Silicon Valley Bank was the main bank for two of our companies, my personal savings, and my mortgage. This is how things unfolded for us:

Between 2013 and 2023, all good.

Thursday, 9 AM: in one chat with 200+ tech founders (most in the Bay Area), questions about SVB start to… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… For context, bank runs don’t always wipe out their shareholders. For example, Wachovia was acquired after its bank run of 2008: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wachovia

One of the first things I share with my professional colleagues before we start working together is my list of expectations. I find it creates a healthy, collaborative environment. I hope it can also be useful to you and your team.

Thread 👇 1. If anything is blocking you or your team or you find what you do unfulfilling, let me know immediately.

Global implementation of #remotework in 2021. These are the challenges we face: 1. Investing in technology and training: a study in Latin America in 2020 (conducted with 815 leaders in the region) found that only 22% of companies work fully remotely. That’s a very poor percentage. More technology investments are needed to shape the future of work.

At Torre, every morning we have a daily standup where everyone self-reports what they did the day before and what they expect to complete today. This is where their estimates are presented, and this is what we keep track of. These estimates are delivered in writing. We find that writing forces everyone to organize their thoughts and, by sharing them in written form, speeds up meetings. The first fifteen minutes of the meeting we read them and then ask for topics and comments from everyone else.

I'd like to share the list of articles I ask my new team members to read during their first week on the job. We discuss many of the concepts addressed in our daily meetings. Here are the articles about strategy: Elon Musk Uses This Ancient Critical-Thinking Strategy To Outsmart Everybody Else. #strategy businessinsider.com/elon-musk-firs…