Suket

Crafting an intentional life - relationships, experiences, impact. Bootstrapping multiple businesses • ex-@Google • @IllinoisCS alum

[Suket @_suketk]

"If you want to be great, this is the challenge. If you don’t want to be great, then you never should have started a company.”

- @bhorowitz in The Hard Thing About Hard Things

A great reminder that obstacles are par for the course.

It's on YOU to rise to the occasion.

[Suket @_suketk]

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[Suket @_suketk]

"We have two lives, and the second begins when we realize we only have one."

Come join Someday Studio tomorrow in LA to work on the passion project you promised you'd get to... someday.

Link below.

[Suket @_suketk]

I'm starting Someday Studio, a weekly working session in LA.

Small group, phones away, two protected hours to finally work on the business, creative project, or goal you keep promising to get to... someday.

First session on 7/29 in Culver City. 8 spots — DM me to join!

[Suket @_suketk]

My rich life is never having to use a phone or computer. Just real, face-to-face interaction.

[Suket @_suketk]

Starting a sauna social club for LA doers – builders, creators, weirdos with a vision. DM me if that's you!

(I swear this isn't an orgy)

[Suket @_suketk]

@brookeleblanc @UseCorgi DMed, would love to join!

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@JasonYount @wylyand Interested! Run 2 businesses - B2B import and consumer marketplace. Was planning to organize a founder walk in West LA, glad to hear it exists already.

[Suket @_suketk]

@chriscarm @wylyand Fellow founder in Culver here, would love to meet up if you’re down!

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@wylyand Moved to LA from NYC last year. Running two businesses - B2B import and consumer marketplace. Let’s meet!

If other founders are interested too, happy to organize something.

[Suket @_suketk]

Crazy idea - how about we wait for Mamdani to actually do something as mayor before we decide if he’s good for NYC or not?

He’s not even sworn in yet and everyone’s made up their minds.

[Suket @_suketk]

@vrexec What were the hardest things to adjust to?

Any major difference in take-home pay?

[Suket @_suketk]

Only Sam could pull off calling someone a punk.

[Sam Parr @thesamparr]

Sharing this here.

This was my reply to this Jesse guy.

1. The price paid cash up front (something like 21 or 22m).

2. Then I personally was given a bunch of stock as talent (I was hosting MFM and The Hustle was, in part, my personality).

3. Also, some key employees got stock deals too.

3. The stock went up a ton as it vested, but even if it didn't go up, I don't think that's part of the total sum of $40m+, just the base number (but i'd have to do the math).

4. We were also given a contract that was all performance to continue hosting the pod. Originally, that contract was decent. But as the podcast exploded, it was a lot more. If you say that was part of the The Hustle deal (but it'd also be fair to say that was separate talent contract and not part of The Hustle deal), then it changed things a lot. I don't reveal that as I'm not the only party involved.

The #4 part is still in action, so it could be a lot higher (or lower, as its all performance).

But assuming the pod does NOT grow and stays constant...the total price of all the things above combine to that $40m number, which is what i said in that post.

I can prove it all to you, if you'd like.

But frankly, I think you're a punk and don't want to talk to you.

You've contacted me before. You said you liked me and listened to my content.

Then you try to call me out here to look cool. Like dunking on the cool kid as it'll get you points, which I'm not the cool kid but podcasters are easy to mock because we put ourselves out there.

And then on this very thread you said you don't consume my content to add to the narrative of "f this sam guy, he sucks!".

I'm a very flawed person, not doubt about it. But I work so hard to be a stand up guy and serve others.

And being polite to me and my business partners in private, but trying to tear my down in public to gain cool points -- its so low character.

I'm a person and you trying to hurt me when I can prove all of this AND you speak nicely to me in private, well, it brings me down and hate twitter.

[Suket @_suketk]

@ankurnagpal taxes

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Ask Jeeves was too early

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@Nithya_Shrii As someone who’s an open book, genuine question: why is privacy important?

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@InezFeltscher @Hertz Can confirm, here’s what they said after a day of back and forth asking me questions that were already answered in my post (which is what prompted them to reach out).

[Suket @_suketk]

@Hertz How about we do this publicly so everyone can see how Hertz does (or doesn’t) resolve these situations rather than hiding behind private conversations?

Happy to share my prepaid bookings and “upgrade” fee invoices here.

[Suket @_suketk]

Frontier also pays their agents a bounty for each passenger that’s forced to gate check “oversized” bags for $99.

They literally incentivize customer hostile behavior.

[Collin Rugg @CollinRugg]

Frontier Airlines worker refuses to let a man check into his flight, taunts him as he tries rushing so he doesn't miss his flight.

Man: "I paid for a ticket."

Worker: "You didn't pay $25 for an agent assist fee. Hello? And you thought you was gonna get on your flight. And you thought you was gonna get on your flight. And you thought you was gonna get on your flight. And you thought you was gonna get on your flight. And you thought you was gonna get on your flight. And you thought you was gonna get on your flight. And you thought you was gonna get on your flight."

Infuriating.

[Suket @_suketk]

@shashankgoyal95 @JohnCena Believe in yourself, bro!