Sean Newman Maroni

Founder @betaboxlearning. Building things that help every student find their path.

[Sean Newman Maroni @seanmaroni]

Methods don't seem robust enough to establish Rippling was true cause of 1/2 headcount.

Potential stronger follow-up study: aggregate a set of pre/post case studies of real new Rippling clients to asses if they reduce headcount by X%, Y mos post onboarding. Perhaps in progress!

[Sean Newman Maroni @seanmaroni]

@parkerconrad I'm curious about two aspects of the methodology BSG used in the study:

1. Did BSG adjust for industry or firm age across Rippling and Non-Rippling cohorts? Headcount norms will vary by both, would assume the Rippling cohort skews tech-adjacent, newer firms.

[Sean Newman Maroni @seanmaroni]

2. It looks like LinkedIn data was used to establish Non-Rippling headcount data. What was done to verify this data? If only LinkedIn data was used not actual company records I'd guess this dramatically overstates active HR/IT headcount of firms.

[Sean Newman Maroni @seanmaroni]

"Strategy" = not doing most good ideas

[Sean Newman Maroni @seanmaroni]

Communication quality is measured in clarity, not cleverness.

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@zach_nomad @zachmmilburn @NOMADcoliving 🥖 🙌 💯can’t wait to catch up with you both!

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@zach_nomad @zachmmilburn @NOMADcoliving ❤️

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@UjwalVelagapudi @bendopfner 👀

[Sean Newman Maroni @seanmaroni]

The best careers come from picking one main idea and taking it seriously for decades.

[Sean Newman Maroni @seanmaroni]

@RobertMSterling @zachmmilburn This is the way. (but also, shhhh….)

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@AkshayNarisetti Any chance you’d open source the code and allow @betaboxlearning to allow kids to build a similar project in school? Looks super fun 🤩

[Sean Newman Maroni @seanmaroni]

@SievaKozinsky This happens IMO because far too many startups are better understood as a baby cashflow machine embedded inside a status signaling machine. Raising money is the optimization function of the signaling machine but just an input for the future cashflow machine.

[Sean Newman Maroni @seanmaroni]

Are the recent developments in AI showing us that the only way to achieve a socialist utopia is through ruthless, capitalistic technological advancement?

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@garrytan It can do OpenSCAD for 3d printing too

[Sean Newman Maroni @seanmaroni]

Good metric for company health: ratio of team time spent on customer value creating tasks vs internal admin/triangulation activity.

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@torrenegra 🙏

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@lwcassid @BuildWithFlux 💪💪🔥

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@taylorawelch The degree to which this statement is true is a KPI for societal health

[Sean Newman Maroni @seanmaroni]

@UrbanePlanner Simultaneously, towing capacity has gone up significantly over time

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Sports fans, give my brothers new twitter account a follow!