Manuel @ PIRATE 🏴‍☠️

Oldschool Twttr is back 😱 twttr.eu/register?invit…

@b0ng Nice! 🏴‍☠️ Quite a few people have reached out. That's nice. Will keep you posted! 🔥

Hey @manuelkoelman, just read your last letter, count me in for a Pitate night in June. 👋

🚨𝘽𝙍𝙀𝘼𝙆𝙄𝙉𝙂: European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen unveiled EU–INC, a new framework that lets you launch a company in 48 hours for under €100 Starting a company across the EU today = 27 legal systems, 60+ company structures 🤯 That might be about to change… The European Commission just introduced 𝗘𝗨 𝗜𝗻𝗰., a new optional corporate framework designed to make Europe actually function like one market. Here’s what stands out: → Set up a company in 48 hours → Cost: < €100 → Fully online, no minimum capital → One single framework across all EU countries → Easier share transfers & fundraising → EU-wide employee stock options (huge for talent) Especially the EU-wide stock option plans, taxed only when employees actually sell (instead of when granted) is huge. This makes it far easier for startups to attract and retain top talent, finally putting Europe closer to the US playbook. Source/More info: ec.europa.eu/commission/pre… In short: This is Europe trying to compete with the simplicity of a Delaware C-Corp 🇺🇸 And honestly… it’s long overdue. For years, European founders had 2 choices: 1. Stay local and deal with fragmentation 2. Move to the US to scale 𝗘𝗨 𝗜𝗻𝗰. is trying to remove that trade-off. If executed well, this could be one of the most important structural changes for European startups in decades. What do you think?

I wrote about when it's time to let go...

Here is the link to the post. arrr.co/p/the-unexamin…

As this seems to be a hot topic right now, I wrote about introspection versus rumination.

Read your Adler, Cuddihy, and Nietzsche, ffs. 🤦‍♂️

It is 100% true that great men and women of the past were not sitting around moaning about their feelings. I regret nothing.

@pmarca I am surprised that you are doubling down. Would be easy to give more nuance to your point in the podcast. Even "without regret" or losing face. Here are a few more thoughts: arrr.co/p/the-unexamin…

@ryancarson @pmarca It's not therapy. It's not navel-gazing. It's just honest self-awareness, applied in service of what you do next.

@ryancarson @pmarca Introspection has nothing to do with guilt or looking backward. It's simply curiosity about yourself. What actually drives you. What you're afraid of. What you're optimizing for without consciously choosing to.

I watched this interview, and what struck me the most was that @pmarca said he has zero interest in introspection in his life. I feel the same but have always felt bad about it. I don't have the patience or interest in any sort of introspection on the past. I don't want to talk to a therapist. I don't want to write in a journal. It was interesting to see that Marc feels the same way. Made me feel less bad about it. Great interview @davidsenra.

Would you rather be kinda rrich in a high inequality country or kinda poor in a low inequality country? Why? (I am asking about economic inequality - everything else being equal

Here is the post arrr.co/p/ai-removes-t…

I will write more frequently now on arrr. co. Here is my latest post about whether AI helps or hurts your company and why that question is asked at the wrong resolution.

@steipete @OpenAI @openclaw What a ride. Congrats! Keep the core values alive!

I'm joining @OpenAI to bring agents to everyone. @OpenClaw is becoming a foundation: open, independent, and just getting started.🦞 steipete.me/posts/2026/ope…

@lvelev @naval Miss you. 🤗 I hope you are doing great.

@manuelkoelman @naval @manuelkoelman wiser than ever ❤️✨🙂

Better than being loved is to be in love.

Being loved is a status. A label you carry because someone else feels a certain way. Being in love is a state. It happens to you. You fall in or out of it. Being loving is a practice or a way of being. It’s chosen, cultivated, and renewed. It's about how you meet the world.

The tools that built your wealth cannot build your fulfillment.

@mattshumer_ Here are the ones I created and use for all my projects github.com/manusco/resona…

What are the most useful Claude Skills you have installed?