Ryan

Presales Engineer | AI enthusiast | Helping presales scale & businesses transform with AI

[Ryan @Hi_RyanK]

@natolisnuggets My monos has lasted 7 years and is still in great quality.

[Ryan @Hi_RyanK]

Sparkling sales engineers 😂. Wonder who your first FDE hires were

[Tanay Jaipuria @tanayj]

Incredible line from Palantir CTO on their earnings call:

"Only Palantir has FDEs. Everyone else has sparkling sales engineers."

[Ryan @Hi_RyanK]

The spring drive is truly insane engineering to look at. The moment I saw that I knew I had to get one. Experience of buying at the grand seiko store was awesome too.

[@jason @Jason]

Would have bought the Rolex Day-Date in gold, but I needed to know a guy who knows a guy… sort through the 100+ DMs and emails y’all sent — then would have had hours of small talk before never knowing if I paid the right price.

Instead, I walked into the Grand Seiko store in Ginza, was treated like a Saudi prince, and locked down my frosted cherry blossom dream watch — for much less than the price on the American website because of the duty-free and strong dollar

It’s a true piece of art and inspiring craftsmanship, and I’m shocked that it gives me so much pleasure to look at.

I didn’t get the watch thing, but I do now.

Considering buying an old school leather GS from the 70s next

[Ryan @Hi_RyanK]

😂 this is incredible.

[michelle @michellewang857]

man i just keep failing these technical interviews

[Ryan @Hi_RyanK]

I actually really like what Bryan is trying to accomplish in the longevity front. But you can’t stop living while trying to live longer.

[Bryan Johnson @bryan_johnson]

been thinking things over and wonder if i’ve taken this whole longevity thing too far

[Ryan @Hi_RyanK]

As I’m rewatching Silicon Valley I can’t help but to think this could have been an episode.

[Jordan Zietz @treejordan]

I messed up.

At our YC afterparty, we offered free tattoos and said we’d be happy to interview anyone who got one. What I thought would be a fun, memorable way to meet people was, in reality, reckless, and instead came across as tying a permanent tattoo to job opportunity, which showed poor judgement.

Even though participants chose their own tattoos and no one was asked to get our logo, I should have understood the pressure and power dynamic created by connecting tattoos to hiring.

Regardless of said intent, turning a celebration of personalized art into a company stunt was poorly exercised judgement. We’ve taken the posts down and have spoken to everyone who participated. We’re also ready to cover associated removal costs with anyone facing any delayed regret.

I’m sorry to the people we put in that position, and to everyone who expected better from me. There’s no clever explanation here. I got carried away, and I was wrong.

For the facts: interviews were available to everyone regardless.

[Ryan @Hi_RyanK]

Constantly working at this.

[Sahil Bloom @SahilBloom]

Major cheat code for life: Always assume things will work out, then do the work to make it true. It’s a mindset of active optimism. Earned faith. It creates a quiet confidence that allows you to tolerate the uncertainty of life better than anything else.

[Ryan @Hi_RyanK]

@FidelCacheFlow You can control your process though. The way you prep, the way you run disco, the way you outbound and demo. All of that is in your process to control. Do the little things right all the time and it adds up.

[Ryan @Hi_RyanK]

Sales is more about ur having amazing process all the time and constantly doing all the little things. Process meets determination meets prioritization and a little bit of timing.

[Jake Rivera @FidelCacheFlow]

Lvl 0: Sales bad (NPC)
Lvl 1: Sales is numbers game (Victim)
Lvl 2: Sales is persuasion game (Amateur)
Lvl 3: Sales is timing game (Professional)
Lvl 4: Sales is prioritization game (Based)

[Ryan @Hi_RyanK]

@LaptopsLounges Your process is the one I am talking about. The way in which you show up everyday. Do the beautiful little things all the time.

[Ryan @Hi_RyanK]

@FidelCacheFlow Any tips for using?

[Ryan @Hi_RyanK]

& spend all of your time on X

[Ben Lang @benln]

Skip LinkedIn. Resources to find breakout startups hiring before everyone else:

• Ramp’s monthly vendor reports
• Harmonic’s quarterly Hot 25
• a16z Build newsletter
• Founders You Should Know
• Next Play newsletter
• YC startup directory
• Early Days Substack

[Ryan @Hi_RyanK]

Every startup has this Account Executive.

[Ryan @Hi_RyanK]

I’m willing to talk to a PM and give my thoughts on this.

[Ryan @Hi_RyanK]

This year I feel like @Spotify has taken a massive step back in music discoverability. It used to be the best platform to find great new artists you like. Now every playlist and radio is curated like the radio you had to listen to in the car growing up. Same 20 songs always.

[Ryan @Hi_RyanK]

This feels cheap for intercom am I crazy?

[MTS @MTSlive]

SITUATION DETECTED: Salesforce has agreed to acquire Fin AI (formerly known as Intercom) for approximately $3.6B.

[Ryan @Hi_RyanK]

Nice read for anyone in the AI space. Good positive outlook on the future.

[Satya Nadella @satyanadella]

https://t.co/vLmiBKTtX3

[Ryan @Hi_RyanK]

Mitch Robinson just earned himself a very long nba career. Hard to not think of him as a Wemby stopper. His size was a huge difference.

[Ryan @Hi_RyanK]

KAT getting an A on the group project tonight for real.

[Ryan @Hi_RyanK]

Did Ed Hardy design these nba champion t shirts? 😂