Notes on leading yourself, ruthless simplicity, and AI.
Seventeen years of building teams, burning out twice, and starting over, written down.
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- I'm going all-in on AI. From raw idea straight to MVP
I'm going all-in on AI. From raw idea straight to MVP. My job isn't to impress with pretty products. My job is to: Validate demand. Validate demand. Validate...
- I wasted years chasing identity. I should've built instead
I wasted years chasing identity. I should've built instead. Endless hours stuck in my own head: Who am I? What do I want to solve? Where is my zone of genius?...
- I used to take every problem personally
I used to take every problem personally. Laid off during the worst period of my life? → Must be me. Burned out twice? → My fault. A close friend disappearing?...
- Nvidia just dropped $100B into OpenAI
Nvidia just dropped $100B into OpenAI. 10GW of compute by 2026. You don't care. You'll never own a $100B data center. This scale is a reminder for small...
- I really need to stop pushing when the fit is not here
I really need to stop pushing when the fit is not here. I had a call with a recruiter this week. It started strong. Then they shared a new detail about the...
- Outbound paralyzes me
Outbound paralyzes me. Reaching out to strangers. Even reaching out to people I already know. My fear? Rejection. Impostor syndrome. That voice whispering,...
- Unpopular take: prompt engineering is the new programming
Unpopular take: Prompt engineering is the new programming. We keep moving higher in the stack. From assembly to C. From C to C++. From JavaScript to...
- Forget about getting hired if you don't tick 100% of the boxes
Forget about getting hired if you don't tick 100% of the boxes. That's the absurd reality of today's job market. Your résumé could scream value. But if it...
- Your roadmap is useless without a clear ICP
Your roadmap is useless without a clear ICP. You're not building software. You're building for someone. I see this trap every week: Founders jump straight into...
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