Someone on the twitters ask me where they could find a list of top SLJ tweets. As far as I know, there’s not a service that does this. A few hours of coding later (not including rate limiting :/), here you go.
This is an approximate list of the top 100 SLJ tweets by engagement going back to 2011, weighted by date (to approximate follower count). Since the API doesn’t allow you to do very much, and I suspect the web search (which you have to scrape for tweets beyond the last 3,000) purposefully returns incomplete results, we’ll all have to live with the idea that the best stuff is still out there.
Enjoy…
Blessed is he who, in the name of profit, shepherds the user through the funnel, for he is truly his user’s keeper.
— Startup L. Jackson (@StartupLJackson)August 13, 2011
And you will know I am going to IPO when I lay my financials upon you.
— Startup L. Jackson (@StartupLJackson)August 13, 2011
I suspect that most people suggesting college is overrated were still virgins when they graduated.
— Startup L. Jackson (@StartupLJackson)August 26, 2011
I love the smell of funnel optimization in the morning.
— Startup L. Jackson (@StartupLJackson)October 12, 2011
Surreal artists ship. pic.twitter.com/yrqGwmbs
— Startup L. Jackson (@StartupLJackson)January 25, 2012
You refer to the prophecy of The One, who will bring 100x returns to the fund. You believe it’s this boy?
— Startup L. Jackson (@StartupLJackson)February 17, 2012
Loser: If it ain’t broke don’t fix it. Winner: This is a medeocre piece of shit. Let’s make something awesome. Be a fucking winner.
— Startup L. Jackson (@StartupLJackson)February 29, 2012
Fact: pumping Jay-Z into your startup an hour a day will increase hustle 20%. #cantknockthehustle
— Startup L. Jackson (@StartupLJackson)March 2, 2012
America is broken when I need to be accredited to invest in startups and some guy living in poverty can gamble his kid’s edu $$ on lotto.
— Startup L. Jackson (@StartupLJackson)March 31, 2012
A good founder plays where the Zuck is. A great founder plays where the Zuck is going to be.
— Startup L. Jackson (@StartupLJackson)April 13, 2012
Demand! Design, delusion, demo. Dinero, dilution. Develop, Demo. Denial, double down. Deactivate, dénouement. Do over. #startupcycle
— Startup L. Jackson (@StartupLJackson)April 24, 2012
Ask not what my platform can do for you, but what your app can do for my platform.
— Startup L. Jackson (@StartupLJackson)April 25, 2012
And even after all my logic and my theory, I add a ‘motherfucker’ so you ignant startups hear me.
— Startup L. Jackson (@StartupLJackson)June 22, 2012
Every startup needs a belligerent asshole asking “why the fuck aren’t we shipping this thing today?”
— Startup L. Jackson (@StartupLJackson)June 24, 2012
Ask not for what users can do for your business model, but what your business model can do for users.
— Startup L. Jackson (@StartupLJackson)June 25, 2012
Don’t be telling me about social media. I’m the social media fucking master.
— Startup L. Jackson (@StartupLJackson)June 26, 2012
The most formidable enterprise I ever saw was a startup in San Francisco.
— Startup L. Jackson (@StartupLJackson)June 26, 2012
Loser: If it ain’t broke don’t fix it. Winner: This is a medeocre piece of shit. Let’s make something awesome. Be a fucking winner.
— Startup L. Jackson (@StartupLJackson)August 27, 2012
Dear sport-jacket-over-company-t-shirt guy, there are exactly zero events for which you are appropriately dressed. Pick a fucking side.
— Startup L. Jackson (@StartupLJackson)September 25, 2012
99 Startups, the new hit single. http://t.co/ZLr4HFq8
— Startup L. Jackson (@StartupLJackson)October 11, 2012
Be the synergy you wish to leverage in the world.
— Startup L. Jackson (@StartupLJackson)November 15, 2012
Startup evolution: no office -> shared office -> tiny office -> office with a ping pong table -> not allowed to play ping pong -> enterprise
— Startup L. Jackson (@StartupLJackson)December 11, 2012
Step 1: Quit job. 2: Update LinkedIn title to entrepreneur. 3: Network until cash runs out. 4: Declare yourself a veteran. Seek mgmt role.
— Startup L. Jackson (@StartupLJackson)December 16, 2012
VCs taking credit for a startup success is like the salt taking credit for the chicken tasting good.
— Startup L. Jackson (@StartupLJackson)December 28, 2012
Name your price for a copy signed by Bezos. https://t.co/re9TyRLw
— Startup L. Jackson (@StartupLJackson)December 29, 2012
If you haven’t been hacked by the Chinese you got to ask yourself, does the shit you’re doing really even matter?
— Startup L. Jackson (@StartupLJackson)February 2, 2013
We call them startups because if we called them fuckups Mom would like the concept of us quitting our day jobs even less.
— Startup L. Jackson (@StartupLJackson)February 11, 2013
I will be selling a new cologne called Elon’s Musk. It will make you smell like a fucking badass. #sxsw
— Startup L. Jackson (@StartupLJackson)March 9, 2013
The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world that ideas are property.
— Startup L. Jackson (@StartupLJackson)April 23, 2013
Well behaved startups seldom make history. #leanin
— Startup L. Jackson (@StartupLJackson)April 26, 2013
The economics of building a social network: focus only on growth until the old people move in, then monetize aggressively as it slowly dies.
— Startup L. Jackson (@StartupLJackson)May 2, 2013
A Tesla is not a car. It’s an iPhone you can drive, made for people who fucking hate cars.
— Startup L. Jackson (@StartupLJackson)May 20, 2013
When talking to VCs always remember that flattery is the sincerest form of traction.
— Startup L. Jackson (@StartupLJackson)July 1, 2013
Startups are just religions with riskier business models.
— Startup L. Jackson (@StartupLJackson)August 9, 2013
That awkward moment @TED when @sherylsandberg leaves @ericries hangin on a high five & he realizes that Lean In wasn’t about #leanstartup.
— Startup L. Jackson (@StartupLJackson)September 8, 2013
Stop trying to find 10x engineers and start trying to engineer a 10x team.
— Startup L. Jackson (@StartupLJackson)September 24, 2013
Rap is the soundtrack of the successful entrepreneur. Country is a much better fit the other 90% of the time.
— Startup L. Jackson (@StartupLJackson)September 25, 2013
My tombstone will read: I’m really sorry I never replied to your email. That day was crazy.
— Startup L. Jackson (@StartupLJackson)September 29, 2013
You’ve got 99 developers and a woman ain’t one. No shit you’re having culture problems, I don’t feel bad for you son.
— Startup L. Jackson (@StartupLJackson)October 26, 2013
The Uberfication of everything is turning San Francisco into an assisted living community for the young. #youngisthenewold
— Startup L. Jackson (@StartupLJackson)December 4, 2013
An infinite number of founders, with an infinite supply of ramen and an infinite number of pivots, will eventually disrupt everything.
— Startup L. Jackson (@StartupLJackson)December 12, 2013
Some companies do team retreats. I recommend instead scheduling team attacks. Always be on offense, bitches.
— Startup L. Jackson (@StartupLJackson)January 11, 2014
Be the hustle you wish to see in the world.
— Startup L. Jackson (@StartupLJackson)January 16, 2014
Hipsters who are really serious about software should make their own kombucha.
— Startup L. Jackson (@StartupLJackson)January 19, 2014
Startups, hiring someone who went to Brown doesn’t count as “prioritizing diversity.”
— Startup L. Jackson (@StartupLJackson)January 26, 2014
If a VC asks a hard question just say “Great question, we’ve been debating that. What do you think?” They’ll always be happy w the answer.
— Startup L. Jackson (@StartupLJackson)January 31, 2014
When people say “X is dead” remind them that Elvis made $55M last year.
— Startup L. Jackson (@StartupLJackson)May 17, 2014
Your grandparents didn’t have running water growing up & they beat the Nazis. You’ve got Uber and can’t even get your ass to work on time.
— Startup L. Jackson (@StartupLJackson)May 19, 2014
Startups are like kids, as soon as they mature enough to not keep you up all night, you start telling yourself doing it again could be fun.
— Startup L. Jackson (@StartupLJackson)May 22, 2014
Finished my screenplay about two Google devs who secretly pair program despite a disapproving culture. I call it, Brokeback Mountain View.
— Startup L. Jackson (@StartupLJackson)June 1, 2014
Execution is the only moat.
— Startup L. Jackson (@StartupLJackson)June 2, 2014
You either sell a hero or you stay independent long enough to see yourself become the company doing layoffs.
— Startup L. Jackson (@StartupLJackson)June 18, 2014
Tag clouds are the mullets of Silicon Valley. Everybody had one back in the day, but it’s an unspoken rule that we never talk about it.
— Startup L. Jackson (@StartupLJackson)June 30, 2014
Inexperience is temporary. Stupid is forever. #hiring
— Startup L. Jackson (@StartupLJackson)July 18, 2014
Oh I’m sorry, did I break your concentration? pic.twitter.com/4WgAtTahqm
— Startup L. Jackson (@StartupLJackson)July 26, 2014
Bad lawyers are unbelievably expensive. Good lawyers, by contrast, just charge a high hourly rate.
— Startup L. Jackson (@StartupLJackson)August 2, 2014
The data does not share your opinion.
— Startup L. Jackson (@StartupLJackson)August 4, 2014
It is a little known fact that the plural of unicorn is actually portfolio.
— Startup L. Jackson (@StartupLJackson)August 13, 2014
“If I’d asked my customers what they wanted, they’d have said DON’T CHANGE ANYTHING.” — Henry Ford
— Startup L. Jackson (@StartupLJackson)September 5, 2014
Marketers: Capitalists Designers: Socialists Engineers: Libertarians Really Weird Engineers: Objectivists
— Startup L. Jackson (@StartupLJackson)September 20, 2014
“That’s what I love about these startups, man. I get older, they stay the same stage.” pic.twitter.com/pFONlSrS89
— Startup L. Jackson (@StartupLJackson)September 27, 2014
You can tell a lot about a person by what they name their wifi network.
— Startup L. Jackson (@StartupLJackson)October 6, 2014
Silicon Valley '08: “I never even use my iPhone as a phone anymore.” Silicon Valley '14: “Answering calls from my Mac is *amazing*!”
— Startup L. Jackson (@StartupLJackson)October 21, 2014
Most successful startups are overnight success. That night is usually somewhere between day 1000 and day 3500. https://t.co/hVNKIXn5HD
— Startup L. Jackson (@StartupLJackson)October 25, 2014
VCs want you to pitch something new. Customers want you to pitch something they already buy, but better. Don’t confuse the two.
— Startup L. Jackson (@StartupLJackson)October 29, 2014
Daylight Savings, your semi-annual opportunity to learn who on the dev team thought off-the-shelf date/time libraries were “too complicated”
— Startup L. Jackson (@StartupLJackson)November 2, 2014
The Counterintuitive Thing About Counterintuitive Things. http://t.co/VlPo1soAFw
— Startup L. Jackson (@StartupLJackson)November 9, 2014
#1: Do you guys have an integration for that? #2: No, but we have an API! #1: Did you just tell me to go fuck myself? #2: Pretty much.
— Startup L. Jackson (@StartupLJackson)December 9, 2014
10x better = hard to build, easy to sell. Marginally better = easy to build, hard to sell.
— Startup L. Jackson (@StartupLJackson)December 20, 2014
“Learn to speak Mandarin in our six week course & become a professional interpreter!” This is what your coder school marketing sounds like.
— Startup L. Jackson (@StartupLJackson)January 24, 2015
Startups for programmers: def startup(heart,soul) if(no_demand) die! elsif(cant_execute) die! elsif(unlucky) die! else win!
— Startup L. Jackson (@StartupLJackson)January 30, 2015
Imitation is the sincerest form of market validation.
— Startup L. Jackson (@StartupLJackson)February 3, 2015
“There’s too much money!"—Journalists "There are too many funds!” —VCs “There’s too much competition!"—Startups "So many choices!"—Consumers
— Startup L. Jackson (@StartupLJackson)February 25, 2015
Don’t let anyone tell you reinventing the wheel is a stupid idea. These people would be content pulling a wooden cart behind a horse.
— Startup L. Jackson (@StartupLJackson)April 2, 2015
If you can’t get enough product to sell with four engineers, you either don’t understand the problem or need better engineers.
— Startup L. Jackson (@StartupLJackson)April 6, 2015
Started from a modem now we here.
— Startup L. Jackson (@StartupLJackson)April 7, 2015
My favorite new emoji in iOS 8.3: the Wesley Snipes Demolition Man emoji. 👱🏿👍🏿. pic.twitter.com/46oHYurJuc
— Startup L. Jackson (@StartupLJackson)April 8, 2015
There are rules to startups like there are laws to physics. Learn them, understand them, and when you discover quantum mechanics, fuck 'em.
— Startup L. Jackson (@StartupLJackson)April 14, 2015
In Silicon Valley it doesn’t matter if you’re a college dropout*. *Warning: wisdom may not apply to colleges other than Stanford & Harvard.
— Startup L. Jackson (@StartupLJackson)April 23, 2015
Whenever someone tells me "coding is the new literacy” because “computers are everywhere today” I ask them how fuel injection works.
— Startup L. Jackson (@StartupLJackson)May 1, 2015
Ain’t no party like an API party, 'cause an API party don’t—Rate limit exceeded!
— Startup L. Jackson (@StartupLJackson)May 4, 2015
Teams that don’t ship code weekly ship code weakly.
— Startup L. Jackson (@StartupLJackson)May 13, 2015
If you can’t find a rap quote to support your idea, is it even worth blogging?
— Startup L. Jackson (@StartupLJackson)May 26, 2015
Friends don’t let friends start companies to address infrequent use cases.
— Startup L. Jackson (@StartupLJackson)May 27, 2015
I’m often tempted to liken Silicon Valley to Logan’s Run, but fear nobody here is old enough to get the comparison.
— Startup L. Jackson (@StartupLJackson)May 29, 2015
We should just start making fake kickstarters for amazing thing that should exist and then wait for China to send them to us for $15.
— Startup L. Jackson (@StartupLJackson)June 9, 2015
You can’t sell privacy, but fear sells like fucking hot cakes.
— Startup L. Jackson (@StartupLJackson)June 12, 2015
Committed founders burn the boats. Smart founders sell the boats and invest the capital in their pivot to land operations.
— Startup L. Jackson (@StartupLJackson)June 13, 2015
Ads are the only type of micropayment that has ever worked.
— Startup L. Jackson (@StartupLJackson)June 14, 2015
Done is better, then perfect.
— Startup L. Jackson (@StartupLJackson)June 23, 2015
I have this theory that people who feel compelled to constantly RT praise for themselves & their companies weren’t held enough as children.
— Startup L. Jackson (@StartupLJackson)June 23, 2015
“Literally everyone I know has this problem!” — Founders building platforms for founders because everybody they know is a founder.
— Startup L. Jackson (@StartupLJackson)June 26, 2015
How about a Mario game where the Princess saves a couple of helpless plumbers?
— Startup L. Jackson (@StartupLJackson)June 30, 2015
I would back the shit out of a kickstarter for an AI bot that argues with people on Twitter using just statements from their past tweets.
— Startup L. Jackson (@StartupLJackson)July 1, 2015
The irony is that if you want your money to go directly to a musician your best bet is to tip baristas well. pic.twitter.com/VJSFtbmnI8
— Startup L. Jackson (@StartupLJackson)July 9, 2015
Maslow’s Unicorn. pic.twitter.com/hweY74Wkxh
— Startup L. Jackson (@StartupLJackson)July 23, 2015
Startup math: positive unit economics + fast growth = short-term negative cash flow + long-term profits
— Startup L. Jackson (@StartupLJackson)August 5, 2015
The percentage of t-shirts in my closet from now-defunct startups is asymptotically approaching 100.
— Startup L. Jackson (@StartupLJackson)August 8, 2015
To anger ½ of SF, suggest that a private co might do something better than government. To anger the other ½, suggest it be regulated.
— Startup L. Jackson (@StartupLJackson)August 27, 2015
Always read the release notes. pic.twitter.com/yp3UdFDHNF
— Startup L. Jackson (@StartupLJackson)August 28, 2015
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