The financial world runs on Microsoft Excel.

The robotics world runs on Microsoft Xbox controllers.

it’s getting tougher out there 🫠

specially for companies that have raised venture for their cpg business before not to mention with what I’ve learned that’s happening with various lending companies

05:45 4/28 Our little explorer, the CahowCam1 chick, spent roughly 10 minutes in the burrow's tunnel and is now returning back into the nest chamber:

never a dull day in London

There is a missing startup here. Restaurants should be making this money, not scalpers.

Some people might know that Amazon sued me after I had left AWS and later went to Google Cloud. cnbc.com/2020/06/11/aws…. I cannot be happier to see the FTC ruling to ban non-competes in the US. 'Noncompete clauses violate a 110-year-old law that prohibits unfair methods of

Unbelievably grim article about NYC restaurant reservation scalpers - people are paying a thousand bucks to buy a Carbone reservation on the secondary market. newyorker.com/news/our-local…

06:18 4/23 Good morning! The CahowCam1 chick is resting in its burrow.

Me: really enjoyed the call. Please see attached financial modeling test

Gen Z applicant: this looks like a lot of work. Without knowing where I stand in the process, I’m not comfortable spending 90 minutes in Excel

Me:…well…I can tell you where you stand now

If you don’t have at least one devops guy at your startup with this level of energy I’m sorry but you’re not going to make it

Here we go: CoStar buying Matterport for $5.5/share (cash & stock) - $1.6B. The RE VR tech 😎 firm went public via SPAC in '21 at $2B+ valuation

CoStar's M&A tear continues: STR, Ten-X, Homes dotcom, Apartments dotcom. Spent nearly 2/3 of FCF on acq. in past 2 decades, per MBI

Today is the deadline for applying to the summer 2024 Y Combinator batch. Don't be deterred from applying if you're not very far along yet. In a typical batch, about 40% of the startups YC funds are just an idea.

03:55 4/21 The CahowCam1 chick is apparently inspecting the camera and the walls around it, so we get a close-up of the chick:

Interesting to see just how cyclical the luxury alcohol market can be over a generation. (Visited Port Ellen area in Fall 2022 - was finishing renovation/restoration at the time.)
Why Scotland’s ‘ghost’ whisky distilleries are coming back to life: cnn.com/2024/04/13/tra… 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

00:39 4/16 As the CahowCam1 male returns to the burrow, the chick starts soliciting for food right away, while the male tries to preen the chick to calm it down first. This results in a merry chase across the chamber. Both birds vocalize.

Interesting to see just how cyclical the luxury alcohol market can be over a generation. (Visited Port Ellen area in Fall 2022 - was finishing renovation/restoration at the time.)
Why Scotland’s ‘ghost’ whisky distilleries are coming back to life: cnn.com/2024/04/13/tra… 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

I have written many articles over the years about crazy private equity machinations. Today’s installment, however, might be the craziest:

on.ft.com/3PT5pbN

For a large percentage of recent grads, the right first move in tech is to get a job (any job) at the very best company you can.

You learn what great looks like, bootstrap a strong network, and immediately get associated with the brand (e.g. 'ex-Stripe', 'ex-OpenAI') quickly.

Part 2 in our LedgerStore series is live! Follow Uber's money team as they chronicle their migration to LedgerStore, Uber's ledger-style database, moving petabytes of data transparently and without disruption.

Read more: uber.com/blog/migrating…

#UberEng #UberEng ineering

Photographed the eclipse every 30s from start to finish from St. Johnsbury, VT! Here are the first few photos I've had a chance to edit: