[GUEST ACCESS MODE: Data is scrambled or limited to provide examples. Make requests using your API key to unlock full data. Check https://lunarcrush.ai/auth for authentication information.] [@girdley](/creator/twitter/girdley) "These guys (chain our of NYC) have absolutely solved the Gen Z coffee/drinks buyer. Matcha+sugar. Meanwhile Starbucks customers are all old people"  [@girdley](/creator/x/girdley) on [X](/post/tweet/1944479616791437396) 2025-07-13 19:30:41 UTC 237K followers, 9148 engagements "Next live lecture: How to hire great people. Ive looked at thousands of resumes and hired hundreds of people from VAs to CEOs. Ill share how I do it in a live lecture/Q&A next Wednesday. (Nothing to sell just want to give back a little. Its free.)"  [@girdley](/creator/x/girdley) on [X](/post/tweet/1945924804650865043) 2025-07-17 19:13:21 UTC 237K followers, 14K engagements "My social feed has posts from people convinced that: (a) Return to office mandates are solely because male bosses want to have affairs with staff and (b) Men are garbage because they won't approach women in public like in the old days Both feel like ideas from people whose brains have been scrambled by algorithmic feeds. I've spent more time around adults who quit social media entirely. They aren't tied to their phones 24/7. They frankly seem a lot happier"  [@girdley](/creator/x/girdley) on [X](/post/tweet/1946525501184717029) 2025-07-19 11:00:18 UTC 236.9K followers, 9993 engagements "The rise and fall of Sunnova. Is home solar dying 00:00 Sunnovas rise and fall 00:49 The business model that took off 01:43 Growth fueled by tailwinds 02:22 Cracks begin to show 03:03 The double blow: interest rates + policy shift 04:05 Collapse and bankruptcy 05:27 Final lessons from the solar bust"  [@girdley](/creator/x/girdley) on [X](/post/tweet/1947424095693308212) 2025-07-21 22:31:00 UTC 237K followers, 4111 engagements ""Life comes at you pretty fast." -- Ferris Bueller"  [@girdley](/creator/x/girdley) on [X](/post/tweet/1946189935070851189) 2025-07-18 12:46:53 UTC 237K followers, 85.7K engagements "What is the biggest racket I'll go first and I have two: Hearing aids ($3k for $XX of technology) Title Insurance (don't get me started) What's yours"  [@girdley](/creator/x/girdley) on [X](/post/tweet/1945559061359202752) 2025-07-16 19:00:01 UTC 237K followers, 145.3K engagements "3) Naming a cockroach. Pay the zoo $XX and theyll name a cockroach after your ex. Send your ex a digital Valentines Day Card informing them that a cockroach rodent or veggie was named after them and fed to an animal. Its a great fundraiser. - Vegetables $X - Cockroaches $XX - Rodents $25"  [@girdley](/creator/x/girdley) on [X](/post/tweet/1946283895047209355) 2025-07-18 19:00:15 UTC 237K followers, 16.7K engagements "If you are complaining that assets are too expensive to buy now. Ask yourself "Why not make more assets""  [@girdley](/creator/x/girdley) on [X](/post/tweet/1947024306342424881) 2025-07-20 20:02:23 UTC 237K followers, 8641 engagements "If a Subaru dealership anywhere in Texas ran its sales process like Tesla does it'd get all of my business. The whole "let's talk to the finance manager" and "oh did we not tell you about the $XXX undercoat earlier" thing is why I've always kept cars forever"  [@girdley](/creator/x/girdley) on [X](/post/tweet/1938622580958912558) 2025-06-27 15:36:55 UTC 237K followers, 69.8K engagements "The barbell theory has reached X. To get shown by the algorithm the post either has to be incredibly smart or incredibly Chamath. There is no in-between"  [@girdley](/creator/x/girdley) on [X](/post/tweet/1947481645285839132) 2025-07-22 02:19:41 UTC 237K followers, 11.1K engagements "My doctor withholds my annual blood test results until I visit with her in person. I see why thats the policy but also find it kind of insulting"  [@girdley](/creator/x/girdley) on [X](/post/tweet/1937224144619536721) 2025-06-23 19:00:02 UTC 237K followers, 114.1K engagements "The greatest mystery in life: Why Venmo has a social feed of your friends making payments"  [@girdley](/creator/x/girdley) on [X](/post/tweet/1931068304593969545) 2025-06-06 19:18:55 UTC 237K followers, 549.1K engagements "The rise and fall of Long John Silvers: what killed the fish empire 00:00 Long John Silvers was everywhere 00:55 The big bet on fried fish 02:00 From peak to panic 04:01 Debt diets and decline 05:28 Chicken vs. fish: the final blow 06:41 What we can learn"  [@girdley](/creator/x/girdley) on [X](/post/tweet/1948141080316117348) 2025-07-23 22:00:02 UTC 237K followers, 1998 engagements "In the frequent flyer lounge we are all fam. Seriously I know people hate on things that appear to be a luxury but aren't like "premium" airport lounges. You're still stuck in an airport and that sucks. But it's nice to have a comfy chair internet that works and a view of airplanes. Maybe this is just getting old"  [@girdley](/creator/x/girdley) on [X](/post/tweet/1947991391256080631) 2025-07-23 12:05:14 UTC 237K followers, 2746 engagements "Ive hired and managed over 4000 people (directly and indirectly). Here are my X principles for hiring amazing people"  [@girdley](/creator/x/girdley) on [X](/post/tweet/1944732372072890876) 2025-07-14 12:15:03 UTC 237K followers, 75.7K engagements "One of my favorite business models: Fake Status Take something worthless and sell somebody some privilege around it. Here are my top 7:"  [@girdley](/creator/x/girdley) on [X](/post/tweet/1946283838562586831) 2025-07-18 19:00:01 UTC 237K followers, 181.7K engagements "4) Buying land in the metaverse The continues to be something that makes no sense. Infinite supply No cash flow What could go wrong"  [@girdley](/creator/x/girdley) on [X](/post/tweet/1946283910104760789) 2025-07-18 19:00:19 UTC 237K followers, 15.7K engagements "The worst aspect of being tall is randomly banging your head on things designed for a short world. Over the past XX years of brain impacts I estimate Im down over XXX IQ points from low branches and doorways alone"  [@girdley](/creator/x/girdley) on [X](/post/tweet/1947957699892711855) 2025-07-23 09:51:21 UTC 237K followers, 1209 engagements "Im giving my sons one piece of life advice: Never ever become a fan of Coldplay"  [@girdley](/creator/x/girdley) on [X](/post/tweet/1948032625979138522) 2025-07-23 14:49:05 UTC 237K followers, 4883 engagements "Hiring someone solely because they were a college athlete is as foolish as marrying someone just because they're physically attractive"  [@girdley](/creator/x/girdley) on [X](/post/tweet/1919038587745468764) 2025-05-04 14:37:07 UTC 237K followers, 55.2K engagements "@swolf1625 @bradcbowen @dougboneparth What generation has been in power for the last XX years What generation reached voting age and enacted a ton of measures to limit home supply"  [@girdley](/creator/x/girdley) on [X](/post/tweet/1948050742335725752) 2025-07-23 16:01:04 UTC 237K followers, XX engagements ""Hire smart people. Leave them alone." Terrible advice"  [@girdley](/creator/x/girdley) on [X](/post/tweet/1915741334251733371) 2025-04-25 12:15:01 UTC 237K followers, 81.8K engagements "The rise and fall of Hooters 00:00 Hooters the cultural icon 01:05 How Hooters started (and why it worked) 02:18 The competition heats up 03:03 The downfall begins 03:58 Private equity and the debt trap 05:09 Gen Z and a changing culture 06:04 The final blow: bankruptcy in 2025 07:13 Lessons for business owners 08:16 Can Hooters make a comeback"  [@girdley](/creator/x/girdley) on [X](/post/tweet/1946329138836750655) 2025-07-18 22:00:02 UTC 237K followers, 4407 engagements "@CompletedStreet Nope. I'm in New England"  [@girdley](/creator/x/girdley) on [X](/post/tweet/1947782824700088626) 2025-07-22 22:16:28 UTC 237K followers, 1678 engagements "Crazy what has happened to Cancun Mexico in the past XX years. It's the #1 international destination at most American airports. Was swampland in the Caribbean. Now a mecca"  [@girdley](/creator/x/girdley) on [X](/post/tweet/1945224913704321091) 2025-07-15 20:52:14 UTC 237K followers, 11.5K engagements "I'm visiting one of those small elite towns full of wealthy people. The town looks the same as it did XX years ago when I first visited. No new buildings. Same tired boring businesses. Unsurprisingly young people are a rare sight. The older I get the less I value conservation. The past should be remembered but shouldn't be a shackle on those living today"  [@girdley](/creator/x/girdley) on [X](/post/tweet/1947780475549868198) 2025-07-22 22:07:08 UTC 237K followers, 61.5K engagements "Amazing how "getting a second legal opinion" has become "put this contract into three other LLMs" virtually overnight"  [@girdley](/creator/x/girdley) on [X](/post/tweet/1947664577413394839) 2025-07-22 14:26:35 UTC 237K followers, 8145 engagements "Theres always a weird lull on this site during July and into August. Its the everyone is busy having a good time at the beach but online. I used to hate it. Now I love it"  [@girdley](/creator/x/girdley) on [X](/post/tweet/1947286544273789020) 2025-07-21 13:24:25 UTC 237K followers, 5561 engagements "@buccocapital Sorry artie were making hamburgers now dont worry about that unsold inventory everywhere"  [@girdley](/creator/x/girdley) on [X](/post/tweet/1948031576127963527) 2025-07-23 14:44:55 UTC 237K followers, XXX engagements
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@girdley
"These guys (chain our of NYC) have absolutely solved the Gen Z coffee/drinks buyer. Matcha+sugar. Meanwhile Starbucks customers are all old people"
@girdley on X 2025-07-13 19:30:41 UTC 237K followers, 9148 engagements
"Next live lecture: How to hire great people. Ive looked at thousands of resumes and hired hundreds of people from VAs to CEOs. Ill share how I do it in a live lecture/Q&A next Wednesday. (Nothing to sell just want to give back a little. Its free.)" @girdley on X 2025-07-17 19:13:21 UTC 237K followers, 14K engagements
"My social feed has posts from people convinced that: (a) Return to office mandates are solely because male bosses want to have affairs with staff and (b) Men are garbage because they won't approach women in public like in the old days Both feel like ideas from people whose brains have been scrambled by algorithmic feeds. I've spent more time around adults who quit social media entirely. They aren't tied to their phones 24/7. They frankly seem a lot happier" @girdley on X 2025-07-19 11:00:18 UTC 236.9K followers, 9993 engagements
"The rise and fall of Sunnova. Is home solar dying 00:00 Sunnovas rise and fall 00:49 The business model that took off 01:43 Growth fueled by tailwinds 02:22 Cracks begin to show 03:03 The double blow: interest rates + policy shift 04:05 Collapse and bankruptcy 05:27 Final lessons from the solar bust" @girdley on X 2025-07-21 22:31:00 UTC 237K followers, 4111 engagements
""Life comes at you pretty fast." -- Ferris Bueller" @girdley on X 2025-07-18 12:46:53 UTC 237K followers, 85.7K engagements
"What is the biggest racket I'll go first and I have two: Hearing aids ($3k for $XX of technology) Title Insurance (don't get me started) What's yours" @girdley on X 2025-07-16 19:00:01 UTC 237K followers, 145.3K engagements
"3) Naming a cockroach. Pay the zoo $XX and theyll name a cockroach after your ex. Send your ex a digital Valentines Day Card informing them that a cockroach rodent or veggie was named after them and fed to an animal. Its a great fundraiser. - Vegetables $X - Cockroaches $XX - Rodents $25" @girdley on X 2025-07-18 19:00:15 UTC 237K followers, 16.7K engagements
"If you are complaining that assets are too expensive to buy now. Ask yourself "Why not make more assets"" @girdley on X 2025-07-20 20:02:23 UTC 237K followers, 8641 engagements
"If a Subaru dealership anywhere in Texas ran its sales process like Tesla does it'd get all of my business. The whole "let's talk to the finance manager" and "oh did we not tell you about the $XXX undercoat earlier" thing is why I've always kept cars forever" @girdley on X 2025-06-27 15:36:55 UTC 237K followers, 69.8K engagements
"The barbell theory has reached X. To get shown by the algorithm the post either has to be incredibly smart or incredibly Chamath. There is no in-between" @girdley on X 2025-07-22 02:19:41 UTC 237K followers, 11.1K engagements
"My doctor withholds my annual blood test results until I visit with her in person. I see why thats the policy but also find it kind of insulting" @girdley on X 2025-06-23 19:00:02 UTC 237K followers, 114.1K engagements
"The greatest mystery in life: Why Venmo has a social feed of your friends making payments" @girdley on X 2025-06-06 19:18:55 UTC 237K followers, 549.1K engagements
"The rise and fall of Long John Silvers: what killed the fish empire 00:00 Long John Silvers was everywhere 00:55 The big bet on fried fish 02:00 From peak to panic 04:01 Debt diets and decline 05:28 Chicken vs. fish: the final blow 06:41 What we can learn" @girdley on X 2025-07-23 22:00:02 UTC 237K followers, 1998 engagements
"In the frequent flyer lounge we are all fam. Seriously I know people hate on things that appear to be a luxury but aren't like "premium" airport lounges. You're still stuck in an airport and that sucks. But it's nice to have a comfy chair internet that works and a view of airplanes. Maybe this is just getting old" @girdley on X 2025-07-23 12:05:14 UTC 237K followers, 2746 engagements
"Ive hired and managed over 4000 people (directly and indirectly). Here are my X principles for hiring amazing people" @girdley on X 2025-07-14 12:15:03 UTC 237K followers, 75.7K engagements
"One of my favorite business models: Fake Status Take something worthless and sell somebody some privilege around it. Here are my top 7:" @girdley on X 2025-07-18 19:00:01 UTC 237K followers, 181.7K engagements
"4) Buying land in the metaverse The continues to be something that makes no sense. Infinite supply No cash flow What could go wrong" @girdley on X 2025-07-18 19:00:19 UTC 237K followers, 15.7K engagements
"The worst aspect of being tall is randomly banging your head on things designed for a short world. Over the past XX years of brain impacts I estimate Im down over XXX IQ points from low branches and doorways alone" @girdley on X 2025-07-23 09:51:21 UTC 237K followers, 1209 engagements
"Im giving my sons one piece of life advice: Never ever become a fan of Coldplay" @girdley on X 2025-07-23 14:49:05 UTC 237K followers, 4883 engagements
"Hiring someone solely because they were a college athlete is as foolish as marrying someone just because they're physically attractive" @girdley on X 2025-05-04 14:37:07 UTC 237K followers, 55.2K engagements
"@swolf1625 @bradcbowen @dougboneparth What generation has been in power for the last XX years What generation reached voting age and enacted a ton of measures to limit home supply" @girdley on X 2025-07-23 16:01:04 UTC 237K followers, XX engagements
""Hire smart people. Leave them alone." Terrible advice" @girdley on X 2025-04-25 12:15:01 UTC 237K followers, 81.8K engagements
"The rise and fall of Hooters 00:00 Hooters the cultural icon 01:05 How Hooters started (and why it worked) 02:18 The competition heats up 03:03 The downfall begins 03:58 Private equity and the debt trap 05:09 Gen Z and a changing culture 06:04 The final blow: bankruptcy in 2025 07:13 Lessons for business owners 08:16 Can Hooters make a comeback" @girdley on X 2025-07-18 22:00:02 UTC 237K followers, 4407 engagements
"@CompletedStreet Nope. I'm in New England" @girdley on X 2025-07-22 22:16:28 UTC 237K followers, 1678 engagements
"Crazy what has happened to Cancun Mexico in the past XX years. It's the #1 international destination at most American airports. Was swampland in the Caribbean. Now a mecca" @girdley on X 2025-07-15 20:52:14 UTC 237K followers, 11.5K engagements
"I'm visiting one of those small elite towns full of wealthy people. The town looks the same as it did XX years ago when I first visited. No new buildings. Same tired boring businesses. Unsurprisingly young people are a rare sight. The older I get the less I value conservation. The past should be remembered but shouldn't be a shackle on those living today" @girdley on X 2025-07-22 22:07:08 UTC 237K followers, 61.5K engagements
"Amazing how "getting a second legal opinion" has become "put this contract into three other LLMs" virtually overnight" @girdley on X 2025-07-22 14:26:35 UTC 237K followers, 8145 engagements
"Theres always a weird lull on this site during July and into August. Its the everyone is busy having a good time at the beach but online. I used to hate it. Now I love it" @girdley on X 2025-07-21 13:24:25 UTC 237K followers, 5561 engagements
"@buccocapital Sorry artie were making hamburgers now dont worry about that unsold inventory everywhere" @girdley on X 2025-07-23 14:44:55 UTC 237K followers, XXX engagements