Turner Novak.🍌🧢

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Turner Novak.🍌🧢 @TurnerNovak · Jan 14, 2022

From Twitter

Great interview with @ralf_jokr. He breaks down JOKR's unit economics and the instant commerce business model more broadly.

Podcast episode Jan 12, 2022

20VC: The Memo: Never Before Revealed Metrics; A Full Breakdown of Unit Economics Behind JOKR, How Does Emerging Markets Compare to Developed Economies & The Biggest Misnomers on Quick Commerce with Ralf Wenzel, Founder & CEO @ JOKR

by Harry Stebbings and Ralf Wenzel

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Turner Novak.🍌🧢 @TurnerNovak · Feb 12, 2022

From Twitter

best read on it

Article Feb 3, 2022

A Song of Shapes and Words

by Roon

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Turner Novak.🍌🧢 @TurnerNovak · Feb 3, 2022

From Twitter

Wild that EBT / food stamps and many other forms of government benefits still aren't digitized. Great Morningbrew piece on what @jnintal is doing with @joinforage.

Article

"An underlooked and underserved market”: How one startup is making online grocery more accessible for EBT recipients

by Erin Cabrey

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Turner Novak.🍌🧢 @TurnerNovak · Feb 2, 2022

From Twitter

Helpful thread for emerging VC's. For founders specifically: "a general rule of thumb is a funds initial check size is 1-3% of their fund size"

Tweet Feb 2, 2022

🧵How does Seed stage fund math work? Now that I invest in funds, I’ve seen dozens of emerging manager decks and the fund model is one of the biggest decisions and misses that I see. VC is as much math as gut/luck. Let’s get into it

by Henri Pierre-Jacques

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Turner Novak.🍌🧢 @TurnerNovak · Mar 19, 2022

From Twitter

Great thread Loved the Obama quote

Tweet Mar 19, 2022

10 quotes I read myself in the mirror each morning to become successful:

by Packy McCormick

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Turner Novak.🍌🧢 @TurnerNovak · Mar 27, 2022

From Twitter

Great piece by @ay_o

Article

Children of Durbin

by Kunle

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Turner Novak.🍌🧢 @TurnerNovak · Apr 15, 2022

From Twitter

This book is a good read from @mbrennanchina

Book Oct 10, 2020

Attention Factory: The Story of TikTok & China’s ByteDance

by Matthew Brennan

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Turner Novak.🍌🧢 @TurnerNovak · Apr 13, 2022

From Twitter

Good read on Umba's Series A - just made Banana's third investment in the company 🍌📱💰 They've assembled an impressive exec team and are still hiring across the board with roles across their local markets + US and LatAm 👀

Article Apr 13, 2022

Digital bank Umba raises $15M, plans to expand into three new African markets – TechCrunch