Cole Ogando

I build places, platforms & experiences. Preserve • Winters Live • Homee | Always on | Winters, CA

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@bobstarnes @AlexFinn What model bob?

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@MichaelKudrna Most of my delivery drivers think i'm the maintenance guy. Only one there bright and early fixing things. I love when they eventually figure it out. Great connections.

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@AlexEngineerAI 👋

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@MichaelKudrna Agree. Same with competitive sports. True MVP is not always the one with the greatest individual stats. It's the one that makes the team play better as a whole.

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@fabianstelzer @heyglif Interested. I'd like to test it out.

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@girdley @FreightAlley It's no longer important what you steal, it's only who you steal from that matters (or doesn't).

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Ski Northstar but Stay up at the Ritz. Ski in/ski out and you can leave your gear right there by the steps at the lodge while you go in to warm up/regroup. Taught both my boys there, 5 year olds dont last long sometimes so you can take your time. It's right by the bunny hill and the enclosed tram down to the village is half the fun for the lil ones.

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@jackfriks Do it and sleep well forever!

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@marclou Agree. Quickly realizing this. I'm still learning how to get eyeballs, but viable businesses are everywhere if you can find the users.

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This is why I build with code now and I preserve with community for later. That’s my barbell strategy to diversify for the future.
Independent restaurants are a tough lift in California. But alongside our live music venue, I still believe those real-world experiences will outlast anything I build online

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ELON: LIVE EVENTS ARE THE ONLY LUXURY LEFT

Nikhil Kamath was showing Elon the data: movies are getting crushed, social media & YouTube dominate screen time… but the one thing growing like crazy again?

Live events.

Elon:

"When digital media is ubiquitous, and you can have essentially anything digitally for free, or very close to free, then the scarce commodity becomes live events."

When every movie, song, fight, or show is instantly available anywhere for almost nothing, the only thing that becomes truly valuable is the one thing you can’t pirate or stream:

Being there. In the moment. With the crowd. Feeling the energy live.

That’s why concerts are printing money, sports tickets are insane, UFC sells out in minutes, and even podcasts are doing arena tours.

Scarcity flipped. Digital killed the album, but it made the live show priceless.

Source: @nikhilkamathcio, @elonmusk

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@leevalueroach It's life on hard mode. It has it's rewards, money is not one of them.

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@BowTiedBroke If you have running water/spring and elevation drop, a pelton wheel was a game changer when combined with solar and battery. I can walk you the setup at the ranch. DM if interested.

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@BrianRoemmele Would it be worthwhile to make a dashboard that runs these tests daily and shows the score for each major AI?

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@rileybrown_ai @jackfriks @rasmic Joined. Love a good challenge. Does it need to be an ios app or can it be a web app?

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@jackfriks Work–life balance is only a thing if you hate what you do.
If you love it, it’s all just life.

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@MichaelKudrna Thanks for the encouragement Mike. reluctant to start being more open, but I'm sure there are tons of lurkers just like me that just need a lil push.

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@BrianRoemmele Dual income household as a requirement to maintain status quo is the root of many problems. "Option to Obligation" is spot on.

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@BrianRoemmele Much appreciated.

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I’ve built my life offline — quietly observing online, I've leaned on this platform to learn and better myself rather than reach outside of my small circle IRL.

The coming changes in society are too obvious for me to continue to be just an observer. I’ve always stayed private, but lately I’ve felt a pull to step forward — and maybe offer something useful along the way. No promises, i'm pretty shy.

I want to thank a few people who shared wisdom publicly, without ever knowing who was listening.

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@MichaelKudrna

As a fellow restauranteur, your takes on the macro and restaurant specific trends are where i check my own assumptions, and often learn something new.

Thank you.

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@levelsio

You proved that you don’t need permission to build.
Shipping openly, without hesitation or apology, showed me that motion beats perfection.

Thank you.

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@gregisenberg

You showed me that the internet can feel like a neighborhood. Your youtubes sharing of the "sauce" has helped me aquire many new skills.

Thank you.

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@rileybrown_ai

Your curiosity and speed with new tools made me rethink what’s possible when you stay in motion. That tutorial you made connecting Cursor to Replit via SSH almost made me quit. I stuck it out and learned a ton since then, and it keeps getting easier!

Thank you.

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@jackfriks

Who wouldn't love this guy. building, posting, creating — proof that consistency and honesty go a long way. Humility and sincerity is rare on the web. I like it.

Thank you.

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@BrianRoemmele
You made me slow down.
You reminded me that innovation without wisdom is empty, and that depth still matters in a loud world.

Thank you.

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@daveshap
You challenge me to think beyond labor — to imagine a world where productivity isn’t the point, and meaning has to stand on its own. Star trek outfit and all.

Your work made me question not just how we build, but why.

Thank you.

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pretty random list lol, but maybe there are more folks like me out there with a broad set of intersts, skills and philosophies that need some help cutting through the noise.

I’m not here to perform — just to contribute when there’s something worth saying.

It only felt right to start with GRATITUDE.

TLDR:

Hospitality / Strategy
@MichaelKudrna

Indie Internet / Freedom
@levelsio

Community & Belonging
@gregisenberg

Momentum / Modern Tools
@rileybrown_ai

Discipline / Obsession
@jackfriks

Philosophy / Wisdom
@BrianRoemmele

Future / Post-Labor Meaning
@DaveShapi

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