Jamie Roberts Seltzer

@JamieLightShed

capital gardner @ lightshed ventures // defending democracy @stateaffairsus // soothsayer @ eventual

Manhattan, NY

Joined September 2008

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Jamie Roberts Seltzer
@JamieLightShed
Aug 19
Plato once said, “One of the penalties of refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.” Evan and I are building State Affairs to solve the glaring transparency problem in the democratic process. The legislative process has become so
Brady Evan Burns
@evanburns
Aug 19
More Americans believe we’ll colonize the moon before we fix K-12 education. This is a policy problem. We have been building a solution that’s already trusted by many of the Fortune 500 as well as 1/3 of federal and state elected officials in the United States. Organizations
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Jamie Roberts Seltzer
@JamieLightShed
Aug 31
And a similar weird law that actually got passed: In Vermont, anyone operating a "self-propelled" vehicle had to send a “person of mature age” walking at least 1/8 of a mile ahead waving a red flag by day (or carrying a red lantern at night) - all to warn people with livestock
Jamie Roberts Seltzer
@JamieLightShed
Aug 28
Just found one of the weirdest proposed laws ever In the 1890s, a group of anti-automobile activists in Pennsylvania sponsored a law to help protect horses from vehicle traffic The proposed law said that car drivers who encounter a horse must stop, pull over, and cover the car
Jamie Roberts Seltzer
@JamieLightShed
Aug 28
Just found one of the weirdest proposed laws ever In the 1890s, a group of anti-automobile activists in Pennsylvania sponsored a law to help protect horses from vehicle traffic The proposed law said that car drivers who encounter a horse must stop, pull over, and cover the car
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Jamie Roberts Seltzer
@JamieLightShed
Aug 27
@workweekinc was one of our first investments at @LightShedVC. It was clear that @AdamRy_n and @becsherm were building a new category of something extremely impactful in B2B. This launch is a recognition of a key milestone on that journey, but by no means is the endpoint. 🚀
Adam Ryan 🤝
@AdamRy_n
Aug 27
This morning we announced the biggest thing we've ever built at Workweek. Before the what, here's the why. The creator economy has never been bigger. GRWM, lifestyle bloggers, the political podcaster, and more. We've never been interested in any of them. The creator we care
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Jamie Roberts Seltzer
@JamieLightShed
Aug 26
There's something beautiful about the shape of old Congressional districts
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