Brett Hogan

Tech exec and investor who is building alongside the best operators. Ex-HubSpot, Dropbox, Tesla. Always learning!

[Brett Hogan @HoganBrogan]

@TrentKrupp Got it, thanks. That's what I thought, but needed some validation. And unlike the Spirit headline, these are active businesses that have just de-duped/scrubbed the risk of selling their data?

[Brett Hogan @HoganBrogan]

@tushar_jain Your country of citizenship will determine which SI/LLM you can access.

Today, we classify 3rd-world countries as ones that lack access to basic needs like electricity, running water, etc.

SI will soon be on that list.

[Brett Hogan @HoganBrogan]

@Jason Nobody is a priori against data centers. They are against the extractive nature of the initial buildouts & approach from tech. I’m as big of an AI bull as anybody, but it has to be good for communities too. Hence, the uprising. I’m hopeful we can turn this into a true win-win.

[Brett Hogan @HoganBrogan]

@saranormous High agency people typically prefer DIY if it's a feasible option. It's now feasible.

[Brett Hogan @HoganBrogan]

@thogge @nikitabier The optimal path is getting feature requests after leaving a company 😂

[Brett Hogan @HoganBrogan]

@TrentKrupp @benthompson Yeah, it’s due consideration to use land, water, etc. People aren’t anti-AI, they are anti being taken advantage of and getting a raw deal. Pretty sensible.

[Brett Hogan @HoganBrogan]

@TrentKrupp I'm pro AI (obvs) but am not surprised what happened with data centers. The approach was extractive and the people pushed back (rightfully so). Make it a true win-win and we can get data centers and investment in communities... not zero sum.

[Brett Hogan @HoganBrogan]

@amirhaleem @joshelman Foundational but with low perceived near-term economic utility.

[Brett Hogan @HoganBrogan]

Very strong man-made forces pit career ambition v. family presence. Adam understood this and designed a life where you didn't have to trade-off one for another.

[Adam Robinson @RetentionAdam]

In my 20’s, I used to work on Wall Street.

People my age now (45) said they were working 70, 80, 90 hours a week for their families…but all their families actually wanted was their presence.

They didn’t understand why their families resented how much they worked when they lived in a nice house, and their kids went to private schools.

It was just the world we all lived in. We knew nothing else.

I decided early in my startup journey that wasn’t going to be me.

My co-founders and I have always had a policy of quitting at 5 or 5:30.

By that, I mean:

> Shut off my laptop
> No more work talk
> Go home to my family

Frequently I’m out even earlier - 3-5, depending on whether I want to do something with the kids.

I rarely travel for work and don’t entertain for work.

My family life gives me energy for my work.
My work gives me energy for my family life.

I'm trying to stay not burnt out and excited about this for several decades.

Can every founder choose this?

Maybe not everybody, but more people have the choice than realize they do.

There is great reward that comes from designing a business around the life you want.

[Brett Hogan @HoganBrogan]

@arlogilbert 💯

[Brett Hogan @HoganBrogan]

@arlogilbert Wow, absolutely horrible. Flew out of Austin’s FBO this morning (11 minutes after this flight). The 25k ft nosedive scenario that happened is an absolute nightmare, especially with pilot may day.

[Brett Hogan @HoganBrogan]

@aaron_aalaniz Just curious: what sort of content are pushing to Kindle (blogs, essays, news, something else?)

[Brett Hogan @HoganBrogan]

@aaron_aalaniz Awesome, thx!

[Brett Hogan @HoganBrogan]

It’s a strange phenomenon, but I’m often at my calmest when markets are the reddest / down big.

It’s like some biochemical reaction that confirms my existence and innate happiness is not tied to day-to-day market performance.

Anybody else?

[Brett Hogan @HoganBrogan]

@thogge Oh damn, thanks. Better than the bricks I was looking at. And this is inside?

[Brett Hogan @HoganBrogan]

Insanity. $GOOG's Q3 YoY growth was 24.5% (!) -- from $102B to $127B -- and is getting clobbered after hours (-9%).

Good luck, every other company on earth.

[The Transcript @TheTranscript_]

$GOOGL: Alphabet Q3 2026 Revenue by Segment [USD, YoY]:

—Google Search & Other: +12.0% to $63.4B
—YouTube Ads: +9.2% to $11.2B
—Google Network: +1.4% to $7.5B
—Subscriptions, Platforms & Devices: +11.0% to $14.3B
—Google Cloud: +102.6% to $30.7B
—Other Bets: +8.1% to $0.4B

Total Revenue: +24.7% to $127.6B

Google Cloud was the main growth driver, adding ~$15.6B in revenue and accounting for ~61.6% of Alphabet’s total revenue increase.

[Brett Hogan @HoganBrogan]

@TrentKrupp Maybe from $BTC, but stable coins and tokenized stocks (and everything else) will surge. AI is a huge tailwind.