Brian Hall @IsForAt

#1 WA state stan. x-VP Google, AWS, Microsoft + startup CEO. Seattle native, helpless M's (and WA) fan. Massie kinda R, MGP kinda D. need opptys for our kids. Seattle, WA Joined February 2012

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Brian Hall @IsForAt

4 hours ago

@engele nobody knows. it's worse than .net. IFYKYK

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it's almost worse for Copilot... After spreading it on everything, they now have "Office Agent" after they killed the Office brand (Microsoft 365 yo!). I am amazed that MS hasn't just undone that mistake yet. Just go back to Office, and re-center copilot to what it actually does well.

Rhys @RhysSullivan

2 days ago

siri and copilot brands are mostly dead to me by this point copilot likely an example of being too early in that the tech wasn't ready + they over extended it, siri an example of being too late

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Brian Hall @IsForAt

4 hours ago

@wintive yeah, it's bad

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Brian Hall @IsForAt

14 hours ago

@sarm34 see these are the kind of insights we follow you for scott! clearly sriracha hit big fast, and I might argue Secret Aardvark. but you have the winner for how odd it is I think

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Brian Hall @IsForAt

15 hours ago

@careyarms @TravisSCouture @aviel @jesseproudman BTW, from 30 yr seattle / lifelong WA resident.

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Brian Hall @IsForAt

15 hours ago

first, not sure what to take from your "bros" comment. second, I LOVE taxes. I love that they help us pool our money to build schools, have a health safety net, build and maintain roads and parks and libraries. I also love that governments can be net positive to businesses, and encourage businesses to create more opportunity. OUR GOVERNMENT IS NOT DOING THAT RELATIVELY SPEAKING RIGHT NOW. with love, Brian.

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aviel @aviel

20 hours ago

Nothing is black and white. The issue is that our nascent entrepreneurial flywheel has broken. It doesn’t mean that entrepreneurship is “dead”. How’s it broken? Amazon/MSFT and Bay Area engineering hubs attracted awesome talent to the region. This has slowed dramatically. That means we have a smaller pool of folks to break off and found something. Taxes have the ones who made $$$ leaving the region vs staying and reinvesting in it. None of this means Seattle is over, it just changes the equation such that unless you are VERY invested in the region you don’t build here. And FWIW the transition from the cloud era to AI is just as big a culprit as taxes. 👋 from SF.

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Brian Hall @IsForAt

a day ago

And Seattle is temporarily turning on cameras... I will say SF was WAY worse for crimes, especially window smash varieties.

Rahul Sidhu @rahul

2 days ago

One of the most prolific criminals in all of San Francisco tells @adam22 that “crime in San Francisco is over with” because of Flock cameras + drones. He complains that he can’t even do drivebys anymore. It’s simple: when the risk of getting caught is too high, crime plummets.

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Brian Hall @IsForAt

2 days ago

@royalhansen Umm, Royal - I'd stay off your toes and stay on your pedals buddy. seems safer.

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Brian Hall @IsForAt

3 days ago

Well worth a read. The point in uncertainty is spot on, and not sure what to do there

Steve Gordon @stevemgordon67

3 days ago

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3 days ago

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Brian Hall @IsForAt

3 days ago

@donasarkar @JezCorden 👊❤️👏

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Brian Hall @IsForAt

3 days ago

@keegan_tweets Love that place!

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Jesse Proudman @jesseproudman

4 days ago

Spending more than doubled (116%) while inflation and population growth grew at 59%. @GovBobFerguson new found shortfall isn't a revenue problem, it's a spending problem. Cut wasteful programs and eliminate fraud. Balance your checkbook in the same way every one else does.

Governor Bob Ferguson @GovBobFerguson

4 days ago

My team and I are working closely with our agencies regarding our budget outlook. This letter from the Office of Financial Management Director lays out the challenge well. There’s a lot of information still to come before I propose my budget in December, including two caseload

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Future 42 @future42org

4 days ago

There were 13 Billionaires living in Washington state at the beginning of 2026. Now there are 11.

Rich Barton @Rich_Barton

4 days ago

Officially a Las Vegas resident. Kids are launched, empty nest achieved, and we're excited to start this next chapter.

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Brian Hall @IsForAt

5 days ago

So much correct here. And so often they are finance folks who didn't know tech but got jealous of the action and one hit wonders who didn't know struggle (but were "early" at Tunglr or something...).

samir kaji @Samirkaji

5 days ago

Stories like this are what founders talk to each other about all the time. Every single round, we've had some variation of a bad experience with an investor. 1) Seed round: One investor said, "We don't think ex-bankers can be entrepreneurs". 2) Series A: Large firm meeting;

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stevemur @stevemur

6 days ago

Seattleites spend $1.86B in higher retail sales prices every year to subsidize bus service. Did you know that? Did you know that just 6% of Metro bus revenue comes from fares? It’s treated like a utility. There’s zero enforcement.

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Brian Hall @IsForAt

7 days ago

@QuinnyPig So good!!!

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Brian Hall @IsForAt

a week ago

This is honestly just really funny and I golf clap it. Bravo Corey... It's funny because it's true. And PSA thirteen year Microsoft employees, your "here's what I learned from : (taking two weeks off, actually spending time with my kids, being let go again but coming back as a consultant, traveling internationally for the first time, ...) stories that then have bullets with emojis thanks to the non-MSFT AI you are using needs to be written, then deleted please. I'm not tagging anyone because LinkedIn doesn't support that many tags.

Corey Quinn @QuinnyPig

a week ago

@reidhoffman Reid, with respect, the founder of the largest masturbatorium for middle managers ever constructed does not need to be coaching the rest of us on conversation.