There’s a deli in south Minneapolis that’s North Stars themed (complete with showing old games) 35 years after the team relocated to Dallas. Pretty badass.

And Senate Republicans are about to confirm him to a life appointment on a federal appeals court. Democrats must ask: What’s a proportional response to Trump’s heinous corruption of the federal judiciary? Doing nothing means letting Bove and his ilk rule us for the next 40 years. I don’t accept it.

Has any new startup come along that replaces the "here's an email with intel on the next person you're meeting with in your calendar" void left by Charlie App (pivoted away) and Accompany (acq and killed by Cisco)?

Like I've said before, if you have any doubts about climate change, just go to a super-boring insurance conference and listen to the super-boring panels where they dryly talk about the growing threat of disasters so catastrophic and unpredictable in scope they simply cannot be insured at any price.

American Semiconductor CEOs (the most important industry) Nvidia CEO - Asian immigrant AMD CEO - Asian immigrant Intel CEO - Asian immigrant Broadcom CEO - Asian immigrant

“Most successful startups are overnight success. That night is usually somewhere between day 1000 and day 3500.” - Startup L Jackson

This is the chart I've been looking for. Exactly the right amount of detail on the new regime's tax policy goals.

If your new company didn’t have a logo, would anyone even notice? Don’t dwell on things that don’t matter. P.S. You can add one later if you want.

I am going to keep saying this until I am blue in the face: if we survive all this, and that’s a non-trivial if right now, it will take a generation to fix the damage. By that point, China will have surpassed us.

also you all need to see this, because this is something I don't think *anybody* could predict for where this ad goes

Ten years of Trump going on TV and just fucking saying whatever, and still nothing like an industry set of best practices to deal with it. Put someone on the set with a laptop to look stuff up, pause the interview, whatever. He'd walk off but so what. Amazing to still be at "agree to disagree."

Paths to a VC intro. Ranked from hot to cold. 🤩Founder in fund’s portfolio 😇Investor in current round 😉Investor in prev round 😀Mutual founder friend 🙂Respected advisor 😌Mutual friend 🥶Cold email

MORGAN STANLEY: “.. Investors should prepare to be fooled many more times. If a master plan exists, .. it's unlikely to work in the way the US administration envisions.”

Just call it surrender. Stop playing word games. The United States of America is surrendering to Russia.

The problem is never that you don't know what to do. The problem is that you know what to do but have ruled it out because its mildly uncomfortable.

VERY on brand for this administration, this is TEXTBOOK abuser language. Cool, normal stuff.

'lawfare' has now entered a new lexicon. just like the term witch hunt. anyone that uses it you should assume is just repeating political talking points and is not using any critical thinking whatsoever.

I just bought a Zoom Phone plan for one person, me, and I never had to spend more time and more energy setting up an account as I did this. I'm sure it's fantastic for big enterprise. But holy hell is it a terrible process for teams < 5.

Hubspot is running a sick deal right now where startups get almost the entire Hubspot suite of tools for $15/mo. If you have <$2m in funding + know you'll probably want to run on Hubspot some day, this is a no brainier. Courtesy of @enterpriserising.bsky.social offers.hubspot.com/startups/fou...

I'm carving out a full day next week to have a 📞 w/ any founder (even you!) that wants to chat re: GTM, hiring, funding, whatever 👇 cal.mixmax.com/meetwithcase... Just click and book. Open to any tech founder. Excited to see how I can help you achieve big things. *Founders only please*

It's been five years without meetings at my 7-figure SaaS. Here are the details on how we communicate: lauraroeder.com/we-deleted-a...

Stripe is supposed to be known for their high bar in creating product, but as someone that has used ~ 12 invoicing products, their invoicing product is downright lousy. It would never be able to compete in the marketplace if it were on its own. Using it is like chewing glass.

CALIFORNIA — ex NFL punter Chris Kluwe arrested for civil disobedience protesting at the city council in Huntington Beach, where the council planned a “MAGA” display on a plaque at the library. Context: www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootb...

So now the question is what is the Democratic party, who has proven to be inept at messaging, going to do with this?

From budget hawks at the Peterson Foundation: GOP budget adds "trillions more in new deficits and debt. It allows for $4.5 trillion in revenue reductions, with only $1.2 trillion in offsets. All told, this plan would add more than $25 trillion to the debt over the next decade."

Asked to respond to people who say he's orchestrating a hostile takeover of government, Elon Musk lies that "a majority of the public voted for President Trump"

Solution-qualifying question: Would the customer use your product if it were free? If no, your product simply isn’t desired or needed, which you need to solve before talking about price or marketing. If yes, the next question is: What price is too high?

NYT: At least 810,000 crypto wallets--include many followers of President Trump nudged by DJT himself--lost $ on $Trump memecoin--more than $2 billion in total. Yet industry pros who quickly bought/sold scored massive profits & Trump family partners made $100 million www.nytimes.com/2025/02/09/u...

This is going to hurt a metric shit ton

The dividing line issue among Dems is not between progressive & centrist. It's between strong & weak & by extension, between young & old. Time for the institutionalist gerontocracy to move along. Thanks for your service. We need leaders clear about what they are for not just what they're against.

The slow, then sudden decline of Stack Overflow. Full article: blog.pragmaticengineer.com/are-llms-mak...

NEW: Mark Cuban is ready to fund a TikTok alternative built on Bluesky’s AT Protocol Yes, thank you!! @mcuban.bsky.social techcrunch.com/2025/01/16/m...

Bezos spiked the Washington Post editorial endorsing Harris, saying that the paper needed to stay neutral to maintain the trust of its readership. Now the Washington Post editorial board is out with a piece urging Congress to rubber stamp nearly all of Trump's cabinet nominees

Just republished a classic article! 👇🏾 This is the reason that startups succeed despite their many weaknesses. And it's a reason to build a startup in the first place. Many thanks for spreading the love with ❤️ and 🔁!

Every yr I run a startup conference in St. Paul, MN that is: 100% SaaS 100% startups One founder called it "the most signal to bullshit ratio of any conference I've ever been to" Dozens of founders have called it life changing See you there in May? enterpriserisingconference2025.splashthat.com

The Danish journalists in this thread understand what is happening in America but apparently American journalists do not. They are not so savvy after all.

If you are an elected/ appointed official over 70 (probably 65), DO NOT run for reelection. It’s time to pass the baton and not be a greedy, out of date, legacy who blew the ladder up after you climbed it. This is not hard. If you work for one of these people, advise them appropriately. Thanks!

Courtesy of my 5 yo. Make some smiles today.

Well done RollingStone for reporting it accurately.

Weekend reading a.co/d/7KsXu3m #libraryofcasey

My pipe dream for Bluesky is that when people post a factual claim, they'll include a reputable source w/ a link at the end of the thread. And sorry, the source can't be a screenshot of someone else's post. Too many smart people here fall for fake/manipulated posts. At least try to verify first.

1/ Outside VC firms that have made 2 or more investments into MN startups. If you're a MN tech startup that will likely raise venture $ and most/all of your time is in Minnesota, you might find this relevant because getting intros to VCs is half the battle.

1/ Outside VC firms that have made 2 or more investments into MN startups. If you're a MN tech startup that will likely raise venture $ and most/all of your time is in Minnesota, you might find this relevant because getting intros to VCs is half the battle.

Vacation week reading: a.co/d/cuicoha #libraryofcasey