Adam Flamm

@summitavcapital @scaling_shields Or much higher if it is recurring revenue.

@scaling_shields That’s not the correct ROI… should be multiplier by margin not revenue

my accountant told me last month he has a client who writes off $8K/month in "coffee meetings" i asked how thats even possible "he buys coffee for strangers at the airport" this guy lives in nashville flies to a different city 3-4 times a month for "business development" sits in the airport lounge for 6 hours walks around and spots people who look like they run businesses "hey man heading to dallas too? can i buy you a coffee?" 15 minute conversation at the gate exchanges linkedin if theyre a good fit he follows up 2 days later: "good talking to you at the airport - saw on your profile youre in [industry]. we help companies like yours with [problem]. would it make sense to explore this?" conversion rate from coffee → booked call: 41% last year he closed $380K in revenue from airport conversations total cost: - flights: $46K (only books refundable tickets, cancels half of them) - coffees: $8,400 - lounge memberships: $1,200 total: $55,600 in expenses return: $379,000 6.7x ROI "why not just cold email or go to networking events" "networking events are full of people trying to sell. airports are full of people trying to get home. their guard is down. they have time to kill. a $6 coffee feels like hospitality not a pitch." he tracks every conversation in a notion database airport, persons name, company, flight number, what they ordered, topics discussed 217 coffees bought last year 89 turned into calls 14 turned into clients average deal size: $27K the IRS audited him in 2024 he showed them: - boarding passes - receipts with timestamps - linkedin messages matching the dates - closed deals traced back to specific airports they approved everything his biggest month was september sat in LaGuardia for 11 hours on a delayed flight bought coffee for 6 people 4 of them booked calls 2 closed for a combined $61K "that delayed flight made me more than most peoples salary" no ads no cold calls no website traffic no followers just a guy who realized business class lounges are full of his exact ICP and theyre all sitting there bored as hell with nothing to do most people avoid conversations at airports this guy built a $380K pipeline from them

@ToddLlewellyn Need to add number of fixtures you want to run simultaneously. That's where tankless falls short. Pressure falls off a cliff when you run laundry etc, especially in winter.

I take alot of heat on this app for my sales process. I try to do everything over the phone. Mostly text. I hate sales. I hate upsells. I try to be very straightforward. Doing it this way helps our prices be very competitive and still make great profit. I built another tool that will help with water heater sales. Let me know what you think hilarious-jelly-81232e.netlify.app

I have yet to hear ONE example of benevolence, harmony, kindness, or charitable acts practiced by this ideology. All I ever see & hear is hate, hate, hate. They create NO GO ZONES on OUR soil. They burn OUR FLAG. There is ZERO upside to have them enter any society.

@Political_QRM Zakat, or basically charity, it's one of the core principles of their faith

You hit the nail on the head. None of what you mentioned is in their basic tenets and beliefs. They invade, dominate a culture, tear it down and substitute it with their disgusting culture.

Anyone got examples? Self-funded ones (ie, "learing" centers don't count)

@MikeBales As a matter of fact, they donate to such causes at a higher rate than Hindus, Buddhists and Catholics

I’m just wondering. Do Muslims ever spread their faith through good works, such as starting orphanages, opening hospitals, feeding the hungry, and helping the poor? Or do they just spread it with violence?

@RoyalBlueRapto1 Listened to part of Prince Caspian with some of my kids on the way to the ski resort this morning 👊

If your friends aren't talking about: • Lions, Witches, and Wardrobes • Princes • Voyages • Silver Chairs • Horses and their Boys • Magicians and Nephews • Last Battles It's time to find new friends.

@TS_Secrets Mole de Pollo. Sabrosisimo

Who knows what dish this is? I can’t believe I found this in’s hole in a wall in the middle of nowhere Colorado.

@sodacitysimpson @ToddLlewellyn Agreed. He's right though. They get more bang for their buck from the long term local company

@AdamFlamm @ToddLlewellyn I’m not saying some people will avoid I’m saying the average home owner won’t

In my opinion this is one of those things that people say but isn't actually true. People like what PE or PE like companies provide, which is why they produce more revenue at higher profit margins. Family owned sounds nice but for the vast majority is purely sentimental.

@ToddLlewellyn @sodacitysimpson They do two things much better. 1. Capitalize, and throw lots of money at sales and marketing (which their higher prices support) 2. Market better - again with customers' dollars I 100% agree with your original point though. I try to avoid PE service companies for everything

@sodacitysimpson Nah. It’s just because most people don’t know any better. Small, well ran companies can be harder to find. There is nothing that my large PE competitors do better than me.

@ClintFiore Government contractor

Guess the Industry: $40M Revenue, $30M EBITDA

@thomas_garrard Fantastic series

I just had a conversation with Grok about one of my all time favorite books “Ender’s Game” I had to talk to Grok, because I’ve never met anyone who’s read it, besides me. Lol. It’s a great book, though, if you’re ever so inclined.

@bonapartay Hilarious ending 😭🤣

Been weird. So then I'm like damn is this an LDS church. I'm always down to check out a church service so I sit down. Turns out it's a MLM scheme.

I was flying back to Alaska a decade or so ago. Just happened to sit next to the only other black guy on the plane. Cool what a coincidence. Seattle to anchorage, 5 hours. Half way in we start chatting. He invites me to meet his family at the Captain cook hotel. Initially I

@CompletedStreet Yet the beauties of raising a family in suburban sprawl are unbeatable. Cities make for small families.

"There won't be a second date, but she now knows about induced highway demand, minimum lot sizes and the evils of sprawl."

My wife just texted me that the local classifieds is targeting her with ads for pigs. Yes the livestock. We've made it. This is peak 😂

In the state of Wyoming in the USA lies a real hydrological oddity. It's a small stream (creek) that is thought to be the only one of very few examples in the world. It is placed so precariously and perfectly that it's hard to believe it is able to exist. 1/n

@OneManLBO I felt the same reading it. Didn't agree with his religious/spiritual takes, but his life advice is evergreen.

For $2.99 (Kindle version), I honestly think may be the single highest ROI book in the world Both in terms of dollars and time spent reading My highlight-to-word ratio must legit be 40%+ (but hey, Claude is handling the post-read summary + practical integration into my life operating framework so it's all good) So many gurus stole thoughts from this book and marketed them as their own. This is the OG text. Also, side note, it's really funny how @naval foresaw the rise of coding as a leverage tool before Claude Code absolutely exploded in popularity and is taking over my X timeline on a daily basis

@mr__jpc @DogParkSandbox @ZherkaOfficial By their fruits You're welcome anytime

@DogParkSandbox @ZherkaOfficial I agree, for that matter the Amish have practically 0% divorce rates and popping kids by the numbers. IMO it is a combination of sense of community, assistance in marital issues and duty for the congregation.

Christians need to unite. Mormons are not welcome

@BrixtonInvesta @JoshKale So basically you only trust him with most things he's tried. Gotcha

@JoshKale Who would ever trust X with personal finances, apart from hardline X users? Nobody needs yet another finance app. I prefer Elon sticking to rockets, robots and autonomous vehicles

X Money just went live in beta and it’s gotta be the single best financial product on the market today These numbers don't even make sense: - 6% APY on deposits - Insured up to $250,000 = $15,000/yr in interest, $1,250/mo when maxed - The metal card gives 3% cashback on all purchases matching Robinhood gold Also equipped with direct deposit support from your day job and creator payout support from your posting Everything flows into one account. Earning 6% APY on the way in, and 3% on the way out. I'm not sure how sustainable this is but man is it compelling. images from @REDWRITER who's been sharing some great stuff

@OneManLBO Great job!

I’m coming up on 7 years without alcohol this summer. It’s been one of my top 5 life decisions ever. Had my last drink in August 2019. Went cold turkey and never looked back. My story isn’t overly dramatic. No serious issues, except a period of heightened stress in my life I wanted to face head on, with no distraction or self-sabotaging numbing agents. Primarily a life style decision. I feel like there is a lot of us out there who fall into this category. Highly functional middle age guys, no major issues, who just felt like there was a better way for them. You know the Headspace streak… keeping the meditation going for an unbroken sequence of days? Not drinking was like that for me. It seemed so silly, a game of watching the days. All of a sudden, a year had passed, then 3, then 6. At this point, there would be absolutely zero issue with me enjoying a beer or two. But I don’t want to restart the clock. I have a lot of clarity in my life, a pretty ironclad routine. I feel sharp. I feel happy. It’s become part of my identity. To each their own. Just something that worked out uniquely well for me and my goals.