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Great to start my day in Davos for the second day in a row with @Elex_Michaelson.
Today I shared what it was like to be in the room for President Trump’s lengthy address.
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Ben Bergman
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Ben Bergman
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Senior Correspondent @BusinessInsider, investigating VC/startups. Big into tennis, skiing and poker. Got a tip? Message me securely on Signal: BenBergman.11
- The very rare time as a Tesla owner I wish I could pay $6/gallon for gas and be on my way. We need more super chargers @elonmusk
00:00 - I have to say…NYC earthquake Twitter is so much better than LA earthquake Twitter.
- I just called a VC to ask how he was advising his portfolio companies to deal with the Silicon Valley Bank fallout. "You're going to have to make this quick," he said. "I'm on the gondola in Aspen and we're almost to the top."
- “Everybody deserves to speak their opinion,” @lindayaX says after being asked about ADL complaints about Twitter/X antisemitism. Then she looks at her watch and says she has to catch a flight. You literally can’t make this stuff up.
- Here’s Jonathan Gold’s moving tribute to Bourdain, written just last month; “Bourdain wrote for the people with sheet pan burns on their arms and bits of flour stuck in their hair.” latimes.com/food/jonathan-…
- What a guy: “When her mother found a beautiful house and asked Mr. Jobs to buy it for her and Lisa, he agreed it was nice — but bought it for himself and moved in with his wife, Laurene Powell Jobs.”
- This is so surreal. Everyone in the audience still stunned and some even nervously chuckling. @karaswisher looking on from the back. @lindayaX seems totally out of her depth on stage. @JBoorstin trying admirably but this is a mess.
- I just had lunch with a VC who went to Stanford and Harvard, worked at Goldman Sachs, lives in Malibu, and recently completed seven marathons in seven days on seven continents. VCs, they’re not like us.
- I can’t remember a storm lasting for so long. We’re now in our fourth hour of near continuous lightning in Los Angeles. ⚡️
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