Jeff O'Neill

1 of 5 platonic solids. Any repercussions in ancient Greece for the other 4?!?

How was the beer?

Thanks @ritholtz.bsky.social , the Derek Thompson article is a great read.

Back at you!

What It Takes to Defeat the Leaf Blowers To end the use of gas-powered blowers, advocates in one New Jersey town focused on public health and made their case directly to local elected leaders.

@benforward3.bsky.social I wish Somerville wasn't so slow to take action on this!

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@ritholtz.bsky.social, equating Mamdani with Trump helps to justify and enable the awful things done by Trump. They are not even close to the same level. I appreciate your and Nick's content, but I would not hire your firm because of Josh's views.

Many years ago, I took French classes in France. The students were from all over the world. It was a great way to meet people. Also, a big advantage was that we were more likely to speak French with each other because we were all at a similar skill level and not everyone spoke English.

Does this partially negate the US stock rally this year?

Barry, I've been a subscriber to your Read's list for more than 10 years. I love unexpected gems like An Existential Guide to: Making Friends. Thank you for doing this. I'd love it if you could get more of your fin twit colleagues to also post on Blue sky. I'm not going back to the X site.

It says a lot that the incumbent mayor came in third place. I'm looking forward to new leadership in Somerville that is better at engaging with people bringing them together.

I'm a long time appreciative reader of your blog, but I'm surprised with your recent takes. I don't see any scenario where promoting crypto for regular investors turns out well.

For your second point, there is a huge difference between over optimization and having a few different packages to meet the needs and budgets of different customers. I think you can run a great customer focused company without either of your two points.

Willingness-to-pay: Creating permanent competitive advantage for the right reasons This fresh take on "Willingness-to-Pay" analyzes three types of customer motivation, leading to superior strategies for growth that also better the world.

I've raised prices several times without any customer complaints. You want to provide great value for your price but there is no point in underpricing just for the sake of doing it (not saying that you are but others reading this might). Reminds me of this: longform.asmartbear.com/willingness-...

I suspect there was some scaring of yourself too!

"wallowing somewhere in the middle"is so true and so awful!

Unfortunately, it will probably take longer than a few years, but I agree with you.

GPT is great for translating legalese to plain English!

Why start at 1995? Wouldn't it be even more impressive going further back?

On Max, you also need to click to skip the advert for some other random show...

PSA for SaaS owners: Do not ever give contact info to Ryan Allis of SaasRise of @danmartell.bsky.social of SaaS Academy. Both do unethical marketing and will spam you to the end of time.

This is fascinating. Amazing that your recruiting funnel is always full. Can you share your current operating agreement? I found one from 2017 that doesn't seem to be your current one.

Are we getting ranked choice voting for council and mayor?

Donald, Justice Clarence Thomas is a DEI Justice, how about we get rid of him too?

There are actually valid arguments that he is not qualified (did not get highest ABA rating) and does not do his job well (participation at oral arguments).

Added another gmail filter to block @substack.com newsletters. I don't want to be on your @#$% newsletter!

I get so much spam from @beehiiv.com newsletters. I just created a gmail filter to automatically delete all email from them. Any other good filter suggestions to reduce spam?

Love this. Mind if I post this elsewhere with credit to you?

I spent hours trying to shut it off but failed. :( Super annoying how AI is forced on you when you don't want it.