{"id":1117808361901191200,"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":"Hanging with old Microsoft coworkers this weekend really underscored how much Microsoft just conceded the past 20 years\n\nEvery major battle: iPod, iPhone, iOS, iMessage, Slack, Dropbox\n\nCompletely dropped the ball. Total capitulation through just mismanagement. Much infighting.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":58,"retweets_count":168,"likes_count":763,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1117808361901191168","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":1116821421139750900,"conversation_id":"1116821421139750912","created_at":1555105950000,"date":"2019-04-12","time":"21:52:30","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"Crypto decks, particularly team slides, are the land of \"Chairman of X Ventures\" where X Ventures never invested in anything good, and \"Founder of Y\" where Y was a thing that has an obscure Coindesk post about it 2 years ago but never launched","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":14,"retweets_count":20,"likes_count":250,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1116821421139750912","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":1116780192951783400,"conversation_id":"1116779696610394112","created_at":1555096121000,"date":"2019-04-12","time":"19:08:41","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"YC itself is part of this. Going to YC alum events gives everyone a common culture and values that rivals that of Stanford. Instead of bonding over reminiscing about our freshman dorm, you talk about the glop you ate at dinner and how hardcore office hours with PB was","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":3,"retweets_count":1,"likes_count":104,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1116780192951783424","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":1116779696610394100,"conversation_id":"1116779696610394112","created_at":1555096003000,"date":"2019-04-12","time":"19:06:43","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"Social media has redefined insider/outsider for tech\n\nPodcasts/blogs = a common global culture for startups— outsider founders have never had more ability to learn how insiders talk/think.\n\nYou don't have to move to SF to belong anymore. You can be an insider via the Internet.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":20,"retweets_count":83,"likes_count":520,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1116779696610394112","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":1116699836122669000,"conversation_id":"1116699836122669056","created_at":1555076962000,"date":"2019-04-12","time":"13:49:22","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"I’ve written a lot of code in the past but the funniest thing I think about these days is that the thing I wrote that touches the most number of people daily at this point is the mobile CSS for Hacker News. 😂","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":5,"retweets_count":2,"likes_count":192,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1116699836122669056","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":1116531969490161700,"conversation_id":"1116531351920844800","created_at":1555036940000,"date":"2019-04-12","time":"02:42:20","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"Many funds get to 2X or 3X net return over 10 years without this. But not a single grand slam 10X+ 50% IRR+ legendary fund did it without the mega hit like this.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":1,"retweets_count":8,"likes_count":129,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1116531969490161664","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":1116218741820248000,"conversation_id":"1116209667703590913","created_at":1554962261000,"date":"2019-04-11","time":"05:57:41","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"Why Helm?\n\n⛈ The cloud is just someone else’s computer\n🌊 Megatech harvests your data. If you don’t pay for it you are the product!\n🐜 Decentralization insulates you from mass hacks\n📧 Helm users exchange end to end encrypted email by default\n🔑 Only you have your private keys","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":4,"retweets_count":5,"likes_count":20,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1116218741820248065","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":1115863493956329500,"conversation_id":"1115863493956329472","created_at":1554877563000,"date":"2019-04-10","time":"06:26:03","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"You should not have to pitch for your life all the time. But you should be able to do that when you must. \n\nMany a startup was saved when a founder fills their schedule with pitches, and survives through volume and chutzpah.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":6,"retweets_count":29,"likes_count":225,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1115863493956329472","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":1115458987766440000,"conversation_id":"1115458987766439936","created_at":1554781121000,"date":"2019-04-09","time":"03:38:41","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"“You can get everything in life you want if you will just help enough other people get what they want.” —Zig Ziglar","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":7,"retweets_count":132,"likes_count":638,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1115458987766439936","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":1114987566195859500,"conversation_id":"1114709476324462592","created_at":1554668725000,"date":"2019-04-07","time":"20:25:25","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"The artist makes things for themselves \n\nThe maker makes things for others\n\nThis is commerce, not art","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":1,"retweets_count":0,"likes_count":1,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1114987566195859456","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":1114955022645616600,"conversation_id":"1114709476324462592","created_at":1554660966000,"date":"2019-04-07","time":"18:16:06","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"A highly educated lab scientist friend of mine quit Theranos when management kept insisting the R&D team do X when X was not physically possible. The story is out now, but we heard about this years ago. \n\nTalking without making is a scam!","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":5,"retweets_count":9,"likes_count":93,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1114955022645616640","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":1114952744836534300,"conversation_id":"1114709476324462592","created_at":1554660423000,"date":"2019-04-07","time":"18:07:03","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"The artist is not a maker","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":1,"retweets_count":0,"likes_count":1,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1114952744836534272","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":1114951294802845700,"conversation_id":"1114709476324462592","created_at":1554660078000,"date":"2019-04-07","time":"18:01:18","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"Make no mistake, talking is important. But also:\n\n1/ Strong marketing without making is Theranos\n\n2/ There are a lot of undiscovered makers out there who still need finding and lifting up","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":7,"retweets_count":16,"likes_count":132,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1114951294802845696","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":1114709765060419600,"conversation_id":"1114709476324462592","created_at":1554602492000,"date":"2019-04-07","time":"02:01:32","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"Related: if you are a maker who can also talk, the world is your oyster","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":13,"retweets_count":50,"likes_count":466,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1114709765060419585","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":1114709476324462600,"conversation_id":"1114709476324462592","created_at":1554602424000,"date":"2019-04-07","time":"02:00:24","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"Talkers vs makers\n\nTalkers basically need to attract makers to succeed, and its unpredictable whether they do during the course of even a full career\n\nMakers can just keep making and they will be discovered sooner or later as long as they are good and make things people want","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":42,"retweets_count":300,"likes_count":1368,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1114709476324462592","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":1114235570308309000,"conversation_id":"1114235570308308992","created_at":1554489436000,"date":"2019-04-05","time":"18:37:16","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"When a VC writes a thinkpiece referencing lots of startups in an emerging space that are doing well, and they have to use * to denote the ones they funded...\n\nAnd they’re the worst ones 😭","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":3,"retweets_count":2,"likes_count":41,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1114235570308308992","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":1113204170859864000,"conversation_id":"1113203861584355329","created_at":1554243531000,"date":"2019-04-02","time":"22:18:51","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"I really miss the soft gradients, and one pixel white drop shadows that were the hallmarks of great design 10 years ago 😂","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":2,"retweets_count":2,"likes_count":38,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1113204170859864064","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":1112597125651587100,"conversation_id":"1112597125651587072","created_at":1554098800000,"date":"2019-04-01","time":"06:06:40","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"It's better to go out and get the thing you want than to stay home and hope someone gives it to you at some point.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":9,"retweets_count":69,"likes_count":295,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1112597125651587072","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":1112373075314507800,"conversation_id":"1112368653503074304","created_at":1554045382000,"date":"2019-03-31","time":"15:16:22","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"Put another way: As CEO are there two to five hours a week of extra things you could do (hiring, sales, management, training) that could move mountains for your business? \n\nCan you compound those extra hours over 10 years for a better outcome? \n\nIf yes then don’t invest.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":2,"retweets_count":11,"likes_count":137,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1112373075314507777","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":1112371193280028700,"conversation_id":"1112368653503074304","created_at":1554044933000,"date":"2019-03-31","time":"15:08:53","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"Constant application of effort is necessary. Lots of startups seem like they have the space locked down and then they fade into obscurity. A competitor emerges, or the founders just allow the product to be worse than others.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":1,"retweets_count":0,"likes_count":1,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1112371193280028673","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":1112369078906216400,"conversation_id":"1112368653503074304","created_at":1554044429000,"date":"2019-03-31","time":"15:00:29","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"Founders who find product market fit and then subsequently lose it spend years deconstructing what went wrong. \n\nThe best you can do is your best. And if you make choices that result in less than your best, you will regret that the most.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":7,"retweets_count":15,"likes_count":146,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1112369078906216448","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":1112368653503074300,"conversation_id":"1112368653503074304","created_at":1554044328000,"date":"2019-03-31","time":"14:58:48","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"If you are a startup founder and have caught lightning in a bottle, you should know holding on to that is so hard that you must do everything day to day to keep it. \n\nDoing other things like investing will be fun but you will truly feel bad if the light goes out in that bottle","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":19,"retweets_count":71,"likes_count":522,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1112368653503074304","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":1112101053527257100,"conversation_id":"1112017365607145473","created_at":1553980527000,"date":"2019-03-30","time":"21:15:27","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"Yes so better to find people with whom you want to explore the idea maze","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":0,"retweets_count":0,"likes_count":7,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1112101053527257088","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":1112017365607145500,"conversation_id":"1112017365607145473","created_at":1553960574000,"date":"2019-03-30","time":"15:42:54","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"Raising VC money is very hard but that really makes sense given a 10 year partnership. \n\nFor all things that actually succeed, that is how long it takes. \n\nFounders/investors both must ask themselves: what would it be like to talk to this person every week for a decade?","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":26,"retweets_count":160,"likes_count":883,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1112017365607145473","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":1111691095002374100,"conversation_id":"1111691095002374145","created_at":1553882785000,"date":"2019-03-29","time":"18:06:25","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"Some people are great at marketing a thing and can’t build\n\nSome people are great at building but can’t market\n\nBoth are fixable but the latter is probably more common and much more easily addressed","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":19,"retweets_count":31,"likes_count":279,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1111691095002374145","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":1111480713805598700,"conversation_id":"1111480713805598720","created_at":1553832627000,"date":"2019-03-29","time":"04:10:27","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"Startups are so brutal. While one founder is speaking at conferences and writing thinkpieces, a competitor might be closing all the customers by hand and cleaning up the space. \n\nThat first founder will only find out a year later when they find they are far behind on market share","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":42,"retweets_count":300,"likes_count":1530,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1111480713805598720","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":1110740243144032300,"conversation_id":"1110740243144032257","created_at":1553656085000,"date":"2019-03-27","time":"03:08:05","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"The best leaders have always pushed praise to the people doing the heavy lifting. \n\nThere is always something afoot if one person takes all the credit and never passes it along.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":10,"retweets_count":87,"likes_count":402,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1110740243144032257","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":1110718715534794800,"conversation_id":"1110718715534794752","created_at":1553650952000,"date":"2019-03-27","time":"01:42:32","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"Cardinal rule for startup investors: Never do for a startup what a startup can and should do for themselves.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":11,"retweets_count":77,"likes_count":446,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1110718715534794752","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":1110538098272723000,"conversation_id":"1110538098272722944","created_at":1553607890000,"date":"2019-03-26","time":"13:44:50","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"The most 🤦🏻‍♂️ mobile engineering teams \n\n1. Apple iOS Calendar\n2. Apple iOS Contacts\n3. Microsoft Skype\n\nMultithreaded programming is hard but there’s really no excuse","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":8,"retweets_count":1,"likes_count":29,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1110538098272722944","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":1109494832894902300,"conversation_id":"1109494832894902272","created_at":1553359156000,"date":"2019-03-23","time":"16:39:16","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"Media sites never get their authentication systems right. \n\nShort expiry cookies and inconsistent domain hosts for the same auth system are just basic bugs a first year programmer would fix immediately. \n\n🤦🏻‍♂️","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":10,"retweets_count":7,"likes_count":104,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1109494832894902272","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":1109308322056814600,"conversation_id":"1109307778135289856","created_at":1553314688000,"date":"2019-03-23","time":"04:18:08","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"Facebook and LinkedIn have closed their gates to protect their moats. Even the nice guys are doing it (Shopify and Mailchimp, of all folks!)\n\nIt might be over for interoperability but that means the darkness will give way to dawn","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":2,"retweets_count":5,"likes_count":65,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1109308322056814592","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":1109289006166999000,"conversation_id":"1109289006166999040","created_at":1553310083000,"date":"2019-03-23","time":"03:01:23","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"Founders— when things are great, really celebrate that. Share that with your team and savor it. \n\nWhen things are falling apart, the key is to take action, don’t be paralyzed, and really focus on self care: sleep, food, exercise, then back to work. This too shall pass.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":27,"retweets_count":448,"likes_count":2156,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1109289006166999040","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":1108513740419285000,"conversation_id":"1108513739777572864","created_at":1553125245000,"date":"2019-03-20","time":"23:40:45","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"Startups die when they keep raising money but then burn the $ on valueless things: leaky bucket customer acquisition, business class flights, building products and features that nobody wants. Tactically founders need to be driven by \"is there a ROI?\" on every decision.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":11,"retweets_count":51,"likes_count":305,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1108513740419284997","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":1108513739777572900,"conversation_id":"1108513739777572864","created_at":1553125245000,"date":"2019-03-20","time":"23:40:45","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"Startups post-product-market-fit are literally money machines: You give them $X and their revenue goes up by a multiple of X, thereby making the market value of the company go up. Great startups provide returns to investors by consistently outrunning dilution by generating value.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":5,"retweets_count":41,"likes_count":285,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":["$x"],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1108513739777572864","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":1108404787152707600,"conversation_id":"1108404787152707584","created_at":1553099269000,"date":"2019-03-20","time":"16:27:49","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"Just saw someone block the box (blatantly block the intersection with their car causing the cross street to miss a whole traffic cycle) directly in front of an SFPD squad car at 6th and Folsom. \n\nAs with most crime, petty or otherwise in this city, no enforcement.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":6,"retweets_count":3,"likes_count":59,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1108404787152707584","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":1108371015267049500,"conversation_id":"1108171410273259520","created_at":1553091217000,"date":"2019-03-20","time":"14:13:37","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"Investors, do not invest at $20M cap, nobody is forcing you to do anything\n\nFounders shouldn’t raise larger rounds at all if they don’t think they can turn that money into a lot more money\n\nInvestment is a promise to investors of a multiple of value back, full stop","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":5,"retweets_count":5,"likes_count":67,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1108371015267049472","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":1108370345356988400,"conversation_id":"1108171410273259520","created_at":1553091057000,"date":"2019-03-20","time":"14:10:57","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"Founders who are bad just waste all the money\n\nGreat founders turn the extra money into even more growth and value\n\nThe bar goes up for founders who raise more but these things are power law startups, not book reports where everyone gets B’s","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":1,"retweets_count":5,"likes_count":61,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1108370345356988417","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":1108239488050827300,"conversation_id":"1108239163126484994","created_at":1553059858000,"date":"2019-03-20","time":"05:30:58","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"The third step is to presume that what can't be measured easily really isn't important. This is blindness. The fourth step is to say that what can't be easily measured really doesn't exist. This is suicide.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":3,"retweets_count":5,"likes_count":26,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1108239488050827264","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":1108239460540399600,"conversation_id":"1108239163126484994","created_at":1553059852000,"date":"2019-03-20","time":"05:30:52","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"The first step is to measure whatever can be easily measured. This is OK as far as it goes. The second step is to disregard that which can't be easily measured or to give it an arbitrary quantitative value. This is artificial and misleading.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":1,"retweets_count":4,"likes_count":18,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1108239460540399616","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":1108212747248926700,"conversation_id":"1108171410273259520","created_at":1553053483000,"date":"2019-03-20","time":"03:44:43","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"Only invest when it is a HELL YEAH. Otherwise it is a no. \n\nIf you are “maybe, only if I get a good deal” you should probably walk. This is not that kind of business.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":10,"retweets_count":26,"likes_count":246,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1108212747248926722","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":1108204011033772000,"conversation_id":"1108171410273259520","created_at":1553051400000,"date":"2019-03-20","time":"03:10:00","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"Our top YC investments were Coinbase and Instacart and they are worth more than $10B combined \n\nBoth seed investments were well north of $10M post. \n\nVenture returns are power law. If you wonder at all if something is worth $X, you don’t have conviction and you should not invest.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":13,"retweets_count":23,"likes_count":228,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":["$x"],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1108204011033772033","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":1108069305290100700,"conversation_id":"1108069305290100736","created_at":1553019283000,"date":"2019-03-19","time":"18:14:43","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"To actually make money in Silicon Valley you have to fund problem spaces well before there are lots of Twitter threads about it!","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":16,"retweets_count":76,"likes_count":737,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1108069305290100736","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":1107399738259726300,"conversation_id":"1107399738259726336","created_at":1552859646000,"date":"2019-03-17","time":"21:54:06","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"If you love capitalism then the two most energizing events in the world are Y Combinator Demo Day and Berkshire Hathaway’s Annual Meeting, hands down.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":18,"retweets_count":98,"likes_count":1051,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1107399738259726336","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":1107281509692526600,"conversation_id":"1107281509692526592","created_at":1552831458000,"date":"2019-03-17","time":"14:04:18","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"Credentials are signaling mechanisms that help people who can’t spot talent a priori\n\nAt best these create communities where there are lower transaction costs between members, which enables creation\n\nSo we can’t get rid of credentials. We need to find ones that are more fair.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":23,"retweets_count":94,"likes_count":563,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1107281509692526592","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":1104420942346743800,"conversation_id":"1104420942346743808","created_at":1552149446000,"date":"2019-03-09","time":"16:37:26","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"What works well for seed?\n\nMake unilateral decisions for real ownership in nonconsensus teams and ideas, and be right. \n\nWhat doesn’t work well? Wait for other investors to be in, and fomo in. \n\nGuess which one most investors do?","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":10,"retweets_count":48,"likes_count":411,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1104420942346743808","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":1103841895921279000,"conversation_id":"1103841895921278976","created_at":1552011391000,"date":"2019-03-08","time":"02:16:31","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"Atrium is the truth. It is one of the biggest game changers in venture this decade. Founders rejoice. This is a subtweet.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":4,"retweets_count":18,"likes_count":126,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1103841895921278976","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":1103020052628959200,"conversation_id":"1103020052628959233","created_at":1551815448000,"date":"2019-03-05","time":"19:50:48","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"WeWork doesn’t open earlier than 9am 🤔","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":113,"retweets_count":23,"likes_count":685,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1103020052628959233","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":1101570572004220900,"conversation_id":"1101570023322116096","created_at":1551469865000,"date":"2019-03-01","time":"19:51:05","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"Tech companies that don’t do basic smoke tests for core scenarios are just burning customers randomly every day. \n\nMove fast and break things is fine but catch it, don’t wait for your users to just churn or switch to your competitor. Don’t wait for customer support to tell you.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":3,"retweets_count":7,"likes_count":42,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1101570572004220928","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":1101534015775899600,"conversation_id":"1101534015775899648","created_at":1551461149000,"date":"2019-03-01","time":"17:25:49","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"It’s 2019, and you still have to use “Link in bio” on Instagram to send a user to an outside URL\n\nThis is a 1000X worse problem than not being able to edit tweets","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":59,"retweets_count":163,"likes_count":1154,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1101534015775899648","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":1101520232688963600,"conversation_id":"1101520232688963584","created_at":1551457863000,"date":"2019-03-01","time":"16:31:03","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"VC would be more functional if instead of some magic, it was merely described as 3 sided marketplace driven by high touch enterprise sales\n\nThe sides? Founders, LPs, and upstream/downstream VC partners\n\nIf you ever wonder why a hard working VC schedule is so insane, this is why.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":12,"retweets_count":76,"likes_count":465,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1101520232688963584","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":1101203132413927400,"conversation_id":"1101203132413927424","created_at":1551382260000,"date":"2019-02-28","time":"19:31:00","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"Never let your credentials be the only noteworthy thing about your pitch. \n\nInstead focus on: Product, users, market, usage, and why now? \n\nNamedropping will fool investors who have never built anything in their lives, but those aren’t the investors you want on your cap table.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":19,"retweets_count":174,"likes_count":838,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1101203132413927424","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":1100310181735424000,"conversation_id":"1100310181735424001","created_at":1551169364000,"date":"2019-02-26","time":"08:22:44","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"Top things I talk about with early stage companies in office hours regularly\n\n🛠 What are we making, and for who?\n📈 How do we grow?\n⚗️ What’s the limiting reagent?\n👑 If this works, how big can the startup really get?\n🎓 How do we get to the next round?","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":17,"retweets_count":170,"likes_count":791,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1100310181735424001","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":1099387556267839500,"conversation_id":"1099387556267839488","created_at":1550949393000,"date":"2019-02-23","time":"19:16:33","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"Some people out there call themselves startup advisors but if you’re a founder with problems and you go to them for advice... \n\nthen you’ve got two problems.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":37,"retweets_count":91,"likes_count":649,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1099387556267839488","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":1097878278109425700,"conversation_id":"1097878278109425664","created_at":1550589553000,"date":"2019-02-19","time":"15:19:13","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"Today I learned the best acronym for the mega tech cos: G-MAFIA\n\nGoogle Microsoft Apple Facebook IBM Amazon\n\nIf I were IBM marketing I would do whatever I could to get that meme out there. Who knew the most menacing catchy name just needed the I?","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":68,"retweets_count":286,"likes_count":1343,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1097878278109425664","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":1097711660691673100,"conversation_id":"1097660145910206464","created_at":1550549829000,"date":"2019-02-19","time":"04:17:09","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"The Big Short was remarkable for profiling the fringe people who were sure they were right and risked everything to hold on to those housing market collapse positions. \n\nAnd still there’s survivorship bias. How many people were right but got timing wrong and lost their shirts?","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":2,"retweets_count":0,"likes_count":56,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1097711660691673088","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":1097711072742522900,"conversation_id":"1097660145910206464","created_at":1550549688000,"date":"2019-02-19","time":"04:14:48","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"Markets at the macro level are incredibly hard to time though. \n\nEveryone at Clarium (Thiel’s hedge fund) had the housing crisis theme totally figured out but when the dam finally broke nobody had the trades on.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":2,"retweets_count":0,"likes_count":32,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1097711072742522887","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":1097710829162516500,"conversation_id":"1097660145910206464","created_at":1550549630000,"date":"2019-02-19","time":"04:13:50","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"More seriously Mithril having a 12 year fund and only deploying $90M out of a $700M fund raised in 2016 is an interesting take: nobody expected this to turn out to be the longest bull run and it might turn out to be brilliant to have that much dry powder when the winter comes","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":3,"retweets_count":1,"likes_count":37,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1097710829162516480","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":1097593450885656600,"conversation_id":"1097593450885656577","created_at":1550521645000,"date":"2019-02-18","time":"20:27:25","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"It boggles my mind why the iPad team doesn't allow for portrait iOS apps built for iPhone to be the correct orientation when the iPad is on landscape, especially when there's a keyboard. \n\nIt's definitely a \"do you even use this product?\" sort of infuriating product bug.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":4,"retweets_count":4,"likes_count":62,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1097593450885656577","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":1096873410842419200,"conversation_id":"1096873410842419201","created_at":1550349974000,"date":"2019-02-16","time":"20:46:14","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"Facebook Portal would be many times more popular and successful if it had not been made by Facebook","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":25,"retweets_count":15,"likes_count":514,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1096873410842419201","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":1096317228348190700,"conversation_id":"1096316774457327616","created_at":1550217370000,"date":"2019-02-15","time":"07:56:10","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"John: The most surprising finding was that for good relationships, you need a 5:1 ratio of positive to negative interactions during conflict. That exceeded any relationship that I’ve ever had.\n\nJulie: Of course, before you met me.\n\n😂","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":1,"retweets_count":4,"likes_count":28,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1096317228348190720","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":1095616976704028700,"conversation_id":"1095616976704028673","created_at":1550050417000,"date":"2019-02-13","time":"09:33:37","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"At the earliest stage the most common startup failure is obvious. Startups die when they never launch anything. They do a bunch of things that look like work and then just quietly disappear. \n\nUsers are a sustaining life force so getting 100 who love you is critical path.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":21,"retweets_count":235,"likes_count":1253,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1095616976704028673","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":1095390640177741800,"conversation_id":"1095390640177741824","created_at":1549996454000,"date":"2019-02-12","time":"18:34:14","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"Kind of comical how you can search email archives easily but calendar search is treated as ephemeral by Google Calendar on mobile. \n\nWant to find a meeting you had 9 months ago? Sorry, no results found.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":18,"retweets_count":20,"likes_count":308,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1095390640177741824","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":1091729629595877400,"conversation_id":"1091728469774356482","created_at":1549123601000,"date":"2019-02-02","time":"16:06:41","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"Big orgs consume lots of resources just through signaling and internal battles just driven by the principle agent problems of middle management and fiefdom defense.\n\nThat is one immediate head start a startup should have: direct communication and founder agency.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":2,"retweets_count":11,"likes_count":71,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1091729629595877376","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":1091728469774356500,"conversation_id":"1091728469774356482","created_at":1549123325000,"date":"2019-02-02","time":"16:02:05","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"Big companies can win accidentally because they can absorb losses and try lots of things that end up failing\n\nBut winning accidentally is not repeatable without excess resources.\n\nThis is why it is better for startups to win by efficiently doing just the things that matter.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":17,"retweets_count":125,"likes_count":500,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1091728469774356482","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":1090861603900219400,"conversation_id":"1090861603900219392","created_at":1548916648000,"date":"2019-01-31","time":"06:37:28","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"The priceless thing that happens in Silicon Valley that I will never be sick of is that sometimes you get to believe in someone before they even truly believe in themselves, and you are proven right. \n\nAnd that this happens all 👏the👏time👏\n🤯","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":27,"retweets_count":119,"likes_count":1278,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1090861603900219392","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":1089917896610869200,"conversation_id":"1089917206979239936","created_at":1548691650000,"date":"2019-01-28","time":"16:07:30","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"I met Joseph and Neal back when this was just an idea and coached them for their YC interview, then later helped them with design my first batch at YC as designer in residence YC W11. \n\nAlso psyched this will be a key piece of Dropbox.\n\n💪🎉","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":2,"retweets_count":1,"likes_count":69,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1089917896610869250","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":1088277935746834400,"conversation_id":"1088277935746834433","created_at":1548300653000,"date":"2019-01-24","time":"03:30:53","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"There are so many public tech companies that were built on tech but have stopped investing in engineering and design just like how Sears let their stores and customer experience fall apart. \n\nIt’s not a matter of if, just a matter of when. I’m looking at you, eBay.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":15,"retweets_count":50,"likes_count":393,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1088277935746834433","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":1087748180198867000,"conversation_id":"1087748180198866944","created_at":1548174350000,"date":"2019-01-22","time":"16:25:50","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"SEO - your product needs to be good enough for people to write about it and love it, and Google will pick it up\n\nReferral - your product needs to be good enough for people to tell other people about it\n\nMake no mistake—“good” actually needs to be “life changing amazing” above.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":6,"retweets_count":55,"likes_count":264,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1087748180198866944","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":1087431350993342500,"conversation_id":"1087431350993342464","created_at":1548098812000,"date":"2019-01-21","time":"19:26:52","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"“Growth is the goal, and it comes through having innovation. Innovation comes through having great engineers, not great product-marketing.” —Bill Campbell","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":15,"retweets_count":71,"likes_count":277,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1087431350993342464","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":1086841915746578400,"conversation_id":"1086841915746578432","created_at":1547958279000,"date":"2019-01-20","time":"04:24:39","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"Startup world definitely has a lot of Fyre Festival type folks. The key when you think you might have a faker like that on your hands: run, don’t walk. \n\nThat Netflix doc is like those gory “don’t drink and drive” teen drivers ed videos... scary af. \n\nDon’t fall for scams people!","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":28,"retweets_count":91,"likes_count":645,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1086841915746578432","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":1086533089017262100,"conversation_id":"1086533089017262080","created_at":1547884649000,"date":"2019-01-19","time":"07:57:29","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"Oculus Go is amazingly good for when you have to sit in your 3 year old toddler’s room in the dark at night as they go to sleep 💤","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":8,"retweets_count":1,"likes_count":57,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1086533089017262080","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":1086298535388016600,"conversation_id":"1086298535388016640","created_at":1547828727000,"date":"2019-01-18","time":"16:25:27","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"The year is 2019. You open your iPhone and tap Mail. \n\n“This message has not been downloaded from the server.”\n\nSorry to say flying cars are not coming anytime soon.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":15,"retweets_count":16,"likes_count":193,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1086298535388016640","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":1086288676395438100,"conversation_id":"1086288675351060480","created_at":1547826377000,"date":"2019-01-18","time":"15:46:17","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"The essential message is, stop focusing on self and start thinking about service to others.”\n\n—Jack Bogle","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":2,"retweets_count":8,"likes_count":39,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1086288676395438081","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":1086288675351060500,"conversation_id":"1086288675351060480","created_at":1547826377000,"date":"2019-01-18","time":"15:46:17","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"“It’s about being a good husband, a good father, a good colleague, a good member of the community. Everything else pales by comparison. The accumulation of material goods is a waste — you can’t take them with you, anyway — and the waste is typified by our financial system...","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":1,"retweets_count":7,"likes_count":62,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1086288675351060480","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":1085934899566075900,"conversation_id":"1085934476377567232","created_at":1547742030000,"date":"2019-01-17","time":"16:20:30","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"Of note at A and B, folks want 2X yearly growth minimum (if your story is amazing or the space is hot) or more typically 3X or more \n\nMake no mistake: that is a lot of growth and hard to attain, especially from large numbers.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":2,"retweets_count":3,"likes_count":23,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1085934899566075904","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":1084500319986315300,"conversation_id":"1084500312373846017","created_at":1547399999000,"date":"2019-01-13","time":"17:19:59","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"One thing to remember when people claim society is not broken is that is just their experience. \n\nHunger is real. Wealth inequality is real. \n\nThere is a way up and out in America in ways that are not possible elsewhere, but that doesn’t mean the system is done getting better.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":10,"retweets_count":13,"likes_count":78,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1084500319986315264","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":1084179331893493800,"conversation_id":"1084179331893493761","created_at":1547323470000,"date":"2019-01-12","time":"20:04:30","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"Surprisingly satisfying new way I learned to use Twitter recently: Block and unblock people you don’t want following you anymore","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":14,"retweets_count":12,"likes_count":175,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1084179331893493761","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":1083393283009667100,"conversation_id":"1083393283009667072","created_at":1547136061000,"date":"2019-01-10","time":"16:01:01","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"Imagine the productivity lost in the world from the slowness and poor optimization all of Google’s productivity apps on iOS. \n\nThe societal loss from lack of organizational imperative (its a checkbox, not life threatening) is insane","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":5,"retweets_count":6,"likes_count":45,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1083393283009667072","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":1082455463982059500,"conversation_id":"1082338877870755840","created_at":1546912468000,"date":"2019-01-08","time":"01:54:28","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"Sadly it happens and basically the only defense is ask around about people’s reputations. \n\nBe careful, a lot of investors are just sociopaths who will do anything for money.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":0,"retweets_count":0,"likes_count":3,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1082455463982059521","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":1081338039635402800,"conversation_id":"1081338034732199936","created_at":1546646053000,"date":"2019-01-04","time":"23:54:13","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"A great operating model lets you, your board or investors, and your advisors dial it in. \n\nPost-product-market-fit it also allows you to set goals for your team and diagnose when things fall out of plan. It’s like brushing your teeth, but for basic health of your business. \n\nFin","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":2,"retweets_count":1,"likes_count":17,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1081338039635402752","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":1081338038423175200,"conversation_id":"1081338034732199936","created_at":1546646053000,"date":"2019-01-04","time":"23:54:13","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"Better to grow 2X or more per year and use the capital you have than to stay at infinite runway but grow at 50% per year, and have that sit in the bank account.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":1,"retweets_count":1,"likes_count":11,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1081338038423175169","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":1081338037211062300,"conversation_id":"1081338034732199936","created_at":1546646053000,"date":"2019-01-04","time":"23:54:13","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"Spending too little is a problem too. If you have 30 months runway or infinite runway, can you spend more in order to increase your revenue growth rate? You can take a 6 to 12 month haircut on runway if that team will grow your revenue and pay for itself in that year.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":1,"retweets_count":0,"likes_count":6,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1081338037211062272","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":1081338036061823000,"conversation_id":"1081338034732199936","created_at":1546646052000,"date":"2019-01-04","time":"23:54:12","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"Rule of thumb: does each hire or team earn back their fully loaded cost per year in added revenue per year? How quickly? What multiple per year?\n\nGreat startups grow revenue 3X or faster. Does the burn you have with the team you hired return at least 1X per year? Bright line test","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":1,"retweets_count":1,"likes_count":16,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1081338036061822982","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":1081338034732200000,"conversation_id":"1081338034732199936","created_at":1546646052000,"date":"2019-01-04","time":"23:54:12","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"Operating models matter because they let you find the right balance between spending too much money and spending too little. \n\nThe more dire problem of the two is spending too much. Usually hiring too many people who don’t move the needle enough.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":2,"retweets_count":10,"likes_count":75,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1081338034732199936","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":1081116385172807700,"conversation_id":"1081116385172807680","created_at":1546593207000,"date":"2019-01-04","time":"09:13:27","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"Seed startups are more agile partially because there are just fewer people. \n\nBig orgs can’t change as easily because that is a lot of cheese to move that will upset a lot of employees. \n\nThat’s why transformational change requires a deep belief in mission: the mission mobilizes.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":10,"retweets_count":88,"likes_count":369,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1081116385172807680","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":1078792297955786800,"conversation_id":"1078792297955786752","created_at":1546039101000,"date":"2018-12-28","time":"23:18:21","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"A good party might leave you with a hangover but a great party leaves you with a bunch of new books on your Kindle queue 📚","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":11,"retweets_count":53,"likes_count":480,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1078792297955786752","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":1078380078113841200,"conversation_id":"1078380078113841152","created_at":1545940820000,"date":"2018-12-27","time":"20:00:20","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"The hallmark of beginning designers is that they cheat at clean design by just reducing information density— while it succeeds at novelty, it is usually hostile to users, especially for frequent use systems.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":5,"retweets_count":26,"likes_count":216,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1078380078113841152","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":1078014872464412700,"conversation_id":"1078014019389186048","created_at":1545853748000,"date":"2018-12-26","time":"19:49:08","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"Platform wars are just moats that are fundamentally anti-user. \n\nAnother frustrating example— all the different standards for Airplay/Chromecast/Sonos. These should be open standards but are a great example of the invisible hand failing here.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":3,"retweets_count":12,"likes_count":53,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1078014872464412672","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":1077254918111584300,"conversation_id":"1077254918111584257","created_at":1545672561000,"date":"2018-12-24","time":"17:29:21","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"OK lazyweb, what’s your favorite Minecraft Server hosting provider? \n\nGoogle hasn’t been helpful, and it’s possible this is the most commodity service on the Internet, but the tyranny of choice is killing me.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":4,"retweets_count":1,"likes_count":9,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1077254918111584257","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":1076918172949729300,"conversation_id":"1076915340158820353","created_at":1545592275000,"date":"2018-12-23","time":"19:11:15","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"Does it? People should have a choice around how they want to live. But mothers should be able to have careers if they want them. \n\nI don’t think society needs to stay like Mad Men, personally.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":0,"retweets_count":0,"likes_count":3,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1076918172949729280","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":1076582094409588700,"conversation_id":"1076582093826646016","created_at":1545512147000,"date":"2018-12-22","time":"20:55:47","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"Related: Empathy is required to figure out what the future will be. What problems do people actually have? Will the startup you're looking at fix them?\n\nThe best VCs become successful because of this—but then some go mad with power. The durably best can stay unchanged by success.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":3,"retweets_count":12,"likes_count":36,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1076582094409588736","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":1076556088441417700,"conversation_id":"1076555184443031552","created_at":1545505947000,"date":"2018-12-22","time":"19:12:27","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"I wonder what annual budget is bigger: social media bot manipulation by nation states, or social media bot manipulation by fraudulent crypto currencies 🤔","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":4,"retweets_count":3,"likes_count":29,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1076556088441417728","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":1076538810039644200,"conversation_id":"1076530021517295616","created_at":1545501828000,"date":"2018-12-22","time":"18:03:48","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"“I remember thinking in 2011... maybe I’m too late.”\n\nI felt that way about the web in 2003 and got into mobile right when I should have stayed making web software. \n\nIf you think it useful and valuable, follow it. If you are too late it might be right on time.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":6,"retweets_count":13,"likes_count":132,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1076538810039644160","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":1076535895514243100,"conversation_id":"1076534962961162240","created_at":1545501133000,"date":"2018-12-22","time":"17:52:13","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"Care to expand?","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":1,"retweets_count":0,"likes_count":0,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1076535895514243072","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":1075971871965818900,"conversation_id":"1075971868941668354","created_at":1545366659000,"date":"2018-12-21","time":"04:30:59","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"5/ Finally: solving big problems early matters. Being able to make the best world-class products sometime during your career is a lot easier if you start climbing the learning curve as early as possible. \n\nCompound interest applies to ability to build things too. \n\nFin","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":4,"retweets_count":26,"likes_count":154,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1075971871965818881","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":1075971870086770700,"conversation_id":"1075971868941668354","created_at":1545366659000,"date":"2018-12-21","time":"04:30:59","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"3/ It also helps to lift with people who are clearly good at it. The best way to start a career is rarely starting a startup, but actually working at a fast growing startup that makes a great product you respect. \n\nIt’s like learning perfect form so you can lift heavy later.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":1,"retweets_count":27,"likes_count":134,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1075971870086770690","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":1075971869436567600,"conversation_id":"1075971868941668354","created_at":1545366658000,"date":"2018-12-21","time":"04:30:58","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"2/ Working at a startup is like compound exercises that give you functional strength you can actually use, like deadlifts, squats, and kettlebells.\n\nIf you want to learn how to make something from scratch and ship it, the best way to do it is to learn by doing.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":4,"retweets_count":54,"likes_count":206,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1075971869436567552","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":1075971868941668400,"conversation_id":"1075971868941668354","created_at":1545366658000,"date":"2018-12-21","time":"04:30:58","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"1/ Working at a big established company is great, but comes with dangers. \n\nThe biggest danger is that you exercise the wrong muscles— big cos force you to do all isolation exercises. Obscure muscles that are sometimes just for show. They usually don’t make you strong.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":15,"retweets_count":140,"likes_count":657,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1075971868941668354","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":1075929256448819200,"conversation_id":"1075929256448819200","created_at":1545356499000,"date":"2018-12-21","time":"01:41:39","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"In this age of smart devices it’s kind of amazing nobody has tried to remake printing/scanning yet. Good god HP is the worst. \n\nNormally such tech is displaced when incumbents become so schlerotic a newcomer replaces it. \n\nPrinters are so commodity there may not be enough margin.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":21,"retweets_count":4,"likes_count":84,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1075929256448819200","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":""}
