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Ed Zimmerman
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EdGrapeNutZimm.bsky.social VC/startup Law @lowensteinLLP, @Columbia_Biz, CoFound: @VentureCrush, @close_first; boards: @policingEquity @Fisk1866 @theorchidfdn
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    Ed Zimmerman
    @EdGrapeNutZimm
    Feb 21, 2022
    This @StanfordSPARQ research is extraordinary: "asset allocators rated stronger & weaker teams differently in terms of competence when their managing partner was White, but not Black. The same applied w/r/t evaluations of social fit for stronger & weaker White-male–led teams"
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    Ed Zimmerman
    @EdGrapeNutZimm
    Mar 9, 2022
    Replying to @stefancoh
    I appreciate the apology - no joke. Unfortunately, the "mess up" wasn't the tweet or the photo, it was the years of work that led to the conclusion that a 7 member all male (largely homogenous in other respects) team was the right move. But let's not the LPs off the hook. (CTD)
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    Ed Zimmerman
    @EdGrapeNutZimm
    Aug 4, 2024
    Replying to @IsaacHayes3 @rolandsmartin and 2 others
    Go get ‘em! Thank you!! 🙏 Trump is infamous for co-opting music by artists who loathe all that Trump embodies! Appreciate you and the music!
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    Ed Zimmerman
    @EdGrapeNutZimm
    Jan 8, 2021
    Replying to @CraigCaplan
    So @realDonaldTrump is a cop killer Also, telling a mob of white nationalist terrorists to terrorize in the name of insurrection means that it was reasonably foreseeable that death would result & possibly death to law enforcement. Prosecuted the MoFo Cop-Killer Trump
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    Ed Zimmerman
    @EdGrapeNutZimm
    Oct 24, 2023
    THREAD FOR LPs/GPs in VC: 1) I've been talking to VC fund managers (GPs)& the limited partners ("LPs") who invest in them (I'm an LP in numerous VC funds) about expectation for early DPI from seed&pre-seed funds. (DP ="Distributed to Paid In Capital" - i.e., cash $ back to LPs)
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    Ed Zimmerman
    @EdGrapeNutZimm
    Mar 9, 2022
    Replying to @EdGrapeNutZimm and @stefancoh
    How many LPs diligenced the fund, tooled through the data room, saw 7 dudes & didn't blink, but instead said "yes, this is the team" & then piled in w/ $560M of fresh capital? Did the LPs urge you to provide a reference list that included underrepresented folks? Did they ask for
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    Ed Zimmerman
    @EdGrapeNutZimm
    Jul 19, 2020
    Replying to @michaelharriot
    He sure as hell did. Roger Stone is a despicable racist
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    Ed Zimmerman
    @EdGrapeNutZimm
    Jul 15, 2023
    He didn’t “perish” - the Nazis dehumanized and systematically murdered him as part of their hateful genocide.
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    Auschwitz Memorial
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    Jul 15, 2023
    15 July 1901 | A Polish Jew, Berek Bestermann, was born in Gidle. A worker. In #Auschwitz from 20 February 1942. No. 23231 He perished in the camp on 30 March 1942.
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    Ed Zimmerman
    @EdGrapeNutZimm
    Jul 30, 2019
    Kinder eggs. Lawn darts. When was the last time some asshole killed ten people with lawn darts!!!!
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    BruceDC
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    Jul 29, 2019
    Replying to @SarahKSilverman
    Sarah, I can't buy Sudafed unless I show my ID. I can't own a car unless I register it, insure it, have it inspected for safety, and take a test proving I know how to operate it. Why not guns?
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    Ed Zimmerman
    @EdGrapeNutZimm
    Jun 27, 2020
    my friend @lolitataub asked for a #founders #startup guide on #legalissues & @paulbz tweeted about how founders often overlook tax issues in early days. So, here's a thread of things I've published in (far reaches of) @WSJ @Forbes & via my #VentureCapital class @Columbia_Biz
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    Ed Zimmerman
    @EdGrapeNutZimm
    Mar 9, 2022
    Replying to @EdGrapeNutZimm and @stefancoh
    At any point along the way, many people had to elect to say nothing. That happened because we've normalized remaining silent as we devalue diversity, as our actions & spend contravene any articulation of inclusive values. We can do better. We should do better, but we must find
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    Ed Zimmerman
    @EdGrapeNutZimm
    Mar 9, 2022
    Replying to @EdGrapeNutZimm and @stefancoh
    your go forward plan for diversity? When Corporate (BAIN) said, let's green light the launch of this fund, where was HR? Risk management? DEI? In other words, there's shared responsibility. Did counsel say "hey, maybe let's diversify the team?" Did PR? Did web designers? Why not?
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    Ed Zimmerman
    @EdGrapeNutZimm
    Aug 8, 2020
    Question: what VC fund has just had 6 IPOs in the last 12 months? Peloton ($19B) Kingsoft ($25B) ehang ($500M) DraftKings ($12B) Agora ($3.7B) BigCommerce ($5B) why is this fund not on the lips of all founders? What creates brand recognition for a VC? @GGVCapital
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    Ed Zimmerman
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    Aug 8, 2020
    Replying to @EdGrapeNutZimm
    That's a pic (2015) of @GGVCapital's @hanstung who is, according to @Forbes, among the Top 10 VCs in the world (2020) & had numerous IPOs (before the above extraordinary streak)...& I know the #ForbesMidas list has issues, but still Hans is extraordinary
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    Ed Zimmerman
    @EdGrapeNutZimm
    Nov 27, 2020
    Actually, the people have screamed, the courts have ruled and yet the Donald keeps vomiting treason at us