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recruiting 10x startup operators and advising founders @rtv_rtv_rtv ✨

Park City, UT
Joined February 2011
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Candidate / employee equivalent is preparedness, enthusiasm, and self-awareness
Moats are dead and ownership targets are dead It’s just speed, execution, momentum and vibes.
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The single most important question in any hiring process is, “what does that mean to you?” Ask the hiring manager, ask the interviewers, ask the candidate, ask yourself. Put everything in writing from the jump, even if initially only for yourself. Ask again. And again. And again. About everything. On every call. Update and circulate the doc / notes with stakeholders. (Candidates are stakeholders.) Frequently. And don’t be afraid to walk away from “good” when the goal is “great”.
Hiring executives is fun because you spend six months finding someone incredible, convince them to join, pay them a lot of money, and then discover that neither of you actually agrees on what their job is. Highly recommend discussing that last part BEFORE they start.
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This is a love language
Product colleague smarter than me with a fun prompt at the top of his document. Feels like the crucifix and garlic method of warding off AI slop.
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GRWM to tear apart pitch decks and founders’ self esteem!!
I wish VCs would just go full send unboxing or makeup tutorials like the rest of the influencer population
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At least she made it to class and avoided the late cancellation fee
Ellie the opossum would rather sleep in her wheel than exercise in it!
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make it make sense. 📸: @oneill_dm #protectourwinters
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👏 Normalize changing your mind when you learn new information 👏
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Pro-life!!!!!!!!!
After a 71-day protest, the last of the 100-plus-year-old trees was cut down southeast of Tucson. hcn.org/articles/the-grandmo…
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I need to know everything about the diva who ushered Soil Conservation through committee
Utah license plate options have breached containment. We dug too deep.
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“Learning from first principles that they’re built completely standard” 🤌🏻💅🏻
one of my favorite sf dynamics is everyone going “stay away from that person/situation” and someone going “nah, i know what they’re like. you think i’m naive? i’m built different” and then learning from first principles that they’re built completely standard
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This is the sex education they don’t want to teach
I’ve met more survivors than I can count and I’m the only one I know whose perpetrator went to jail. I think it’s because I knew “what to do”. I knew to get a rape kit asap without showering, brushing my teeth, or eating or drinking anything. I knew to put my dress in a paper bag
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Trump has proposed renaming "green chile" "red, white, and American flag blue chile."
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“What's the Matter with Utah?” Why do politicians in the Beehive State go harder at public lands than officials anywhere else? @chrisasolomon produced a masterful deep dive into this question for @re_publiclands and @thedispatch. republic.land/whats-the-matt…
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2/7 Americans do not need a press corps chosen by the government. They need a free and independent press capable of holding the government accountable.
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And never underestimate the power of a signature candle for different rooms or tunes of day (also works for studios!)
A core life belief of mine is if you are an adult with a home with multiple rooms you should have *at least* 20 candles (almost all of which should be unscented) in your house at all times.
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We’re looking for a world class builder to help our fraud and risk function move to v2 and beyond. If that’s you, make sure to apply. It’s the perfect time to join MT because our v1 fraud and risk function works, so you can focus on building vs. fixing and cleaning up messes.
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Good test for any age tbh
good test for a job in your 20s are you learning? working with great people? are you proud to tell others about it?
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“Leave it as it is. You cannot improve on it. The ages have been at work on it, and man can only mar it.” - Teddy Roosevelt (Republican)
On the morning of August 4, contractors began moving heavy equipment into Big Bend National Park, a major development in the months-long standoff between the federal government and local officials and residents over the construction of a border barrier in the park. More photos by photographer Brian Finke: texasmonthly.com/news-politi…
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I had a fantastic week working @ModernTreasury this week. If you didn't have a fantastic week at your place of work, it's worth noting we're hiring. jobs.ashbyhq.com/moderntreas…
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