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Nick Linck
@nick_linck
moving people up maslowโ€™s hierarchy with @theResidency prev: ai @ ibm research + ๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐ŸŽ“ umich + zfellows
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    Nick Linck
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    Jun 13, 2025
    last night I got the honor to interview the king ๐Ÿ‘‘ @sama has been an advisor for @theresidency since the beginning. he sees the flaws with traditional education and believes in the potential of young people to bring out innovations that will transform our everyday lives ๐Ÿงต
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    Nick Linck
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    Nov 7, 2024
    if anyone knows how to make a globe with animations like this, plz dm, willing to pay
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    Mitch๐Ÿฆ–
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    Nov 7, 2024
    The @github realtime data stream is real and incredible!!!
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    Nick Linck
    @nick_linck
    Jul 14, 2025
    Almost 4 years ago, I walked away from my dream job as an AI researcher to build something of my own. Itโ€™s been incredibly rewarding but incredibly lonely. Iโ€™m still not sure it was the โ€œrightโ€ decision for my personal happiness, but to anyone else considering going all in on
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    Nick Linck
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    Jun 9, 2025
    Replying to @jdluk87
    the definition of getting lost in the weeds, Siri has consistently gotten worse over time which is shocking to me
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    Nick Linck
    @nick_linck
    Sep 25, 2024
    hot take: business is way harder than engineering
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    Nick Linck
    @nick_linck
    Aug 1, 2024
    seeing this on Sequoia's application got me pretty hypeeee - one day we'll be the first in the list ;)
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    Nick Linck
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    Feb 3, 2024
    interviews go brrrr next week
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    Nick Linck
    @nick_linck
    Apr 9, 2024
    hot take: confident founders don't care about giving up equity in their startup because their pie is going to be so big it doesn't matter
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    Nick Linck
    @nick_linck
    Sep 27, 2024
    lol so curious what i did to deserve this honor ๐Ÿ˜… does he think @theresidency is too much competition?? lol ๐Ÿ’€
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    Nick Linck
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    Oct 13, 2025
    itโ€™s actually crazy seeing how much some VCs value a college degree from a top university. I interview and work alongside a lot of young talent from these top universities (and those not from the top universities). I can confidently say there is no correlation between
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    Jon Chu // Khosla Ventures
    @jonchu
    Oct 12, 2025
    "VCs investing in Stanford are lazy. Everyone and their mother starts a co and you can deploy your whole fund there. Harvard founders are crazy and startups aren't the norm. Post covid, they have the good cos while the Stanford ones are mid." - Harvard ex VC turned founder
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    Nick Linck
    @nick_linck
    Oct 28, 2024
    what happens when 8 bootstrapped founders get locked in a house in one of the wealthiest neighborhoods in sf? while the neighbors are fine dinning, they're 3d printing in the garage new rooms open up in jan, read on to learn more ๐Ÿ‘‡
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    Nick Linck
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    Sep 8, 2024
    your runway will increase 5x if you live in bangalore rather than SF. why? its $500 a month for housing + a private chef in bangalore ๐Ÿคฏ๐Ÿคฏ๐Ÿคฏ for so many founders, this is a much smarter decision, and for some reason I see sooo many founders not understanding that ๐Ÿง so to put
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    the residency
    @theresidency
    Sep 7, 2024
    it's Feb 2024 we didn't have plans to expand to Bangalore. but @hardeep_gambhir saw a concentration of builders in India and thought why not he flew from SF in May to expand there. to this day, he can't decide which is better: SF or BLR story of The Residency BLR๐Ÿงต๐Ÿ‘‡
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    Nick Linck
    @nick_linck
    Jul 1, 2024
    Thanks for the invite @UCBerkeley
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    Nick Linck
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    Nov 25, 2024
    in tasty hacks, we built a bot to make sure respect is upheld in community spaces some call it dystopian, we call it common courtesy the clean sink isn't just about dishes - it's about respect ๐Ÿ‘‡
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