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@FreightAlley Thats the value of the smaller events. The chance to spend quality time with decision makers and not get lost in the crowd. The large events can be like speed dating. After a while the meetings can blur together. I had a similar win last week attending the ULTL event.

Our micro events are not huge. We target 200 people. Yesterday's fraud event sold out. But the advantage of small format events is the intimacy of the event. A small freight tech founder knew that a CEO of a company that he has been working on was in attendance. He got 15 minutes with him. Came out with a million dollar verbal agreement to close and a phone call to corporate to get the deal closed, on the spot. That is the power of small events. We typically have a few CEOs of large players in attendance/speaking. For small tech vendors that are hoping to get an audience with the biggest executives, go for the smaller one-day topical events. Much higher ROI. Very likely to get face time with a decision maker. Next up is our AI Summit On July 15th in Chicago.

@spacetimerisk If there’s a leaderboard, I’m already Top 5 in ‘Made the AI Nervous Enough to Lock Its Own Doors.

Do we all get user scores as we interact with LLMs and make AI smarter? I would love to see who has the highest 'I Made AI Realize Humans Are a Bunch of Anxious Assholes' or 'AI Just Got Smart Enough to Take Over' points total someday.

Grok Imagine prompt: A rescue rope drops from above as the subject grabs it and vanishes skyward....

@lostisreed That’s what too much of that black silk can do to you

just walked a mile backwards ama

@taylor_vahey I purchased the he stock and now it’s completely worthless

@JoeSquawk Miss you Joe, get well

Thanks for all your concern! Had gall bladder removed last Wednesday. Going as fast as I can! Back soon.

@unusual_whales Is Lake Ontario next?

BREAKING: Donald Trump says name of the Gulf of Mexico will be changed to Gulf of America

@KashPatelX Agree

@SullyCNBC @PowerLunch @KellyCNBC @Colarusso42 Great news Brian

Excited to join my colleagues at @PowerLunch with my good friend @KellyCNBC beginning Jan 2nd. Thanks for the kind words @Colarusso42 .. true team effort to build what we have over the years. More to do .. more to come .. nearly 30 years in and also feel like just getting started. Lots of energy (pun intended) ahead! Merry Christmas & happy holidays all ..

Governor @iamwesmoore, how about fast-tracking Tiny Brick Oven’s liquor license so they can stay in business and serve customers? It would be a wonderful holiday gift and a good demonstration of efficient and responsive government. Thank you! @stoolpresidente just gave their pizza an excellent review.

@JoeSquawk Pat Paulson wasn’t he the comedian who ran for President in 1972?

When someone asks, "How's the market?" it's tempting to answer with a simple adjective like "good" or "bad." But the truth is, the market deserves more than just a superficial label. It deserves facts, figures, and a deeper understanding of what's really happening on the ground. In a recent episode of the @comspeakpod with @BoBarronCCIM and his brother Timmy, I discussed how different sectors of New York City's real estate market are performing in unique ways. For example, the industrial market is thriving, retail is bouncing back, while the multifamily and B/C office sectors face challenges due to policy changes and interest rate pressures. The takeaway? Ditch the vague adjectives and start conversations with data-driven insights. It’s not just about making predictions; it’s about understanding the complexities of the market landscape.

If the first question a potential client asks you is, “What’s your fee?”, move on. You have been commoditized. (You can ask them if they think every single human being on earth is identical, but why waste the breath?)

@yassin_baum Scrape

Someone leaked the cold email strategy of a $83,333/mo SAAS on Reddit. And it’s actually genius… You need to see this:

@BobKnakal @SullyCNBC Sully and Bob 2 guys I’d love to have a beer with

Great session with my pal @SullyCNBC last night in Last Call!! We discussed the massive transfer of ownership that is headed for New York City. Leading the way will be the B & C office sector in which 50% to 75% of those buildings will not be owned by the present owner 3 to 5 years from now. We will also see tremendous turnover within the multifamily sector as well. Put your space helmets on because it’s going to be a wild wild ride!

How do I have over 350k followers & my posts are reduced to around 10k impressions? This is probably the worst my account has ever been throttled. Are bots mass reporting me or something? PLEASE share this post so hopefully someone at @X @Support sees this & checks my account🙏

@BobKnakal agreed you need to free as much time as possible to sell and work deals

You need at least 1 administrative assistant. If you don’t have an admin, you are an admin! If you have been successful in the business for a while, you need more than one.

For many years, I had tried to reach, Richard Reitman, the owner of 351 East 61st Street. The building was a 50’ wide, five story factory building just north of the 59th Street bridge. There was a small pocket of unusual-for-the-area C8 zoning here that allowed for archaic uses such as slaughterhouses back in the “old days”. There were a number of industrial type buildings in this district and 351 East 61st Street was one of them. Back in the 1980s and 1990s, we had some success selling these buildings to commercial users who would occupy them for their own businesses. However, a large-scale full-block proposed development between First Avenue and York Avenue from 60th to 61st Streets had many folks in the neighborhood talking about potential zoning changes that had many owners in the area very excited about the possibilities. Since the mid-1980s, I had been calling all of these owners to build relationships and try to sell buildings. Richard Reitman was someone whom I could only get on the phone very intermittently – maybe every couple of years at best. He never had much interest in anything real estate related even though he owned the building his business operated out of. Our market reports and comp studies on the area produced little reaction on his part. He occasionally would ask about a building for sale in the area but was essentially detached from the market. I had heard from some owners in the neighborhood that Reitman wanted to sell the building and was offering it himself. I tried repeatedly to get in touch with him. Calls, letters, DHL’d letters (we didn’t use FedEx back in those days), and even visits to the building to try to see him were all unsuccessful in trying to get to him. Finally, he answered the phone one day. “Mr. Reitman, I understand you may be interested in selling your building and I wanted to see if we could help you," I said with confidence as I knew we could indeed help him. “Bob, we already signed a contract to sell the building but thanks for calling," he said. I asked why he did the sale without a broker. “We had so many people calling us; we felt we didn’t need a broker," he said. Two days later, one of my clients, Gerry Musano, called and said he just signed a contract on a building that he thought he bought very well and he wanted to know if we could flip the contract for him. Gerry had signed a contract at $3.8 million. We sold the contract to developer, Trevor Davis, for the development of an assisted living facility. Trevor paid Gerry, $1.9 million for his contract, so the total price was $5.7 million. A simple call to a broker with insight, could have made Reitman an additional $1.9 million. Just because you have interested parties doesn’t mean you are going to maximize your price.

@Purple very disappointed in my experience ordering a mattress today on your website. Lost over 60 minutes of my Sunday time because your website had a glitch accepting credit cards that have a different billing address than the shipping address. I hope this mattress is worth it

@SullyCNBC Sully your a good man, condolences to you and your family.

Tough day family wise but had some high level chats re Middle East risk and energy and markets. Here’s where we stand heading into weekend with Iran and possible energy complex / market reaction. Lots of back channel talks being attempted to cool the situation. Three possible outcomes: 1. Iran stands down on retaliation against Israel and/or US assets in Middle East. Talks work. Oil falls a bit as world breathes sigh of relief. Stocks catch bid. 2. Iran launches mid-level attack against Israel and/or US assets in Middle East which is able to be largely repelled by Iron Dome and newly deployed American defense assets in the region. Iran can show they mean business (like attack on US air base in Iraq post-Soleimami in 2020) but not so large as to elicit larger response. Oil holds steady or rises slightly waiting for next move. Stocks hold. 3. Iran goes all-in with attack meant to overwhelm Israeli and/or US assets and western defenses. This would elicit larger military response. Oil to $100+ immediately. Stocks tank unless Fed and/or OPEC steps in with relief. Sadly, scenario #3 is very real right now. Region on knives edge. Let’s hope cooler heads prevail in Tehran. It’s in Iran’s corner. Also - likely this chaos may delay any planned (and reported on) change to Alaska drilling regs. Too much uncertainty to risk future energy supplies. To be clear: nothing certain but next 24 hours determine real risk of broader war. I hate .. HATE .. framing anything in economic framework given seriousness of situation and lives in the line. But that’s my task. I lost a loved one today so nothing but pain here. Hug your family and pray for peace. @CNBC @LastCallCNBC