Peter DePaulo

Man shit cray, huh?

[Peter DePaulo @behaviary]

I’m on sabbatical 🤣

[Peter DePaulo @behaviary]

Okay, I’m out of the winter depression. What did I miss?

[Peter DePaulo @behaviary]

I’ve spent so much time waiting for everyone to tell me to leave. It’s like a hope.

[Peter DePaulo @behaviary]

In so sick of being sad

[Balaji @balajis]

This is the EV flippening.

Electric vehicles now fill up roughly as fast as gas. The new BYD chargers add 400km of range in just five minutes.

[Peter DePaulo @behaviary]

I used to believe that seeking my own total annihilation was a form of fearlessness. It was not. Fearlessness comes from the realization that what you fear is mind made, it is not separate from you. You are also mind made.

[Peter DePaulo @behaviary]

YOLO = nihilism

[Peter DePaulo @behaviary]

A magically produced being does not go to miserable planes of existence, nor are they reborn in the heavens above, and they do not realize nirvāṇa. Gaṅgottara! Is this so of you as well?

[Peter DePaulo @behaviary]

Semi fungible money

[Peter DePaulo @behaviary]

@heynibras @CatGanson7147 @ghedamat Would you share any core learning from a year of growth? Congrats!

[Peter DePaulo @behaviary]

@NielsHoven @renegademormon What were the trade offs with medicating reflux?

[Peter DePaulo @behaviary]

@durdfarm Sponsored by a2 milk apparently lol

[Peter DePaulo @behaviary]

@durdfarm So for the longest time I thought I was lactose intolerant, then a friend recommended A2 milk and once I switched all my symptoms of the intolerance went away! It was a protein allergy. A2 is a different protein than A1. Ymmv

[Peter DePaulo @behaviary]

@rohindhar $3M for the view at least?

[Peter DePaulo @behaviary]

@babieswithb Careful. Sometimes there are gnomes napping in the piles.

[Peter DePaulo @behaviary]

This turning back from duality to reality is referred to as the Tathāgata’s unsurpassed awakening and great nirvāṇa.

[Peter DePaulo @behaviary]

Unapproachable Śūraṅgama Sūtra tweets. 👁️👂👅🫰🧠⚡️

[Peter DePaulo @behaviary]

https://t.co/9ngUkl2iJi

[Peter DePaulo @behaviary]

I now declare to the Tathāgata
As Avalokiteśvara has said:
Just like someone dwelling in calm seclusion,
Hears rolls of drums from the Ten Directions,
Hearing all ten locations at one time,
This is complete, True Reality.

[Peter DePaulo @behaviary]

The jungle book but mowgli burns down the forest and eats sher khan

[Peter DePaulo @behaviary]

Related

[Hunter Ash @ArtemisConsort]

The reason it’s incredibly hard to break out of a “kind lie” doom loop is because the longer it’s gone on, the more unkindness is needed to get back on track. And the fact that you’re in this situation to begin with probably means your culture will hate that.

[Peter DePaulo @behaviary]

👀 these guys are fukt

[Filip Kozera @kozerafilip]

I spent $1.5M building our office after raising a seed round. My co-founder thought I was crazy. Here's what changed his mind...

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐱𝐭:

After our seed round, I looked at our team. Mostly immigrants. Working 6-day weeks. Building something incredibly hard. The office wasn't just where they worked. It was becoming their home.

So I made a bet, what if we actually designed for that?

The requirements I gave our real estate agent:
- Shower (for ocean swims between meetings)
- as close to the beach as possible, ability to quickly go surfing/kiting etc.
- Big enough kitchen for a chef
- Room for an actual sauna

People thought I was building a vacation house, I thought: I am building a place worth the sacrifice.

𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐞'𝐬 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐈 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤:

- Found one of SF's best real estate lawyers. Negotiated hard.
- Negotiated Tenant Improvements + First year for free
- Effective cost: $250k (not $1.5M)

Then I was extremely prescriptive with design and construction. No endless back-and-forth. I drew what I wanted. Told them to build it.
Cut iteration time by 80%.

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐞 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐭:
- Nordic vibes (keeping our European souls)
- Industrial kitchen
- Sauna room (yes, like our product: https://t.co/ntQmb5KL1h)
- Ocean access
- Space that feels like home

Conclusions:
- This "expensive" decision already paid for itself.
- In SF, recruiters charge $100k per engineer. We've closed multiple hires -because candidates walked in and said: "I want to work here."

But the real ROI isn't only financial.
It's this:
- We do Friday AMA as a BBQs on the beach.
- People actually use the surfboards.
- The team's lifestyle supports the intensity of the work.

EVERYONE WANTS IN, doesnt matter if events, hiring or using the space as coworking (@bertie_ai and I open it up for our portfolio companies)

My co-founder's response after 3 months:
"You were right."
Some founders optimize for low burn rate.

I optimize for: Can great people sustain this pace for years?
Because great companies aren't built in one sprint.
They're built by people who can go the distance.

We're hiring: https://t.co/jk4qr2VRc2

(Comment if you want intros to our real estate agent, lawyers or construction team - happy to connect)