Dahna Goldstein retweeted
Two years into Ukraine's crisis, our report "Can Ukraine Transform Post-Crisis Property Compensation and Reconstruction?" highlights recommendations for Diia & eRecovery program for transparent and inclusive reconstruction. #CrisisRecovery #Diia
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Honored to be in amazing company on @TechnicallyDC 's RealLIST Connector list for 2023!
🎉 Thrilled to celebrate @dahnag, our exceptional Chief Investment Officer, recognized as a @TechnicallyDC RealLIST Connector of 2023. 🌟 Congrats, Dahna! #Halcyon #RealLISTConnectors2023 #StartupEcosystem #TechCommunity
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Dahna Goldstein retweeted
ALT The expulsion of Justin Jones and Justin Pearson in the Tennessee House of Representatives emphasizes just how dire the gun problem is in this country, and especially in the South. Rather than address the problem head on as Pearson, Jones, and Rep. Gloria Johnson attempted to do, fellow state lawmakers chose instead to silence the voices of two young Black representatives and look the other way when their own communities are ravaged by gun violence.
ALT We know that incidents of gun violence, and school shootings in particular, are disability issues. In schools, active shooter drills are largely exclusive of disabled children and aren’t effective in keeping disabled kids safer. What’s more, those with mental health disabilities are often scapegoated in mass shooting incidents, attaching a damaging stigma to mental illness that does nothing but take the conversation away from what these incidents of violence are really about. We stand in solidarity with Pearson and Jones.
Dahna Goldstein retweeted
Catch NDS’s Dom Kelly (@the_tattooedjew) and Kehsi Iman Wilson tomorrow on @hereandnow on @NPR! Tune in at noon - our segment should air around 12:30pm. #DisabilityTwitter
I love how @reidhoffman has been leveraging AI as a creative partner and co-creator. Check out his latest creation, Impromptu, a book written with GPT-4.
I wrote a new book with @OpenAI’s latest, most powerful large language model.
It’s called Impromptu: Amplifying our Humanity through AI.
This, as far as I know, is the first book written with GPT-4.
Here’s how it all began…
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Much will be written in the coming days, weeks, months about the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank. My first thoughts today are with SVB employees – who, to a person, in my experience, really really really care about founders and innovation and community… (1/5)
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Without everyone agreeing to keep funds with SVB (which was never going to happen), there was a perceived risk – which rapidly became a real risk – that anyone who didn’t move funds would be left holding the bag. (4/5)
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Dahna Goldstein retweeted
I wrote this for @facingsouth about the opportunity Southern states have right now to help disabled people. We can get home and community-based services, and we can end subminimum wages. All our electeds need is the political will to get it done. facingsouth.org/2023/01/sout…
We've been convening DC-area investors to talk about inclusive early-stage investing. Here are five things we've learned. bit.ly/3DeY1RJ
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Congratulations to Halcyon Fund portfolio company Solstice (@solarforgood), which has been acquired by MyPower, an affiliate of Mitsui. Excited for this next stage of Solstice's growth and impact. bit.ly/3TiDxgQ
@HalcyonInspires @goodallkate #impinv #communitysolar
Dahna Goldstein retweeted
A common mistake when founders first start talking to potential customers is to focus on selling them the exact product they plan on building when they should be focused on asking lots of questions to figure out what product attributes solve the customer’s deepest pain point
MEDU has created virus-resistant, reusable PPE to replace wasteful single use medical gowns. Thrilled that @HalcyonInspires Fund has invested alongside @mpalank101 and @MaCVentureCap to support @tamarachayo's quest to reduce medical waste. tcrn.ch/3KEzMPx
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Sure, Marc Andreessen can make any bets that he wants to make (he has to be accountable to his LPs), and maybe this will turn out to be a great financial bet, but the system is fundamentally broken. It's past time to bet on historically excluded founders.
Amount that ALL startups with Black founders in the US raised in Q2 2022: $324M
Amount that one white man raised from A16Z for a yet-to-be-built company: $350M
Source: news.crunchbase.com/diversit…
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#SocEnt #startup
You’re talented, clever, & disciplined. We’re entrepreneurial, dedicated, & amplified by ideas. Could this be love?
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Data from @gustohq and reported by @christopherwink suggests that women and people of color are starting businesses at perhaps the highest rates on record. Time for access to capital to catch up.
#impactinvesting #Entrepreneurship #startups
Rates of entrepreneurship from women and people of color are (by some counts) at their highest rates on record
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