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Scott Kupor

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Scott Kupor

@skupor

Dir., Office of @USOPM (previously, MP at a16z); Author of Secrets of Sand Hill Road; father of three amazing/crazy/beautiful girls.

Menlo Park, CA

Joined June 2010

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Scott Kupor
@skupor
Mar 30
Public service is one of the best ways to build real skills while making a real impact. Today @USOPM, in collaboration with @WhiteHouse, is launching the Early Career Talent Network to help early-career professionals connect with opportunities across government. If you’re ready
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Scott Kupor
@skupor
Dec 22, 2024
Thank you @realDonaldTrump for the opportunity to serve our country in helping @elonmusk, @VivekGRamaswamy and the entire DOGE team make efficiency a central tenet of the federal government
truthsocial.com
Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump)
I am pleased to announce that Scott Kupor will serve as the Director of the Office of Personnel Management. Scott was the first employee of Andreessen Horowitz, and now serves as Managing Partner. He...
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Scott Kupor
@skupor
Jul 18, 2024
Usha is a distinguished lawyer who has reached the highest eschelon of her profession (Yale Law School, SCOTUS clerk, partner at Munger Tolles) AND is a mother of 3, but all the @nytimes cares about is whether she had "big pearls in her ears and falsies on her eyes." Absolutely
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Scott Kupor
@skupor
Jun 2, 2021
Replying to @andrewrsorkin
Alternate view: the "public" (meaning, non-institutional investors) has long believed that the stock market is "manipulated and not trusted" and they now have the tools and access to be able to level the playing field in competing with institutional investors.
Scott Kupor
@skupor
May 7, 2019
Very excited to announce that my book, Secrets of Sand Hill Road, comes out next month. I've tried to de-mystify the VC business with the hope that it encourages more people to participate in the entrepreneurial ecosystem.
Secrets of Sand Hill Road
From a16z.com
Scott Kupor
@skupor
May 6, 2019
This "death of the middle" trend is true of nearly every maturing industry - retail, banking, prof srvcs firms, private equity, etc.
Scott Kupor
@skupor
Oct 13, 2018
45 is the new 21, at least with respect to successful startups
hbr.org
Research: The Average Age of a Successful Startup Founder Is 45
It’s widely believed that the most successful entrepreneurs are young. Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, and Mark Zuckerberg were in their early twenties when they launched what would become world-changing...
Scott Kupor
@skupor
Jun 25, 2019
Great thread - VC is indeed tiny (about 0.5% of US GDP), but VC-backed companies punch well above this weight: about 1/3 of total employment; nearly 2/3 of US market capitalization and about 85% of total R&D spend.
Scott Kupor
@skupor
Oct 28, 2023
I never made Midas List or 40 under 40 (when I was in fact eligible for that age bracket), but apparently have finally made it to the "Tech Investor Boycott List for Palestine" - I am honored to be in such good company; cc @rabois, @mattocko, @JTLonsdale, @mikeeisenberg, @joshk,
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Scott Kupor
@skupor
Jun 15, 2019
Am I the only person who is just hearing about the existence of Spark on the day of it's shutdown?
Techmeme
@Techmeme
Jun 15, 2019
Amazon shuts down Spark, its Instagram rival launched in 2017; URL directs to #FoundItOnAmazon, its product discovery site similar to its Interesting Finds tool (@sarahintampa / TechCrunch) techcrunch.com/2019/06/14/ama… techmeme.com/190614/p26#a19…
Scott Kupor
@skupor
Nov 2, 2019
This is a great read about the (40+ year) "overnight" success of an investment management startup. We are easily fooled by the post-hoc narrative fallacy, but businesses don't just go up and to the right from day one.
The Making of the World’s Greatest Investor
From wsj.com
Scott Kupor
@skupor
Oct 21, 2024
Dear Governor Walz, I sent you an earlier note about a book I wrote to help explain venture capital. It just dawned on me that perhaps you'd prefer the Chinese edition. So next time you are in Tiananmen Square, be sure to visit the local book shop to pick-up your copy. Thanks.
Greg Price
@greg_price11
Oct 21, 2024
Tim Walz just said that "venture capitalists like JD Vance and Donald Trump" are responsible for working class communities being left behind and jobs being moved overseas. This guy very clearly has no idea what he is talking about
Trump War Room
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Trump War Room
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Scott Kupor
@skupor
Nov 15, 2025
Had @rokhanna been alive and representing Silicon Valley in the Vannevar Bush era, the entire history of the United States' global economic and national security dominance that was driven in large part by unparalleled technological leadership might have been very different - and
Ro Khanna
@RoKhanna
Nov 14, 2025
We need regulations that prevent companies from using AI to eliminate jobs to extract greater profits. Artists at these companies need to have a say in how AI is deployed. They should share in the profits. And there should be a tax on mass displacement.
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Scott Kupor
@skupor
Jun 28, 2023
Really disappointing to see the US falling to embrace the immigrant talent that has contributed immensely to our economic growth
Daniel Di Martino
@DanielDiMartino
Jun 27, 2023
BREAKING: 🇨🇦 Canada creates a path to permanent residency for all H-1B visa holders in the United States. Canada is eating our lunch. This is bad news for America. We need to expand high-skilled immigration or our economy will suffer. canada.ca/en/immigration…
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