Diego Landa

[NOBUNAGA🇯🇵🏯_夏樹蒼依 @japan_nobunaga]

USA. A Mexican restaurant. We had not yet ordered anything, and the food was already arriving.

Chips. Salsa. Unrequested. Free.

I stopped the waiter. "We have not earned these."

"They just come with the table, man."

They come with the TABLE. In my land, hospitality is a debt. Every gift creates an obligation, weighed carefully, returned in the proper season with interest of feeling. Here, the gift arrives before you have even proven you can pay for dinner.

This is not an appetizer. This is a declaration: we trust you. Eat.

I ate with the gravity the moment deserved. And then — I must report this calmly — the basket emptied, and a new one appeared.

"Did we…?"

"Refill," the waiter said. "It's bottomless."

Bottomless. They have wells of salsa. The supply lines of this nation are beyond anything my ancestors imagined.

My friend warned me. "Don't fill up on chips, dude."

Too late. I had accepted three baskets. Honor demanded each one be finished — an unfinished gift is an insult. By the time my actual food arrived, I was a ruined man.

I was not hungry. I was not comfortable. I had been defeated by a courtesy.

Generosity that arrives before the request cannot be repaid. It can only be survived.

I know the rule now. I have made my peace with the basket. One basket. Two at the most.

Who am I deceiving. There is no number of baskets I would refuse. The trust of a nation is in that salsa, and I intend to honor all of it.

[Diego Landa @diegolandac]

@girdley I have about 600 acres for sale 35 mins from downtown Austin. Both development ready land as well as 0.5 acre fully serviced lots.

[Diego Landa @diegolandac]

@elonmusk I have 134 ready to move in lots less than 10 minutes away from the @boringcompany campus and @HyperloopPlaza near Austin. Perfect for affordable employee housing.

Who’s in charge of employee housing at SpaceX/Boring Company? Would love to talk to them.

[Diego Landa @diegolandac]

@TXpaintbrush @STLChrisH Appreciate it! This is helpful.

[Diego Landa @diegolandac]

@TXpaintbrush @STLChrisH I’m curious how these internal facilities are set up (ie. interest rate, loan term limits, etc). We’re currently setting one up at a small firm so I’m interested how other firms/big players do it.

[Diego Landa @diegolandac]

@TheRealEstateG6 @TheReaderapp unroll

[Diego Landa @diegolandac]

@STLChrisH Do the previous owners take out some $ for themselves with the initial purchase, or does the $ stay in the business?

[Diego Landa @diegolandac]

@louis_kaumeyer I work across the street and have had that exact thought 😂

[Diego Landa @diegolandac]

@VeneciaGuz 😂😂😂

[Diego Landa @diegolandac]

@clayhepler Have you written any content on how the infill market works?

[Diego Landa @diegolandac]

Like with many world changing new tech, VR looks like a toy now, but will be a big step in digitalizing our world and driving even more dependence on devices for our daily lives.

[Scott Galloway @profgalloway]

VR is a prophylactic ensuring you will never conceive a child, as no one will want to get near you. (In this case, ensuring nothing gets done as colleagues won’t want to work with you.)
https://t.co/RMADmvim3O

[Michael Girdley @girdley]

** Building homogenous teams

In my 30s as a leader, I didn't get that every person is wired differently.

I would get annoyed by detailed people.

Because I like to talk to idea people.

So, I'd build teams that had lots of ideas but got nothing done.

[Diego Landa @diegolandac]

@LiamKircher HubSpot too much?

[Diego Landa @diegolandac]

@copywriteboston @KyleTibbitts Great q’s! Thank you.

[Diego Landa @diegolandac]

@Diamond_Scott_ @picthrive Cheers to you too!!

[Nick Huber @sweatystartup]

Spend your time studying unicorns and you'll end up working for somebody else.

Spend your time looking for opportunity and you'll make something of yourself.

[Diego Landa @diegolandac]

@david__booth @beondeck @LouisLebbos I still feel like something is missing from the way we use hangouts. So much more potential for knowledge transfer that isn’t happening 🤔

[Diego Landa @diegolandac]

@JorgeEnriquez23 @landforce @awilkinson Companies having fundamentals has little to do with stock price. It’s all supply, demand, and speculation after an IPO. Little value is created trading stocks. Open to discussion.

[Diego Landa @diegolandac]

@bchydro Hi, is your website down? I'm trying to pay my bill online but I can't access it. Thanks!