Arif Janmohamed

Ottawa eliminated Edmonton eliminated No more Canadian teams in the Stanley Cup Playoffs Still no Cup in Canada since 1990

“If you’re not sure you’re a driver, you’re probably a passenger.” Frank Slootman: Snowflake, ServiceNow, Data Domain. One of the best operators of our generation. Knuckle Up with Frank is now live. Full conversation ↓ -- 00:49 Introduction 01:21 Why being a CEO is a confrontational job 03:51 Great people are hungry for hard feedback 08:19 Psychographic profiling: how Frank builds compatible teams 09:52 Drivers vs passengers: how to tell the difference 12:39 Why back-channel references beat interviews every time 16:19 "When there's doubt, there's no doubt" 20:42 Inside Frank's Tuesday operating cadence 22:27 The "go direct" rule that breaks org chart politics 26:19 Why bigger goals force better plans 31:27 Standards are the real culture 38:17 The email Frank wrote every Monday for years 41:35 Advice for navigating today's volatility 47:25 Facing demons for breakfast at Data Domain 54:19 Why Frank fired himself as Snowflake CEO 1:05:19 Coming to Silicon Valley "10 years late" 1:07:59 Why AI is an industrial-revolution-scale shift 1:10:01 Frank's advice to his 25-year-old self

The Suzuki, Caufield, Slafkovsky, and Hutson contracts are going to be looked at as some of the absolute best in the entire league, if they aren't already. A 50-goal scorer, under $8M until 2031. A 100-point (soon) scorer, under $8M until 2030 A 30-goal, 70+ point winger, 21 years old and still growing, under $8M until 2033 A potential point-per-game defenceman, calder winner, under $9M until 2024. Absolutely insane business by the Habs.

"Ramble On" is 56 years old and Robert Plant just walked onto The Late Show and made it sound like he wrote it this morning.

the venture capital bloodbath is coming and most vcs have zero idea agents will replace 90% of what associates and principals actually do: • deal sourcing through network analysis • due diligence via automated data mining • portfolio monitoring with real-time metrics • pattern matching across 10,000x more deals what exactly are you getting paid for when an agent can analyze every startup in your sector in 3 minutes? the entire industry is built on information asymmetry that ai just eliminated most funds will become algorithmic within 24 months the only vcs who survive are the ones who can actually build companies, not just write checks and send intros