Nick Linck (@nick

Nick Linck

3,708 posts

Nick Linck

@nick_linck

moving people up maslow’s hierarchy with @theResidency prev: ai @ ibm research + 👨‍🎓 umich + zfellows

Joined March 2012

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Nick Linck
@nick_linck
Jun 13, 2025
last night I got the honor to interview the king 👑 @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 🧵
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Nick Linck
@nick_linck
Nov 7, 2024
if anyone knows how to make a globe with animations like this, plz dm, willing to pay
Mitch🦖
@mitch_7w
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. It’s been incredibly rewarding but incredibly lonely. I’m still not sure it was the “right” decision for my personal happiness, but to anyone else considering going all in on
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Nick Linck
@nick_linck
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
@nick_linck
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 😅 does he think @theresidency is too much competition?? lol 💀
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Nick Linck
@nick_linck
Oct 13, 2025
it’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
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 👇
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Nick Linck
@nick_linck
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 🤯🤯🤯 for so many founders, this is a much smarter decision, and for some reason I see sooo many founders not understanding that 🧐 so to put
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 BLR🧵👇
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Nick Linck
@nick_linck
Jul 1, 2024
Thanks for the invite @UCBerkeley
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Nick Linck
@nick_linck
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 👇
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