Amanda Heyman
@amandaheyman.bsky.social
Managing Partner @ The Frozen Tundra @tundravc.bsky.social
Minnesotan in the Bay. Attorney. Skeptic. Badger + Wolverine. Rabid reader. Supporting founders and investors who break the mold.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/amandaheyman
amandaheyman.com
Minnesotan in the Bay. Attorney. Skeptic. Badger + Wolverine. Rabid reader. Supporting founders and investors who break the mold.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/amandaheyman
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Amanda Heyman
@amandaheyman.bsky.social
· Nov 26
A VC starter pack for your Monday evening:
go.bsky.app/BqisntQ
go.bsky.app/BqisntQ
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Urgent: We've learned that USDA funding cuts will prevent 630,000 lbs of food from reaching Second Harvest of Silicon Valley.
This would've been distributed to our most vulnerable neighbors–– and was to be sourced from US farmers, who are now losing out on crucial revenue.
We need your help
This would've been distributed to our most vulnerable neighbors–– and was to be sourced from US farmers, who are now losing out on crucial revenue.
We need your help
April 22, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Urgent: We've learned that USDA funding cuts will prevent 630,000 lbs of food from reaching Second Harvest of Silicon Valley.
This would've been distributed to our most vulnerable neighbors–– and was to be sourced from US farmers, who are now losing out on crucial revenue.
We need your help
This would've been distributed to our most vulnerable neighbors–– and was to be sourced from US farmers, who are now losing out on crucial revenue.
We need your help
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I’ve spent eight long years helping women access capital. Can you imagine what would happen if they suddenly didn't need to?
...I believe we're about to find out.
My latest for @fortunemagazine.bsky.social - seedstrapping, tiny teams, and how AI will blow the doors of entrepreneurship wide open.
...I believe we're about to find out.
My latest for @fortunemagazine.bsky.social - seedstrapping, tiny teams, and how AI will blow the doors of entrepreneurship wide open.
April 3, 2025 at 2:25 PM
I’ve spent eight long years helping women access capital. Can you imagine what would happen if they suddenly didn't need to?
...I believe we're about to find out.
My latest for @fortunemagazine.bsky.social - seedstrapping, tiny teams, and how AI will blow the doors of entrepreneurship wide open.
...I believe we're about to find out.
My latest for @fortunemagazine.bsky.social - seedstrapping, tiny teams, and how AI will blow the doors of entrepreneurship wide open.
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In general, if you're building for $10M - $50M markets (sound big but actually small), you may not be a fit for venture capital.
That doesn't mean you can't still build a valuable impactful business.
But try bootstrapping or grants or angels, and don't bother pitching to VCs.
That doesn't mean you can't still build a valuable impactful business.
But try bootstrapping or grants or angels, and don't bother pitching to VCs.
February 13, 2025 at 12:12 AM
In general, if you're building for $10M - $50M markets (sound big but actually small), you may not be a fit for venture capital.
That doesn't mean you can't still build a valuable impactful business.
But try bootstrapping or grants or angels, and don't bother pitching to VCs.
That doesn't mean you can't still build a valuable impactful business.
But try bootstrapping or grants or angels, and don't bother pitching to VCs.
LinkedIn is definitely the main VC hangout these days. Wondering how Bluesky will end up fitting in…
www.businessinsider.com/venture-capi...
Ft @jennyfielding.bsky.social @hunterwalk.com
www.businessinsider.com/venture-capi...
Ft @jennyfielding.bsky.social @hunterwalk.com
For 'VC Twitter,' LinkedIn is becoming the place to be
LinkedIn has emerged as a go-to platform for VCs, with investors leveraging it for networking, brand building, and investment opportunities.
www.businessinsider.com
January 28, 2025 at 4:16 PM
LinkedIn is definitely the main VC hangout these days. Wondering how Bluesky will end up fitting in…
www.businessinsider.com/venture-capi...
Ft @jennyfielding.bsky.social @hunterwalk.com
www.businessinsider.com/venture-capi...
Ft @jennyfielding.bsky.social @hunterwalk.com
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You have exactly 10 more days to become a co-owner of the largest independent, community-owned women's soccer team in the country. We will almost certainly fill up on investments, so you should do it today.
wefunder.com/mnaurora
wefunder.com/mnaurora
Invest in Minnesota Aurora FC: Minnesota's Community-Owned Women's Soccer Team
Minnesota's Community-Owned Women's Soccer Team
wefunder.com
January 21, 2025 at 3:21 PM
You have exactly 10 more days to become a co-owner of the largest independent, community-owned women's soccer team in the country. We will almost certainly fill up on investments, so you should do it today.
wefunder.com/mnaurora
wefunder.com/mnaurora
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December 16, 2024 at 4:10 PM
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Do me a kindness! Share this if you love and support your local library & librarians (and remember: that includes your school library & school librarian) 😊📚
Thank you libraries & library workers… for everything ✨💚
Thank you libraries & library workers… for everything ✨💚
January 11, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Do me a kindness! Share this if you love and support your local library & librarians (and remember: that includes your school library & school librarian) 😊📚
Thank you libraries & library workers… for everything ✨💚
Thank you libraries & library workers… for everything ✨💚
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Steve Harvey is aghast
January 9, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Steve Harvey is aghast
Back in the game today.
a woman named heidi is on a wheel fort game show
ALT: a woman named heidi is on a wheel fort game show
media.tenor.com
January 8, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Back in the game today.
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Olga D. González-Sanabria powered the stars—literally. Her long-life nickel-hydrogen batteries keep the ISS running strong. A hidden hero of space tech innovation! 🌌 #WomenInSTEM #LatinasInSTEM
#TrailblazerTuesday tinyurl.com/53exhn2d
#TrailblazerTuesday tinyurl.com/53exhn2d
Olga Gonzalez-Sanabria | Glenn Research Center | NASA
Biography Olga González-Sanabria developed a fondness for chemistry and math while growing up in Patillas, Puerto Rico. She became interested in
tinyurl.com
January 7, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Olga D. González-Sanabria powered the stars—literally. Her long-life nickel-hydrogen batteries keep the ISS running strong. A hidden hero of space tech innovation! 🌌 #WomenInSTEM #LatinasInSTEM
#TrailblazerTuesday tinyurl.com/53exhn2d
#TrailblazerTuesday tinyurl.com/53exhn2d
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All I want is a cottage in the Scottish Highlands, a freshly-fallen snow, a crackling fire, a riveting mystery novel, a kettle on the stove, and a healthy supply of emotional support scones.
January 2, 2025 at 11:58 PM
All I want is a cottage in the Scottish Highlands, a freshly-fallen snow, a crackling fire, a riveting mystery novel, a kettle on the stove, and a healthy supply of emotional support scones.
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Here’s something to think about as you kick off 2025: ✨We are all stardust.✨
Every atom of oxygen in our lungs, of carbon in our muscles, of calcium in our bones, of iron in our blood—was created inside a star before Earth was born.
Image: NASA Hubble Space Telescope, CC BY 2.0, flickr
Every atom of oxygen in our lungs, of carbon in our muscles, of calcium in our bones, of iron in our blood—was created inside a star before Earth was born.
Image: NASA Hubble Space Telescope, CC BY 2.0, flickr
January 1, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Here’s something to think about as you kick off 2025: ✨We are all stardust.✨
Every atom of oxygen in our lungs, of carbon in our muscles, of calcium in our bones, of iron in our blood—was created inside a star before Earth was born.
Image: NASA Hubble Space Telescope, CC BY 2.0, flickr
Every atom of oxygen in our lungs, of carbon in our muscles, of calcium in our bones, of iron in our blood—was created inside a star before Earth was born.
Image: NASA Hubble Space Telescope, CC BY 2.0, flickr
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I feel like this site's demographics can be described as "still mad about the loss of Google Reader"
November 12, 2024 at 4:23 AM
I feel like this site's demographics can be described as "still mad about the loss of Google Reader"
30 mins of hatha yoga on the floor of your childhood home after days in a bed that is not your own = secret adulting level unlocked
December 27, 2024 at 12:03 AM
30 mins of hatha yoga on the floor of your childhood home after days in a bed that is not your own = secret adulting level unlocked
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My latest for Symbolic Capital(ism) walks through some ways readers who want to support We Have Never Been Woke can help expand its reach and impact: musaalgharbi.substack.com/p/help-me-ex...
Many of the suggestions are easy and free, but could make a big impact. Thanks in advance for your help!
Many of the suggestions are easy and free, but could make a big impact. Thanks in advance for your help!
December 18, 2024 at 4:26 PM
My latest for Symbolic Capital(ism) walks through some ways readers who want to support We Have Never Been Woke can help expand its reach and impact: musaalgharbi.substack.com/p/help-me-ex...
Many of the suggestions are easy and free, but could make a big impact. Thanks in advance for your help!
Many of the suggestions are easy and free, but could make a big impact. Thanks in advance for your help!
I wish I had infinite library holds
Books I read this year! All highly recommended:
Whispering Wood by Sharon Shinn (fantasy, the latest installment in her Elemental Blessings series)
A Necessary Chaos by Brent Lambert (an excellent SF thriller/romance)
The Water Outlaws by S.L Huang (I put this on all my award ballots)
1/n
Whispering Wood by Sharon Shinn (fantasy, the latest installment in her Elemental Blessings series)
A Necessary Chaos by Brent Lambert (an excellent SF thriller/romance)
The Water Outlaws by S.L Huang (I put this on all my award ballots)
1/n
December 17, 2024 at 9:37 PM
I wish I had infinite library holds
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If you think about it, the very best books are really just extremely long spells that turn you into a different person for the rest of your life
December 12, 2024 at 1:40 PM
If you think about it, the very best books are really just extremely long spells that turn you into a different person for the rest of your life
I’m about halfway through @musaalgharbi.bsky.social’s book We Have Never Been Woke and it’s already clear that it should be required reading.
Getting concerned, though, that the last chapter is *not* going to be a silver bullet easy fix for the entrenched problems he is describing… ☠️😢
Getting concerned, though, that the last chapter is *not* going to be a silver bullet easy fix for the entrenched problems he is describing… ☠️😢
December 12, 2024 at 5:07 PM
I’m about halfway through @musaalgharbi.bsky.social’s book We Have Never Been Woke and it’s already clear that it should be required reading.
Getting concerned, though, that the last chapter is *not* going to be a silver bullet easy fix for the entrenched problems he is describing… ☠️😢
Getting concerned, though, that the last chapter is *not* going to be a silver bullet easy fix for the entrenched problems he is describing… ☠️😢
Any food CPG investors on here? Angels or early VCs? Would love to start a list.
We don’t do many CPG deals at Tundra but when we find a superstar we double down and we like to share!
We don’t do many CPG deals at Tundra but when we find a superstar we double down and we like to share!
December 11, 2024 at 6:38 PM
Any food CPG investors on here? Angels or early VCs? Would love to start a list.
We don’t do many CPG deals at Tundra but when we find a superstar we double down and we like to share!
We don’t do many CPG deals at Tundra but when we find a superstar we double down and we like to share!
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Seriously, if you haven't read @marthawells.com MURDERBOT books yet, you have to read Martha Wells' MURDERBOT books. By @doktorzoom.bsky.social www.wonkette.com/p/science-fi...
Science Fiction's Best Character Is A Deadly Rogue Cyborg Who'd Rather Be Watching TV
Martha Wells's 'Murderbot Diaries' are a great escape.
www.wonkette.com
December 2, 2024 at 2:04 PM
Seriously, if you haven't read @marthawells.com MURDERBOT books yet, you have to read Martha Wells' MURDERBOT books. By @doktorzoom.bsky.social www.wonkette.com/p/science-fi...
Wow this actually works
If you don't want AI to pop up first on all your Google searches you can type "-AI" at the end of the search and the AI disappears.
December 11, 2024 at 3:50 AM
Wow this actually works
Just got a MyShake earthquake alert for a quake in Humboldt County - anyone feel anything?
December 5, 2024 at 6:48 PM
Just got a MyShake earthquake alert for a quake in Humboldt County - anyone feel anything?