Bill Geiser

Serial Entrepreneur that has built category-defining products across wearables, networking and sports tech.

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Flashback 20 yrs ago when I launched my 1st tech watch (an activity monitor for swimmers) at the IronMan World Triathlon Championship.

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Yes, the Bears catch plenty of well-deserved heat for seeking big public subsidies and tax relief on a massive project. Fair criticism. That said, highlighting Northwestern’s Ryan Field and the Chicago Fire’s new stadium as proof Illinois is “getting things done” glosses over some important differences.

Northwestern is a tax-exempt nonprofit university that pays voluntary PILOTs, not standard property taxes. The Fire’s deal leans heavily on TIF dollars for infrastructure in a specific development zone, not broad tax certainty or freezes. The Bears are in a totally different league—literally. An NFL-scale stadium plus large mixed-use development in high-tax Illinois creates outlier property tax exposure that simply doesn’t compare to a college renovation or an MLS project.

That’s why tax certainty (protection against future re-assessments and hikes) has been their core ask all along.

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@North2North @WizardOddsShow @Giants @Lions @Commanders @Forbes @chicagotribune @AZCardinals @DePaulHoops That's a fact—plenty of blame to go around. This State vs. Bears feud is starting to feel like the Hatfields and McCoys... and it's lasted just as long.

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@HilzFuld me too!

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@Prime_Asthetic Seiko's SSK023 punches above it's weight at under $500.

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@Blk_UrbanKitty @BrentHBaker @LuluGNavarro @nytimes Listen and learn, Junior....

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@bkp2525 Awesome comment....

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@catturd2 Time to buy $UHAL (U-Haul Holding). More one-way trucks heading from CA to Red States = higher rental revenue, more storage demand, repeat business.

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@moore_mich17692 @BrentHBaker @LuluGNavarro @nytimes @Grok - are Tesla's affordable as compared with Fords?

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Classic incumbent cope: “They don’t know our industry.”
- Nokia/Motorola: “Apple doesn’t know phones”
- Detroit: “Elon doesn’t know cars”
- Old retail: “Bezos doesn’t know stores
- Legacy media/Pelly: “Bari doesn’t know television”

Every time, the ones screaming “no experience” or "incompetence" are next to be disrupted. #CBS

[Bill Geiser @billg]

Classic incumbent cope: “They don’t know our industry.”
- Nokia/Motorola: “Apple doesn’t know phones”
- Detroit: “Elon doesn’t know cars”
- Old retail: “Bezos doesn’t know stores
- Legacy media/Pelly: “Bari doesn’t know television”
Every time, the outsiders who ignored the old playbook won. The ones screaming “no experience” are usually next to be disrupted. #CBS

[Bill Geiser @billg]

Spot on. Classic incumbent cope: “They don’t know our industry.”
- Nokia/Motorola: “Apple doesn’t know phones”
- Detroit: “Elon doesn’t know cars”
- Old retail: “Bezos doesn’t know stores
- Legacy media: “Bari doesn’t know television”
Every time, the outsiders who ignored the old playbook won. The ones screaming “no experience” are usually next to be disrupted. #CBS

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@MikeW88820715 @GovPritzker Good catch!

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@WallStreetMav @Grok: statistically speaking, what's more likely: Spencer Pratt receiving 0 votes out of 24,000 ballots - or - I get bitten by a shark next time i swim in the ocean at New Smyrna Beach, FL?

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@Beau4Congress @ChicagoBears Point taken. I was thinking about the Jets......1969....

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@Beau4Congress @ChicagoBears The Bears shouldn't be forced to pay substantially higher taxes than peer NFL teams just to subsidize Illinois' reckless spending. Illinois doesn't have a revenue problem, they have spending problem. That's not on the Bears.....

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Greed is one narrative. Smart business is another. The Bears shouldn't be forced to pay substantially higher taxes than peer NFL teams just to subsidize Illinois' reckless spending. Illinois had a chance to pass stadium legislation for tax relief but failed to do so, while Indiana actively offered a competitive deal—making the Hammond move a rational business choice to protect the franchise's finances and viability.

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Says the guy from Passaic County, NJ — where the biggest stadium subsidy in history is propping up two billionaire-owned NY teams that haven't won a Super Bowl since the last century. At least the Bears are building something without begging Illinois for a blank check, champ. But keep shilling for your MetLife welfare queens.

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@TVietor08 A bold plan, Commrade! Next up: let's seize Giordano’s!