Andrew Sumitani

I study how wealth advisory firms scale growth. Trust, Go-to-Market systems, and demand mechanics. COO at Poseidon.

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@gregisenberg StarCraft and Age of Empires was the top row for me.

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@darrenmarble Or they secretly want that thing for themselves. Good advice.

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@kaleighf Yes building and creating a presence with the press was THE anchor at my last company.

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I'm back after a 288-day X/Twitter hiatus.
- 2nd child born.
- Started helping later stage companies.
- Still bad at golf.

Ask me anything.

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It'd be funny if what fixes Twitter in the end is just a captcha on every tweet.

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Startups can be ridiculously self-righteous.

So you're telling me:

You're struggling to disrupt a crowded category. Led by a massive publicly traded BigCo.

Yet you've bought nothing but Quickbooks, Hubspot, Zoominfo, Outreach, and Zoom.

Does that seem right to you?

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@Patticus This is the best bit of this thread.

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@naynerz @MJB_SF This deserves its own blog post.

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I have six cans of full fat coconut milk.

What should I make with these?

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People criticize Asian/Italian/etc. restaurants in America for not being "authentic."

So you really gonna chastise a business for knowing its customer and filling demand for greater profits - tactics probably as enterprising and American as it gets?

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@dvassallo He'll make a bid to buy Apple.

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People like three kinds of people:
1) Those who are like themselves;
2) Those they would like to be; and
3) Those who like them back.

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Don't waste your time being afraid.

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@dvassallo 🤯

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What is the best mass-produced chocolate, and why is it peanut butter cups every time?

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Prediction: @ChloeGMoretz will rival Michelle Pfeiffer's performance as Catwoman someday.

Yes I just started watching Peripherals.

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If you're trying to run PPC for 100k+ ACV product.

Do you even know how aggro that is?

Think it through.

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Tinted windows on the front half of cars should be banned.

Let me see your face, you coward.

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Three of the most successful words in marketing.

Ready. To. Eat.

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Just remember. People enjoy ego strokes FAR more than they'll admit.