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If you haven't read these 10 books, you shouldn't be a leader:

Who here manufactures in the USA? OR Who's your favorite "Made in America" brand? ***** I want to book some factory tours. See how things are made. Any category.

I have a weirdly large friend group of CEO’s who run $100M-$1B companies. One thing I’ve noticed about their weekly schedule is they are VERY repetitive. Here are some of the types of meetings they have in their calendars: 1. Conductor Meetings This is my foundation. Without it, the rest of the schedule doesn’t work. Once a week, have a team meeting that lets you: -See the field (what's going on) -Help make faster decisions -Set pace for action 2. Genius Meetings Everyone has a zone of genius. Carve time out weekly to work with the people/teams in your business that fall within your zone of genius. I’m the CEO of a 100+ person company. I spend most of my time with our marketing/creative teams. 3. Schedule Boredom This has been one of the most transformative for me. Chances are you are a knowledge worker of some kind. Having unstructured free time to let your mind reset + wander is critical. Genius comes from the abyss. Embrace it. 4. Deep Work Set aside a meaningful block of time every day to do deep, solo work. Whatever this looks like for you. Every great entrepreneur is also a practitioner. And like anything else in life, reps matter. 5. Self Care You don’t need a dozen daily habits. Invest time in the big ones: -Exercise -Diet -Relationships / Community They're trite because they're true. 6. Values If you don’t have a list of personal values, make a list. Then pick one or two and schedule time for it. I value time in nature. So I schedule that daily. Never sacrifice your values for your work.

I must not be smart enough. But can someone explain how a 25% tariff doesn't get passed onto the customer? Most companies in almost every industry don't have that kind of margin to just absorb it. So this is definitely getting passed on...

The 5 types of products people buy: 1. This makes me money 2. This makes me feel good 3. This makes me look good 4. This makes me feel connected 5. This makes my problem disappear That’s all.

Founder advice I wish I listened to 10 years ago. Get a fucking hobby outside of your business. Something you can be passionate about. Something that charges you up. Something you can do with other humans.

I live in a paradise. That’s it. That’s the tweet.

THERE IS A HUGE PROBLEM WITH PODCASTS For years I’ve talked to my friends about it. For years I did nothing. That problem? All large podcasts only have the very biggest names on their shows. The biggest authors. The biggest founders & CEOs of the Fortune 500. All of them…NOT RELATABLE! Don’t get me wrong. I love hearing founder stories. It’s probably my favorite form of entertainment. But that’s all it is. Entertainment. I’m getting nothing from these big shows of any value. I want to learn from people who are steps away from where I am, not hundreds of miles into the atmosphere. It’s cool hearing Jensen talk about how he runs NVIDIA, but that’s a FOUR TRILLION DOLLAR COMPANY! I decided to stop complaining and do something about it. Today we’re launching a totally new show here at Operators. We’re calling it Titans. AppLovin has stepped up to make this show possible. Side Quest → HOW COOL IS THAT!? AN S&P 500 COMPANY!!! These are conversations between us and the operators of larger consumer brands. We dig into their story. Their history. What drives them. How they’ve grown revenue into the $100’s of millions. All the mistakes that we operators can actually learn from. Nothing is off limits! Are these going to be entertaining? Of course. I’ve cried laughing on some of them. But more than entertaining these are going to be RELATABLE. These are your peers. Fellow consumer founders who’ve built incredible brands. Founders with stories you won’t find on the top 5 business podcasts. Stories that need to be shared! Today we’re dropping Episode 1 with one of our favorite founders and brands. You can watch the whole thing in the next post. But that’s not all.

A million $ is a lot of money. Don’t let dip shits on the internet convince you otherwise.

Your first million dollar year. Your first million $ month. Your first million $ day. Your first million $ hour. Each milestone should be celebrated. Don’t let chasing the next one take away from where you are right now.

I'm hiring a head of ecom + growth for Lomi. Only considering people who've been a part of growing a brand from the 8-figure to 9-figure range. If you know someone...DM's are open. No agencies.

Listening to some big podcasts and talking heads on CNBC. Holy shit are they smoking the orange pipe on tariffs. So far, they are still saying that other countries are "paying the tariffs". But that's just not true. Anybody in consumer goods can tell you this. It isn't that hard. American companies importing the goods are largely absorbing these tariffs. (soon consumers will too) Some manufacturers are absorbing *some* of the impact. But the majority is falling to the companies doing the importing. Unless I'm missing something, countries don't pay tariffs to other countries. Companies pay. Consumers pay. Just call them what they are. A tax. Stop pretending these other countries are "paying" tariffs.

To add some context. Pela Case manufactures our product in Canada. We do this with American made raw materials. We don't manufacture in Canada to save money or screw the USA. (its actually more expensive) We manufacture here for the same reasons your president wants the US to manufacture more stuff. We wanted to be less reliant on China, make our supply chain more sustainable, and give people good jobs. It took us 4+ years of pain to figure out how to manufacture product in North America (we still calling it this?). What most people don't realize is you can't just build one manufacturing facility for a sector. You need all of the tier 2,3,4+ supply chains to also be made here. This takes decades, even with lower regulation.

30-day tariffs pause or not. I AM CANADIAN !!! 🇨🇦

Meta is totally fine...

If you haven't read these 10 books, you shouldn't be a leader:

Who here manufactures in the USA? OR Who's your favorite "Made in America" brand? ***** I want to book some factory tours. See how things are made. Any category.

I must not be smart enough. But can someone explain how a 25% tariff doesn't get passed onto the customer? Most companies in almost every industry don't have that kind of margin to just absorb it. So this is definitely getting passed on...

I want to start taking creatine. What's the best?

What's something you can get for free, but are happy to pay for a premium version of?

What’s your favorite purchase of 2024? Any price point. Don’t be shy. What’s that product you were just super impressed with?

Do consumers really buy more sustainable products, or do they simply say that they care about it in surveys?

Founder advice I wish I listened to 10 years ago. Get a fucking hobby outside of your business. Something you can be passionate about. Something that charges you up. Something you can do with other humans.

Tell me you own a business without telling me. I’ll go first 👇

I've got a 9-hour flight to Rome tomorrow. Best book you've read this year?

I’m still on the hunt for a high quality every day briefcase / laptop carry bag. Not a hard cover thing. Not a backpack. Would love something handmade.

I'd love to manufacture our product in the USA. I think we can do it with Pela Case. Which state should we look at? Which city?

Who makes the best men’s shorts? Slight dress up or casual. Something comfortable and versatile.

Someone help me out here. I get the argument that AI has the potential to be a catalyst for a golden age of margin expansion in pretty much every category. But how do we handle the massive amounts of unemployment? Can margin expansion offset the collapse of consumer demand? Thinking about how companies are valued in this scenario. Maybe I'm just not smart enough to get it.

Who would you rather learn from? Someone who’s done it. or Someone who’s studied it.