Allan Mertner

Executive advisor, software nerd, crypto skeptic, and lover of all things sweet. Ex-FB, ex-King. On Threads, amertner. Support 🇺🇦. 🇩🇰🇬🇧

[Allan Mertner @amertner]

@EdwardJDavey Agree totally. We can't fall for the russian propaganda machine; they invaded Ukraine and continue to try to erase them. The Ukrainians are our friends, and we have to help them defend against the aggressors.

[Allan Mertner @amertner]

@HyeJinSong10 @EdwardJDavey It's because it was and is an illegal war of aggression. We don't attack countries just because we don't like them.

[Hiten Shah @hnshah]

Founder Management Styles: The Hidden Operating System

Every founder carries a management style into their startup. It isn’t obvious at first. It hides in the way decisions get made, who speaks up in meetings and how quickly truth travels through the team.

What people call personality is often just the rules they set for how work flows.

A founder who grew up in a chaotic startup usually builds another one. A founder who lived through layers of process at a big company may end up enforcing bureaucracy on a ten-person team. Their habits become the team’s environment.

And that’s where the test begins. At ten people, speed and improvisation can feel energizing. At fifty, those same habits feel like noise and confusion. At two hundred, the style that once held the team together can paralyze the company.

The mistake founders make is treating breakdowns as “people problems.” Most of the time it’s the environment. Teams rarely lose talent overnight. They grind down when the system around them stays stuck.

Think of the founder who insists on approving every decision long after the company has grown. At five people it meant quality. At fifty it means a backlog that kills momentum. Or the founder who avoids conflict by default. At ten people it creates harmony. At two hundred it breeds politics, because no one knows who’s accountable.

Great founders rebuild their environment again and again.

They learn to read the signals of misfit: decisions slowing, priorities colliding, truth taking too long to surface. They know those are symptoms of an outdated operating system and not bad people.

A company survives the long run only if its environment renews itself as the team grows.

[Allan Mertner @amertner]

@Techgnostik @jasonfried @Tesla If enough people do that, maybe he’ll step out or change his tune. I’m not snubbing anyone btw, I’m just choosing to not support Elon any more. He used to be a hero of mine, but that seems a long time ago. Kia sells nice cars too.

[Allan Mertner @amertner]

@Techgnostik @jasonfried @Tesla Btw, I’m not just talking about Elon supporting Trump, but how he actively promoted AfD in Germany and the far right in the UK. F*cking up other peoples countries is not ok.

[Allan Mertner @amertner]

@Techgnostik @jasonfried @Tesla Lol. I choose to spend my money with people who don’t actively support fascists. I can buy a good car from someone else.

[Allan Mertner @amertner]

@WW3finalboss 🇩🇰🇬🇧 support 🇺🇦

[Allan Mertner @amertner]

@LKrauss1 Absolutely horrific. Authoritarians only like free speech when you say things they agree with. Bullies.

[Allan Mertner @amertner]

@dhh That’s a Regnecentralen computer, Thanks for sharing! I spent years poking about in CP/M on it, it was my first love in many ways :)

[Allan Mertner @amertner]

@LKrauss1 Interesting, thanks for sharing. The part about the importance of fiber reminds me of this article about how Denmark (through state intervention) has helped increase the amount of fibre in the average diet, leading to improved health outcomes: https://t.co/nf0ek8o4t1

[Allan Mertner @amertner]

@SpencerHakimian We have a couple of UK examples: Boris Johnson and hard Brexit, and Liz Truss’ disastrous budget announcement.

[Allan Mertner @amertner]

@LacksPoP @ZacksJerryRig $60 seems like a reasonable valuation from where Tesla is now. Anything above that is just wishful thinking.

Note that the stock price doesn’t matter directly to Tesla, unless they need to raise money. If the business is fine, it’s current shareholders that lose money.

[Allan Mertner @amertner]

@frontlinekit YES! Full support from UK

[Allan Mertner @amertner]

@RoryStewartUK How big is their GDP if you make a purchasing power adjustment? Particularly when it comes to military spending, where Russia buys domestic at lower prices than western countries can produce them, it makes a big difference.

[Allan Mertner @amertner]

@LKrauss1 @JDVance @realDonaldTrump @OriginsProject The problem is that there is no negotiating with Putin. He wants to destroy Ukraine and unless he’s forced to do so, he won’t compromise. Acceding to his demands just invites him to continue at a later date. No thanks.

Also, “no fan” is just too mild for those selfish mafiosos.

[Allan Mertner @amertner]

@den_kazansky @nastasiaKlimash Barbaric

[Allan Mertner @amertner]

@dhh Do you have a link to the original source for this? Thanks!

[Allan Mertner @amertner]

@Thib_DP Elon is an immoral opportunist and populist, who loves his own ego over everything else. It’s really sad to see when he could do so much good, and he instead chooses to promote hate and harm.
To call him a rock of morality and stability is utterly ridiculous.

[Allan Mertner @amertner]

@front_ukrainian Yes, of course! Slava Ukraini! 🇬🇧🇺🇦🇩🇰