Matt Vaadi

@AutismCapital What are some new experiences you have had in the last 12 months?

Life pro tip. Not enough people talk about this. The secret to having a "fulfilling" life is doing new things. Radically doing new things. Consistently. Every day. New activities, people, goals, even something as simple as trying new foods. Life feels longer when you're a kid because every day is packed with almost infinite amount of new learning. As you get older, you've already acclimated to your environment, the new inputs stop, so your perception of time speeds up drastically. You fall into routine, which is a time accelerant. If you want to feel like you have a long infinite lifespan, like you did as a child, you MUST be having new experiences, which slows time down.

@tekbog This tracks

idk how to explain this but openclaw is for the same people who use notion

@RampCapitalLLC How do you keep the deer from eating them?

Planting berry bushes is arguably one of the highest gardening ROIs and easiest to maintain. I currently have 10+ blackberries, 10 blueberry bushes, and 5 raspberries in my backyard and I still want to expand it further. Last year I picked >10lbs of blackberries alone. Didn’t weigh the blueberries and raspberries but probably 15lbs total (all organic). And the yields will increase every year. On top of all of that, all you basically have to do is water if it gets super hot and fertilize once a month. And the biggest benefit is it’s a great activity to do with your kids to get them outside and away from screens. Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk.

@ProFootballTalk Wow. Very snarky reply to a simple question. Thanks for the response!

@MattVaadi Yes, the season has expanded to 17 games. Just like it once expanded to 16 from 14. And to 14 from 12. That's how it works.

With 145 yards from scrimmage on Sunday, Falcons RB Bijan Robinson will join Marshall Faulk and Chris Johnson as the only players with 2,400 or more in a single season. nbcsports.com/nfl/profootbal…

@JamesSurowiecki Agreed!

I will say again that it is egregious to be showing trailers for R-rated movies during NFL games. I'm watching Chargers-Texans with my 7-year-old. He should not be confronted with a graphic trailer for a lurid horror film like "The Housemaid." Just stop it.

@Wise do ya'll have customer support?

Who else will attempt to come out of retirement if the Philip Rivers experiment works?

@joecarlsonshow Yeah number three is the most seemingly obvious ignorance. Like, you're going to be paying rent not just stuffing all the money into the S&P. It's honestly a ridiculous argument. Housing costs don't disappear because you rent.

One of the most misleading charts in finance. First: This ignores cash flow. Real estate makes a bigger portion of income from cash flow than stocks. This is like comparing the S&P 500 to a dividend fund without counting dividends in the return. Second: this ignores leverage. When I bought my first home I paid $20k down for $155k of home. I sold it for $220k 3 years later. So I made $65k in gains in 3 years on 20k of cash. This chart assumes you pay for your home in all cash when that is the exception, not the rule. Third: This chart leaves out that you have to live somewhere. Housing is not an optional expense. If you’re going to live somewhere for 20 years it may be worth it to save up just enough for a down payment, get in, then have it appreciate while you spend the rest of your life building a large stock portfolio. I know I’m surrounded by a bunch of finance bros on my Twitter circle. But owning a home is also fun. It’s easy to fix stuff. A simple toolbox and YouTube and you can fix 95% of issues that arise. And it’s cool to have your own land, your own stuff, that you can do what you want with.

Havent seen this response yet - James is the place to start. I've been following you for a while and I also came to Christ later in life. I wish someone would have told me James. James is an easy place to consume the questions of daily living and God's answers to life's questions. Good luck on your quest, sir.

About to read the bible for the first time. Where should I start?

It’s incredible to watch something grow from a small idea into a packed room of passionate people. That’s the beauty of entrepreneurship — it’s fueled by connection, curiosity, and the desire to keep getting better. The entrepreneurial spirit is alive and well — and it’s contagious.

@KobeissiLetter @grok how do these layoffs compare to major layoffs in each of the last five years by Fortune 500 companies?

Recent Layoff Announcements: 1. UPS: 48,000 employees 2. Amazon: Up to 30,000 employees 3. Intel: 24,000 employees 4. Nestle: 16,000 employees 5. Accenture: 11,000 employees 6. Ford: 11,000 employees 7. Novo Nordisk: 9,000 employees 8. Microsoft: 7,000 employees 9. PwC: 5,600 employees 10. Salesforce: 4,000 employees 11. Paramount: 2,000 employees 12. Target: 1,800 employees 13. Kroger: 1,000 employees 14. Applied Materials: 1,444 employees 15. Meta: 600 employees The labor market is clearly weakening.

@8020_BASEBALL @jay

100%. THE LAW OF PRACTICE-GAME DIFFICULTY™ 😀 Easy practices = Harder games Challenging practices = Easier games.

I go to the same @cava three days a week on average. Get the same exact order. The same people working every day. Every day they look at me like they've never seen me. Don't remember a thing about me or the order. So weird.

It's interesting the pride people take in skills that are irrelevant. Just saw someone post on LI: "I can't do the Tiktok, but I can write in cursive!" Do you think that there was a group of people holding on to etching things in cave walls?

This single automation will create thousands of leads, and it only took ten hours to make. This was a task that one of our offshore teammates from Outsourced Scale was spending three hours a day doing. We took the time to review the process and identify how it coule be automated. As you can see, it was not simple, but it was easy (for the right person). We are constantly reviewing what our team is doing, how they are doing it, and how it can be automated. When something takes three hours a day and creates high value, that is a great candidate for automation. Now she can shift her time to higher-value tasks. We will continue to repeat this over and over. What are you automating that creates real value?

Friday is the day to gain ground. Shocking how many people dial it in on Fridays.

The biggest ROI from the Payrollin' Podcast isn’t downloads or even new business. It’s the relationships and custom insight. Everyone is so worried about metrics: subscribers, listens, net new business. That stuff’s fine. But here’s the truth: one conversation with the right person is worth more than 10,000 downloads. The pod has introduced me to founders, operators, and investors I never would’ve met otherwise. I have learned so much from the people I interview that it is worth its weight in gold. I get to ask the questions I want answered. Hard to get that anywhere else. The content is the excuse. Give people an audience, and they will answer your questions ;). The relationship is a bonus. I have made plenty of new friends along the way. If you’re only measuring your podcast by downloads or new MRR, you’re missing the whole point.

I am stunned by how many small businesses include 3 to 4 people in decisions that cost less than $500 a month. This is why so many small companies fail. Move faster.

@thesamparr The question many people are battling with (especially in secondary markets) is: can this be done virtually? What are your thoughts?

Paul Graham on ambitious founders needing to be around other ambitious people.