Joseph Schindel
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Thinking about going to Art Basel bc I have an event in Miami right after.
What do I need to know? I feel like I got invited to a lot of tech events there a few years ago, is that still a thing?
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@Tesho13 Montford Park. Greenway connecting to so many areas, Park Road Shopping Center.
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Top 10 most walkable neighborhoods in Charlotte
1. South End
2. Uptown
3. NoDa
4. Dilworth
5. Plaza Midwood
6. Camp North End
7. Elizabeth
8. Midtown/Cherry
9. Wilmore
10. Wesley Heights
What did I get wrong?
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@lennysan For my burning man camp. Pipe and fitting shade structure needs. Make sure we have enough for what we want to make. Beats doing hand drawings and counting
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What's a tool you (or your friend/colleague) vibe coded, that you actually use regularly in your work or life?
Looking for examples of real use-cases that stick, vs. just sound good.
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@Replit All that ARR and I’m still AGGravated your @ReplitSupport doesn’t respond.
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being a perfectionist instead of shipping - ill leave it in your hands. left or center 🫠
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@gitlab WHAT ARE YOU DOING REMOVING THE ABILITY TO CTRL+CLICK TO OPEN NEW WINDOWS?!?!?!?!
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spent 4 hours on a @Replit project just for it to disappear when signing up for their paid account..........
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Here is your one and only warning to watch The Rehearsal on HBO. 10/10, no notes.
Joseph Schindel@JoeSchindel
Met @NathanFielder last week in SF. If you haven’t seen his show yet then shame on you!
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@joe__touring Sent this to Liz, but check out San Carlos/San Rafael in Antioquia. Check out @SPA_Adventure. Spanish school in a way off the beaten path. During my travels I went back 5 times.
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2 years driving south and I've finally made it to Colombia 🇨🇴
The roadmap is plotted out. Got a few months to explore and there's so much to see my head is spinning.
Colombia bros, can I get an assist on your absolute favorite small towns / spots that are not to be missed?
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@Ryanair trying to my first ever flight on y'all and your site is not working. off to a hot start!
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@blakeawood 👀. Here for the convo. Also shopping around for options
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Product folks.. Analytics platform:
Mixpanel
Amplitude
PostHog
Which one and why?
If you say Pendo you're disqualified.
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Charlotte landscaping company faces mounting complaints after customers pay thousands for unfinished jobs wbtv.com/2025/03/14/cha…
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@timgriffin77 @PMDBT It was really refreshing to see the kill them with kindness approach. Cheering y'all on as you continue to grow here in Charlotte!
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@PMDBT Ah man thanks for this write up 💜 appreciate you sharing a rational perspective after that onslaught from the SMB bros 🤣
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Recently, my friend and batch mate in YC (S19), @timgriffin77, announced his company's Series A funding.
While there were some congratulatory responses, I was surprised to see the amount of hate and dunking in the comments, so I wanted to share some thoughts here.
Yes, it might sound odd, but Tim's new company is a painting company (you hire them to paint your house) and it's VC funded. His plan is to start with painting, but eventually build a full home service solution.
Most of the comments were along the lines of "oh PE rollups in this space didn't work, so what makes you think VCs know any better" to "look at this tech person, who knows nothing about home services and small businesses, another example of VCs lighting money on fire".
I certainly wouldn't bet against Tim. In all the time I've spent with him during YC and beyond, he's always come across incredibly smart and strategic. On top of that, he can really execute. He already has 1 exit under his belt in a space that was also deemed to be difficult.
When I was catching up with him for lunch 2 years ago, he had Stripe alerts turned on for his phone. The entire lunch, his was getting non-stop notifications of new incoming payments. Pretty obvious that the business was doing great and growing fast.
There were also a lot of comments about how tech isn't enough to solve the problems in this space as if that's a gotcha. People evidently don't like to read much. Tim's entire approach is about scaling the painting crew in house to control customer experience and also provide skilled painters with stability. The closest analogy I can think of is Redfin. They used a combination of tech, their listing site, and operation changes, paying real estate agents a salary instead of having them rely on commissions, to carve out a pretty large market and financial outcome.
While success is not guaranteed, they've already figured out some important things so far and I believe they have a much higher probability of solving this than people think.
This also made me realize why so many successful founders just invest in their friends and have so many unicorn under their belts. I used to think this was stupid and gatekeeping, but the reality is your network as a builder is your alpha. The charlatans and clout chasers filter themselves out organically because they have no staying power. After a few years, the only people still building are the legitimate ones. If I were to exclusively angel invest in my network over the next 10 years, especially if they are contrarian bets, I'd probably have a higher hit rate than most VCs.
The problem is that this method doesn't scale well beyond your network. This is why professional VC investing is so hard because you fundamentally have to figure out how to scale something that's not really scalable.
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@timgriffin77 @yrechtman @slow @pioneer_fund @lachygroom @louisberyl @nicoleahjohnson @ForerunnerVC @ycombinator Massive. Congratulations! Love seeing y’all’s Rivians around town 👀
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Excited to announce Craftwork’s Series A funding!
Huge thank you to @yrechtman at @slow and @pioneer_fund for joining us, and to @lachygroom, @louisberyl, @nicoleahjohnson at @ForerunnerVC, and @ycombinator for continuing to back us!
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@Tesho13 Amazing. Thank you! We want to bring our tech crew back to tour and visit in the new year! Will be in touch. Happy holidays!
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It's been the thrill ride of a lifetime to help build @coda_hq for the last 8 years and I couldn't be more excited to share that we'll be merging with @Grammarly!
Such a huge win-win-win for users, Coda, and Grammarly and I'm thrilled to get to be part of it! x.com/shishirmehrotr…
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