This is a public building, built just over 100 years ago in NYC.

The choice is not “City vs Country.” Ever been to Europe? Every aristocrat went to the city for commerce and culture, with a large townhome. They returned to their estates in the countryside, often several days’ travel away, for the summer and fall.

The 2008 Brazilian movie Elite Squad is one of the best movies you’ve never seen. It’s about an elite police force fighting against gangs in the favela. It’s on Amazon with subtitles. You should watch it.

Every time you see a male tech founder posting “im a smoll bean lol” they are trying to scam you. Could run the largest AI company in the world or a small startup, they’re trying to scam you. Men don’t post in this way unless they’re psychos.

Posted October 1st. We will see demands for regime change continue to increase!

A lot of thought - in economics, business, hiring, industry - is fixated on stocks. Lot of alpha in thinking about flows and how to control them. This piece is an amazing illustration.

Need to start golfing again.

…imagine the backlash against peaceful Muslims?

Divorced parents messed up millions of people in ways that don’t show up in stats but are nonetheless very real.

counterintuitively, most massively successful ($100+ MM valuation) bootstrapped companies sell to consumer, not B2B. If they sell B2B, it's usually an industry veteran who can act as a one man sales machine through 20+ years of connections.

There are Signs (real pic from tonight).

I’ve been enjoying the RW attention toward the Pioneer life that is so much a part of the American identity. The aesthetics stir up a patriotic sentiment, but also a feral desire to cast off urban comforts and fetters both, to breathe the free air of Frontier life. It is not a

In another life, Nick Saban would have been leading armies who conquered continents. Now, he acts in insurance commercials.

so much to build in the world and so little time!

Denny's was just taken private at a 50% premium. Note the date on my previous tweet. Remember, follow Gerad Tod for tomorrow's news today.

Third day in a row with industrial leaf blowers cleaning up different yards in the neighborhood.

"In The Flow" the essential question for the modern allocator, the deal guy, or the venture capitalist is Do You Want to Be In The Flow size of check, size of fund, personal economics, character of deal, character of behavior, lifestyle, and every other single question is

As an Athletic Ginger I am raising $100 MM at a $5 billion post.

Just ordered Johann Kurtz’s new book about multi generational legacies. Excited to read and review.