Amanda Heyman

Join me in supporting Georgia Fort, a founder, a Lunar Startups alum, and a respected MN journalist. I was lucky to work with her as part of our Lunar accelerator.

She was arrested by federal agents this morning for DOCUMENTING a protest.

This should not be happening. www.georgiafort.com/support

Today, this artist, Noval Noir, was painting a stunning portrait of Renee Good at the site of where she was killed

Maps of Ice Out for Good Events all over the USA

Here's the map after 24 hours of launch. Find your event or get one up here: www.mobilize.us/map/?tag_ids...

Urgent: We've learned that USDA funding cuts will prevent 630,000 lbs of food from reaching Second Harvest of Silicon Valley.

This would've been distributed to our most vulnerable neighbors–– and was to be sourced from US farmers, who are now losing out on crucial revenue.

We need your help

I’ve spent eight long years helping women access capital. Can you imagine what would happen if they suddenly didn't need to?

...I believe we're about to find out.

My latest for @fortunemagazine.bsky.social - seedstrapping, tiny teams, and how AI will blow the doors of entrepreneurship wide open.

Pass it on.
#StandWithUkraine

In general, if you're building for $10M - $50M markets (sound big but actually small), you may not be a fit for venture capital.

That doesn't mean you can't still build a valuable impactful business.

But try bootstrapping or grants or angels, and don't bother pitching to VCs.

For 'VC Twitter,' LinkedIn is becoming the place to be LinkedIn has emerged as a go-to platform for VCs, with investors leveraging it for networking, brand building, and investment opportunities.

LinkedIn is definitely the main VC hangout these days. Wondering how Bluesky will end up fitting in…

www.businessinsider.com/venture-capi...

Ft @jennyfielding.bsky.social @hunterwalk.com

Invest in Minnesota Aurora FC: Minnesota's Community-Owned Women's Soccer Team Minnesota's Community-Owned Women's Soccer Team

You have exactly 10 more days to become a co-owner of the largest independent, community-owned women's soccer team in the country. We will almost certainly fill up on investments, so you should do it today.
wefunder.com/mnaurora

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Who else should we add to the MN startup ecosystem starter pack?

go.bsky.app/FKMY4Qc

Do me a kindness! Share this if you love and support your local library & librarians (and remember: that includes your school library & school librarian) 😊📚

Thank you libraries & library workers… for everything ✨💚

Steve Harvey is aghast

a woman named heidi is on a wheel fort game show ALT: a woman named heidi is on a wheel fort game show

Back in the game today.

Olga Gonzalez-Sanabria | Glenn Research Center | NASA Biography Olga González-Sanabria  developed a fondness for chemistry and math while growing up in Patillas, Puerto Rico. She became interested in

Olga D. González-Sanabria powered the stars—literally. Her long-life nickel-hydrogen batteries keep the ISS running strong. A hidden hero of space tech innovation! 🌌 #WomenInSTEM #LatinasInSTEM
#TrailblazerTuesday tinyurl.com/53exhn2d

All I want is a cottage in the Scottish Highlands, a freshly-fallen snow, a crackling fire, a riveting mystery novel, a kettle on the stove, and a healthy supply of emotional support scones.

Here’s something to think about as you kick off 2025: ✨We are all stardust.✨

Every atom of oxygen in our lungs, of carbon in our muscles, of calcium in our bones, of iron in our blood—was created inside a star before Earth was born.

Image: NASA Hubble Space Telescope, CC BY 2.0, flickr

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I feel like this site's demographics can be described as "still mad about the loss of Google Reader"

30 mins of hatha yoga on the floor of your childhood home after days in a bed that is not your own = secret adulting level unlocked

My latest for Symbolic Capital(ism) walks through some ways readers who want to support We Have Never Been Woke can help expand its reach and impact: musaalgharbi.substack.com/p/help-me-ex...

Many of the suggestions are easy and free, but could make a big impact. Thanks in advance for your help!

I wish I had infinite library holds

If you think about it, the very best books are really just extremely long spells that turn you into a different person for the rest of your life

I’m about halfway through @musaalgharbi.bsky.social’s book We Have Never Been Woke and it’s already clear that it should be required reading.

Getting concerned, though, that the last chapter is *not* going to be a silver bullet easy fix for the entrenched problems he is describing… ☠️😢

Any food CPG investors on here? Angels or early VCs? Would love to start a list.

We don’t do many CPG deals at Tundra but when we find a superstar we double down and we like to share!

Science Fiction's Best Character Is A Deadly Rogue Cyborg Who'd Rather Be Watching TV Martha Wells's 'Murderbot Diaries' are a great escape.

Seriously, if you haven't read @marthawells.com MURDERBOT books yet, you have to read Martha Wells' MURDERBOT books. By @doktorzoom.bsky.social www.wonkette.com/p/science-fi...

Wow this actually works

Filoli!

Hi Melinda - Happy to add you and @stephanlittle.bsky.social, and great to learn more about your work. Of course @nas007.bsky.social is on the list, too! 🤩

Damn, now there is a tsunami warning. California is terrifying.