Gordon Gekko

“I never write pros and cons of any decisions. I rank priorities. And make a decision based on the #1 priority.” — Keith Rabois

.Marc Andreessen 🇺🇸 on what it was really like to work for Steve Jobs. High standards aren’t toxic. They’re magnetic.

New York is the last major city still running nearly all trains with 2 operators. Many modern systems are driverless: SG, HK, Dubai, Tokyo, Paris. Instead of modernizing, NY passed a union-backed bill to mandate 2 operators. If Hochul signs, it’ll cost taxpayers $220M 😢

Winners look like losers while they're building

Blueprint has been a pain in my ass. It's kept me from not focusing on the single thing I’m consumed with: how does the human race survive the rise of super intelligence. Every minute spent dealing with problems like ‘why a supplier shipped us something out-of-spec’ (now

This is a very inspiring weekend read. At 33, Preston Thorpe has now spent 1/3rd of his life in jail, and a quarter of that in solitary confinement, but today, thanks to some amazing programs in Maine, he works full-time as a software engineer for database company Turso while still

I am the most optimized unoptimized person on earth

Name someone (on Twitter) in real estate doing cool things right now Would love to introduce new people to ReTwit and see some new ideas in my timeline Feel free to introduce yourself

tell me again about how locked in you are

It’s rare to find someone who’s both a friend and a mentor… Zach Schofel is both for me. We connected over LinkedIn DMs in March. He invited me to his NYC office, we clicked, and we almost worked together on his new startup, Cosign. Zach Schofel

QUESO You may die, but at least you lived

This 2 minute clip may be my best podcast description of how OZ works Hope I thought & spoke as clearly for the rest of the episode

Risks aren’t real.

i took 100g creatine and now claude asks me questions

Mark Cuban is the greatest marketer of all time. Every video generated from his Cameo includes “Brought to you by Cost Plus Drugs,” even when it’s not in the prompt. He baked this into his Cameo preferences, so every Sora post he appears in is an ad for Cost Plus Drugs.

The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do.

The Holy Grail of RE investing is NOT stealing an off-market deal. There usually aren’t enough of them to let you build a large business. The Holy Grail is a differentiated strategy or insight that lets you generate super-normal returns by while winning auctions.

🚨🇺🇸 ELON CRASHES SPACEX STARSHIP LIVESTREAM Elon just photobombed his own company's webcast with arms spread wide asking how things were going. The hosts looked genuinely stunned. When they told him he was live, Elon's response was perfect: "No way!" Meanwhile, SpaceX is