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April Underwood
@aunder
Managing Director and Cofounder, @adverbvc @hashtagangels. First CPO @slackhq; ex @twitter @google. BOD @zillow. Junkie for where culture and tech intersect.
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adverb.vc
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    April Underwood
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    Feb 12, 2025
    When @Jess & I were launching @Adverbvc, we were eager for a day we could proudly display the humans we’d backed on our website. This month, we’re celebrating our two-year anniversary as a firm. We've backed 22 incredible companies, added 2 new team members (@LizaGurtin &
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    April Underwood
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    Mar 1, 2022
    From my father’s precinct in Texas:
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    April Underwood
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    Mar 2, 2020
    Every CFO who has ever insisted that a lot of business travel is frivolous is about to get the A/B test of their careers.
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    April Underwood
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    Feb 20, 2023
    Two days ago, after landing in Cabo, I got an Apple Watch high heart rate notification for the first time ever. 24 hours later, I started having abdominal pain. 48 hours later, I am now appendix-free.
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    April Underwood
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    Dec 2, 2022
    I will admit that the Slack use case of “new CEO publicly sharing screenshots of confidential internal information to destroy value for the company and inflict personal risk upon current or former employees” was not one I had the foresight to predict. Users surprise you!
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    April Underwood
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    Nov 7, 2020
    This kid is all of us
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    April Underwood
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    Aug 25, 2020
    News! I started a company. (During COVID. Over walking phone calls and Zooms. A very 2020 founding story indeed.) It’s called @LocalLaboratory. We’re on a mission to empower local businesses and the people who love them.
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    April Underwood
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    Sep 9, 2021
    Idea: Covid vaccines, but for children.
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    April Underwood
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    Aug 12, 2020
    Watching @sarahcpr’s rise to power is the top silver lining of the pandemic
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    Sarah Cooper
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    Aug 12, 2020
    Check me out guest hosting @JimmyKimmelLive tonight 🤯
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    April Underwood
    @aunder
    Jan 17, 2019
    NEWS! After nearly a decade at hashtag / octothorp companies, I’m bidding farewell to the amazing team at @slackhq to focus on investing and the only other hashtag organization I know: #Angels! medium.com/@aunder/new-ye…
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    April Underwood
    @aunder
    Jan 19, 2021
    Hear me out: an HGTV home makeover-style show for websites
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    April Underwood
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    Feb 20, 2023
    Replying to @aunder
    Unsure if it was truly connected, but the alert made me take my symptoms more seriously. Wearable tech is amazing.
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    April Underwood
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    Feb 20, 2023
    Replying to @aunder
    I left my heart in San Francisco, and my appendix in Cabo San Lucas. Would be ok to stop this trend there.
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    April Underwood
    @aunder
    Jan 1, 2018
    Meet our son, Sam. I know this sounds crazy but I honestly didn’t think it would be *that* hard. Give your mom or moms around you some love today.
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    Haitch
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    Jan 1, 2018
    Introducing Samuel Herrero Underwood. Born on January 1, 2018 at 1:13AM. Both he and @aunder are doing great. What a way to ring in the New Year!