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james hawkins
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james hawkins
PostHog
@james406
building @posthog self driving software / co-ceo
San Francisco
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    james hawkins
    PostHog
    @james406
    Sep 4, 2025
    literally no one has been able to explain this to me.
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    james hawkins
    PostHog
    @james406
    Aug 15, 2024
    nobody will remember: - your salary - how “busy you were” - how many hours you worked people will remember: - if you hopped on a quick call - when you hopped on a quick call - how many quick calls you hopped on - how you made them feel when you hopped on a quick call
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    james hawkins
    PostHog
    @james406
    Nov 3, 2025
    what you think matters in a career: - working hard - showing up early - keeping a long-term view what ACTUALLY matters: - hopping on a quick call - how many quick calls you hopped on - how fast you were able to hop on a quick call
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    james hawkins
    PostHog
    @james406
    Aug 15, 2025
    you have got to be kidding me
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    james hawkins
    PostHog
    @james406
    Aug 13, 2025
    mr. beast says he plans to make 30 people use microsoft teams for 1 whole calendar year, with the last person standing taking home $1 million
    2.7M
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    james hawkins
    PostHog
    @james406
    May 2, 2025
    "yeah let me run it by my legal team real quick" my legal team:
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    james hawkins
    PostHog
    @james406
    Oct 2, 2024
    amazon's hybrid work policy, explained:
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    james hawkins
    PostHog
    @james406
    Oct 28, 2024
    PARENTS: please check your kid's candy this halloween - i just found a 12-month enterprise salesforce contract for 15 seats with auto-renewal and a $50,000 early breakup fee inside this snickers bar
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    james hawkins
    PostHog
    @james406
    Oct 27, 2025
    you say you're "dedicated" to your startup are you dedicated enough to spend 15 years training a shark to chew the undersea data cable of your biggest competitor? or are you an armchair founder?
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    james hawkins
    PostHog
    @james406
    Oct 27, 2025
    PARENTS: please check your kid's candy this halloween - i just found an 18-month enterprise salesforce contract with AI features and a $100k early breakup fee inside this snickers bar
    444K
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    james hawkins
    PostHog
    @james406
    Oct 14, 2025
    "yeah let me ask my doctor real quick"
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    james hawkins
    PostHog
    @james406
    Oct 18, 2024
    you know the drill!
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    james hawkins
    PostHog
    @james406
    Jun 19, 2024
    he died doing what he loved: shifting paradigms across scalable B2B SaaS and picking low-hanging fruit with seamless integration for key stakeholders
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    james hawkins
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    @james406
    Mar 5, 2025
    1. company raises $1mm in funding 2. coincidentally, other company raises $1mm in funding 3. they each sign $1mm contracts with each other 4. both are now at $1mm arr 5. both raise $10mm at $100mm 6. repeat the process from step 3 until your revenue is $10 trillion 7. acquire
    902K

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