-citizenship with Canada #staygreatamerica npr.org/2016/10/14/497986850…
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Congrats @SimpleCitizenUS on finishing up at Y Combinator! You're making Utah and @campus_founders proud. techcrunch.com/2016/08/22/y-…
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“After pouring 100 hours into his wife's U.S. residency application, @SamStoddard1 dreamed of an easier way.” fastcompany.com/3062328/most…
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Life's too short for the wrong career. Learn to code in Salt Lake City. Find out how. bit.ly/299KXl7
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Tom Holmoe@TomHolmoe26 Jul 2016
Strong, consistent progress has moved the BYU Marriott School up the mountain top. Congrats to students & faculty. xitter.gq/marriottschool/status/…
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@BYUMarriott18 Jul 2016
Some good company, @BYUMBAProgram @BYU goo.gl/fqOYni
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Congrats to @campus_founders portfolio company @SimpleCitizenUS & @SamStoddard1 for being accepted into @ycombinator xitter.gq/ycombinator/status/744…
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SimpleCitizen (YC S16) is TurboTax for immigration ow.ly/FQVs301sljU

SimpleCitizen is TurboTax for immigration

Read more on Y Combinator's blog.

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Miss @WHSummit? @davismsmith has the key messages from top leaders for you: ow.ly/yQRV301knk2 #ShareHumanity
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Proud to be in Utah tcrn.ch/20OSTrR
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I'm no genealogy expert but that's a good Lookin' heat map. @AncestorCloud family discovery for everyone! @techstars
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Entrepreneurs from @BYU dominate Utah Student 25 Awards: ow.ly/VDon300iC8L
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Dropbox cut perks and told employees to save more as Silicon Valley braces for the cold read.bi/1T4kWB0 via @bi_enterprise
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