Walter Thompson
San Francisco, California, United States
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Fund/Build/Scale S2 E3: Felicis' Viviana Faga on early-stage AI brand development + investment tactics
Fund/Build/Scale S2 E3: Felicis' Viviana Faga on early-stage AI brand development + investment tactics
By Walter Thompson
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Fund/Build/Scale S2E2: Drew Glover of Fiat Ventures: Capital-Efficient Growth and Discovering Diverse Talent
Fund/Build/Scale S2E2: Drew Glover of Fiat Ventures: Capital-Efficient Growth and Discovering Diverse Talent
By Walter Thompson
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Fund/Build/Scale S2E1: Inside Intel Ignite with VP & GM Tzahi Weisfeld
Fund/Build/Scale S2E1: Inside Intel Ignite with VP & GM Tzahi Weisfeld
By Walter Thompson
Contributions
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Here's how you can foster a feedback culture in your team or organization.
If you want to cultivate a workplace where people feel safe (and empowered) enough to share their perspective, you’ll have to take your ego out of the equation first. Most people cannot do this, which is why feedback culture is so frequently performative. Putting one’s ego in check is hard work under the best of circumstances, but once you develop the practice of listening to others without judgment, you’ll stop being triggered long enough to actually hear them. Other people will soon recognize that it’s safe to share, which kickstarts a flywheel.
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Deb Kemper is a managing partner at Golden Seeds Ventures, a firm that focuses on backing #earlystage, women-led companies. She joined me on the…
Deb Kemper is a managing partner at Golden Seeds Ventures, a firm that focuses on backing #earlystage, women-led companies. She joined me on the…
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One of the first interviews I did for Fund/Build/Scale was with Renen Hallak, CEO and co-founder of #AIinfrastructure company VAST Data. The…
One of the first interviews I did for Fund/Build/Scale was with Renen Hallak, CEO and co-founder of #AIinfrastructure company VAST Data. The…
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As builders, strategists, and storytellers we often espouse the merit of a diversity of perspectives – but how often do we bring these diverse…
As builders, strategists, and storytellers we often espouse the merit of a diversity of perspectives – but how often do we bring these diverse…
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Experience & Education
Publications
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A school's mural removal: should kids be shielded from brutal US history?
The Guardian
Depending on whom you ask, a 1,600-sq-ft art installation at George Washington high school in San Francisco is either an unflinching look at American history, a stark depiction of violence against oppressed minorities – or both.
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Tree Activists Are Still Not Letting Their Eucalyptus Fight Die
San Francisco Magazine
After a decades-long battle, the city has given the green light to start cutting down eucalyptus trees in natural areas. But the trees’ defenders are standing tall.
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The Fire Last Time
San Francisco Magazine
Fifty years ago, Hunters Point exploded after a white policeman shot a black teenager. What, if anything, has changed since then?
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Hoodline
San Francisco
Hoodline is a local news blog that covers 23 San Francisco neighborhoods.
Projects
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Mr. Number product video
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We needed a product video to present the value/utility of our Android app to potential users.
Boiling a product down to its barest essence is always a challenge, particularly when you're working on a tight budget and deadline. Still, I think we pulled it off.
I recorded the voiceover in my living room in the wee hours.Other creatorsSee project
Honors & Awards
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First Place: Magazines/Trade Publications, Feature Story / Serious Nature
San Francisco Press Club
“The Fire Last Time,” San Francisco Magazine
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Third Place: Digital Media, Feature Story / Serious Nature
San Francisco Press Club
“How Urban Renewal Destroyed The Fillmore In Order to Save It,” Hoodline
Languages
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Restaurant French
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Excited to spend some time talking to early stage founders with Leslie Feinzaig and the Graham & Walker community. I promise to keep the bad advice…
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In this morning's edition of Term Sheet, Allie Garfinkle, shared a few hot takes from Fortune's Brainstorm Tech conference in Park City, Utah. Not…
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Happy Birthday #AngelaDavis! She is 80 today! #PoliticalActivist #Author I love and deeply admire Professor Davis! She taught a segment of my…
Happy Birthday #AngelaDavis! She is 80 today! #PoliticalActivist #Author I love and deeply admire Professor Davis! She taught a segment of my…
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“Kinda depressing that so many VCs are willing to risk the core institutions of American government to loosen up the M&A markets,” one founder friend…
“Kinda depressing that so many VCs are willing to risk the core institutions of American government to loosen up the M&A markets,” one founder friend…
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We are so excited to announce that our team will be co-hosting StartupGrind: Connect next week on July 24th in London, marking our first-ever…
We are so excited to announce that our team will be co-hosting StartupGrind: Connect next week on July 24th in London, marking our first-ever…
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Fresh off a Fund/Build/Scale interview with Ascent CFO Solutions founder Dan DeGolier — we discussed #startup #cashflow management strategies, the…
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