{"id":1132010327112015900,"conversation_id":"1131986485974929408","created_at":1558727268000,"date":"2019-05-24","time":"19:47:48","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"I love Adler","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":0,"retweets_count":0,"likes_count":1,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1132010327112015872","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"11768582","username":"garrytan"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1132005504341880800,"conversation_id":"1131996169524006913","created_at":1558726118000,"date":"2019-05-24","time":"19:28:38","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"Capital is in oversupply, the search for yield is desperate. \n\nWhat is the most pure yield in the world? Startups when they are real and actually work. \n\nGlad I get to work on that part of the global economy. Done right, it is the most growth mindset business in the world.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":2,"retweets_count":9,"likes_count":55,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1132005504341880832","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"11768582","username":"garrytan"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1131999536031756300,"conversation_id":"1131996169524006913","created_at":1558724695000,"date":"2019-05-24","time":"19:04:55","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"Takeaway: Capital is in such oversupply that you have to pay the government to hold on to it in some parts of the developed world","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":4,"retweets_count":4,"likes_count":15,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1131999536031756288","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"11768582","username":"garrytan"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1131775415930851300,"conversation_id":"1131775415930851329","created_at":1558671261000,"date":"2019-05-24","time":"04:14:21","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"The biggest waste of resources within orgs: effort on optics instead good outcomes.\n\n😇 Your allies: Patience, strong relationships, thoughtfulness, high conviction, clear boundaries\n\n👿 Your nemeses: Frantic activity, lack of trust/alignment, outsourced buzzword thinking","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":5,"retweets_count":110,"likes_count":489,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1131775415930851329","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"11768582","username":"garrytan"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1130902859547942900,"conversation_id":"1130899685923704832","created_at":1558463227000,"date":"2019-05-21","time":"18:27:07","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"There’s infinite capital and talent.  Everything that works will have infinite followers, which is why you need competitive moats.\n\nWhen ideas work and word gets out, it’s like dumping a kilo of sugar on the floor. You’re gonna get ants.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":2,"retweets_count":8,"likes_count":99,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1130902859547942913","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"11768582","username":"garrytan"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1130899685923704800,"conversation_id":"1130899685923704832","created_at":1558462470000,"date":"2019-05-21","time":"18:14:30","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"Weird effect: It’s the repeat founders who are much more cunning about fast-following on ideas that work.\n\nIt’s logical: The people who have banged their head against the wall the most... are those who most value when something is actually taking off. \n\nAlways secure the bag 💰","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":5,"retweets_count":23,"likes_count":309,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1130899685923704832","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"11768582","username":"garrytan"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1130505858138247200,"conversation_id":"1130505858138247169","created_at":1558368575000,"date":"2019-05-20","time":"16:09:35","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"Tyranny and hypocrisy will be repaid quickly. \n\nBuild a team of trusted advisors and listen to them. Keep them close. \n\nIf you ever find yourself alone in a throne room full of ashes, beware. \n\n#got rules for living","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":4,"retweets_count":17,"likes_count":79,"hashtags":["#got"],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1130505858138247169","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"11768582","username":"garrytan"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1130502873127632900,"conversation_id":"1130502873127632896","created_at":1558367863000,"date":"2019-05-20","time":"15:57:43","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"Most founders and even some PR firms mistake “how do I get coverage” for a tactical checklist of things to do (send X emails to Y reporters) instead of the deeper question:\n\nWhat is interesting about what we do? Why does this matter?","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":18,"retweets_count":93,"likes_count":582,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1130502873127632896","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"11768582","username":"garrytan"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1130276247806677000,"conversation_id":"1130276247806676992","created_at":1558313831000,"date":"2019-05-20","time":"00:57:11","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"Theranos took 10 years to be worth $10B and then another 5 years to be truly exposed as a fraud. Sociopaths are found out eventually but it sure takes a long time.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":35,"retweets_count":87,"likes_count":756,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1130276247806676992","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"11768582","username":"garrytan"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1130222725413257200,"conversation_id":"1130222725413257216","created_at":1558301070000,"date":"2019-05-19","time":"21:24:30","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"When new to tech it is fairly important to exercise judgment on what advice to take. \n\nIf you are indiscriminate you may find yourself absorbing well meaning noise/nonsense.\n\n“Everybody wanna tell you how to do it, they never did it.” —Jay-Z","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":4,"retweets_count":51,"likes_count":247,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1130222725413257216","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"11768582","username":"garrytan"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1130026796861145100,"conversation_id":"1130026796861145089","created_at":1558254357000,"date":"2019-05-19","time":"08:25:57","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"I feel it is the duty of one who goes his own way to inform society of what he finds on his voyage of discovery. —Carl Jung","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":5,"retweets_count":56,"likes_count":345,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1130026796861145089","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"11768582","username":"garrytan"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1129880082942586900,"conversation_id":"1129399740746031104","created_at":1558219378000,"date":"2019-05-18","time":"22:42:58","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"Quite a lot of founders I have met are between 3 and 7\n\nI’m at 6 actually","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":0,"retweets_count":0,"likes_count":2,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1129880082942586880","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"11768582","username":"garrytan"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1129561799131459600,"conversation_id":"1129399740746031104","created_at":1558143493000,"date":"2019-05-18","time":"01:38:13","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"Well, they can either handle their interpersonal issues, or they can fail.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":0,"retweets_count":0,"likes_count":3,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1129561799131459584","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"11768582","username":"garrytan"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1129406259357077500,"conversation_id":"1129399740746031104","created_at":1558106410000,"date":"2019-05-17","time":"15:20:10","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"Founders are incredibly attuned to what is broken: we wouldn’t start companies otherwise. \n\nTrauma is not something to be ashamed of. You should not deny it. You cannot move forward without acknowledging it brought you here. \n\nAnd with that you can transcend.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":15,"retweets_count":48,"likes_count":359,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1129406259357077505","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"11768582","username":"garrytan"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1129406257406783500,"conversation_id":"1129399740746031104","created_at":1558106409000,"date":"2019-05-17","time":"15:20:09","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"There were two suicides in my YC batch in 2008. They were brilliant people who I miss. \n\nWe demand unreasonable things from ourselves and our teams. Sometimes too much. It doesn’t have to be that way.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":10,"retweets_count":20,"likes_count":285,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1129406257406783488","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"11768582","username":"garrytan"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1129399740746031100,"conversation_id":"1129399740746031104","created_at":1558104856000,"date":"2019-05-17","time":"14:54:16","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"It is shocking how often startups fail because of the personality flaws and deep seated childhood traumas of their founders and execs. \n\nGet therapy. Get exec coaching. Do inner work. \n\nIt will save you if you let it. You’ll solve problems now and prevent problems in the future.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":135,"retweets_count":960,"likes_count":4569,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1129399740746031104","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"11768582","username":"garrytan"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1129190406854402000,"conversation_id":"1129189474368311296","created_at":1558054946000,"date":"2019-05-17","time":"01:02:26","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"This is also why people start using the same buzzwords (AI ML Blockchain) and collect credentials (Harvard Stanford Google FB) because these are signifiers for those who cannot see that which is signified: good at eng/product/design, smart, gets things done, pays attn to users","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":10,"retweets_count":25,"likes_count":281,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1129190406854402049","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"11768582","username":"garrytan"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1129189915856523300,"conversation_id":"1129189474368311296","created_at":1558054829000,"date":"2019-05-17","time":"01:00:29","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"It’s maddening stupid behavior but too many investors are scared sheep who are desperately at the mercy of two emotions: fear vs greed \n\nAlso most investors literally can’t tell if something is good or not","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":8,"retweets_count":23,"likes_count":216,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1129189915856523264","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"11768582","username":"garrytan"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1129155009415802900,"conversation_id":"1129155009415802880","created_at":1558046507000,"date":"2019-05-16","time":"22:41:47","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"SF Bay Area politics in a nutshell: NIMBY, anti-housing, anti-newcomer, anti-tech, anti-urbanism all seem to go hand in hand.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":10,"retweets_count":22,"likes_count":151,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1129155009415802880","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"11768582","username":"garrytan"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1129149567843225600,"conversation_id":"1129042580308713472","created_at":1558045210000,"date":"2019-05-16","time":"22:20:10","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"💳 The best fintech will have organic durable low CAC. The days of fintech CAC scams are over (raise money, buy users, repeat)\n\n⛏ Picks and shovels APIs and cloud svcs that make 20M devs super powerful","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":3,"retweets_count":10,"likes_count":70,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1129149567843225600","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"11768582","username":"garrytan"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1129146938836676600,"conversation_id":"1129042580308713472","created_at":1558044583000,"date":"2019-05-16","time":"22:09:43","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"🥦 20th century dead food (canned, preserved, processed) will be replaced by better/faster/cheaper fresh food supply chains enabled by software/logistics\n\n💊 Medicare/health insurance opening new alternative reimbursement/incentives = new wave of viable healthcare startups","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":8,"retweets_count":11,"likes_count":76,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1129146938836676608","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"11768582","username":"garrytan"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1129060497242828800,"conversation_id":"1129042580308713472","created_at":1558023974000,"date":"2019-05-16","time":"16:26:14","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"☁️ Single cloud will be replaced by multi-cloud (on prem will resurge and data will need to be stored in country— single cloud tech will die)\n\n👩🏻‍💻 Remote work with distributed teams worldwide will become dominant and widely accepted","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":8,"retweets_count":23,"likes_count":149,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1129060497242828801","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"11768582","username":"garrytan"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1129048481048473600,"conversation_id":"1129042580308713472","created_at":1558021109000,"date":"2019-05-16","time":"15:38:29","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"Not an exhaustive list. There is so much happening in the world that smart teams are tackling that nobody else is thinking or talking about\n\nThat’s how all the interesting stuff starts","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":5,"retweets_count":2,"likes_count":74,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1129048481048473601","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"11768582","username":"garrytan"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1129044829990793200,"conversation_id":"1129042580308713472","created_at":1558020238000,"date":"2019-05-16","time":"15:23:58","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"💰 Crypto is software eats money, eng teams that ship will win \n🙅🏻‍♂️ Privacy tech becomes must have vs surveillance adtech capitalism\n🏥 Telemedicine improves access & quality to healthcare\n🥇 New more accurate credentialing = edu/job with proverse selection\n\nThe future is bright","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":12,"retweets_count":30,"likes_count":256,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1129044829990793218","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"11768582","username":"garrytan"}],"retweet_date":""}
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{"id":1128344786346184700,"conversation_id":"1128324779193192448","created_at":1557853335000,"date":"2019-05-14","time":"17:02:15","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"Yes, that's true!","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":0,"retweets_count":0,"likes_count":1,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1128344786346184704","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"11768582","username":"garrytan"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1128324779193192400,"conversation_id":"1128324779193192448","created_at":1557848565000,"date":"2019-05-14","time":"15:42:45","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"True wealth starts with being able to buy any book you want, when you want it. \n\nBooks contain a multitude of lifetimes distilled.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":58,"retweets_count":402,"likes_count":1986,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1128324779193192448","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"11768582","username":"garrytan"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1128313511287840800,"conversation_id":"1128308493692223488","created_at":1557845878000,"date":"2019-05-14","time":"14:57:58","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"In my life I started off far more compliant and become more intransigent and high agency as I experienced more. I had to teach myself as I went.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":1,"retweets_count":0,"likes_count":8,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1128313511287840768","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"11768582","username":"garrytan"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1126971163249266700,"conversation_id":"1126968913231843328","created_at":1557525838000,"date":"2019-05-10","time":"22:03:58","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"Advisors are fine, I wouldn't do more than .25% generally, and I would make that vest over 4 years, and be sure to fire them if they stop being useful to you.\n\nRe: Lawyers sometimes that is worth doing, but I hate it when VCs do that, because they already get paid via mgmt fee","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":0,"retweets_count":1,"likes_count":2,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1126971163249266688","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"11768582","username":"garrytan"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1126705027823784000,"conversation_id":"1126705027823783937","created_at":1557462386000,"date":"2019-05-10","time":"04:26:26","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"When I failed, I felt shame, and when I succeeded, I used to think I only felt nothingness. My main aim was to prevent the pain and shame of failure. \n\nBut then I realized the nothingness was actually peace. A placid lake of stillness. \n\nPeace is not nothing. It is everything.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":39,"retweets_count":204,"likes_count":1220,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1126705027823783937","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"11768582","username":"garrytan"}],"retweet_date":""}
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{"id":1125599177734406100,"conversation_id":"1125598682185789440","created_at":1557198731000,"date":"2019-05-07","time":"03:12:11","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"California local governments are systemically run by anti-housing NIMBYs that always do the wrong thing for their citizens. How about focusing on building more supply than harassing a whimsical old lady?\n\nKilling the golden goose rarely had a more killjoy bent than this story.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":5,"retweets_count":5,"likes_count":96,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1125599177734406145","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"11768582","username":"garrytan"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1125163121646063600,"conversation_id":"1125163121646063616","created_at":1557094767000,"date":"2019-05-05","time":"22:19:27","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"Consumer startups that catch lightning in a bottle often suffer from too much success too fast. \n\nSaaS/Enterprise founders usually have to scrap and dodge death for years. Fire-forged steadfastness sustains.\n\nConsumer founders take note: Seek wisdom on your board/execs or perish","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":10,"retweets_count":58,"likes_count":415,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1125163121646063616","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"11768582","username":"garrytan"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1125123760497905700,"conversation_id":"1125123188143165440","created_at":1557085382000,"date":"2019-05-05","time":"19:43:02","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"Thus Derek Sivers \"Hell Yes\" or \"No\" becomes the most useful framework\n\nThe contrapositive is also useful, Bezos's regret minimization, which is \"Hell no\" or \"Yes\"","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":0,"retweets_count":0,"likes_count":31,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1125123760497905664","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"11768582","username":"garrytan"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1125072379233718300,"conversation_id":"1125070736278712321","created_at":1557073132000,"date":"2019-05-05","time":"16:18:52","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"Munger says 80% of the time this is the type of person that rises: the back slapping strong handshake hair and teeth guy \n\nGod, what does that say about our society that all of that stuff works? The dominance games and the pattern match.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":14,"retweets_count":16,"likes_count":203,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1125072379233718277","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"11768582","username":"garrytan"}],"retweet_date":""}
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{"id":1124505161773117400,"conversation_id":"1124501133420982273","created_at":1556937897000,"date":"2019-05-04","time":"02:44:57","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"People just do it if they want the capital to grow, which they do.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":1,"retweets_count":0,"likes_count":5,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1124505161773117440","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"11768582","username":"garrytan"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1124501133420982300,"conversation_id":"1124501133420982273","created_at":1556936937000,"date":"2019-05-04","time":"02:28:57","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"Said by no dedicated founders who have to deal with fully vested cofounders leaving early in the life of a startup: “Wow really glad we decided not to do any vesting for founders.”","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":26,"retweets_count":30,"likes_count":323,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1124501133420982273","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"11768582","username":"garrytan"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1124433150174564400,"conversation_id":"1124433150174564352","created_at":1556920728000,"date":"2019-05-03","time":"21:58:48","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"Bad pitch, common: \nForm random sentences using hot buzzwords and rely on social proof for the rest\n\nGood pitch, surprisingly rare:\nUse plain English to concisely describe what you are doing in the simplest and shortest possible way","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":30,"retweets_count":141,"likes_count":866,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1124433150174564352","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"11768582","username":"garrytan"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1123995810948055000,"conversation_id":"1123995810948055041","created_at":1556816458000,"date":"2019-05-02","time":"17:00:58","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"If you're trying to decide whether to work on problem X, and you yourself are not \"Hell yeah!\" about it, and you can't find anyone else who is... maybe don't work on it, and find something else where there is an obvious \"Hell yeah!\"","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":7,"retweets_count":21,"likes_count":164,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1123995810948055041","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"11768582","username":"garrytan"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1123831206523613200,"conversation_id":"1123831206523613185","created_at":1556777214000,"date":"2019-05-02","time":"06:06:54","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"Yeah if you think an employee couldn’t possibly impact your bottom line 15X their salary then you are not hiring well or you don’t have a business that actually generates any significant revenue.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":4,"retweets_count":23,"likes_count":133,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1123831206523613185","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"11768582","username":"garrytan"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1123827106599841800,"conversation_id":"1123827106599841792","created_at":1556776236000,"date":"2019-05-02","time":"05:50:36","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"Public service announcement: you can’t mix premoney and postmoney safes. Once you have one kind you have to stick with that kind until the next conversion. \n\nI just saved you $550.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":6,"retweets_count":5,"likes_count":135,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1123827106599841792","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"11768582","username":"garrytan"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1123589962849370100,"conversation_id":"1123589962849370113","created_at":1556719697000,"date":"2019-05-01","time":"14:08:17","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"New founders working on something the world wants will be deluged by inbound both good and bad.\n\nThose that survive this onslaught and prosper? They relentlessly rank inbound and follow up on only that which furthers their goals. \n\nUnnatural at first but essential.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":7,"retweets_count":26,"likes_count":158,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1123589962849370113","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"11768582","username":"garrytan"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1123241337812217900,"conversation_id":"1123235785283592194","created_at":1556636578000,"date":"2019-04-30","time":"15:02:58","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"Well at scale it won’t be a small amount of time as we have seen with block times under load for standard global block chains\n\nAlso being able to store data like repair/disclosures and verifiably know when it was added is pretty valuable for anti-fraud","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":1,"retweets_count":0,"likes_count":0,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1123241337812217856","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"11768582","username":"garrytan"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1122700057394835500,"conversation_id":"1122697985714835456","created_at":1556507527000,"date":"2019-04-29","time":"03:12:07","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"Buffett: You will be right, over the course of many transactions, if your hypotheses are correct, your facts are correct and your reasoning is correct.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":2,"retweets_count":16,"likes_count":77,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1122700057394835456","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"11768582","username":"garrytan"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1122700056123936800,"conversation_id":"1122697985714835456","created_at":1556507526000,"date":"2019-04-29","time":"03:12:06","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"Buffett: You will not be right simply because a large number of people momentarily agree with you. You will not be right simply because important people agree with you.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":1,"retweets_count":12,"likes_count":55,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1122700056123936768","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"11768582","username":"garrytan"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1122700054995750900,"conversation_id":"1122697985714835456","created_at":1556507526000,"date":"2019-04-29","time":"03:12:06","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"Buffett: We derive no comfort because important people, vocal people, or great numbers of people agree with us. Nor do we derive comfort if they don’t. A public opinion poll is no substitute for thought. We don’t read other people’s opinions. We want to think.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":1,"retweets_count":12,"likes_count":44,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1122700054995750915","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"11768582","username":"garrytan"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1122697985714835500,"conversation_id":"1122697985714835456","created_at":1556507033000,"date":"2019-04-29","time":"03:03:53","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"Every time you hear the phrase “Everybody else is doing it” it should raise a huge red flag. Why would somebody offer such a rationale if there were a good reason available? Tell them to try using it with a reporter or a judge and see how far it gets them. \n\n—Warren Buffett","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":4,"retweets_count":56,"likes_count":300,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1122697985714835456","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"11768582","username":"garrytan"}],"retweet_date":""}
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{"id":1121438642449182700,"conversation_id":"1121437168096776193","created_at":1556206782000,"date":"2019-04-25","time":"15:39:42","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"My first job I got by cold calling the Internet section in the Yellow Pages. I got a job making city websites in 1996 for $7/hr. Later I found out they billed me out at $20/hr.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":3,"retweets_count":1,"likes_count":35,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1121438642449182720","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"11768582","username":"garrytan"}],"retweet_date":""}
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{"id":1119638485470601200,"conversation_id":"1119638482429730818","created_at":1555777591000,"date":"2019-04-20","time":"16:26:31","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"You become your mask.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":19,"retweets_count":9,"likes_count":152,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1119638485470601217","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"11768582","username":"garrytan"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1119638484463960000,"conversation_id":"1119638482429730818","created_at":1555777591000,"date":"2019-04-20","time":"16:26:31","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"If you then relentlessly seek that following, then you become a beacon for what society wants from you, not necessarily what you truly and uniquely believe. \n\nThe feedback loop trains you on a path that is greatly independent of what you might have done and thought on your own.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":7,"retweets_count":10,"likes_count":134,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1119638484463960070","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"11768582","username":"garrytan"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1119638482429730800,"conversation_id":"1119638482429730818","created_at":1555777590000,"date":"2019-04-20","time":"16:26:30","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"The paradox of our meme based culture now is if you end up getting viral you end up incentivized to hit that same theme over and over again. \n\nYou could build a huge following just saying a dozen unique concepts over and over again.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":18,"retweets_count":39,"likes_count":271,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1119638482429730818","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"11768582","username":"garrytan"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1119401524268945400,"conversation_id":"1119092691780784134","created_at":1555721095000,"date":"2019-04-20","time":"00:44:55","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"One way I escaped being Harold: When I felt I had done what I needed to do at any given point in my career, no matter how comfortable, I moved on. \n\nModern society tests your “no” all the time, and if you cannot resist then you will be subsumed.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":3,"retweets_count":5,"likes_count":112,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1119401524268945410","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"11768582","username":"garrytan"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1119144974954557400,"conversation_id":"1119139207723618311","created_at":1555659929000,"date":"2019-04-19","time":"07:45:29","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"The leaks are telling because these are thoughtful people trying to work hard on very difficult problems. But when the chips are down, any corporation must make its choices. \n\nAt the same time if you’re a user and you’re not paying... you’re still the product.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":2,"retweets_count":1,"likes_count":31,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1119144974954557441","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"11768582","username":"garrytan"}],"retweet_date":""}
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{"id":1118656681443860500,"conversation_id":"1118589223114698752","created_at":1555543511000,"date":"2019-04-17","time":"23:25:11","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"2nd addendum, this is meant for venture path companies - sustainable ones are great, do what you want there (but maybe don't take very much investor money!)","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":3,"retweets_count":2,"likes_count":95,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1118656681443860480","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"11768582","username":"garrytan"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1118612574575022100,"conversation_id":"1118589223114698752","created_at":1555532995000,"date":"2019-04-17","time":"20:29:55","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"Addendum: I got some emails from founders asking if this was about them. Not specifically, it is *really* common. But if this tweet sparked that conversation, then I'm glad because there's still time to fix this.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":4,"retweets_count":6,"likes_count":100,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1118612574575022080","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"11768582","username":"garrytan"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1118589223114698800,"conversation_id":"1118589223114698752","created_at":1555527427000,"date":"2019-04-17","time":"18:57:07","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"If you're a startup and you're not even growing 2X per year, and you're wondering if you're failing... yeah, you probably are.\n\nThe interesting thing is the vast majority of those who are in that situation don't ask that question, and instead write VERY LONG investor updates.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":41,"retweets_count":185,"likes_count":1082,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1118589223114698752","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"11768582","username":"garrytan"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1118574189982564400,"conversation_id":"1118574189982564352","created_at":1555523843000,"date":"2019-04-17","time":"17:57:23","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"Interesting trend: Series B/C startups packaging their debt raise into their round to announce a >$100M round and puff the perception of a $500M+ val. Flexing as a pre-Unicorn...\n\nWhen actually they just took 50% dilution at $100M pre and also took $50M in debt. \n\n🤦🏻‍♂️","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":30,"retweets_count":62,"likes_count":483,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1118574189982564352","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"11768582","username":"garrytan"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1118430297790398500,"conversation_id":"1118430291645751297","created_at":1555489537000,"date":"2019-04-17","time":"08:25:37","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"Thiel: It will be more localized. To get our current account deficit back to zero probably requires a set of policies that would be labeled as very anti globalist. I'm in favor of them.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":5,"retweets_count":3,"likes_count":29,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1118430297790398464","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"11768582","username":"garrytan"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1118430297211592700,"conversation_id":"1118430291645751297","created_at":1555489536000,"date":"2019-04-17","time":"08:25:36","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"Thiel: It still has a long ways to go. And so I would say, again. One way we get to a healthy financial system would be that we have no current account deficits than the banks will have less money, they'll have less power over the economy.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":1,"retweets_count":1,"likes_count":16,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1118430297211592704","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"11768582","username":"garrytan"}],"retweet_date":""}
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{"id":1118430294351024100,"conversation_id":"1118430291645751297","created_at":1555489536000,"date":"2019-04-17","time":"08:25:36","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"Thiel: If you plot on x axis time, y axis the current account deficit. It was zero in 1980, it went down to -3.5% of GDP in 1987, back to zero in 1991. And then it went by '06-'07 down to 6% or 7% of GDP. And then in '08 we’re on -3%. Just picture the chart.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":1,"retweets_count":0,"likes_count":8,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1118430294351024128","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"11768582","username":"garrytan"}],"retweet_date":""}
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{"id":1118430292354539500,"conversation_id":"1118430291645751297","created_at":1555489535000,"date":"2019-04-17","time":"08:25:35","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"Thiel:  And the business model of Manhattan consists of people producing little pieces of paper that say \"you owe me money and we need that.\" We don’t. it shouldn’t be as big a part of the economy as it is. And the historical question is, why did it get to be big?","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":1,"retweets_count":1,"likes_count":18,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1118430292354539520","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"11768582","username":"garrytan"}],"retweet_date":""}
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{"id":1118424409125949400,"conversation_id":"1118417264624033792","created_at":1555488133000,"date":"2019-04-17","time":"08:02:13","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"Thiel on the SF Housing Crisis: \"When it’s $2,000 for a 1BR apartment in 2011 in San Francisco, that’s what you have in a gold rush town. Comes with the territory. When it’s $4,000 for 1BR apartment, that starts to become a ridiculous tax that is going to push people elsewhere.\"","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":8,"retweets_count":14,"likes_count":198,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1118424409125949441","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"11768582","username":"garrytan"}],"retweet_date":""}
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{"id":1118421551303413800,"conversation_id":"1118417264624033792","created_at":1555487451000,"date":"2019-04-17","time":"07:50:51","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"Thiel: It’s because the self understanding of this institution is... \n\nThe propaganda is that it’s a knowledge economy. \n\nIt’s a knowledge factory. \n\nIt’s an educational institution.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":1,"retweets_count":2,"likes_count":44,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1118421551303413760","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"11768582","username":"garrytan"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1118421549827027000,"conversation_id":"1118417264624033792","created_at":1555487451000,"date":"2019-04-17","time":"07:50:51","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"Thiel: So we’re serving 37.5X as many people as we were serving 50 years ago. And we’re only gonna triple the enrollment. We’re not talking about increasing it by a factor of 37.\n\nI don’t know how fast it would be until you got fired.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":1,"retweets_count":1,"likes_count":43,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1118421549827026944","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"11768582","username":"garrytan"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1118421548476420100,"conversation_id":"1118417264624033792","created_at":1555487451000,"date":"2019-04-17","time":"07:50:51","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"Thiel: But over the next 20 years, we’re going to triple the enrollment of Harvard. After all, in 1970, there were about 200 million people in the US. It’s mostly a US centric institution. Now there’s 7.5B people in the world. It’s a global institution.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":1,"retweets_count":1,"likes_count":35,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1118421548476420096","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"11768582","username":"garrytan"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1118421546731618300,"conversation_id":"1118417264624033792","created_at":1555487450000,"date":"2019-04-17","time":"07:50:50","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"Thiel: The knowledge economy is very important. It’s something that we’re doing a great job educating people for. And obviously because it’s such a positive sum thing we’re going to triple our enrollment over the next 20 years will take us a while to build the buildings.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":1,"retweets_count":1,"likes_count":41,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1118421546731618304","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"11768582","username":"garrytan"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1118421542491131900,"conversation_id":"1118417264624033792","created_at":1555487449000,"date":"2019-04-17","time":"07:50:49","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"Thiel: I’ll give you the thought experiment. If you were the president of Harvard or Stanford and you had some fantasy of getting lynched by a mob of angry alumni, students and angry faculty, then you should give a speech. Something like the following.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":1,"retweets_count":1,"likes_count":32,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1118421542491131904","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"11768582","username":"garrytan"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1118418633258983400,"conversation_id":"1118417264624033792","created_at":1555486756000,"date":"2019-04-17","time":"07:39:16","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"“Most companies are actually bad ideas and aren’t even close to working. Most business isn’t equity financed. Most businesses are debt or credit financed. We should try to figure out ways to shift credit to small business and away from consumers.” —Thiel","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":1,"retweets_count":8,"likes_count":113,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1118418633258983424","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"11768582","username":"garrytan"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1118409966035988500,"conversation_id":"1118409966035988480","created_at":1555484689000,"date":"2019-04-17","time":"07:04:49","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"When a VC talks their book hardcore about being great partners to a startup but then ends up misspelling the startup’s name. SMH 😭","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":4,"retweets_count":1,"likes_count":61,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1118409966035988480","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"11768582","username":"garrytan"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1118198944545140700,"conversation_id":"1118198944545140737","created_at":1555434378000,"date":"2019-04-16","time":"17:06:18","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"Sometimes things that are better do come along. That Lime survived through the shift to scooters is impressive. \n\nMost founders past Series B are at risk of believing their own PR stories. \n\nSometimes it’s an apparition and you stay the course. Sometimes it’s a bear and you run.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":0,"retweets_count":8,"likes_count":65,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1118198944545140737","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"11768582","username":"garrytan"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1117938751991210000,"conversation_id":"1117937054531252225","created_at":1555372343000,"date":"2019-04-15","time":"23:52:23","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"Gotta tweet on your feet","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":0,"retweets_count":0,"likes_count":3,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1117938751991209984","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"11768582","username":"garrytan"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1117938202583584800,"conversation_id":"1117937054531252225","created_at":1555372212000,"date":"2019-04-15","time":"23:50:12","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"Speed, great self-awareness, and extreme responsiveness is what allows a small team to destroy billion dollar incumbents. Eat their lunch.\n\nThey won't know what hit them.\n\nIt was written.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":17,"retweets_count":66,"likes_count":430,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1117938202583584768","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"11768582","username":"garrytan"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1117937055089119200,"conversation_id":"1117937054531252225","created_at":1555371938000,"date":"2019-04-15","time":"23:45:38","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"When you are the David, your Goliath is full of do-nothings who preen on their resume, fight internal battles, don't prepare for meetings, never have to prove anything to anyone, and hit the happy hour hard on Thursday AND Friday.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":5,"retweets_count":28,"likes_count":298,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1117937055089119232","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"11768582","username":"garrytan"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1117937054531252200,"conversation_id":"1117937054531252225","created_at":1555371938000,"date":"2019-04-15","time":"23:45:38","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"Scrappy startups:\n\nYou may have raised less money and you might be under the gun. But by being lean, your quickness and fast iteration time will outrun and out-gun the incumbent and the overfunded competitor 10 times out of 10.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":36,"retweets_count":290,"likes_count":1343,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1117937054531252225","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"11768582","username":"garrytan"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1117808367144038400,"conversation_id":"1117808361901191168","created_at":1555341257000,"date":"2019-04-15","time":"15:14:17","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"It also makes me excited to fund great engineers, designers and product people who are ready to throw their chains off. There is magic in running hard in a direction with smart people and no pointy headed bosses. \n\nIf you are ready, the water is warm.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":12,"retweets_count":18,"likes_count":255,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1117808367144038401","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"11768582","username":"garrytan"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1117808365797642200,"conversation_id":"1117808361901191168","created_at":1555341256000,"date":"2019-04-15","time":"15:14:16","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"Success begets complacency, so there’s space for startups always. When people think “but Big Co X is going to do it” I always think of the insane politics of big orgs that destroy products and waste the time of great makers.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":7,"retweets_count":55,"likes_count":305,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1117808365797642241","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"11768582","username":"garrytan"}],"retweet_date":""}
{"id":1117808364166082600,"conversation_id":"1117808361901191168","created_at":1555341256000,"date":"2019-04-15","time":"15:14:16","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"Being great at defending billion dollar monopolies does not make a good place to learn to make great products that go from zero to one. \n\nMost of us left to build our own startups and the #1 feeling we got? Oh this is how it feels to just fix problems instead of fight politics.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":5,"retweets_count":22,"likes_count":233,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1117808364166082567","retweet":false,"quote_url":"","video":0,"near":"","geo":"","source":"","user_rt_id":"","user_rt":"","retweet_id":"","reply_to":[{"user_id":"11768582","username":"garrytan"}],"retweet_date":""}
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