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George Fraser
@frasergeorgew
I mostly tweet about software, data, and the difficulty of changing our opinions based on what the data tell us.
Oakland, CA
fivetran.com
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    George Fraser
    @frasergeorgew
    Jul 26, 2024
    10 years ago David Sacks participated in one of the ugliest founder-coups ever, replacing Parker Conrad as CEO of Zenefits. I was close to the Zenefits team at the time, so I’m not a neutral observer, but I can describe how events were perceived at the time.
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    George Fraser
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    Jul 26, 2024
    Replying to @frasergeorgew
    Lastly, I cannot overstate this significance of this from PG. He knows more dark startup stories than any person living. I just don’t know how you come back from this as an investor:
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    Paul Graham
    @paulg
    Jul 25, 2024
    Replying to @DavidSacks
    Do you really want the full story of what you did to Parker to be told publicly? Because it's the worst case of an investor maltreating a founder that I've ever heard, and I've heard practically all of them.
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    George Fraser
    @frasergeorgew
    Dec 23, 2021
    If you don’t laugh you’ll cry: this company decided they need data visualization and BI, but none of that “data warehousing” malarkey. hbr.org/2018/10/priori…
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    George Fraser
    @frasergeorgew
    Jul 26, 2024
    Replying to @frasergeorgew
    I was very surprised when Parker hired David. My co-founder described it as “hiring a lion, having him sit next to you, and hoping he doesn’t eat you.” This was *before* any of the ugliness happened!
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    George Fraser
    @frasergeorgew
    Jul 26, 2024
    Replying to @frasergeorgew
    The worst part of the story, to me, was that David walked away from the company 10 months later. The idea that he was an interim CEO is a retcon. There was no new CEO when he left!
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    George Fraser
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    Jul 26, 2024
    Replying to @frasergeorgew
    It was extremely surprising when Parker was pushed out. From the outside, the compliance issues seemed manageable. I still think it was a fig leaf for another motive.
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    George Fraser
    @frasergeorgew
    Dec 31, 2021
    The bad news is we are all going to get covid multiple times over the course of our lives. The good news is it is no longer any more dangerous than colds and flu. If we don’t want to spend the rest of our lives living in a TSA checkpoint, it’s time to start ignoring covid.
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    George Fraser
    @frasergeorgew
    Nov 18, 2023
    Between now and when @sama announces his new company on Monday, I think that leaves me as the most important gay startup CEO. Savoring the moment 💆‍♂️
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    George Fraser
    @frasergeorgew
    Dec 5, 2020
    The data show the covid doesn’t spread through schools. California has kept the schools closed. The data show that outdoor transmission is 99% less likely. California has outdoor mask mandates and is closing outdoor dining. Policy is being driven by scientists but not by science.
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    George Fraser
    @frasergeorgew
    Sep 20, 2021
    The biggest news in Fivetran's history: we're bringing together the two best companies in the data pipeline business. fivetran.com/blog/hvr-acqui…
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    George Fraser
    @frasergeorgew
    Jan 31, 2025
    ChatGPT is really going to sharpen the contradictions of “please do not confuse your Google search with my medical degree.”
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    eigenrobot
    @eigenrobot
    Jan 31, 2025
    my 3yo has had tons of dental/cavity issues. we've been taking her to dentists for years, and they have spent an awful lot of time not even subtly intimating that @selentelechia is a shitty mom. tonight i took our case to Dr @ChatGPTapp what happened next ... may surprise you
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    George Fraser
    @frasergeorgew
    Sep 17, 2024
    Snowflake and Redshift have both published representative samples of real-world queries, and the way people actually use these systems is INTERESTING. The main workload is ingest and transformation!
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    George Fraser
    @frasergeorgew
    Feb 4, 2022
    Every salesperson when the new comp plan comes out
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    George Fraser
    @frasergeorgew
    Mar 21, 2023
    How fast is DuckDB compared to the best commercial data warehouses? I decided to benchmark it myself. Short version: very fast! But it's not (yet) great at scaling up to many cores. fivetran.com/blog/how-fast-…
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