Nick

You don’t know me, you’ve just seen my Twitter.

[Nick @dontwakecalvin]

you vs the guy she tells you not to worry about

(me 2yrs into founder life) (me pre-founder life)

[andrew arruda @andrewarruda]

“all truth passes through three stages:

first, it is ridiculed.

second, it is violently opposed.

third, it is accepted as being self-evident.”

- schopenhauer

[andrew arruda @andrewarruda]

my sons at bedtime

[Nick @dontwakecalvin]

@AndrewArruda I found my old ones in my parents’ basement 🤙

[Nick @dontwakecalvin]

@VivekGRamaswamy @DOGE @songhaobei

[Nick @dontwakecalvin]

@AndrewArruda Those flyers were magic

[Garry Tan @garrytan]

One of the most useful ways to evaluate people is through their unique insights and the best people observe and discover new unique insights absolutely all the time.

They are meaning making machines instead of following mechanistically the beliefs issued to them.

[andrew arruda @andrewarruda]

great hanging with aaron, @dontwakecalvin and @benarendi IRL. this team is building https://t.co/Z1Z7BWuAzX the way startups should be built. let’s go capita! 🎸

[Nick @dontwakecalvin]

@songhaobei @ClayTravis Hahah exactly

[Nick @dontwakecalvin]

@songhaobei @lindayaX @elonmusk Aaron: Screw tech support, I’m going straight to the CEO

[Nick @dontwakecalvin]

@TurnerNovak Just read this after raw dogging a flight of stairs (almost, standing at third last step)

[Jack Altman @jaltma]

Getting out of the hot tub with 4yo

4yo: I’m really glad you got out of there
Me: why?
4yo: because I peed like a crazy amount in there and so you’ve been completely covered in pee this whole time. It’s not healthy

Happy Friday ☀️

[Jack Altman @jaltma]

4yo out of nowhere this morning: The game of life is just don't die and go as long as you can and try to make it to infinity days

[Nick @dontwakecalvin]

@greg16676935420 Spre-

[Nick @dontwakecalvin]

@jaltma My 3yo has been stuck on man. “Hey, what are you eating, man?”

[Nick @dontwakecalvin]

A “no” is just as valuable as a “yes”

[andrew arruda @andrewarruda]

mentally i'm here

[Nick @dontwakecalvin]

I can’t remember the last time I was bored, so life must be good.

[Nick @dontwakecalvin]

Hot take: you vs. you is the easy part

If it’s hard then you probably don’t actually care as much as you might think you do

[Nick @dontwakecalvin]

@AndrewArruda it's a bit funny that the opposite is probably true too... as a startup becomes less and less successful over time, the contact with the founder (unfortunately) becomes less frequent.

[Nick @dontwakecalvin]

If Henry Ford did proper discovery he wouldn’t have stopped or cared that they said they wanted faster horses.

Listen to your customers folks. Especially - or maybe even exclusively - their problems.