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Killen Herring

@KillenH

Xenial; Technology Enthusiast; Strategist; Budding Entrepreneur; Capitalist; Father. My views are strictly my own. To book consulting: https://t.co/vAFUzZdPCR

Joined June 2011
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"It's so important to pick morals over money." @EnesFreedom speaks out – and encourages other NBA players to do the same – over alleged human rights abuses in China. China denies these allegations. 🎙 Listen to The Sports Desk #BBCSportsDesk


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'The crisis is making obvious that institutional agility means more than having #agile teams scattered around the organisation' Why c-suites are adopting #agileworking now that org agility has become a necessity @GDruckerForum @rstraub46 forbes.com/sites/steveden…


Office #2 would actually be my dream. Someday...

Close quarters w/ indoor HVAC is looking more and more problematic. Office of the future:

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Who says pattern recognition in VC doesn’t work?

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Surprisingly upbeat call w/ a Bay Area doctor today: (I) hospitals aren’t overrun and social distancing working for 2 weeks (II) in-home testing soon to be widespread (III) potential for anti-virals to reduce fatality rate by >50% The surge is not over yet but tone is changing


I-70 near Green River, Utah @ Green River, Utah instagram.com/p/B8x6g22nz8M/…


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Due diligence in 2017-2018


All too true for most large companies. Functional and local optimization/efficiency tends to trump overall business effectiveness.

Startups vs 1K+ company: Two co-founders: “Hey, what you do think of doing X? Sounds good but maybe tweak it by doing Y?” Bigger co: Write internal doc Send doc to mailing list Everyone from mktg to legal chimes in VP reviews Features get added Re-org occurs Ships 1 yr later



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-Haven’t seen or talked to my family 5 years -Jailed my dad -My siblings can’t find jobs -Revoked my passport -International arrest warrant -My family can’t leave the country -Got Death Threats everyday -Got attacked, harassed -Tried to kidnap me in Indonesia FREEDOM IS NOT FREE


Excellent thread from @cyantist Worth reading the whole thread

Let me tell you a scary story about China. They are playing a very long game and they are boiling the frog.



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