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Charley Ma
@CharleyMa
co-founder, managing partner @pathlightvc. Former first biz / head of growth @tryramp, @Plaid, @usealloy.
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    Charley Ma
    @CharleyMa
    Sep 27, 2024
    Does anyone else miss conference calls prior to zoom / remote? Kids these days will never appreciate the art of hitting the mute button on one of these bad boys and going “this guy is an idiot right??” during a negotiation and jumping back in without missing a beat
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    Charley Ma
    @CharleyMa
    Nov 22, 2022
    Still convinced OKRs are the ultimate google psyops to slow down startups…
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    Charley Ma
    @CharleyMa
    Oct 17, 2021
    Me: “Can I tweet something like, just closed the most competitive termsheet of my life?” Ana: “That’s dumb” Me: “Cool I tweeted it.”
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    Charley Ma
    @CharleyMa
    Jun 2, 2021
    The vast majority of convos I have with “pedigreed” business peeps that ask me how they can break into an early stage startup as a non- technical hire usually distills down to My A: do sales. Aka go be an sdr, and then an AE, carry quota. Response: oh something more strategic
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    Charley Ma
    @CharleyMa
    Apr 13, 2022
    Can someone ask how much secondary Domm took off the table vs how much his employees made off their equity in the end? If you’re going to give him a platform to try and justify how he burned through that much capital, might as well ask how much he got too.
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    Harry Stebbings
    @HarryStebbings
    Apr 12, 2022
    20VC Exclusive Tomorrow with @domm What happened @fast Was burn really $10M per month? What is it like having Stripe invested? Mob or no mob? 😉 Could/should the board have done more? This and so much more… Stay tuned… 🚀
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    Charley Ma
    @CharleyMa
    Jan 14, 2020
    When I flew out to sf over 5 years ago for my final interview at Plaid, almost all the “experts” I talked to told me not to join. “The market is too small, the founders don’t have the right experience, the team is all randos, the company is way too small, etc etc”
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    Plaid
    @Plaid
    Jan 13, 2020
    We’re incredibly excited to share that Plaid is joining @Visa! Together, we’re looking forward to expanding our products for developers and connecting consumers with the fintech services that are making money easier for everyone. More details here. blog.plaid.com/plaid-and-visa
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    Charley Ma
    @CharleyMa
    Jun 2, 2022
    Can we all agree to not combine equity fundraise $'s and debt $'s as total fundraising headlines? Ex raising $5M in equity and $100M of debt does not make it a $105M round...
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    Charley Ma
    @CharleyMa
    Jan 4, 2024
    Excited to finally share what @MahdiRazaMR and I have been building for the past few years! We’re thrilled to debut @exponentcap and announce that we’ve closed $75M for fund 2. TLDR - we write lead / co-lead checks from pre-seed to early A, NYC based, thematic generalists
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    TechCrunch
    @TechCrunch
    Jan 4, 2024
    Exponent Founders Capital, led by Plaid and Robinhood alums, raises $75M to invest in early-stage startups tcrn.ch/48cjngd
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    Charley Ma
    @CharleyMa
    Mar 15, 2020
    NYC Chinatown supermarkets have everything you need (including cleaning wipes+water), masks everywhere, and they’re practically empty right now 🙁so defacto social distancing. Meanwhile Whole Foods has crazy lines filled with random people soooo...racism is dumb.
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    Charley Ma
    @CharleyMa
    Feb 20, 2020
    Honestly the attacks on wealth via equity and billionaires feels weird...like this isn’t reason why my family moved from China? 🧐
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    Charley Ma
    @CharleyMa
    Jan 25, 2020
    In other professional news - Friday the 17th was my last day at Plaid! Here are some of my thoughts... (1/95) Just kidding - more to come soon but once again hiring for early sales/business people, engineers, and more for an early stage fintech company in NYC!
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    Charley Ma
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    Sep 27, 2024
    Replying to @CharleyMa
    *beep* hi, who just joined?
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    Charley Ma
    @CharleyMa
    Apr 27, 2022
    👀👀@AngelList rolled out paying via USDC over Eth network
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    Charley Ma
    @CharleyMa
    Jun 26, 2022
    I did some googling but couldn’t find a good solution - whenever I try to “open in app” on IPhone, feels like 80% of the time I’m directed to the App Store, not the app itself. How do I fix this???