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chris dankberg

@chris_dankberg

Raised on the mean streets of Leucadia. Back on the east coast in our nation’s capital. Day dreaming of golf, probably. Go Friars.

Washington, DC Katılım Şubat 2008
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chris dankberg
chris dankberg@chris_dankberg·
@conorsen Great point. Been wondering the same. Nobody has asked that question. Doesn’t seem great
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Conor Sen
Conor Sen@conorsen·
If the progression of pro sports ownership is billionaires -> private equity groups then in the end won’t there be some sort of publicly-traded index product for PE groups to get some exit liquidity?
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Austin Rief ☕️
Austin Rief ☕️@austin_rief·
It feels like everyone I know living in top east coast cities (NYC, Boston, DC, Philly) is either moving to Florida or thinking about moving to Florida.
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Adam Ozimek
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@garrytan At Chick-fil-a, franchisees are only allowed to own a single location because the expectation is they will be in founder mode and very highly engaged in that one location.
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Garry Tan
Garry Tan@garrytan·
I went to BJ's Restaurant last night with my kids. The bathroom was disgusting. The front of house was kind but sloppy and slow. The food upset my stomach and I woke up at 4am this morning because of it. Whoever BJ is, they probably aren't a real person, because everyone acted like nobody's name is on the door. I studied the management history of BJ's. The original founders left after the seventh location. Then it was sold to their accountants. Then it went public. Then the CEO resigned last year after 19 years and was replaced by an interim board member from Darden Restaurants, who was then replaced by a "Chief Concept Officer" promoted to CEO. The CFO also quit. Roaches behind the takeout counter in Coral Springs. Rodent droppings and mold in the ice machine in Pembroke Pines. An "F" retention score on Comparably. Glassdoor reviews that say "management turnover is high... that should say quite a bit about the company culture." Seven layers of management between the person cooking your food and anyone who owns the outcome. General manager reports to area director reports to regional director reports to regional VP reports to SVP of Operations reports to the COO (who started in January) reports to the CEO (who started last year). 218 locations. Founders long gone. Managers rotate every 18 months. The kitchen is run by compliance checklists, not pride. A dirty bathroom is nobody's personal failure because it's nobody's personal restaurant. This is the stewardship crisis in America in one building. In Chinese restaurants, the 老板 (laoban) is there. He tastes the food. He watches the kitchen. His family's reputation is the business. The restaurant is clean not because of health inspectors but because his name is on it. Haidilao built a $30B hot pot chain with less than 10% employee turnover. Servers can give you free dishes without asking a manager. Why? Because they're treated like stewards, not interchangeable parts. The West replaced stewardship with professional management. MBAs who optimize spreadsheets for people they've never met. CEOs who've never touched the product they sell. Politicians who sign the bills and spend the people's money but never checked the money built anything that helped the people they claimed to care about. Founder mode isn't new. It's the oldest idea in Chinese business culture. We just forgot it. The best founders I fund at YC are natural stewards. They own the outcome. They're in the kitchen tasting the food. They care about the bathroom. Most of society's problems are a stewardship crisis. Not a lack of resources or technology or intelligence. A lack of people who give a shit because their name is on it.
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Darnay Tripp@DarnayTripp·
Lucas Giolito through two innings: pretty good!
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Brendan Porath@BrendanPorath·
Tommy Gainey watching from home
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chris dankberg
chris dankberg@chris_dankberg·
At some point we all have to reckon with what the Bay Area becomes/is. I was also there in the mid to late aughts (and left). Its been powering the economy for 30+ yrs. Up to all of us to decide if we’re still ok with that. A lot easier to overlook the dark stuff when you’re not in it everyday.
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Conor Sen
Conor Sen@conorsen·
@MikeIsaac Yeah, if the person saying it is 23-25 then fine whatever.
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Conor Sen
Conor Sen@conorsen·
My whole thing is beyond a certain age (30 for most people), it’s better to find a place that’s stimulating but more supportive of leading a balanced life than trying to play these lottery ticket games that so few win:
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chris dankberg@chris_dankberg·
@kendallbaker Well. First among them is the ‘remote’ itself. But for bars it’s mostly just trying to figure out what conforms, how do you wire the Tvs. Dtv made it easy. Its anything but.
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BuccoCapital Bloke@buccocapital·
@davidsenra Enjoy your work but candidly hard to make sense of your hostility toward introspection when your entire show is built on asking people to introspect about their success
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David Senra
David Senra@davidsenra·
Dana White on why he doesn’t believe in introspection: “If you just sit around and talk about your fucking problems all the time it actually makes it worse. I never take in any negativity. I literally block it out. I block all the noise out. Like these guys who report on what we're doing that have no clue on what we're doing? Why would I want to hear anything they have to say? They're zeroes. They've literally never done anything in their life, especially in this business. Why would I listen to anything that they have to say?” CC @pmarca
David Senra@davidsenra

My conversation with @danawhite, president and CEO of the @UFC. 0:00 Founders Are the Best Storytellers 1:04 Buying the UFC for $2M 2:51 Excellence Is the Capacity to Take Pain 7:58 One Good Night's Sleep and "Fuck It, Let's Keep Going" 10:53 The Ultimate Fighter: A $10M Bet-It-All Moment 13:12 The Napkin Deal With Spike TV 22:00 Leaving Spike TV and the Phil Duman Story 28:24 First Event Profitable: What He Does Differently Now 32:30 Why Dana Sits Ringside Watching a Screen 34:07 Building a Team That Can Read His Mind 45:10 "Who the Fuck Are You and What Have You Done?" 51:55 Selling the UFC for $4+ Billion 57:32 Not Cutting a Single Employee During COVID 1:03:30 Firing a Sponsor Who Told Him How to Vote 1:07:45 There Is No Plan B 1:09:00 Joe Rogan: Doing the First 12 Fights for Free 1:12:37 Loyalty Is the Most Important Thing Includes paid partnerships.

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BuccoCapital Bloke
BuccoCapital Bloke@buccocapital·
I recently re-read this collection of essays by Joseph Mitchell. He perfected the art of narrative nonfiction and is probably your favorite writer’s favorite writer He famously had writer’s block for the last 30 years of his career. He kept showing up to his office at The New Yorker, kept working, but never published another piece for three decades I’d start with his essay “The Old House at Home” about McSorley’s Old Ale House, the oldest bar in New York newyorker.com/magazine/1940/…
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Patrick OShaughnessy@patrick_oshag

Anyone read anything really great lately (any format)?

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Devine Sports Gospel
Devine Sports Gospel@DevineGospel·
Mason Miller Joins the DSG! - Life as an elite closer - Change of scenery from Oakland / Sac to SD - His Walk Out Song - How the Trade went down - How fast can he throw - Much More Real Talk. Couldn't of been a cooler dude. We're lucky to have him in SD youtube.com/watch?v=MFIE56…
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