# ![@auren Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:26/cr:twitter::13294.png) @auren Auren Hoffman

Auren Hoffman posts on X about in the, ai, money, if you 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](/list/finance)  [technology brands](/list/technology-brands)  [stocks](/list/stocks)  [countries](/list/countries)  [social networks](/list/social-networks)  [vc firms](/list/vc-firms)  [celebrities](/list/celebrities)  [cryptocurrencies](/list/cryptocurrencies)  [automotive brands](/list/automotive-brands)  [travel destinations](/list/travel-destinations) 

**Social topic influence**
[in the](/topic/in-the), [ai](/topic/ai), [money](/topic/money), [if you](/topic/if-you), [ceo](/topic/ceo), [world of](/topic/world-of), [investment](/topic/investment), [linkedin](/topic/linkedin), [vcs](/topic/vcs), [business](/topic/business)

**Top accounts mentioned or mentioned by**
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**Top assets mentioned**
[Alphabet Inc Class A (GOOGL)](/topic/$googl) [RAMP (RAMP)](/topic/$ramp) [Booz Allen Hamilton Holding, Corp. (BAH)](/topic/$bah) [Spotify Technology (SPOT)](/topic/$spot) [Uber Technologies, Inc. (UBER)](/topic/$uber) [Tesla, Inc. (TSLA)](/topic/tesla) [Life360, Inc (LIF)](/topic/$lif)
### Top Social Posts
Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours

"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](https://x.com/auren/status/2021701626633887991)  2026-02-11T21:43Z 69.2K followers, 222.6K 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](https://x.com/auren/status/2023080931586941351)  2026-02-15T17:04Z 69.2K followers, [----] engagements


""A banker is only going to hand you an umbrella on a sunny day" - Andrew Ross Sorkin on World of DaaS podcast"  
[X Link](https://x.com/auren/status/1715905352548393072)  2023-10-22T01:38Z 68.9K followers, [----] engagements


"more: finding a qualified surrogate is REALLY hard. the brokers and agencies are very opaque. screening is hard. signing up to be a surrogate is ripe for being taken advantage of. imagine an amazing global marketplace for surrogate accelerator: buy one of the many surrogate agencies and techify it more: finding a qualified surrogate is REALLY hard. the brokers and agencies are very opaque. screening is hard. signing up to be a surrogate is ripe for being taken advantage of. imagine an amazing global marketplace for surrogate accelerator: buy one of the many surrogate agencies and techify it"  
[X Link](https://x.com/auren/status/1783314424180166853)  2024-04-25T01:57Z 69K followers, 33.1K engagements


"About one-third of all S&P [---] stock trades are now executed in the final [--] minutes of the [---] minute trading day up from 27% in [----] according to data compiled by BestEx Research. - HT @bpmehlman"  
[X Link](https://x.com/auren/status/1787235620646986217)  2024-05-05T21:39Z 69.1K followers, 11.6K engagements


"my goal this year is to make [---] seed investments ($300k checks). if you know an amazing founder pls DM me"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1880056268154630203)  2025-01-17T00:55Z 69.2K followers, 681K engagements


"one of the firms we invested in recently raised their Series A. to start the process the company sent emails to many VCs. stats on raise: * the top branded partners at the top branded firms: almost all responded to the email within [--] hours. all wanted to set up a meeting within a day. * the top branded partners at the mid-tier firms: usually needed to receive [--] emails to set up a mtg. mostly requested mtgs within [--] days of 2nd email. * the low-tier firms: had the lowest response rate. many times they wanted to set up a mtg 2-3 weeks out. they all missed seeing the deal. i'm surprised that the"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1899264200376996146)  2025-03-11T01:00Z 69.2K followers, 190K engagements


"with FJ Labs @fabricegrinda has invested in 1200+ startups and his founder assessment process is fascinating: [--]. don't do reference checks (founders weren't meant to be employees) [--]. focus on 30-second chemistry [--]. drill down on unit economics"  
[X Link](https://x.com/auren/status/1940085920293953687)  2025-07-01T16:31Z 69K followers, [----] engagements


"some interesting stats from FJ Labs that sees hundreds of deals a week: * AI deals trading at 69-300% premium to median * 73% of VCs have never used secondary sales * "world's largest marketplace portfolio" with 900+ active investments"  
[X Link](https://x.com/auren/status/1940118917927546928)  2025-07-01T18:42Z 69.1K followers, [----] engagements


"1/ In the Internet [---] era two VCs ruled: 👉 Mike Moritz (Sequoia) 👉 John Doerr (Kleiner Perkins) Both backed Google early. Both sat on its board. Both had insane returns. But only one left his firm stronger"  
[X Link](https://x.com/auren/status/1957619844209406239)  2025-08-19T01:45Z 68.9K followers, [----] 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](https://x.com/auren/status/1973088428834132319)  2025-09-30T18:11Z 69K followers, [----] engagements


"@stevemushero [--]. HODL [--]. HODL"  
[X Link](https://x.com/auren/status/1981778631891337366)  2025-10-24T17:43Z 69K followers, [--] engagements


"LVMH and hermes ( $LVMUY + $HESAY) are [--] of the biggest companies in europe (LVMH was the biggest for years before novo nordisk) i saw luxury goods as a bet on the past. @azeem says theyre actually a bet on the future the luxury market is all about status goods. its a levered bet that the economy will continue to grow. as everyone gets richer the rich will need more and better ways to signal status (skiing gets popular the rich go heli skiing) https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1991197390527676715 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1991197390527676715"  
[X Link](https://x.com/auren/status/1991197390527676715)  2025-11-19T17:30Z 69.2K followers, [----] engagements


"intro requests that dont suck Youve done your research stalked the org chart like a LinkedIn ninja and found the perfect person at the company you want to partner with. You could cold email them http://x.com/i/article/2013345426456326144 http://x.com/i/article/2013345426456326144"  
[X Link](https://x.com/auren/status/2013345903638110668)  2026-01-19T20:20Z 69.1K followers, 10.5K engagements


"fascinating podcast with @HansSwildens about the VC secondary market on World of DaaS pod this week when he started in [----] it was a few hundred million dollars a year of distressed corporate VC portfolios. now it's $120+ billion annually and 70% of all VC exits"  
[X Link](https://x.com/auren/status/2013627200243687522)  2026-01-20T14:58Z 69.1K followers, [---] engagements


"the venture exit landscape completely flipped in [--] years. in [----] 90% of exits were IPOs and M&A. today it's 70% secondaries 25% PE buyouts and only 5% IPOs"  
[X Link](https://x.com/auren/status/2013662738774475260)  2026-01-20T17:19Z 68.9K followers, [----] engagements


"am going to SF next week and reached out to [--] people that i had not seen in a while. [--] of the [--] have recently moved out of CA due to tax implications had heard the rumors that people were leaving but now it really sinking in"  
[X Link](https://x.com/auren/status/2014056510574272828)  2026-01-21T19:24Z 69K followers, 185.8K engagements


"@dothaox happy to answer any questions in public here on X"  
[X Link](https://x.com/auren/status/2014088208439476274)  2026-01-21T21:30Z 69K followers, [----] engagements


"the ROI for almost every MBA program is negative"  
[X Link](https://x.com/auren/status/2014540050231341086)  2026-01-23T03:25Z 69K followers, [----] engagements


"salesforce CRM is so bad that even pen and paper is better. pretty sure that over 60% of depression worldwide is caused by using salesforce CRM"  
[X Link](https://x.com/auren/status/2014727406523760652)  2026-01-23T15:50Z 69K followers, [----] engagements


"would you rather be [--] years old and look [--] or be [--] years old and look 40"  
[X Link](https://x.com/auren/status/2015107057158898023)  2026-01-24T16:58Z 69K followers, [----] engagements


"software stocks down 30%+ the real question isn't "will AI kill software" but "which software companies adapt vs die." AI will damage fat lazy incumbents (agree) while helping innovative ones. problem is nobody knows which is which yet. uncertainty = valuation compression. everyone thinks AI will kill software. probably wrong. "death of X" narrative is almost always overblown. agentic AI changes buyer dynamics. today: companies buy software seats for employees. tomorrow: companies buy AI agents that don't need seats. revenue per customer could 10x but total customers could drop 90%."  
[X Link](https://x.com/auren/status/2015792377978388947)  2026-01-26T14:22Z 68.9K followers, [----] engagements


"new World of DaaS pod with Chapter CEO @CobiBGantz on why medicare was more broken than you think (and hopefully is not getting better): * [-----] plans across the country * $100B+ annual fraud * lifetime penalties for missing enrollment * CMS keeps hiring Accenture (despite knowing it will fail) https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2016159037839077732 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2016159037839077732"  
[X Link](https://x.com/auren/status/2016159037839077732)  2026-01-27T14:39Z 69K followers, [---] engagements


"more at: http://youtube.com/watchv=NVRRvMfhb7s http://youtube.com/watchv=NVRRvMfhb7s"  
[X Link](https://x.com/auren/status/2016159138598830498)  2026-01-27T14:39Z 69K followers, [---] engagements


"Chapter CEO @CobiBGantz estimates medicare fraud at $100B-$150B per year for context: that's real money even for the government. HHS budget is already 2x larger than defense. cleaning up fraud would be like adding another medium-sized federal agency's worth of budget"  
[X Link](https://x.com/auren/status/2016190411258081327)  2026-01-27T16:43Z 69K followers, [---] engagements


"if your company has an innovation department you have already failed head of innovation is a title for late career people who would be tough to fire but dont have much to offer anywhere else in the org"  
[X Link](https://x.com/auren/status/2016223547912270309)  2026-01-27T18:55Z 69K followers, [----] engagements


"this might be my best post ever :)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/auren/status/2016276430943093020)  2026-01-27T22:25Z 69K followers, [---] engagements


"hiring heuristics from CEO of Chaper: (has done thousands of interviews at Palantir + Chapter) 📱engineers with android phones tend to be better 📢 never hire anyone with more than [--] sentences in their linkedin About section ❤🔥 people who say they're passionate about something are usually not that good https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2016276629157490783 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2016276629157490783"  
[X Link](https://x.com/auren/status/2016276629157490783)  2026-01-27T22:26Z 69K followers, [----] engagements


"@herbiebradley People only care about Ai"  
[X Link](https://x.com/auren/status/2016317079205634218)  2026-01-28T01:07Z 68.9K followers, [--] engagements


"another great hiring tactic from @CobiBGantz: ask candidates to walk through every major career decision they've made. you can instantly tell if they're status chasing money motivated or actually interested in problems. simple but effective"  
[X Link](https://x.com/auren/status/2016556671485825441)  2026-01-28T16:59Z 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](https://x.com/auren/status/2016556957256274185)  2026-01-28T17:00Z 69K followers, [----] engagements


"the only thing slower than United wifi is connecting to United wifi"  
[X Link](https://x.com/auren/status/2016583342750384406)  2026-01-28T18:45Z 68.9K 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](https://x.com/auren/status/2016589006394495043)  2026-01-28T19:07Z 69.1K followers, [----] engagements


"Does Artificial Intelligence age If not maybe birthdays are one way we can celebrate our differentiation in the AI world (sent to be by a friend on his birthday)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/auren/status/2016940929933070661)  2026-01-29T18:26Z 69K followers, [----] engagements


"got this question for a super founder that is considering joining a venture capital firm: "Is VC becoming a monopoly (a16z) It seems that returns are going to be 20/80" my answer: venture capital is one of the most competitive businesses in the world.it is an extremely hard business with everyone working really long hours. it is intense competition every minute. if you take a sunday off you might miss the career-defining deal. you need to work ALL the time. there is no monopoly and no enduring advantage in VC. the only firm in the venture capital ecosystem that has any real advantage is"  
[X Link](https://x.com/auren/status/2016995005995667637)  2026-01-29T22:00Z 69K followers, 14K engagements


"@davehendricks even being a good super angel is a full time job now-a-days"  
[X Link](https://x.com/auren/status/2017006769760088461)  2026-01-29T22:47Z 69K followers, [---] engagements


"@DanielOstX very true. a16z is absolutely amazing"  
[X Link](https://x.com/auren/status/2017006932591264152)  2026-01-29T22:48Z 69K followers, [---] engagements


"what are the most important (non-obvious) tips for travel / flying (compiling the best-of tips)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/auren/status/2017007143996838044)  2026-01-29T22:49Z 69K followers, 12.7K engagements


"the collection of talent in San Francisco is absolutely unmatched. there is no other place that is home to some many ambitious people who are truly shaping the world. and SF is still the place where the most ambitious 24-year-olds are moving to. this is still true (at least for now . check back with me in [--] years). as of today there is no other place where a collection of talent can be gathered in a moment's notice on a random tuesday night. Flex Capital's recent dinner discussion on the second-order effects of AI was mind-blowing https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2017020708824764481"  
[X Link](https://x.com/auren/status/2017020708824764481)  2026-01-29T23:43Z 69K followers, [----] engagements


"the death of SaaS companies might be too exaggerated. the death for AI [---] companies might be the real story. tod my partner @tod said something REALLY profound that I can't shake . the companies that are most at risk of losing customers are the first wave of AI companies. they are the ones whose revenues grew super fast and benefitted from early adopters. the early adopters are the most likely to switch to a better product. for the old school saas companies . it is really hard to switch. try leaving Salesforce (good luck charlie). and many of them have 4+ year contracts. the new AI companies"  
[X Link](https://x.com/auren/status/2017293461901173066)  2026-01-30T17:46Z 69K followers, 30.9K engagements


"soon 5% of US births will be done via surrogates someone should build a great surrogate marketplace. https://t.co/FwE3yQrOYT https://t.co/FwE3yQrOYT"  
[X Link](https://x.com/auren/status/2017326736162132027)  2026-01-30T19:59Z 69K followers, 31.3K engagements


"when is the last time you watched sometime on Prime Video for me it was 2021"  
[X Link](https://x.com/auren/status/2017340155179188231)  2026-01-30T20:52Z 69K followers, [----] engagements


"the worst airport to land in business class from international flight is Dulles (IAD) you are the first one off the plane which means you are the first person on the weird Dulles people mover . and you have to wait there [--] minutes before it fills up"  
[X Link](https://x.com/auren/status/2017359898258915418)  2026-01-30T22:10Z 69K 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](https://x.com/auren/status/2017601195066409241)  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](https://x.com/auren/status/2017681520505622789)  2026-01-31T19:28Z 69.1K followers, 70.9K engagements


"@miktor1an seems pretty east for SpaceX to get $100 billion (if it wants it) from private. the demand is there"  
[X Link](https://x.com/auren/status/2017714482949099669)  2026-01-31T21:39Z 69K followers, [----] engagements


"@levandovsky is he wants cash he can get it from the private markets too. he really wants control of his destiny and going public means you have do the core things in public . which means you might have to move slower"  
[X Link](https://x.com/auren/status/2017714750314917943)  2026-01-31T21:40Z 69K followers, [---] engagements


"@CustomWetware agree that SpaceX is great for humanity. not sure going public will help (unless it becomes a meme)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/auren/status/2017715212648874144)  2026-01-31T21:42Z 69K followers, [---] engagements


"@mapotofuer databricks is an absolutely amazing company"  
[X Link](https://x.com/auren/status/2017715692179468764)  2026-01-31T21:44Z 69K followers, [---] engagements


"@BenMillerise seems unlikely. private markets funding openai and anthropic just fine"  
[X Link](https://x.com/auren/status/2017716605279469807)  2026-01-31T21:48Z 69K followers, [----] engagements


"best new ad campaign for salesforce can you come up with something better"  
[X Link](https://x.com/auren/status/2018016952719913037)  2026-02-01T17:41Z 69.1K followers, [----] engagements


"@aripap especially now w claude"  
[X Link](https://x.com/auren/status/2018043576181989860)  2026-02-01T19:27Z 69K followers, [--] engagements


"one of the biggest reasons gold has increased in value so quickly is the biggest outside buyer is Tether the supply has not grown but the demand has increased dramatically a small number of entrants can massively increase the price. and as long as these buyers hold and don't use leverage the price can maintain. the Hunt Brothers tried a similar strategy in circa [----] but they mostly used leverage and that can unwind very fast https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2018055817212408267 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2018055817212408267"  
[X Link](https://x.com/auren/status/2018055817212408267)  2026-02-01T20:16Z 69K followers, [----] engagements


"average time to connect to United wifi: [--] minutes. should be less than [--] seconds"  
[X Link](https://x.com/auren/status/2018451752312512621)  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](https://x.com/auren/status/2018507587835118021)  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](https://x.com/auren/status/2018773037710274693)  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](https://x.com/auren/status/2019092841415188932)  2026-02-04T16:57Z 69.1K followers, [----] engagements


"models today are STILL data starved. all the easy gains from eating the internet and every book ever written are done. now you need expert humans working inside realistic work environments *generating* new data"  
[X Link](https://x.com/auren/status/2019105667164877013)  2026-02-04T17:47Z 69K followers, [----] engagements


"http://x.com/i/article/2019448268812394505 http://x.com/i/article/2019448268812394505"  
[X Link](https://x.com/auren/status/2019454187680018606)  2026-02-05T16:52Z 69K followers, 20.4K engagements


"most of the best software engineers scored higher on their verbal SAT than their Math SAT and in today's new world of using agents verbal skills are going to be even more important in coding"  
[X Link](https://x.com/auren/status/2019555909836349714)  2026-02-05T23:37Z 69K followers, [----] engagements


"http://x.com/i/article/2020173935937994752 http://x.com/i/article/2020173935937994752"  
[X Link](https://x.com/auren/status/2020178071245013366)  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](https://x.com/auren/status/2020942479835508778)  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](https://x.com/auren/status/2021047800423919714)  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](https://x.com/auren/status/2021323033361735740)  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](https://x.com/auren/status/2021659010970399091)  2026-02-11T18:54Z 69.1K followers, [----] engagements


"@FJustinianus taxes are way lower everywhere. US is highest taxes on the rich. US has global tax whereas most countries only tax the income you make in that country. So all the rich French run their wealth out of other countries (like Switzerland)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/auren/status/1642591111712522245)  2023-04-02T18:13Z 69.2K followers, [---] engagements


"loved Klout - what a great service with @JoeFernandez and @emilmichael Social media still needs a reliability metric (now more than ever). What does this look like in [----] And who wants to build it Klout (now defunct) had one of the simplest and most innovative ideas: measuring social status. If anyone is building a new Klout pls reach out (Im a potential investor and would be excited to help). (note: I was a Klout investor) Klout (now defunct) had one of the simplest and most innovative ideas: measuring social status. If anyone is building a new Klout pls reach out (Im a potential investor"  
[X Link](https://x.com/auren/status/1752513544447267237)  2024-01-31T02:06Z 69.2K followers, [----] engagements


"Recruited athletes at Harvard for the class of [----] had an average SAT score of [----] compared to over [----] for non-athletesa staggering 170-point difference. Yet most Division I athletes proudly list their sport on their rsum effectively signaling "I likely have a lower IQ than my classmates with whom Im competing for this job." And lets not forget many of these athletes come from affluent families who could easily afford top-tier test prep. To put it in perspective a [----] SAT score is below the median at every top-25 college. At schools like Rice Emory Notre Dame Michigan UCLA and WashU it"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1875014741434720430)  2025-01-03T03:02Z 69.2K followers, 669.3K 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](https://x.com/auren/status/2019156774457098531)  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](https://x.com/auren/status/2019876116782039244)  2026-02-06T20:49Z 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](https://x.com/auren/status/2020617219697430754)  2026-02-08T21:54Z 69.2K followers, [----] engagements


"first Summation episode will be a banger: this wednesday with @martinshkreli"  
[X Link](https://x.com/auren/status/2020894846492258428)  2026-02-09T16:17Z 69.2K followers, 16.8K 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 👇 https://youtu.be/uJ_VW-h1FO0 https://youtu.be/uJ_VW-h1FO0"  
[X Link](https://x.com/auren/status/2021615213163008107)  2026-02-11T16:00Z 69.2K followers, 60.3K 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](https://x.com/auren/status/2021852105732948261)  2026-02-12T07:41Z 69.2K followers, 151K 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](https://x.com/auren/status/2022000798759006697)  2026-02-12T17:32Z 69.2K followers, [----] 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](https://x.com/auren/status/2022681527533117467)  2026-02-14T14:37Z 69.2K followers, [----] 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](https://x.com/auren/status/2023449072179257660)  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](https://x.com/auren/status/2023509122251993377)  2026-02-16T21:25Z 69.2K followers, [----] engagements


"Tech has the fewest assholes per capita. Politics has the most"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1987294569671893127)  2025-11-08T23:02Z 69.2K followers, 43.6M engagements


"whoa: "china had fewer births in [----] than in 1776.""  
[X Link](https://x.com/auren/status/2021919491509088286)  2026-02-12T12:09Z 69.2K followers, 62.7K 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](https://x.com/auren/status/2022322100153758064)  2026-02-13T14:48Z 69.2K followers, 11.9K engagements


"GLPs getting banned by hedge funds Maybe by sales teams too"  
[X Link](https://x.com/auren/status/2023007813874696565)  2026-02-15T12:13Z 69.2K followers, 1.5M engagements


"Did not expect this: car insurance rates going down for self-driving"  
[X Link](https://x.com/auren/status/2023169887934324868)  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](https://x.com/auren/status/2023590760633765973)  2026-02-17T02:50Z 69.2K followers, [----] engagements


"most job interviews are optimized for people that think really fast on their feet. (likely not the #1 thing one should optimize.) job interviews at start-ups should have more written and take-home project assignments where the candidate can take time to think"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1020365422950940672)  2018-07-20T17:50Z 69.2K followers, [---] engagements


"National security strategy for the U.S.: [--]. ID the top 10k AI researchers not in the U.S. [--]. Grant them special visa [--]. Visa comes w perks like stipend work visa for spouse citizen fast-track etc"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1075640486281457666)  2018-12-20T06:34Z 69.2K followers, [---] engagements


"Amazon could significant up-end venture capital (more than even Softbank did) from their proprietary access to AWS data and their willingness to reduce fees. in the "your margin is my opportunity" department"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1087840041081044992)  2019-01-22T22:30Z 69.2K followers, [---] engagements


"the best predictor to IF a VC gives a term sheet is how easily the elevator pitch is translated from the investing partner to her/his peers. This leads to massive over funding of simple ideas to explain (food delivery etc.) and underfunding of abstract ideas (middleware etc)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1088265684407250945)  2019-01-24T02:42Z 69.2K followers, [---] engagements


"don't assume that someone is smarter than you because you cannot understand them. it often means they do not know what they are talking about"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1114219552542298112)  2019-04-05T17:33Z 69.2K followers, [---] engagements


"1/ Data businesses are generally misunderstood. DaaS has different metrics than SaaS. While there has been a lot written about SaaS businesses (how they operate what metrics to watch etc.) there has been surprisingly little written about data businesses"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1141010668985827328)  2019-06-18T15:51Z 69.2K followers, [----] engagements


"LinkedIn is an amazing company. It has not truly innovated in years and yet remains central to doing business. That is the example of a moat"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1149079610211966976)  2019-07-10T22:15Z 69.2K followers, [---] engagements


"to be a 10xer: (1) Do everything you say you are going to do. (2) Manage your boss and colleagues don't make them spend time managing you. (3) Proactively help the organization. (4) Be positive (don't complain). Be a yes and person. https://www.quora.com/How-can-I-make-500k-year/answer/Auren-Hoffmanch=2&srid=tdJ https://www.quora.com/How-can-I-make-500k-year/answer/Auren-Hoffmanch=2&srid=tdJ"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1149116394849443841)  2019-07-11T00:41Z 69.2K followers, [---] engagements


"One of the rarest things is to find people that simply to do what they say they will do. Just doing this one step puts you in the top 10% of people"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1150115182145748992)  2019-07-13T18:50Z 69.2K followers, [----] engagements


"If your boss or your colleagues are managing you that is a bad sign. You need to manage them. Dont put the burden on your boss to come up with things for you to do"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1151616629207289856)  2019-07-17T22:16Z 69.2K followers, [---] engagements


"SFO airport no longer sells water (in plastic cardboard or can) . but continues to sell soda and gatorade in plastic cardboard and can. what percentage of people that were going to buy water will now buy a sugar drink instead https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/sf-airport-water-bottle-ban-trnd/index.html https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/sf-airport-water-bottle-ban-trnd/index.html"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1164675827457413120)  2019-08-22T23:08Z 69.2K followers, [----] engagements


"Skiing is a terrific study of humanity. It is really cold uncomfortable inconvenient and fantastically expensive. . But everyone likes it mainly because everyone likes it"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1190691267153285120)  2019-11-02T18:04Z 69.2K followers, [---] engagements


"definition of being rich: you can quit your job without having another job lined up"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1202622097433825280)  2019-12-05T16:13Z 69.2K followers, [---] engagements


"looking to hire a writer and editor to help me write long blogs. can be full-time or part-time. can work from anywhere. if interested DM me with links to your writings"  
[X Link](https://x.com/auren/status/1203491505878392833)  2019-12-08T01:48Z 68.9K followers, [--] engagements


"the time candidates take to decide on an offer is inversely proportional to their experience. super experienced people can decide within a day. In fact if someone cannot decide quickly they are probably not as senior as you think"  
[X Link](https://x.com/auren/status/1204792508758183937)  2019-12-11T15:58Z 68.9K followers, [--] engagements


"What are the most interesting exciting or controversial developments in science from the last year that few people are talking about"  
[X Link](https://x.com/auren/status/1205899326016241664)  2019-12-14T17:16Z 68.9K followers, [--] engagements


"The Thiel question ("what is a heretical view you have") is such a great question because almost everyone answers it with an opinion that most people agree with People think their views are heretical when they are very mainstream"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1206289179040071680)  2019-12-15T19:05Z 69.2K followers, [---] engagements


"Most people that changed the world were workaholics. MLK Gandhi Hamilton Thatcher etc all worked nights and weekends. But if you are not interested in changing the world then working more than [--] hours a week is optional. I choose to try to change the world"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1209945192792350720)  2019-12-25T21:13Z 69.2K followers, [----] engagements


"Crazy hard workers: every athlete that has achieved remarkable achievements. Think of the athlete you admire and they inevitably worked their butt off. Think of a great musician and they are spending countless hours practicing. Doing anything worth while is really hard work"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1210046650644758529)  2019-12-26T03:56Z 69.2K followers, [---] engagements


"Here's why the Peter Thiel interview question ("what is a heretical view you have") is so predictive: It reveals that most people hold conventional opinions and call them heretical. Almost everyone cannot come up with an answer that most people they know do not agree with"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1212765434673393664)  2020-01-02T15:59Z 69.2K followers, [----] engagements


"1/ We all know how the middle class is breaking apart but there is little talk about how many people are making $300k/yr and who are still financially struggling. These are the people who are well-connected and lead companies but even theyre falling behind"  
[X Link](https://x.com/auren/status/1214944194961166336)  2020-01-08T16:17Z 68.9K followers, [---] engagements


"smart people like to bring up every corner case. but that ends up wasting a lot of time talking about things with very low % of happening. in most startups better to focus on the solution and focus on shipping"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1220378180827021312)  2020-01-23T16:10Z 69.2K followers, [---] engagements


"cold emails work great. introductions are not as needed today as they once were. most VCs read every well-formed cold email they receive. so do most CEOs. keep them short and clear and they will be read"  
[X Link](https://x.com/auren/status/1231115446998298625)  2020-02-22T07:16Z 68.9K followers, [----] engagements


"when I was in college (in the 1990s) I would send cold emails to Steve Jobs (then CEO of NeXT) and Steve Ballmer (then #2 at MSFT). both would reply within hours . to a college student not sure if they're successful bc they're responsive or responsive bc they're successful"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1231655991411798017)  2020-02-23T19:04Z 69.2K followers, [----] engagements


"overheard: "Someone with B+ intelligence in several fields likely has a better grasp of how the world works than someone with A+ intelligence in one field""  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1235051146449793026)  2020-03-04T03:55Z 69.2K followers, [---] engagements


"Being enthusiastic is worth [--] IQ points. - Kevin Kelly"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1256024566943498240)  2020-05-01T00:56Z 69.2K followers, [---] engagements


"best advice to students: "Take the professor not the class." best job advice to job seekers: "Take to boss not the company.""  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1256296593826869248)  2020-05-01T18:57Z 69.2K followers, [----] engagements


"In my freshman chemistry class (for engineers) at Cal (400+ ppl) they did a poll: + How many of you are immigrants: 30% + How many of you have both parents that are immigrants: 75% + How many of you have both parents born in the U.S.: [--] people"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1275493199398592512)  2020-06-23T18:17Z 69.2K followers, [----] engagements


"the best employees are the ones always trying to get the CEO to move faster. you want to be pushing the CEO you dont want the CEO pushing you"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1275826550399578112)  2020-06-24T16:22Z 69.2K followers, [----] engagements


"the number one criteria for hiring: the person really wants to work at your company"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1276168892566495239)  2020-06-25T15:02Z 69.2K followers, [---] engagements


"after making 140+ angel investments the only criteria that seems to be correlated with success is the founders cash compensation. the lower the cash comp over the first four years the higher the likelihood of success. Im not sure why"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1277979242605580289)  2020-06-30T14:56Z 69.2K followers, [----] engagements


"the best employees push their manager more than their manager pushes them"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1285596379612618752)  2020-07-21T15:23Z 69.2K followers, [---] engagements


"The future belongs to the builders not the networkers"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1288866062570684416)  2020-07-30T15:56Z 69.2K followers, [---] engagements


"why so few publicly traded venture capital firms interesting that so many VCs talk about how important it is to go public yet none of them take their own firms public"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1291048434514841600)  2020-08-05T16:28Z 69.2K followers, [---] engagements


"True v govt reasons for the fires explained"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1304435616130555904)  2020-09-11T15:04Z 69.2K followers, [---] engagements


"When a venture capitalist says "your TAM is too small" they rarely mean "your TAM is too small""  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1324143471226073088)  2020-11-05T00:16Z 69.2K followers, [---] engagements


"All successful people push others to move faster. That is the main common trait of successful people"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1334155089368424448)  2020-12-02T15:18Z 69.2K followers, [---] engagements


"Nice and Correct vs. Mean and Wrong"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1336828388800000001)  2020-12-10T00:21Z 69.2K followers, [---] engagements


"Questions people ask you (by location) and what they REALLY mean"  
[X Link](https://x.com/auren/status/1339696348988198912)  2020-12-17T22:17Z 68.8K followers, [---] engagements


"Still think SpaceX will ultimately be more valuable than Tesla"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1347426569950695424)  2021-01-08T06:15Z 69.2K followers, [---] engagements


"number of employees of a well-run 100-person start-up that care about the long-term company: [--] number employees of a 10000-person company that care about the long-term company: [--] this is why start-ups can win"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1357840065293000709)  2021-02-05T23:54Z 69.2K followers, [----] engagements


"One of the deepest SaaS secrets is that many SaaS companies are actually services businesses masquerading as software businesses"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1369029874271227905)  2021-03-08T20:58Z 69.2K followers, [----] engagements


"Very excited to announce that @SafeGraph has raised our $45M Series B to democratize access to data. Come work with us https://www.safegraph.com/blog/why-safegraph-raised-a-45m-series-b https://www.safegraph.com/blog/why-safegraph-raised-a-45m-series-b"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1371854629894553617)  2021-03-16T16:03Z 69.2K followers, [---] engagements


"wife: "daddy's company just raised $45 million. what do you think of that" 9-year-old: "does that mean we get a bigger allowance""  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1372019666541973506)  2021-03-17T02:59Z 69.2K followers, [---] engagements


"academics get paid for being clever not for being right. investors get paid for being right not for being clever"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1387429609445023744)  2021-04-28T15:32Z 69.2K followers, [----] engagements


"The founder line: higher conviction than knowledge (but not too much higher)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1397963133256302593)  2021-05-27T17:09Z 69.2K followers, [---] engagements


"Number of hours people work vs how many hours they claim they work"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1422200822776008704)  2021-08-02T14:21Z 69.2K followers, [---] engagements


"there are zero companies in the world that are really well run. Most companies even the really successful ones are a mess. So if your company is not an absolute mess you have a really good shot at winning. It is a pretty low bar because running companies is insanely hard"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1432144963979022337)  2021-08-30T00:55Z 69.2K followers, [----] engagements


"looking for web site and logo design -- Must be quick inexpensive & responsive. recommendations for a person"  
[X Link](https://x.com/auren/status/1435656614)  2009-04-02T01:53Z 68.9K followers, [--] engagements


"Diagram of the Keith Rabois formula for starting a company"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1440342405840982018)  2021-09-21T15:49Z 69.2K followers, [---] engagements


"things rich people do not want you to know: they are actually very happy"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1462583607021608967)  2021-11-22T00:48Z 69.2K followers, [---] engagements


"in [----] the President was [--] years older than me. in [----] the President was [--] years older than me. in [----] the President was [--] years older than me. today the president is still [--] years older than me"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1477636317831966723)  2022-01-02T13:42Z 69.2K followers, [----] engagements


"It is like Benjamin Button democracy"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1477667008426692611)  2022-01-02T15:44Z 69.2K followers, [---] engagements


"I want to live in a world where friends feel ok to drop by each other's home unannounced"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1490355363652128770)  2022-02-06T16:03Z 69.2K followers, [----] engagements


"if the CEO of a company is not spending 25% of their time recruiting than that is a lifestyle business"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1498490020524666880)  2022-03-01T02:47Z 69.2K followers, [----] engagements


"there is a high correlation between the people you want to hire and the people that work an entire plane flight. next time you fly just drop job ads off on the seats of all the people jamming"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1504948531005726724)  2022-03-18T22:31Z 69.2K followers, [---] engagements


"what is the most successful startup in the past [---] years"  
[X Link](https://x.com/auren/status/1542938798996307968)  2022-07-01T18:30Z 68.9K followers, [--] engagements


"when a tech company promotes its CFO to CEO it usually is not a good sign"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1546900503447076867)  2022-07-12T16:53Z 69.2K followers, [----] engagements


"From [----] to [----] the stock market gained zero. Zero. Stock market does not always go up"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1556603795580358656)  2022-08-08T11:30Z 69.2K followers, [---] engagements


"while the rest of the world is dealing with difficult inflation technology today is incredibly deflationary. (the average tech company is 50% off from a year ago)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/auren/status/1566524550485053440)  2022-09-04T20:32Z 68.9K followers, [--] engagements


"@staphwriter @nicoleperlroth that's actually a great excuse. going to start using that one"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1613280448133611521)  2023-01-11T21:03Z 69.2K followers, 47.3K engagements


"@NicoleBehnam Pretty much everything is a scam. That is what makes life so interesting"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1616631246523715584)  2023-01-21T02:58Z 69.2K followers, 344.3K engagements


"once you get over [---] employees the biggest risk to your business is your own HR department"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1617586837656043533)  2023-01-23T18:15Z 69.2K followers, 106.9K engagements


"100% of founders fantasize about starting a country"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1618665388560257025)  2023-01-26T17:41Z 69.2K followers, 145.2K engagements


"almost all interesting people are disagreeable"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1620894685144444929)  2023-02-01T21:19Z 69.2K followers, 334.5K engagements


"overheard: "Dominos is a tech company with a pizza side hustle""  
[X Link](https://x.com/auren/status/1621906357560479744)  2023-02-04T16:19Z 68.9K followers, 56.3K engagements


"Scott Cook (founder of Intuit) is probably the most successful tech founder that no one talks about. success: he built an amazing company ($13B revenue) personal life is stable: happily married [--] kids balanced: he seems to be very happy anyone else a huge Cook fan"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1645415610933813249)  2023-04-10T13:17Z 69.2K followers, 283K engagements


"@mauraball In your 40s some of your kids will be at Coachella with your friends"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1646908757945745411)  2023-04-14T16:10Z 69.2K followers, 46.4K engagements


"@WillManidis so someone else gets all his social security when they retire"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1648106693073534977)  2023-04-17T23:30Z 69.2K followers, 154.4K engagements


"new rule: if the lowest default tip is over 20% then leave no tip"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1659247142920237056)  2023-05-18T17:18Z 69.2K followers, 71.2K engagements


"key benefits of DC area: - access to lots of talent - amazing schools - Virginia is 5% tax rate (though not 0% like FL or TX) - great airport access - traffic bad but way better than LA/SF/NY - amazing food scene - incredible nature - great weather what else"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1679157571783933952)  2023-07-12T15:55Z 69.2K followers, 235.6K engagements


"This is the craziest graph. What a difference [--] years makes"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1681345812477931520)  2023-07-18T16:50Z 69.2K followers, 257.2K engagements


"Jeff Bezos: Being wrong might hurt you a bit but being slow will kill you"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1699806276266393658)  2023-09-07T15:26Z 69.2K followers, 278.8K engagements


"many people seem to think 10x engineers will be the biggest AI beneficiaries. Replit CEO @amasad has a different take: For 10x engineers it basically helps them type faster (weve calculated a 30-40 percent productivity boost) For people who werent coding before you cant even put a multiple on it. Its infinity X (on World of DaaS pod)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1706833407890555250)  2023-09-27T00:49Z 69.2K followers, 377.1K engagements


"most of success in life is just following up with people at least [--] times"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1715070629542494449)  2023-10-19T18:21Z 69.2K followers, 281.4K engagements


"Bill Gates [----] book The Road Ahead barely mentioned the internet. That was [----]. AI is in its [----] moment: its not a fait accompli that the winners of the next era will be the same as the last era - @bhorowitz on World of DaaS pod"  
[X Link](https://x.com/auren/status/1716891017931329623)  2023-10-24T18:54Z 65.8K followers, [----] engagements


"cool: Spotify wrapped super nerdy cool: @Matter reading report (and no surprise Matt Levine is number one -- he writes in greater volume than any other major writer in the world)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/auren/status/1735014523885515165)  2023-12-13T19:11Z 69K followers, [----] engagements


"The most amazing stat from my conversation with Joe Lonsdale: there are more administrators than students at Yale. are ivy league schools just hedge funds with an educational side business"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1737196367791997277)  2023-12-19T19:41Z 69.2K followers, 69.1K engagements


"open-sourced business idea: Placebo pill the most effective drug in the world is a sugar pill. it is more effective than almost any drug on the market. and it can be sold over-the-counter. [--]. market a new brand of sugar pills simply called "Placebo" [--]. make billions"  
[X Link](https://x.com/auren/status/1747445551367381002)  2024-01-17T02:27Z 68.8K followers, [----] engagements


"you got $100k given to you with no strings attached . well one string: you need to invest ALL of it in one company that has a valuation of under $50M. what company is it"  
[X Link](https://x.com/auren/status/1766214427391451377)  2024-03-08T21:28Z 69K followers, [----] engagements


"Spending time alone is really really important Most super successful tech founders spent a massive amount of time alone when they were kids and young adults. And most of these people still spend a much larger percentage of their time alone today than most outsiders would think. Especially when people are growing up spending time alone gives one the space to explore to be weird to learn to imagine and to dream. Reading is really (REALLY) important. Read a wide variety of books and articles that stretch your imagination. Read fiction and non-fiction. Read wonderful novels written by authors"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1774467185961783695)  2024-03-31T16:01Z 69.2K followers, 95.5K engagements


"so i tried to transfer $10k into my bank account got this "  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1778594934628417814)  2024-04-12T01:24Z 69.2K followers, 438.2K engagements


"this is like more money than there is in the entire world . and it looks like it is hard coded. anyone know why"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1778595177340297682)  2024-04-12T01:25Z 69.2K followers, 31.5K engagements


"it is almost April [--] and i just got my tax bill . (just purchased a new country . army included)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1778829084006490584)  2024-04-12T16:54Z 69.2K followers, 21K engagements


"have never seen a well run business. ever. the best businesses are mediocrely run. all businesses are loosely functioning disasters and some happen to make money"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1800974681429901479)  2024-06-12T19:33Z 69.2K followers, 55.5K engagements


"more good news. USA USA"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1844025539025391824)  2024-10-09T14:42Z 69.2K followers, 170K engagements


"@MikaylaCS @bencasnocha others like this one: https://worldofdaas.buzzsprout.com/1783651/episodes/14008008-sam-corcos-levels-ceo-10x-delegation https://worldofdaas.buzzsprout.com/1783651/episodes/14562376-sarah-tavel-benchmark-capital-gp-selling-work-in-saas https://worldofdaas.buzzsprout.com/1783651/episodes/15212523-brent-beshore-private-equity-for-boring-businesses https://worldofdaas.buzzsprout.com/1783651/episodes/15817036-matt-clifford-entrepreneur-first-ambition-and-power https://worldofdaas.buzzsprout.com/1783651/episodes/14008008-sam-corcos-levels-ceo-10x-delegation"  
[X Link](https://x.com/auren/status/1844084089986674918)  2024-10-09T18:34Z 65.8K followers, [--] engagements


"Announcing the All-Tech Cabinet for 2025: Vice President: JD Vance @JDVance Chief of Deswamp: Elon Musk @elonmusk Sec of State: David Sacks @DavidSacks Sec of Treasury: Peter Thiel @peterthiel Deputy Treasury Sec: David Marcus @davidmarcus Sec of Defense: Palmer Luckey @PalmerLuckey Deputy Sec of Defense: Josh Steinman @JoshuaSteinman Deputy Sec of Defense: Michael Kratsios @MichaelKratsios Sec of Health and Human Services: Vivek Ramaswamy @VivekGRamaswamy Sec of Commerce: Katherine Boyle @KTmBoyle Head of Innovation: Marc Andreessen @pmarca Deputy head of Innovation: Amjad Masad @amasad Sec"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1854169128984101187)  2024-11-06T14:29Z 69.2K followers, 186.4K engagements


"the lean startup is one of the most toxic and terrible moves for Silicon Valley. @Life360 $LIF CEO @ChrisHulls on why tech has outgrown the lean startup"  
[X Link](https://x.com/auren/status/1867280388726645059)  2024-12-12T18:48Z 64.2K followers, [----] engagements


"@yudapearl @havivrettiggur @TimesofIsrael Is this true If so will cancel our upcoming New Zealand vacation in protest"  
[X Link](https://x.com/auren/status/1885179674214466035)  2025-01-31T04:13Z 68.9K followers, [----] engagements


"new World of DaaS pod today with PubMatic $PUBM CEO @RajeevGoel we dig into how PubMatic processes 780B daily ad impressions on their *own* infrastructure. great convo about private cloud vs AWS political ads in CTV and why everyone's becoming an ad network"  
[X Link](https://x.com/auren/status/1886765611432185883)  2025-02-04T13:15Z 63.6K followers, [----] engagements


"great convo with @viant_tech CEO Tim Vanderhook on this weeks World of DaaS: 💣 the cataclysmic explosion coming for TV in the next [--] years 🤖 how ad tech fights bots with AI 📈 choosing $DSP as their stock ticker"  
[X Link](https://x.com/auren/status/1889312490300784979)  2025-02-11T13:56Z 63.4K followers, [----] engagements


"Christmas is a more popular date to get engaged than Valentine's Day https://x.com/i/grok/share/F6prXeDLQijKmRCE1xB43gOJP https://x.com/i/grok/share/F6prXeDLQijKmRCE1xB43gOJP"  
[X Link](https://x.com/auren/status/1890412338030760268)  2025-02-14T14:46Z 63.4K followers, [---] engagements


"this was written over [---] years by Andrew Carnegie -- the Elon Musk of his era -- about the best people. still very true today"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1891629909904121987)  2025-02-17T23:24Z 69.2K followers, 152.6K engagements


"new World of DaaS with @djparekh from Insight Partners. we dig into why Europe fell behind US in innovation why board decks should be docs you actually use to run the company and what rising CAC really tells you about product market fit"  
[X Link](https://x.com/auren/status/1891840188411675083)  2025-02-18T13:20Z 64.2K followers, [----] engagements


"Even in venture capital the challengers beat the incumbents. Be the disruptor"  
[X Link](https://x.com/auren/status/1892239862566379586)  2025-02-19T15:48Z 63.6K followers, [----] engagements


"Apple spell check did not recognize "Palantir" (and tried to change it to "planter") spell check should always recognize major companies and brands -- why is Apple spell check stuck in the 1990s"  
[X Link](https://x.com/auren/status/1892378105831932039)  2025-02-20T00:57Z 63.6K followers, [----] engagements


"one of my favorite stories of the month is all the couriers who are flying coach with gold bars in their carry-on bags"  
[X Link](https://x.com/auren/status/1892592058046571001)  2025-02-20T15:08Z 63.5K followers, [----] engagements


"Founder CEOs are massively under-comped after [--] years. I just spend the last few days advocating for [--] different founders to get higher go-forward comp. But their VCs just dont get it. The VCs are soooo short-term. when you have a truly great founder making them feel comfortable and valued could potentially 2x your return give them the comp they deserve"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1897366968572793029)  2025-03-05T19:21Z 69.2K followers, 100.6K engagements


"Poland is about to overtake Japan in GDP per capita. no one who came of age in the 1980s can comprehend this"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1899796010269913093)  2025-03-12T12:14Z 69.2K followers, 369K engagements


"knew VC was power-law driven . but did not realize that just [--] companies have driven 85% of YC's realized returns. insane power law"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1901685603881681354)  2025-03-17T17:22Z 69.2K followers, 378.4K engagements


"fascinating convo with @jackiereses on World of DaaS today we get into why there are [----] tiny banks in the US (when most countries only have a few) and what might happen to the smallest [----] in the next decade"  
[X Link](https://x.com/auren/status/1901988780648673386)  2025-03-18T13:27Z 68.8K followers, [----] engagements


"for the banking/fintech nerds 👇 https://www.worldofdaas.com/p/leadbank-jackie-reses/ https://www.worldofdaas.com/p/leadbank-jackie-reses/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/auren/status/1901988850622235035)  2025-03-18T13:27Z 68.9K followers, [---] engagements


"when i lived in SF I used to see Jack Dorsey walking 2+ miles to work every day. no head phones no podcasts no music. just walking. and thinking when was the last time you had a full hour just to think"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1902195655986032793)  2025-03-19T03:09Z 69.2K followers, 191.8K engagements


"have invested in over [---] startups and still have no idea what the difference is between pre-seed seed and Series A"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1904186418575860070)  2025-03-24T14:59Z 69.2K followers, 259K engagements


"no great founder ever had imposter syndrome. none. none of these people ever had imposter syndrome: Jobs Gates Zuck Elon Thiel Jensen Page/Brin Bezos Rockefeller Walton Dell Griffin Ellison Benioff Karp. Not one of them"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1910774041981362238)  2025-04-11T19:16Z 69.2K followers, 137.8K engagements


"the best job isn't CEO & cofounder the BEST JOB is the non-CEO cofounder you get all the upside with much less burden there are [--] cofounders of AirBNB but i only know the name of the CEO -- the other [--] are the real winners as they are both rich and anonymous"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1912915980197441746)  2025-04-17T17:08Z 69.2K followers, 102.7K engagements


"there are 10x more VCs than we need and 10x fewer founders than we need"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1915367186098516086)  2025-04-24T11:28Z 69.2K followers, 80K engagements


"Booz Allen biz model: ✅ Overcharge the government ✅ Deliver clunky software [--] year late ✅ Blame bureaucrats who think Java is just coffee ✅ Profit $BAH"  
[X Link](https://x.com/auren/status/1919078736881660021)  2025-05-04T17:16Z 68.9K followers, 38.4K engagements


"am shorting Booz Allen shorted Booz Allen on May [--] (priced at $118/share at the time). This is my write-up so the internets can critique and review. Absolutely none of this is investment advice. Booz Allen $BAH is the iconic services firm with 98% of their revenue coming from government customers. This is one of the many firms that have been preying on taxpayers and over-billing the government and building things the government does not need over-budget and massively delayed. This is not really Boozs fault. The government customer has traditionally not understood software. Most of the people"  
[X Link](https://x.com/auren/status/1919422083899248984)  2025-05-05T16:01Z 68.9K followers, 39.5K engagements


"Any VC that makes you pay for their lawyers is not founder-friendly. Founders barely affording rent should not be footing legal bills for VCs with private jets. And yet this is standard. a thread 🧵"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1925607104003350811)  2025-05-22T17:38Z 69.2K followers, 300.9K engagements


"youre clearly not an ambitious person in tech if youre moving to miami or austin at [--] (ok for established billionaires though) is SF still the only real place for ambitious young people in tech what about NYC"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1930336613512491218)  2025-06-04T18:51Z 69.2K followers, 69.6K engagements


"booz now. $BAH am shorting Booz Allen shorted Booz Allen on May [--] (priced at $118/share at the time). This is my write-up so the internets can critique and review. Absolutely none of this is investment advice. Booz Allen $BAH is the iconic services firm with 98% of their revenue coming from am shorting Booz Allen shorted Booz Allen on May [--] (priced at $118/share at the time). This is my write-up so the internets can critique and review. Absolutely none of this is investment advice. Booz Allen $BAH is the iconic services firm with 98% of their revenue coming from"  
[X Link](https://x.com/auren/status/1932352652534325626)  2025-06-10T08:22Z 69K followers, [----] engagements


"update: only have done [--] seed investments thus far in [----] -- goal is to do [---] a year . so need to increase the pace what are the best non-obvious ways to find amazing founders my goal this year is to make [---] seed investments ($300k checks). if you know an amazing founder pls DM me. my goal this year is to make [---] seed investments ($300k checks). if you know an amazing founder pls DM me"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1937994977176653854)  2025-06-25T22:03Z 69.2K followers, 306.7K engagements


"@Quinn_Hanson22 i highly doubt that would work. but definitely open to be proven wrong"  
[X Link](https://x.com/auren/status/1938020110037578096)  2025-06-25T23:42Z 68.9K followers, [---] engagements

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