Taylor Mann

Product @kluein | Entrepreneur. Tech, Design & Startup person. Dog Lover. G&T enthusiast. Prev: CEO @cleanslateuv | #QueensU'14 🇨🇦 🇺🇦

[Taylor Mann @tailormann]

@_neiloy My POV: prediction markets represent the worst of tech. It's gambling under the guise of "crowdsourced information" + is ripe for insider info.

I think it's valid for ppl to ask: as a society... do we want to enable this?

The lack of a true debate here is, IMO, setting ppl off.

[Taylor Mann @tailormann]

@lejeunesimon "These markets provide a new source of information, crowdsourced by millions of traders"

Do you have any examples of where this has actually proven true and valuable (socially or economically)?

[Taylor Mann @tailormann]

Why the heck are we allowing this in 🇨🇦?

There is no broader social or economic benefit to prediction markets. And as recent events have shown, they are an easy target for insider trading. #cdnpoli

[Kalshi @Kalshi]

Prediction markets are coming to Canada.

For the first time, millions of Canadians will be able to trade what's next through Wealthsimple.

[Riley Donovan @valdombre]

US Ambassador Hoekstra should be expelled from Canadian soil for promoting annexation.

[Taylor Mann @tailormann]

A first for me here: quoting Stephen Harper

“We must make any sacrifice necessary to preserve the independence and the unity of this blessed land"

Go f*ck yourself, Pete.

[Karri Saarinen @karrisaarinen]

I get that business insurance is similar Nobel level type of pursuit as ground breaking physics and the Manhattan project. Hopefully the blast radius will be contained.

I don’t think the disagreement is whether hard problems require intensity.

The disagreement is whether intensity has to become a permanent operating model, and whether working seven days a week is the thing that compounds.

My argument is that for most startups, the real compounding advantage is not raw hours. It is clearer thinking, better judgment, learning, and a team that can sustain high-quality work for a long time. You can always spend a lot of time working, but the PMF might never arrive.

There are moments where extraordinary effort is necessary. Launches, incidents, existential deadlines, customer commitments. Those moments matter, and great teams rise to them.

But if the company requires heroics every day of the eek, that usually points to a system problem. It means the operating model depends on burning reserve capacity instead of building it. Company that is constantly on fire is company that is not operating well.

Whenever you put something out there, people will argue and people can argue the way I run Linear. The reason I comment on these things to offer some counter point.

There is a growing cliché in startup culture where founders and startups feel the need to perform intensity publicly. How hard they work, how little they sleep, how many tokens they spend, how busy they are, how much personal sacrifice they make.

You almost never see this from the most successful companies or people. Even if they work that way, they usually don’t make it the story, because they have more important things to talk about, like the product, the customers, the insight, the strategy, the quality of the work.

That’s my issue with the narrative and why I think startups shouldn't blindly follow it. Not that is bad to work hard but grindmaxxing narrative can become the greater goal and become counterproductive. The performative intensity becomes the thing, and loosing sight of what actually matters.

Lets check back in 7 years.

[Taylor Mann @tailormann]

@gabrielvaldivia Really dig this - from the design, to the story itself, to the app flows. Very nice. Excited to try this.

[Taylor Mann @tailormann]

@HedgieMarkets I think there's a "door 3" missing here, which I've started to see: smaller & cheaper models become increasing viable for a range of tasks, and orgs don't *need* to pay for the absolute best model anymore because the mini versions are so capable. Or they go to 🇨🇳 low $ models 👀

[Anthropic @AnthropicAI]

A statement from Anthropic CEO, Dario Amodei, on our discussions with the Department of War.

https://t.co/rM77LJejuk

[Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський @ZelenskyyUa]

Today marks exactly four years since Putin started his three-day push to take Kyiv. And that says a great deal about our resistance, about how Ukraine has fought all this time. Behind those words stand millions of our people, immense courage, incredibly hard work, endurance, and the long path Ukraine has been pursuing since February 24.

Looking back at the beginning of the invasion and reflecting on today, we have every right to say: we have defended our independence, we have not lost our statehood; Putin has not achieved his goals. He has not broken Ukrainians; he has not won this war. We have preserved Ukraine, and we will do everything to secure peace and justice. Glory to Ukraine!

[SaskCate 🇨🇦 @CateSask]

The foundation of being Canadian is multiculturalism: a country explicitly built on successive waves of immigration from every corner of the world, stitched together not by ethnicity but by shared civic values.

If pluralism feels like an invasion to you, the problem isn’t Canada, it’s that you’ve mistaken homogenized nationalism for patriotism. That brand of identity politics trends a little further south.

If that’s more your speed, geography is optional.

[Taylor Mann @tailormann]

Perhaps the most egregious development of the past two years in 🇨🇦 politics: I now find myself agreeing with Jason Kenney on a recurring basis.

Still disagree on a lot – but those disagreements at least seem rooted in a shared truth + set of values, which seems rare these days.

[Jason Kenney 🇨🇦🇺🇦🇮🇱 @jkenney]

The Blame Canada crowd is angry with the appointment of Janice Charrette to lead trade negotiations with the US. (When are they not angry?)

They claim that she’s unqualified, and a Liberal patronage appointee.

Some facts:

- Madame Charette actually started her career in Ottawa as a Conservative political
staffer;

- She served as Deputy Minister in some of the largest and most complex government departments;

- She was appointed Clerk of the Privy Council (ie head of the Public Service and top advisor to the Prime Minister and Cabinet) by Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper;

- She was then appointed to Canada’s second most important diplomatic head of mission role, as High Commissioner to the Court of St. James, ie representing Canada in the United Kingdom;

- She was then re-appointed Clerk at PCO, the first person ever to serve in the highest role in Canadian public service twice, a reflection of the broad confidence in her ability.

There is literally no one in Canada with more senior leadership experience in the public service, dealing with the most complex issues, systems, and crises.

Some are trying to tie her to the Trudeau government’s invocation of the Emergencies Act. (N.B. I was the only Premier in Canada to challenge the constitutionality of its invocation.)

To be clear: the role of the Clerk is not to provide the Prime Minister with their personal advice or opinion, but rather to offer an objective summary of the views of relevant government agencies and departments on a particular issue, and to outline the pros and cons of a course of action. That’s what Madame Charette would have provided to the Prime Minister per his request for advice on the EA. Per the motto of the Public Service: fearless advice, loyal implementation.

In our system of responsible government, the Prime Minister and Cabinet are accountable for decisions, such as the EA invocation.

Canada will be well served by having someone of Madame Charette’s ability and experience in such an important role.

[tobi lutke @tobi]

@elkelk this is false.

source: running $150b company

[Josh Matlow @JoshMatlow]

I have a suggestion for the province and Metrolinx. We all want transit expansion to move forward. But the cost overruns, delays, secrecy and impacts on businesses and communities due to the Eglinton LRT construction can never be repeated. I propose a public dashboard for all major infrastructure projects. Using visual and interactive tools, a public dashboard can provide residents with the ability to track progress, issues, costs and timing. It can provide more granular details about publicly-shared contracts and reports. It places trust in the public while holding those in power, and entrusted to deliver these projects, to account. We all want transit expansion to move forward. And we want it done well- while using every tax dollar thoughtfully and with plans to support small businesses through the construction. Let’s offer true transparency and accountability to earn the public’s trust and get results.

[Taylor Mann @tailormann]

@lennysan Managing the throughput of vibecoding, AI experiments and "I did it because it was easy" features in an org.

Need to prevent AI-induced feature factories that createe incoherent or unmanagabnle products... while ensuring good ideas get through + 🚢 quickly.

[Taylor Mann @tailormann]

@KirkegaardEmil This is a very good explainer video: https://t.co/ORC4awkKsL

If you want the TL;DR, lookup the 'rainfall line'

[Luke Savage @LukewSavage]

This Blue Jays playoff run has caused me to reflect so much on the things I love about this city. Sportsbetting apps, the Ring of Fire, Roger’s telecom services of various kinds, the Toronto Dominion Bank, Skip the Dishes. The things that make a great team, a great city, possible

[Taylor Mann @tailormann]

@frankprempeh_ii @heysatya_ @figma Can you share the best design you've ever completed on a vibecoding tool alone?