Startup L. Jackson

Don't be telling me about social media. I'm the social media fucking master. Pronouns: he/that motherfucker/his

[Startup L. Jackson @StartupLJackson]

SLJ, the hits. http://t.co/Uj0l2FLpXG

[Startup L. Jackson @StartupLJackson]

What I’m seeing is only unambitious founders are shooting for $1T these days.

Great founders are doing 100 hour weeks with 95% AI employees, and shooting for $10T minimum outcomes. 🚀 🚀 🚀

[Brian Halligan @bhalligan]

The CEO’s of of the fastest growing startups are doing the following
1. 100% in office
2. Very very lean headcount
3. Mostly homegrown exec teams
4. Shooting for $1trillion. Unicorns are dead.
5. 80+ hour weeks

[Startup L. Jackson @StartupLJackson]

Technically you don’t need number 2 if you want it bad enough. Most people would get a cushy job at a big company though.

[Lucy Guo @lucy_guo]

How to be successful in Silicon Valley:

1. Be born a man
2. Be gay
3. Hook up with the right people
4. Repeat #3 until you've made it

[Startup L. Jackson @StartupLJackson]

Neither of these outfits are practical for fighting fires, but I don’t need to see your nipples at work however spectacular they may be. One point, Chief.

[Shaun Maguire @shaunmmaguire]

On the left you have my grandfather, who was a career LAFD fireman

He spent the summer when he was 13 living in the LA Forest with a friend, hunting and trapping to survive

On the right you have the current LAFD Fire Chief & the Head of “Equity and HR”

[Startup L. Jackson @StartupLJackson]

We have been genetically modifying food since the dawn of agriculture. These motherfuckers are anti-progress, anti-technology, and anti-prosperity.

Hashtag Make America Intelligent Again.

[Tyler Winklevoss @tyler]

Eliminating the FDIC would bring us one step closer to ending the weaponization of the US banking system and preventing Operation Choke Point from ever happening again.

[Startup L. Jackson @StartupLJackson]

This is why we need to break up Waymo immediately. We need competition between the Way and the Mo to drive down prices.

[Semil @semil]

More & more folks in SF are gushing about Waymo. The assumption is, over time, Waymo rides will be cheaper than other ride share options. But, what if consumers would be willing to pay MORE for a Waymo, where it becomes a premium option. That may be more likely.

[Startup L. Jackson @StartupLJackson]

Tim Walz should’ve yelled “what’s your value add, JD” in the spirit of Jack Nicholson.

[Startup L. Jackson @StartupLJackson]

List of things I should be doing but am not: Running startup

List of things I am doing but should not be: Ayahuasca

[Jason Fried @jasonfried]

If you made two lists, one with things you are doing that you shouldn't be doing, and one with things you aren't doing that you should be doing, I'd bet on proper critical reflection, the first list is a lot longer than the second. Herein lies most people's problems at work.

[Startup L. Jackson @StartupLJackson]

They have these pillows everywhere in X offices and they call the symbols the double-X (left) and the round-X (right).

Quietly in the background, X Gon' Give It To Ya plays on repeat.

[Startup L. Jackson @StartupLJackson]

Why didn’t the Collisons didn’t have this guy in cement shoes 15 minutes after his public statement?

In the PG era this would’ve happened quietly and efficiently. SMH.

[Jake Chapman 🇺🇸🚀 ✨🇺🇸 @vc]

I love it? When cartels gun each other down in the streets.

[Startup L. Jackson @StartupLJackson]

Of the six stages of grief around vaporizing enterprise value, blaming the Jews is number four, so the end game is near.

[Startup L. Jackson @StartupLJackson]

Maybe the WeWork people can rebrand as co-woke-ing and evict some right-wing tenants tonight in an attempt get Elon to buy the company for way too much?

[Startup L. Jackson @StartupLJackson]

This is *exactly* what a fuckin supervillain would say.

[Sam Altman @sama]

if i were trying to be a supervillain i would come up with a MUCH better plan than iris scanning

[Startup L. Jackson @StartupLJackson]

Quote tweet this with the most engagement-bait strategy for getting to 5M monthly impressions so you can get a piece of Elon’s remaining Twitter money.

[Startup L. Jackson @StartupLJackson]

@utekkare

[Startup L. Jackson @StartupLJackson]

If you are in tech and perceive yourself as having no equals, please @ me with the hashtag #berealwithmeslj for tough-but-fair feedback.

[Joe Lonsdale @JTLonsdale]

If few dare speak the truth to their superiors, how shall he who has no superiors ever come to know the truth?

Most are better armed against fear than flatterers; terrors animate them and threats their courage; but flattery softens their minds and makes them negligent and idle.

[Startup L. Jackson @StartupLJackson]

We have found an investor with a concrete value add. Your move, I-can-intro-you-to-some-potential-Series-A-leads guy.

[Nat Friedman @natfriedman]

Daniel and I have setup a cluster for startups: https://t.co/FMmfA7MQm3

[Startup L. Jackson @StartupLJackson]

Be careful taking money from a VC who was never a successful operator. IYKYK.

[Startup L. Jackson @StartupLJackson]

This bet makes sense from a crypto perspective because the great thing about owning yourself this hard is nobody can ever take it away.

[Hsaka @HsakaTrades]

The Balaji bet is the most expensive twitter ad ever bought.