Dan Barker

Product Builder | Reader | 4x Ironman
Founder - @SAPConcur @dell @progressive @nintex @croweusa

[Dan Barker @barkingd]

In an increasingly digital world, we need real, offline connection with family and nature more than ever.

A vacation home is the perfect anchor for that, but it shouldn't come with a second mortgage worth of stress.

That’s why I’m building Klasma. We are redefining what it means to own a vacation home

https://t.co/Wt7wHIsOEP

[Dan Barker @barkingd]

Did you know vacation homes are the single largest category of empty housing in America?  

Over 41% of all counties in America have an empty vacation housing stock that completely eclipses local homes available for rent or sale.

Owning 25% of a home through deeded co-ownership commits a quarter of the capital and aligns what you pay to how much you actually use.

That's why I'm building Klasma. We are redefining what it means to own a vacation home.

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[Dan Barker @barkingd]

Navigating @twilio for most anything has become a frustrating time sink and its nearly impossible to get any customer support. Configuring the most simple things now seems 5x more complicated than it was 5 years ago.

[Dan Barker @barkingd]

Hey @GoZwift please fix the custom workout editor. We can't edit times on anything we put on the canvas!!! Directional arrows move to the next field not the next character! We also can't finger scroll through the list of workouts anymore (Mac OS Ventura 13.3.1) #uxdesign

[Lenny Rachitsky @lennysan]

I don't say this often, but today's podcast episode with Keith Yandell is a must listen. Seriously, go listen to it.

Of the many lessons on leadership Keith shares from this time at @DoorDash and @Uber, one of my favorites is the power a simple doc like this can have on your org

[Dan Barker @barkingd]

This is really good 👇

[Shreyas Doshi @shreyas]

This is such an important leadership principle from @boztank. Can confirm that the value of communicating *how* you arrived at a particular decision/perspective compounds over time.

I like to frame it as:
“Can I simulate the CEO’s thinking”
“Can my team simulate my thinking”

[Shreyas Doshi @shreyas]

A hilarious aspect of corporate life is that we invent all sorts of structure & process to try to make 2 teams collaborate better together, hardly ever acknowledging the actual problem that the leaders of those 2 teams don’t actually get along and/or have conflicting incentives.

[Dan Barker @barkingd]

@TonyBakercomedy 20%

[Dan Barker @barkingd]

Does anyone know why @AskeBay @eBay only provides 3 years worth of purchase history? This makes absolutely no sense to me. I can go into Amazon and see my purchase history going back 11 years! #CustomerService #ebay

[Shreyas Doshi @shreyas]

I do not know of any good product strategy that was conceived at a “Strategy Summit” or a “Strategy Offsite”. A plan, maybe. Consensus on goals, sure. But not a good product strategy. Summits are useful for alignment but they kill the creativity that’s vital for product strategy.

[Dan Barker @barkingd]

@JustAnotherPM Thinking in Bets for the win. When PMs frame things in probabilities, it replaces right/wrong dynamics with risk factors.

[Dan Barker @barkingd]

@RealSkipBayless It’s disappointing to see “analysis” like this. It makes me feel like you care more about football than human life.

[Dan Barker @barkingd]

@nlsanders Yeah, I hear you. We almost got beat by Dallas without three of their starters the game before.

[Dan Barker @barkingd]

Hey @nlsanders how was it seeing Mitchell in a Cavs uniform for the first time against Utah today? Markkanen had a nice night.

[Dan Barker @barkingd]

@nut_history Great player but not top 50.

[Dan Barker @barkingd]

@matthewzammit @JustAnotherPM The direction you’re referring to in regards to principles and strategy is definitely “input”. This is also called enablement. I totally agree!

[Dan Barker @barkingd]

@matthewzammit @JustAnotherPM Without much input??

[Dan Barker @barkingd]

@JustAnotherPM When I communicate upstream to my direct manager, I use the following to help prioritize the timing and need for a response [info], [discussion], [decision].

[Coach the Coaches @WinningCoaches]

"A coach is someone who tells you what you don't want to hear, who has you see what you don't want to see, so you can be who you always known you could be." (Tom Landry)

[Dan Barker @barkingd]

Good leaders grows over time and leadership accrues to them from their teams. #Leadership