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Alexander Niehenke
@aniehenke
Made in Germany. Assembled in USA. Sold in California.
San Francisco, CA
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    Alexander Niehenke
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    Jul 10, 2020
    Surprised how many people, according to Twitter, are only in SF for the tech & networking. Seems like a gorgeous place to live. Call me biased, but not many places you get so much water, mountains, culture, agriculture, weather, wildlife all within a few hours. My heart is here.
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    Alexander Niehenke
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    Sep 18, 2017
    Watching most VCs try to explain blockchain in a blog post is like asking a group of first graders what their parents do for a living.
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    Alexander Niehenke
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    Feb 20, 2023
    Replying to @NWischoff
    Own stroller/dog? Bernal or Noe 30&U? Marina or Russian Think Ur Hip? Hayes Actually Hip? Dog patch Rich? Pac Heights Grew up in SF? Sunset Like to run? Cole Commute to south bay? Portrero In Corp housing? Fidi/Soma Foodie? Richmond Hipster? Mission
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    Alexander Niehenke
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    Dec 6, 2023
    1/ Privately I've been sharing that we'll see +25% of partners at VC funds exit the business in the next few years, and a similar shrinkage of funds. In the wake of the OpenView news, I am sharing my thoughts publicly based on what I've seen a cross a couple cycles.
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    Alexander Niehenke
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    Jun 15, 2023
    In further Silicon Valley shaming, Wall Street has allowed a pita bread restaurant to IPO while our window is still closed
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    Alexander Niehenke
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    Jun 29, 2021
    We’re seeing three zero-sum strategies concurrently tested in venture in real-time: Hire Everyone: A16Z Do Every Deal: Tiger Raise Every LP Dollar: Insight
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    Alexander Niehenke
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    May 23, 2024
    A consortium of VCs should buy the SF Westfield mall so we can all move in there. Each of us gets a retail store, the mega funds can take the Nordstrom’s and macys, & we put Souvla+Blue Bottle in the food court. Emerging managers can get retail carts. @nvca what say you?
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    Alexander Niehenke
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    Jul 8, 2022
    Nothing like the announcement of twins to abruptly end a man’s lavish spending habits
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    Alexander Niehenke
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    Nov 20, 2021
    A $500M SaaS company growing 70% YoY just unveiled their S1 and basically no tweets about it. What a time to be alive when that isn’t the biggest talk of the town.
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    Alexander Niehenke
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    Apr 10, 2021
    You can tell the pandemic is mostly over in SF because we’re back to debating about parking spots
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    Alexander Niehenke
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    Jan 7, 2022
    Can we at least all agree that @levie & @bchesky make a pretty cute couple
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    Alexander Niehenke
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    Mar 8, 2023
    Replying to @zachcoelius
    I prefer the entrepreneur to be at their highest comfort level, so if that’s Teams, I’ll deal with the discomfort on my end
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    Alexander Niehenke
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    May 2, 2024
    Pretty darn proud of my wife @ShannonTorrey landing the cover of @luxemagazine
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    Alexander Niehenke
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    Sep 28, 2022
    Onward & upward @scalevp
    Scale Venture Partners closes $900M for fund to back software startups | TechCrunch
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