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David Hassell

@dhassell

Executive Chairman, 15Five

San Francisco, CA Katılım Mart 2008
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David Hassell
David Hassell@dhassell·
Will AI replace people or amplify them? As a leader you get to choose. At 15Five we’re choosing the latter and working on building product to support that future.
Ricardo@Ric_RTP

Jensen Huang just called out every CEO who’s been firing people “because of AI.” Jim Cramer asked him why companies are laying people off if AI is supposed to make everyone MORE productive. Jensen's answer: "For companies with imagination, you will do more with more. For companies where the leadership is just out of ideas, they have nothing else to do. They have no reason to imagine greater than they are. When they have more capability, they don't do more." Read that again. The man who built the most important tech company on Earth just told you that if your CEO is using AI to cut headcount, it means one thing: They have no imagination. They have no vision for what comes next. They got handed the most powerful tool in human history and their FIRST instinct was to fire people. This is the CEO of NVIDIA. The company whose chips power every AI system on the planet. If anyone on Earth has the right to say "AI replaces workers," it's Jensen Huang. And he said the OPPOSITE. He said every carpenter could become an architect. Every plumber could become an architect. AI elevates capability. It doesn't eliminate it. But here's where it gets really interesting... During the same interview, Jensen revealed something nobody's talking about: He said AI startups like OpenAI and Anthropic are seeing their revenues increase by one to two billion dollars a WEEK. And he wishes these companies were public so the world could see what he sees. One to two billion per week. That's a $50 to $100 BILLION annualized run rate. For companies that most people think are burning cash and making nothing. The entire Wall Street narrative that "AI companies aren't profitable" might be completely wrong. Jensen sees their numbers. He sees their compute orders. He sees their growth. And he's saying the revenue is real. So if the money IS real, why are other companies firing people? Because they're not building AI products. They're not creating new revenue streams. They're not using AI to expand into new markets. They're using AI as an EXCUSE to cut costs because they ran out of ideas 3 years ago and need something to tell the board. Jensen's company added $500 billion in new orders in 5 months. He expects $1 trillion in cumulative revenue through 2027 from just two product lines. That number doesn't include the new chips, systems, or partnerships announced this week. And he's not cutting people. He's hiring. Because when you have imagination, more capability means MORE opportunity. Not less headcount. Meanwhile Salesforce cut thousands. Meta cut thousands. Amazon cut thousands. All blaming "AI efficiency." Jensen's response: You're out of imagination. He also said something that stuck with me. Cramer asked if he ever thought he'd build a $10 to $20 trillion company while waiting tables at Denny's. His answer: "I was just trying to make it through the shift." Biggest tip he ever got? Two, three dollars. Now he's building tech that increased computing demand by one million times in two years. He announced OpenClaw, which he says is as big as ChatGPT. And he's got 21 months of new business that isn't even counted in the trillion dollar figure yet. When asked how long he plans to keep working? "I'm hoping to die on the job. And I'm not hoping to die anytime soon." This is a man who believes every single thing he's building. And his message to every CEO using AI to justify layoffs is simple... You're not innovating. You're surrendering. The technology wasn't built to shrink companies. It was built to make them limitless. If your leadership can't see that, the problem isn't AI. It's THEM.

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David Hassell
David Hassell@dhassell·
What a fantastically well-written and coherent rebuttal! Related: every technological wave predicted that humans would end up working less and end up havin loads of free time, but it’s always been the opposite. Why? Because the human hunger to do and create doesn’t go away - it just gets upleveled to the next higher order bit.
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David Hassell
David Hassell@dhassell·
@Jason @VailResorts I only get a 5-day pass for our annual Telluride trip, so haven't had much of an issue -- otherwise IKON Pass -- much better mountains in the West IMO!
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@jason
@jason@Jason·
the worst customer support and company I've ever had to deal with is @VailResorts please retweet this and tell your horror story today if you have one for your EPIC PASS
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⇝Philip Andersen
⇝Philip Andersen@PhilipAnderse·
@dhh Tell that to people who got mislead to buy FSD back then.
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DHH
DHH@dhh·
Sevens years later, and I must admit that Elon's vision, tenacity, and sheer willpower actually delivered. I should not had focused so myopically on the present in 2018, but on where it might land in 2025. Progress demands faith in the future. Mine has been reset!
DHH@dhh

Tesla has been willfully misleading people on their self-driving capabilities for years. Calling their current system “autopilot” is in itself a grave deception. Now Tesla is pulling the hardware option for “full self-driving” entirely. Good. theverge.com/2018/10/20/180…

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Alexis Ohanian 🗽
Alexis Ohanian 🗽@alexisohanian·
Damn, I wasn't ready for how this would feel. We didn't have a camcorder, so there's no video of me with my mom. I dropped one of my favorite photos of us in midjourney as 'starting frame for an AI video' and wow... This is how she hugged me. I've rewatched it 50 times.
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Harry Stebbings
Harry Stebbings@HarryStebbings·
Today I turn 29, last 12 months: 🏃‍♂️ 52 marathons in 52 weeks with Mama Stebbings (final today) 👶 Became an Uncle for first time 🌍 Launched @ProjectEurope_ w/ @Kitty_Mayo_ 🚀 Added @codorniou @paulbonnet @alexandre_dewez to 🔥 20VC team. 🦄 3 more companies became unicorns, total count now 10. 💵 14 new investments made 🎙️ 104 podcast episodes released 29 bring it on. LFG 🚀
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Austen Allred
Austen Allred@Austen·
Tomorrow wraps up the first 5 months of my kids attending the school where all of the learning is powered by AI (and no teachers). I get asked almost every day what the experience is like. In short: it's truly wild. Here's what it's like overall:
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David Hassell
David Hassell@dhassell·
Completely different. My son has done the Synthesis summer camps and their awesome math tutor, but will be attending the brand new Alpha Phoenix starting in August. If you want to get a taste of how incredible this model is, check out some of the student interviews on @makenzieprice’s Instagram here: instagram.com/futureof_educa…
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David Hassell@dhassell·
@iam_preethi 100% agree! And at the same time it’s also a great idea to go have a bunch of life experiences first that are a bit more challenging to go do once you entered the realm of parenthood.
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Preethi Kasireddy
Preethi Kasireddy@iam_preethi·
My sister is almost 32. No kids yet. Lives in NYC. Most of her friends aren’t married and don’t have kids either. I met some of them last weekend and asked if they want kids. The answer? A resounding YES. So why haven’t they had them yet? They don’t feel “ready.” They don’t feel capable yet of being a parent. I realized I used to feel the same way. I thought I had to “find” myself and accomplish all my dreams before having children. But after having my first child, I realized I had it backwards. Children are the best teachers. They’re a mirror into your soul. Every day, they challenge you to grow, evolve, and love more deeply. Becoming a mother (or father) isn’t something you can prepare for endlessly. Once you enter the portal of parenthood, you become the person you thought you needed to be first. It cracks you open. Reveals your strength. Humbles your ego. And grows you in ways no job, trip, or self-help book ever could. You don’t need to be “ready.” You just need to be willing.
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David Hassell@dhassell·
I think you made a reasonable assumption that the debt would no longer be your responsibility and appreciate you sharing this lesson so others can learn. I also wonder if it would have been flagged if you had better legal/tax representation at the time of sale. Lastly is there really nothing that can be doing at the level of Chase or the credit reporting agencies given the documents they started they were assuming the debt??
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Amanda Goetz
Amanda Goetz@AmandaMGoetz·
Story time: I’ve made over $600k in the past year yet my credit score just hit 450 because I made a critical mistake when selling my last business. I share this vulnerably from a place of embarrassment but also to hopefully help someone from making the same mistake. So if your inclination is to shame me in the comments, I hope you think twice. Background: House of Wise was a D2C company doing over $1m in sales in the second year. In 2022 we were growing faster than ever but had taken VC capital that set us on a path of growth that required more investment than we could raise in the current climate. We were running out of money and needed someone who could support the growth. We made the difficult decision to sell the company in an equity deal to a buyer who would take on the debt and support the growth. Deal went through. A year later I stepped away from the company as the new owners differed in opinions of where the brand should go. But here’s the mistake. Because everyone was operating in good faith in the beginning and making the credit card payments ($80k in credit card debt)…… I didn’t prioritize the “change of authorizing officer” on the Chase business accounts. I assumed 2 things: 1) because it was a business account, and I no longer owned the business, then it would be ok 2) the new owner would continue to pay down the debt per our deal agreement Well it’s now 3 years later and the new owners stopped paying the credit cards. And because they stopped paying….Chase won’t allow me to formally change the authorizing officer. I’ve submitted the paperwork 3 times and their rejection says “can’t change owner with outstanding payments” So I’m stuck with $80k of debt I’m personally liable for. I either have to 1) go after the new owners and pay a ton in legal fees Or 2) settle the debt and take the credit hit Hindsight bias - I should have made this priority #1 during the deal but I had never sold a company before and genuinely thought I was protected legally through the transaction docs. (Which said I no longer owned the company nor the debt) I am learning a valuable and expensive lesson in ownership and transactions. I hope this helps someone avoid this mistake. Business is like a marriage. You never think it will get contentious when you are in love until you go through a divorce.
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David Hassell
David Hassell@dhassell·
I like a lot of your takes but I just watched this start to finish and have to disagree. I thought Zelensky’s question about why he should trust diplomacy based on past experience was perfectly valid and it was JD who over reacted and escalated, leading to all three of them (Zelensky, JD and Trump) ratcheting up and getting triggered and heated. Zelensky could potentially have used different language than “what kind of diplomacy do you mean?” and instead said “diplomacy didn’t work in the past so why do you think it would work now?” Maybe that wording got under JD’s skin, but that was still the gist of the point Zelensky was rightfully trying to make. I’m curious if you watch that moment again if you’d have a different take.
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Bill Ackman
Bill Ackman@BillAckman·
I totally agree that Zelensky was the problem today after watching the whole session. Don’t rely on media excerpts if you want to get to the truth. @ZelenskyyUa mishandled this. And I say this as someone who has supported @Ukraine from the beginning of the war. @realDonaldTrump was appropriately angry, but kept his composure. In a negotiation, you should never overplay your hand, particularly if it is a bad one, and the lives of your people are at stake. In order to be a mediator, you can’t be viewed by either side as favoring the other. Trump is carefully and patiently playing this role. It is not helpful for Zelensky to be disrespectful. That said, I expect Trump to continue to be the honest broker between Russia and Ukraine, but he will now likely increase what he wants for the U.S. unless Zelensky quickly apologizes and offers something to Trump. A very unfortunate day for Ukraine.
Jordan Schachtel@JordanSchachtel

If you watch the full Trump-Zelensky press conference, it is very clear that Zelensky, not Trump or Vance, became the antagonist. Both POTUS and VP were very respectful and cordial until Zelensky very publicly ignited a firestorm. It all starts at 40:30 1) Zelensky essentially rejects how VP described the mandate of POTUS to conduct foreign affairs, and he insinuates that Trump term one did nothing to stop Putin. 2) He then basically tells Vance that his ideas are faulty and that the administration's diplomacy won't work. These two comments are *deliberately antagonistic.* Everything was all well and good, but Zelensky took two major shots in a public forum, and they had to respond. And respond they did. Recall, this is the guy who interfered in our electoral politics and called VP "too radical," and bashed Trump in an interview with New York Mag weeks before the election. Zelensky is ENTIRELY at fault here. 100%.

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David Hassell
David Hassell@dhassell·
@hubermanlab For example Elite RL635 6” LED Baffle Recessed Retrofit - WarmDim 1000 Lumens
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David Hassell@dhassell·
@hubermanlab What about dim to warm LEDs that can go to a low and deep red hue for evenings?
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David Hassell@dhassell·
AZ resident here. 1) Why do you not consider this a “real” Public Health solution? 2) What “real” Public Health solutions are you referring to? 3) If these junk foods are proven to cause obesity, diabetes and poor long term public health outcomes (which negatively burdens public health and our taxpayer dollars) why should taxpayers favor using those dollars to fund these purchases? How does this limit personal freedom? People can still use their own money to make less nutritious choices - they’re not banned from buying these items, correct?
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(((Rep.Alma Hernandez)))
(((Rep.Alma Hernandez)))@almaforarizona·
@calleymeans @thestate48news You can say what you want. I believe people should have the ability to make their own decisions, regardless of whether they are snap recipients. I believe in personal freedom. If you would like to work on real Public Health solutions as I have mentioned I am happy to do so.
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David Hassell
David Hassell@dhassell·
@tferriss I haven’t used it for tennis elbow, but the Flexbeam has been great for some other joint/tendon issues.
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Tim Ferriss
Tim Ferriss@tferriss·
Rock climbing friends! What have you found to best fix severe tennis elbow? I tried various AI tools but didn't get the detail I was hoping for. Thanks in advance for any advice!
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David Hassell
David Hassell@dhassell·
Very helpful. I think it was disingenuous to say “why can’t we revert spending to 2019 levels?” without factoring in the massive inflation. But we certainly should be asking why we can’t go back to 2019 spending in inflation-adjusted dollars, and what’s driving all this increase.
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Elon Musk
Elon Musk@elonmusk·
Any corrections or comments about these numbers?
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David Hassell
David Hassell@dhassell·
@VivekGRamaswamy Again I’m all for this but all that money printing and inflation means that 2019’s $4.5T = $5.6-5.7T today. The dollar is not the same dollar, sadly.
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Vivek Ramaswamy
Vivek Ramaswamy@VivekGRamaswamy·
The “experts” claim it’s impossible to cut $2TN from the federal budget, but here’s a hard fact: the U.S. government spent ~$7TN in 2024, yet only ~$4.5TN in 2019. Not exactly ancient. There’s no excuse not to return to that & if we do, our debt crisis is solved. Our 50 states would do well to follow a similar path too.
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David Hassell
David Hassell@dhassell·
Totally agree in theory but with $1T/yr interest on the debt (likely to rise with refinancing this year) + $3.2T+ in Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid alone, that’s already almost all of your $4.5T right there. Health care and interest costs are insane. How do we get those down?
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David Hassell
David Hassell@dhassell·
@jasonlk 100%. Annual contacts better for enterprise value but especially in the early days monthly pricing is invaluable for real-time iteration on retention.
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Jason ✨👾SaaStr.Ai✨ Lemkin
Moving from monthly to annual pricing has its place 💔But it >doesn't< reduce churn It just masks it for 2-12 months 😢It doesn't make the product any better, or customers any happier It just traps them a little longer
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