Jon Wu

sensemaking the singularity • married to @maggielove_ • did stuff at @yale @harvardhbs @baincapital @aztecnetwork @asylumventures

[Jon Wu @jonwu_]

Travis is an apex predator put on ice in 2017 and only recently reactivated from cryogenic slumber.

Standards for male behavior have moved so far that he's actively perplexed by it.

Our current ecology was last home to performative frat bros nearly a decade ago.

So when Travis tells TBPN he jet skis to work, and Jordi + John ask whether he does his best thinking on the jet ski, he pauses.

You can visibly see him get confused, with an expression like "What the fuck are you guys talking about?"

Then he quite literally voices his frustration: "No guys...it's a fucking notch on the belt. Who else do you know who jet skis to work? Nobody. I'm the guy."

Even the literal technology brothers are incapable of fathoming a man who does things just for the bit.

Travis in 2026 is like the T-rex from Jurassic Park 2 who finds himself in modern day San Diego being like, yo, what the FUCK is this place?

And then just stomps everything in sight.

https://t.co/yv6Y3TJ4Co

[TBPN @tbpn]

.@travisk's commute takes 5 minutes on a jet ski going 70 mph on Lake Austin.

"Who else do you know is jet skiing to work? Nobody. I'm the guy."

[Jon Wu @jonwu_]

Insecure buyers:
- want deliverables
- benchmark to $ per hour
- want logos

Secure buyers:
- want outcomes
- benchmark to ROI
- want references

[Jon Wu @jonwu_]

@yangyou @alessio_joseph I think you should both keep the OGs, they're unique + differentiated

[Jon Wu @jonwu_]

@ansonlin @typefully @marclou NO WAY

two of my favorite products together

[Jon Wu @jonwu_]

@alessio_joseph guffaw

[Guy @nosilverv]

Bunch of people losing their shit: how does he have the time to be Stripe's CEO AND read Brothers Karamazov?

Same people are surprised by how fast the most effective operators text back. I think all comes from the same place: short feedback loops, which build causal models.

If you act on ideas *fast* they don't stay as ideas long which means you get feedback on errors *fast*. This compounds over time and all your models become causal: they track the actual moving structures of the world. If you don't act on ideas fast they proliferate and become these big castles, these flights-of-fancy that might be barely tethered to reality.

[Jon Wu @jonwu_]

@komorama A truly inspiring creative doc -- sharing this with my team

There are some NUGGETS in here

[Jon Wu @jonwu_]

@wassielawyer man i fucking love tweets where i'm like, whether it was true or not, great storytelling

[Jon Wu @jonwu_]

@saradu granola

[Jon Wu @jonwu_]

@Jack_Raines You think $FIG would sell?

It's still a risky business but 131% NRR is pretty strong proof that they can still earn seats, "AI kills SaaS" be damned

[Jon Wu @jonwu_]

@jeffinvenice @venice_inc unreal

[Jon Wu @jonwu_]

me: I'm underutilizing tax loss harvesting as a strategy

also me: not like this

[Jon Wu @jonwu_]

Related: the best sales tip I've ever heard is to maintain a neutral frame when pitching the customer.

No one wants to buy all your emotional baggage: fear, excitement, anxiety, insecurity.

They just want to buy your product.

[J @psswordprotectd]

dropping reactivity is one of the highest ROI skills you can develop

[Jon Wu @jonwu_]

@shihaabbbb $50k

[Jon Wu @jonwu_]

@cynthwangg epic

[Jon Wu @jonwu_]

It's weather, not climate.

[Jake Kozloski @jakozloski]

Of unhappily married people who stayed together, two-thirds called the same marriage happy five years later. Of the very unhappy who stayed, nearly 8 in 10.

Divorced individuals were no happier.

Most rough patches are just patches. The rational move is usually to push through.

Study:

https://t.co/RrfHEVFYKp

[Jon Wu @jonwu_]

@robjama lmao

[Jon Wu @jonwu_]

@katiewav @ettinger

[Jon Wu @jonwu_]

This is just like Knicks in 5 for me.

I just started watching last night and I can't name any starters, but by God do I have OPINIONS.

[Jon Wu @jonwu_]

@RobertMSterling I'm sorry for your loss Robert -- keeping your family in our prayers