Matt M. Sirois

Poverty is not an accident. Like slavery and apartheid, poverty is not natural. It is man-made and it can be overcome and eradicated by the action of human beings. —Nelson Mandela @Paul_O_Williams @Damon_Moore @ilovequotebooks @RussHogarth @Brink_Thinker @Picassolady1

@SUBWAYCanada has just announced they will no longer be using yellow mustard in their restaurants. Let’s #EATFRESH, let’s KICK IT UP A NOTCH and introduce them to GOURMET MUSTARD! Locally made where 80% of Canada’s mustard is grown, we won’t disappoint. @SUBWAYCanada, call us!

twitter.com/TheFigen_/stat… Don’t wait until retirement to buy your Ferrari. #RetirementPlanning #Retire #retired @JonErlichman @aiming2retire @Malcolm_Frost @RussHogarth @ilovequotebooks @DrBBQ @GroundworkProj @JuliaBradbury @KumuthaRam @LoriShemek @IMQuotes_Videos @AlwanNabeel

Definitely sports greatest moment. Sportsmanship at its very best — #RogerFederer @Wimbledon @RussHogarth @ilovequotebooks @DrKhan_do @FilippoGrandi @Brink_Thinker @LoriShemek @elonmusk @neiltyson @GroundworkProj @KumuthaRam @springsteen @guardian

Looks like a nice unit Ray. I’ll send you a DM about ordering one. @JRsBBQ @CespedesBBQ @The_BBQ_Bear @BBQsnob @KorillaBBQ @porkbarrelbbq @RussHogarth @ilovequotebooks @jamieoliver @altonbrown @RevRibs @Rendezvous_Ribs @CorkysMemphis

Words to live by. Author unknown. #quoteoftheweek #Inspire @Brink_Thinker @RussHogarth @LisaTruthJohns @stevewoz @TheRock @taylorswift13 @ilovequotebooks @DrMayaAngelou @DouglasEmhoff @StephenRCovey

You have to be careful with social media. Today, people are becoming more & more anti-social. Things were different back in the day, lol. ⁦⁦@RussHogarth⁩ ⁩⁩@JonErlichman⁩ ⁦@hvgoenka⁩ ⁦@ilovequotebooks⁩ ⁦@TheRealLailaAli⁩ ⁦@NealSchaffer⁩

Some of their early jobs: Jeff Bezos: McDonald’s Gwen Stefani: Dairy Queen Barack Obama: Baskin Robbins Margot Robbie: Subway Madonna: Dunkin’ Donuts Kanye West: The Gap Melissa McCarthy: Starbucks Nicki Minaj: Red Lobster Brad Pitt: El Pollo Loco Eva Longoria: Wendy’s

Value today of $5,000 invested… Stock     1 year ago    10 years ago Tesla        $6,080        $599,266 Nvidia      $5,802         $293,922 Netflix      $1,941          $98,387 Amazon   $3,573          $53,619 Apple       $6,000         $36,676 Facebook $2,968        $32,500

Performance, 1 year vs 10 years: Tesla                 +13%    +11,945% Apple                +8%     +626% Google              -6%      +636% Bitcoin              -17%    +574,119% Amazon            -34%    +906% Facebook         -39%   +404% Netflix               -63%   +1,765%

The Texas shooting is a terrible tragedy and a reminder that more must be done to ensure our children can live safely. What is the current state of America if our children cannot live safely? The second amendment is not an absolute right. #TexasSchoolMassacre #SafetyFirst

Valuation increase in past 5 years: Apple: $2 trillion Microsoft: $1.6 trillion Amazon: $1.1 trillion Google: $1.1 trillion Tesla: $1 trillion Total: $6.8 trillion

Tesla vehicle deliveries in first quarter: Q1 2022: 310,048 Q1 2021: 184,877 Q1 2020: 88,400 Q1 2019: 63,000 Q1 2018: 29,980 Q1 2017: 25,000 Q1 2016: 14,820 Q1 2015: 10,045 Q1 2014:   6,457 Q1 2013:   4,900 Q1 2012:     0

Ferruccio Lamborghini started a successful tractor company. He owned a Ferrari, but disliked the clutch. So he told founder Enzo Ferrari. Enzo told him “you may be able to drive a tractor, but you will never be able to handle a Ferrari.” So Ferruccio founded Lamborghini.

Amazon’s first quarter revenue: 2022: $116.4 billion 2021: $108.5 billion 2020: $75.5 billion 2019: $59.7 billion 2018: $51.0 billion 2017: $35.7 billion 2016: $29.1 billion 2015: $22.7 billion 2014: $19.7 billion 2013: $16.1 billion 2012: $13.2 billion 2011: $9.9 billion 👇

On this day in 1978: Ben & Jerry’s was founded. They launched in an old gas station after completing a $5 course on how to make ice cream.

Stock declines from the peak of the dot com bubble to the bottom: Adobe: -56% Microsoft: -56% Amazon: -75% Nvidia: -75% Apple: -78% Stock gains over the next 19 years: Apple: +58,746% Nvidia: +33,818% Amazon: +19,405% Adobe: +6,250% Microsoft: +1,240%

In 2008, Airbnb sought $150,000 in funding for 10% of the company. They emailed 7 big investors. 5 sent back rejections. 2 others didn’t respond. 10% of Airbnb is now worth $8 billion.

A mother is she who can take the place of all others but whose place no one else can take. -Gaspard Mermillod.

Happy Mother’s Day to our mothers for everything they do for us. They provide strength & show us unconditional love. #MothersDay @NealSchaffer @ilovequotebooks @RussHogarth @robertherjavec @DrGaborMate @Brink_Thinker @bmoore_20 @Alex_Verbeek @ToscaMusk @ukrcancongress

I hope that even my worst critics remain on Twitter, because that is what free speech means