Jaime Colmenares
@jcolmenaresv
Data @ StockX. Ex-Uber, Airbnb, eBay, Bain & Co. Investor @ AirAngels. Reforge alum. Data Engineering, Analytics, Data Science, AI. Views here my own.
Incredibly humbled and excited to announce our Fund I! Thank you to Brian for helping us share our story. Read more about how we’re supporting early stage founders and leveraging the power of the @Airbnb alumni network👇🏻 wsj.com/amp/articles/a… -@djdan85 @lennysan @MiSunKw
Congratulations to @ForerunnerVC on an outstanding event on AI in the consumer space! Palpable excitement at the event. I came away far more energized than I already was about AI. Great talks by @kirstenagreen, @reidhoffman , @mikeyk , @Alfred_Lin, @aunder and @DanielLurie

Come join me and @jcolmenaresv (@stockx) and @BeckyAnn12 (@PlayAstrocade) for a @Wharton Scale School conversation about "Improving Customer Insights with AI" on 10/17: web.cvent.com/event/ed9d8546…
I'm hiring a Director of Product Analytics! boards.greenhouse.io/stockx/jobs/75… I'm looking for candidate with: - PhD with strong background in statistics - Experience with experimentation (A/B testing, geo-randomized, quasi-experimental) and in product data science, marketing data science
MAGA fundraiser David Sacks’ recent open letter explaining his support for Trump over Biden got it wrong on just about every count, awkwardly regurgitating pro-Trump groupthink. David makes four specious main points: (1) Trump’s legal troubles result from Joe Biden’s…
Want to know more about Theta's breakthrough model CLV Ultra and ask us anything about CLV in general? Join our co-founders, @d_mccar and @faderp, on March 28, 2-3pm ET, for an Ask Me Anything session. Registration: learn.thetaclv.com/clv-ultra-ama
I can’t imagine this will be anything but amazing. If you’re broadly into customer analytics, or specifically into CLV, and want to learn how these drive company valuation, this event is for you. Daniel and Michael are the world class experts on their fields.
Congratulations @hpalan and @productboard !!
We’re so excited to announce our $125M Series D! The investment will be used to further build out our platform and make #prodmgmt more accessible to everyone 🚀 Learn more about our vision here 👇 productboard.com/blog/series-d-…
Airbnb alumni syndicate and fund—a year in review: ▫️ 42 total investments in 2021 (33 fund, 9 syndicate) ▫️ Invested $7m ($5m fund, $2m syndicate) ▫️ A total of $8.5m invested since inception, currently valued at $50m (up 5.9x) ▫️ 2020 investments up 23x
Enjoyed speaking to you, @ahartsoe ! Great book! linkedin.com/posts/activity…
"There are 100 companies founded by ex-Airbnb employees since 2012. These companies have raised a combined $2.5B in disclosed equity funding, with average total funding of $55M and median total funding of $4.5M." 🚀 cbinsights.com/research/best-…
Ah, yes, it happens to the best of us, I know. But @amazon , perhaps you'd benefit from reading Blake, Nosko and @steve_tadelis paper: faculty.haas.berkeley.edu/stadelis/Tadel…

Differentiation is not a goal. It’s an outcome of carefully listening to customers!
Proud of our alums fueling the same start up ecosystem that took a chance on @airbnb in the first place.
You know something special is happening when your fund announcement shows up in the actual WSJ paper 🥳 Really proud and excited to bring take the @WeAreAirAngels alumni angel syndicate to the next level and infuse some of that Airbnb magic into more startups ✨
Ready to help scale the next generation of ops-driven companies? @UseAvenue is hiring for a software engineer - peep a look here 👀👩🏻🚀 notion.so/Join-us-at-Ave…
In case you missed the big news that came out yesterday, here's a reminder:✨@KUDOway closed an over-subscribed Series A led by @felicis We're thrilled to continue supporting the company as they power global businesses 🌎🚀 kudoway.com/press-release/…
Useful, high level review of different thinking on corporate strategy.
Strategy boils down to one of two options: Do what everyone else is doing (but cheaper), or do something no one else can do. s.hbr.org/3fLBEXv
Webinar next Thursday on how to break free from the short-term earnings trap. Join me, @d_mccar and @faderp to learn how to measure, manage and gain shareholder support for #customervalue bain.zoom.us/webinar/regist…
The rise of #platforms has given rise to the need for platform professionals. Improving platform recruiting and credentialing might be next. mitsloan.mit.edu/ideas-made-to-… via @MITSloan #platformtalent2020 #Recruiting @InfoEcon @g2parker @DyanFinkhousen