Steve Kenning

Writing on startups and org at Missing & Incorrect.
Canadian. Airbnb. Fmr @DoorDash, Bain.

[Steve Kenning @stevekenning]

You are unbelievable morons if you think this message resonates with most of the people you need to vote for you.

[Conservative Party of BC @Conservative_BC]

Change is here.

Join us https://t.co/y8yOGNwS1m

[Dave Portnoy @stoolpresidente]

These are both great uniforms. Hockey has by far the best overall uniforms in sports.

[Steve Kenning @stevekenning]

💔

[Sportsnet PR @SportsnetPR]

A statement on the passing of John Garrett:

[Steve Kenning @stevekenning]

@DhaliwalSports The best.

[Steve Kenning @stevekenning]

*What if* old people *should* give up their massive, undertaxed homes to make way for young families who’d like space for kids in a well-funded school district.

[Lisa Cusack @lisa_4_la]

What Prop 13 does is allow older people— who retire, or are on a fixed income to keep their homes. The idea that the state should be able to collect so much taxes that it drives people out of their homes so those homes, just can “turn over” by developers is profoundly unjust and anti-property rights.

[Steve Kenning @stevekenning]

Obviously never chatted with @RonAdner.

[Rohan Paul @rohanpaul_ai]

🇨🇳 China’s new AI-based capsule is making stomach exams quick and painless.
You just swallow it, wait for 8 minutes, and it’s over.

No tubes or anesthesia. Priced around $280

[Steve Kenning @stevekenning]

This is, without qualification, totally, and unbelievably awesome. Let’s go @PWHL__Vancouver.

[The Hockey News - Women’s @TheHockeyNewsW]

There it is, the 15,000 seat Pacific Coliseum in Vancouver is SOLD OUT for tomorrow’s Vancouver Goldeneyes home opener.

It will be the league’s largest attendance at a home venue ever. #PWHL

[Cited @cited]

I became Senior VP at a multi-million dollar company at age 26. My salary was $600k. This was in 2018.

How did I do it?

It wasn’t hustle culture. No 5:30am wakeups, cold showers, or productivity hacks.

What got me there was a relentless focus on impact. Every project I touched, every deck I built, every presentation I gave MOVED THE NEEDLE.

Always, I asked myself: what is the single most valuable contribution I can make to the company right now? And I did that. If people disagreed, I convinced them otherwise.

I kept this up for three years before the CEO (my dad) finally recognized my results and promoted me to SVP.

There are no gimmicks. There are no shortcuts.

To get ahead, create value.

[Steve Kenning @stevekenning]

The entire startup ecosystem rests on the social contract that exceptional talent works for a discount with great potential upside. If the new norm is founders can yeet themselves to a personal exit and leave their teams behind, the whole system falls down.

[Gergely Orosz @GergelyOrosz]

Regarding the Windsurf sale (part of the team acquihired by Google, prob a great exit, but not all the team):

I feel we’re forgetting well-funded startups today are NOT scrappy startups in the past where employees work for pennies, paid well under market.

Its a different game

[Steve Kenning @stevekenning]

It is great. He is great.

[Austin Rief ☕️ @austin_rief]

Every leader should create a "how to work with me" guide.

This one from Keith Yandell at DoorDash is great.

[Steve Kenning @stevekenning]

“Piper, NOO!”

[Noah Smith 🐇🇺🇸🇺🇦🇹🇼 @Noahpinion]

I'm sorry, but "Vladimir, STOP!" is just absolutely a line from porn

[Steve Kenning @stevekenning]

@fmaddenNBA Frank, I’m sorry, but this is a hockey app now.

[Paul Bissonnette @BizNasty2point0]

Canada’s getting great looks early they just need to hit the net. Probably 4 solid opportunities didn’t get on net. They’re finding the trailers. Smart puck play so far.

🇨🇦 #4Nations

[Steve Kenning @stevekenning]

@fmaddenNBA Not gonna lie, this would save me a whole lotta paperwork.

[Steve Kenning @stevekenning]

Tbh it’s about time we synchronize the two Thanksgivings. 🇨🇦 🦃 🇺🇸

[Acyn @Acyn]

Watters: Canada… the fact that they don't want us to take them over makes me want to invade. I want to quench my imperialist thirst.

[Steve Kenning @stevekenning]

It takes a weapons-grade level of batshit insanity to get me commenting on this website, but here we are.

[Deepinder Goyal @deepigoyal]

Update: I am looking for a chief of staff for myself.

[Steve Kenning @stevekenning]

My children seem to overestimate how much lava is going to be a problem in their daily lives.

[tobi lutke @tobi]

You basically have to find free unlimited energy in convenient shippable form in the ground to have any hope to compete with american dynamism

[Steve Kenning @stevekenning]

This is the right take.

[Empty Netters @EmptyNettersPod]

Few thoughts on the Greig clapper into the empty net situation.
Is it a bit trashy? Yes absolutely.
Is it also hilarious and awesome? Yes absolutely.
Does he deserve to get fed for it? Yes absolutely.
Did Rielly go WAY over the top with cross check to the dome? Yes absolutely.

[Empty Netters @EmptyNettersPod]

Few thoughts on the Greig clapper into the empty net situation.
Is it a bit trashy? Yes absolutely.
Is it also hilarious and awesome? Yes absolutely.
Does he deserve to get fed for it? Yes absolutely.
Did Rielly go WAY over the top with cross check to the dome? Yes absolutely.