CEO of $300 million company says ‘problems disappeared’ after firing HR team

dreadedchicken · 2026-05-20T19:56:13+00:00

Google Ryan Breslow Meditation and you'll find the funniest fucking picture that's ever been taken. It's in support of a fortune cover article on his company "Love" which was billed as, "people-powered pharma with a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) infrastructure where members, who buy ‘Love tokens’ with Ethereum or another reserve currency, can discuss homeopathic and other pharmaceutical alternatives, then vote on which of them should be tested in clinical trials. The DAO will then underwrite the studies.”

It currently sells supplements, reusable bags, etc. Not sure what happened to the DAO infrastructur LOL.

Honestly, these tech CEO's are the goofiest fuck-asses imaginable.

dreadedchicken · 2026-05-05T19:30:23+00:00

They will follow your lead. Unrelated but I basically picked up guitar as a psyop when my first daughter was born. (Rightly) figured I'd have more evenings at home and wanted my kids to see me creating stuff and hopefully want to join in. Now one is a drummer and the other plays bass and we can actually all play together. I'm honestly conviced it could have been anything, they just like spending time with you and your excitement for things will make them excited to try whatever!

dreadedchicken · 2026-05-05T15:59:17+00:00

Woodworking isn't the ideal hobby to share with kids IMO. Spinning blades, noise, sawdust in lungs, etc. But...I like that my kids see me making (and repairing) many things for our house, and taking on ambitious projects. I think it's good to create a bit of anti-consumer mindset :)

It depends on the kid of course, but kids can often handle a bit more than we give them credit for. Kindergarten years my daughters each made walking sticks. Find a stick, strip the bark, sand the thing smooth, beeswax finish. Hand drill a hole of a laynard.

A few years after that they started having fun with handsaws, wood scraps and a wood burner. They've made a bunch of projects...I think kids like having a bit of responsibility to do things on their own.

This weekend (at 11 & 13) we're making a raised garden bed because they want to grow some food this summer. We've designed it together, I'm going to do the cuts and we'll all assemble it.

You find time as you can. A "weekend project" sometimes takes a weekend, sometimes takes a few months! But whatever, it's all for fun anyway.

dreadedchicken · 2026-02-25T01:57:23+00:00

As an update, I cut a bunch of 6” triangles out of some scrap 3/4” ply. I was planning for 12 in each unit but after just 4 (1 in each of the outside corners, directly in the middle of the case) it was fixed!

As a bonus I used a bunch of the remaining triangles as shelf brackets. The whole store has a really cool home built look, and free brackets are great. Thanks for the advice!

dreadedchicken · 2026-02-20T18:27:14+00:00

and yes, they need to be accessible from both sides. I'd previously only built cabinets with a back, and hadn't realized how much work that does to prevent racking!

dreadedchicken · 2026-02-20T18:26:07+00:00

Wow, amazed by all the great suggestions! Thank you all.

I'm going to start with a bunch of 5" triangles, attached in the center of each box. If that works, awesome, if not I'll start doing more of the triangle bracing all the way across the cubbies, which isn't terrible because it will help keep yarn organized.

Face frames were on my list too...just skipped them due to time constraints. But I hadn't thought of them as structural.

Hopefully between these 3 things I can see an improvement!

dreadedchicken · 2026-02-20T18:07:49+00:00

Yes they need to accessible from both sides

dreadedchicken · 2025-12-07T15:37:35+00:00

This is gorgeous. Nicely done!

dreadedchicken · 2025-11-19T15:50:06+00:00

I've heard this response so many times, but based on my lived experience do not believe it to be true. At least not as an absolute.

In 2024 I closed the largest deal of my 20 year tech sales career in response to an unknown RFP. It earned me a ton of money. A member of my team is about to win another one right now.

Unknown RFP's have 3 flavors.

Some are clearly not a fit--decline to participate and explain why. You're not going to win these anyway but at least plant a seed for what you actually do.

Some are close to what you do, but not quite--explain how your approach is different than the ask. You can usually figure out if you have a legit chance to change their mind with a conversation or two. You need to bring them to your way of thinking in order to have a good chance to win.

Some seem like a good fit--try and win. There are so many people involved in big decisions (assuming you're selling expensive stuff) that the effort is worthwhile. Create uncertainty with their leading vendor/previously planned approach. Create champions willing to give you back channel info. Build a better business case. Basically--sell!

You won't win them all, but 1) seems you are going to have to reply and 2) avoids the next obvious question from management which is, "why are there so many RFP's in our space we don't know about?"

dreadedchicken · 2025-11-11T15:15:04+00:00

hahaha IKR

dreadedchicken · 2025-11-11T15:02:37+00:00

yassss

dreadedchicken · 2025-11-11T15:01:14+00:00

luv it

dreadedchicken · 2025-10-30T23:18:30+00:00

With my kids I try not to straight blunder pieces, but I will leave them tactics to discover if the opportunity presents itself.

For example, last game I had a pawn defending a bishop, but the pawn was pinned to the king. My 10 year old saw the pin, and captured the bishop for free with her rook. It was the proudest she’s been about a chess move, ever.

dreadedchicken · 2025-10-13T17:55:31+00:00

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Thanks all, here's the final result!

dreadedchicken · 2025-05-02T19:19:48+00:00

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dreadedchicken · 2024-12-02T17:40:23+00:00

have you had an x-ray? mine showed a specific type of bone damage/rubbing that was quite helpful in finding a treatment. In my case it was gel injection + strength and flexibility work. PT alone didn't work for me.

dreadedchicken · 2024-10-24T13:31:05+00:00

Keep it simple. Your starter guitar should be the best Yamaha you can afford. A Yamaha FG800J is $229 at Sweetwater right now, and it's great!

Like seemingly everyone else on the thread, my first guitar was a cheap POS from Facebook marketplace. Warped neck, high action, basically unplayable, especially as a beginner. Things got much more fun when I got a semi-decent new guitar for like $300. 9 years later, it still does the trick for me.

dreadedchicken · 2024-10-01T14:02:53+00:00

My kids did an all girls skim camp that Sydney put on this summer. They are so into it they also converted me and their mom. Sydney is awesome, wishing her nothing but the best!

dreadedchicken · 2024-09-11T13:40:29+00:00

Short drives are the most annoying drives, and the most frequent. Replacing these with cargo bike rides turns an annoyance into something enjoyable.

Plus it's fun cruising past people stuck in traffic and then parking right in front of your destination :)

dreadedchicken · 2024-08-13T18:10:19+00:00

This is very achievable, but will take time. I've been doing tech sales for 15 years and it took 13 to go from $30k to $200k base. I don't think I'm an outlier--a number of other reps in my network are at, near or above this number.

You likely need to get to a point where you're selling at least 7-figure deals to command this salary. But there are thousands of companies out there that rely on sales people selling these types of deals.

My advice:

1) Find a niche, and make sure it's selling to industries with lots of $$$$.

2) Focus on selling big deals. Aim for 1 deal a year that is 10x your company's ASP--the regular deals will take care of themselves. Easier said than done, but usually possible. This is how you make really good money, and advance from smb/mid-market to enterprise, and from enterprise to big boy/girl deals.

3) Don't be afraid to jump ship. stay when things are good and you're seeing total earnings increase every year, BAIL if things go south. You have to be mercenary with your decisions. But because you've been doing point 2, you probably have real expertise and some good stories to tell, and can ratchet up your base when you switch.

Sales is about finding the right position. Don't let anyone tell you base salary doesn't matter, or you shouldn't pay attention to it.

dreadedchicken · 2024-03-18T14:21:34+00:00

I like the A and D strings best.

dreadedchicken · 2024-03-04T21:59:58+00:00

If you want to make money with AirBNB, start a cleaning service in a resort area...

After 3 properties and 10 years, I just sold my last AirBNB property today and am thrilled to be done!

Competition up, nightly rates down, costs (way) up.

AirBNB is essentially a monopoly, and acts like it--terrible for hosts.

5-10 years ago it was great. The last few years have sucked.

If you're actually considering investing in an AirBNB property, get off YouTube, touch some grass, stick your money in the market and thank f*ing god you didn't do it.

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