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miketrap.com
Storyteller. Consiglieri. Lyrical Gangsta. G20 Ventures, Boston. The revolution will not be centralized. https://nf.td/miketrap
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Almond “milk” is disgusting. I really don’t get it.

When is it bad to have a chip on your shoulder as a founder? I featured VC, @miketrap.com who is an amazing storyteller. Listen as he talks about how having a chip wasn't helpful for him. Link to full episode 👇🏾 www.parentsmakingprofits.com/when-is-havi... www.veed.io/view/a86e180...

Tired girl.

I love when you can follow your delivery truck on ups. Like Santa Tracker for grownups.

Social media found a way to monetize outrage, and settled into the business of producing it at scale. It's important to pay attention to what's happening, but don't waste your energy on the amplified clown show. That's what they want. Save your outrage for the actions truly deserving of it.

The best girl.

Ignore what they say, tweet, the dog-whistle gestures, the baiting and trollspeak. It's lies and distraction. Save your outrage for what they do. That's what hurts people, and what will need to be undone when this kakistocracy inevitably comes crashing down. Speaking to myself here. But feel free.

The number of reading glasses you need is one more than you have.

x X has ~18m daily USA users. @bsky.app, ~1.5m. Is it worth 20 MINS a day to proactively recruit and bring your friends, neighbors,relatives, businesses, anyone who is or could be a user, to @bsky.app? If Bluesky ends up with more users than the others, you destabilize musk, zuck, trump.

Like a tree falling in the forest.

Me: I love pizza, just need a Lactaid and a Pepcid Complete before I eat it. The Universe: Still not hearing me.

Hundreds of animals have been separated from their owners in the California wildfires. Pasadena Humane is on the front line trying to care for these burned, dehydrated, and scared creatures, please join me in supporting them with whatever you can here: give.pasadenahumane.org/give/654134/...

Current mood... “The crisis consists precisely in the fact that the old is dying and the new cannot be born; in this interregnum a great variety of morbid symptoms appear.” Antonio Gramsci, 1930

Without the Roy Choi ramen hack, is it even ramen? I think not.

The first mountain is Success. When you reach the top, it feels good for a while, but then things begin to fall apart. There's nowhere to go but down, and as you descend into the valley of despair, you can only wonder why... (1/4)

Not big on "resolutions," but like the idea of consciously adding and subtracting something from my life at the start of each year. This year I plan to add more radical acceptance of what is beyond my control, and subtract more social media-fueled outrage. How about you?

A fresh Fig Newton is hard to beat

Kris Kristofferson - then a broke Army vet making a living by shuttling workers out to oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico - famously landed his helicopter in Johnny Cash's yard, and gave him “Sunday Morning Comin Down.” Johnny sang the song on his primetime TV show, and Kris became a star. (1/4)

Disclaimer is fantastic.

As December draws to a close, hundreds of startup founders are brushing up their pitch decks, ready to hit the ground running in January. If you are in this bucket, here is a guide I wrote to help: www.pillar.vc/playlist/art...

Using Google Home after adding Apple Intelligence to your phone is like the moment in college when you realized that one high school buddy was an idiot.

I know in my heart of hearts that Sister Christian is unadulterated 80's schlock. And yet... 🥲

Out for a walk, processing a death in the family. There is only now, folks. Memento Mori.

Everything ends, and that’s ok.