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amanda peyton
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Founder @ourpools We're back.
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    amanda peyton
    @amandapey
    Oct 6, 2025
    Two years ago today, we shut down Braid, and I wrote a long post about it that went unexpectedly viral. The idea of a multi-user financial account kept nagging at me though, and in that time, no one else built a good one. So we got back to work. Today is the day. We're
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    amanda peyton
    @amandapey
    Oct 6, 2023
    We had a turbulent last few years at @braid_app, and shut it down for good in Sept '23. I wrote a post-mortem and found I had A LOT to say about the past few years in fintech/payments. Enjoy! Braid is Dead, Long Live Braid amandapeyton.com/blog/2023/10/b…
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    amanda peyton
    @amandapey
    Jun 26, 2020
    Replying to @andrew__reed and @barstoolsports
    All of the lights was the one that got me
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    amanda peyton
    @amandapey
    Jul 8, 2020
    Excited to share @braid_app with you all today! We want to make it easier to share money. To do that, we've built a new financial account called a group account. Create a group, invite people, add money and spend. We're on Product Hunt today: producthunt.com. A thread.
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    amanda peyton
    @amandapey
    Nov 17, 2017
    Friday twitter: all the 900+ book submissions recommended to @patrickc in a nice, neat spreadsheet. Happy weekend reading. docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d…
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    Gabriel Hubert
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    Nov 17, 2017
    Step 1: @patrickc asks a question Step 2: Twitter indulges Step 3: @amandapey gets a virtual assistant on the case Hey presto: more "worldview-changing" books than you'll ever read in your lifetime: docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d…
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    amanda peyton
    @amandapey
    Oct 7, 2023
    submitted my essay to hackernews "for old times sake" as the algo has become far too crushing in recent years, woke up today and it's on the front page with a ton of comments, a handful are actually nice, what a gift
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    amanda peyton
    @amandapey
    Sep 27, 2016
    TIL: Slack = Searchable Log of All Conversation and Knowledge (!!!!)
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    Stewart Butterfield
    @stewart
    Sep 27, 2016
    Yes. November 14th, 2012 (previous codename was "linefeed"): Re x.com/minney_cat/sta…
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    amanda peyton
    @amandapey
    Sep 30, 2020
    We've been thinking a lot about multiplayer fintech @braid_app. Recent posts from @mariodgabriele and @otherinternet__ inspired this one. Ended up at almost 2k words. Would love your thoughts! medium.com/@ap_8218/on-mu…
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    amanda peyton
    @amandapey
    Sep 14, 2015
    I've been working on a new product for @etsy called Etsy Manufacturing. First news dropped today @nytimes. !!!!
    Molly Goodall with her son, Carter, whose refusal to wear hoods on his jackets inspired her to begin designing coats to sell on Etsy.
    Etsy Welcomes Manufacturers to Artisanal Fold (Published 2015)
    From nytimes.com
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    amanda peyton
    @amandapey
    Apr 23, 2014
    it's true: blog.grandst.com/grand-st-etsy/ // @grandst @Etsy <3
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    amanda peyton
    @amandapey
    Jul 8, 2020
    We are currently at #2 on PH!
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    Ryan Hoover
    @rrhoover
    Jul 8, 2020
    This is a fresh take on social money producthunt.com/posts/braid-3
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    amanda peyton
    @amandapey
    Nov 5, 2021
    DAOs are amazing, and we’ve been following the discussion around access to fiat to pay for expenses. This seems to be a real pain point, so we (@braid_app ) put together a proposal w/ideas on how to enable this. Hope you’ll check it out.
    Fiat DAOs: A bridge between DAO Treasuries and fiat debit cards
    From paragraph.com
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    amanda peyton
    @amandapey
    Oct 24, 2023
    Brand-new @lightspeedvp VC and infamous fintech investor @arfrank has agreed to do a Q&A at the off-the-record stage today in Vegas. 10am. We will cover all the hits - multiples, hot deals, baas, public markets, rates, and middleware. And credit cards ofc. Don’t miss it.
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    amanda peyton
    @amandapey
    Mar 28, 2022
    My hot tip of the day is don’t sleep on ramp’s billpay product, it’s wildly better than anything we’ve used in the past @braid_app and we love it I am obsessed w cards / card packaging and these new metal ones are 🔥🔥 @tryramp