Leo Polovets

@lpolovets

General Partner . Before: - 2nd non-founding engineer → early engineer . Student of entrepreneurship.

Joined May 2009

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  1. Pinned Tweet
    Apr 19

    I'm very excited about the release of my interview! Thanks for the great questions, .

  2. 2 hours ago

    Good thread on HN about finding non-toxic tech companies to work at (esp. for underrepresented groups):

  3. 3 hours ago

    I feel slightly hypocritical since I'm tweeting this, but: YES!

  4. Retweeted
    20 hours ago
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    Stepped on a lego

  5. 22 hours ago

    Caption contest.

  6. Jun 4

    Fun paragraph about Airbnb's ambitiousness​ from The Upstarts by .

  7. Retweeted
    Jun 2

    Formula for startup success: Find large highly fragmented industry w low NPS; vertically integrate a solution to simplify value product.

  8. Jun 3
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  12. Jun 1

    Anyone have recs for good (neutral) links on the pros and cons of pulling out of the Paris Agreement?

  13. Retweeted
    May 31
    Replying to and

    From Bezos' '97 annual letter: "You can work long, hard, or smart, but at Amazon you can't choose two out of three."

  14. May 31

    Nice aspect of VC: it doesn't matter what you miss if you just pick a few good ones. Shitty aspect of VC: it's so hard to pick good ones!

  15. May 31

    Mary Meeker's annual report is out! I'm going to read it & spend 1 min thinking about each slide. Brb in 6 hours.

  16. Retweeted
    May 30
    Replying to

    Reminded by (thanks!) of this Hamming anecdote from his spectacular You and Your Research:

  17. May 30

    I would like to nominate a combination of public shaming and generous refresher grants. 😇

  18. May 30

    I was waiting on the sidewalk for a meeting just now. In 5 min, two Ubers pulled over to ask if I was the person they were picking​ up. 🤷‍♂️

  19. May 30

    Good quote from on managing bad investments: "The first rule of holes is: stop digging." (from Masters of Biz podcast w/)

  20. May 30

    I, too, rarely open tracked links in cold pitches. Cold emails already have a low hit rate, so why add needless friction?

  21. May 29
    Replying to

    Also, is it farther or further? I Googled it and it seems like both could work

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