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Founder (, , , ). Angel investor (Rappi, SpaceX). Follow me for terrible advice (all opinions mine).

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@JohnSungKim
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My Ukrainian engineers are fucking bad asses. Putin has no idea what he signed up his country for.
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@JohnSungKim
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After 22 years as a registered #Democrat , I’m leaving the party. I don’t know where I’m going, but like any abusive relationship I’m better off on the streets than in a home that tells me I’m either a “victim” or “doing too well,” and constantly threatens me w/ professional ruin.
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@JohnSungKim
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3 years
San Francisco politicians want to make it clear - You can steal $949 worth of goods and nobody should stop you. But you need documentation for a double-double with fries.
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@JohnSungKim
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I don’t think my kids should have to work 3x as hard to get into the same school. That doesn’t make me a supporter of white supremacy, @jemelehill
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Jemele Hill
11 months
Can’t wait until she reads that you gladly carried the water for white supremacy and stabbed the folks in the back whose people fought diligently for Asian American rights in America.
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@JohnSungKim
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4 years
Software developers - how many 50 year old devs do you work with? Tech is a young person’s game - you should start investing $100 - $500 per month into equities or index funds starting from your very first paycheck. It’s not too late! Follow @jetbridge for more career advice.
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@JohnSungKim
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3 years
I was just called a racist on Clubhouse for saying that radical socialism caused me to flee San Francisco. Oh, the irony.
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@JohnSungKim
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8 months
I’m in an inter-racial marriage and I can attest - San Francisco is the most racist city we’ve lived in. There’s an obsession with “skin color socio-politics.” Ukrainian woman + Asian tech bro. The comments from progressive acquaintances was non stop. Why is that?
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I'm half of an interracial marriage (white/black). We have lived all over the entire country, including the rural South. BY FAR the most racist place we ever lived was an uber-rich, all Democrat, all white, exclusive community in the hills overlooking California's Silicon
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@JohnSungKim
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3 years
I started @Five9 in my apartment in SF many years ago with the idea of liberating call center agents (like me) from centralized boiler rooms. As a longtime fan and user of @Zoom , I’m proud to say that this is the final chapter for my first startup.
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@JohnSungKim
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4 years
Young founder, never ever step off the board of your own company. Doesn’t matter what your VCs or the new CEO tells you. Never. Ever.
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@JohnSungKim
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4 years
Are you a software developer? If you’re young (under age 28) don’t focus on the job that pays the most money - it’s a time trap - focus on surrounding yourself with the smartest programmers you can work with. The ROI ($$$$) over the next 10-15 years will be 2x - 3x more.
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@JohnSungKim
john sung kim
3 years
Proud Boys are Not showing up to your school board meetings. They’re called “parents.”
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Ali Collins 高勵思 is on Spill
3 years
@natogreen And this is happening with school boards across the country. I spoke to folks in OC (suing the state BTW to resist mask mandates.) Proud Boys are showing up at school board meetings along with unmasked kids holding anti-mask signs reading “I can’t breathe.” And this is just CA.
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3 years
This is the story of how I created @Five9 with 6 credit cards and a simple desire. And how anyone with belief in themselves can do it too. Congrats to Eric Yuan and @Zoom on the acquisition. America is still a pretty great place for immigrants. 🇺🇸
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@JohnSungKim
john sung kim
3 years
To @chamath and the @theallinpod team - When I heard Chamath say to go tell my doctor to go “f**k herself” if she denies me a cardiac calcium test (which she denied) I spent $99 to get it done myself. The results weren’t good. Wife is making appointment with Cardiologist. 🙏
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@JohnSungKim
john sung kim
3 years
Farewell, San Francisco. I arrived in 1999 with $5,000 and a handful of credit cards, and with that all of my dreams came true. Thank you for 20 years of adventures and friendships.
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3 years
Went to a friend’s party in SF last night & spoke to 2 major real estate developers here. After hearing “Aaron Peskin’s wife doesn’t like tall buildings” and other sentences you would hear in the Soviet Union to get a building permit, I have a theory how corruption works here:
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john sung kim
3 years
The craziest thing is the SF leaders instituted a 0.5% transaction tax on companies. Which basically means any Fintech company will be taxed out of existence in San Francisco. So guess what? They all left. Stripe, the most valuable private startup in the World - gone.
@MattHaneySF
Matt Haney
3 years
San Francisco has long been a home to startups and innovation. In digital music, biotech, social media, ed tech, software--countless innovative startups have got off the ground here, drawn from and added to the technology ecosystem and talent here, grown and thrived.
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@JohnSungKim
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In 🇺🇸 you can say “There’s too many Asians in top schools” Or make a major movie where Asian men only play kung fu clowns Or be a journalist who says nothing while they’re getting attacked in subways. Nobody is going to cancel you. Why is that?
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@JohnSungKim
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4 years
The “Yes on Prop 16” ads (law limiting number of Asians in top California schools) claims - “The opponents of Prop 16 are radical right wing organizations (Neo Nazis).” So Asian Americans are Nazis now according to Progressives. This is a real screenshot from their ad 👇
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@JohnSungKim
john sung kim
3 years
Antoine Watson who is seen senselessly killing this senior in San Francisco is a repeat offender who was repeatedly let loose onto the streets (presumably with a gift card). @chesaboudin will blame Trump, poverty, and racism. And you, should you dare state the Emporer is naked.
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@JohnSungKim
john sung kim
3 years
The politicians thru their networks siphon some of these fees into favors, leverage and money for themselves. Then they blame “NIMBYS” (citizens) for why there’s not enough housing. Everyone enriches themselves at the expense of voters. It’s an almost perfect grift cycle.
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@JohnSungKim
john sung kim
2 years
In San Francisco if you say you feel unsafe, you’re a racist. If you don’t give up your bag, you’re a fool. And if you get caught robbing someone, you’re the victim (of poverty). It’s a Bizarro world they’ve created.
@AsianDawn4
Asian Dawn
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Thugs with guns attack an Asian photographer in San Francisco but he still won’t give up his gear. Very dangerous situation. It’s lawless with no end in sight.
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@JohnSungKim
john sung kim
3 years
As if things couldn’t get any worse the San Francisco community college is now on the brink of fiscal collapse. And not long after SF raised an $850,000,000 bond for the college. Where did all that money go?
@JennyChachan
Jenny, Girl from 4th 🌍, 鄰白廢物 🧠 🪱
3 years
This is a California development. Under every overpass, there shall be a dumpster, tents, and toilets. This is next to Rainbow grocery in San Francisco.
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@JohnSungKim
john sung kim
3 years
This is what I see when I hear California politicians talking about how they’re fighting Republicans and White Supremacy. #Recall
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3 years
Caption this…
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@JohnSungKim
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3 years
If we’re not bound to SF by work, who wants to live in a place where you’re deemed “cancellable” because you don’t agree with someone’s politics? Or because you’re not nice enough to someone having a bad hair day? Living on eggshells is no way to live.
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My niece just got 1560 on her SAT. 4.0, Varsity swimmer, beautiful inside and out. Excited, I told her dad “Apply to every Ivy!” My brother Stan laughed. “Bro, she’s an Asian named Kim. No chance.”
@SteveMillerOC
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I am personally aware of one student who has a high GPA, took Calculus BC as a freshman and higher level college math courses, and was rejected from every Univ of California engineering school this year incl UCD. I know another National Merit Finalist rejected from every UC.
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4 years
The biggest mistake I’ve ever made as an entrepreneur was to let others convince me I had taken my company “far enough,” and should bring in a professional CEO. I didn’t believe in myself as first-time founders have huge self-doubts. Lesson: You’ve done 0 to 1. You can do 10.
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john sung kim
3 years
The SF politicians make it very difficult to build anything, forcing developers to jump thru byzantine hoops, lobbyists, etc. This drives up property prices because it creates scarcity. But scarcity is also what’s helped developers become very wealthy, so they put up with it.
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The “Restorative Justice” experiment that #SanFrancisco is so smugly proud of is an utter failure. This guy gets caught 14 times for grand theft auto and gets to roam free? Literally the video game GTA has the exact same penalty-free theft.
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SFPD Tenderloin
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Update: This same suspect continues to steal vehicles. Tonight he is back in custody for his 14th MV theft arrest after our Officers spotted him riding a motorcycle on McAllister & Leavenworth. The motorcycle had a stolen license plate and all the VIN numbers had been removed.
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@JohnSungKim
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4 years
Founder Tip: If a VC asks you a question and somewhere in the answer there involves a number or a date - first answer with the number or date, then go into your history lesson or pitch. It's a test (and one most first-time founders fail).
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I worked 6.5 days /week for 19 yrs, sacrificed any social life for 2 decades, created hundreds of jobs in the SF Bay Area, created 2 apps used by millions and now #Time tells me I “stole” my wealth. Funny how the people I “stole” from were on holidays when I was working.
@EricaJSandberg
Erica Sandberg 舊金山的神奇女俠
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the reaction to this story is troubling. it’s based on a glaring falsehood: that money is finite. it’s not. when your neighbor gets a raise, your income doesn’t decline. it doesn’t change your purchasing power nor the value of your savings.
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john sung kim
4 years
Progressives are always using the word “disingenuous “ to describe anyone that doesn’t agree with their radical beliefs, yet they employ the same tricks and schemes as the radical right. We have too much extremism on both sides - we need moderates on both sides to come together
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john sung kim
3 years
Making my kids work twice as hard to get into the same school is also a form of Asian discrimination. Not all racism involves violence.
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@Jason @chesaboudin @LondonBreed I started 2 companies in SF (1 public 1 private) which created numerous millionaires thru stock option plans, and paid millions in taxes. For that I was called a “labor exploiter” and even a “Proud Boy” by @MattHaneySF for creating a voter guide for moderates. Hello, Florida!
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It’s official - I’ve become “Florida Man.” I come with Silicon Valley style jobs and angel checks for startups, without the politics. Let’s go #TampaBay - let’s start grinding out some 🦄 🦄 🦄 🦄 🦄
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Had a white male friend tell me on Facebook today that "Asians are over-represented in universities" and I need to get behind #Prop16 . It's sad that good people have been so brainwashed by Progressives that they think racism towards Asians is ok because we "do too well."
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Before you announce your “social impact” as a founder/investor, may we be reminded of the saying - “Charity starts at home.” Offer full health benefits. Offer a full 401k match. Offer generous paternity leave. Options sans b.s. terms. Take care of your own b4 saving the World
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My wife’s parents grew up in the Soviet Union. Their stories of censorship are eerily familiar to what we see today in the Bay Area and other political monopolies in the USA.
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Thomas Hawk
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My wife posted that she was the victim of an attempted car jacking in Oakland on @Nextdoor and they disabled her account for discrimination.
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#SanFrancisco , we can’t have it both ways: You voted for @chesaboudin as he promised to treat criminals as victims of systemic injustice. You felt supreme. Now you’re crying that your homes are getting broken into and the burglars are set free next day.
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A tale of two cities: SF leaders - Cancel techies who disagree. Tampa leaders - Welcome, techies. How can I help? “It was the best of times. It was the worst of times.” (Charles Dickens)
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My friend Yana Rathman went to San Francisco Supervisor Dean Preston’s office to ask him questions about the state of his neighborhood’s crime and open air drug dens. He will not support @recallchesa and says there’s no problems except for lack of housing.
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@chesaboudin @StLouisCityCA Please @chesaboudin - you’re the DA! Crime is almost double from last year. Our packages are routinely stolen, our garages routinely broken into, our cars routinely smashed, our stores robbed hourly. Please please do your job 🙏
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john sung kim
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#SanFrancisco progressives hate math but here goes - We spent $29 Million for a hotel to house 130 homeless people. $223,076.92 per person. @LondonBreed says it’s “a start.” A start to what? Total bankruptcy?
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#SoftwareDeveloper working on your own idea as a side hustle? Before you start coding, see if you (or a partner) can find someone to invest $10k into the project as pre-seed. If you guys can’t find anyone - find a new idea. Or a new partner. Success requires more than code.
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john sung kim
3 years
I don’t live in SF anymore but I just have to ask - how can each plastic porta-potty bathroom cost $300,000 a year to operate? Because according to Google you can rent one for $200/month.
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Mallory Moench
3 years
Latest: Supervisor Matt Haney plans to spend $3 million a year to add 5 public bathrooms and make 5 sites 24/7. The Mayor expanded sites in the past, but didn't fund any temporary pandemic toilets and would end overnight hours at 3 in her budget.
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Came back to SF for a few days to catch up with customers. Incredible how dead the entire city is. Where is everybody?
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I met my wife in Kyiv, Ukraine. Grammarly is made in Ukraine. Ring is made in Ukraine. Gitlab is made in Ukraine. You won’t see bar fights or cancel culture in Ukraine. They welcome Westerners, Easterners and Russians alike w/ open arms. Please @POTUS , defend this democracy.
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@SanFranDamn @kimKBaltimore God I wish we had her here in SF. More like @kimKBaltimore spread around the country please! 🙏🇺🇸
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john sung kim
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Friend of mine had a food prep robot startup in SF and went to @Jason for advice. J told him to sell directly to ghost kitchens and forget other strategies. It worked and he’s cashflow positive now. Friend offered Jason equity for his help, which J turned down. Class act 👏🏻
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It’s official. I’m the #founder of a decacorn (10x🦄). At a time when merit is under attack as “racist,” I want you to know I came to #SanFrancisco w/ 6 credit cards and a laptop. If I had listened to progressives this co wouldn’t exist, nor 1,000 high paying jobs it created
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@Jason Lived in SF now for 24 years, started two companies here. The problem is that the 4% of the city’s “radical progressives” have taken over city hall - running SF into the ground with the competence and righteousness of 16 yr olds. Im not going anywhere, I don’t run from bullies.
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john sung kim
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Live in #SanFrancisco ? We created a very simple voter guide for moderates and sensible people. BecauseWe❤️SF
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john sung kim
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It sounds crazy but if you’re an illegal alien in #SanFrancisco , you can deal fentanyl, get caught, get released without penalty, shoot a mother (on video), get released and be back dealing fentanyl. No penalty. But if you park your car in a red zone, you will be fined $1,100.
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john sung kim
3 years
Growing up in #California I was warned about the dangers of “Florida rednecks.” My wife and I have spent the last 3 weeks traveling around #Florida and can’t imagine a more open, friendly, thoughtful people. If this is “redneck,” sign us up! I’ll proudly wear that label. 🇺🇸
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When I first arrived to San Francisco 23 years ago, people were up in arms about legalizing gay marriage and marijuana. It felt like my people, and I was proud to call it home. And I believe the old guard will take the city back one day to where I long to return. #ImOldLeft
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john sung kim
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@bianchini_55 I was supposed to say, apparently, that WFH allows me to save money, hence me leaving. Someone in the CH room actually said, “we’re saying very dangerous words now...” Communist Playbook: whoever isn’t nice to you or disagrees - state ur party status and yell “Punish them!”
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john sung kim
4 years
10 Things Your Do After You Sell Your StartUp (if you’re a total idiot like me). Te invito a seguirme. #StartupStories
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john sung kim
4 years
What’s really fueling #SanFrancisco ’s $1B+ Homeless Industry? I interviewed @MyTwolffamily (formerly homeless for 6 months in Tenderloin) for perspective. Some shocking truths about what’s going on. YouTube didn’t make it easy to publish. Please share🙏
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john sung kim
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@kwansfull @Jason @nytimes @a16z @TaylorLorenz @pmarca @joinClubhouse Rich. It’s the dirtiest word to Marxists. That and math.
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john sung kim
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He supported a California proposition to decriminalize theft under $900. Now this SF politician is “taking action” by writing a letter asking @chesaboudin why retail crime is so high. SF used to be filled with super smart people. Feels like a long time ago.
@Ahsha_Safai
Ahsha Safai 安世輝
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Today, I submitted a letter of inquiry to @SFPD @SFDAOffice re: organized retail theft to request more data and understand what measures they are taking to deter and eliminate organized retail theft/shoplifting
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@chesaboudin You’re the DA! The DA, not a social justice warrior campaigning on behalf of career criminals. My God!
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john sung kim
3 years
He’s “heartbroken” but he released the attacker for another crime just two weeks ago.
@chesaboudin
Chesa Boudin
3 years
Heartbroken tonight for two elderly AAPI victims of a stabbing on Market. We're awaiting more info & praying for the victims as they undergo medical treatment. Grateful to @cyc_sf for quickly responding & supporting the families. We will not tolerate brutal attacks like this.
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john sung kim
4 years
For perspective, for the money #SanFrancisco spends on homeless, we can send all 16k high school students in the city to Stanford or Harvard. Tuition free, paid for by the City. Just, imagine.
@Twolfrecovery
T Wolf 🌁
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#SanFrancisco now has over $800,000,000 (Eight Hundred Million) to spend on reducing homelessness and addressing the drug and mental health crisis in the city. No more excuses. We must see real, measurable results and soon. @LondonBreed @MattHaneySF @sfbos @SF_DPH
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john sung kim
3 years
Gavin says he’s “following the science.” Political science.
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@SabioScientist @jemelehill It’s racist to assume that anyone that doesn’t want race to be a factor in admissions is a racist.
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john sung kim
3 years
Meanwhile back in #SanFrancisco neighbors are vilifying each other for wrong gender pronouns, cancelling Asian majority schools and cowering in fear of criminals who pillage without consequence. Florida makes me feel free, welcome and like a f*cking American. 🇺🇸 🐊 🙌🏻
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john sung kim
3 years
This is the second startup in a row we’ve taken to profitability without VC financing. Founders - it can be done. It’s not that hard. 👇 @jetbridge is moving into our néw offices today in downtown Tampa - paid for with profits, not equity nor dilutive rights.
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john sung kim
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Let me predict that when @sfbos runs their own bike share program: 1) Cost will go up 3.5x with no explanation. 💴 2) You will not want to touch the bike handles, trust me. 💩 3) The bike lock mechanism won’t work. 🔐 4) Most bikes will go missing. 🚴 5) Bike costs $13k
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john sung kim
4 years
The secret to #AsianAmerican success at scale is simple. Teach: 1) Have high expectations 2) No excuses What are Progressives teaching their children?
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john sung kim
3 years
A “regular looking male” in SF stabs two Asian seniors (one 85 years old) and calmly walks away. Welcome to the most anti-racist city in America. Where it’s all about race.
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john sung kim
3 years
The deeper truth is that San Franciscan voters value virtue signaling over: safety, schools, economics and the future. The feckless local politicians are just a reflection of that.
@arrington
Michael Arrington 🏴‍☠️
3 years
One thing San Francisco has proven is that even with unlimited public funds, socialist authoritarian policies still result in utter failure and misery. It’s stunning, really. How did they screw that up so badly?
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john sung kim
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Most young software developers (and marketers, sales reps, etc) look for the best job instead of looking for the best mentor. Bad managers can put you on a course for mediocrity that’s hard to escape. Great managers become mentors who point your career towards the Moon.
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john sung kim
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@AlfredoAndere Let me interpret for Alfredo - “This is my first startup and I’m about to learn some very valuable lessons in managing an engineering team.”
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john sung kim
3 years
According to Google my score indicates a “moderate risk of heart attack in the next 3 - 5 years.” I’m floored.
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john sung kim
2 years
Increasingly I feel like it’s not the politicians who are the root problem in San Francisco - it’s the voters. You want radical change, but you just can’t help but vote for feckless template progressives because you don’t want to be called a racist. Or worse - a Republican 😱.
@LondonBreed
London Breed
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Our TL Emergency Intervention Plan is clearly needed in the neighborhood. This is not a question of services or police. We must do both. We're making big investments in housing, treatment, & outreach. But we need police to address violent crime, drug dealing, & illegal activity.
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john sung kim
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My mother used to tell me “Don’t worry what they say or do to you, just work the hardest and you’ll be fine.” As an average, we’ve done well as immigrants with that classic Asian mentality, but I’ll be teaching my kids to punch bullies in the face. Or, sweep the leg!
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john sung kim
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#SanFrancisco - this is the socialist utopia brought to you by @SpeakerPelosi @KamalaHarris and @GavinNewsom . Thank you for your leadership. Now, how do we spread this vision to the rest of the #USA ? 🐑 ⛺️ 🐑 💉
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john sung kim
3 years
He served our country abroad and now serves San Francisco as a firefighter. He ran a valiant campaign for @sfbos but was largely discounted because he was a Republican. I was a registered Dem but was proud to volunteer for his campaign. Stephen is a good man and loves SF.
@StephenMPinto
Stephen Martin-Pinto for District 7 Supervisor SF
3 years
A thread about crime from the perspective of a business owner I just talked to... I just walked by Canyon Market on Chenery and Diamond. Saw a commotion going out into the street. A lady, presumably homeless, was being chased out of the market and being yelled at by staff...
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john sung kim
3 years
$8,000,000,000+ the California EDD lost to fraud. 4x more than they originally reported. They will blame Covid+Trump+ClimateChange - but at some point our very well-paid government leaders need to take some accountability.
@abc7newsbayarea
ABC7 News
3 years
California unemployment fraud 4 times worse than first reported; $8 billion paid to criminals
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john sung kim
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Real Talk - If you keep taxing corporations and business owners to raise even more money for homeless addicts (all while not enforcing laws on drug dealing gangs) you’re creating a narco-state financed by Us. We business owners will leave you.
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john sung kim
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#SanFrancisco is playing a dangerous social experiment - 👐🏻 Forgive all criminal behavior (including sexual assault, drug dealing and attempted murder). @chesaboudin - we have access to city records, we see how many felonies are resolved thru “other actions.”
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john sung kim
4 years
Are you a non-technical founder? Often we think our technical founder is a “genius” because they code. Almost always, they’re not. Hire a second engineer (ideally with a different personality) as soon as $/funding allows. Work closely with both and let the learnings and fun ensue
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john sung kim
4 years
Common Founder Mistake: First fulltime sales hire is the VP of Sales. Don't. Instead, hire two SDRs on the verge of becoming AEs. Then make them compete with each other (but make sure both feel the rules are fair). 5x your chances to reach your next revenue milestone. #SaaSChats
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john sung kim
3 years
Denial is more than a river in Egypt. It’s how Progressives in SF obfuscate the reality we all see, hear and smell. But if you say the Emperor is naked, they call you a racist to scare you into silence. BTW - human feces all over sidewalks is Not normal.
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Laurie Voss
3 years
@JohnSungKim I have lived in SF for 14 years and there has always been poop on the streets and as for boarded up shops, I dunno if you heard but there was a pandemic and it was not kind to retail foot traffic especially in tourist heavy areas like union square.
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john sung kim
4 years
@marjori34715754 The Worlds most overpriced city where virtue signaling citizens vote for the most corrupt politicians with the craziest social engineering ideas that result in a public toxic waste site filled with fentanyl, rampant criminals, and frightened citizens paralyzed by their own virtue
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@JohnSungKim
john sung kim
3 years
San Francisco’s political partners make a fortune on services for drug addicts, even evicting senior citizens to convert their units to “For Homeless.” @sfbos doesn’t want to cure homelessness, it’s way too profitable. But at least the seniors are suing.
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bluoz
3 years
Thompson v Episcopal Community Services, wrongful eviction, 1000 Sutter, Granada Hotel. Mass lawsuit from the existing elderly inherited tenants. Shame on you @AaronPeskin , you lied to them, and now they are suing. Filed October 16, 2021 @SusanDReynolds
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john sung kim
4 years
Thank you for sharing my voter guide @MattHaneySF ! It’s been very popular and hope to continue with the input of my fellow SF citizens as we take back our beloved city.
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Matt Haney
4 years
This person actually created an "Anti Matt Haney" voter guide with all the opposite positions of mine. It's for "sensible people" who don't support funding for teachers and schools, want to maintain felony disenfranchisement, hate oversight over the Sheriff or DPW. Here it is.
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john sung kim
3 years
Honest question - we in #California were told those “rednecks” in #Florida were killing people by staying open. So why does CA have much higher per capita cases of Covid?
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john sung kim
4 years
Under communism, the politicians and their friends live increasingly better and more enriching lives, as the rest of us increasingly suffer. People from former communist countries know this, American graduates of liberal arts schools do not, yet.
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The Spectator World
4 years
"The need to be hyperaware of the ‘zombies’ while pirouetting to avoid discarded syringes and human excrement left my daughter depressed and terrified for days. She refuses to go to the ballet at the War Zone Opera House ever again." By @KatyaSedgwick
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john sung kim
3 years
There’s a lot of people who have accomplished very little who think very highly of themselves. And a lot of people who have done great things that continue to feel imposter syndrome. This is the absurdity of the human condition.
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john sung kim
3 years
Madness or marketing? SF’s @DOPEproject blames fentanyl overdose deaths on lack of housing (and racism, so they can’t be critiqued), while handing out “How To Smoke Fentanyl” leaflets and Narcon kits. Anyone know how much money this local org gets from taxpayers each year?
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@EricaJSandberg
Erica Sandberg 舊金山的神奇女俠
3 years
"How to Smoke Fentanyl" guides and gear being distributed in San Francisco. 700 fatal ODs in 2020, most due to this drug. Hard to argue that the city isn't actively trying to keep people down and addicted, if not kill them. @DOPEproject @SF_DPH
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john sung kim
3 years
Now that those pesky Asians and their work ethic is policied out (no SATs), many more ppl are applying to what was once an elite school for those that were willing to bust their ass in high school. The anti-Asian wave in CA is alarming, and adds 0 value.
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john sung kim
4 years
Our mayor @LondonBreed wants to be the “first in the nation to bring safe injection sites” to drug addicts in #SanFrancisco . Mayor, this is not humanitarianism, this is enablement of already ill people for political gain. We look to you for leadership. Please stop this madness
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john sung kim
3 years
@AndriaKPIX You’re cropping out the part where on Dolores street a mentally unwell person often screams within inches of random passerbys- and nobody can do anything about it.
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john sung kim
4 years
@SohrabAhmari I interviewed a former homeless addict about San Francisco’s $1 billion homeless industrial complex. It keeps getting taken down from twitter and it took 4 tried at editing the title to get YouTube to keep it hosted. This is NOT inflammatory or lies:
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john sung kim
3 years
@SveneLim Agreed. These folks yell “racist!” because they feel we will cower in fear and: agree, invest, subscribe, hire, befriend, kiss ass, etc. The more we refuse to cower, the less power they have.
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john sung kim
3 years
@DavidSacks I lived in SF for 21 years. After the third hot prowl burglary at our house in Noe Valley we threw in the towel and moved our company out. On Dolores Street it was common to see cars rolling at 3 mph peering into windows. Scrolling Ring app looked like a burglary contest.
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john sung kim
4 years
Last year fate gave me a wife and a dog (in that order). They’ve been a Godsend for my health and a constant source of joy. And now I’m only 50% blunt asshole. Maybe add a cat...
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john sung kim
3 years
My grandpa said, “John, it can always get worse.” Now #SanFrancisco is trying to ban security cameras in a lawless land because only the government can have security cameras. And @sfbos don’t like evidence in the public hands. * BTW @SFPD are asking for more cameras.
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Aaron Peskin
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Security cameras increasingly blanket public space throughout our neighborhoods through an archipelago of quasi-private Community Benefit Districts. Today the @sfbos unanimously passed legislation to implement safeguards against their potential abuse. @EFF @ACLU_NorCal
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