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ballmers_peak

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Joined: Thu, Jul 11, 2019, 6:25 PM UTC
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Public activity: 47 items
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About ballmers_peak

Director of Growth @ The Information

Recent public activity

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Workweek giving away $100k+ worth of capital and resources
Thu, Dec 16, 2021, 8:59 PM UTC
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Lambda School’s Growing Pains: Big Buzz, Student Complaints
Thu, Jan 23, 2020, 8:44 PM UTC
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Modest Proposals: In Defense of Deep Fakes
Mon, Dec 16, 2019, 9:54 PM UTC
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Comment #21727019
Welp, at least my copy was on point.

Fri, Dec 06, 2019, 11:16 PM UTC
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Magic Leap Burning $40-$50M a Month
Fri, Dec 06, 2019, 8:21 PM UTC
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Freemium Love: Tech Transforms Dating in San Francisco
Fri, Nov 15, 2019, 7:12 PM UTC
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Apple Eyes 2022 Release for AR Headset, 2023 for Glasses
Mon, Nov 11, 2019, 4:41 PM UTC
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Google Discourages Culture Fit in Hiring with ‘Googleyness’ Update
Thu, Oct 31, 2019, 8:59 PM UTC
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Modest Proposal: The Challenges Facing Free Speech
Tue, Oct 22, 2019, 11:00 PM UTC
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Lime’s Loss to Top $300M in 2019
Mon, Oct 21, 2019, 11:55 PM UTC
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AWS Customers Rack Up Hefty Bills for Moving Data
Mon, Oct 21, 2019, 4:50 PM UTC
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Ripple CEO Blasts Libra, Boasts of Warchest
Sat, Oct 19, 2019, 9:41 PM UTC
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Interactive Graph: Export of Sensitive U.S. Technology Slows Under Trump
Tue, Oct 15, 2019, 9:00 PM UTC
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The Forbes ‘30 Under 30’ Hustle
Wed, Sep 25, 2019, 6:25 PM UTC
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Comment #21054064
Saw there was some interest around this piece on HN last week so I went ahead and unlocked it.

Mon, Sep 23, 2019, 9:44 PM UTC
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Andreessen Horowitz Returns Slip, According to Internal Data
Mon, Sep 23, 2019, 9:41 PM UTC
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Comment #20934777
This seems like a really tough ask of any editors. Much less, editors of one of the most highly scrutinized companies out there.

Tue, Sep 10, 2019, 11:00 PM UTC
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Internal Facebook Memo Reveals Guidelines for Showcasing News
Tue, Sep 10, 2019, 10:59 PM UTC
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Apple Change Causes Scramble Among Private Messaging App Makers
Thu, Sep 05, 2019, 8:24 PM UTC
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Documents Show Huawei Boosted Research Spending at Berkeley Before Sanctions
Thu, Aug 29, 2019, 9:04 PM UTC
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Waymo’s Backseat Drivers: Confidential Data Reveals Self-Driving Taxi Hurdles
Mon, Aug 26, 2019, 11:16 PM UTC
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Growing Pains: Facebook Pushes Instagram to Earn Its Keep
Thu, Aug 22, 2019, 10:23 PM UTC
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Comment #20657191
Curious to hear if anyone else has any outlandish VC experiences like the ones shared in our latest story.

Fri, Aug 09, 2019, 6:43 PM UTC
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How VCs Win Deals: Comic Books, Big Meals and Diapers
Fri, Aug 09, 2019, 6:42 PM UTC
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Comment #20631059
No problem!

Wed, Aug 07, 2019, 12:48 AM UTC