David Booth (@david_

David Booth

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David Booth

@david__booth

Partner, Ecosystem @a16z || Formerly: EIR @Blackbirdvc; Co-Founder & CEO at On Deck; early-ish @AngelList, @Cartainc. Exploring what's next? hit build.a16z.com

San Francisco / NZ

Joined June 2009

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David Booth
@david__booth
Oct 23, 2025
ok some personal news: 1. I'm joining @a16z! 2. my family and I are moving back to San Francisco 🇺🇸 👋 I’m joining a16z as a Partner and Head of Ecosystem. Excited to be teaming up with @eriktorenberg for a second round, continuing what has become my life’s work. I'll be focused
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David Booth
@david__booth
Jan 2, 2021
"Async" Slack channels are one of our secret weapons at @beondeck After using them for ~18 months, I can't imagine Slack without them. Particularly now— operating 100% remote with 62 teammates in 14 timezones. Here's the "how it works" post I use to open each new 1:1 channel 👇
David Booth
@david__booth
May 5, 2022
Today is a sad day. We let go of 72 great people who helped build On Deck into what it is today. Our focus in the next few days will be supporting our team – particularly those departing the company. If you’re looking to hire incredibly talented people, DM or email me.
David Booth
@david__booth
May 21, 2020
We think a lot about how to "unlock" talent at @beondeck. For everyone founding or working on a startup today, there are hundreds more who should be but can't. We're developing something we hope will help them. Excited to share more about "Runway" and the "Convertible ISA" 👇
David Booth
@david__booth
Nov 14, 2025
"I'm raising a round, can you introduce me to X investor" — question i've had 1,000 times in the past 10 years. and another 1,000 times in the past 10 days 😆 Answer is often* "yes - but please send me something forwardable + easily parsable, give yourself best chance of
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David Booth
@david__booth
Oct 27, 2025
We all have a "social capital balance sheet" with the world. I learned this watching founders navigate the gap between what they’ve built and how they communicate it publicly. On one side: all signal, no substance. You’re over-leveraged, building hype, drawing down from the
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David Booth
@david__booth
Jan 9, 2024
Career/personal update: After an 5 amazing years in the driver's seat, I am stepping down as CEO of On Deck and handing the reins to co-founder @julianweisser, who will be leading the company and community into its next chapter. It’s been a rollercoaster... the ride and time
ODF
@joinodf
Nov 29, 2023
Applications for ODF20 are open ⚡ Explore starting a startup: • January 26th kickoff • 1 week long • IRL intensive in SF 1k+ companies started since ODF1 and $2B raised 🕺 Apply today!
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David Booth
@david__booth
Nov 15, 2025
Oh wow, really like this format
Arpan Gupta
@arpangup
Nov 14, 2025
When Shohei Ohtani was a high school freshman, he created a detailed "dream sheet" with one central goal: to be the #1 draft pick for 8 NPB (Nippon Professional Baseball) teams. It was a 64-cell roadmap based on a framework called the Harada Method. Here's exactly what Shohei
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David Booth
@david__booth
Sep 24, 2024
Coming this Friday to Diaspora dot NZ pod ... something slightly different to the usual line up of epic expat kiwi technologists, founders & operators: On a recent visit to L.A. I recorded our first duo episode ... a conversation with legendary comedian @rhysiedarby, and his
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David Booth
@david__booth
Apr 10, 2023
Who out there: - has founded / is currently running a company. - has kids aged 2-6 - west coast U.S., and/or willing to travel w/ fam. Have something for you 👀
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David Booth
@david__booth
Dec 31, 2020
"If [college] teaches people to be productive citizens of society, On Deck is helping them become productive citizens of the internet" — @eriktorenberg on the @NFX podcast. What does this mean? Why does it matter? A quick thread exploring the @beondeck mission/vision: 👇👇
David Booth
@david__booth
Nov 8, 2025
“Stablecoins are Starlink for money” Ok, I get it now
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David Booth
@david__booth
Jul 20, 2021
Build @beondeck.
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David Booth
@david__booth
Aug 20, 2021
This is my best attempt to summarize all of @beondeck — what we're building, why we're building it — into a couple of paragraphs.