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Very likely completely safe, as equities are typically held in your name.

gosh, that 3rd sentence is TRUTH. i will say it feels like muscle memory after a while.

Haha, I do think pseudo-retired adds some level of 'getting a pass' on this, culturally.

I do think (at least for my wife) it's the estimate of time required to get to The Thing at a Specific Time that is inaccurate or overly optimistic, like all the time.

Ah yes, I'm definitely most interested in the stuff that 'begs your presence' as opposed to joining an audience or likewise. Good distinction.

Sleep is a superpower. Sleep is the strongest legal drug.

I agree with this, and generally this is why I'm always early.

Great convo, thought I'd share some valuable zaps I've used over the last few years to save $$$ on headcount, dev time, and burn/debt on unproven ideas/experiments.

- Slack - pipe all kinds of events into special #channels to cross teams can check one spot for external happenings: new users, new sales, support chats, form/data submissions

- Forms > CRM/Sheets - shouldn't be understated. Using lead page or no-code CRM (webflow my fave) I've swapped out various signup flows to test ideas/friction/followups repeatedly before asking dev to build actual signup flows into the backend app. Can swap paperform, typeform, mailchimp, google forms in under an hour for multiple signup/landing pages w/o any devs.

- Calendar - I use Motion (similar to Calendly) across sales team to speed up meeting flows + use Zaps to pipe those bookings into sheets/Slack/CRM or EMS. Sales team calendars can be public on marketing site (webflow) and bookings generate all the alerts and data we need to just show up to the meetings.

- Leverage SMS channel - One-click surveys, recurring survey campaigns using SimpleTexting or YesInsights and piping results wherever I need 'em. Google Sheet with charted dashboards already set up to auto-update. Great for ecomm, great for call/response feature testing with zero dev required. Can add phone signups via form integration or email campaign.

- Manual issue / todo alerts: Use specific tag in Asana to pipe a ticket into Slack channel when team member wants to surface for manager/teammate - instead of asana firehose

- Light @mention feed - Pipe brand mentions/topics, including web (reddit etc - use F5bot) into sheet or #channel for marketing eyes to check daily

- Twitter bot - built @carryonbagsizes using just Zaps: anyone tweets airline name and gets carry-on bag size restrictions back from the bot (including variations on airline names ie United vs United Airlines)

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OMFG this is brilliant and somehow made me happy and angry at the same time. Well done.

Building https://dopebrands.fyi - highlighting great new dtc ecommerce brands, and initially focusing on the smaller end of the market to help encourage shoppers to discover them and try them out. Launching next week!

I just passed 100 consecutive days of workouts! At least a one mile run or 20 minute Peloton ride every day. Lower impact days allow for 'active rest'.

Was a tough start, too, with a calf sprain almost right away, on Day 5. Even managed to fit in workouts on international travel days!

Cheers. :)

Use carrd.co.

This assertion in the article is where it became clear to me the author just didn't do any research into the marketing channel they were hoping to gain value out of. Most 'straight to the frontpage' hunts come from a product geek submitting a product they found on their own, or via email/tweet etc from the makers. And yeah, pre-launch advisors don't take any equity.

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You can short if you can find shares, which is harder than normal on IPO day. But it is possible.

We just left HipChat for Slack and love it. The file sharing includes previews, the drag and drop to upload immediately is great. Search includes the content of uploaded files. Search on HipChat is a joke, IMO. It's more fun to use, and more intuitive for non-technical people.

Lettuce is about that in farmers markets in Vancouver, certain places in SF. I think the nuances of micro-markets make it hard to make any blanket statements but these types of food production innovations are starting to change the game.

Went to undergrad at Stanford, and spent a few years editing admissions essays to grad programs at the top tier schools as a side gig.

Admissions are extremely (mindblowingly) competitive, and without a stellar GPA I would suggest you're on the right track in focusing on high quality real world experience. Obviously if you don't end up in grad school, the experience will benefit you either way.

As to the atmosphere, I think you'll find Stanford and MIT, and the others, are very different from one another.

I'll bit and plug my own, cuz it's killer. Musicgeeks: One song + a dancing GIF every weekday. Great music discovery if you're into that sort of thing:)

http://www.musicgeeks.co

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This. I go this direction on all my brand and digital marketing consulting advice - find another name and avoid confusion. You don't *want the people who mistakenly type in .com and wanted the other product.

Execution is all that matters anyway - the strength of your brand will be derived from the product and effort behind it.

It was clear to me what I'd get. Awesome project.

Pretty simple. Cancel within 5 minutes for free.

This. Also exactly why each ecosystem has their own trust mechanisms built right in.

They make $1B+ a quarter, have 2B in the bank and the stake in Alibaba should result in a large cash influx.

What's your startup?

Vine was an acquisition. Dorsey found it and convinced the Twitter team to acquire.

Not sure I agree. I've enjoyed how intentional SoundCloud's updates have been over the last few years without trying to do too much (like every music service ever). The changes have been subtle but useful for both power-users and casual listeners.

I think their approach to discovery needs some attention, but definitely wouldn't expect Twitter to be instrumental in helping with that.

I'm biased, as I'd hate to see anything ruin what I think is one of the best music services right now.

I participate heavily on PH, and while within a particular day you often see some theme emerge (one product shakes the memory of others), so far since inception it's been a really broad selection of "product types".

Many are tech/web/mobile based, but physical products that impress (new backpack designs, mattresses, etc) and other forms find their way into the mix and are some of my favorite finds.

or split a cable sub with someone and use it to log into live events. everyone wins!

Been using during beta and highly recommend for super easy newsletters, especially curation-focused ones.