A rival CEO tried to poach one of our engineers last quarter. Classic mistake. I didn’t respond. I didn’t counter-offer. I didn’t even acknowledge it. Instead, I spent three months building a time machine. Only goes back 30 days. Very janky. Requires fresh matcha tea to power

Just told my 7 year old nephew that Meta poached like 10 people who worked on GPT-4o, Gemini, ChatGPT, Waymo perception, and god knows what else She was quiet for a second and then said “Given the level of model convergence, talent is the last real differentiator. If you can’t

🍸 Numeral x Intercom x Fondo ... Join us! On August 21st, we are hosting a Summer Cocktail Class & happy hour! 6:00PM to 9:00PM PST at a 🔥 spot here in SF: lu.ma/vtcnc9zj If you're curious, I prefer my sales tax shaken, not stirred.

There’s a startup I know - won’t name names, but they raised a clean Series A last fall. Their Head of Ops disappeared two months ago. Stopped showing up to standups, ignored Asana, turned off Slack notifications. Nobody fired him because technically, nothing was breaking.

Congrats to Akash Sharma and the Vellum team on their $20M Series A. Some details: - Already powering AI systems at Redfin, Drata, Swisscom & Headspace - 10x faster time to deployment, even in regulated industries - End-to-end platform: tracing, evals, version control,

This is a fun one. Literally... join us tonight for a Summer NYC Comedy Night brought to you by Turner Novak 🍌🧢, Ramp, and Numeral. The lineup includes some of NYC's top comedians: Dan Toomey (Morning Brew), Aaron Chen (Netflix), Maddy Smith (Wild 'n Out), and others to be

State revenue department the second after you cross the nexus threshold

To the untrained eye, this might look like two normal candy bars. But to the state of Illinois, the difference between them is a 525% increase in sales tax. Let me explain. In Illinois, candy with flour is considered a grocery item. Candy without flour… is well, candy. And

All this back-and-forth about DTC influencers, whether they're disclosing or not, blah blah blah. It reminds me of HOW ANNOYING... -Doing sales tax was before Numeral , the one-stop shop for your sales tax needs. -ERP was before Fulfil -Coming up with COOL offers that

I found out a rival CEO worked with the same executive coach I had been seeing for years. Some might see this as a betrayal of trust. I see it as an opportunity. During our next call, I laid out the offer. I’d pay my coach double…if she gave the rival CEO terrible advice.

One of our clients got a tax bill for $80k+ because of a Shark Tank episode. They thought national TV would bring new customers. It brought California’s Department of Revenue instead. The letter from DOR was short: “We saw your segment. You aren’t registered in our state. You

Excited to share that Numeral has acquired the Ruby team. And as part of this acquisition, we’re excited to welcome the entire Ruby Card team, including Shariar Kabir, Jordan Yaqoob, and Miguel Acero, to Numeral. This marks our first acquisition, and it has been a long time

Fellas, if she - Gets super nitpicky - Surprises you with a bunch of work last-minute - Makes you so stressed you can’t focus on anything else That’s not your girl, that’s the Illinois sales tax portal. Focus on yourself, kings. (And sign up for Numeral if you don’t want

You’re paying a 2.9% tax because your coffee has a lid. In Colorado, the cup is essential. The lid is not. So if you buy a takeout coffee, you’re not taxed on the cup. But the lid? That gets a 2.9% sales tax. Same with sleeves, straws, and napkins - each one ruled

I’m trying to get in the headspace of people who think they’ll “deal with sales tax once we hit $10M” By then it’s not a tax problem, it’s a forensic accounting documentary

We're bringing together a curated group of finance leaders from SF's top SaaS, Fintech, and AI companies for an evening of conversation, connections, and great food. We’ve prepared some spicy discussion topics around scaling finance ops, AI in accounting, and the evolving CFO

Mad respect to anyone facing this, we get you!

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This might look like a simple cowboy outfit. But to the Texas Comptroller, it’s a four-part tax decision. Let me explain. In Texas, most clothing is taxable. But during the state’s annual sales tax holiday, certain items under $100 become tax-exempt (with caveats). Here’s

I couldn’t believe it, but there it was. “Quick call?” from the CEO of our biggest rival. It seemed like a high-risk, low-reward situation. But they caught me at a good time. I was in-between my cold plunge and hot sauna sessions. Peak zen. When we got on the Zoom, I was