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Posts like this might be click bait, but they’re still a reason all of us should do more for our schools and for our teachers. If an 18 year old can’t read and write, we need a better system. www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...

After a week in London, I’m only drinking Espresso this week. If there’s a noticeable uptick in productivity, I’ve already got the second life change on deck.

Street performers are my new favorite startup metaphor to get me hyped. Not sure who the right metaphoric pick pocketer is lurking in the background. Is it the frontier labs? Too soon?

Imagine if everyone on public transit earned rewards for smiling. The eye in the sky would bother me less if it rewarded the good instead of only monitoring the bad.

Coffee shop deja vu, this time in London. Developers looking for a LinkedIn alternative to network and find a new gig. My pep talk can now be completed before an Americano is done. No milk please, Americano black

Going to a mind reader show tonight. If I get picked from the audience tonight, every answer is “AT proto” Mind reader, did you see that coming?

Feeling invincible right now Told some kids I could stop a stopwatch at exactly 5 seconds One shot landed it at 5.00….their minds were blown

Thanks LinkedIn for yet another notification that companies are hiring people like me. I’m thoroughly impressed with the number of companies actively looking to hire a founder who is not at all looking for a job. What a jobs market!

Seems like a delayed inevitable that LinkedIn profiles have a wall of shame. If adding it better trained the algo, I’d opt into this instead of a puzzle. And yes, the daily puzzle would be on my wall of shame

How do people still not know about these 3 Starbucks hacks: 1. Free refills 2. Tall hot coffee + Venti Ice water (free except Vegas) = Venti Iced Coffee 3. Schedule a pickup (yes, you can schedule now)

If a high school or college student graduates thinking their best job search strategy is applying cold to job postings online, should they be able to file a class action lawsuit against their school? This was a real discussion I just had, and honestly… it feels worth launching here.

Gave the green light to two different friends to pass along my cell for someone looking for a referral. They each were worried the person would be trigger shy because they might need to craft the perfect message. That’s the beauty of a trusted referral. You don’t need the perfect message

HubSpot’s ToS backlash is a good reminder that better prospecting can’t just mean better enrichment. Trust matters more than targeting. The future of sales won’t be won by whoever has the biggest database. It’ll be won by whoever earns the right to be heard. community.hubspot.com/t/we-got-thi...

Hot take for July 4th heat: a lot of people say teachers are lucky because they “get summers off.” But if teachers could make $250k+ working year-round, how many would choose the current calendar over the chance to be paid like the professionals they are?

LinkedIn needs a leaderboard for the number of times in a day people post “original content” about a topic that is literally just rewriting something trending I can almost recite Alex Karp’s interview verbatim at this point

Current debate: is it more efficient to season steaks for the 4th manually or with a bug-a-salt Jury’s still out. Innovation comes in many forms

Happy Bobby Bonilla Day, the annual reminder that getting paid is sometimes less about maximizing today and more about designing the right structure. Bonilla turned a $5.9M buyout into $1.19M every July 1 from 2011 through 2035. What a flex www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/...

The AI jobs debate is way too lazy right now. The question isn’t “will AI replace people?” It’s whether you’re joining companies that use AI to grow, or companies that use AI as an excuse to shrink. www.businessinsider.com/the-ai-layof...

LinkedIn is frustrating but basic connection context and follow up is still so under utilized. Connections without context is worthless. No follow up with within 1-2 days after I accept is also a huge waste. Job hunters, connectors, and sales people leave so much momentum on the table everyday

It’s still possible for people to go one intro to offer in two steps. We went email intro to call and knew we had a top tier intern Have hope, it’s still possible