{"id":1075182866596692000,"conversation_id":"1075180160037470208","created_at":1545178545000,"date":"2018-12-19","time":"00:15:45","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"Constraints are valuable and are often the key to building something that can make money. \n\nWhen the resources are there, restraint is needed, and often unfortunately is only learned through brushes with death.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":3,"retweets_count":11,"likes_count":64,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1075182866596691969","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":1075176481427341300,"conversation_id":"1075176481427341313","created_at":1545177023000,"date":"2018-12-18","time":"23:50:23","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"Now whenever I see rumors of a “big strategic fundraise” I know it is often PR dirty tricks. \n\nIncidentally most of the time it is that the supposed big investor actually dropped out and it’s a sociopath move to maximize benefit. \n\nYou wouldn’t leak if it were going to close!","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":1,"retweets_count":3,"likes_count":54,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1075176481427341313","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":1075091570259505200,"conversation_id":"1075091570259505153","created_at":1545156779000,"date":"2018-12-18","time":"18:12:59","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"I wonder if engineers/PMs at Google/Facebook sit down with their new iPhones and iPads and feel shame that they haven’t updated the aspect ratios of their iOS apps yet. \n\nIt’s a product canary: If you can’t keep up with the little things that matter, maybe there’s a problem.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":3,"retweets_count":3,"likes_count":99,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1075091570259505153","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":1074454251944833000,"conversation_id":"1074442809552367617","created_at":1545004830000,"date":"2018-12-17","time":"00:00:30","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"That’s just a part of building. So do that too.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":0,"retweets_count":1,"likes_count":0,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1074454251944833025","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":1074379436684800000,"conversation_id":"1074379434772201472","created_at":1544986993000,"date":"2018-12-16","time":"19:03:13","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"3/ In warfare as in startups, waging a hand to hand guerrilla war on the ground can defeat shock and awe and billion dollar air superiority. \n\nIt will require years of struggle in obscurity. It will require dedication of a full team of true believers. \n\nBut victory is possible.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":14,"retweets_count":67,"likes_count":540,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1074379436684800000","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":1074379435825029100,"conversation_id":"1074379434772201472","created_at":1544986993000,"date":"2018-12-16","time":"19:03:13","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"2/ Don’t bother trying to compare. Build the product.  Get some users and traction. Fundamentals. \n\nIf you do those things, you will be better off than those overfunded ex-C-levels or serial entrepreneurs. All that money makes it harder to succeed as often as it makes it easier.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":5,"retweets_count":61,"likes_count":474,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1074379435825029120","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":1074379434772201500,"conversation_id":"1074379434772201472","created_at":1544986992000,"date":"2018-12-16","time":"19:03:12","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"1/ On outsiders vs insiders: \n\nIf you’re an outsider to tech (no exits, nobody has heard of you, early in your career) then get used to being shocked at things insiders can pull off. \n\nHuge ridiculous fundraises with no traction. Big staff. Splashy press.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":23,"retweets_count":221,"likes_count":1007,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1074379434772201472","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":1074039704113180700,"conversation_id":"1073998154255585280","created_at":1544905994000,"date":"2018-12-15","time":"20:33:14","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"A friend of mine pointed out Donald Trump exemplifies almost every one of these “things not to do” 🤦🏻‍♂️","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":2,"retweets_count":1,"likes_count":25,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1074039704113180672","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":1074009135329378300,"conversation_id":"1074009130120077312","created_at":1544898706000,"date":"2018-12-15","time":"18:31:46","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"7/ Stage 1 is about finding what works. Again Buffett’s advice is still applicable: if it doesn’t work, throw it out and find one that does. \n\nStage 2 is repeating it until it is huge.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":0,"retweets_count":5,"likes_count":45,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1074009135329378304","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":1074009134586949600,"conversation_id":"1074009130120077312","created_at":1544898706000,"date":"2018-12-15","time":"18:31:46","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"6/ This is also why VCs worry so much about capitalization. More money cannot help you catch lightning. \n\nBut more money can unfairly advantage teams that are only better at raising money once folks know you caught it\n\nAlso a reason why people are not announcing funding anymore!","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":3,"retweets_count":5,"likes_count":49,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1074009134586949632","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":1074009133785870300,"conversation_id":"1074009130120077312","created_at":1544898706000,"date":"2018-12-15","time":"18:31:46","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"5/ Thats why there are 2 big questions for startup investing:\n\nCan this catch lightning in a bottle? Novel new thing that could work, and be a worthy market with big impact\n\nIs this the team to keep it in the bottle? Conscientious, agile, good to each other, get things done","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":2,"retweets_count":8,"likes_count":53,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1074009133785870336","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":1074009132988944400,"conversation_id":"1074009130120077312","created_at":1544898706000,"date":"2018-12-15","time":"18:31:46","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"4/ This is why there are so many copycats and fast follows. Catching lightning is so rare and early teams fail so often that it opens an opportunity to steal that lightning and capitalize. \n\nI used to wonder why people do that but now I know they do it because it works.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":1,"retweets_count":4,"likes_count":38,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1074009132988944384","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":1072621848041611300,"conversation_id":"1072539658159034368","created_at":1544567951000,"date":"2018-12-11","time":"22:39:11","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"It’s sousveillance if you control it. It is surveillance if corporations and governments control it.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":0,"retweets_count":0,"likes_count":0,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1072621848041611265","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":1071966832771293200,"conversation_id":"1071966832771293184","created_at":1544411783000,"date":"2018-12-10","time":"03:16:23","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"The sweet spot: Get to $10M ARR without giving up control of your startup and it makes it possible to get to $100M easier. No meddling.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":16,"retweets_count":52,"likes_count":466,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1071966832771293184","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":1070845811662118900,"conversation_id":"1070840985112928256","created_at":1544144511000,"date":"2018-12-07","time":"01:01:51","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"David Hanrahan on mediating conflict—\n\nSit down two people who are not getting along and just ask and facilitate with no judgment:\n\nWhat’s working? \n\nWhat’s not working? \n\nWhat needs to change?","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":2,"retweets_count":3,"likes_count":16,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1070845811662118913","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":1070844412886827000,"conversation_id":"1070840985112928256","created_at":1544144178000,"date":"2018-12-07","time":"00:56:18","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"David Hanrahan, VP of People at Niantic: As you ascend in an organization people tend to have lower EQ (emotional intelligence). So the C-Suite often have the lowest EQ, yet the highest performers are those leaders with high EQ.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":1,"retweets_count":4,"likes_count":22,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1070844412886827009","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":1068764374184030200,"conversation_id":"1068764374184030208","created_at":1543648258000,"date":"2018-12-01","time":"07:10:58","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"When you figure something out, the copycats come and fast. The trick is to always be better/cheaper/faster—they can only copy what you did 6 to 9 months after the fact if they're good, and never if they suck. \n\nRelated: That's probably one of the few reasons to raise mega-rounds","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":13,"retweets_count":63,"likes_count":396,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1068764374184030208","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":1066564767182020600,"conversation_id":"1066427477692604416","created_at":1543123830000,"date":"2018-11-25","time":"05:30:30","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"Definitely a comfort thing. Not as severe, clearly :-)","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":0,"retweets_count":0,"likes_count":0,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1066564767182020608","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":1058371654567383000,"conversation_id":"1058371653418180613","created_at":1541170440000,"date":"2018-11-02","time":"14:54:00","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"When the idea maze is thoroughly explored, the fear is what if there are only dead ends? The maze has to have changed (new tech, market conditions, or platforms) since the last wave of explorers. \n\nInsanity is repeating the same mistakes and expecting different results.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":2,"retweets_count":2,"likes_count":27,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1058371654567383040","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":1054771506922741800,"conversation_id":"1054766768592306177","created_at":1540312098000,"date":"2018-10-23","time":"16:28:18","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"This is not just another ERC20 token. \n\nA fully KYC AML compliant stablecoin unlocks a lot, especially if you have an extremely large installed base. \n\nCrypto payments now are unchained from crypto volatility, which is important for security tokens and decentralized finance.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":4,"retweets_count":3,"likes_count":48,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1054771506922741760","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":1054754362319298600,"conversation_id":"1054754362319298561","created_at":1540308011000,"date":"2018-10-23","time":"15:20:11","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"Areas in tech that exemplify the maxim “People overestimate what can be done in a year and vastly underestimate what can be done in ten”:\n\nPodcasts\neSports\n...maybe Crypto","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":12,"retweets_count":17,"likes_count":226,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1054754362319298561","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":1054710078006165500,"conversation_id":"1054710078006165506","created_at":1540297452000,"date":"2018-10-23","time":"12:24:12","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"I have always outperformed my resume. Never let where you came from be the most interesting thing about you. How? \n\nAlways do good work now. Your past might get you in the door (or sometimes keep you out too) but the good work (real product, users, growth, results) will make you.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":1,"retweets_count":80,"likes_count":475,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1054710078006165506","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":1054107343275741200,"conversation_id":"1054058551541325829","created_at":1540153749000,"date":"2018-10-21","time":"20:29:09","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"There are obvious exceptions to this (good investors make up their own mind and overweight the last 2) but you should always know the laws of the Jungle.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":4,"retweets_count":2,"likes_count":50,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1054107343275741184","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":1054097314271260700,"conversation_id":"1054095911117238273","created_at":1540151358000,"date":"2018-10-21","time":"19:49:18","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"Moving slow is somewhat justifiable when you have millions of users and are driving a lot of revenue. \n\nIt is unconscionable when you have no users and nothing to lose.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":4,"retweets_count":11,"likes_count":119,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1054097314271260672","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":1054095911117238300,"conversation_id":"1054095911117238273","created_at":1540151024000,"date":"2018-10-21","time":"19:43:44","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"Middle managers write a 5 page email justifying why a bad product decision was made. \n\nGreat builders fix it and send a one line email after, saying that issue is now fixed.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":9,"retweets_count":87,"likes_count":415,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1054095911117238273","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":1054058551541325800,"conversation_id":"1054058551541325829","created_at":1540142116000,"date":"2018-10-21","time":"17:15:16","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"Ways to get funded (least fair to most fair)\n\n🤑 Hot round/who else is investing\n💼 Right school or resume\n👣 Prior successful startup\n👩🏻‍🔬 Actually novel breakthrough \n🚀 Traction\n\nThe less you have of the first few, the more you have to get of the last two. It is what it is.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":48,"retweets_count":277,"likes_count":1248,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1054058551541325829","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":1053858561019719700,"conversation_id":"1053858561019719680","created_at":1540094435000,"date":"2018-10-21","time":"04:00:35","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"iOS Calendar app team is my favorite example of how even huge companies like Apple cannot manage to release good software. They broke autocomplete for attendees again. 🤦🏻‍♂️\n\nClearly there are not enough good builders. They are the limiting re-agent, not capital or problems to solve","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":8,"retweets_count":22,"likes_count":207,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1053858561019719680","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":1053497358175035400,"conversation_id":"1053497358175035392","created_at":1540008317000,"date":"2018-10-20","time":"04:05:17","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"Unforced errors for early startup teams\n\n😴 Unresponsive to communication from customers/partners\n🗣 Says yes to customers they need to say no to, and then doing a bad job\n🤑 Not charging enough\n🏖 Leaving huge problems unsolved indefinitely while focusing on the inconsequential","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":14,"retweets_count":206,"likes_count":976,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1053497358175035392","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":1053412181327339500,"conversation_id":"1053412181327339520","created_at":1539988010000,"date":"2018-10-19","time":"22:26:50","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"Great experiences require makers who have taste, vision and execution. \n\nTaste is discernment. Vision is the ability to articulate a future. Execution is the ability to realize it. \n\nWe meet teams that can do some partial set every day. \n\nWhen you meet a team with all 3? Magic 💎","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":14,"retweets_count":164,"likes_count":598,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1053412181327339520","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":1051580466015363100,"conversation_id":"1051580466015363072","created_at":1539551295000,"date":"2018-10-14","time":"21:08:15","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"If you made something and you can’t get people to use it, you basically have two options: make it better or do something else. \n\nAsk trusted friends who have shipped good things for advice. Don’t listen to people who haven’t made anything: it’s the blind leading the blind.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":17,"retweets_count":220,"likes_count":974,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1051580466015363072","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":1051535245307072500,"conversation_id":"1051535245307072514","created_at":1539540513000,"date":"2018-10-14","time":"18:08:33","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"The best leaders in business are at once sovereign (able to make decisions) but also balanced (have a team to inform and advise)\n\n🗡 Without the sovereignty you have decision by committee and can’t take risks\n\n🛡 Without the team you have despotism and you make unforced errors","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":5,"retweets_count":30,"likes_count":160,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1051535245307072514","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":1051117281986531300,"conversation_id":"1051116063566381056","created_at":1539440863000,"date":"2018-10-13","time":"14:27:43","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"This is also one of the main advantages startups have against giants: it’s worth it to the product/engineering team to rotate through customer support weekly because everyone is aligned on building the best possible product. \n\nIf you ship bugs or unusable stuff everyone suffers","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":3,"retweets_count":17,"likes_count":58,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1051117281986531335","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":1050791624106602500,"conversation_id":"1050790932063215616","created_at":1539363220000,"date":"2018-10-12","time":"16:53:40","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"One interesting measure is how much $ you had to raise to get the same amount of annualized gross margin. 1:1 depending on the industry is pretty impressive","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":3,"retweets_count":2,"likes_count":7,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1050791624106602496","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":1050639709007802400,"conversation_id":"1050639709007802368","created_at":1539327001000,"date":"2018-10-12","time":"06:50:01","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"Supertrend next 10 yrs: Personal safety will go up and risk of theft, crime, and victim hood will go down as sousveillance becomes prevalent. That is surveillance controlled by the individual instead of the state: that you can record all events/assure consequences as deterrence.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":13,"retweets_count":7,"likes_count":123,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1050639709007802368","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":1048770966103281700,"conversation_id":"1048770283350323200","created_at":1538881458000,"date":"2018-10-07","time":"03:04:18","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"The crypto winter generally makes it safer for super long-term oriented Yale-model institutions to enter at a price that isn’t dangerous. \n\nYou know what is scary? Investing and then immediately seeing an 80% drop. That is hard to recover from.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":1,"retweets_count":5,"likes_count":62,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1048770966103281664","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":1048770283350323200,"conversation_id":"1048770283350323200","created_at":1538881295000,"date":"2018-10-07","time":"03:01:35","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"Super confused at the fud about institutional investors coming into crypto funds. \n\nIs it a big deal? Yes. \n\nIs it a negligible amount? No. It’s as much as a given endowment might put into a core venture capital investment. That’s the kind of return they expect.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":2,"retweets_count":5,"likes_count":74,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1048770283350323200","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":1048646235307962400,"conversation_id":"1048646235307962368","created_at":1538851720000,"date":"2018-10-06","time":"18:48:40","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"Masayoshi Son got started early figuring out how to hack cross border human systems. \n\nHe finished junior high in Japan and graduated high school in three weeks by convincing a Daly City school district official to let him test out. \n\nNow that is a hell of a hack.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":4,"retweets_count":30,"likes_count":182,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1048646235307962368","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":1048291667655110700,"conversation_id":"1048291667655110656","created_at":1538767184000,"date":"2018-10-05","time":"19:19:44","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"Weird times: Blue Angels airshow resulting in 1 hour delays at SFO. 2 out of 4 runways shut down to make way for the shock and awe of fighter jets flying over SF all week.\n\nReminding the coastal Blue staters of war. Presidential alert! \n\nOur tax dollars at work.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":3,"retweets_count":2,"likes_count":17,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1048291667655110656","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":1048271574799802400,"conversation_id":"1048271574799802374","created_at":1538762394000,"date":"2018-10-05","time":"17:59:54","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"SFO sends Ubers and Lyfts to the Departures level out of taxi regulatory capture. \n\nNow they have a sign at offramp from the freeway recommending people use the Arrivals level to avoid congestion. \n\n🙄","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":7,"retweets_count":3,"likes_count":96,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1048271574799802374","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":1047170235013316600,"conversation_id":"1047170235013316608","created_at":1538499814000,"date":"2018-10-02","time":"17:03:34","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"\"If you can't invent the future, the next best thing is to fund it.\" \n\nMy reply: If you can invent the future, a better thing might still be to fund it because there are a lot of people who can invent the future but not enough people who can access the capital and deploy it well.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":10,"retweets_count":47,"likes_count":355,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1047170235013316608","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":1046796328083181600,"conversation_id":"1046658608455331842","created_at":1538410667000,"date":"2018-10-01","time":"16:17:47","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"The VC corollary is that in five years there won't be any early stage generalist VCs who still adhere to a Silicon Valley-only model.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":10,"retweets_count":9,"likes_count":89,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1046796328083181569","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":1043519779036786700,"conversation_id":"1043519417290608640","created_at":1537629477000,"date":"2018-09-22","time":"15:17:57","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"Spoiler alert: unfixable! Focus on measurable soft skills instead.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":3,"retweets_count":0,"likes_count":28,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1043519779036786688","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":1042944439054872600,"conversation_id":"1042944439054872576","created_at":1537492305000,"date":"2018-09-21","time":"01:11:45","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"The secret levels of sociopathy in capital allocation astonishes me all the time. Whenever I think I have seen everything, something else comes up.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":12,"retweets_count":33,"likes_count":292,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1042944439054872576","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":1041283291977076700,"conversation_id":"1041283043510689792","created_at":1537096257000,"date":"2018-09-16","time":"11:10:57","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"It’s brilliant because you are already at the end of the list and it feels incredibly natural... satisfying and delightful while also being extremely usable.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":5,"retweets_count":4,"likes_count":55,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1041283291977076736","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":1040216032051376100,"conversation_id":"1040216032051376128","created_at":1536841802000,"date":"2018-09-13","time":"12:30:02","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"Everything around you that you call life was made up by people that were no smarter than you and you can change it, you can influence it, you can build your own things that other people can use. \n\nOnce you learn that, you'll never be the same again. \n\n—Steve Jobs","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":17,"retweets_count":648,"likes_count":2073,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1040216032051376128","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":1040199927597551600,"conversation_id":"1040199927597551617","created_at":1536837963000,"date":"2018-09-13","time":"11:26:03","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"You can find novel ideas anywhere but you can’t make builders work on them— all you can do is try to incept them. \n\nThere are so many talented people but it is nearly impossible to change their worldview to devote their lives to an idea. \n\nThe best founders do this all the time.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":3,"retweets_count":16,"likes_count":122,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1040199927597551617","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":1035920996019003400,"conversation_id":"1035920996019003393","created_at":1535817786000,"date":"2018-09-01","time":"16:03:06","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"Irony of ironies: spending too much time trying to look smart or insightful is what prevents people from doing the original thinking necessary to actually be that.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":9,"retweets_count":41,"likes_count":194,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1035920996019003393","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":1035558629355614200,"conversation_id":"1035558629355614210","created_at":1535731391000,"date":"2018-08-31","time":"16:03:11","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"Is there a software-enabled premium tax prep and advisory service or startup that exists yet?","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":11,"retweets_count":1,"likes_count":29,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1035558629355614210","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":1035193659585585200,"conversation_id":"1035193659585585152","created_at":1535644376000,"date":"2018-08-30","time":"15:52:56","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"Nearly every disease an early stage company may have can be cured by growth and profit. \n\nThe remaining can usually be cured by good investors, advisors or executive coaches.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":14,"retweets_count":50,"likes_count":284,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1035193659585585152","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":1034811066943860700,"conversation_id":"1034805171790864384","created_at":1535553158000,"date":"2018-08-29","time":"14:32:38","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"Actually it is a principal agent problem: for a partner at a fund or for a GP to win points with LPs, wins have to materialize before the next fundraise or promotion\n\nLong term patient capital requires systemic time frames with longer than a 2 to 3 year window for GP evaluation","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":1,"retweets_count":2,"likes_count":29,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1034811066943860736","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":1034805171790864400,"conversation_id":"1034805171790864384","created_at":1535551753000,"date":"2018-08-29","time":"14:09:13","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"Venture myth assumes some good or bad outcome in 18 to 24 months. \n\nIn reality these things are 5 to 10 year overnight successes. \n\nOrganizations and products take that long to reach product market fit, let alone kill incumbents!\n\nFast is good, but the good are not always fast 💨","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":7,"retweets_count":49,"likes_count":248,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1034805171790864384","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":1034514217619968000,"conversation_id":"1034513824353673216","created_at":1535482384000,"date":"2018-08-28","time":"18:53:04","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"I'm not sure what I meant by 60% per day, that would be an incredible rate even from small numbers! :-)","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":3,"retweets_count":0,"likes_count":23,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1034514217619968000","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":1033751814611513300,"conversation_id":"1033751814611513344","created_at":1535300613000,"date":"2018-08-26","time":"16:23:33","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"Most underappreciated skill for new founders: Numeracy. Can you speak with authority about your numbers, now and in the future? \n\nCan you define the levers of your growth, pick feasible goals, and then hit them week after week, month after month? \n\nThis is true product market fit","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":26,"retweets_count":350,"likes_count":1473,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1033751814611513344","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":1033564549062877200,"conversation_id":"1033548238735990784","created_at":1535255965000,"date":"2018-08-26","time":"03:59:25","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"It’s like interaction designers loved Sierra Games so much in the 90s they brought back the worst part of hunt-and-click style adventure games to what should be highly functional and utilitarian interfaces. \n\nDoes this do something? Tap at random.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":4,"retweets_count":2,"likes_count":64,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1033564549062877184","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":1033548238735990800,"conversation_id":"1033548238735990784","created_at":1535252077000,"date":"2018-08-26","time":"02:54:37","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"Few things have set back design more than Google’s Material Design. Pretty amazing how user hostile the framework can be— no interaction affordances for basic things like “Edit the name of this Google Doc” -_-","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":13,"retweets_count":27,"likes_count":183,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1033548238735990784","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":1032180340457070600,"conversation_id":"1032180340457070592","created_at":1534925944000,"date":"2018-08-22","time":"08:19:04","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"Speaking faster and saying more words is like taking a trip with a big suitcase and filling it with lots of things you don’t need and forgetting some things you do. \n\nBetter to take a small suitcase with just the things you need. Better to speak slowly and say only what you must.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":15,"retweets_count":105,"likes_count":521,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1032180340457070592","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":1029990260455833600,"conversation_id":"1029990235348725760","created_at":1534403789000,"date":"2018-08-16","time":"07:16:29","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"5/ As software engineers we have a duty to society to push things forward and follow not just the money but also what we believe other people need. Capitalism and technology are amoral, not immoral— our decisions determine the impact. It is a blessing but also a responsibility.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":1,"retweets_count":4,"likes_count":25,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1029990260455833600","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":1029990259348496400,"conversation_id":"1029990235348725760","created_at":1534403788000,"date":"2018-08-16","time":"07:16:28","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"4/ Learn or earn. Top mega tech cos make a lot more money per employee than what they pay you. The only way to truly access that is early equity in a startup that works: as a cofounder or as an early employee. If you aren’t learning & aren’t earning your value, consider new opps","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":1,"retweets_count":4,"likes_count":23,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1029990259348496384","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":1029990258304147500,"conversation_id":"1029990235348725760","created_at":1534403788000,"date":"2018-08-16","time":"07:16:28","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"3/ The world is made up but you get to make it up. Examine your preconceived notions of what is hot or trendy— what you read in blogs or newspapers or on Twitter is the 2nd hand retelling of what happened 6 months ago. Try to figure out things from first principles, first hand.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":1,"retweets_count":6,"likes_count":20,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1029990258304147456","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":1029990256043417600,"conversation_id":"1029990235348725760","created_at":1534403787000,"date":"2018-08-16","time":"07:16:27","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"2/ Treat personal money and income like capital: think of money as not things to use to spend to make yourself feel good after a long hard day of wage labor (eg consumerism, it’s a trap!) — money is runway for time to spend creating or learning for yourself. Don’t buy a new car!","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":1,"retweets_count":9,"likes_count":46,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1029990256043417601","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":1029917247513354200,"conversation_id":"1029917247513354240","created_at":1534386381000,"date":"2018-08-16","time":"02:26:21","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"At early stage, be sure to find some investors who started as labor, then became management before becoming capital. 💪","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":10,"retweets_count":174,"likes_count":1116,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1029917247513354240","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":1029441337307717600,"conversation_id":"1029441337307717632","created_at":1534272915000,"date":"2018-08-14","time":"18:55:15","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"Crypto as a medium of exchange doesn’t need high speculative prices to change the world. A nation’s economic health is measured by GDP, not the price of their currency vs. a basket of other currencies.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":2,"retweets_count":6,"likes_count":52,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1029441337307717632","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":1028665214915379200,"conversation_id":"1028665208267362305","created_at":1534087873000,"date":"2018-08-12","time":"15:31:13","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"Always remember—\n\n🚀 Everyone wants to join the rocket ship as it blasts off. \n\n💀 Nobody wants to invest in, buy from, or work at a thing that will fail without them. \n\nStartups are self fulfilling prophecies. They exist. But man is it hard.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":3,"retweets_count":29,"likes_count":188,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1028665214915379200","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":1028665213543837700,"conversation_id":"1028665208267362305","created_at":1534087873000,"date":"2018-08-12","time":"15:31:13","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"Craftspeople beget craftspeople. Game recognizes game, so the best engineers, designers and product people want to work with the most talented teams they can find. It’s more fun to be on a brilliant team than to be the smartest on a mediocre one.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":3,"retweets_count":30,"likes_count":98,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1028665213543837697","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":1028665212335874000,"conversation_id":"1028665208267362305","created_at":1534087872000,"date":"2018-08-12","time":"15:31:12","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"Customers beget customers. This is why you must ship and what you make must be good. Great reviews create more customers. Lighthouse enterprise customers are key to unlocking a whole industry. Viral loops still exist.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":1,"retweets_count":17,"likes_count":55,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1028665212335874049","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":1028665211199180800,"conversation_id":"1028665208267362305","created_at":1534087872000,"date":"2018-08-12","time":"15:31:12","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"Capital begets capital. VC is winner take all so the groupthink that happens on Sand Hill is extreme. This kills more startups than it should but short of systemic repricing of risk and/or a new system, this is unlikely to change. Founders have to account for it.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":1,"retweets_count":11,"likes_count":38,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1028665211199180800","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":1028665208267362300,"conversation_id":"1028665208267362305","created_at":1534087871000,"date":"2018-08-12","time":"15:31:11","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"All startups are either virtuous or vicious cycles that at the moment are inflecting upwards or downwards.\n\nAt all times they are either collecting or losing: \n\n💰 Capital\n🏬 Customers\n👩🏻‍💻 Craftspeople\n\nAdding each helps you a bit on others. Losing each likewise hurts.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":5,"retweets_count":150,"likes_count":609,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1028665208267362305","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":1027720203449262100,"conversation_id":"1027719597095510016","created_at":1533862565000,"date":"2018-08-10","time":"00:56:05","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"Cool related point he makes: It only takes a few people to change the direction of any industry or social trend.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":4,"retweets_count":7,"likes_count":89,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1027720203449262080","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":1027587730857807900,"conversation_id":"1027587730857807874","created_at":1533830981000,"date":"2018-08-09","time":"16:09:41","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"Algorithmic investing is a red herring at early stage. Machine learning models are good at repeatable tasks and are trained on data from the past, but true innovation is about figuring out what happens in the future. \n\nSoftware can help for sure, but only for decision support","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":27,"retweets_count":91,"likes_count":457,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1027587730857807874","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":1027236593474580500,"conversation_id":"1027236593474580480","created_at":1533747263000,"date":"2018-08-08","time":"16:54:23","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"I did an analysis of the dead startups I invested in the past 5 years and the two most common causes are:\n\n1/ People didn’t want X (not a problem or not good enough solution)\n\n2/ People wanted it but weren’t willing to pay Y (low gross margin)\n\nBoth totally solvable before 💀","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":39,"retweets_count":205,"likes_count":949,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1027236593474580480","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":1026864774762586100,"conversation_id":"1026864774762586113","created_at":1533658615000,"date":"2018-08-07","time":"16:16:55","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"Being the best listener in a room pays more long term dividends than being the loudest","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":16,"retweets_count":325,"likes_count":1385,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1026864774762586113","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":1026532344054788100,"conversation_id":"1026532344054788096","created_at":1533579357000,"date":"2018-08-06","time":"18:15:57","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"Sometimes when an investor says \"you need to hire a COO\" it's really not that they want to replace the founder, it's that they actually believe the founder needs that operational help to build the business. #thingsyouccantsay","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":19,"retweets_count":56,"likes_count":472,"hashtags":["#thingsyouccantsay"],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1026532344054788096","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":1026487555103969300,"conversation_id":"1026487555103969281","created_at":1533568679000,"date":"2018-08-06","time":"15:17:59","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"A startup’s market size it is the product of the size of win and the chance of success. \n\nMost people start with a very small market size to optimize the perceived chance of success. \n\nInvestors discount these since the expected value is lower and they are pitched these a lot.","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":2,"retweets_count":6,"likes_count":58,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1026487555103969281","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":1025119718494023700,"conversation_id":"1025119718494023682","created_at":1533242561000,"date":"2018-08-02","time":"20:42:41","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"I wish Uber would let me prepay extra for a driver to wait for me for tight meeting connections. \n\nI realize that is a self parody tweet about tech in SF at some level 😂","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":18,"retweets_count":20,"likes_count":318,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1025119718494023682","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":1024506955778351100,"conversation_id":"1024506955778351105","created_at":1533096467000,"date":"2018-08-01","time":"04:07:47","timezone":"UTC","user_id":11768582,"username":"garrytan","name":"Garry Tan","place":"","tweet":"Building a team after you know what you are doing is always categorically better than continuing to do the work yourself, assuming that work is interesting, valuable, and worth doing","mentions":[],"urls":[],"photos":[],"replies_count":4,"retweets_count":16,"likes_count":205,"hashtags":[],"cashtags":[],"link":"https://twitter.com/garrytan/status/1024506955778351105","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":""}
