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Jon Fortt
@jonfortt
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    Jon Fortt
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    Oct 31, 2017
    Robert E. Lee was not an honorable man. Kelly’s statements about the Civil War show a surprising lack of knowledge of U.S. history.
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    NBC News
    @NBCNews
    Oct 31, 2017
    White House Chief of Staff John Kelly says "lack of an ability to compromise" led to Civil War nbcnews.trib.al/M4pkx2F
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    Jon Fortt
    @jonfortt
    Nov 11, 2019
    You forgot 1. Co-founding Apple and building Pixar 2. Taking profits from early work at Oracle to found Siebel Systems 3. Making up stories like Harry Potter (U.K., I know, but still) 4. Providing a better service for financial data 5. Building a PC company from your dorm room
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    Robert Reich
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    Nov 10, 2019
    There are basically 5 ways to accumulate a billion dollars in America: 1) Profiting from a monopoly 2) Insider-trading 3) Political payoffs 4) Fraud 5) Inheritance None of these has anything to do with being successful in the supposed free market.
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    Jon Fortt
    @jonfortt
    May 16, 2019
    Replying to @edmundlee
    The fascinating problem here is that it penalizes the family that sacrifices to put a child in a better-performing high school and a less dangerous neighborhood. Even though the goal is to get into the best possible college, in a nice neighborhood.
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    Jon Fortt
    @jonfortt
    Jan 27, 2021
    Just a man and his iPad. I shot this photo at the #Apple #iPad introduction, 11 years ago today. I had a good seat, @WaltMossberg. $AAPL earnings after the bell.
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    Jon Fortt
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    Dec 14, 2020
    About five years ago, I met with @coinbase CEO @brian_armstrong to get to know the company. I downloaded the app and he sent me $1 in #Bitcoin to show me how it works. I decided to keep the $1 to track Bitcoin’s progress:
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    Jon Fortt
    @jonfortt
    Mar 21, 2024
    Amazing how Apple has managed to build a smartphone “monopoly” with barely 50% share in the U.S. and a wildly profitable rival with a $1.8 trillion market cap. What’s the definition of monopoly again? $AAPL $GOOGL #DOJ
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    Jon Fortt
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    May 25, 2017
    Replying to @carlquintanilla @SteveKopack and 3 others
    In fairness, that particular NATO leader probably hadn't paid his 2%
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    Jon Fortt
    @jonfortt
    Mar 13, 2024
    I met with @brian_armstrong at The Creamery in San Francisco on 7/24/15. He wanted to show me how his @coinbase app worked, so he sent me $1 worth of $BTC. Here it is today:
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    Jon Fortt
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    Jan 22, 2020
    I don’t know about the rest of you watching @CNBC, but I’m enjoying Ski Chalet Bond Villain Sorkin @andrewrsorkin
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    Jon Fortt
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    Mar 12, 2023
    Dawning on me that some of the high-horse voices out there have no idea who the impacted #SVB depositors are. They don’t cover entrepreneurs. Too busy hate-scrolling @Jason, @DavidSacks & @mcuban, writing think pieces about “big tech.” Do more reporting, people.
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    Jon Fortt
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    Feb 22, 2024
    I speak with @nvidia CEO Jensen Huang minutes after the $NVDA call with the stock up 9%. We discuss #OpenAI's #Sora driving further demand, why Nvidia can continue to thrive as the market shifts to inferencing, and more. @CNBCOvertime x.com/i/broadcasts/1…
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    Jon Fortt
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    Mar 28, 2023
    Great piece on @karaswisher. If you don't respect her intelligence, her independence and her network, you haven't been watching closely enough. vanityfair.com/news/2023/03/k…
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    Jon Fortt
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    Jul 4, 2016
    Thoughts from a descendant of slaves on the Fourth of July:
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    Jon Fortt
    @jonfortt
    Dec 5, 2020
    In restaurants you don't wear these most of the time. In big box stores, you do.