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James Cham
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James Cham
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@bloombergbeta; of the San Gabriel Valley; investing in 2050; working to improve the second derivative; looking for troublesome ringleaders!
Palo Alto, CA
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    James Cham
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    Jun 12, 2018
    Sometimes, all it takes is to find kindred souls to feel like the world is an amazing place.
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    James Cham
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    May 27, 2020
    I don't think that people appreciate how different the voice to text experience on a Pixel is from an iPhone. So here is a little head to head example. The Pixel is so responsive it feels like it is reading my mind!
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    James Cham
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    Nov 23, 2020
    There should be a keyboard shortcut so I can show this in meetings.
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    James Cham
    @jamescham
    Feb 3, 2025
    Replying to @tylerangert
    Even better, an infinitely scrolling Wikipedia page based on whatever you are interested in next?
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    James Cham
    @jamescham
    Sep 18, 2021
    We should reward systems that admit error rather than encourage people to lie that they are invincible and never wrong.
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    James Cham
    @jamescham
    Sep 3, 2023
    Very cool news that Caltech is using Khan Academy’s free classes and tests as certification. (I would trust Khan Academy tests more than the assessment of at least the bottom 25% of High School classes…) >> One of Caltech’s alternative paths is taking Khan Academy‘s free,
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    no longer respecting gardenias
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    Sep 2, 2023
    what on earth latimes.com/california/sto…
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    James Cham
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    May 27, 2020
    Replying to @jamescham
    (Speed has its own quality—the current model for speech is like a command line. You say something and wait for a response. Now that voice to text is fast and uses fewer resources than you would think, there’s a chance for truly interactive voice experiences.)
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    James Cham
    @jamescham
    May 12, 2025
    Replying to @TechEmails
    I’m always impressed with executives see things clearly, but even more impressed when they are able to express it.
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    James Cham
    @jamescham
    May 3, 2020
    Almost as good as @paulromer fiddling with Jupyter notebooks—a Nobel Prize winning economist applying DevOps insights to the real life economy.
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    James Cham
    @jamescham
    Dec 21, 2024
    I’m hiring folks to work with on new seed investments in 2025. Not saying that you will be as wildly world-impacting as colleagues like @shivon, @minney_cat, or @theamberyang but I am looking for people who have similar ambition and smarts. So, if you are sitting around the last
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    Bloomberg Beta Venture Capital Associate
    Bloomberg Beta Investment Associate Bloomberg Beta is looking to add a San Francisco-based investor to our team. At Bloomberg Beta, we believe the future of business will be driven by extraordinary...
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    James Cham
    @jamescham
    Jun 10, 2025
    New fund! Please send me your troublesome ringleaders...
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    Roy E. Bahat
    @roybahat
    Jun 9, 2025
    Yes, we are actively investing. In fact, today we announced @BloombergBeta has a new fund to invest – our fifth. Startups keep evolving, faster than ever, and we know the best way we can support them is by staying steady, a constant on which they can depend. So our new fund is
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    James Cham
    @jamescham
    May 22, 2022
    One of the more beneficial things you can do—
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    James Cham
    @jamescham
    Dec 23, 2021
    I think founder coachability is overvalued by VCs. But the ability to extract good information from many sources and turn it into something valuable is a magical skill that I look for in founders.
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    Ethan Mollick
    @emollick
    Sep 18, 2020
    One way VCs evaluate new founders is whether they seem "coachable" and willing to listen to advice. But coachability (measured objectively & subjectively) barely matters in startup performance. The problem is that teams that resist coaching may just know more than the coaches!
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    James Cham
    @jamescham
    May 17, 2024
    Undervalued: saying good things behind someone’s back.
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