Derek Andersen

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Host @Divotdotorg, co-founder @StartupGrind/@bevyhq Labs. Posting about: tech, startups, AI, community, Silicon Valley, 4 kids, @BYU, Believer. Still grinding.

Palo Alto, CA youtube.com/@Divotpod Joined February 2008

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Derek Andersen @DerekjAndersen Sep 28

The hardest lesson NFL MVP Steve Young ever had to learn.

"Fear-based thinking is a liar. I was afraid of failure, so much so that I paid this price so that I could have success. I learned as an older person, that's a fallacy. That's fraudulent."

"I'm not going to pay for success with my worry and fretting. Man, fame is a thief. Fear-based thinking is a thief. There's a lot of thieves in life."

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Derek Andersen @DerekjAndersen 12h

Once the dust settles on the China AI issues, we’ll see a lot of companies on this list losing HUGE revenue that was indirectly coming straight from China. Everyone (investors/ceos/employees) knew about this. It was easy money and almost no one stopped it.

Eric Newcomer Verified account @EricNewcomer 21h

Here's the AI 100

@NewcomerMedia + @BessemerVP

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Derek Andersen @DerekjAndersen 15h

Overheard extremely connected Silicon Valley friend say tonight:

“Jensen made so many people, companies, and investors rich, now publicly he has almost no friends. What does that say?”

Derek Andersen @DerekjAndersen 1d

You can lose your purpose trying to keep your power.

I asked @mckaycoppins why people in Washington start compromising their values:

“I think most people who go to Washington go there because they want to do good. They feel like they have something to contribute. They want to serve the public, and that’s why they go.”

“And all of a sudden, you start to orient your life around your job, your position, and the trappings of it, and the status it gives you, and the way people treat you when you walk into a room, and you don’t want to lose it.”

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Derek Andersen @DerekjAndersen 2d

At my first Silicon Valley job, someone mentioned the previous CEO then chairman of the board, having an affair with the global head of marketing.
I immediately replied:
“Aren’t they both married??”
They responded:
“Yeah, obviously. So what?”

Collin Rugg Verified account @CollinRugg 2d

Nvidia's Jensen Huang allegedly caught on camera being affectionate with Nvidia’s vice president of health care, according to The New York Times.

The report comes after he was accused of having a relationship with an alleged Chinese spy.

Huang is now also accused of having an extramarital relationship with Nvidia’s vice president of health care, Kimberly Powell, who is also married, according to The Times.

The outlet reports that Huang and Powell were caught on camera being "affectionate" during a conference at a hotel in San Jose, California.

Powell was promoted to senior director of AI business development in 2016 before being appointed vice president of health care in 2017. She reportedly reports to Huang.

During the conference, a bystander allegedly caught Huang and Powell on camera. Huang's security sequestered the individual before making an offer to sign a nondisclosure agreement, according to the NYT.

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