BarryBdotBiz

yep, it's me.

[Neal Taparia @nealtaparia]

Your 9-to-5 job is dying.

By 2034, it'll be extinct.

That's Reid Hoffman's latest prediction – the founder of LinkedIn who predicted the rise of social media in 1997.

Here's what he said next:

[Shane Mac @ShaneMac]

Charlie Munger’s clarity on human psychology is insane.

“On the personal level, a man should try to face the two simple facts: 1) Fixable but unfixed bad performance is bad character and tends to create more of itself, causing more damage to the excuse-giver with each tolerated instance; and 2) in demanding places, like athletic teams and General Electric, you are almost sure to be discarded in due course if you keep giving excuses instead of behaving as you should.”

[Art Levy @artlevy]

PSA for junior VCs or MBAs looking to join a startup: there are no "strategy" or "corp dev" jobs

You can join to either:

→ Sell (Sales/BD)
→ Build (Product)
→ Manage Burn (Finance)

[BarryBdotBiz @BarryBdotBiz]

@Nomcoco @WOOLWORTHS_SA Yeah, was working well enough to debit my account tho

[BarryBdotBiz @BarryBdotBiz]

@WOOLWORTHS_SA placed a dash order 2 hours ago. Money debited from my bank account but no order confirmation and app times out with 'something went wrong' error when I try to view my order history. Call centre number doesn't even ring. What's going on?

[BarryBdotBiz @BarryBdotBiz]

@Vodacom 🤦🏾‍♂️

[BarryBdotBiz @BarryBdotBiz]

@Vodacom this is not the way to announce a price increase. Instead of the attempt at a positive spin on it, just rip the bandaid off quickly. It's less patronising that way.

[BarryBdotBiz @BarryBdotBiz]

@Discovery_SA Thanks. In theory, they *should* be available now, but several call attempts to multiple numbers suggests that they're just not doing their jobs. It's experiences like that that'll ensure I never make this my primary bank acc.

[BarryBdotBiz @BarryBdotBiz]

@Discovery_SA tried calling discovery bank 8 times. Support number, fraud number and international number and no one is answering? Its unacceptable.

[BarryBdotBiz @BarryBdotBiz]

@Discovery_SA Done.

[BarryBdotBiz @BarryBdotBiz]

"The subscriber you have dialled is not available"

[BarryBdotBiz @BarryBdotBiz]

@shaunoakes Also, for all ages, if you want to end the conversation, just hit them with "Well, it was nice seeing you" and then just keep quiet and wait for them to leave. Jerry Seinfeld taught me that one.

[Maia Bittner @maiab]

ok my friends are starting to have serious things go wrong with their bodies and they are fucking up going to the doctor. Y’all. here’s my cheat sheet:

[BarryBdotBiz @BarryBdotBiz]

@girdley @DFuddrucker Or, he's achieving in 10 hours what is required of him in a week and could add more value to the business, but his manager is too lazy to engage and lead a remote team member.

[BarryBdotBiz @BarryBdotBiz]

@virginactiveSA your customer support number 0860 200 911 isn't working.

[BarryBdotBiz @BarryBdotBiz]

@Rbjacobs in-app payments down?

[BarryBdotBiz @BarryBdotBiz]

Anyone else get slightly more annoyed than you should by oversized screenshots that stretch the width of an email so you have to scroll to the right to read the rest of a sentence?

[BarryBdotBiz @BarryBdotBiz]

Do you remember when you joined Twitter? I do! #MyTwitterAnniversary

[BarryBdotBiz @BarryBdotBiz]

Who Is He (feat. Kevin Haden) - Claptone Extended Remix by Alaia & Gallo, Kevin Haden, Claptone https://t.co/uZhPWOIjKW #NowPlaying #housenommers

[BarryBdotBiz @BarryBdotBiz]

Perfect for a Friday afternoon

Liquid Spirit - Claptone Remix by Gregory Porter https://t.co/yz9e604bZ3 #NowPlaying