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don_neufeld

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About don_neufeld

CEO vpecoach.com

Previously VPE Classpass, VPE Chartboost, CTO Medium Former MMO developer and founder

Recent public activity

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    Comment #47855838

    If Twitter was when Musk jumped the shark this is definitely him sticking the landing.

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    Comment #47373009

    It’s actually a real problem because of how we fund schools - with local tax dollars. I’ve seen someone try to claim their ownership of an empty lot as the basis for getting their …

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    Comment #47298826

    Or they believe the long term value of two customers is bigger than one. It can be about more than the single sale.

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    Comment #47298360

    Yup, and it looks like it will be a tough negotiation: https://www.macrumors.com/2026/02/26/apple-agrees-100-price-...

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    Comment #47143732

    Same, just excellent software that I use 100+ times per day. Quality matters in what you use constantly.

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    Comment #47057232

    You’ve heard of a bridge to nowhere? I suspect this is a pivot to nowhere.

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    Comment #47056928

    One of my all time favorite series - add my upvote to the pile!

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    Comment #47053863

    Yeah, my response is to say some version of “you’re bringing anecdote knives to a statistics gunfight”

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    Comment #46863175

    By his original timeline we should have landed on Mars… 4 years ago. https://www.planetary.org/articles/20170929-spacex-updated-c...

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    Comment #46845771

    Agreed, the numbers were shockingly low.

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    Comment #46608458

    Yes, people cry. I’ve had many friends cry while talking to me about hard things they are or have experienced - both men and women.

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    Comment #46583341

    I wonder if any libertarians have considered reading about the history of banking? The Federal Reserve was not created “just because”. The US banking system was wildly unstable whe…

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    Comment #46582567

    Economists: The interest rate on US Treasuries is often used as a benchmark for the “risk free rate” Trump: Hold my beer.

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    Comment #46249593

    I would say that in the years I was a founder I definitely aged faster than that ;)

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    Comment #45880124

    I believe the Founders series was 250K deposit. https://teslamotorsclub.com/tmc/threads/202x-roadster-delay-...

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    Comment #45877682

    It’s funny how different countries handle this differently. Growing up in the middle of Canada, I heard about schools closing due to weather, but ours only closed if it was below -…

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    Comment #45870762

    Rivian is definitely up and coming. The increase of them around my neighborhood has been very noticeable over the past 12 months.

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    Comment #45870721

    The execution on the roadster baffles me. IIRC the deposit was 250K, and I know people who signed up on the first day. Can you imagine a more dedicated fan? How do you not deliver …

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    Comment #45870286

    Not sure if it’s evident in broader statistics yet, but I think that because Tesla got the early adopter market (tech savvy people), they are now losing that same market first. I h…

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    Comment #45862209

    “Does Chicago have more global business interests than Rome?” Given that the GDP of the Chicago area is ~5x the GDP of Rome , I suspect the answer is YES! Chicago: ~900B USD https:…

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    Comment #45861358

    Chicago has over 50 millions tourists per year and rising. https://cdn.choosechicago.com/uploads/2025/07/Chicago-Touris... https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-sees-record-breaking…

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    Comment #45861304

    This is just factually false. https://www.nilc.org/resources/overview-immeligfedprograms/

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    Comment #45861190

    I was referring to the same people. The reason I said that is that employing someone who’s undocumented exposes the employer to enforcement risk, so many choose to keep the relatio…

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    Comment #45861089

    What’s your source? “The Biden administration has also carried out the most administrative returns in at least 15 years—more than 505,000 from FY 2021 through February 2024. For co…

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    Comment #45861014

    Which lawsuit are you referring to?