Richie Shaffer

@Danielle138252 @FoulTerritoryTV Absolutely. Reframing is a key concept I work on with hitters. Reframing losses into wins leads to “small wins”, small wins helps “win stacking”, win stacking leads to confidence, confidence leads big wins. This is how I explain it to hitters in my Slugger Journal!

@FoulTerritoryTV @Rshaff8 The game is played through a frame of failure but there’s the frame of success, and when played through that frame, anxiety and failure minimize. Hardships are also apart of this game and many other sports. Challenge is healthy and not meant to be easy.

"We are not equipped, organically, to handle this game." The game of failure that baseball is can lead to mental hardships, and @RShaff8 is here to help. 👏 Learn more at 6ToolAthlete.com!

Had the pleasure of playing @HAVOCtcg with @Rshaff8 recently. Man he picked it up quick. Smart dude, and an absolute pleasure to chat with. Thanks for playing Richie!

@NCAABaseball @ClemsonBaseball The night looked awesome! Once my daughters are older I can’t wait to take them to a Savannah Bananas game. Looks like a ton of fun for the kids. Hopefully they come back to Clemson again!

.@ClemsonBaseball ate and left no crumbs 🍽️ #NCAABaseball x 🎥 TT/officalbananaball

@eddiegonnella @isaacfrench_ Wow, would’ve never guessed this was publicly listed, very cool! I bet there’s so many listing like this with hidden value in the description, but not listed exactly to potential. Thanks for the in-depth breakdown! And congrats, place looks awesome. 💪

@isaacfrench_ @Rshaff8 Add it all together and there aren't a lot of potential buyers for oddball places. So listings like these often sit for a bit. I made a competitive and reasonable offer. I am a local operator in the area and had confidence in what this property could be with the right vision!

This old, abandoned ironworkers’ camp in Maine was just transformed into a stunning, sold-out micro-resort. My 29-yo friend Eddie pulled it off with only $50k down. Here’s how he did it: 🧵

@isaacfrench_ So cool, how in the world did he find this place?! Like what does “stumbled upon” actually mean? I’m assuming this wasn’t just sitting on Zillow right?

Last December, Eddie stumbled upon 10 shabby cabins sprawled across 2 acres of forested, waterfront land 45 min from Acadia. Built and used 100 years ago as an ironworkers’ retreat, the cabins were rotting, utilities shot, and infrastructure barely existed. But he saw a gem…

@TJMoe28 Does your wife still work?

This is patently absurd. You’re welcome to have a career. You may be a good mother. There may be 15 reasons you need to work. Fine. The idea that somehow having a career, which requires you to drop your kids off at daycare everyday and allow other people to raise them somehow makes you a BETTER mother is ludicrous. Do whatever you want, but let’s not lie about it to make you feel better.

@TJHannam10 Really cool! Got any idea how they measure this? Like what constitutes the start of the swing to them?

Stanton vs Arraez swing length example Incredible that MLB is putting their info out into the public like this, great for the game + development. - Can we get a shorter swing + have speed? That's the goal

@BriannAtl35 Ah gotcha. Any idea why that’s happening?

I’ve been getting 4-5 texts a week for the last 3 years from people asking if I’d be interested in selling a property I do not own? Same property every time- 2305 Booker Ave Can someone explain why this is happening? What’s going on here?

@BriannAtl35 lol too funny. Same address?!

@Rshaff8 Got the same text today. I said "Sure, go on by.. the door is unlocked"

@sweatystartup Congrats Nick! Had a feeling that’s what the raise was for. Excited to watch you take a big swing. Good luck, rooting for you!

Big news: Yesterday I acquired controlling interest in Support Shepherd for $29.7 million. I am officially betting my career on this company. The backstory: In 2021 I used Support Shepherd to hire my first overseas customer service rep. I was running my real estate (self storage) company, I was overworked and needed to hire people to help me scale. Everyone knows you can hire talent overseas, but the trick is finding the top 1% of talent, at 5X lower cost than US employees. Shepherd made that happen and it changed my life. Since then - 80% of ALL my hires have come through Shepherd’s talent pool. I loved the business so much, I approached the founder, Marshall Haas - about becoming a partner in 2022 and we made a deal. Under Marshall's leadership it has grown into a monster worth more than $50 million and a phenomenal team of 150+ employees. Late last year we began to discuss a potential deal for me to become a majority owner. I raised $20.8 million in cash to fund this acquisition. What's next? I have big plans for the business. The partners (Marshall, Shaan Puri, Joemer) are all still partners in the business. Shaan refused to sell a single share! Benjamin Surman (COO) has been a massive part of its growth since joining in 2021. He will stay! The executive team now consists of a new CEO Petar Nedyalkov, Benjamin and new CRO - Jerimiah Lancaster. Marshall will retain a minority ownership position in the business and will have a board seat with the company. Xavier Helgesen and Sieva Kozinsky of Enduring Ventures will also be board members and were lead investors in my raise. Accessing talent all over the world has changed my life and it has also changed the life of so many of my friends and fellow business owners. I'm betting that this trend is only beginning. If you need to hire a talented person for 80% less than US equivalents, give Shepherd a shot! I really appreciate the support of this community. Without you this deal does not happen. The business isn't where it is. I'm not a part of it. I have a lot of work to do and I don't take the responsibility lightly. Onward and upwards.

@AndyHVandenBerg Well, first I’d ask “what do you mean writer?” Writer like author? Writer like blogger? Writer like, make twitter threads full of empty platitudes? Writer like copywriter? Writer like copywriter course guru? All very different things with very different answers. lol

What advice would you give to a 20 year old who wants to be a writer, but needs to make money?

@Erik9129 I use range balls.

The amount of people who think golf balls don’t matter or play used/refurbished is interesting…

There’s no fixing it. Umps are unionized and can’t touch ‘em. It’s also not there’s this huge line of qualified umps not getting a chance in the big leagues. The ones in AAA are worse. And robo umps are too far away to use in the show. Solution is to get rid of the strike zone on TV and stop showing the “strike tracker” as if that thing is accurate. They’ll still be bad it just won’t be as obvious to fans. lol

Why does the @MLB not make any adjustments to the horrible umpiring? It’s almost as if they are understand the only publicity they can get is crappy umpires. @Rshaff8 what is going on? How do you fix this? #MLB

@jspeiser When did the 2 VCs invest in Phoenix? This past round? Or in the beginning? If it’s from the beginning, I’ll take Phoenix. If it’s this round, I’ll take Paramount.

For sake of confidentiality in Hampton I'm not going to name the startups, or their space but... I am curious which one you would prefer, as they are wildly different models attacking the same industry: Startup #1, lets call it "Paramount": Paramount chose to charge their customers an upfront fee, no recurring. This provides it with amazing cash-flow, and strong profitability, but no predictable recurring rev. Paramount decided not to raise any VC to date, so they are able to dividend out large profits yearly (super rare for a startup). High level stats: 4 years old $35m / yearly rev $18m ebitda Growth rate 250-300% YoY Current valuation: around $50m Startup #2, lets call it "Phoenix": Phoenix took a very different path. They raised money from 2 very celeb VCs. They decided against the upfront service fees, and instead opted for a monthly recurring model. 4 years old $45m / yearly recurring revenue -$2.5m/ebitda (negative) Growth rate 250-300% YoY Current valuation: around $250m Which do you pick; Paramount or Phoenix and why?

About to run a test and post my 1st ever TikTok shop video once I get these sample products in… very curious how it performs bc I noticed a ridiculous throttling of views lately. Posts that would usually run 1:1 on Reels:TT are now just completely invisible on TT. 250k Reel getting 5k views on TT. 50k Reel getting 7k on TT. On and on. TT used to get 1.5-3x my Reels posts. Easy. Now all I see on TT are posts with shop links. Curious if all of a sudden my views spike back up on those. Will have to adjust accordingly if so…

Man, TikTok went from the most intuitive entertainment algorithm on the planet to a QVC UGC garage sale.

@MatznerJon Are you wearing a plain black T-shirt in your HD videos? (And maybe a thin chain?) I’m skeptical of your knowledge of not.

@Rshaff8 Also, buy my MATZNERMIND. That is really valuable. I promise. I shoot a lot of HD video.

Entreporn content on Instagram and Youtube isn't made to target business owners, but instead is targeted towards anxious mid-career W2 earners who end up buying info products and masterminds from bullshitters who put on the show

Honest question based on ignorance, but why isn’t there a flood of companies rushing into the GPU market? Clearly demand is astronomical and Nvidia has a near monopoly… Is it just ridiculously hard to manufacture? Or expensive at a small scale? Or what is stopping competition?