Shawn Gorham
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The most chill business owners I have worked with are Pest Control owners.
Met a 6 branch local player yesterday... dude was chill while writing 7 figure checks
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@robbiehendricks I love you have a sense of humor and dont take life to serious
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@shawngorham He owns a nice portfolio there.
He is a potential LP that flew out to assess if we were real people or weirdos.
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@JUBBAMAYNE and those operators (often union) are making big boy wages (plus massive overtime)
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@shawngorham Job sites with heavy equipment will become so much safer and save a ton on osha related bs
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AI is never going to take over the trades...
Noah Schochet@noah_schochet
Today, we’re announcing that we’ve raised $115 million in funding, including a $100M Series A led by @kleinerperkins. America has lost the ability to build, and we’re here to restore it. My co-founder, @NoahMcGuinn, and I left our jobs at @SpaceX , where we worked on programs including Starship, Starshield, and @Starlink, to build a company that will solve construction’s greatest challenges. Infrastructure is the foundation of civilization, and construction is the precursor to innovation. If America wants to build a brighter future for the next generation, we have to make it faster, cheaper, and safer to build. That’s where @TerraFirma_Inc comes in. We’re a new type of company, a robotic construction company that builds the full technology stack needed to deliver an order-of-magnitude improvement in one of the world’s oldest, largest, most important, but least efficient industries. We are building technology that expands what’s possible in construction on Earth, and then we'll use that same technology to build megastructures and colonies on the Moon and Mars. We’ve made tremendous progress over the past year, growing the company more than 10x in the last 12 months. We are performing projects across the world. By the end of October 2026, we are on track to operate 3 of the top 3 largest robotic construction fleets in the world, each on a different continent, bringing unprecedented speed, scale, and efficiency to some of the world’s most complex critical infrastructure projects. This funding will allow us to step on the gas and scale our manufacturing, software, operations, and construction deployments, including work on massive commercial and government contracts. We’re building the future of construction right here in Austin, Texas, and scaling it globally. If you want to be part of the team changing the world, now and on Mars, join us. Our Series A was led by Kleiner Perkins, with participation from Bain Capital Ventures, Glade Brook Capital Partners, BANNER VC, Saga Ventures, Trust Ventures, Definition, PEAK6, Magnetar Capital, and Ravelin Capital. Huge thanks to all of our angel investors, friends, and family who have helped and supported us throughout this journey. Apply here: jobs.ashbyhq.com/TerraFirma-Inc…
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@thehvacjack So Cal is prob the most competitive AC market in the country - all the big PE players are here
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This is a perfect tuck in business for a smaller operator.
JD@JD_DeYonker
Little HVAC guy ready for a new home Southern Cal, $1.5m topline, $260K SDE, ~225 service club members, ~250 5-star reviews Probably too small to plug into a bigger platform, but I've been surprised by HVAC before
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Is it cool to post things like this here or should I go back to yapping passionately about nonsense?
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@mitchellcmorris I am 5"10.5 and I hover around 175, want to drop closer to 165 as well
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At 5'11 my natural body weight has been 175 lbs. My mma fight weight back in the mid 2000s was 165. I've been as heavy as 205, currently 190 and cutting.
I've come to the conclusion that I don't understand why anyone would carry 10lbs or more weight then they have to, including myself. Even if it's muscle weight, unless sumo, rugby, or football.
Imo it is completely inefficient from eating, to work out time, to performance, and in the end for most importantly function.
Maybe I'm finally getting tired and old 😅?
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Since #Retwit is back.... Let me reintroduce myself:
I'm a developer and investor in Lansing, Michigan. 400+ deals across multifamily, industrial, and self-storage. Value add and ground up.
Did the first 16 or so years with only my own money before taking on investor capital. Still put my own money in first because I want to know a business deeply before I ask anyone else to fund it.
Built our first self-storage facility. Won Storage Facility of the Year. Stabilized in 18 months when the studies said 3 to 4.
Redeveloped a 65,000 SF industrial building and leased it to national tenant on a 10-year NNN.
Flipped something like 350 houses (not doing that again)
Fifteen years ago I bought a burned-out 26-unit building for $90K. Sold my truck and walked to the job site to finish it..
Working on a strong pipeline of small bay, industrial, and mf deals right now. Follow if you want to watch them come together.
Also: dad of 2, co-founder of Adventureman's Guild (adult Boy Scouts)
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Storage facility #19 acquired. 458 units & 75k+ sf added to the portfolio.
Sourced from a Christmas card sent to a batch of our most sought-after but unresponsive sellers 7 months ago. Sometimes you have to go back in order to move forward 🎅 🎄
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@MikeCalcara I have said this most my life, especially if you buy a Toyota
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Hot take:
The 1-2 year old used car isn't always the best option everyone assumes it is.
A 2-year-old car with 25k miles might only be $6,000 cheaper than new.
But you've lost 2 years of warranty, you're financing at a higher used-car rate, and you have no idea how hard the previous owner drove it.
Meanwhile the new one usually comes with $4,000 in manufacturer incentives, a full factory warranty, a lower rate, and the option to lease.
This math made sense in 2015.
It doesn't always anymore.
You're giving up a lot to save a little.
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Brian Austin Green admits his marriage to ex Megan Fox was led by ‘physical attraction’ trib.al/GP5uFqw
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