Jonathan Drake

@pestctrlguy Do not really use it. Used to. Had to download the app :-) It used to be good and mostly when I travelled for food spots.

@JonathanDrake You’re an avid yelp user? First off, thank you! Secondly, why do you ever use yelp? lol

I called yelp today because we have 5 one star reviews that show and 12 five stars reviews that are “not recommended” and don’t effect our rating. I chatted with two customer service people that sounded like they hate their jobs. Apparently yelp has a software that assigns whether or not reviews show on your profile based on some top secret willy nilly stuff. Obviously nobody uses yelp so it’s not a huge deal except ChatGPT just signed a deal with yelp. They are the worst platform out of anybody platform there has ever been.

@thogge It is available. The .vc is helpful in knowing what you do though.

small update today: captain.ventures --> captain.vc next stop: captain.com 😀

A lot was learned going through the good and bad ones. Benchmarking them helped to understand and separate the great ones

@TheViableEdge Looking forward to seeing what you build with this. I know about but do not yet understand Buzz and why these two would be a big deal

Codex Live Chat + Buzz CLI is one of those moments.

@theisaacmed tesla needs to sell cameras that can be added to the app. Could go all around the car

My dog likes to sit on the center console when I leave the car and he ends up getting comically close to the camera on dog mode

@danielcberk x.com/i/status/10640…

Claude outage in 2026 = Internet outage in 2025

@drewfallon12 @derekhalpern ^ guess having your product in the ads is working :(

QUINCE CROSSES $2B IN TTM SALES According to a report from WWD, Quince has passed $2 billion in ttm revenue, up from $1B+ for FY25. Triple-digit annual growth since founding in 2018. The factory-direct brand launched in 2019 with a $50 cashmere sweater and has expanded to 100+ categories using an AI-powered demand model that predicts weekly needs. This March, Quince closed a $500M Series E valued at $10.1B led by ICONIQ; up 2x from its previous series D valuation of $4.5B in July 2025 That means investors who paid something like 8x TTM sales in the Series D ended up paying just 2x NTM sales - talk about underwriting! Quince has raised a total of around $960M raised. The company declined to comment on future IPO plans but i am officially begging Previous round valued the company for $10.1B at over 10x revenue at the time. H1 2026 shows signs of continued growth, a reasonable valuation could fall in the $15B to $17B range at 7-8x this new $2B ttm sales figure. Worth noting, DTC fashion brand Reformation filed to go public last month

@EricRausch Add emojis to the subject line. :-)

I’ve interviewed hundreds of Senior Lifecycle Strategists… I feel like I have now found the best two part question that allows me to figure out exactly how strategically they think. Question #1: What are 5 tests you can run in a Welcome Series? After they name a variety… Question #2: Knowing that those were for the Welcome Series, what are 5 tests you can run that are generally exclusive to the Cart / Checkout Abandonment flow? If you’re on the fence after these two questions, you can always ask this final follow up. Question #3: Great, name 5 more. Insider Tip: For those people still reading. If you say “Subject Line” testing in any of your above answers… I’m not saying I’m judging you, but everybody else is gonna.

@Maxwell_Maher What have been the best yCombinator launch to the world videos? What recommendations would you have for them?

I generated 20 BILLION views in 2yrs for my brand That's everyone on Earth watching my stuff twice. Zero ads. ask me anything, here to help

@wholemars First time users of FSD per day. # Second time users of FSD per day.

Fields I'd love to see in Tesla fleet-telemetry 1. Current FSD streak 2. Longest FSD streak 3. Whether the vehicle is currently self-driving 4. Final destination / estimated time to final destination (currently only shows next Supercharger stop)

@david_perell @DanaPeters0321 ^ The bounds of gift giving has a pretty high limit in specific pockets

For me, the most striking part of Michael Ovitz biography was learning about how high the upper limits of corporate gift giving go. His gifts office spent ~$500,000 per year in total. One of his five assistants was solely responsible for gifts, and kept track of all his clients’ hobbies and charities. The rule that stuck with me was “no disposable gifts.” Meaning nothing rinse-and-repeat that you could give to anybody like wine or champagne. Instead, he went for bespoke gifts like first edition books or collectible coins, depending on that person’s interests.

@jordanmenard @EcomMikeGalvin It is more expensive than most but so many benefits. Helped 10+ kids learn to ride. Then sold it for half what we paid for it. Found one here parts.bmwofstratham.com/p/BMW__/Pushbi…

@JonathanDrake @EcomMikeGalvin @JonathanDrake my man i was just lookig for something like this. thank you so much

Working on a computer all day, getting off at 6 pm and grabbing my daughters for sunset motorcycle rides. I am telling you - this is the way. Get rich and have a family and be a great dad. Follow Jesus, love your wife & care about your home. It’s the Coolest life you can have. I remember when it was a MacBook in a basement apartment. Riding the train from Brooklyn to Madison Ave for the day job. I think part of the trick to staying there is keeping that same fire and never getting comfortable. But w kids, you gotta evolve. It’s crazy, I work harder & smarter than I ever have, tho I work less hours. I already have every material thing that I want. I just want to win. It’s crazy what happens when you exclusively work on the highest leverage action items you can. That’s what it means to be CEO, I think - to constantly find the highest leverage point and rally the team around executing on it cleaner than Gordon Ramsay making a bass with handmade potato crumble. Think bigger.

@EcomMikeGalvin @jordanmenard Get the BMW kid bike. It transitions from a balance bike to a pedal bike.

@jordanmenard I rip around on a KLX 230 Will get the girl and little boy a peewee 50cc when the time comes. But they are 3 and 1 yrs old right now. So still awhile away 😂

@sunshinevvn a player on the graph would be great.

it just so happens that mlb pitchers live on the steepest part of the curve, so how you talk about miss distance has a tangible impact on implied quality

@JaredDHardin get something like this sourhouse.co/pages/goldie and looks like you bought some starter but there are dedicated FB groups that would send it to you from old starter as well.

My wife and I made a deal. If I keep the sourdough alive, she'll cook with it. And so it begins.

@pestctrlguy @girdley he has an entire course showing his setup for holding companies. girdley.com/holdco-course

We are opening a new location next year. It’s time for us to reorganize our entities. Meeting with a CPA tomorrow but what’s the play here? Holdco that owns the operating companies? What tax elections? Give me some guidance so I can sound smart in my meeting.

@ClayCollins Close by the Dole Plantation. (and Costco)

I rent my house out on the North Shore of Oahu and I have to say, hosting has been a ride. airbnb.com/rooms/76043179… Mostly wonderful people. But also: * One group left lines of coke on the counter and broke a toilet. I have theories about how (I think someone had sex on it). * Another let a bird live in the house for a few days. Flying around. Pooping on everything. * Someone brought in bed bugs. Great house. Mixed sample of humanity. So I'm trying something different: if you're a normal human who wants to spend a month on the North Shore, I'll rent it to you direct and pass the Airbnb fees back to you. They are not small. 4 bedrooms, pool, ocean and mountain views, mango trees, total quiet. DMs open.

@Shpigford just shared it with a guy who prints all the time. Will be interesting to hear his feedback

i built an agentic CAD tool for 3D printing! simply chat it up with your favorite LLM to generate parametric 3D models optimized for printing! say bye to learning fusion, tinkercad or whatever else you've been procrastinating and just...make stuff. nurb.dev

@darenw @MLB such a flat line at the end... :-)

Rickey Henderson vs. every player in @MLB history. The greatest base stealer ever and then everyone else. 🤯 1,406 career stolen bases, the next closest player Lou Brock 938 👀