formerly of the @canes and that hockey team that once graced Arizona. also @dbacks. no longer in sports so this is just my curated thoughts and bad jokes.
Hamilton is ready for Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final. He hadn’t been to a game since the 2023 Stadium Series, but his “pig dad” Kyle Eckenrode brought him to Game 2 of the ECF and it helped change the Hurricanes’ luck in that series.
My one qualm with this proposal is that StubHub, Ticketmaster and the like charge a 15% fee for sellers, so you would not be able to get your money spent back with this, and the ones that continue to profit at every step of the way remains Ticketmaster.
Andy’s Pizza Owner: “urging the D.C. Council to pass the RESALE Act now, to protect consumers and support the local businesses that make our district the vibrant city that it is.” - Read the full PoP-Ed. here: https://t.co/e9xfGHTWuf
Spotify announces new “Reserved” feature, which will allow artists to set aside concert tickets for fans on the platform.
It will use streams, shares and other forms of activity to identify an artist’s most dedicated fans and hold two tour tickets for them.
The fans will then have a day-long window to purchase the tickets.
This is NOT a rendering from Singapore or Abu Dhabi 🤯🔥
It’s Tysons, Virginia.
The newly approved “Piazza at Tysons” next to the Spring Hill Metro includes:
🏙️ THREE high-rise towers (up to 33 stories)
🏠 780 units
🏨 310-room hotel
🏢 760,000+ SF offices
🛍️ 83,000 SF retail
⛸️ Ice rink, parks, plazas & pickleball courts
Twenty years ago this was basically suburban sprawl, now Tysons is turning into a real skyline city in real time!
#TysonsCorner #Virginia #NoVA #DMV @WashProbs@tysons_va
REPORT: There are no untouchable players or coaches on the Rockets heading into the offseason, per @MichaelVPina.
“Now seismic decisions lie ahead, and literally no job is safe. No player is untradable, no coach unexpendable.”
BREAKING: The FBI has warned police departments in California that Iran wants to retaliate for American attacks by launching offensive drones against the West Coast, according to an alert reviewed by @ABC News. Aaron Katersky reports.
Read more: https://t.co/LNR2dkGK8T
we're making @blocks smaller today. here's my note to the company.
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today we're making one of the hardest decisions in the history of our company: we're reducing our organization by nearly half, from over 10,000 people to just under 6,000. that means over 4,000 of you are being asked to leave or entering into consultation. i'll be straight about what's happening, why, and what it means for everyone.
first off, if you're one of the people affected, you'll receive your salary for 20 weeks + 1 week per year of tenure, equity vested through the end of may, 6 months of health care, your corporate devices, and $5,000 to put toward whatever you need to help you in this transition (if you’re outside the U.S. you’ll receive similar support but exact details are going to vary based on local requirements). i want you to know that before anything else. everyone will be notified today, whether you're being asked to leave, entering consultation, or asked to stay.
we're not making this decision because we're in trouble. our business is strong. gross profit continues to grow, we continue to serve more and more customers, and profitability is improving. but something has changed. we're already seeing that the intelligence tools we’re creating and using, paired with smaller and flatter teams, are enabling a new way of working which fundamentally changes what it means to build and run a company. and that's accelerating rapidly.
i had two options: cut gradually over months or years as this shift plays out, or be honest about where we are and act on it now. i chose the latter. repeated rounds of cuts are destructive to morale, to focus, and to the trust that customers and shareholders place in our ability to lead. i'd rather take a hard, clear action now and build from a position we believe in than manage a slow reduction of people toward the same outcome. a smaller company also gives us the space to grow our business the right way, on our own terms, instead of constantly reacting to market pressures.
a decision at this scale carries risk. but so does standing still. we've done a full review to determine the roles and people we require to reliably grow the business from here, and we've pressure-tested those decisions from multiple angles. i accept that we may have gotten some of them wrong, and we've built in flexibility to account for that, and do the right thing for our customers.
we're not going to just disappear people from slack and email and pretend they were never here. communication channels will stay open through thursday evening (pacific) so everyone can say goodbye properly, and share whatever you wish. i'll also be hosting a live video session to thank everyone at 3:35pm pacific. i know doing it this way might feel awkward. i'd rather it feel awkward and human than efficient and cold.
to those of you leaving…i’m grateful for you, and i’m sorry to put you through this. you built what this company is today. that's a fact that i'll honor forever. this decision is not a reflection of what you contributed. you will be a great contributor to any organization going forward.
to those staying…i made this decision, and i'll own it. what i'm asking of you is to build with me. we're going to build this company with intelligence at the core of everything we do. how we work, how we create, how we serve our customers. our customers will feel this shift too, and we're going to help them navigate it: towards a future where they can build their own features directly, composed of our capabilities and served through our interfaces. that's what i'm focused on now. expect a note from me tomorrow.
jack