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Founder @WildfiresORG, partner @ConvectiveCap; prev: co-founder @Segment. Also: developer and angel investor in firetech, climatetech and functional healthcare.
Sep 14, 2021 13 tweets 6 min read
Can we solve U.S mega-fires within 5 years? What if we can treat our forests at risk every 5 years, instead of every 126 yrs? There is once-in-a-decade opportunity, to bring back the western US we love, sitting in draft reconciliation bill form, and we need help.

Read below:🔥👇 USFS Fire Modeling Institute estimates the US has 63M acres of National Forest at risk, with ~20M high risk acres in CA.
Oct 17, 2020 12 tweets 8 min read
9 years, 5 months to build the culture that powered our $3.2B company.

Here’s some of the cultural lessons learned: Build a family — Eat together (for post-covid plans), celebrate holidays, go on company trips, send funny GIFs, be wacky together; As the company exceeds 50 ~people, each team will take on its own family vibe.
Oct 12, 2020 15 tweets 8 min read
May 5, 2011 to Oct 12, 2020 — 9 years, 5 months to build a $3.2B SaaS company

Here’s some of the lowlights/highlights that come to mind: 2010: @asmith speaks at the MIT Founders Journey; after class, we ask him to drop by our dorm for a beer. To our complete surprise, he agrees 🙂 Meeting Adam inspired @calvinfo, @reinpk and I to startup together. Crazy how small actions can have such profound consequences.