Rob Garcia

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http://www.upmo.com/blog/

Innovator, disruptor, and web/social product guy. VP of Product @UpMo, former @Razorfish and head of product @LendingClub. Host of @SocialTShow #SocialTalent

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What are six things you could never do without?

Internet, water, excercise, family, faith, innovation (not in that order)

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Has Twitter changed your life? If yes, how?

Sure and it's about to change yours too... I'm more relaxed when I tweet

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Terms you wish would start trending on Twitter right now?

P2PLending, Microfinance, crowdfunding, financial innovations

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Why'd you start tweeting?

Felt natural. Made sense.

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What are some big Twitter faux pas?

Automated DM to new followers, request a new follower to vote for you for a Shorty, change meaning of your tweet when RTing

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What feature should Twitter add?

twitter followers suggestions: who I may want to follow, who should follow me

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How long can you go without a tweet?

About 8 hours (same amount of time I need to wake up refreshed the next day)

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Have you ever unfollowed someone? Who and why?

Anybody who spams, solicits or is plain rude will soon see my unfollow

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140 characters of advice for a new user?

Be yourself and tweet from your heart. But don't abuse tweeting, as you would not abuse a megaphone in a busy city corner.

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What do you wish people would do more of on Twitter?

Tweet more thought provoking ideas

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What was the funniest trend you've seen?

Fail vids, pics, tweets... really funny stuff

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Ever get called out for tweeting too much?

Sure! You would not be doing it right if you weren't every now and then.

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Is there someone you want to follow you who doesn't already? If so, who?

Not really. That's the beauty of this whole medium... you follow who you find interesting... don't wanna read my tweets? not a prob!

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What question are we not asking here that we should?

What will happen to twitter if they can't figure out a monetization model?

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How do you use Twitter in your professional life?

To get the word out on @LendingClub and P2PLending in general

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What inspires you to tweet?

Financial innovations that make banking easy, simple and even more rewarding

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