Erik Blachford

Independent investor, ex-Expedia CMO/CEO, current boards Zillow, Busbud, dcbel, available on

[Erik Blachford @erikbl]

@henrythe9ths AI Guide - thank you!

[Rich Barton @Rich_Barton]

Spencer had the really hard job of getting us public, which he did masterfully.  I captained through the Covid storm.  And we're both excited for @zillow 's next chapter under Jeremy's leadership.  Zillow has huge opportunity in front of it and is gaining momentum.  Thanks, Spencer, and congrats, Jeremy.

[Rich Barton @Rich_Barton]

Proud and excited to pass the baton to Jeremy Wacksman, @ZillowGroup’s new CEO.

I will move to co-chair the board with my co-founder, Lloyd Frink, and will remain engaged to support Jeremy and the Zillow team.

Even though Zillow is approaching 20 years of “age,” the adventure and the opportunity ahead of the company has only just begun. Jeremy’s a 15-year veteran of Zillow and has led most of the company for the last 3 years as COO.

Here’s why he’s the right CEO for Zillow now:

https://t.co/Frd02s0NpM

[Erik Blachford @erikbl]

In so many ways

[Dylan O'Sullivan @DylanoA4]

David Foster Wallace saw it coming

[Erik Blachford @erikbl]

Smart travel PR/Content marketing here

Travelers' favorite airplane seats https://t.co/IUzYvEgduS

[Erik Blachford @erikbl]

Incredible effort here

[Rugby Canada @RugbyCanada]

SILVER 🇨🇦🥈👏

#RugbyCA | #OneSquad

[Erik Blachford @erikbl]

Wait, what? A post that isn’t about politics and addresses something substantial and interesting!

[The Culturist @the_culturist_]

Why did past societies build so much "useless" beauty everywhere — and why did we stop?

It might be a measure of a culture's health... (thread) 🧵

[Erik Blachford @erikbl]

@DylanWa68690046 Been here, done that

[Erik Blachford @erikbl]

@joshelman The missing link? Amazon buys one of the three credit rating agencies. Now we’re talking…

[Erik Blachford @erikbl]

@joshelman And why stop at health insurance? I’m not some conspiracy guy as you know. Just seems like strategically where you head if you want the richest possible 360 data view of the public.

[Erik Blachford @erikbl]

@AnnieJacobsen FADE IN

School district Head of Security BOB COYOAS, at his desk, watches a video of a robotic dog firing a machine gun, smiles, and picks up his phone.

BOB
Carl? Yeah, we aren’t going to need to give guns to the teachers after all.

(Scary is right)

[Erik Blachford @erikbl]

@Jason Biden because if Trump moves back in to the White House, he’ll become the tenant who just won’t leave…

[Erik Blachford @erikbl]

Manchin’s a Republican in Dem clothing, so it’s really a 51/49 Republican majority Senate, even if on paper it’s Democrat led.

And the GOP is just running out the clock.

Easier to make sense of the current mess from that POV. For me, anyway.

Biden & Co never had a prayer.

[Erik Blachford @erikbl]

@Jason No Limits because longevity is about to explode (only for those with money obv, bec it’s the USA) - but how about an annual test of cognition, executive function etc to avoid situations like the current Feinstein problem?

[Erik Blachford @erikbl]

Webb telescope has me wondering - what if the point is to be the first civilization to solve the Big Bang problem - Earth as one contestant in an Escape Room competition - political idiocy, gas prices etc don’t matter at all - useless clues in the room - science is the cavalry 🤷‍♂️

[Erik Blachford @erikbl]

@Jason I hit my numbers, again

[Erik Blachford @erikbl]

Damn, maybe I should have taken that macro Econ class in college

[Erik Blachford @erikbl]

@todgoldberg I just asked my dog and he said that whoever asks a question like that can give him a call and he’ll set things straight

[Erik Blachford @erikbl]

To all founders and CEO’s who insist they don’t need media training (not a sub-tweet), watch this and try to tell me that he hasn’t taken media training just as seriously as Steph Curry takes practicing three-pointers. Nobody can do this without putting in the work.

[MeidasTouch @MeidasTouch]

Pete Buttigieg just gave a masterclass on owning the conversation on Fox News.