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@nickpauszek @EdgeCGroup I’m so curious, how does delivering pizza provide any sort of economic indicator?

Just got off the phone with the CEO of one of the largest mortgage lenders in the U.S. — mortgage delinquencies are up 200% in 6 months. People aren’t just stretched. They’re snapping

@UnseriousDude_ @NYMag @BrockColyar Agreed

@NYMag @BrockColyar This looks like a magazine cover from 1992. Kind of remarkable, really.

The West Village has transformed into a fabulous theme park for young women of some privilege to live out their 'Sex and the City' fantasies, posting and spending their mid-20s away. Read @BrockColyar's cover story on the West Village Girl: nymag.visitlink.me/GG4CwF

@rubenharris @patrick_oshag Yup - came here to say that

@patrick_oshag People's History of the United States

Ahead of a trip to DC, what is the single best book on the founding of America (or, a history with emphasis on founding)?

@oldbooksguy A short history of nearly everything by bill bryson, also At Home. Same author

What's a 10/10 book...that's still underrated?

@StefanTMD @pourfairelevide Yes! In Copenhagen at some muckity-muck restaurant that immediately made us feel at home and we were conspiring w/ the waiter on what to eat. Masterclass in service

@pourfairelevide You ever have one get on one knee and take your order? Dude had our table huddle around him while taking our order like a football huddle

just had a waiter sit down at our table while taking our order. incredible power move. have never seen this before

@paulg This is happening everywhere, across industries - extraordinarily damaging. We’re going backwards

Someone in the pharma business told me companies are freezing hiring and new projects because of uncertainty about tariffs. I don't think Trump grasps how damaging mere uncertainty is.

@lavinigam @ai_for_success @lavinigam - would love to talk how to improve ai agent adoption (fellow googler here as well). Will DM

@ai_for_success We launched Open Source Agent Development Kit as well: google.github.io/adk-docs/ Do check out and let us know your view :)

OMG !! Google AgentSpace looks insane , You need to see this. Google has launched new Agent2Agent(A2A) : An open protocol to enable AI agents from different vendors and frameworks to securely communicate, collaborate, and coordinate actions across enterprise platforms. More Info 👇

Does anyone know what’s happening at the #las airport? Why isn’t TSA moving us through? #vegas #lasvegas #lasairport

@michaelmiraflor @gregorykennedy And I was the gal that sold ads to that agency you were at, forgetting the name! 🙋‍♀️

@gregorykennedy This era is what started it all. I remember having an all-hands digital department meeting when this story first broke. We worked with Klipmart before it was acquired by Doubleclick and Doubleclick before it was acquired by Google. nytimes.com/2007/04/14/tec…

Every cool digital marketing campaign in the mid/late 00s involved a Flash microsite that was amazing and did 15 awesome things that just don’t exist on the modern internet anymore. All lost to the sands of internet time. Decaying on external hard drives in old ECDs’ basements.

@credealjunkie A full time driver.

If you had F-U money, what’s the one personal luxury you’d allow yourself daily, that you could never justify without the money? I’ll start

@girdley Less than a year!

Kind of crazy that we’ve gone from “everyone should learn to code” to “avoid computer science degrees” in less than a decade.

@shtpst @aripap I think so too.

@aripap it’s called anxiety ari

I had a dream where someone reminded me of something I had forgotten. What’s up with that? How does that shit work?

@njissawrites @david_perell I think of that book often - has stayed with me

@david_perell My pick is the opening of Daphne du Maurier's Rebecca. Such beautiful prose.

What’s the best sentence or paragraph you’ve ever come across?

@cindygallop Happy New Year Cindy!

Happy New Year's Eve!

To every founder who operated thru 2023, Well done. /end

@samurtaugh @businessbarista We do it and it’s the only way we want to hire moving forward.

@businessbarista Do you see 3) Hire via freelance-to-full time way more frequently Becoming a common practice for early stage startups?

Things I’d do differently as a 2nd time founder: 1) Stop being CEO the second I’m no longer best qualified or stop enjoying the role 2) Prioritize way more ruthlessly 3) Hire via freelance-to-full time way more frequently 4) Use EOS on day 1 5) Create a personal operating manual for teammates like @chughesjohnson 6) Set an expectation of Radical Candor (h/t @kimballscott) with all employees as part of onboarding 7) Raise $ via an SPV vs collecting 28 individual checks and docs 8) Spend more time talking to customers 9) Use @storyarb to help me create content so I can focus more time on building 10) Have 2 no-call days per week 11) Issue C-Corp shares ASAP so the QSBS timer starts 12) Monthly temperature checks with co-founder 13) Hire someone who handles ops/HR earlier 14) “Traction” and “15 Commitments of Conscious Leadership” are required reading 15) Use @focusmate for deep work sessions

@tastapod @eduardsi 💯

Ah, yes, 5:30pm, naturally a great time-of-day for pitch black night.

@imp_now @emilykmay This last part is sage advice….

@emilykmay It’s the scariest and most vulnerable position I’ve ever been in. I don’t regret being a SAHM, but it’s a lot of reliance on someone else. 22yo me would be shocked. I do require we contribute equal amounts into both our Roths and I am the manager of money to prevent surprises.

i am thankful to be home with my kids, but it's dishonest to act like it's not an extremely vulnerable position. I'm not paying into social security. I am 100% reliant on someone else's income. I've now been out of the traditional work force for almost six years.

Personal, heart-shattering update from Israel: A friend who is an avid champion of Palestinian rights and founded the first Israeli tech company to employ over 100 Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank is burying his beautiful, beloved daughter tomorrow. She was dancing at the peace-themed music festival and was executed by Hamas terrorists, along with her boyfriend and 260 other beautiful young souls, just for being a Jew. HAMAS = ISIS