Taylor Otstot

Finance Executive | Strategist | Speaker | Infrequent Blogger

[Dan Douglas @dandouglas]

at this weird age (43) where everyone in their 20s looks like a child and everyone my age is middle-aged. except me, i’m normal age

[Mark Cuban @mcuban]

Congrats Pablo.

[Taylor Otstot @TaylorOtstot]

This hits home. Becoming a dad is a dream come true, and I’ve struggled with how to mesh my ambition at work and my ambition to be the best father I can. There’s no clear solution and that tension is what motivates me

[Nicholas Charriere @nichochar]

https://t.co/3SBVH0QwgS

[Adam Schefter @AdamSchefter]

And so it begins.

[Taylor Otstot @TaylorOtstot]

I’m good, thx

[John Reeks @wartsandbrawls]

“As Cory Doctorow, author of Enshittification, is fond of observing: you won’t be replaced because an AI can do your job, you’ll be replaced because an AI salesman convinces your boss that it can”

Conned by a chatbot https://t.co/tms4ijEmpb

[Taylor Otstot @TaylorOtstot]

@3YearLetterman Exhibit A

[Hugo Navarro @HugoNavarroPer2]

EBITDA (2026 edition): Earnings Before Iran, Tariffs, and Donald Announcements.

[Taylor Otstot @TaylorOtstot]

Once you learn about this phenomenon you see it everywhere

https://t.co/M5AnkIR6d4

[Jason Fried @jasonfried]

There was a time when I heard about bikeshedding for the first time. As obvious as the behavior was, I didn't know there was a term for it.

So if you don't know, it's time to know, because building with AI makes it 100x worse than it's ever been:
https://t.co/gHpOS088YI

[Tilingi 🐘 @ArapTilingi]

Good Morning born 1986, don't run, come here.

[Taylor Otstot @TaylorOtstot]

My 4 year olds’ first drawing giving strong @pants vibes and I couldn’t be prouder.

[Taylor Otstot @TaylorOtstot]

Inside of you are two wolves

[Jason Cohen @asmartbear]

The customer says “I need more traffic.”

The product manager says “We need to add this feature.”

The CEO says “We need more revenue.”

Here’s how to get everyone what they want, using the language they prefer:

https://t.co/FRfzTptThm

[Arizona Cardinals @AZCardinals]

nO oNe gIvEs aWaY sEaSoN tIcKeTs

@SeatGeek: hold up

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[Taylor Otstot @TaylorOtstot]

3 year old: what’s your favorite color?

Me, knowing I’m about to answer incorrectly: blue

3 year old, incredulously: No! That’s an outside color. What’s your favorite INSIDE color?

[Taylor Otstot @TaylorOtstot]

The beauty of constraints is that they force us to face an uncomfortable truth:

You will have more good ideas than capacity to execute them. And if you don’t filter up front, your team will pay for it downstream.

[Taylor Otstot @TaylorOtstot]

My kids every morning