Peter Shallard

@dieworkwear @GreatDismal I bought the black bomber à la Pattern Recognition when he launched it and it still absolutely slays.

Some will already know this, but William Gibson collaborated with the Japanese workwear brand Buzz Rickson about 20 years ago to create a line of military-inspired garments. As far as I know, the line has stayed totally the same — same material, same details, same cuts — even as fashion trends have moved from full to slim and back to full again. How great is it that you could have saved up and splurged on a really nice garment 20 years ago, and if you went to the same store today, it would be totally the same? There's no pressure to "update" your wardrobe. No feeling like you might miss out on the latest drop. If you lose the jacket, you can go to the store and get the same one, even two decades later. There's something special about having that kind of confidence in your aesthetic. Also, not pressuring people to constantly buy buy buy. They purchase one nice thing and wear it for years. Should they decide the garment is not for them, guess what? They can sell it on the second-hand market for about 50% of what they paid because retailers are still selling the same thing. That fashion model is very inspiring to me. Plus, the stuff looks great. The videos below are from the wonderful London-based shop Son of Stag. You can also find at Self Edge, my favorite retailer for denim. They have locations in the United States and Mexico. Both stores specialize in this kind of clothing. You can find both shops on Instagram at the handles sonofastag and selfedge.

@girdley Anyone with even tangential exposure to NYC real estate felt this about WeWork when they got going. I remember touring their huge Meatpacking building, sales rep pushing me hard to commit and the glass bubble spaces just endlessly empty. It never made any sense.

I was a younger entrepreneur. I'd go to a local gym to lift and play hoops. This one dude about my age (early 30s) would be there. Every time rolling up in a different Ferrari. We started talking. I complimented the car and asked what he did. He said, "Investments. I help with cross-border trade." I asked, "Oh, how does that work?" He explained it. I didn't get it. He explained it again. I had zero clue how it was a viable business. I nodded my head politely and said, "Awesome. Cool." It made no sense. -- A few years later, the guy was arrested for fraud. Went to jail and they took the Ferraris. I see it repeatedly in my life: * I can't understand something * My gut says "Something's off here" Pay attention to that feeling. -- In other words, when the vibes are wrong: Run away. --- If you enjoyed this, please like, retweet, comment, bookmark, post on the bathroom wall at your local truck stop, etc.

@0xleegenz @levelsio It’s me. Also as a CEO this is an “insta-hire” when recruiting

People who moved abroad alone in their 20s, handled all docs, bank account, visa, tax, jobs, accomadation, and culture difference These people fear nothing anymore

@bwagy @collision Came here to say this lol. Sky Couch is the reason I still see my family!

@collision Air New Zealand did it first!

United built the product that everyone who has every been on an airplane has wanted!

@ashvinmelwani yep we've felt this over at Commit Action

META Last 3-4 Days = ASS

@nateliason I had the same problem. The Niche Zero is the sweet spot of quietest and quality imo.

I’d pay a lot of money for a coffee grinder I can run at 5am without waking my kids up.

@BillDA Damn, nailed it. Copy pasting this. Will definitely simplify things!

@PeterShallard Yeah it's tough, I just say "hey, you have my logo on your page. People see it and call me. I want you to know that I am always very transparent about the results we actually got while working together." That usually does it.

Cracks me up when SaaS companies trumpet a logo page like this. Then I text a few of the founders: “We stopped using it last year” “Didn’t do at all what it promised” “We took a demo in 2024” Before you let marketing slap a logo on a slide, remember, DTC is a small world.

@dickiebush A lot of people in Bali would be very upset if they could read this. But their power is probably our again

Being a digital nomad is great until you realize you’re making less money, forming shallower relationships, and enjoying your travel less than if you had a solid home base and used travel only as a periodic tool to refresh your perspective.

@gregisenberg The mustache is screaming "may I meet you?"

i don't know how else to tell you >lock in >play with ai tools, use terminal >ship many tiny apps >most will fail >find the one that works >double down >taste freedom and you'll outperform 99.9% of the planet who hasn't figured this out in 2026

@Austen We did Hobbit at 5. LoTR feels like 10 (not there yet). I want them to read/be-read-to first, before seeing any movies. So cool to have an imagined landscape and characters morph into the Peter Jackson world.

What age is the right age to introduce your kids to lord of the rings?

@KrissBergTweets Time for an offsite strategy retreat if ever there was one

"I will be OOO on business on Friday January 9th, 2026"

"Entrepreneurship" for so many was simply being good at computers when most of the world wasn't. That's changing though. E.g. im seeing a lot of e-comm entrepreneurs hit the wall right now. Feels like a bunch of millennials have lost their early-mover (and digital native) advantages. It's getting competitive.

@z3nblack 1/3 checking in 👋

due to this accounts close-to-zero visibility, merry christmas to the 3 people and 12 bots that see this 🎄

The fix for this is waiting for you at commitaction.com Never go entrepreneur alone.

@daviefogarty The founder’s unstoppable urge to hire a fractional CFO rather than learn to use Excel

You can’t be good in business without being able to use spreadsheets

@bentay Most people in regular jobs are kidding themselves if they think the world has offered them comfort and predictability

Choosing to be a founder means accepting an irrational trade. The world offers you comfort, upside, and predictability; you choose uncertainty and the right to call your own shots. But for real founders, nothing beats having autonomy.

@CoryOnBrand This is definitely how this current wave of tools is shaking out. New grads using AI are producing absolute crud. Guys with 25+ years experience are 10xing productivity.

AI is only as good as the human who prompted it. So don’t worry… AI isn’t coming for your job. But a hyper-skilled prompt engineer human is lol.

@ItsKieranDrew but it WILL amplify it!

More money will not fix your insecurity.

Starting a business will offer you infinity opportunities for Avoidant Procrastination. It's the final boss of Mistaking Motion for Progress.