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Michael Wolfe

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Co-founder / CPO, Gladly. Advisor @pointninecap . Open water swimmer, biker, SF dweller, Army Brat, fanboy. I blog for startup founders at .

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Michael Wolfe
7 months
@LibsSuckaBigOne I used to love New York, but now that I know they sell fruit on the street I’m never going back
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7 years
@AustenAllred “I want a Silicon Valley in my state” “Start by outlawing noncompetes” ”Uh, how about if we just open a coworking space?”
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3 years
@JordanUhl Iraq GDP per capita is higher than Ukraine. So I wonder by what criteria a country is judged to be "civilized" ?
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@JohnSmi17828195 These kinds of posts always show a misunderstanding of how few spots there are available at these schools and how many 10s of thousands of applicants there are with comparable credentials.
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10 years
Retweet if you have a folder on your iPhone where you put useless but unremovable Apple apps.
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2 years
@Kantrowitz Imagine Boeing fired everyone who built and sold airplanes, and people said, "those people must have been useless since planes aren't crashing yet"
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3 years
@abc7newsbayarea Inconvenient. Leaves those of us with 9-5 jobs very little time to get our shoplifting done before 6pm.
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3 years
@JimGriffith_SV @KevinMKruse @besttrousers Median is the right measure for lots of things - like, for example, household income. The average would be much higher and thus more misleading.
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@GrowSF I parked there for a really good holiday party one time so it has historic value to me and must be preserved.
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2 years
@Cokedupoptions She should buy a second Tesla to dollar cost average down to $66k
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@the_transit_guy “We provide shade for one person.” “Actually, not really.”
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4 years
Spoke to some colleagues in Berlin and Barcelona this week. Their lives are normal: restaurants, bars, shops, theaters, schools (with some restrictions) are all open. This is true in much of the world. I'm not sure that most Americans really understand this.
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4 years
@drgitlin And I just found out that "irregardless" has been in the dictionary since the 1930s, so I gave up after that.
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3 years
@NinaStrohminger @ayirpelle Once seatbelts became mandatory, the percentage of traffic deaths involving passengers wearing seatbelts skyrocketed !
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6 years
@CBSNews If only he had access to a large team of national security experts with many Arabic speakers among them.
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@LibsSuckaBigOne If you never leave your suburban backyard you can avoid having to interact with the real world …
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2 years
@sweatystartup Instead of saving money so I can live somewhere awesome in 20 years, I’d rather just live somewhere awesome right now.
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3 years
@JustinHGillis I’m part of an HOA, and I’m shocked how the owners shriek every time they are asked to spend a dollar, even if it’s only to maintain existing infrastructure.
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5 years
@business Yes, it’s so terrible when buildings built during the same era all look the same.
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4 years
Miami is awesome. Austin is awesome. San Francisco has problems but is still awesome. So is LA, SLC, Denver, Seattle. Pick whatever works for you.
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5 years
@business I remember back when architects valued variety.
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Michael Wolfe
3 years
How in the heck did @chesaboudin win an election? I know no one who voted for him. Do you?
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3 years
@JimGriffith_SV @KevinMKruse @besttrousers You could certainly add more resolution if the question you are asking required it - for example income by decile or quartile instead of midpoint.
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5 years
@danprimack “The bosses need to share prosperity with the workers!!” “OK - let’s give them partial ownership of the company.” “No, not like that.”
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5 years
@EricTrump Alright - so you aren't going to even bother to argue that your dad is innocent, but instead to claim his impeachment doesn't make good TV. OK, that's one way to go...
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1 year
@pjozefak Disagree - I know CEOs of billion dollar s companies who do fine with a laptop, AirPod, and a lightbulb.
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5 years
@lisa_smith40 @KyleKashuv But this retweet was from he was young and foolish, 13 days ago
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1 year
@pjozefak I disagree that it matters very much at all
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3 years
@danprimack @vijaya So weird that the most disciplined man in the world has zero discipline. He’s going to Tweet his way out of this deal.
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3 years
@HamasakiLaw @sfchronicle Incredible mental gymnastics to argue we should ignore crime because there might also be other crimes going on.
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7 years
@VP @POTUS 49er players have been kneeling for two years, yet you are *shocked* by their kneeling today?
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Michael Wolfe
5 years
@reckless Trump is correct that injecting disinfectant would knock out your Coronavirus. It would kill the rest of you, too, though.
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6 years
@LHSummers This is such a good example of old school thinking, where managing the boss is more important than actual results.
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2 years
@scottlucas Imagine you live in a place with zero natural beauty with terrible weather 10 months a year. The other 2 months you want to find the least sucky place around and spend a fortune to spend time there. And even your best day there is worse than an average day in California.
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Michael Wolfe
5 years
@camillepond @Danzigg @LondonBreed People under 70: - Can die or be permanently disabled by the virus. - Can spend days in the hospital. - Can kill other people by passing it on.
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Michael Wolfe
7 years
@Girl2theMax @BuzzFeedNews Many are, but getting a movie made is even harder than getting a role in one.
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Michael Wolfe
3 years
Who'd have guess that @nytimes would get a story so wrong when it involves tech, innovations, trade, and incentives?
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Michael Wolfe
6 months
@RealDianeYap Kids who are too young to understand? Kids who have emotional or developmental problems? Kids who have high sensitivity to noise or stimulus? Parents looking after someone else's child because the child's parents are in crisis?
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2 years
@pkedrosky The measure of a company isn’t whether they keep a site running - it’s whether they developing new products, signing up new customers, growing revenue, expanding to new markets, etc. Although I do agree with the general point that they were way overstaffed.
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4 years
@zackkanter Next I want the government to force Delta to accept my United frequent flier miles.
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@RealDianeYap No funerals? No weddings? Never meeting the grandparents? Mom and dad can never change jobs nor emigrate to a new country?
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Michael Wolfe
2 years
@Carnage4Life If this were greed it would at least make sense, but he drives down the value of the company every time he makes a decision like this. The good news is they’ll reverse it by next week
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Michael Wolfe
7 years
@mattyglesias A lawyer who was going to have an unpaid bill regardless
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Michael Wolfe
8 years
@ByronTau If you don't like her, don't vote for her, but why does she owe you any explanation whatsoever ?
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Michael Wolfe
6 years
@realDonaldTrump Thanks for not denying that the story is true. As usual, the problem is what you did, not the reporting on it.
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Michael Wolfe
9 years
Taxis think their problems are caused by @uber . Wrong. They were doomed the day Steve Jobs launched the iPhone in 2007.
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Michael Wolfe
5 years
"If you can't measure it, you can't manage it" is one of those quotes that sounds correct the first time you hear it. Then one day you realize it's completely wrong.
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7 years
@crashfrog @SwiftOnSecurity @AustenAllred I'm super excited to move to your state where your voters want to deport my team since we're immigrants.
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Michael Wolfe
5 years
@paulkrugman Although I love me some Trump bashing, over 30 athletes have accepted this medal under previous administrations, as well as many actors, musicians, and even CEOs.
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6 years
@kargiber @StClaireSuzanne @MarkoSilberhand @tedlieu I agree that treating people worse than dogs is reprehensible, but being shittier to dogs doesn’t solve anything.
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9 years
Ten years ago, Flickr and Delicio.us were acquired for about $35M and $20M. People asked "is the bubble back?!" So quaint.
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5 years
@rfradin @paulkrugman The first award to an athlete was from JFK, and Obama awarded 12 of them, the most of any president.
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Michael Wolfe
6 years
I keep hearing that “techies are destroying San Francisco,” but I’m fairly certain that the loud, drunk frat boys and party girls currently puking green St. Patrick's Day liquor on Union Street are not data scientists.
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3 years
@zackkanter Great news for all of those jaded 18 year olds beaten down by the tough knocks life.
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Michael Wolfe
6 years
@realDonaldTrump Within a month of the election you were taking credit for the strong economy, but after 20 months in office and controlling all branches of government, including all of the relevant enforcement agencies, you are suddenly *not* responsible for immigration?
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Michael Wolfe
3 years
@Altimor I heard they fired someone who wasn't very good, and their feelings were hurt.
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4 years
@byKateSmith On an unrelated note, I love how they thought this house justified 82 photos.
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Michael Wolfe
6 years
@OrinKerr To him, you’re either pro-Trump or anti-Trump. If you are anti-Trump, it can never be out of a larger principle or the rule of law. Its never a difference of opinion. It’s always out of personal animosity, and you always deserve scorn.
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@goodapplejokes @Culture_Crit When you really have to pee, that *is* a beautiful site.
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Michael Wolfe
2 years
@WillManidis Do they constantly tweet about psychological safety?
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Michael Wolfe
2 years
@cailen @stevegraham People who wait in line 30 minutes to board a plane then wait on board another 30 while everyone else boards. I’m last on every time
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Michael Wolfe
12 years
Overheard joke: “An SEO copywriter walks into a bar, grill, pub, public house, Irish bar, bartender, drinks, beer, liquor”
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Michael Wolfe
6 years
Bay Area reactions to the college scandal: “Why not just donate directly to the school like normal people?” “I know half those people.” “That shit starts in kindergarten around here.”
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Michael Wolfe
2 years
@rod_mallo The need to file taxes vs. the system they have in most countries. Thank Intuit and H.R. Block.
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Michael Wolfe
3 years
Two kinds of people: 1 - “Peter Thiel’s $5 billion Roth IRA is everything wrong with this country!” 2 - “Goddamn why didn’t I think of that?”
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Michael Wolfe
4 years
Once we have a COVID-19 vaccine, a large % of the U.S. population will refuse to take it since they believe all kinds of conspiracy nonsense. The ensuing shitshow is going to put all of today's shitshows to shame.
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Michael Wolfe
8 years
. @AngryWHStaffer @mikebutcher it's fake news to say he only golfs and naps. He tweets, too.
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6 years
@marcorubio You are literally one of the 3-5 people on Earth who have the most power to fix this.
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Michael Wolfe
6 years
@realDonaldTrump Throw a picnic on the lawn for 10,000 military families. Corporate sponsors would cover most of it, and it would celebrate and honor our soldiers in a way they'd actually appreciate.
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Michael Wolfe
2 years
@allisonbraley 100% of people I know want to see their co-workers once a month. 0% want to see them once a week
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Michael Wolfe
8 years
Next time you claim that your company owes you "more training" remember that Elon Musk learned to build rockets by reading books
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Michael Wolfe
8 years
#PrayForNice . Or Dallas. Or Istanbul. Or Ankara. Or Paris. Or . . .
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Michael Wolfe
3 years
@Austen Five years ago the criticism was, “why don’t tech companies create more jobs for normal folks in areas that really need them?”
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Michael Wolfe
3 years
@RBReich He also loses $13b on days when the stock goes down, but you never tweet about that.
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Michael Wolfe
1 year
@LethalityJane @MalcolmNance Why get mad at the US government specifically? Why not get mad at the German government or the Chinese government or the Peruvian government?
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1 year
Overhead: "San Francisco is doing great other than a few neighborhoods. Just avoid the Tenderloin, Union Square, SOMA, Financial District, Fisherman's Wharf, Van Ness, Civic Center. . . . . ."
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Michael Wolfe
9 years
Text bots may set the all time speed record arriving at "trough of disillusionment"
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Michael Wolfe
6 years
@realDonaldTrump Mueller is not investigating Republicans. He’s investigating anyone who may have committed a crime, including Democrats, Independents, Russians, etc.
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Michael Wolfe
6 months
@NRSC It your fault for tossing out all of your conservative principles and supporting him. Now you’re going down with him
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Michael Wolfe
3 years
@JimGriffith_SV @KevinMKruse @besttrousers Just depends on context - I.e. what question are you answering
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Michael Wolfe
5 years
@dwr @sarthakgh Tech company: “please wash your hands.” Pundits: “Silicon Valley bros now think they are infectious disease experts”
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Michael Wolfe
2 years
Don't plan your career assuming that AI's flaws (like not being good at drawing hands) are persistent. The flaw could be fixed a month from now. And once it's fixed, it's fixed FOREVER.
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Michael Wolfe
7 years
@semil Soooo....they won't join my company and implement my half-baked idea for 1% equity?
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Michael Wolfe
7 years
Dreamforce attendees, You are welcome anywhere in our fine city with no credentials. So no need to wear your badges around.
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Michael Wolfe
3 years
@novogratz The lack of coverage of the connection between obesity and COVID mortality is almost criminal.
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Michael Wolfe
3 years
@ChrisJBakke You need to further optimize your morning routine.
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Michael Wolfe
3 years
@SejalSud Lack of money. Lack of time. Lack of the right skills. Lack of a team. Lack of an idea. Family commitments. Hard work. High failure rate. Kind of amazing that anyone does, really.
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2 years
@moizali @paraga @elonmusk Yup, he got someone to pay 3x what the company was worth: amazing outcome for shareholders. Now someone else can clean up the mess.
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Michael Wolfe
9 years
If your decision to start a startup is at all contingent on the state of the "start up economy", please don't start a start up
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Michael Wolfe
4 years
Last year: “rising rents are ruining San Francisco / New York!” This year: “declining rents will ruin San Francisco / New York!”
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Michael Wolfe
3 years
@ShellenbergerMD In related news, I'm launching a free donut distribution center in an effort to fight diabetes.
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Michael Wolfe
2 years
@stewfortier Ok let’s say they turn that $1b into $20b. Nice pile of cash, but minor given MSFT’s scale
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Michael Wolfe
3 years
@tanayj Private market valuations are usually based on preferred stock that has lots of rights that make it more valuable than common stock
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Michael Wolfe
7 years
@mattdpearce @mathewi These are the same loons who think that half of the state of Connecticut are actors paid to pretend to be sad about Sandy Hook.
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Michael Wolfe
4 years
Too bad that ship didn’t get stuck in San Francisco. Every single flatscreen TV, bicycle, and pharmaceutical in those containers would be stolen by now, and the empty ship could just bob away.
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Michael Wolfe
3 years
“The rich keep getting richer” is largely explained by compound interest, which Albert Einstein correctly described as, “the eighth wonder of the world.”
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Michael Wolfe
10 years
Assuming the best in people is an unbelievable time saver
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Michael Wolfe
7 years
@arobertwebb @DrJenGunter Health care. Energy efficiency. Social cohesion. Pubs.
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Michael Wolfe
2 years
@ChrisJBakke I’m asking for 890k so I don’t seem greedy
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Michael Wolfe
7 years
@LouiseMensch OK, now you've moved from things that probably aren't true to things that *can't* be true. SCOTUS does not play a role here.
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