Michael Blend ๐ŸŽค๐ŸŽผ๐ŸŽค (@fenderblender) profile picture

ceo & co-founder of system1. father of dante & nola, husband of sandy. surfer, mediocre karaoke singer, excellent nerf basketball player. https://nitter.gq/t.co/Tj7h7eqJZp

Santa Monica, CA
Joined April 2008
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If .fart is one of your primaries and you pay the invoice, I'll see you at auction and it's going to get stinky! ๐Ÿฆจ๐Ÿ’ฉ @novadotlink @DomainNameWire
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Everyone: ChatGPT is going to completely disrupt Google Google: hmmm, which company has by far the best training data to provide the best AI-generated answers ๐Ÿค”
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Michael Blend ๐ŸŽค๐ŸŽผ๐ŸŽค retweeted
" Startpage uses Googleโ€™s abilities without tracking its users. Using it feels like youโ€™re on Google, but you donโ€™t have to worry about the company tracking and selling your data to the highest bidder." @kimkomando komando.com/tech-tips/searchโ€ฆ
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Congrats to our team in Canada๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ
#System1 Canada recognized as one of Waterloo area's top employers for 2023 ๐Ÿ‘ reviews.canadastop100.com/toโ€ฆ
Presenting S1 @ the Credit Suisse conference tomorrow. Let's meet if you are around! @system1co
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Michael Blend ๐ŸŽค๐ŸŽผ๐ŸŽค retweeted
System1 to Participate in The Raymond James Technology Investors Conference: ir.system1.com/news/news-detโ€ฆ $SST
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Proud of the System1 team for producing nice growth and cash in this environment. Onward!
System1 Announces Third Quarter 2022 Financial Results: ir.system1.com/news/news-detโ€ฆ $SST
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Michael Blend ๐ŸŽค๐ŸŽผ๐ŸŽค retweeted
System1 to Participate in The Credit Suisse 26th Annual Technology Conference: ir.system1.com/news/news-detโ€ฆ $SST
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Michael Blend ๐ŸŽค๐ŸŽผ๐ŸŽค retweeted
System1 to Report Third Quarter 2022 Financial Results: ir.system1.com/news/news-detโ€ฆ $SST
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Been playing around with Dallโ€ขe 2 & Midjourney, and I think the stock photo industry is in for some major disruption
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Michael Blend ๐ŸŽค๐ŸŽผ๐ŸŽค retweeted
The most haunting aspect of 9/11 to me has always been the way that the smallest decisionsโ€”making a phone call, stopping for an errand, getting a muffin, turning left instead of rightโ€”determined who lived and died that day. theatlantic.com/ideas/archivโ€ฆ
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Congrats to Manu, the greatest 6th man & one of the most clutch players in the history of the game. As a @spurs fan for life, I am thankful for so many great memories - and 5 NBA titles. GINOBILI!!!!!!!
Manu Ginobili got emotional thanking Gregg Popovich in his Hall of Fame speech ๐Ÿฅน
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Presenting at the Benchmark and Evercore conferences this week in NYC. Come by if you are around, haven't seen the NYC crew in a while!
System1 to Participate in The Benchmark Company Consumer/Media/Entertainment One-on-One Conference: ir.system1.com/news/news-detโ€ฆ $SST
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๐Ÿ’ฏ agree with this ๐Ÿ‘‡
Higher margins aren't ideal if a higher ROIC could be achieved with lower margin. What matters is return on incremental capital. Gross margin isn't most important; it's gross profit dollars earned on each dollar invested. I like this thinking and the example from $HD
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System1 to Participate in The Benchmark Company Consumer/Media/Entertainment One-on-One Conference: ir.system1.com/news/news-detโ€ฆ $SST
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Michael Blend ๐ŸŽค๐ŸŽผ๐ŸŽค retweeted
System1 to Participate in the Evercore ISI 2nd Annual Technology, Media and Telecom Conference: ir.system1.com/news/news-detโ€ฆ $SST
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Michael Blend ๐ŸŽค๐ŸŽผ๐ŸŽค retweeted
System1 Announces Second Quarter 2022 Financial Results: ir.system1.com/news/news-detโ€ฆ $SST
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Michael Blend ๐ŸŽค๐ŸŽผ๐ŸŽค retweeted
System1 to Participate in the Baird Newly Public Company Virtual Access Day: ir.system1.com/news/news-detโ€ฆ $SST
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