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Michael R.

@ImpactForward

COO @ RIDY ⚡️🚲 | @NorthwesternU Alum

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🚨Third round of shirts as part of the neighborhood collection for Chicago. This strongly resembles Lincoln Park/Lakeview. Super proud on how this came out and quality of the shirt Details on quality and price below🧵 - 240gsm oversized blank made in Italy. - Printed in Chicago

ImpactForward's tweet image. 🚨Third round of shirts as part of the neighborhood collection for Chicago. This strongly resembles Lincoln Park/Lakeview. Super proud on how this came out and quality of the shirt

Details on quality and price below🧵
- 240gsm oversized blank made in Italy. 
- Printed in Chicago

Once again, @buildyourcorner comes through! On a work trip to SF and my colleague hadn't been here before (shocking). He wanted oysters and first app I went to find a spot was Corner. 📍That led us to Popi's Oysterette in Marina District. Ridiculous raw and grilled oysters and

ImpactForward's tweet image. Once again, @buildyourcorner comes through! On a work trip to SF and my colleague hadn't been here before (shocking). He wanted oysters and first app I went to find a spot was Corner. 

📍That led us to Popi's Oysterette in Marina District. 
Ridiculous raw and grilled oysters and
ImpactForward's tweet image. Once again, @buildyourcorner comes through! On a work trip to SF and my colleague hadn't been here before (shocking). He wanted oysters and first app I went to find a spot was Corner. 

📍That led us to Popi's Oysterette in Marina District. 
Ridiculous raw and grilled oysters and

Between @DarioAmodei & Jamie Dimon highlighting job displacement risk and calling directly on government to intervene, it’s wild (and not surprising) this isn’t talked about by policymakers, everyday, until we have solutions that safeguard society. We need actual leadership and

The Adolescence of Technology: an essay on the risks posed by powerful AI to national security, economies and democracy—and how we can defend against them: darioamodei.com/essay/the-adol…



One of the coolest pictures of the Sears Tower I've seen in awhile. 📸Cred: Hedrich-Blessing Collection/Chicago History Museum/Getty Images

ImpactForward's tweet image. One of the coolest pictures of the Sears Tower I've seen in awhile. 

📸Cred: Hedrich-Blessing Collection/Chicago History Museum/Getty Images

Proper start to the weekend

ImpactForward's tweet image. Proper start to the weekend

I don’t say this lightly: Ken Griffin is a coward for basically relocating the Chicago HQ to Miami. A good corporate citizen cares about the city they’re in and uses their political capital to affect changes to improve the community. Griffin had a few years that were a


Remember this: one QB is a fuc*ing pansy in 20 degree temps and one is a fuc*ing BEAST

ImpactForward's tweet image. Remember this: one QB is a fuc*ing pansy in 20 degree temps and one is a fuc*ing BEAST
ImpactForward's tweet image. Remember this: one QB is a fuc*ing pansy in 20 degree temps and one is a fuc*ing BEAST

As a son of two immigrant parents, I did NOT grow up watching National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation. Today, that changes


A fantastic exercise in confidence: slap on your AirPods, maybe walk your dog, and sing out loud to your favorite song in your own neighborhood. Don’t hold anything back. You are welcome 👏🏽


This must be the only Whole Foods in the country with a strip club directly across the street. LOL

ImpactForward's tweet image. This must be the only Whole Foods in the country with a strip club directly across the street. LOL

If you haven’t used Marvis toothpaste, do your teeth a favor and start. There’s a barbershop in Chicago that sells it but I will not be revealing my sources at this time 💈

ImpactForward's tweet image. If you haven’t used Marvis toothpaste, do your teeth a favor and start. 

There’s a barbershop in Chicago that sells it but I will not be revealing my sources at this time 💈

Me in my 30s walking past kids in their 20s at TBOX in T-shirts and skirts


And the winner for The Best Snowman in Lakeview goes to…

ImpactForward's tweet image. And the winner for The Best Snowman in Lakeview goes to…

Captured 9yrs ago on my Nikon D3200. Still one of my fav Chicago pics 📸

ImpactForward's tweet image. Captured 9yrs ago on my Nikon D3200. 

Still one of my fav Chicago pics 📸

I was contacted by a journo at @BlockClubCHI to comment on Raising Cane’s impact on Fulton Market and I did not respond in time. I have SO MANY opinions about it so I’m looking forward to reading when this story comes out! 👀👀


Next question will be if he stays on OpenAI’s board

BREAKING: Lawrence Summers, former US Treasury secretary under Bill Clinton, said he would step back from public commitments after documents showed he asked Jeffrey Epstein for advice on pursuing an extramarital relationship with a female mentee, per FT



🎙️There’s an issue, that I’ve seen largely espoused by VCs, is that VCs preach about not needing to waste time or money on a college degree. That college is a scam or that college isn’t necessary for getting a job. OK. Prove it. VCs should point to new associates they’re hiring


Michael R. reposted

A thing often in common among great startup investors, founders, and researchers: Trading making a lot of small mistakes in exchange for getting a few giant wins. (Surprisingly many people seem to prefer a few big mistakes in exchange for a lot of small wins.)


It's humbling for NYC icons to choose Chicago for expansion. Can @BreadsBakery & @LosTacosNo1 come next please?

ImpactForward's tweet image. It's humbling for NYC icons to choose Chicago for expansion. 

Can @BreadsBakery & @LosTacosNo1 come next please?

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