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the size of a public ceo’s workforce is shifting from being a flex if large to a flex if small. the next few years of refactoring will be significant (and seat-based models will shift to value-based), but I also think there will be 10x more companies, and far more ambition within companies in the form of more specialized products and services. when society and markets get more ROI on each person, we deploy more people…just less as middle managers and cogs for productivity, and more as builders who own and can directly impact an actual metric.
Founder life: fixing a bug while thinking about distribution while answering support while writing the newsletter
there’s actually a whole raft of tech companies where if the founders are not AI wartime you should abandon ship real fast
the advantages of keeping a team - and company - small will continue to grow
Shoutout to @DStrachman, I just really really appreciate her. Also every founder should try to work with her. :) https://t.co/IoNNQu40Tn
So many interesting ideas to explore at this intersection. One such example: crypto is great at using incentives (i.e. $) to get people to do something, and AI companies are incredibly data-hungry. If you can use crypto incentives to get...
A mini rant about seed VC models and pricing. Seed VC's lament that rounds have gotten so big and varied and there is no definition of a seed round anymore. They tend to suggest this is a signal of irrational...
We went into this sales call and found all sorts of weird things that had nothing to do with our product. We asked about it, and learned a 𝘵𝘰𝘯 that allowed us to price and sell our product better. Here’s what we...
A little sneak peak at what I am building with @blevlabs using the X API. A new kind of personalized X is now possible. And it comes with many side benefits I haven’t yet shown here. Like feeds for your @openclaw And reports...
⚡️ WEEKLY VLOG 02 @ @ChoppityAI Founders are never truly satisfied with the speed of shipping, but looking back at this week... we’ve had some absolute bangers. We hit an all-time high of 295 signups in a single day (We broke...
I'm 40, I've built 7 SaaS products since 2022. Hivoe, Inboxs, Userdesk, Shipped, BlackTwist, and 2 that flopped hard. And I still have my 9-5. Here are 8 brutal truths about indie hacking on the side:
From YouTube to $48 million box office hit @markiplier's self-financed indie horror film 'Iron Lung' more than 15x'd it's budget and is a glimpse into how the right creators will redefine distribution in Hollywood 00:00 The Story of Iron Lung 05:54 By...
The best infrastructure is the kind you can stop thinking about. That's how we measure what we build at Remote. The goal isn't applause (though it's nice). It's that you can just hire someone in another country, pay them and manage...
AI agents are trapped in chat bubbles. @usecarson breaks free by generating custom, task specific interfaces with enterprise-grade security. Sign up today at https://t.co/JXVGTwfA0a. Congrats on the launch, @sidharthkmenon, @_ketan0, @alex_iansiti, and @milanb_123! https://t.co/lbJRHR4mYu
I was sketching out the launch plan for Data Techcon first AI product, and without even realizing it, I slipped back into my growth data scientist mindset — questioning metrics, success, AI features values & what “working” really means 1....
Gamma Co-Founder Grant Lee spotlights the core principles behind Stripe’s $159B rise in a comprehensive breakdown of its business philosophy. The thread explores how craft, talent density, customer obsession, and decisive leadership compound over time. In partnership with Stripe, the full...
Growth doesn’t come from hustling harder. It comes from designing a business that runs itself.
pretty wild what @howard + the @roam team have painstakingly built, iteration by iteration, to enable the virtual office of the future; now empowering modern companies to host virtual events, enable spontaneity, humans to work together (w/ agents, too), and...
AI can help you become the creator you've always wanted to be by removing friction. @dancumberland breaks down: - How to reduce friction in your workflows - How to automate newsletters with AI - The secret technique for better prompts Search "Nathan Barry Show" to...
New episode of Long Strange Trip with @bhorowitz of @a16z is now live. The first time I pitched Ben for @HubSpot, he passed on us. It stung. So naturally, it’s the first thing I brought up with him in this convo. He’s...
Entrepreneurs burn out because they treat stress like a badge of honor. Cash flow pressure, hard calls, and long hours drain your focus and judgment. Schedule fun, train hard, sleep, write your thoughts down, and set work hours you respect. When you practice...
Congrats to @encord_team on their $60M Series C! Encord is building the AI-native data layer powering physical AI, helping 300+ teams manage and align massive volumes of multimodal data as robots and autonomous systems move into real-world deployment. https://t.co/qfx0F6vHQh
I pay $20/month for AI. It generates $500K in revenue. The secret to 2,000x returns? These 5 rules.
How to build a $10M+ ecom brand (based on some of the most expensive lessons I’ve ever learned) PRODUCT & BRAND - Dropshipping isn't a business, it's a test - validate demand then move to white-label or you'll be racing to the...
Discounts get you customers who can’t afford the product. And so they churn when the discount wears off. Wasting everyone’s time, and unprofitable. Redirect your efforts towards getting customers who want your product so much, they think it’s too cheap.
300 members in a few weeks. Here's why I built this. I've watched too many AI communities and influencers do the same thing. Hype, fluff, and zero substance. "AI will change everything." "This tool is a game changer." "10x your productivity with this one...
"Seed is not small venture. Its sole purpose is to navigate the new." This is one of the reasons why we've never over-indexed into any single category or trend. Our goal is to catch the "new".
observed: the default view of many public investors is that companies cannot materially change - that they exist in a static state. in some cases, this assumption is right. but markets evolve when leaders take risks driving change. and markets...
Build what you love, but create systems and automations so your business actually runs without you being chained to it.
Venture capital is not immune to AI disruption. So we asked ourselves the hard question: If we were starting Harlem Capital today, what would we do differently? We spent three days in a house rebuilding our sourcing strategy from scratch. We walked away...
93% of startups say mentorship drives their success. 80% of CEOs credit a mentor for where they are today. A mentor gives you two assets: experience to avoid mistakes and access to networks you lack. If you want faster growth and fewer blind...
A lot of founder are okay with paying 30k/mo for employees but not okay with paying 3k/mo agents which work for 24/7.
Incredible founding story and astonishing pivot into a new business at Handshake. A conversation in Dec 2024 led to a new business that will do $1B+ this year. CEO @GarrettLord with Upfront’s @nickbkim https://t.co/MRUtbjzcA1
This both genius and massively flawed. And I love it. Depend song on the average communication skill level of your customers, we might finally have found a way to truly understand customer intent. Placeholder should have been “I want X so...
Is the SaaSpocalypse upon us?! Markets went bananas after this Citrini article was published — but is this legit? Deedy Das isn’t so sure… Which businesses do you think are going away?
It took “just” ten years for them to be profitable. It’s easy to look at this graph and have vitriolic thoughts. But ultimately, profitability is one of the hardest things to ever reach. Series J or bootstrapped. It’s amazing to have turned...
"When the next entrepreneur has a trading-related idea, they are going to do it on Solana. A powerful proofpoint? Zora." @MikeIppolito_ https://t.co/CJcMhLr945
Boris Cherny (@bcherny) on the @LightconePod about how he approached building Claude Code: "At Anthropic, we don't build for the model of today, we build for the model of six months from now. And that's still my advice to founders that...
“Everybody knows what it’s like to be a beginner” - I disagree. I think some find the feeling of growth so deeply uncomfortable they do as little of it as possible. Their belief that success only ever looks like mastery...
Revenue does not equal product-market fit. If sales rely on your network, do not scale. Churn drops, retention holds, 40% of users say they need it, and your team repeats the sales process without you. Build, test with users, iterate, and prove demand...
The US spends $100B annually on IT, and nearly 80% of that goes to maintenance instead of building new things. @cognition is ushering in an era of software abundance to the public sector 🇺🇸
OpenAI is closing a ~$100B funding round despite being unprofitable. On paper, it makes no sense... But here’s what everyone’s missing:
“Back when I sold Ring in 2018, $1 Billion was a lot of money” @JamieSiminoff and @hametwatt at the Upfront Summit - Hamet came up with the name Ring (instead of Doorbot) and Jamie wanted a four letter domain like...
this is cool as hell. new Samsung display tech uses narrow pixels to give privacy screen to certain apps and even smaller elements like notifications, making it so people around you can't see private info https://t.co/IpQYd5od6I
Identity Capital for 20-Sometings #3 = Relationship Capital Meet with people beyond your family and friends. Weak ties can expand your networking reach, enable rapid learning as you explore potential futures, and change your life.
Founders, know that even if you build a world class product and achieve an outcome most can only dream of, there will still be people that try to tear you down. Be very careful with who you allow onto your...
Prediction markets are hot. Here's a new one, made with AI, that is more fun, less gambling. Get it on iPhone at https://t.co/YYZS6efkU5 It's called "Hunch?" on iPhone and here founder Daniel Buchner talks to me about what makes it different...
Customer feedback can sometimes lead you astray. ⚠️ Not all feedback is created equal. Focus on the insights that align with your vision and strategy, and be wary of trying to please everyone.
Glossier spent 4 years building a community on a beauty blog before launching a single product. They co-created with their audience. Hit a billion-dollar valuation. Meanwhile you're building products nobody asked for. That's the gap.
If a company had a network effect but that network effect is induced by people whose roles will get automated via AI, that company will surely have a decelerating network effect. There are many seat-based tools like this that are...
