Rachna Handa

working to accelerate the modernization of the electric grid through microgrids and storage

[Rachna Handa @SmartGridGirl]

This is amazing. "Musk: “Communication should travel via the shortest path necessary to get the job done, not through the chain of command."

[Dustin @r0ck3t23]

Elon Musk sent every Tesla employee a memo that took authority away from their managers and handed it to them.

He never asks for more hours. Every rule moves a decision closer to the person doing the work.

Musk: “Excessive meetings are the blight of big companies and almost always get worse over time.”

Companies have a role for everyone who creates process and no role for anyone who removes it. Meetings and approval chains survive because removing them was never anyone’s job.

Musk: “Walk out of a meeting or drop off a call as soon as it is obvious you aren’t adding value.”

Attendance has always been treated as proof of commitment. He made it worthless, and contribution became the only thing that counts in the room.

Musk: “It is not rude to leave, it is rude to make someone stay and waste their time.”

Ordinary manners protect whoever called the meeting. He moved that protection to everyone else sitting quietly with real work waiting on them.

Musk: “Don’t use acronyms or nonsense words for objects, software, or processes at Tesla. Anything that requires an explanation inhibits communication.”

Internal vocabulary converts knowledge into status and charges every newcomer a fee to participate.

A company that speaks plainly can absorb talent at full speed.

Musk: “Communication should travel via the shortest path necessary to get the job done, not through the chain of command.”

Most good ideas die in transit, three levels below anyone with the power to act on them.

Musk: “Any manager who attempts to enforce chain of command communication will soon find themselves working elsewhere.”

The only threat in the entire memo. A manager who insists on being routed through is buying his own relevance with everyone else’s time. Musk put a price on it.

Musk: “Always pick common sense as your guide. If following a company rule is obviously ridiculous in a particular situation, the rule should change.”

Following a bad rule normally shields you. Exercising judgment exposes you.

He flipped which one carries the risk, and every rule now has to earn its place against the person applying it.

Every institution drifts toward protecting its own comfort. The ones that keep building are held together by people who rewrite the rules back down to something a single person can act on.

Nothing on that list requires a budget, a headcount, or a title.

You can run the entire memo from wherever you are sitting right now. Most people never test it and never learn it was permitted the whole time.

[Rachna Handa @SmartGridGirl]

@SubhaghV Chat

[Subhaghvs @SubhaghV]

Just built a WhatsApp AI agent that replaced an entire customer support team.

Sold the setup for $2,000 + $500/mo and clients are begging for more.

Here’s what it does:

– Reads your company’s Google Doc (FAQs, policies, service info)
– Lets customers ask anything on WhatsApp
– Replies instantly using ChatGPT or Gemini
– Handles hours, pricing, bookings, even dynamic logic like closure dates
– No retraining, no dev work just update the Doc and it works

Perfect for gyms, clinics, restaurants, service businesses, or anyone tired of answering the same 20 questions daily

Built it in n8n + WhatsApp Cloud API: no code, no friction.

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I’ll DM you the entire plug and play workflow

[Adam Rossi @rossiadam]

Wanna hear something CRAZY?

They don’t do allergy shots in Europe. Or the rest of the world outside of the USA. They take a course of pills to get the same immunity!

So why the hell do we have to take shots in the USA? Well, follow the money…

In the USA, allergists and immunologists have a sweet cartel. They charge you a doctors visit to test you for a bunch of allergens, then they compound the serums themselves (non-FDA regulated), and then they have you come into the office once a week for a year or more to get the shot, and then sit in their office for 30mins or 1 hour to monitor you for side effects. Allergist charges $ for each visit, and making $$ on the home brew serums they formulate. Eventually your body builds up antibodies and you get durable immunity. And the allergist gets a bundle of 💰.

ALK in Denmark @ALK_net has an FDA-approved pill that does the same thing. You go to the doctor, get tested, and then take the pill and are monitored for 30 minutes. After that, you get a prescription for the pills, take a course, and get the same immunity.

This is how you are treated outside the USA for that pollen or dust mite allergy. Much cheaper, much more convenient, and with an FDA approved formulation that is produced to quality standards.

I visited ALK last week and asked why we don’t have access to this product in the USA. They said they have tried for 30 years, and even partnered with a major US pharma company, but they could not break the allergist cartel. No allergist wants to prescribe a product that will cut their revenue per patient by 90%. I am sure the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology (AAAAI) would hand wave around a different reason, but the simplest explanation is usually the best.

This is yet another example of how Americans pay higher health care costs compared to every other country, yet don’t achieve better outcomes.

If you suffer from allergies and don’t want the shots, I suggest a medical tourism vacation to get the pills. They are out there.

Note: I don’t own shares in ALK but was impressed with the company. Ticket is ALKB:Copenhagen

[Bill Ackman @BillAckman]

I took an @Uber today and for the first time was offered a NYC yellow cab. I thought good for Uber supporting the cabbies. I asked the driver about his experience with Uber and he surprised me by saying it was bad.

He explained that even when the passenger agreed to pay a tip to the driver on the Uber app, the driver did not receive a tip and Uber kept the tip for itself.

I said that this could not be true so he asked me to test it. When the ride finished I added a $5.00 tip. His screen showed that I paid no tip.

The driver was right. In short, Uber is massively increasing its margins and profits in NYC by ripping off NYC cab drivers.

I texted @dkhos Dara from Uber midday today and sent this photo of the driver’s screen. He did not respond. I like Dara, but this is really bad. I can only assume that Dara is unaware of this.

Uber needs to immediately return the stolen funds with interest to the NYC taxi drivers and to other drivers in any other markets where they are doing the same and they should deeply apologize. And Uber should restate its earnings to reflect this overstatement of margins and profits.

This needs to happen now. @ericadamsfornyc Mayor Adams, I am sure agrees.

[Bill Ackman @BillAckman]

A front page @nytimes must read story on Multiplan and United Healthcare.

Our healthcare system is fundamentally corrupt and Multiplan and United Healthcare are exhibit A.

https://t.co/WEklgNiYdc

[M. Nolan Gray 🥑 @mnolangray]

A rental car lot turns into 67 homes deed-restricted to to be affordable to low-income families in Redwood City, California. (2018➡️2021)

[Steph Mui @stephmui]

I got a 6am call from a vc this morning. I was like wow, that seems quite early for him.

I picked up - turns out he's skiing in Switzerland (6 hours ahead - makes more sense).

He called to remind me that it's time to build.

I told him his support was incalculable. All him 💪

[Luca @luca_cloud]

I spent the last 6 months looking at the Kubernetes setups of over 1100 engineering teams. I summarized my learnings in a 30 page report. Packed with 💣💣s, hope people enjoy it. Check it out 👇

[Noah Smith 🐇🇺🇸🇺🇦🇹🇼 @Noahpinion]

U.S. per capita carbon emissions have fallen off a cliff, and are back down to the level of the 1910s!

[Rachna Handa @SmartGridGirl]

@miaannguyen ✋🏾

[Rachna Handa @SmartGridGirl]

@JaiminDesai93 @iankar_ 👋

[Rashida Yosufzai @Rashidajourno]

More children are expected to die in Afghanistan this winter than the total number of civilians killed in the 20-year war

https://t.co/grTiWwTnU3

[Rachna Handa @SmartGridGirl]

@XavierHelgesen @pdfmakerapp

[Colleen Metelitsa @cmetelitsa]

@James_McGinniss Just $4k more to get us to 25 tonight. C'mon folks!!

[Rachna Handa @SmartGridGirl]

@heyellieday interested in learning more!

[Rachna Handa @SmartGridGirl]

@femalefaust @kitron @elonmusk Thank you!

[kitron🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @kitron]

@elonmusk Hi Elon, Is there any way Tesla can help with this request? There is a report of possible sighting from the morning #PhilipKreycik disappeared but Tesla driver no longer has footage. There may be others.
Email: [email protected]
https://t.co/zl7hSzjYJY

[Rachna Handa @SmartGridGirl]

@heyellieday @PartyRound This is awesome! Congratulations!

[Rachna Handa @SmartGridGirl]

@FabiusMercurius Great thread thanks!