Sean Percival
@Percival

I have done nothing notable including all these bad tweets (which usually cover topics like AI, Shopify, E-commerce, Startups, and Norway)

 Oslo
seanpercival.com
Joined March 2007
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Mobile user experience, Europe (2018)
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Replying to @PollTracker2024
Props for the return tho, that’s commitment
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Snaps you post when your investor starts following your Snapchat stories
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Guide to viewing news on mobile: 1 Open site 2 Deny request to download app 3 Do not allow for geo request 4 Close pop up ad 5 Throw phone
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Replying to @TrueAnonPod
The real crime is the outfit
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Replying to @averagezoomerg
Don’t ask what her grandfather was doing in Argentina 😅
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Even MySpace stayed online after losing 95% of staff and we ran Microsoft and we’re owned by Murdoch. You are all drama birds.
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Curious
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Replying to @debaeser
That’s the big one with the holographic color. A true masterpiece.
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Replying to @zGuz
Are news orgs even trying anymore?!?
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Replying to @halfin
The very first tweet about Bitcoin in 09 via @halfin
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Running bitcoin
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Replying to @jdcmedlock
They should analyze all the holes of each viral post to figure out why.
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How startups look on the outside vs. the inside.
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If only there was a way to get everyone talking about Amazon right before cyber Monday.
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Bummed another year has passed and Uber still hasn't added this much needed setting.
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I too was surprised just how big that new iPhone is
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Big move by Diddy buying Uber China #props
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Replying to @dieworkwear @IsabellaMDeLuca
Finish her
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SV relationship definitions: Know them = Saw them once We're friends = We met once Good friends = Had lunch, once We're related = Friends
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Replying to @dakshgup
It’s time to stop typing
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To change the sign 10 years ago?
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Replying to @jeremypgordon @TZhongg
FWIW Tom saw very little of the MySpace sale proceeds. What he did get he put into real estate in 2008 (the bottom of the market). That’s where he got his upside.
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Amazon: "We're going to need a bigger drone..."
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More: 6 Pickup phone 7 If EU, accept cookie usage 8 Read one paragraph, click "View Full Article" 9 Mistakenly click ad 10 Take a rage nap
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Shot of the #SuperBloodMoon over Trump Towers.
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If you invested just $100 in bitcoin in 2012 then today you would still not be an expert in global economics.
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At Google and a women is sobbing in the parking lot and loudly proclaiming she is switching to Yahoo. Happy Friday!
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It's so crazy that in 1960 this was Pan-Am Economy Class seating.
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A few things he actually did make great again: - SNL - ACLU - Nordstrom's - The New York Times - Small hand jokes - Courts
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Now hanging at @500Startups Mountain View #fuck
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My first year as early stage VC: - 74 Deals (includes my accelerator cos) - $7,250,000 Invested - 1 Significant Exit (can't announce yet)
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Silicon Valley VC Starter Kit
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Loading Weekend: ███████████████] 99% ...
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When you have Google Calendar open in several tabs and a notification pop up goes off nitter.app/Percival/status/675191…
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@Percival Got a hold of the 8th VC rejection email. Damnnnnnnn
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Phone placement at restaurants: Face down on table = I respect our time together Face up on table = Losing me In hand = You're dead to me
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Replying to @AviSchiffmann
How to make friends.com and influence people
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When an investor deck has a financial projection the company is always profitable in year 3! It's amazing! (Have never seen it happen once.)
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So Dre works at Apple and Snoop Dogg is at a no guns allowed event tonight. Just waiting for Cypress Hill to open a vegan restaurant.
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Guide to emoticons in email: :) = I'm right so let's drop this topic ;) = I can't say more due to who is on this thread :-) = I'm 40+
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Q: What are you doing next? A: I'll be launching a startup deaccelerator to wind down all the bad ideas out there.
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The book I grab when feeling even the slightest flu.
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Replying to @micsolana
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Replying to @CincinnatiZoo
Nice try
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Replying to @darth
@darth @Olivianuzzi
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Replying to @TechEmails
Tim’s very diplomatic version of “off with their heads!”
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Replying to @coexistinc
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Batch 9 rules to live by #500strong
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Hey some personal news! I've joined @appear_in as their new CMO. It's a great startup that already has $1M ARR and 1M MAU so it has a great foundation for further growth.
Whereby@whereby
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Fra Silicon Valley til oss i Oslo 🤩 Sean Percival går til @appear_in: «Enhver markedsførers drøm» shifter.no/sean-percival-gar… @Percival @ingridod
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Verified users do get all these special filters. Seems they should just roll these out to everyone.
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Proper gentleman move. Shaking with the right hand while still keeping the umbrella over a lady with the left.
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Replying to @BigJohn2310 @dieworkwear
You revealed you live in Florida several ways in a single tweet. Bravo!
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Snapchat has now gone full circle. From a private and ephemeral space for teens to a full blown surveillance state. 😎
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@baratunde
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Founders: I wish more investors would return my emails. Investors: I wish more founders would return my investment.
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Snapchat | Facebook
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Replying to @HumansNoContext
Finally a reason to recycle!
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If only early stage founders put the same effort into growth as they do into tech conference attendance.
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Replying to @___frye
Ya but then you would visited by 3 ghosts...
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When our founders ask us to join their bridge rounds
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a group of instagram models is called a coachella
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Just posted: Field Guide to Unicorn Startups Around the World seanpercival.com/2015/09/14/…
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Park bench goals
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Someone sent me these internal plans for the LinkedIn building in SF. Seems about right. bloomberg.com/news/2014-04-2…
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Post Snapchat, Venice based VCs have started tagging street corners to declare territory.
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Please check to make sure your growth hacker is doing OK tonight...
Siqi Chen
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Relevant for mobile: FCC just ruled pre-selected bulk address book invite flows illegal, but manual selection legal. fcc.gov/document/tcpa-omnibu…
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I don’t buy that all these brands are pulling FB ads to be noble. More likely they saw ROAS (return on ad spend) is at an all time low because the world is broke. Better to save the cash and get free marketing through the #StopHateForProfit hashtag.
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Conference organizers: We need your presentation 45 days before your talk. Me: How about I toss you a Dropbox link while I’m walking on stage and you make it work?
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Things "killed" by Apple #WWDC so far: 1Password Mailbox Flashlight Apps Y! Weather Skeuomorphic Jokes Helvetica (non Neue versions)
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Even the cops tweetstorm here in Silicon Valley.
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Replying to @DiscoverAndKnow
@darth “@Iearnsomething: This is what a whale looks like with its mouth open. nitter.app/Iearnsomething/status/…”
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Email Marketing Time Zones: 7-9am: Reading phone in bed, speak slowly. 11am: Need goof off time, entertain me. 9pm: Drunk, ready to buy.
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Thanks @startupturkey for having me talk about marketing for startups. Here's my presentation: slideshare.net/seanpercival/… #startupturkey
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Wow @ProductHunt sent 23M visits to startups.
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Silicon Valley outfits over the years: - Normal clothes - Hoodies - All grey everything - Soylent body wrap?
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I bet weird uncles everywhere are getting really excited about thanksgiving dinner table topics this year
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"Can you send me a meeting invite for that?" Business version of I'm the dom and you're the submissive.
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Might launch a startup de-accelerator for founders who need to slow their roll.
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How to Survive the Series A Crunch—From Someone Who Didn’t | Sean Percival's Blog seanpercival.com/blog/2013/0… via @Percival
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New Banksy is every millennials nightmare but it's my fantasy. #cantkeepup
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Replying to @dieworkwear @Harvard2H

ALT Stop Stop Hes Already Dead GIF
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Tesla now delivering more cars to Mars than here on Earth.
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Have a Bitcoin startup? Apply to the next @500Startups accelerator -> angel.co/500startups-batch-9…
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Replying to @elonmusk
@elonmusk
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Replying to @amandabynes
@AmandaBynes Love it! Made this "4" you:
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Replying to @dieworkwear @IsabellaMDeLuca

ALT Fatality Mortal Kombat GIF
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I was always worried I would end up here... 😈🔥
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"Just bumping this to the top of your inbox"
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Way to break the first and second rule everyone.
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SF: I can't believe they charge $5 for toast! LA: *hold my artisanal bread*
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Batch 9 @500startups apps are open. I'm leading this group and looking for Bitcoin, consumer, ecom, video + more angel.co/500startups-batch-9…
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And I'll be joining TechCrunch as part of a new VC-2-journalist exchange program. medium.com/@ryanlawler/i-hav…
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Investor: What's your Pokemon Go growth strategy? Founder: Uh, we're a SaaS product for agtech... Investor: Andddd.....?
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Today's #GoogleIO2014 Agenda: - Android Wrist - Android Car - Android TV - Android Friendship Bracelet - Android Toenail - Android Android
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From the recent @500Startups Demo Day
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