@auren Avatar @auren Auren Hoffman

Auren Hoffman posts on X about money, faster, palantir, ai the most. They currently have [------] followers and [---] posts still getting attention that total [-------] engagements in the last [--] hours.

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Social Influence

Social category influence finance 18.52% technology brands 14.07% stocks 5.93% countries 5.19% social networks 4.44% travel destinations 2.96% celebrities 1.48% products 0.74% exchanges 0.74% agencies 0.74%

Social topic influence money 4.44%, faster 2.96%, palantir 2.22%, ai 2.22%, facebook 2.22%, infrastructure 2.22%, has been 2.22%, open ai 2.22%, liquidity 1.48%, vc firms 1.48%

Top accounts mentioned or mentioned by @fundrisefan @jamesbarlia @martinshkreli @howietl @jeremysliew @sfrancisatx @united @jasonkwon @nw3 @ab83126691 @pluckersconoid @nqb8com @patrickmcgee @brianpotter @corydavis321 @dossityintel @ericjorgenson @balajis @rujulzaparde @tomballard

Top assets mentioned Alphabet Inc Class A (GOOGL) Robinhood Markets, Inc. (HOOD)

Top Social Posts

Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours

"first Summation episode will be a banger: this wednesday with @martinshkreli"
X Link 2026-02-09T16:17Z 69.2K followers, 16.8K engagements

"tyler technologies $TLY has $23 billion market cap. most people have never heard of them. they've been a top [--] best performing stock of the last [--] years selling software to local governments long or short"
X Link 2025-09-30T18:11Z 69K followers, [----] engagements

"Dept of War has opened up to new primes like Palantir and Anduril -- this is great. HHS/CMS still the same 5-6 companies controlling most of the budget. same Accenture/Booz playbook that has never worked"
X Link 2026-01-28T17:00Z 69K followers, [----] engagements

"it used to be that VCs only focused on what to buy . now a big part of the job is what to sell manufacturing liquidity is now a full-time job at large VC firms. Some firms have dedicated partners doing nothing but liquidity management - deciding when to sell secondaries how to structure GP-leds managing tender offers etc. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2016589006394495043 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2016589006394495043"
X Link 2026-01-28T19:07Z 69.1K followers, [----] engagements

"We still have a long way to go but this is good news. If this trend continues we can save millions of people"
X Link 2026-01-31T14:09Z 69K followers, 30.2K engagements

"i love SpaceX (and am a small shareholder). iconic company. but don't understand why it would want to go public. if you're a CEO of SpaceX (or Stripe Databricks etc) and you can generate liquidity for shareholders without going public - why would you ever IPO as long as tender offers keep working at scale there's zero forcing function to deal with quarterly earnings calls and random fake shareholder lawsuits. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2017681520505622789 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2017681520505622789"
X Link 2026-01-31T19:28Z 69.1K followers, 70.9K engagements

"best new ad campaign for salesforce can you come up with something better"
X Link 2026-02-01T17:41Z 69.1K followers, [----] engagements

"average time to connect to United wifi: [--] minutes. should be less than [--] seconds"
X Link 2026-02-02T22:29Z 69K followers, [----] engagements

"sometimes you use a product that is so easy to use that you just marvel at the UX. for me that's Daffy. it is a simple product making it really easy to give money to charity through a super simple donor advised fund. kudos to the team for such a great experience (and this should be REQUIRED using for anyone looking to make a complex product . like a financial instrument . easy to use) https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2018507587835118021 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2018507587835118021"
X Link 2026-02-03T02:11Z 69.1K followers, [----] engagements

"some of the biggest saas companies right now are fighting AI not allowing agents to interact staying away from MCP etc. might shore up revenue short term. will hurt them immensely long term. you can only hold a dam so long before it bursts"
X Link 2026-02-03T19:46Z 69K followers, [----] engagements

"60% of EMCLOUD companies were down in [----] -- and most of them were down a LOT. SP500 return (2025): 17.9% EMCLOUD return (2025): -1.06% and EMCLOUD would have been down a LOT more except for the extraordinary year of Palantir (140%) biggest EMCLOUD losers in [----] were C3ai Five9 Fastly Twilio and Snowflake (all down more than 30%) https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2019092841415188932 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2019092841415188932"
X Link 2026-02-04T16:57Z 69.1K followers, [----] engagements

"visited the Pentagon last week and was surprised to see so many out-of-shape people there. seemed just like avg america. was hoping to see more superhero-looking people"
X Link 2026-02-04T21:11Z 69.2K followers, [----] engagements

"founding national security startup dealing with very large amounts of data. looking to partner with an amazing cofounder CTO in-person in northern virginia (DC) insane hours mission oriented VC-backed if you know someone exceptional (or that person is you) email:crazyambition@nqb8.com https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2019876116782039244 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2019876116782039244"
X Link 2026-02-06T20:49Z 69.2K followers, [----] engagements

"http://x.com/i/article/2020173935937994752 http://x.com/i/article/2020173935937994752"
X Link 2026-02-07T16:49Z 69.1K followers, 78.6K engagements

"Banks take your money and lend it and then give you less than you can get in treasuries as interest. But it is SAFER (& easy) to put your savings in treasuries. if banks are going to lend out your money shouldn't they pay you a HIGHER interest than you can get in treasuries"
X Link 2026-02-09T19:26Z 69.1K followers, [----] engagements

"2005: how did I function without the Internet 2015: how did I function without the smart phone 2025: how did I function without the LLM 2035:"
X Link 2026-02-10T02:25Z 69.1K followers, [----] engagements

"how will college change in the next [--] years education is not really affected by competitive forces. educators don't like change. neither do parents. so unfortunately my guess is that a decade from now it will look pretty much the same"
X Link 2026-02-10T20:39Z 69.1K followers, [----] engagements

"bloomberg employees are specifically banned from trading: which means it is hard for them to understand their customers. @MartinShkreli thinks that's insane: he wants to REQUIRE employees to trade what do you think"
X Link 2026-02-11T18:54Z 69.1K followers, [----] engagements

"Martin Shkreli was doing drug discovery from prison during covid. wuji would email the chairman who would copy paste into the jail email system -- this ancient looking thing. martin would ask questions about the assay. they were spinning up a covid drug over jail email. Incredible https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2022000798759006697 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2022000798759006697"
X Link 2026-02-12T17:32Z 69.2K followers, [----] engagements

"Martin Shkrelis conspiracy theory on summation pod: wealthy people have almost zero political influence koch brothers donated billions to republicans over decades then quit because their money was wasted politicians take the money and do whatever they wanted anyway"
X Link 2026-02-11T21:43Z 69.2K followers, 223K engagements

"parking garages are the worst UI experience. let's level it up what we want: * drive in. auto reads license plate on the way in and out and auto bills * quickly tells you where the open parking spots are for your sized car * great signage on how to navigate the garage what we have: * need to get the ticket on the way in (and lost the ticket 10% of the time) * takes forever to find an open spot * need to insert credit card into machine on the way out (and 80% of the time put in the card the wrong way and 40% of the time need to get out of the car to do this because the car is not close enough"
X Link 2026-02-16T17:27Z 69.2K followers, [----] engagements

"review of Swiss Air business class (Zurich to DC - lie flat): overall: B- seats: C- staff service: B lounge: B+ food: A Entertainment System: D (and it stopped working during the flight) mobile/web UI: B+ bathrooms: B- comfort: B- notes: Airbus A330-300 - [--] year old plane and looks like it has not been updated at all in those [--] years overall: if you can choose between Swiss Air and United flight from Europe to US chose United. review of Qatar Airlines business class: overall: A seats: A+ staff service: A lounge: A food: B- mobile app: F web UI: D professionalism: A comfort: A review of"
X Link 2026-02-16T21:25Z 69.2K followers, [----] engagements

"you should never have a mtg that you don't spend a good deal of time prepping for. a good rule of thumb is to spend half the time prepping for the mtg as the mtg itself -- so an hour mtg deserves a [--] min prep"
X Link 2026-02-08T21:54Z 69.2K followers, [----] engagements

"Tech has the fewest assholes per capita. Politics has the most"
X Link 2025-11-08T23:02Z 69.2K followers, 43.6M engagements

"new World of DaaS with @patrickmcgee_ on his book Apple in China. most important book i read this year. we cover: 🍎how apples policies created Huawei πŸ’°the $275b investment in china πŸ“±organized crime iphone distribution 🏭realities of reshoring"
X Link 2025-12-02T16:50Z 69.2K followers, [----] engagements

"first official summation episode is out. @MartinShkreli some highlights: -- wealthy people have almost zero political influence -- quantum computing is largely a scam -- the forbes billionaire list is massively wrong -- bloomberg missed the two biggest trends in wall street history this one's worth your time (and one of our best). we get into prison wisdom rules for short selling breaking bitcoin encryption and much much more. do not miss this one full episode here πŸ‘‡ https://youtu.be/uJ_VW-h1FO0 https://youtu.be/uJ_VW-h1FO0"
X Link 2026-02-11T16:00Z 69.2K followers, 60.6K engagements

"jensen huang said offhand that useful quantum computing is [--] years away. quantum stocks dropped 40% in one day then he said "i didn't even know they were public" brutal"
X Link 2026-02-12T07:41Z 69.2K followers, 151K engagements

"whoa: "china had fewer births in [----] than in 1776.""
X Link 2026-02-12T12:09Z 69.2K followers, 62.9K engagements

"one of the most underrated shifts in the world right now is that innovative labs (mostly AI) can pay more for talent that hedge funds in the last [--] years so many of the smartest people left the sciences and moved to finance in the last [--] months so many of the smartest people in finance are leaving to do science this is a very positive shift for society"
X Link 2026-02-13T14:48Z 69.2K followers, 11.9K engagements

"talking to a voice agent for doctors to call insurance companies to verify coverage. they believe about 10% of calls are now their AI talking to the insurance company's AI. in english. but soon they will be communicating in a much more efficient way"
X Link 2026-02-14T14:37Z 69.2K followers, [----] engagements

"GLPs getting banned by hedge funds Maybe by sales teams too"
X Link 2026-02-15T12:13Z 69.2K followers, 1.5M engagements

"insanely excited about the future of money overheard: "up until a few months ago stablecoins were semi-illegal. they were choked. now that it's legal you have stripe robinhood all the biggest companies racing to implement this because it just works faster.""
X Link 2026-02-15T17:04Z 69.2K followers, [----] engagements

"Did not expect this: car insurance rates going down for self-driving"
X Link 2026-02-15T22:57Z 69.2K followers, [----] engagements

"Had no idea Aldi has twice the US traffic as Trader Joes. For Aldi fans: what is the appeal"
X Link 2026-02-17T02:50Z 69.2K followers, [----] engagements

"Summation pod this week: Army LT General Michael Fenzel - his first interview after retiring as a [--] star general. Mike was in the bunker with Dick Cheney on 9/11 time negotiating with the Taliban and spent the last [--] years as US security coordinator between Israel and the Palestinian Authority in jerusalem https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2023779117817078060 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2023779117817078060"
X Link 2026-02-17T15:18Z 69.2K followers, [---] engagements

"so ChatGPT Team is $25/month and comes with connectors and Pro is $200/month and does not have connectors and other cool features so why are we using Pro again"
X Link 2025-08-04T20:23Z 65.8K followers, [----] engagements

"more: https://x.com/auren/status/1952465492301721728 so ChatGPT Team is $25/month and comes with connectors and Pro is $200/month and does not have connectors and other cool features so why are we using Pro again https://t.co/TndXNlVZP6 https://x.com/auren/status/1952465492301721728 so ChatGPT Team is $25/month and comes with connectors and Pro is $200/month and does not have connectors and other cool features so why are we using Pro again https://t.co/TndXNlVZP6"
X Link 2025-08-04T20:24Z 65.8K followers, [----] engagements

"new World of DaaS episode with Airtable CEO @howietl πŸ„ defining true no code ⚑ why AI changes everything about software πŸ’° per-seat pricing problems πŸ€– routing AI requests to optimal models"
X Link 2025-08-05T13:38Z 65.8K followers, [---] engagements

"in my lifetime Ive seen two demonstrations of tech that struck me as revolutionary: the GUI and ChatGPT. - Bill Gates (via @howietl on World of DaaS pod)"
X Link 2025-08-05T15:19Z 65.8K followers, [----] engagements

"my old long standing hiring test: "how good are you at zapier" (today it is pipedream and n8n mixed in with some vibe coding apps) if you'd never heard of it interview would end immediately. if you had great workflows you're hired"
X Link 2025-08-05T21:35Z 65.8K followers, [----] engagements

"will there ever be a Gex X president to date there has never even been a GenX nominee"
X Link 2025-08-07T17:58Z 65.8K followers, [----] engagements

"hate that Facebook is called Meta. but really hate that Google is called Alphabet. good thing that Amazon is still called Amazon"
X Link 2025-08-08T20:06Z 65.9K followers, [----] engagements

"who should i have as a guest on World of DaaS podcast"
X Link 2025-08-11T14:27Z 65.8K followers, [----] engagements

"Founders: theres a clause in your term sheet that could silently strip you of your voting rights. Even if you own a majority of your company. Even if youre the one who built it. And most founders have no idea its there. Lets break it down 🧡"
X Link 2025-08-11T16:29Z 65.8K followers, 25.8K engagements

"full article: https://auren.substack.com/p/founders-youre-being-quietly-screwed/ https://auren.substack.com/p/founders-youre-being-quietly-screwed/"
X Link 2025-08-11T19:03Z 65.8K followers, [----] engagements

"new World of DaaS with Construction Physics' @_brianpotter: πŸ— why construction productivity hasn't improved since [----] πŸ€– the $2B modular construction failure at Katerra πŸ”¬ Bell Labs & corporate innovation πŸš‡ improving US infrastructure"
X Link 2025-08-12T13:13Z 65.8K followers, [----] engagements

"why haven't power tools and heavy machinery made construction workers more productive should have been a huge productivity boost but construction still takes about the same man-hours as decades ago. one of the biggest mysteries in the industry"
X Link 2025-08-12T17:59Z 65.8K followers, [----] engagements

"@jeremysliew is that really true were homes very unsafe [--] years ago"
X Link 2025-08-12T19:35Z 65.8K followers, [---] engagements

"@jeremysliew ahhhh . things are way more earthquake and fire safe"
X Link 2025-08-12T19:44Z 65.8K followers, [---] engagements

"how bad is the US at building infrastructure france spain and italy () can build subways at 1/4th the cost of new york (and sometimes WAY WAY less) this should be considered a massive national embarrassment this is NOT bc EU countries are more efficient but bc US agencies have to outsource design and mgmt creating principal-agent problems we just don't have in-house govt capacity anymore"
X Link 2025-08-12T21:41Z 65.8K followers, [----] engagements

"@CoryDavis321 work work work and home"
X Link 2025-08-13T19:48Z 65.8K followers, [--] engagements

"my favorite new X feeds is @DossityIntel what are other good undiscovered X feeds that have less than [----] followers"
X Link 2025-08-13T20:21Z 65.9K followers, [----] engagements

""your profile caught my eye" is always spam"
X Link 2025-08-14T14:11Z 65.8K followers, [----] engagements

"has anyone noticed that LinkedIn's algo on potential connections is very gender balanced"
X Link 2025-08-14T22:03Z 65.8K followers, [----] engagements

"email is the original social network"
X Link 2025-08-17T15:49Z 65.8K followers, [----] engagements

"angel investing is SUPER hard. really hard to stay top of mind. talked to a founder i've known for [--] years who just finished raising a seed . but he forgot to tell me he was raising - i was not top of mind. really hard to get the mindshare of great founders right at the point they are raising"
X Link 2025-08-17T22:39Z 65.8K followers, 36.4K engagements

"is [--] basis points really worth it"
X Link 2025-08-18T14:18Z 65.8K followers, [----] engagements

"there needs to be a way of reaching out to anyone in the world for a fee. you pay if the person you want to read your message has read it. like want to reach out to Jaime Dimon great: can guarantee he will read your message for X dollars (where X changes a lot depending on the person) why does this not exist"
X Link 2025-08-18T16:46Z 65.8K followers, [----] engagements

"@EricJorgenson @balajis yes. still think balaji's idea is a very good one"
X Link 2025-08-18T17:01Z 65.8K followers, [---] engagements

"anyone understand why ag trade deficit is up is it that other countries are getting more efficient in farming"
X Link 2025-08-18T17:45Z 65.8K followers, [----] engagements

"new World of DaaS with Zip CEO @rujulzaparde: πŸ€– building 50+ AI agents πŸ“‹ why everyone hates procurement departments πŸ— autonomous enterprise workflows πŸ’° lessons from building a $2.2B company"
X Link 2025-08-19T12:25Z 65.8K followers, [----] engagements

"AI agents are great at narrow scope tasks but still way too unreliable for broader scope. the real questions is how fast this will change"
X Link 2025-08-19T17:28Z 65.8K followers, [----] engagements

"@tom__ballard very small. like $3"
X Link 2025-08-19T22:27Z 65.8K followers, [--] engagements

"@zebulgar of all the well-known VC firms Benchmark is the most founder unfriendly. (though i admit i'd give anything to have their returns)"
X Link 2025-08-20T12:20Z 65.8K followers, [----] engagements

"management advice is pretty much all [--] to [--] years outdated management books MBA classes etc are taught by end-of-career people. but being amazing at your job in the 90s does NOT mean that you know how to run a company today"
X Link 2025-08-20T15:56Z 65.8K followers, [----] engagements

"there is almost nothing in a early pitch deck that is predictive they will win. there are a LOT of things that are predictive that they will not win so much easier to rule out the losers than to pick the winners"
X Link 2025-08-21T01:40Z 65.8K followers, [----] engagements

"the number of hedge funds buying a lot of data is going down not up. there are about [--] hedge funds that spend millions on alternative data. [--] years ago there were about [--]. this completely blows my mind"
X Link 2025-08-21T13:35Z 65.8K followers, [----] engagements

"Found Satoshi"
X Link 2025-08-21T14:57Z 65.8K followers, [----] engagements

"on a scale of [--] to [--] how lucky do you think you are in life"
X Link 2025-08-22T14:44Z 65.8K followers, [----] engagements

"the Tolstoy quote: "All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way" is wrong. the opposite is true. all happy people are alike and all unhappy people are unhappy in their own way"
X Link 2025-08-24T08:57Z 65.8K followers, [----] engagements

"@tkawaja Love it"
X Link 2025-08-26T04:46Z 65.8K followers, [--] engagements

"when will spotify personalize and do a "dj khaled" shout-out to me in the middle of the song"
X Link 2025-08-27T12:27Z 65.8K followers, [----] engagements

"Europe needs more AC More Europeans die from extreme heat than Americans die from gun violence each year"
X Link 2025-08-28T10:52Z 65.8K followers, [----] engagements

"would love to fund the next great geothermal company. hit me up if you are focused on this"
X Link 2025-08-29T09:14Z 65.8K followers, [----] engagements

"there is even an ETF for EFTs"
X Link 2025-08-29T09:53Z 65.8K followers, [----] engagements

"@sfrancisatx you referring to Bill Clinton"
X Link 2025-09-02T13:35Z 65.8K followers, [--] engagements

"closed out the Booz trade today. i was wrong. stock did go down (went from $118 to $108 today) but i thought we'd see a much greater dive. i bet on more govt efficiency and better run govt. but that is happening more slowly. in hindsight this was hope over reason. govt can only get better so fast. and while DOGE has been really making good strides companies like Booz have not lost the contracts yet. chance Booz will still go bankrupt but it will take a longer time to realize that bet am shorting Booz Allen shorted Booz Allen on May [--] (priced at $118/share at the time). This is my write-up so"
X Link 2025-09-03T17:36Z 65.8K followers, [----] engagements

"slowest sites in the world: Salesforce LinkedIn United Airlines. anything slower than those"
X Link 2025-09-03T21:28Z 65.8K followers, [----] engagements

"@united would be amazing if you can work on making the search faster. i actually love flying United but the booking experience is very very slow"
X Link 2025-09-03T21:34Z 65.8K followers, [---] engagements

"@jeremychrysler @united @Marriott so true"
X Link 2025-09-03T22:14Z 65.8K followers, [--] engagements

"@pvdanilov IRS is faster than salesforce"
X Link 2025-09-04T00:22Z 65.8K followers, [--] engagements

"@medriscoll but even the DMV is faster than Salesforce"
X Link 2025-09-04T00:24Z 65.8K followers, [--] engagements

"even the DMV has a faster site than Salesforce"
X Link 2025-09-04T00:24Z 65.8K followers, [---] engagements

"in the last [--] years there have been about [----] SaaS unicorns. There has been roughly one DaaS unicorn: ZoomInfo (NASDAQ: ZI). And ZoomInfo never took venture capital (they did do secondaries along the way but they were always profitable from even day one)"
X Link 2025-09-04T14:03Z 65.8K followers, [----] engagements

"forgot to mention: the worst one is Workday"
X Link 2025-09-04T14:07Z 65.8K followers, [---] engagements

"100% of emails coming from the nifty domain are phishing attacks. gmail should block all of them"
X Link 2025-09-04T15:23Z 65.8K followers, [----] engagements

"was just in the Istanbul airport. everything about it is absolutely amazing. why can't we have that in USA"
X Link 2025-09-04T21:23Z 65.8K followers, [----] engagements

"@rogerdickey we actually still the best"
X Link 2025-09-05T00:23Z 65.8K followers, [--] engagements

"thus far very little of the job cuts that are attributed to AI have anything to do with AI. AI is the excuse. the real reason is that we massively over-hired from 2019-2022 and this is the correction that is not to say that cuts will not be cut because of AI. they will. but it has been extremely rare to date"
X Link 2025-09-05T02:42Z 65.8K followers, [----] engagements

"new World of DaaS episode with @gokulr Gokul is a legend: he helped build google adsense and facebook ads. now he's a founding partner at @MarathonMP we covered: πŸ“ˆAI ads + business models ➑ transitioning from operator to investor πŸ†why paul graham is wrong about founder mode"
X Link 2025-09-09T12:42Z 65.8K followers, [----] engagements

"on of the advantages of having an AI notetaker on calls is it can help with heavy accents. my small experiment is they work great with thick chinese accents but cannot yet handle think french accents"
X Link 2025-09-11T16:42Z 65.8K followers, [----] engagements

"so many of our companies raise more money by default. they should first ask the question "will this money significantly make my business better" too often the answer is "no". (actually often more money will make the business worse)"
X Link 2025-09-12T15:40Z 65.8K followers, [----] engagements

"just got our AWS bill . in Spanish. Amazon's AI must be hooked up to our Duolingo "
X Link 2025-09-12T17:39Z 65.8K followers, [----] engagements

"Email is dead Long live email [--] billion people still check their email every day (more than facebook whatsapp tiktok). the most boring communication channel might be the most durable"
X Link 2025-09-16T21:30Z 65.8K followers, 11.9K engagements

"Gridstrong just publicly announced their $10M seed funding there is no bigger opportunity to enabling more energy producers to connect to the grid. https://www.gridstrong.ai/resources/gridstrong-raises-10m-seed-funding https://www.gridstrong.ai/resources/gridstrong-raises-10m-seed-funding"
X Link 2025-09-17T15:00Z 65.8K followers, [---] engagements

"new World of DaaS with OpenAI CSO @jasonkwon: 🎯 slow inference vs instant answers ⚑ how much power actually AI needs 🌍 geopolitical competition and copyright the policies the US needs to win the AI race"
X Link 2025-09-23T16:10Z 65.8K followers, [--] engagements

"Jason was amazingly candid in this episode. if you have ever wanted to ask someone from openai why does chatgpt do X theres a good chance Jason answered it here: https://www.worldofdaas.com/p/openai-jason-kwon https://www.worldofdaas.com/p/openai-jason-kwon"
X Link 2025-09-23T16:11Z 65.8K followers, [---] engagements

"is energy the real limiting factor for AI OpenAI has thought about this more than probably anyone and @jasonkwon has a good answer *watch til the end for actual power estimates"
X Link 2025-09-24T01:39Z 65.8K followers, [----] engagements

"very simple way to invest (in tiny startups or large public companies). if you love the company's product you use it a lot and you see the product continually improving . than you should always invest"
X Link 2025-09-24T17:18Z 65.8K followers, [---] engagements

"kinda weird that most of the super large DaaS companies are private. Nielsen Kantar Bloomberg are all private. in fact PE firms LOVE data companies because they often have predictable revenue and often have high costs that can quickly be cut"
X Link 2025-09-24T21:55Z 65.8K followers, [----] engagements

"When you see a grade B founder and a grade A team what do you think when you see a Grade A founder with a Grade B team what do you think when you see a Grade A founder with a Grade B team what do you think"
X Link 2025-09-26T01:17Z 65.8K followers, [----] engagements

"this is a gorgeous scooter. wow. anyone getting one https://www.infinitemachine.com/p1lp_location=wf https://www.infinitemachine.com/p1lp_location=wf"
X Link 2025-09-27T17:38Z 65.8K followers, [----] engagements

"lots of great founder lessons with @zacbookman on World of DaaS this week: slog years cost discipline and building a vertical suite that now serves 2000+ state and local govs. we also talk data quality public trust and AI for governments"
X Link 2025-09-30T13:20Z 65.8K followers, [----] engagements

"there is no greater waste of time than attending a panel discussion at a conference would rather be trapped in a Chilis bathroom while someone live-reads their LinkedIn profile"
X Link 2025-09-30T21:03Z 65.8K followers, 26.8K engagements

"@jaltma unless they are on a roll about their fantasy football league or keto pickleball regimen"
X Link 2025-09-30T21:10Z 65.8K followers, [---] engagements

"@kylejeong21 Harvey Dent was just a founder who couldnt raise his Series B"
X Link 2025-09-30T21:15Z 65.8K followers, [--] engagements

"@kodjima33 or get ChatGPT as cofounder: it works 24/7 and you save 50% of the equity"
X Link 2025-09-30T21:18Z 65.8K followers, [---] engagements

"parents reaching out to CEOs to help their kids find a job do their kids a disservice nothing screams leadership potential like having your mom email the CEO for you"
X Link 2025-10-01T16:05Z 65.8K followers, [----] engagements

"@eladgil "Next year in Jerusalem" sponsored by Novo Nordisk"
X Link 2025-10-01T19:05Z 65.8K followers, [---] engagements

"@FICMBondTrader if you don't you under-optimize the search. so if you can afford it quit before you search"
X Link 2025-10-01T23:35Z 65.8K followers, [----] engagements

"how many is too many"
X Link 2025-10-05T09:48Z 65.8K followers, [----] engagements

"new @worldofdaas with @beniaminmincu CEO of @MultiversX. we get into: πŸ€– blockchain as accountability infrastructure for AI agents US/China AI arms race building ambitious companies outside silicon valley"
X Link 2025-10-07T13:49Z 65.8K followers, [----] engagements

"Bens takes on AI sovereignty are worth your time πŸ‘‡ https://www.worldofdaas.com/p/multiversx-beniamin-mincu/ https://www.worldofdaas.com/p/multiversx-beniamin-mincu/"
X Link 2025-10-07T14:00Z 65.8K followers, [---] engagements

"what percentage of your internet interactions feel like bots to you"
X Link 2025-10-07T22:03Z 65.8K followers, [---] engagements

"@sfrancisatx people are actually really good at estimating their IQ. most people can estimate it very well. people are terrible at estimating their EQ"
X Link 2025-10-08T21:13Z 65.8K followers, [---] engagements

"@stuartbuck1 don't think any great leader is under-confident. can't think of one. same with sports stars"
X Link 2025-10-08T22:46Z 65.8K followers, [--] engagements

"paul graham: every city has a whisper. LA be famous NYC make money SF build a startup DC get power some cities whisper so loudly you hear them wherever you are in the world. that's why ambitious people end up there"
X Link 2025-10-09T17:49Z 65.8K followers, [----] engagements

"@bavedikian great point. i'm going to costco too"
X Link 2025-10-15T14:14Z 65.8K followers, [---] engagements

"as a data company its very hard to get premium on quality. buyers dont believe or dont understand why your same dataset costs more than a competitor"
X Link 2025-10-15T14:19Z 65.8K followers, [----] engagements

"interesting stat from @vxanand: most contact data decays 2-4% per month. (job titles emails etc.) if you can see the average age of data or the date of last update that will tell you a lot about how accurate it is"
X Link 2025-10-15T15:48Z 65.8K followers, [---] engagements

"Queen Isabella was an amazing venture capitalist: she backed Chris Columbus and had incredible returns"
X Link 2010-08-15T21:21Z 60.7K followers, [--] engagements

"Looking to hire awesome BD person. building partnerships. 1-4 yrs experience. in SF. ping me"
X Link 2012-08-09T23:38Z 65.8K followers, [--] engagements

"What is an example of a great interview question"
X Link 2013-02-26T23:15Z 65.8K followers, [--] engagements

"when communicating- never underestimate the power of acknowledgment"
X Link 2011-02-16T18:01Z 60.7K followers, [--] engagements

"@yes pls email me auren AT http://t.co/RAxY4313a3 http://LiveRamp.com http://LiveRamp.com"
X Link 2013-10-24T17:26Z 65.8K followers, [--] engagements

"interesting "inside the secret service" article: http://bit.ly/dLvQwt"
X Link 2011-03-10T13:45Z 60.8K followers, [--] engagements

"My @Quora answer to What is the salary for new grads starting at Palantir in [----] https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-salary-for-new-grads-starting-at-Palantir-in-2016/answer/Auren-Hoffmanshare=51463d55 https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-salary-for-new-grads-starting-at-Palantir-in-2016/answer/Auren-Hoffmanshare=51463d55"
X Link 2015-11-29T01:45Z 60.7K followers, [--] engagements

"When will email be dead and what will replace it https://www.quora.com/When-will-email-be-dead-and-what-will-replace-it/answer/Auren-Hoffmanshare=da3c2ad5 https://www.quora.com/When-will-email-be-dead-and-what-will-replace-it/answer/Auren-Hoffmanshare=da3c2ad5"
X Link 2016-06-21T17:27Z 60.7K followers, [--] engagements

"2014 prediction: legal drinking age in the U.S. will be [--] again causing teens to become utterly sober and move en masse to Saudi Arabia"
X Link 2008-06-04T17:22Z 60.7K followers, [--] engagements

"has been true with "new" VC firms (Andreessen Horowitz Khosla Thiel etc.) https://x.com/gaberivera/status/846766553265692674 Oh no are people in Silicon Valley going to start naming their companies after themselves again https://t.co/9cPLbXbVxn https://x.com/gaberivera/status/846766553265692674 Oh no are people in Silicon Valley going to start naming their companies after themselves again https://t.co/9cPLbXbVxn"
X Link 2017-03-30T01:22Z 60.7K followers, [--] engagements

"Read Gross National Happiness by Arthur Brooks -- great book"
X Link 2008-09-04T23:48Z 60.7K followers, [--] engagements

"inflation in SF my regular $14 supercuts haircut is now $21.50 πŸ˜’"
X Link 2017-11-29T21:58Z 60.7K followers, [--] engagements

"answering why is Vista Equity Partners one of the best performing private equity firms https://www.quora.com/How-is-VISTA-equity-partners-How-does-it-impact-a-company-when-it-is-acquired-by-VISTA-equity-partners/answer/Auren-Hoffmanshare=b28c5fa8 https://www.quora.com/How-is-VISTA-equity-partners-How-does-it-impact-a-company-when-it-is-acquired-by-VISTA-equity-partners/answer/Auren-Hoffmanshare=b28c5fa8"
X Link 2018-03-01T01:39Z 60.7K followers, [--] engagements

"if you have a choice you should always try to the do the most optimal thing for the environment you are in. the most optimal thing to do on airplanes is read. one can get SERIOUS reading done on planes"
X Link 2018-05-21T03:26Z 65.8K followers, [--] engagements

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