B2B tech founder building for the rental RE industry @ Rhenti | Shopify Product alum | Torontonian | Anti-hype, but also not very chill | High five 🖐️
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Wasn't initially interested in the 'was the $ worth it' question, but scroll on to read the solid life lessons recap from this interview.
I interviewed 70-year-old billionaires.
I asked each of them what they wish they could tell their 20-year-old self.
Here's the 10 pieces of life advice everyone needs to hear:
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"Last year 48.1% of all households in the City of Toronto rented their dwelling, up from 47.2% in 2016."
Absolutely wild.
Source: spacing.ca/toronto/2022/09/2…
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I showed my husband a listing for a home in Quebec that was $600K. Without seeing it, he paused and asked, "So, what's wrong with it?" Folks, that's how messed up Torontonians are on housing. We assume any house below $1M is a gut job.
(nothing was wrong with it)
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@patagonia is such an incredible company to watch (and support).
Patagonia’s founder gave the $3 billion company to a set of trusts and nonprofits meant to combat climate change. nyti.ms/3xocRmm
Often when a renter or renter group bids aggressively, they are trying to compensate for something that is lacking in their application. Less experienced landlords will take that bait and sometimes it will cost them later.
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It's been 2 yrs since I left the Shopify POS team to build my own company and solve other problems, but I still get excited when I see Shopify POS in the wild. Seen here at my fav neighbourhood shop where I buy all of my son's STEAM books/activities. @GorillaStoreTO – at Toronto, Ontario
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My god. I want to see this - lots of this - in Toronto. That's a city I want to live in. – at Toronto, Ontario
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I ordered appliances from a company where the inbound sales team is in India, the customer support team is in Africa, and the delivery team is a third party. Excellent cost savings for the co! Absolutely horrible customer experience - especially when things go wrong. – at Toronto, Ontario
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This is such an incredible and painfully accurate thread from @shreyas. I've worked at my share of large cos (some were A+), but one of the greatest things about start-up land is that we optimize for product and the people that use the product - optics is not even a thing. – at Toronto, Ontario
Why do companies with major resources & distribution make products that are mediocre & often fail to reach their potential?
There are a handful of reasons, many of which you already know. But there is one under-discussed reason: Operators Optimizing for Optics
Thread:
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There was a time when Toronto was unrestricted - Tomas and I were young, childless, and we could land on the cover of @torontolife magazine with zero effort. – at Toronto, Ontario
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I've slept 7+ hours for 7 days. I feel like a totally different person. Being well-rested is incredible - it's a totally different world. – at Toronto, Ontario
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Today I checked my parents into a pricey Airbnb (w $200 cleaning fee) that was not clean. And I bought a $8 drink (w tip) from a indie coffee shop that was not great. I don't love hotels and Starbucks, but y'know... standardization isn't such a baaad thing. – at Toronto, Ontario
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My goal for every meeting at our company (that I'm in) is to get to alignment + clarity asap and cut it short. Because I'm very aware of this brutal time suck 👇 – at Toronto, Ontario
Parkinson's law of meetings:
meetings in your google calendar will always expand to fill the time available on the original booking.
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I've never bet on myself harder than when I left my job and went all-in on Rhenti. I've never grown so fast or experienced such high levels of stress. But I've also never felt so much career ownership, accountability, and fulfillment than I do here. I felt this @drgurner – at Toronto, Ontario
You can't say you bet on yourself, and keep playing small.
It's absolute trust in your capabilities, to figure it out, and to make your vision a reality.
- Taking chances
- Going for broke
If you bet on yourself, you have to back it.
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