Allison Braley 🦊
@allisonbraley
Partner @baincapVC doing marketing + comms. Co-host of "Attention Shift" pod. Ex: @playground_vc @theinformation. Mom of 2 scamps and a spaniel. East Bay.
From the White House to @united, @joshearnest proves that political instincts like staying proactive and shaping the story are vital in corporate comms too. In a noisy media world, clarity and credibility are your greatest assets. podcasts.apple.com/podcast/attent…
San Francisco isn’t expected to hit 70°F again this July. If that holds, it’ll tie the all-time record: just two days above 70°F in June and July, the fewest since records began in 1874. This is your grandfather’s SF summer.
So, @BillMcGowan22 is the 🐐 of speaking, media and messaging prep, working with everyone from Bezos to Kim K. He's also the author of Speak Memorably, a book I highly recommend. We speak (memorably?) on this week's pod. 🎧 Spotify: lnkd.in/gYU7uJMp
Cofounder and Chief Product Officer Pete DeJoy is currently serving as interim CEO given Andy Byron has been placed on leave. We will share more details as appropriate in the coming days.
Over this last year, @amandamhuang and I started running 'Cafe Compute' SF's first, regular late-night coffeeshop for engineers, founders, writers...(anyone) to co-work or hangout late at night. We always bring in Bryan and Annie, two amazing baristas to serve free coffee and…
if you're at @icmlconf this week, we'd love to see you at Cafe Compute ☕️ DM for details.
Over this last year, @amandamhuang and I started running 'Cafe Compute' SF's first, regular late-night coffeeshop for engineers, founders, writers...(anyone) to co-work or hangout late at night. We always bring in Bryan and Annie, two amazing baristas to serve free coffee and…
On the latest ep of Attention Shift, @EricNewcomer chats about going indie, building trust in the chaos of tech media, and why being both the brand and the reporter means owning every win — and every misstep. A must-listen for comms pros navigating new media.…
The absolute dumbest people and the absolute smartest people consistently explain complex things simply. You have to know enough to be dangerous in order to suss out which is which. Everyone else is somewhere in the middle.
Tolstoy with the best creative advice ever written down
Making my son’s dreams come true with a tipi stay, and a dig with paleontologists. Trying to teach them to value experiences over things.
5D chess move by @sama - He said none of their best ppl take the offer. If you take it, seen as not top talent anyway - Zuck might not even be offering 100M but now this becomes the market price - Everyone else at Meta feels envious
Sam Altman says Meta, $META, offered OpenAI staff $100 million bonuses, as Mark Zuckerberg ramps AI poaching efforts, per CNBC
Today we’re introducing Crosby, a hybrid AI law firm that helps rapidly growing businesses execute faster. Contracts are connection points. They allow companies to transact with one another and create economic growth. But while every aspect of business has sped up, the way we…
Life works in mysterious ways. In celebration of their launch, let me share a bit of lore behind @CrosbyLegal. The perfect amount of protection for any fast-growing company 🤟
Today we’re introducing Crosby, a hybrid AI law firm that helps rapidly growing businesses execute faster. Contracts are connection points. They allow companies to transact with one another and create economic growth. But while every aspect of business has sped up, the way we…
If you’re a retailer and you aren’t looking at @fermatcommerce, let’s change that. Fully 1:1 personalization driven by AI is here! Congrats to @rishabhmjain @rabahrahil and the whole team on the latest milestone.
FERMÀT just closed a $45M Series B fundraise led by @vmg_partners! Excited to have @QEDInvestors, @GreylockVC, @BainCapVC, and @CourtsideVC continue their support alongside this incredible new partnership — and thrilled to see the story covered by @axios today. Today,…
Checks news.... I never want to hear "women are too emotional" ever again in my life.
On our 4th episode of Attention Shift, @sstubo reveals how the “why” behind the work is key to gaining executive buy-in, and we also get into the @OpenAI / Jony Ive announcement comms. Tune in now: podcasts.apple.com/podcast/attent…
A new era of traffic safety is here. Obvio's AI cameras helped cut stop sign running by 50% in just 8 weeks. We're pleased to lead their $22M Series A so they can build on the momentum.