working on climate solutions @thirdsphereHQ. formerly @firstround @filamenthq, @instrumentalinc , @venture4america & @dukeu alum.🗣hardware, feminism & chaos
San Francisco, CA
Joined February 2009
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Asimov on new #ideas from two seemingly disparate items: "Making the cross-connection requires a certain daring."
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The last 12 months working with fellows convinced us we need to scale this up. So here we go.
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1. Urban Us is now Third Sphere.
This is much more than a name change.
Here's why -
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Want to work in climatetech? From engineering to sales, our portfolio companies want to pitch you! Meet teams like @cove_tool @DorothyMap working on solutions like opportunistic wireless charging or autonomous robots making biochar. Register here - bit.ly/3gj1BPU
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LIVE in 30min. Teams will pitch and take questions on upgrading cities for climate change. hubs.ly/H0y1FFk0
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Climate tech has reached a tipping point. But whose strategies will prevail, and what does this mean for entrepreneurs, and for traditional ‘impact investing’? A discussion with @_shilpikumar @lbernicker @AmyFrancetic and @SophiePurdom
hubs.ly/H0wkzXs0
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Join our team to fund startups that upgrade cities for climate change. Venture capital is part of the answer, but because many urbantech teams work with hardware, we created Urban Us Capital - Urban Us Capital Associate hubs.ly/H0tnYLP0
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Take the time to fully imagine the change u want...what does it look like, sound like, feel like, sound like, taste like
Imagination is the only way to bring revolutionary change. The real advocacy work is defining the path forward down to the details of each grain of sand
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Extremely lucky and proud to share @_shilpikumar's note on joining the @UrbanUsCo investment team! medium.com/urban-us/joining-…
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You're supposed to wash your hands for 20 sec, which is the time it takes to sing Happy Birthday twice. But I'm tired of singing Happy Birthday and you probably are too, so I've done the very important public service of compiling other songs with roughly 20 sec choruses to sing:
Its time to reimagine infrastructure with urgency and resources for radical departure from the current standards. infrastructurereportcard.org…
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"Once companies get to a certain size, they should add society as a customer" - @reidhoffman on how growth companies can use the blitzscaling model to create positive social impact #upfrontsummit
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Make no mistake: This race is not over.
As we have done since day one, my team will continue to work around the clock to make sure that every ballot is counted—because voting is the bedrock and lifeblood of our democracy.
Let's get it done: secure.actblue.com/donate/sy… #gapol
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Are you a woman working in hardware or interested in product development, and in Lagos?
Join @_shilpikumar at the American Corner in CcHUB next Friday, October 26th.
RSVP here: bit.ly/2QVRh0A
I'm in Lagos this month -- let me know if you want to join for this talk or meet up!
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"Modernizing Manufacturing" Girl Geek Dinner @StartX in Palo Alto with talks from @Instrumental CEO & founder @Anna_Shedletsky, Head of Technology Commercialization @_ShilpiKumar, Senior SWE Stella Mashkevtich, Marketing @PerryConeybeer & more! Details: girl-geek-x-instrumental-din…
Had fun recoding this! Check it out: xitter.cf/eriktorenberg/status/9…
Just released episode 15 of Venture Stories by @villageglobal: @_shilpikumar and @Sethwinterroth on the Present and Future of Hardware.
Breaker: breaker.audio/venture-storie…
Soundcloud: soundcloud.com/venturestorie…