My old boss did a lot of stupid things, like, proper mental, but the funniest was when he was on the roof of our shop, and looked like he was about to leap the 6-foot distance to one of the other buildings.

I said, 'Jim, there's no way you'll make that jump.'

3. Set Up Your Downstream Systems

The reason your email is overflowing is that you likely don't have anywhere for it to go

You just need 4 productivity systems:

1. A calendar app
2. A task manager
3. A digital notes app
4. A read later app

Fun fact: during Box’s Series B we were in the midst of pivoting to the enterprise, with an untested freemium model, and running out of runway. The strategy was speculative. Every partner we pitched passed, but one associate (Mamoon Hamid) fought to push the deal through, saving us.

And yet, so few AI use-cases pass the toothbrush test.

This is wild.

My condolences to the spouses of Very Online people in tech.

voice mode and vision for chatgpt! really worth a try. openai.com/blog/chatgpt-c…

Love the iPhone 15 Pro. Nicer grip, noticeably lighter, natural titanium looks great, Action Button is a life changer, USB C is very welcomed.

Let’s help each other build better companies. Great post by ⁦Jared Hecht⁩ jaredhecht.com/2023/09/21/hel…

Heard in Singapore at mitohealth event: “Vampire spending $2 million a year, consuming baby blood to stay young” Bryan Johnson /dd

'Good judgement comes from experience, and experience comes from (past) bad judgements'

Biggest lesson on hiring;

For 90% of roles, young and insanely hungry beats logos and pedigree all day.

Can't help but feel a little sad with the demise of the Twitter brand.

(ningherself and I at the opening of the Twitter Singapore office ... threads.net/t/CvHz54cyeEy/…