Building DTC products at @PearsonPlus. Previously co-founder & CTO @clutchprep (acq. by Pearson). Building and learning daily. ๐จ๐บ
Miami, FL
Joined June 2009
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What's another fun hobby that's a craft you can make endless progress like BBQing, pizza making, espresso brewing, mixology, etc? Interested in ones you can do solo but also that require other people.
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In Jan 2021, the 30-yr mortgage rate was 2.65% and average new home price in the US was $401,700.
Today the 30-yr mortgage rate is 5.25% and average new home price is $570,300.
Assuming a 20% down payment, that's a 95% increase in the monthly payment (from $1,294 to $2,519).
Most founders Iโve met have a story like this to share. Some early hustle that made them realize that hard work pays off ๐ช๐ผ
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Congratulations to #TSChicago alum @clutchprep on its acquisition from Pearson! ๐ ๐
Read Clutch Prep's incredible entrepreneurial journey from startup to now, exit. refreshmiami.com/clutch-prepโฆ
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Viewed as an asset, education has some attractive qualities. It naturally tends to compound. You can carry it with you easily. No one can steal or tax it. And unlike most assets, it makes life more interesting.
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a competitive advantage readily available to any team, big or small, but increasingly rare in a world of pithy headlines and FOMO: sticking together long enough to figure it out.
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So we @buildingco did something special to welcome all you degens to Miami. Hope u love it as much as we do.
Special thx to @willweinraub @RalphQuintero @ac_collecting for contributing their @BoredApeYC @doodles Punks.
Nothing but love 4 @CryptoysHQ @knightsofdegen @LonelyFrogLC
The world was just educated for a year on how to use QR codes. Will be interesting to see more experiences come up with it.
A day in the life of a startup "CTO":
- Fix bug so the team focuses on the roadmap
- Process applicants for new engineering position
- Come up with a flow for the technical interview
- Figure out a university's massive IT questionnaire
- Brainstorm optimizations for app flow
Helped my sister in law transfer her e-commerce store from Squarespace to Shopify. Took 3 hours to get a new store launched. Importing 100+ products, tweaking the free theme, changing domain DNS, everything. @Shopify is amazing!
Founder of one of my favorite startups ever is tweeting about Miami. This made me really happy. From all the hustle from 10+ years ago coming from locals to the efforts to keep the momentum going in the past few months. Proud to live here!
TIL: at 58% foreign born, Miami appears to be the only major US city with a majority foreign born population. (Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_oโฆ.)
From @devonzuegel's report about her experiences in Miami: devonzuegel.com/post/field-nโฆ
Version 29 is here. Immensely grateful for being mentally and physically healthy, surrounded by loving/caring partners, family and friends, doing impactful work I enjoy every day, in a city that keeps me connected to my culture, and so much more. Hard to ask for more. Letโs do it
Anyone have experience with Google Fi or xFinity Mobile? Would you recommend it? Paying too much for AT&T right now and looking to switch to something cheaper.
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I want to tell you about The Four Agreements. This is a book I read when I was feeling particularly untethered, right after I lost my house to a massive wildfire. It taught me four simple โagreementsโ that helped me overcome and rebuild.
Now itโs your turn to hear them.
One of my favorite questions to meditate on:
"How are you complicit in creating the conditions you say you donโt want?" by @jerrycolonna
Thank you for sharing your insightful questions with the world.
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Product strategy, pricing decisions, positioning, choosing the right business model, writing copy, documentation โ all of these look easy after the fact but are brutal, mentally crippling tasks that make technical implementation work feel like a relaxing soak in the tub.
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Help us revolutionize higher education! We're hiring educational sales reps: clutchprep.com/jobs
Please pass along to your higher educational sales friends
