Anthony Citrano

Communicator, Operator, Founder. Maine kid in LA. Rap sheet: Head of Comms, Verizon; Comms & Mktg, EdgeCast; Staff Advisor, @senangusking; chair, PopTech.

[Anthony Citrano @acitrano]

@Politidope It's almost impossible to believe he exists. It's as if we took everything that was bad about America, scraped it up off the floor, wrapped it all up in an old hot dog skin, and then taught it to make noises with its face.

[Anthony Citrano @acitrano]

@nicksortor So to be clear: there's no charge for the hypocrisy.

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@chriskatje One billion percent agreed!

[Anthony Citrano @acitrano]

@CalltoActivism @morgfair I’ve never bought the coequal argument; Congress is supreme. Article I is first for a reason - it most directly represents the will of the people. Illustrative example: Congress is the only branch that can remove officials from the other branches.

[Anthony Citrano @acitrano]

@krystalball @TheRickWilson Of that entire cohort, Karp may be the most condescending, obnoxious, and insufferable — and that’s REALLY saying something.

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@Savsays @stevemcgregory Yet somehow I bet 300 different renditions of “Silent Night” wouldn’t bother you

[Anthony Citrano @acitrano]

@_rickisrude @BlueSkyAmb imagine not knowing they don't personally get this money

[Anthony Citrano @acitrano]

@TheRickWilson This creepily unawake look is what happens when one mixes, at the kind of unfavorable ratio one might expect of a dunce, a CNS depressant like alcohol with a stimulant like amphetamine or cocaine.

[Anthony Citrano @acitrano]

@atrupar @reggiebblue This is what happens when you mix a depressant like alcohol with a stimulant like amphetamines or cocaine.

[Anthony Citrano @acitrano]

@onehandpolitics drugs and mental illness can change people, who knew

[Anthony Citrano @acitrano]

@josh_wingrove @JenniferJJacobs There was a war in Venezuela? 🤣

[Anthony Citrano @acitrano]

Odds of Pete Hegseth still being Secretary of Defense in 45 days: 0%

[Anthony Citrano @acitrano]

@atrupar the furthest a human has ever gone to “demonstrate” that he absolutely, 100% definitely, didn't make a mistake -- you almost have to admire the abject insanity

[Anthony Citrano @acitrano]

And that's how this happened:

https://t.co/OPm5sxsgdb

I wish I were making this up, but then again, I wish I were making up most of the past ten years.

[Anthony Citrano @acitrano]

Actual true story. Several beltway folks recommended this Dana White to President Trump as a potential WH press secretary:

https://t.co/txYzOarPsh

The president thought they were talking about the UFC Dana White.

[Anthony Citrano @acitrano]

The earlier you work on your company’s messaging, the more powerful your brand will be. These things compound enormously.

People are absolutely going to tell stories about your company, the only question is how much authorship you get.

[Anthony Citrano @acitrano]

Agree w/@katiewav but I’ve had a lot of these conversations this year, and, having been on both sides of the founder-candidate table, here's my take on the root of some of that ambiguity.

A large # of (but nowhere near all!!) tech founders/CEOs have some combination of these:

[Katie Chiou @katiewav]

ive talked to many teams in the past few months who are thinking about this but dont know quite what to call it/have called it everything from brand marketing to comms to storytelling to special projects to content/social

4 high-profile startups in past ~2 weeks have explicitly told me they are stealthily looking to hire for someone in this sort of role

these roles are quietly and quickly exploding if your ear is to the ground!!

[Anthony Citrano @acitrano]

Now look, these founders are brilliant and good people. This isn’t a critique of their talents or abilities! They just have blind spots, *as we all do*. But leadership blind spots permeate company DNA and can lead to brutal unforced errors and missed opportunities.