Michael Frank

I help companies grow fast and thoughtfully, so they can build worthwhile stuff. Get in touch if you want to work on something together.

[Michael Frank @michaelwfrank]

Video of Investing in Sports Ventures Panel w/ @NedRenzi @ethankurz @deepenparikh @scotchisholm https://t.co/e2Jb2kHBYI #sportsandtech

[Michael Frank @michaelwfrank]

Good tweet! There should be a Mendoza line for this. Maybe call it substance line or vapor ware line and metric is related to renewal on b2b or retention or repeat purchase on consumer

[Keith Rabois @rabois]

Key distinction between a Positioning Market Fit and a Product Market Fit.

[Michael Frank @michaelwfrank]

Missing chapters / future substack essay: the abundance movement for pickleball and tennis courts... cc: @ezraklein @michaelkosta @mattyglesias @DKThomp

[Michael Frank @michaelwfrank]

@auren Need napkin chart where y is mustache length, x is credibility and different professions listed

[Michael Frank @michaelwfrank]

@rohindhar I think this one works: https://t.co/J3tsvlrS8D Let me know if you disagree

[Michael Frank @michaelwfrank]

@sethjberman @rohindhar If you want to do the fantasy of dropping a box on cheap land in very rural area, you can potentially do it but you are usually really committing to a pretty full off grid set up (doable but costly) or significant costs and work to get utilities to site and permits etc.

[Michael Frank @michaelwfrank]

@sethjberman @rohindhar Yes - this happened a few months ago and a bunch of customers got screwed. This has happened to a bunch of these prefab co's the specialize in high end SFR. The draw schedule for offsite housing meaning you prepay for stuff to some extent.

[Michael Frank @michaelwfrank]

6/ thoughts? @AndrewMarchand @richarddeitsch @Ourand_Puck @johnhollinger @TheSteinLine @lessin

[Michael Frank @michaelwfrank]

1/ .@NateDuncanNBA How much do you offer @ZachLowe_NBA to join you i.e. how many incremental subs does him joining you add. Interested if it's its worth the $1mm-ish+ he would get from a media company.

[Michael Frank @michaelwfrank]

5/ the only downside of this is its a grind doing all that content creation and travel but he was already doing that. Added bonus here is you can't get fired again from anything but TV, so you control your destiny.

[Michael Frank @michaelwfrank]

@lessin They do - you just need to be an advertiser with a rep who can enable this and you need the explicit permission of the account your promoting's permission. I've done this many times as an advertiser

[Michael Frank @michaelwfrank]

@palisadestahoe I just wanted to confirm that kids 4 and under still ski free next year. I noticed that there is a 4 and under ikon pass, but I just want to confirm that at palisades next year, kids 4 and under still ski free. Thanks!

[Glenn Kelman @glennkelman]

1 of 15: It has been hard to convey, through anecdotes or data, how bizarre the U.S. housing market has become. For example, a Bethesda, Maryland homebuyer working with @Redfin included in her written offer a pledge to name her first-born child after the seller. She lost.

[Michael Frank @michaelwfrank]

@hillank @NamecheapCEO thanks - just dm'd

[Michael Frank @michaelwfrank]

@balajis Honest question: are you trying to build this, either by yourself as a startup or by partnering with a huge co (telcom, device maker, social network etc.)? Seems like you have the brand and skill set to raise a lot of money and bring together resources to try to do this

[Michael Frank @michaelwfrank]

Interesting - feels like there is an opportunity to create the cross river bank for college. I.e. college to be a platform for others user facing innovation. I’m guessing a u.s. school might be better for accessing student loan financing though. Thoughts? @ShaanVP

[Michael Frank @michaelwfrank]

6/ would be a super cool growth equity spin out play a la reddit (which is my hope), but i'd be surprised if there was the demand given the recent $200mm sale to wework

[Michael Frank @michaelwfrank]

1/ one of the most interest things about Wework recently choosing to pump the brakes, is the idea that they may sell @Meetup which is a super cool target

[Michael Frank @michaelwfrank]

5/ Eventbrite feels like an incredibly obvious acquirer, but it wouldn't shock me if Stripe, who is much better capitalized, and is ambitious about making themselves central to the tech ecoystem bought them