Building Gstack as the New Claude for Chrome
I guess I am basically building gstack into what Claude in Chrome MCP was supposed to be https://t.co/tuRwixFRbu
Validate, Reinvest,
Starting a business brings fear. Prove your offer, reinvest profit, and scale with intent. Use debt with care and protect your equity. Listen to customers, repeat daily actions, and take the first step today.
Anyone Can Code, Only Rare Founders Can Disrupt SaaS
Dharmesh (Founder + CTO of Hubspot) is right — nobody's going to vibe code Hubspot. Want to know why SaaS stocks are getting smoked? I’ll tell you why. It’s not that Lovable (or any other company) will start vibe coding...
AI OS Consolidates Dental Clinic Tools, Stops Revenue Loss
.@PatientdeskAI is building an AI-native operating system for dental clinics that autonomously handles inbound calls, bookings, real-time insurance verification, and claims submission - replacing five disconnected tools with one system that never lets revenue slip through the cracks. https://t.co/yR28FWZzJB
One Audit Can Unlock Hidden Traffic Surge
Most founders are one audit away from a traffic spike. Not a new strategy, not content, no new backlinks. Just fixing embarrassing stuff that's been broken for months. These are the fixes that move the needle:
Unlock 20+ Hours Weekly with 4‑Layer System
Most founders use Claude for quick drafts and brainstorming. They are leaving 20+ hours on the table every week. Here is the 4-layer system that changes everything: 🧵
Blend Proven Practices, New Trends, and First Principles
Here's a preview of the kind of builder ethos I'm going to keep building into GStack. I was trying to do parallelization of my E2E testing framework (we use Bun to wrap Claude, Codex, etc. for specific end to end...
Give Entrepreneurs Big Problems, They’ll Solve Quickly
Put big problems in the hands of entrepreneurs. They will find solutions fast because their success depends on solving them.
Building's Easier, Marketing's Harder in Crowded Era
Has it always been 10x harder to market/sell then to build? Yes. But… it’s easier than ever to build (infrastructure, tools, AI) but more crowded than ever to market (global markets, global competition, platform-attention-capture).
Not Everyone Thrives in Startup’s Fast‑Paced Culture
I had to let go a team member yesterday and it sucks but at the end of the day not everyone is fit for startup speed and life
Turn Every Business Touchpoint Into Strategic Data
Data is everything and every touch point on your business building is data you need to be paying attention to. Product, customers, investor calls, market info, competitors, it’s alllllll data What you do with it is what makes your business...
12 Lessons That Could Have Fast‑
In November, my little writing business crossed $20,000,000 in lifetime sales. It took us over 5 years to reach this milestone. But we could have gotten here a whole lot faster with everything we know now. Here are 12 of the biggest lessons...
Solo Founders Need Unified AI to Stop Context‑switch Chaos
Most founders don’t have a “strategy” problem. They have a context-switching problem. In our early interviews, the pattern is clear: - 5+ tools open - 0 clear next steps - Constant feeling of “I’m behind” That chaos quietly kills good ideas. Vora IQ is our answer: A unified...
Signal Your Vision: Use And‑But‑Therefore Narrative
Every founder tells a story. Your pricing shows value, your hiring shows ambition, your roadmap shows priorities. Investors read these signals before they trust your pitch. Use And-But-Therefore: We saw a gap And incumbents blocked it But we built X Therefore we win. Make...
Hire Truth‑seekers, Not People‑pleasers, for Lasting Success
Best part of building Hedgeye from scratch in 2008? I got to pick people who wanted to be right more than they wanted to be liked. That's a rare roster
Building $20 Software Yourself Isn’t a Brag‑worthy Flex
Spending 3 days vibe coding a replacement for $20/mo software is not the flex y’all think it is
Creating Tools, Monetizing, Teaching: A Positive Feedback Loop
This is fascinating. I'm building these tools that people find useful enough to pay for them. At the same time, I'm sharpening my marketing skills and ideating a full course on how to build these types of tools and how to...
Four Precise Questions Replace Generic Discovery for Founders
Founders: Stop generic discovery. Use these exact questions: What's the cost of not solving this now?" Who else is involved in these decisions? What's blocked past attempts to fix this? How would success be measured? 4 questions = complete qualification.
Monetize Services, Not Raw Markdown, for Dev Tools
For agentic systems founders and dev tools founders: People do not want to pay for raw markdown and they shouldn't have to. But they may pay for orchestration, hosting, updates, collaboration, portability, analytics, and managed execution. These can be great...
Discomfort Means You're Building, Not Following Consensus
If you're a startup founder right now and competitors are raising more money, getting more headlines, and investors are questioning your strategy... Good. That means you're doing the job right. Bill Walsh has this quote. "How do you know if...
Track Joy and Frustration Daily to Boost Founder Insight
Founders: For 1 week, keep a notebook by your desk with two columns: -things I love -things I don't like When you feel really happy/excited about something, jot it in the first column. When you feel dread or frustration, second column. Regardless of...
20 Hours of Failure Beats Endless Speculation
It’s incredibly valuable to spend 20 hours really trying something, only to discover it doesn’t work. You would have spent far longer even just thinking about that wrong thing, to say nothing of the opportunity cost of not working on the...
Build Experience First, Then Fill Market Gaps
If you've never… > created something > sold it > made a customer happy (and yes, a lemonade stand scale counts) It doesn't matter how many connections you have, how big your audience is, or how much money you have. You need relevant experience...
Netflix Buys AI Startup, Cementing AI in Hollywood Production
Netflix is paying up to $600M for an AI film startup founded by Ben Affleck. The tool edits footage after a director shoots, and David Fincher already used it on a Brad Pitt film. Studios want lower costs and tighter control, while...
Startups Take Four Times Longer and Costlier Than Expected
Building your own company is likely going to take 4x as long and cost 4x as much as you think it will.
Sweden Must Curb Capital Flight and Revamp Education
Sweden built global giants, yet top startups still move to the US for late-stage capital. Founders make the “Delaware move” because Europe lacks strong exit options. At home, schools still reward memorization while AI rewards problem solving. Klarna fell 60% after its IPO...
Keeping Our Digital Bank Inside FDIC Insured Institution Pays Off
Not all fintechs are created equal. So grateful that we started our digital bank, @bankonroger, within our FDIC insured bank @citizensedmond rather than give into the temptation to spin it out.
Enzymatic Chemistry Turns $7K Reactor Into Billion‑Dollar Industry
🧪@Solugen is reinventing the trillion-dollar chemical manufacturing industry by combining biology and chemistry in a new way. In this episode of Hard Tech, YC's Jared Friedman visits co-founders Gaurab Chakrabarti (@Gaurab) and Sean Hunt (@TungstenSeanide) at their Houston HQ to see...
Super Connector Steve Ramona Helps Reach Top 1%
Jim Cathcart: Rise to the Top 1 Percent https://t.co/6tRgiAR8sm via @YouTube Steve Ramona is a super connector, it was a joy to be on his podcast.
Customers Want Simple, Not Incomplete—MVP Misconception
In new products, customers forgive simplicity but not incompleteness. They might even prefer simplicity, but they don’t prefer barely-functioning software. That’s why "MVP" is the wrong idea. Agree? https://t.co/qNyxPrTDV9
Building a User‑Friendly Tool Discovery Platform: Vision & Challenges
Learn about the vision, initial steps, and challenges faced in creating a user-friendly platform to easily find the right tools. Stream now: 🔗 https://t.co/bNZWCzgLQ6 📽️ https://t.co/4w5Ib6cmK1 🔗https://t.co/DmYp21N5Kv #MachineShop #Motool #MachinistTools #ProductivityTools https://t.co/Rg7LoCf7Ko
Focus on What Never Changes, Not Every New Tool
Don’t ask: “How can I survive all this change?” Ask: “What *won’t* change?” Jeff Bezos built Amazon by asking that exact question. He didn’t obsess over competitors or waste time trying to predict the future. Instead, he built Amazon around things he knew customers...
Only Pitch These Seed Investors with $20K+ MRR
If you’re doing $20K MRR, here are 10 Seed investors writing $1M-$5M checks 💰 - First Round Capital - Bessemer Venture Partners - Boldstart Ventures - Accel - Founder Collective - Bonfire Ventures - Uncork Capital - Point Nine Capital - Costanoa Ventures - SaaStr Fund If you do not have...
Launching a Boutique Law Firm: Lessons and AI Opportunities
Building A Law Firm, Five Years In: Jed Bergman A founding partner of Glenn Agre Bergman & Fuentes, Jed reflects on the rewards of launching your own firm, lessons learned, and how #AI will benefit boutiques. LINK: https://t.co/vcBISHLjPH https://t.co/xNNrYniZVz
Measure Growth Rate, Not Raw Numbers; Flat Is Success
If you really want to hold yourself to a high standard, graph the growth rate of the number you care about instead of the number itself. Then you're winning if you can even keep it flat.
Show Why You Belong: Viral “Why Me” Deck Wins Career
The reason I have a platform today is solely bc I shared how I broke into venture 5 years on Twitter. I created a 10 pg Why Me deck to convince my firm to hire me. The logic: If I wanted...
Entrepreneurship: Painful, Lonely, Not for the Cool‑Factor Dreamers
Most successful entrepreneurs you talk to, if they're being honest, would say something along the lines of, "If I knew everything I know now, I would not have done it." The kind of people who decide they want to be founders...
Scaling Turns Rare Failures Into Daily Inevitabilities
If you have 1000 servers, each experiencing a fatal error randomly once every 3 years… you will get random, unpredictable, unstoppable failures every single day. Scale is hard because it makes rare things common. https://t.co/HHxsPMDKQD
Secondary Marketplaces Seek $1B Pre‑Seed at $4B Valuation
We are now in part of the cycle where secondary marketplaces are soliciting investors for a $1B pre-seed round at a $4B valuation.
AI Will Turn Marketplace Supply Into Autonomous Agents
marketplace startups are destined to be massively reinvented by AI. The weak form is already happening, where we use LLMs for customer support, supply/demand matching, etc. That’s easy The strong form is to figure out how much of the supply side...
Prioritize One Fix: Master Focus Amid Business Chaos
Entrepreneurship is the daily challenge of realizing there are 100 things broken inside your business, but you can only fix 1 at a time, which means building the skill of applying focused effort wherever it matters most without getting distracted...
Revenue Obsession Blinds You to Sustainable Success
I spent my 20s chasing revenue growth at all costs.... but here's what I wish I understood back then👇
Beehiv Founder Shares Blueprint for Creator Publishing Success
Tomorrow on The Grill Room: Beehiv founder @denk_tweets This, imho, is a must-listen for creators and would-be creators thinking about building their own publishing businesses... Follow here: https://t.co/OUrgd2dr7a https://t.co/7uSZkENSc8
Use YC‑style ‘Vertebrae’ for Stronger Demo Day Pitches
I'm glad she chose this excerpt about how to make a convincing Demo Day presentation. Founders would be so much more effective at fundraising if they gave their pitches YC-style "vertebrae".
YC’s Organic Rise: Word‑of‑mouth, Founders, and Evolving AI
Paul Graham is back on The Social Radars with @jesslivingston and @cjoneslevy. This time, they focus on what was happening behind the scenes at Y Combinator in the early years. PG shares how YC grew through word of mouth, what it...
Stories Sell; Feature Lists Make Investors Tune Out
Most startup pitches fail for one reason. Founders list features while investors hear 850 pitches a year and feel nothing. Story works better because the brain runs it like a flight simulator, letting investors rehearse the customer’s struggle and win. Show the world...
Ecom Founders Spot Systems; Others Blame Luck
Everyone when they see a successful brand: 'They got lucky.' Ecom founders when they see a successful brand: 'What system did they build to make that repeatable?' Different mindset. Different perspective.
Growth Rate Focus Reveals Early Signals for Product Switch
Another advantage of focusing on growth rate rather than absolute numbers is that it makes it easier to switch to a new variant of the product if you discover one. It makes it easier to see tails that will eventually...
Rent a Mango Tree, Get 90kg Fresh Fruit
Imagine if you own a mango tree without owning the farm.... Yes, it is possible in India. A startup in India is letting people rent a mango tree for a season and enjoy 90kg of fresh mangoes delivered to their home. The...
Sell a Hack, Then Build the Product
This founder signed 100 paying customers. Her product was a Google Drive folder, Zoom calls, and a Stripe link. Sarah Ahmad 's first startup failed. She built the whole thing. Got into YC. Raised a pre-seed round. But couldn't get...