Dan Levin

Mentor to first time CEO's. ex-COO at Box. Student of leadership and management. Pilot, aikidoka, father, entrepreneur.

[Maggie Angst @MaggieAngst]

As of late Friday morning, the small downtown areas of Boulder Creek, Brookdale, Ben Lomond and Felton along Hwy 9 in Santa Cruz County have not been touched by the flames of #CZULightingComplex ⁦@mercnews⁩

[NWS Bay Area 🌉 @NWSBayArea]

Fire Weather Watch issued for 11am Sunday through 11am Tuesday for possibility of dry lightning. Graphics are pending, but here's the fire weather watch text:

https://t.co/nADYZ6w9jn

[Dan Levin @Levin]

@NukeBoiler Horrible!

How did you get up there to see? Thought the roads were all closed... Our place is up at the north end of Empire Grade - don't see how I am going to get up there to find out what (if anything) is left until they reopen Empire Grade, which is likely to be days away.

[Mathilde Collin @collinmathilde]

so cool

[Nick Ibarra @nickmibarra]

Some good news: 997 personnel now assigned to battle #CZULightningComplex, per Cal Fire. That’s a significantly increase from the 591 previously listed.

[Dan Levin @Levin]

@vigouss My understanding (and I am a pilot, but not a fire fighting pilot), is that the smoke makes visibility so bad that the tankers and/or helicopters cannot a) operate safety in mountainous terrain and b) cannot see to target their loads accurately enough to be useful.

[Dan Levin @Levin]

@UpdraftwMax Hey John, where did that image come from?

[Dan Levin @Levin]

@KION546 Thanks much for the live feed, appreciate it very much!

[KION News Channel 46 @KIONnews]

FIRE UPDATES: Cal Fire will be providing updates on the River/Carmel Fires and the CZU August Lightning Complex Fires this evening, and KION will be streaming them live on our website.
CZU August Lightning Complex live at 6 p.m.
River/Carmel live at 7 p.m.

[Dan Levin @Levin]

@CALFIRECZU Will someone live-cast the news conference so that the public can hear what you have to say?

[Dan Levin @Levin]

Excellent look at how anonymous contact tracing can help stop COVID while protecting our privacy. https://t.co/fBQjgmYWw9

[Mathilde Collin @collinmathilde]

One-on-ones are my most valuable meetings. Here’s how I run them: https://t.co/5sDQlapjSA

[Dan Levin @Levin]

Way to go Front!! 💪🏼💪🏼

[Mathilde Collin @collinmathilde]

We've just reached 4,000 customers 🙌

[Dan Levin @Levin]

I did not always, or even often, agree with Sen. McCain’s politics. But I have the utmost respect for the man, a true American hero who served his country for many years. RIP John McCain.

[Dan Levin @Levin]

... Prerequisites for effective mission command are the use of mission orders, full familiarity with the commander’s intent throughout the force, and mutual trust and understanding between commanders and subordinates."

Swap company vocab for army, & this makes a ton of sense

[Dan Levin @Levin]

Turns out @USArmy has a bunch of stuff right :) Who knew? FM5.0 says:

"Because of the complex, uncertain, and ever-changing nature of operations, mission command—as opposed to detailed command—is the preferred method for exercising command and control....

[Dan Levin @Levin]

Very excited to be joining the team at Khosla Ventures to help teach and coach and mentor our CEO’s! https://t.co/UPEwaRHpZF

[Dan Levin @Levin]

So excited to have Sue join the Box Board! Very much looking forward to working with her! https://t.co/acd4tnAfy9

[Aaron Levie @levie]

Excited to have you on board, literally, @suebarsamian! https://t.co/zY6AW7aglC

[Aaron Levie @levie]

“What do you mean you weren’t prepared for GDPR?”

[Dan Levin @Levin]

Word. https://t.co/GpXDdxRbFF

[Aaron Levie @levie]

The digital age is defined by software, and GitHub has redefined how the world contributes, shares, and manages code. Brilliant move by Microsoft. Congrats @satyanadella