Mark Mason

@iiiitsandrea Their OG stores in DC had them for the first few years - I loved the guac greens in a wrap. Think they did away with them as they expanded originally to simplify operations

Sweetgreen is getting into wraps ‼️👀

@FreightAlley Thanks! One of the reasons I think its fascinating - only 18 months, a failed business, and yet it lives on

@MasonMarkR Great article. Nice job. I wish I could have gone in more depth, but it was such a blip of time that it almost didn’t make the final cut.

The Pony Express, one of the most iconic transportation networks ever created, only lasted 18 months. The rider, usually a teenager, would go 75-100 miles (switching tired horses about every 10-15 miles) before handing off the letters to another rider on horseback. From: Moving the World

@preston_holland I shudder to think the number of term papers that are getting turned in rife with em dashes

Every time I see an em dash now, I assume it was written by ChatGPT.

My conversation with @GrahamCWeaver, the founder of Alpine Investors. Graham built this large private equity firm by buying companies and handing them over to ~27-year-old CEOs. He tells the entire story of the firm here. Enjoy! Timestamps 0:00 Intro 0:37 Alpine's Three North Stars 7:33 The Power of Choice & Determination 13:33 Early Career 21:45 Founding Alpine 29:36 Core Beliefs and Talent Development 35:47 Building a Platform Company 39:02 Talent and Training Programs 44:15 Employee and Customer Engagement 47:26 Financial Outcomes & Return Strategies 50:43 Supporting Young CEOs 58:13 Teaching at Stanford 1:05:31 Coaching and One-on-One Meetings 1:08:18 Executive Coaching 1:11:19 Defining Personal Growth and Courage 1:18:41 Lessons from a Slot Machine Business 1:22:43 Balancing Work and Personal Life 1:29:21 The Future of Private Equity 1:32:29 The Importance of Seeing the Best in People 1:38:10 The Kindest Thing

@kevinnbrown @Orioles One more sleep

Guys, I don't know about you all, but I'm getting excited for some @Orioles baseball tomorrow.

@bryce I just had a similar experience a few months ago - one dealership seemed to want me to prove my interest was real by doing a test drive… which means I didn’t buy a car from them

Bought two cars today. One dealership wanted me to come down to the lot, get on a bunch of calls and refused to send me basic info over txt. The other was willing to send me anything I needed and requested over txt and email. Can you guess which one got the sale(s)?

@blakeir And shadow banned if you use the 🧵emoji for any non-knitting related post

X should reward you for using fewer characters. an automatic algo boost if you're under 280 characters

@ReustleMatt Nope. It’s truly mystifying.

@MasonMarkR They don’t have self drop off?

UPS store franchisee having 9-3 hours on a Saturday is telling

@FreightAlley A private version would basically be the NE Corridor/Acela and maybe Pacific Surfliner. My understanding is that everything else hemorrhages money. A lot of senators would have to explain to their constituents why there is no more passenger rail in 40 states

What do you think of Musk wanting to privatize Amtrak?

@ReustleMatt Can I interest you in a potential partnership for your capital? Or my brand new crypto rug pull?

Next-level spamming... when they get my name right, I have no choice but to meet their demands.

@DanielSLoeb1 @tferriss @bryan_johnson The picture of him holding a bag of his own plasma needs to have a graphic content warning on it

@tferriss @bryan_johnson Ignore him. 1–4

What are the most impactful things you've applied in your life from @bryan_johnson, if you could only pick 1-4?

@eric_seufert Not much noise - mostly signal here

Nice.

@JonahDispatch With the other stuff being the 4 accounts that tweet constant praise/bait desperate for said owner’s retweet

It’s amazing how every time I accidentally click on the “for you” tab on this site, it’s basically a gazillion tweets by the owner, and then some other stuff.

@micsolana Initially was on my “no brainer renew” list along with Cometeer…. Then the reverse network effects kicked in hard and it’s basically useless. Haven’t used it at the airport last 5-6 times although it did get me into MSG quicker….

clear is a scam

@mmlightcap Congrats!

Today we’re launching the Slow Ventures Creator Fund: more than $60m for the first institutional seed vehicle backing creator entrepreneurs

Hard pass on the “flesh hat” Tubi ad

@MikeDuda @KivaDickinson Most memorable commercial so far

@KivaDickinson No idea but it's a nice, two-comma amount.

Ok @MikeDuda how many times has Seal been offered to do that in an ad? And what was his eventual price?

I’m not sure if anyone has heard this yet, but Saquon is partnering with Ramp. Feels like this should be bigger news, haven’t seen it at all on my timeline!