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Sep 13, 2020 · 6 min readUpdated Aug 17, 2026
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Hello and Happy Sunday!
We launched something awesome, new, and important this week: Free Radicals.
It’s a collaboration with Sherrell Dorsey where we aim to celebrate those who embody leadership in this moment. Each edition features a conversation between Sherrell and a leader in tech focusing on equity, advancement and progress.
You can read the first article with venture capitalist Monique Woodard here:
Right now it’s a limited series, but we’d love to make this a full newsletter within Everything, so if you like it please let us know in the comments or the feedback form!
We published 4 new articles totaling ~7,800 words and two podcast episodes.
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Have you been curious about Means of Creation our live talk show and newsletter on the passion economy with Li Jin and Nathan Baschez? Now you can watch our episodes on YouTube!
Check out a recent episode with Nathan Barry founder of email marketing platform ConvertKit:
Tidbits from our little corners of the world.
We think Patrick Collison had the best response to the Blade Runner-style apocalypse befalling the Northwest right now. How do we get this guy elected to something?
https://twitter.com/patrickc/status/1303772853712560128
In case you didn’t hear about it Roam raised a pile of money at a gigantic valuation.
Do you hear that? It’s the sound of a million nerds crying out in unison: NOTES MATTER. Huge congratulations to the team, we’re inspired by what you’ve made and we can’t wait to see what you do next.
Also, not for nothing, we’re seriously digging the 70s folk singer vibes oozing out of this company photo. To Conor in particular: we love what bi-directional linking has done for your hair. If the whole note-taking thing doesn’t work out for you, maybe consider starting a Peter, Paul and Mary tribute band called Conor and the Roamans.
In celebration, here’s a few articles we’ve written about Roam:
⚡️ How to Build a Digital Zettelkasten by Adam Keesling
“This is the second company this week that I found really, really early but didn't invest in that raised at a 9-figure valuation.” (It’s true.)
“Holy f! That’s double Clubhouse.”
Nathan mentioned that the news reminded him of his favorite Emerson quote. (Worth your time.) He also pointed out Conor’s serious glow-up over the years.
“Excited to be writing detailed Roam breakdowns for years and years to come :)”
We’re ready for the smackdown:
https://twitter.com/tferriss/status/1304521658758299657
Bull and bear cases for events in a COVID world:
https://twitter.com/brentbeshore/status/1303369703570771968?s=12
We are raising a rolling fund to invest in this:
https://twitter.com/aquariusacquah/status/1302420668265496577?s=12
DEMONSTRABLY a power move:
https://twitter.com/juliey4/status/1301958213860909056?s=12
When your AI starts reading too much Victor Hugo:
https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1303376024646889472?s=12
The more you know:
https://twitter.com/choire/status/1303335387163750400?s=12
This website is free:
https://twitter.com/rabois/status/1304098515191169025
Some of the best feedback we received in our forms this week:
Keep ‘em coming!
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Superorganizers fans will enjoy this one: Roam research, a note-taking startup focused on “networked thought” and known for its cult following, has raised a fairly massive round of new funding, as reported Friday by The Information.
Investors confirmed by The Information include: True Ventures, Lux Capital, the Collison brothers, Balaji Srinivasan, Tim Ferriss, Sarah Downey, Jeff Fagnan, Nikhil Basu-Trivedi, Josh Buckley, Brianne Kimmel, and Harry Stebbings.
Roam initially struggled to attract capital, and was rejected by Y Combinator five times. But now, investors’ minds have changed, The Information explains, “because of the success of Zoom and Slack, two cloud-based collaboration services that went public last year.”
For more on this story, and the rest of this week’s most important tech news, listen to the Techmeme Ride Home podcast!
(Also, for more of our stories about Roam, click here.)
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