Charlie Dolan

I automate waste & recycling stuff
Now: Scaling @dsqtech Prev: Built & sold @sequoiawaste to a public company $QRHC

[Charlie Dolan @cdolan92]

“Hey it’s __ from <Investment Firm>.

<insert comment on unrelated headline in industry>

Fundraising may not be on the horizon but I’d love to hit my meeting quota. Are there any good times to connect over the next week or two?”

…

Got 3 emails like this today. Painful!

[Charlie Dolan @cdolan92]

@DallasAptGP So cool. I bet it feels like magic for the team using it

We're testing an MCP for our waste/recycling tools so we're easier to onboard in these types of setups. Feel like its the future for most operating companies

[Charlie Dolan @cdolan92]

Your reminder that “fair share” should make your radar start blinking red

[Stephen Caruso @StephenJ_Caruso]

News: House Majority Leader Matt Bradford (D., Montgomery) said in an interview that he support this proposal. "These are the biggest, most profitable companies that are bringing data centers and all of the challenges to our commonwealth. 100% they should pay their fair share."

[Charlie Dolan @cdolan92]

@andrewarruda Never raised, bootstrapped

But, yes

[Charlie Dolan @cdolan92]

@eglyman Can I finally move off of QBO?

[Charlie Dolan @cdolan92]

@BillDA But I want my blue bubble friends to love me :-/

[Charlie Dolan @cdolan92]

How can I do this via Hermes/openclaw

[Nathan Covey @nathan_covey]

Officially 1 month since I switched to a flip phone.

- Everyone is more severely addicted to their smartphones than I thought. Once you have a dumbphone, you'll frequently find yourself as the only person in the room not on their phone. It's not just teenagers, it's parents and adults of all ages. It's like everyone is stuck in a trance. 75+ year olds might be the only exception.

- All the objections I previously had for getting a dumbphone have turned out to be overblown and/or solvable. My iPhone addiction had fed my brain excuses to not do this earlier. If you really want to make the switch, you can.

- I've felt embarrassed to pull out my flip phone in public at times, for fear of being different or drawing too much attention to myself. But I have learned to just own up to it. Most people end up saying something like "Oh, I probably should do that too."

- I am using my brain more. Even though my flip phone has Waze, I find myself memorizing maps and roads. I'm more bored and get lost in my thoughts. I'm using paper and pen more. Increased desire for tangible things > digital things.

Overall, it has been a great experience and I plan on never going back.

[Charlie Dolan @cdolan92]

@MatznerJon @BPD1776 @kayvonbina Who are these imposters

There can only be two Highlanders

[Charlie Dolan @cdolan92]

@JerimiahLee Sounds like a job for Hermes/openclaw

[Charlie Dolan @cdolan92]

@robbiehendricks @Stealx At this point I just toss Angels/Airwaves into the Blink mix too

[Charlie Dolan @cdolan92]

Anyone else getting Patriot act vibes from the AI fear machine?

[Charlie Dolan @cdolan92]

@BPD1776 Need to apply!

[Charlie Dolan @cdolan92]

Really excited to have Joe join us as the Keynote speaker for WasteNexus in Pittsburgh

Joe is a local legend from an operations perspective. Can’t wait to learn more from him!

If you want a high quality curated event without any sales pressure, check out the link

[DSQ Technology @dsqtech]

Joe's invited!

Introducing Joe Piccini, Executive Vice President of Operations at Oxford Development Company in Pittsburgh, where he oversees property management, leasing, and development across a portfolio that includes over 11 million square feet of commercial space and 3,000+ residential units.

Joe is a Certified Property Manager with deep experience at the intersection of technology and real-world operations, and in September he'll share how that plays out specifically in waste and recycling, what he's learned across his career, and where he sees things heading.

Ready to join us in September in Pittsburgh? Apply now for our final spots!
https://t.co/V6RUlN9QE3

[Charlie Dolan @cdolan92]

@cormachayden_ also important to note it is/was the registered business address

[Charlie Dolan @cdolan92]

@cormachayden_ Address was google-able not sure about the doxxing claim; https://t.co/tfQwfU85JV

[Charlie Dolan @cdolan92]

@hazan0608 @jamestmurphy_ You can google his address very easily

[Charlie Dolan @cdolan92]

@b_nnett @levelsio @JerimiahLee

[Charlie Dolan @cdolan92]

@chrisfralic My auto correct betrayed me

[Charlie Dolan @cdolan92]

@cameronpriest Don’t forget to then ask /workflow to make it so

[Charlie Dolan @cdolan92]

This but most vertical AI including waste and recycling

[FleetingBits @fleetingbits]

some thoughts on kirkland building its own harvey

1) kirkland is spending $500m over four years in order to build its own internal ai legal tools; kirkland intends to spend $100m this year

2) i suspect that kirkland is doing this because they have told themselves that they have valuable data and because they want to appear differentiated

3) i think the first issue is that kirkland probably does not have differentiated data from other elite law firms; at least, not at the level a harvey would absorb

4) all the elite firms probably have similar internal workflow data and so long as some of them defect, that is enough to commoditize the data kirkland wants to use for its platform

5) and, to the extent that they do have different internal workflows, harvey and legora will end up representing a better version of them and this will put kirkland at a disadvantage

6) moreover, companies like kirkland will have difficulty building their internal legal platforms because they do not have experience with software development

7) and, there are both cultural and structural issues with them managing software developers, like they cannot give non-lawyers equity in the firm due to regulation

8) so, i think firms like kirkland are better off using tools like harvey and legora and then looking to focus on where their value really is now: client relationships, local knowledge (litigation, regulation) and legal r&d (novel structures, etc...)

9) anyway, this seems to me like a phenomenon that ai creates across a lot of industries, where firms that were previously vertically integrated become unbundled due to ai because part of the intelligence gets moved to the labs or otherwise gets commoditized

10) and so, a new set of companies are created whose job it is in order to provide services complementary to the labs: forward deployed like harvey and legora and data providers like mercor, surge and handshake