Ben Young

Husband, Dad and dog owner. eComm @SeventhGen, formerly PM @KAYAK, marketing @Wayfair. Dartmouth and BU MBA

[Ben Young @thirdrock]

@davegerhardt @ScoutVT

[Ben Young @thirdrock]

@davegerhardt Nice little moment here on Twitter...

[Ben Young @thirdrock]

Per @profgalloway I’d rather be accused of overreacting...https://t.co/2Ccd2QR90z

[Ben Young @thirdrock]

My 2yr old: Dada hold it!

*hands it to me”

Me: Um, is this a booger?

2yr old: Yup

#parenting

[WIRED @WIRED]

At first, the hotels suspected their own staff. But Aaron Cashatt was no maid.

He was the one person who had just the right mix of desperation, tech savvy, and moral flexibility to exploit a known security flaw to its full criminal potential https://t.co/A2tC1Bjsvt

[Ben Young @thirdrock]

@davegerhardt Do you just accept this as is or have you changed your process to catch more of the 7-minute ideas?

[Ben Young @thirdrock]

@englishpaulm @@ to auto replace with your email address

[Ben Young @thirdrock]

@ljmarcus The OXO approach! They designed a can opener with big rubbery handles specifically for old people and everyone bought one. Design for extreme users and you will probably satisfy everyone in between!

[Ben Young @thirdrock]

@KyleJudah @dtboyd They just announced they are scrapping that policy today...

[Ben Young @thirdrock]

@RosieGray I vote that next season have Pop Up Video style factoids

[Steve @stevecheney]

Stable Genius would be a great name for a horse at the Kentucky Derby this year.

[Micah Moreau @micahmoreau]

I hope this isn't true. Pinterest needs Ad PMs and Ad Product engineers, not sales teams.

https://t.co/7tHYuqLQBp?

[Elizabeth Warren @SenWarren]

Many moms have a child care story that sounds a lot like mine. Juggling a growing family & holding a teaching job was tough as nails. Without child care, I was a goner. That’s why I’m fighting for universal child care in our end-of-year budget.

[Ben Young @thirdrock]

Oh you mean it’s a bad idea to make your social networking app hard for new users to use? https://t.co/sDEaIcyvXe

[Sri Batchu🇺🇸 @sri_batchu]

Interesting piece on structure of certain industries that breeds inefficiency. Who wants to "disrupt" construction? https://t.co/yoC7wF1iwQ

[dharmesh @dharmesh]

What Elon Musk Taught Me About Growing A Business https://t.co/txJG6c92Br

[Ben Young @thirdrock]

WOW-the first time I've seen Wayfair described as the driver of offline-to-online trend vs recipient of the benefit https://t.co/krjSu9kucj

[Ben Young @thirdrock]

@ScottKirsner @amazon Long string of companies have moved INTO Boston/Cambridge last 5 yrs for ease of recruiting ie Reebok? Trip is even pushing it for many

[jack @jack]

This is excellent @JetBlue https://t.co/AlY8sEd54r

[Ben Young @thirdrock]

@micahmoreau I blame the hippity hop music