Dennis Crowley 🇺🇸 (mostly on Threads, @dens)

I like to build things (@HopscotchLabs_, @Foursquare, @StreetFC, @StockadeFC). Husband to @Chelsa, dada x3 👧🏼🧒🏼👶🏼. I enjoy snowboards, soccer & hot dogs.

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@joshu Not yet. Just started looking tho. Prob much harder now vs 6 mos ago.

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To anyone rabbithole'ing on You Can See Everything – don't miss the eBay auctions for old Theranos swag. https://t.co/Ehf7mxvhlT

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@JarrodMusano This is leadership. ❤️

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Foursquare was acquired last month. The outcome was disappointing. It's taken me a while to write this, but I think I'm finally done grieving it. Here are some thoughts on our final years, an effort to honor the team who helped build & maintain FSQ's legacy, and my attempt to finally get some closure. https://t.co/HgcgI9DWvy

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@alexisohanian I spy @joemarchese 👋

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@Mr312 @1871tech Dude I remember that talk well! Y'all were such great hosts and had a great community going there.

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@JarrodMusano FWIW, this is what made me most angry 👇
> And your team shouldn't learn the <details of the> ending from a legal email.

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@karrisaarinen Btw, main point with this post was, regardless of ending or cap stack or debt, there is a way for leadership to take ownership. Share the wins and own the losses. Leaders gotta lead. The absence of that was so frustrating to me (because it was so core to early days)

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@karrisaarinen ❤️

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@bdistel btw there’s a BBQ place in Astoria called Pig Beach that has some sick merch.

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@ClementDelangue Hey thx so much for the kind words. I absolutely love hearing this type of feedback, esp from the folks inspiring the NEXT gen of builders (ahem, you & crew!)

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@peterpham That FSQ/Brizzly party w/ the hip hop dance party in the rain! #GOATSXSWPARTY

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@scottastevenson @mfishbein FWIW I stepped down as CEO as biz was transitioning from consumer biz to enterprise biz. I thought FSQ deserved a CEO who was as passionate about data biz as I was about consumer apps. Hired COO, elevated him to CEO. I stayed on as Exec Chair for 5 years. https://t.co/mZ1l52sJso

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@howard @saranormous Not overnight, but yeah that’s the story.

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@bijan Oh man, just setting this. This means so much coming from you. Thanks for the kind words.

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@scottdwitt Maybe one of these days. There are 10000 lesson buried in the FSQ story (and Dodgeball, @StockadeFC and @StreetFC and @HopscotchLabs_ )

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@saranormous Just to be clear, never thought it was a dead end. It was doing $100M/year x 3 years! TBH, I didn't wrap my head around the idea that it *could very well go to zero* until end of 2025/early 2026? That said, I do feel like "FSQ ate my career" in some way, but that's hindsight.

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@mrdavenport Shit, forgot to give you a shoutout in the post! Sorry buddy! (lemme sneak it in now)

[Zack ☻ @mrdavenport]

hey i drew that timeline 🥹

https://t.co/1qub4CdSEn