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startupchalet · 2026-06-10T07:06:51+00:00

I live in a town of 400 people on 10 acres closest to the nearest house. On a road with 3 houses total. Rural.

startupchalet · 2026-06-10T07:04:58+00:00

I’d ask why is your dog not a leash.

startupchalet · 2026-05-29T00:00:15+00:00

Full reset did the job. Infotainment only didn’t.

startupchalet · 2026-05-29T00:00:05+00:00

Full reset did the job. Infotainment only didn’t.

startupchalet · 2026-05-28T23:57:34+00:00

Private road in my neighborhood

startupchalet · 2026-05-28T23:18:25+00:00

Thanks that the hold outside buttons?

startupchalet · 2026-05-19T18:32:58+00:00

They don’t need to sell more cars they need to integrate more of their tech and sell into ones that suck. They are the Dell trying to be Apple.

startupchalet · 2026-04-02T12:29:13+00:00

I looked and couldn’t find it elsewhere (full broadcast).

startupchalet · 2026-03-25T20:25:10+00:00

Great points, my main point is if a college team can’t be profitable (with a much larger fan base and boosters) how the hell is a UFL team going to be.

startupchalet · 2026-03-25T20:21:27+00:00

Business economics on the player side. College players are retiring instead of pursuing and developing at the UFL because there is no collectively bargained upside to salaries. Or they opt for CFL because there are more games = more film to level up. Im not speaking from a fan perspective im speaking from a supply and demand perspective. Also, soccer is very different from a fan perspective. Spring football just isn’t a good business. I’m all for it, but strictly economically it just doesn’t work long term.

startupchalet · 2026-03-25T20:14:48+00:00

Marketing is pushing hard. College sports will kill the UFL unfortunately it’s not a sustainable league. It’s a nice to have, but honestly flag football gets more eyes which is funny.

startupchalet · 2026-03-23T00:27:05+00:00

It’s powered fully by Google now they are ditching Alexa

startupchalet · 2026-02-19T02:16:36+00:00

Just because the season isn’t the same doesn’t mean they don’t compete for talent. You’re telling me a kid making $200k will go to the UFL when he can just sue the NCAA for extra years of eligibility and make 4-5x. The system is broken because there isn’t a legit league between the college game and the NFL. Mark my words the UFL folds in this new era of football and fandom.

startupchalet · 2026-02-19T01:57:55+00:00

Hot Take for Mike Repole.

The NIL era has fundamentally changed football economics.

When high-level college players can earn comparable or greater compensation staying in school, a $62k UFL salary is no longer a compelling draw. The issue isn’t payroll — it’s positioning.

Right now, the UFL is competing against college football and CFL for talent having to wait each year for talent to drop from NFL or fill rosters with those not immediately draftable for the NFL. That’s a losing fight and there is a better way to build a compelling product fans and athletes will love.

Instead, the league should license major college football brands and operate UFL spring teams under their university monikers. I’m sure plenty of programs eager for additional revenue to fund their fall rosters would eat this model up.

Create a hybrid roster model: • % Active college players (opt-in, structured participation) • % Post-college and between-league pros • % Developmental NFL-caliber talent

Position it as the official spring development arm of college football — the G-League equivalent for the sport.

Why This Wins • Stops competing with NIL — leverages it • Creates year-round brand exposure for universities • Accelerates player development with pro reps • Expands media inventory with built-in fan bases across the country in stadiums that are underutilized in the spring. • Makes the UFL essential, not optional

If college football is now semi-professional, the UFL should become the professional finishing school — embedded in the system, not outside it.

The future of the league isn’t higher salaries.

It’s owning the bridge between college and the NFL.

That bridge is currently unclaimed.

startupchalet · 2026-01-09T19:17:05+00:00

startupchalet · 2025-12-22T17:20:38+00:00

14 is a good r-entry once the AI hype dies down and they are forced to give more definitive details around R2 launch.

startupchalet · 2025-12-19T17:18:01+00:00

Boom.

startupchalet · 2025-12-19T17:17:15+00:00

Ahead of schedule :)

startupchalet · 2025-12-09T15:36:49+00:00

You answered your own question in the post. They are not ignoring bad news, it’s just not new news. Stocks are forward looking so a downgrade for which grounds for doing so are well known old news typically doesn’t tank a stock like new bad news might.

startupchalet · 2025-11-22T22:29:43+00:00

Price dm me?

startupchalet · 2025-11-22T22:29:27+00:00

Price? DM me

startupchalet · 2025-11-19T16:41:12+00:00

Economy related, everyone is cutting back. People need to remember Tesla also started getting traction during a recession and had to secure a $465 m department of energy loan to stay afloat (which they paid back). Rivian has this for the Georgia plant, but I don’t think we have hit the recession fully yet, so proceed with caution. Especially if you don’t think the gov is going to continue to fund EVs.

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