Tom Rowlandson

@competitionreal Say what you will about the kardashians but they are good at tasteful mods on their cars

Kendal Jenner X Porsche 🤍🤍

@JonErlichman 384 employees is crazy

2008: Tesla gets $40 million lifeline. 2026: $40 million in sales every 3 hours

@hamids As long as they’re still supporting the S and X with software and parts resale should be fine

As much as I love the $TSLA Model S & X, I would no longer recommend that anybody buy these products as they will almost certainly have horrific resale values after they are discontinued. Elon's decision to cancel the S&X is purely because of sales of these vehicles dropping like a tank. $RIVN R1S was already beating Model X sales, which was shocking. Additionally, even though Elon said there are no plans to cancel the Cybertruck, we know sales of Cybertruck have been lackluster - nowhere near the expectations of it becoming the best-selling truck or even the 250K unit capacity they built in Austin. They appear to be selling at 1/10th the expected numbers. I'm just floored right now. My favorite car/tech company appears to be abandoning cars and doing so before it has built new businesses. - No Roadster 2 after 8 years (promised in 2020) - No Semi after 8 years (also promised in 2020) - No $25,000 low-priced car - No 500 Mile Cybertruck, no range-extender, 2x starting price What happened to this company? What happens if Robotaxis take longer than expected or are not received as expected? What happens if Optimus, which is now delayed until at least 2027 is a dud-timus? But even if Robotaxi and Optimus are eventual successes, what happens between now and then? Does revenue fall even further in 2026 and 2027? I was expecting single-digit growth, but even that might not happen!

@ThePatientSpec @costakonti1 @BoringBiz_ It’s funny to read this far down to find you’re not actually talking about sacrificing your own prosperity in your virtuous support of a great reset of house prices.

@costakonti1 @BoringBiz_ I have 46% equity in my home and that equity is currently roughly 15% of my net worth. I could not care less what I sell my house for in 35 years. It will be completely paid off and a meaningless portion of my net worth.

One of the most significant moments from the Trump Davos speech was when he said the quiet part out loud You cannot lower housing costs for young people without destroying millions in wealth for boomers "Every time you make it more affordable for somebody to own a house cheaply, you are actually hurting the value of those houses. I don't want to do anything to hurt the value of their house. If I wanted to crush the housing market, I could do that so fast that people could buy houses. But you would destroy people who already have houses." Our politicians are sacrificing people in their 20s and 30s for the prosperity of boomers Let that sink in

The world belongs to the optimists

@TeslaPatriot @DennisCW_ Superchargers are totally fine aside from being pretty expensive, there are tons of huge stations everywhere now

1. Washer fluid streaks No different from other brands. 2. Auto wipers? Terrible Yes but if FSD doesn’t care I don’t. 3. Insurance is sky-high Not compared to comparable cost or power alternatives. Shop around. 4. Interior feels cheap AF—hard plastics. Show me where in the doll the hard plastic touched you. This is normal as these price points. 5. No home charger? Supercharger hell: Only an idiot has an EV without being able to charge where the park at night. Get a charger. 6. Phantom braking on Autopilot—slams brakes out of nowhere. FSD doesn’t. 7. Cold weather kills range—330 miles down to 240? Meh. Most family road trips are not in winter. 8. Service is brutal—weeks for appointments, expensive repairs, terrible support. It’s stunningly convenient Arrange on your phone. And repairs and parts are cheap compared to legacy brands that use service as a profit center. 9. Touchscreen for everything—glovebox via screen? Distracting AF, especially with kids. “Open glove box” 10. Paint chips. Have to get PPF Just like every other car.

❗️Here's the REAL hidden downsides no one talks about when owning a Tesla: 1. Washer fluid streaks—smears your windows and car in rain. 2. Auto wipers? Terrible 3. Insurance is sky-high—$600/month in CA? avg $200 4. Interior feels cheap AF—hard plastics. 5. No home charger? Supercharger hell: long waits, costs more than gas, sketchy locations. 6. Phantom braking on Autopilot—slams brakes out of nowhere. 7. Cold weather kills range—330 miles down to 240? 8. Service is brutal—weeks for appointments, expensive repairs, terrible support. 9. Touchscreen for everything—glovebox via screen? Distracting AF, especially with kids. 10. Paint chips. Have to get PPF

@DennisCW_ The interior quality on the new Y is amazing, previous gen 3 and Y were terrible but the bad interior quality stuff about Tesla is just not true anymore

@EyeforRetail_ North American outdoor malls…

imagine being unable to appreciate the beauty of North American strip malls compared to dated Italian shopping centers

Jeff Bezos on overestimating risk and underestimating opportunity

For Steve Jobs 70th birthday, here is his favourite quote he used to e-mail to Apple:

Mark Zuckerberg on the best advice Peter Thiel ever gave him “Peter was the person who told me this really pithy quote that, ‘In a world that’s changing so quickly, the biggest risk you can take is not taking any risk.’ And I really think that that is true.” Mark continues: “Whenever you get yourself into a position where you have to make some big shift in direction or do something, there are always people who are going to point to the downside risks of that decision — and locally they may be right. For any given decision you make, there’s upside and downside. But in aggregate, if you are stagnant and you don’t make those changes, then I think you’re guaranteed to fail and not catch up. So to some degree, I think it’s really right that, over time, the biggest risk you can take is to not take any risks.” Video source: @ycombinator (2016)

Steve Jobs on the most important job of a CEO “The greatest people are self-managing. They don’t need to be managed. Once they know what to do, they’ll go figure out how to do it… What they need is a common vision, and that’s what leadership is. Leadership is having a vision, being able to articulate that so the people around you can understand it, and getting consensus on a common vision.” Steve continues: “We wanted people who were insanely great at what they did… and the neatest thing that happens when you get a core group ten great people is that it becomes self-policing as to who they let into that group. So I consider the most important job of someone like myself is recruiting.”

“The fishermen know that the sea is dangerous and the storm terrible, but they have never found these dangers sufficient reason for remaining ashore.” - Van Gogh

Thanks for the call today @typesfast - looking forward to continuing to build our business with @flexport 🙌

THE 1984 Macintosh packaging –– Inspired by Picasso and designed by Tom Hughes and John Casado

@usmanonus @obviceo @soonastudios +1 for @soonastudios

@obviceo @soonastudios ✌️

Who are you all using for content/photoshoots? Looking for our next partners in crime!

@MattMullenax found 'em ;) cb2.ca/go-cart-white-…

@findtom Our friends who left them for us :)

Any teams of 2-5 looking for some hybrid office space? We have some sublet availability at Huron HQ in Chelsea/Flatiron area. Pros: The office smells good 147% of the time. Access to deeply discounted personal care products (like 100% off). Cons: no kombucha on tap. DM me if interested 🤝

@codyplof Great list, times like this are tough but my motivation and overarching goal is to come out the other side stronger. We were carrying SO many excessive/unnecessary expenses, it's a lot of work but it feels amazing to dial those in.

This is a really tough period in DTC/Ecom for many of us, JRB included. Here are 7 ways I'm planning to get through it:

@heydannymiranda wow, probably 90% of the money being made by the top 100.

There are LESS active podcasts in July 2023 than in 2018. Wow.

@cultured it's crazy that Yahoo is still top 10

Highest traffic website domains in May, 2023 Google = each person in the entire world comes back to hit Google 3 times per month