Why Airlines Lose Money and How to Minimize Losses
Airlines Are A Terrible Business — Here’s How I’d Lose Less Money Starting One - View from the Wing https://t.co/LR7DhQKqRt
First 100 Users Reveal Product‑market Fit; Later Thousands Inform GTM
the first 100 users teach you more than your next 10,000 The former is about PMF, the latter is GTM. And of course you can learn a ton about GTM, but it's a more tractable problem particularly b2b
Focus on Who Stays: Fit Drives Success
Assume some people will leave. Employees or customers. It means it wasn’t a good fit. It doesn’t mean you’re wrong or they’re wrong; it’s just not a fit. Focus on those who stay. They are the path to winning, and being happy.
Two AZs = Double the SaaS Availability
You know what's really cool to realize, 2 years into running a SaaS? DB runs in us-east-2a App runs in us-east-2b 🤷 Twice as hyper-available, am I right? 🤣
Talk to Customers First; Hiring or Fundraising Misleads
When you hire before you have PMF, you slow down. When you raise money before you have PMF, you speed up the wrong thing. When you talk to customers before you do either, you find out if there's anything worth...
Accidental $1k Ad Spend: E‑commerce Founder Rite
You're not an 'ecom founder' until you've accidentally spent $1,000 on an ad set you forgot to turn off. It's a rite of passage.
Reaching $1M Is Just the Game’s New Level
New level, new devil. Most people hit $1M and think the hard part is over. It’s not. The game just changed.
AI‑Native Replit Empowers Anyone to Build Software
Replit is the leading no-code app builder for consumers and enterprise, letting anyone with an idea build real, deployed software using natural language. The company just raised a $400 million Series D at a $9 billion valuation. In this episode of...
Founders' Top Trait: Rapid Learning Beats All
From having invested in about 1,000 startups, there are so many important traits to have in a founding team, everything from ability to hire well to being scrappy and doing a lot with very little. But if I had to...
Don’t Scale Until You Find Product‑Market Fit
“You don’t want to scale up your operations before you’ve hit product-market fit, because you don’t really know what it is you’re supposed to be building.” ~@_brianpotter
Uncommon Results Require Sacrificing Common Approval
People clap when you start. They go quiet when you get close. Support has a ceiling and most people set it at their level. It’s not hate. It’s self-preservation. Your growth forces them to measure themselves. Most people don’t want...
B2B Firms Should Prioritize Building a Robust API
I think if you are running a B2B business, one of the most valuable things you could do right now is to build out a pretty complete API.
Solo AI Founder Earns $1M+ Monthly After Rapid Validation
My next guest is making $1M+ a month (!) from 5 AI products that he built as a solo founder. Tomorrow, Tibo will break down: → How to validate and kill ideas fast → Why SEO is still his top channel in the...
AI Eliminates Need for Founder Salary Sacrifice
I lived like a broke college kid for two years while running a company worth hundreds of millions. AI just made that whole sacrifice unnecessary. When I left my software company to start Quest Nutrition, I cut my salary to 33% of...
Turn Forgotten Medical Receipts Into Passive Investment Gains
Just an idea, have a platform to save Medical receipt for HSA. Basically lot of people forget misplace medical receipt. Now of you have $1000 in Medical bills and if those are invested you making anywhere from 70-150 per year...
Success: $100k Revenue vs $100k Autonomy
There's a gigantic difference between a $100k solo business And a $100k solo business that runs in 4 hours a day One measures success in revenue The other measures it in autonomy...
Founders Must Distinguish Pilot, Bookings, Revenue Accurately
Here's YC's official advice about being truthful and precise about what is pilot, bookings, revenue and recurring revenue. Founders, particularly first time founders, need to sear this into their brains. Don't mistake one tier for another. Be precise, and always...
Embrace Uncertainty Over Analysis to Build Successful Startups
The MBA won't teach you the most important thing about running a business. Your relationship with uncertainty is more important than your analytical capability. The founders who succeed act on incomplete information, update quickly, and treat uncertainty as permanent — not temporary. That's...
Leverage, Not Money, Is Your Real Wealth Barrier
Harsh truth: You don’t have a money problem. You have a leverage problem. More effort won’t fix what missing systems created.
Boost Profits by Doubling Conversion, Not Traffic
Most founders think they need more traffic. They don't. They need to fix their conversion rate. Doubling your CVR from 1% to 2% has the same impact as doubling your ad spend, but it's free.
Clarify Your Offer Before Scaling Distribution
Founders with distribution problems usually have an offer problem. More content won't fix it. More outreach won't fix it. More ad spend definitely won't fix it. Unclear offer + more distribution = spreading confusion faster. Here's how to tell if your offer is the problem: Send...
Turn Bottlenecks Into Automation and Free Yourself
4-step systems roadmap: 1. Identify the bottleneck 2. Build a process around it 3. Automate the process 4. Delete yourself from it People will charge you $997 for this information.
Busy Mom Entrepreneurs Share Their Current Projects
Hello Saturday 👋 Busy mums building businesses… what are you working on right now? 👇
Next Growth Needs New Team,
The team that built the first version of your business is rarely the team that can build the next version. Zero-to-one and one-to-ten require opposite skills. The question isn't who helped you build this. It's who does the company need now — and...
From YC Rejection to Military Contracts: Firehawk’s Rise
5 years ago, “defense startup” was a dirty word. Will Edwards says YC kicked them out of the interview when they heard what Firehawk was building. Today, Firehawk has several giant customers within key military agencies, PRINTING rocket propellant and...
SVB Collapse Hits Employees, Small Founders, Middle Class
SVB’s collapse also impacts employees, small founders, people who are middle class #tech #womenintech #founder #startup
Scaling AI Tech Without People Creates Operational Debt
THE Operational Debt of AI Startups Praktika .ai: Great Tech, Failing Infrastructure. As someone who keeps an eye on digital trends and engagement, I’m always looking for tools that actually move the needle. For a while, @praktika.ai was that tool. The...
Early Founders Crave Real‑world Series A Playbook Insights
If you recently founded a startup, what would you most like to know in detail from other founders at a slightly later stage (like Series A)? Tech stack? How much does it cost to run operations? What else?
Invest in Proven Canine Cardiac Reversal Biotech
I co-founded @RejuvenateBio & have enjoyed the science from day one. Cardiac disease reversal in dogs. 3 years of safety data. Zero safety signals. They’ve opened a unique opportunity for the biotech community to invest & secure equity at this early...
Founders Deflect Criticism Instead of Validating Their Product
Why is it that founders these days when confronted with negative feedback always turn to snarky deflection? If a ton of people are saying your work is sus, would it not be prudent to actually check if it is? Unless the...
Pay $2K/Month for Human Coding to Fix Vibe Failures
I'm thinking about a $2000 per month service where you exchange tokens for human coder time to get passed vibe fails.
Zero‑Cost Customer‑Driven Tactics Every Solo Entrepreneur Can Replicate
#TimTalk - What’s one customer-driven move that a solo entrepreneur or small business can replicate on a $0 budget? with Fab Giovanetti https://t.co/eWCe4jyWhM via @DLAIgnite #SocialSelling #DigitalSelling #Marketing #MarketingStrategy #MarketingTips #Marketing101 #Branding #DigitalMarketing
Agent‑building Hype Ignores Need for Real Engineering
This is the same “start XYZ, get rich” pitch repackaged every 3 years. Every non-engineer who’s ever tried building agents gets them working a little bit…then they break. Because vibe coding is still just vibe coding, and this is a SOFTWARE...
Product‑Led AI Tool Scales to $9M ARR Fast
Yasser Elsaid had 16 followers when he launched Chatbase . 117 days later, he hit $1M ARR. Now he's at $9M ARR... Here's how he pulled it off👇 Yasser was in his final semester at university. While other students were...
Embrace Scary Opportunities to Avoid Future Regret
Every founder needs to learn how to say yes to the opportunities that scare them the most. Mine came when I was sitting around the dining room table with mum and dad. They told me, “We don't think you're in...
Unlock the Formula for 6‑7‑figure Digital Products
Here's the secret to building 6 and 7-figure digital products people actually want to buy:
Top Founders Share Regular KPI Updates and Reflect
the best founders: ✨share consistent updates (monthly or quarterly) ✨have a sense of their numbers at all times and include the most important KPIs in their update ✨use the update prep as a way to reflect on what is working...
27‑Year‑Old Founder Turns Crisis Into $300M Fintech
My buddy Victor dropped out of Stanford, moved from Venezuela at 18, and started a fintech company called Slash. They make virtual corporate cards. Started with sneaker resellers. Then Yeezy collapsed and they lost 80% of revenue overnight. Most people would've quit but...
Scaling Chaos Signals Missing Systems, Not Founder Fault
There’s a quiet misconception in the online space that says chaos is just “part of scaling.” It’s not. When a business grows faster than the systems, structure, and ownership supporting it, things start to feel heavier. Not because something is wrong...
Only 1.5% of VC Startups Hit $100M Milestone
If you forget about the Harveys and Lovables and Anthropics for a second … getting to $100M in revenue is very rare. According to this dataset ca. 1.5% of VC funded startups. If you’ve achieved that as a founder, you...
Free Complements Fuel Core Growth, Disrupt Entire Ecosystems
Google commoditized its complements : free maps, free email, free browsers, a free mobile OS. They removed every toll booth between the user & search. Anthropic’s strategy parallels Google’s, a natural extension of the strength of the core product, the...
From Dropout to 600k: Real Results, Real Persistence
600,000 YouTube subscribers. Still doesn’t feel real. I started this channel because I was tired of seeing “gurus” selling BS… Fake results, recycled advice, and courses that didn’t actually help people. So I made a decision, if I’m going to teach this, I need...
Define Strategy First, Then Hire Marketing Manager
Something I see pretty regularly in the $500K–$1M range: a founder hires a full-time marketing manager and it works… once the strategy is clear. The sequence matters so much at this stage. When there's a documented strategy, defined priorities, and clear...
Diversify Products, Not Just Ads, to Quadruple Revenue
Parade quadrupled revenue to $40M by launching one new product category that hit 50% of total sales in 6 months. Meanwhile you're trying to scale with one product and more ads instead of expanding your catalog. That's the gap.
Build an Audience First, Then Launch Your Product
If I were to start a company today, but I wasn't sure exactly what my idea was, I would start by first building distribution while still holding down my day job. I think amassing an audience is not only helpful...
Product‑Market Fit Beats Coding: The Real Startup Challenge
Knowing what to build, for who, and how to get them to use it is actually harder
Founders Usually Start as Poor Operators and Managers
The harsh reality is that most founders are terrible operators and people managers to start. I sure was. I had strong instincts for product design, and some innate leadership skills, but that’s not the same thing as leading a company with...
Live up to Your Name: Chad Built $1B Gummy Brand
If your name is Chad, you must live up to it ✅ start a gummy brand and sold it for $1B in 3 years https://t.co/C6X7tKlNCg
How Gruns Scaled to $1.2B in 33 Months
Gruns went from $0 to $1.2 billion in 33 months. We had the founder on MFM. He explained how he reversed engineered to $300 million in sales in 3 years. And the ideas he nearly started instead of Gruns (which is...
VC Funding Accelerates Global Competition Over Control
Bootstrapping = control. VC = speed. But if a VC-backed competitor enters your space… what happens next? In Ep. 247, George Nichkov shares why they chose VC to compete globally & build a category leader. Watch 👇 https://t.co/rBv5AOvECt #SaaS #Startups #VentureCapital https://t.co/eE0qu9LVh4