Biggest difference I noticed between many Indian & Chinese... factories: CLEANLINESS. Today I visited a small family workshop making electric suitcases. Tiny setup. But spotless floors, organized tools, clear workflow. And this isn’t a special case. I’ve seen even smaller factories here run with discipline. There are 1000s of such units across China. Factory size matters less than operating standards and mindset. Clean systems build strong businesses.show more

There are some people who think that if Jews... hide, make ourselves smaller, perhaps there will be less antisemitism. Perhaps if we don’t fight back, don’t speak up, stop moaning, make ourselves smaller, that will work…even though it never has before. So I’m pleased people fought back in Edgware (a special place where I spent the first 10 years of my life and where I was at a school reunion today). I’m pleased the antisemites were outnumbered in the battle of Edgware, that they were forced to retreat even as they vowed revenge and ‘Zionists we will be back!’ This was a victory but there is no sense of joy. They have made life so uncomfortable here that many are making plans to move to Israel, including my friends. Now they tried to stop an event showing property in Israel. They don’t want us here, they don’t want us there… But today they tried to bring the fight to our doorstep and we said: ‘No Pasaran! They shall not pass!’show more

I’m probably one of the only Teslanaires out there,... if not one of the very few, still cutting my own hair. I cut my own hair again today, and it reminded me that becoming a multi-millionaire usually isn’t a random coincidence. People see the $ and think it just happened. What they usually don’t see are the small habits behind it. Of course, I could go spend $25–$50 on a haircut that probably looks better than the one I give myself. But that’s not really what matters to me. I don’t care that much about looking perfect. I care about controlling my time. I care about staying grounded. I care about keeping the kind of habits that helped me build wealth in the first place. And honestly, I enjoy doing it. I’ve been cutting my own hair for so many years that I don’t even think about going to the barber anymore. It’s just normal to me now. It saves time, keeps me frugal, and reminds me that wealth is usually built in the small choices nobody claps for. That’s the part people miss. A lot of people see wealth and assume it was luck. But a lot of the time, it’s really the result of small disciplined habits repeated for years. Not wasting $ just bc you can. Not wasting time just bc other people do. And the funny part is, one day my fleet of Tesla Bots will probably be doing it for me anyway. But until then, I’m good doing it myself. Bc to me, being wealthy was never about trying to look rich. It was about building a mindset. A mindset that values time, discipline, and freedom more than appearances. And once you really live that way, it shows up in a lot of things, even something as simple as cutting your own hair.show more

China is the 61st country I've visited 🇨🇳 I... started in Shanghai. It challenged a lot of my assumptions about China! Here are 8 things that stood out immediately: 1. It feels incredibly safe. Calm environment and police stations are visible almost everywhere. 2. It's much greener than I expected. Parks are everywhere, and the riverside is lined with flowers. 3. The city is spotless. Street-cleaning vehicles seem to be out all day, keeping everything remarkably clean. 4. Alipay is basically an operating system for life. You can pay, order taxis, translate text, chat, claim tax refunds, and much more - all in one app. 5. China isn't built around foreign tourists. English is uncommon, and most services are designed first and foremost for locals. 6. Traffic takes some getting used to. Even when pedestrians have a green light, cars and scooters keep moving. 7. Robots are everywhere. I've seen them cleaning streets, making coffee, and delivering room service. 8. The contrast is fascinating. Ancient traditions sit comfortably alongside futuristic technology.show more

Little old Leigh, I haven’t slept a wink. I’m... not sure I ever will again. I’ve never felt such a powerful punch of love hit me like that before, and I’m not even sure what to do with it all. Thank you isn’t enough, but let’s start there. Thank you for carrying us all this way. Thank you for making us feel special. Thank you for making all of this feel proper. Thank you to the grown ups who trusted us with such a mammoth thing. Absolutely stupid that you let us do that, but I hope we made you proud. The feeling I get from looking across and seeing my best mates on the planet literally living their dream, in full HD makes me so happy I could burst into bubbles. And thank you to Leigh. Our home. Our people. Nobody does it better. Last night was proof that ordinary people can achieve extraordinary things. Lottery Winners are massive. T KOKO xshow more

This is one week of rebuilding Soccer Pinball Pro... with Astra + Unity CLI. Day 1 vs Day 7. I see so many people on here one-shotting these incredible systems and games, and I’m constantly blown away by what people are building. But my approach with this has been a little different. This isn’t a new game or an experiment. It’s a rebuild of a game I originally made in 2019, and I’ve been trying to stay true to what made that game fun while finally building everything I wanted it to be back then. In seven days I’ve gone from getting the basic game working in a different engine to rebuilding the players, improving the AI, adding passing, tackles, bicycle kicks, better ball feedback, dynamic camera movement, new lighting and shadows, grass, a new scoreboard, goal effects, and an actual PvE match mode. And I’ve been able to iterate on all of it almost as quickly as I can think of things to change. But the important part is that this is my vision. It isn’t a screenshot or concept I pulled from somewhere and asked Astra/Codex to recreate. This is a game and an idea I’ve had sitting in the back of my mind for years. I executed on that idea in 2019, but what I was capable of making then was nowhere near what I had actually envisioned. Unity itself is still probably the slowest part of this workflow. Waiting on compiles, entering play mode, importing, building, and all those little interruptions add up. Unity 7 intends to address a lot of that, which makes me even more curious about where this workflow goes next. The part that excites me most isn’t just how much I can build in a week. It’s realizing I can go back to ideas I had years ago and finally build the games I saw in my head at the time. That has completely changed how I’m thinking about game development. There’s suddenly this massive backlog of ideas that no longer feels out of reach. Unity OpenAIshow more

Charlie Kirk’s death has been celebrated like nothing I’ve... ever seen. I’ve always been moderate, and I’ve criticized Charlie Kirk openly in the past. But this isn’t about whether you agreed with him politically. It’s about the sickness in our culture that now treats a horrific tragedy as entertainment. Younger people especially seem disturbingly unempathetic. The sheer volume of videos and posts celebrating his death—with hundreds of thousands of likes—shows how far things have slipped. The left has fostered a culture where open violence isn’t just tolerated, it’s cheered. Ask yourself this: if Obama or Kamala were gunned down, does anyone really believe the right would react the same way? People were celebrating Charlie’s Death in the streets across the country the literal day he died. Republicans aren’t spotless, I realize this. When two Minnesota politicians were executed, there were a handful who celebrated—but they were condemned across the board. That’s the difference. On the left, this kind of behavior is brushed aside, amplified, even mainstreamed. As someone younger, I’ve watched my generation lose its grip on empathy. Older people say, “It’s like they don’t even care about his family or his children.” And they’re right. Universities and our wider culture have taught kids to disregard faith, family, and any higher sense of responsibility. The result is a generation of detached, selfish people who treat death like a meme. I don’t mean to paint with a broad brush, I know young, left-leaning people who are compassionate. But this moment has stripped away the illusion that the problem isn’t real. The cultural rot is staring us in the face. Charlie was a divisive figure and he certainly could be tribal. But he never celebrated violence against those he disagreed with. He never called for blood. There’s no hopeful ending here. I fear for what this country has become, and for the generation of extremists it’s raising.show more

Tanay is building e-trolleys in India. Instead of spending... heavily upfront, he imported components from China in small quantities, tested the market and proved there was demand. Once the product started working, he began the next phase: Indianising the product. The exterior, steel work and as many components as possible are now being sourced/manufactured in India. But there was a problem. He still needed to communicate very specific product changes to his Chinese suppliers. And this is where Toplingo came in. Instead of sending instructions through a translator, Tanay communicates directly with the Chinese manufacturers boss in their native language. The supplier even responded saying they appreciated the effort because it made the requirements much easier to understand. When you're manufacturing across countries, small communication gaps can become expensive mistakes. - something gets lost in translation - a specification gets misunderstood - change takes longer than it should And suddenly, you're dealing with delays, rework and unnecessary costs. Direct communication removes one more layer between the person building the product and the person making it. That's the real opportunity with AI translation. Making cross-border business feel more direct. From a founder in India to a factory owner in China - without language becoming the bottleneck. Isn't it cool? Tanay Bassi 🇮🇳 Use Toplingo for FREE here:show more

I recently visited one of our supplement supplier factories... and it honestly felt like they’ve already figured out the answers to the market. For years, sellers have struggled with stability in the supplement supply chain—especially when it comes to compliance. But during my visit, I realized staying compliant isn’t that complicated. This factory already has a GMP certificate, FDA approval, and they can help provide the COA. That’s basically everything we need. They’ve also been innovating around market trends and developing creative, in-demand products: 1. Instead of traditional capsules, new formats are trending—gummies in all kinds of shapes (bears, stars, flowers), chewing gum, chewing candy, and liquid forms. 2. Majority products are still playing with shirajit in different ways. 3.Flavors matter more than ever, and the variety is growing fast. On top of that, they use tools to monitor best-selling products across platforms, launch new ones every month, and even create their own white-label lines ready for dropshipping. We’ve put together a full catalog of their supplement products. If you’re interested, just like, repost, and comment “supplement”—I’ll DM it to you.show more

I'm not a MultiversX $EGLD maximalist. There are many... other chains that I like and resonate with for different reasons, like $XNO, $XMR, $SUI $ALGO, $XRD, $DASH, $ADA, $AVAX, $BCH, $NEAR etc. However, I believe Multiversˣ has the biggest asymmetry at this point. And for that, I mean, not only looking at egold from an investment perspective (which is also true, with massive growth potential, in my opinion), but also (and much more) from an ecosystem perspective. The ecosystem is still small and super welcoming to active contributors. Starting to contribute now, or building something within the ecosystem now, offers a huge asymmetric reward for the long run if MultiversX grows as much as I think it could. This, of course, is also a sort of bet and has its risks, but the risk-reward ratio is positive from my assessment and this is precisely what I'm doing. Anyone building a reputation, a brand, a business, or simply a network around MvX, now, is positioning for the future. This is the most valuable asymmetry in my opinion. Even bigger than simply buying EGLD, which I also believe will be very rewarding soon, but anyways. Build something. Whatever that is. Start now. What's your opinion about what I said here?show more

Why Having a Satellite Network is So Important In... 2023, the Russians were about to close a deal with a certain North Korean MLRS, but the deal fell through exactly because the North Koreans, +20 years ago, had revolted against Russian opposition to their nuclear program and switched from GLONASS to BeiDou. Only few years ago, the NK returned to Glonass and started converting their equipment to work with dual GNSS guidance. But why did the deal sour? Because the Chinese did not authorize the use of their satellites in the Ukraine conflict. The same problem occurred with the Belarusian POLONEZ MLRS, which uses missiles based on Chinese technology. Today, Iran has switched from GPS to BeiDou, aiming for greater resistance to jammers and integration with Chinese systems. This shows that a missile program is much more than the missiles themselves. It is necessary to have one's own constellation, even if it is strictly military and regionalized, with resources for monitoring and target acquisition, in addition to the ability to deal with jammers and spoofers. When I mentioned Iran and BeiDou, it is the beginning and serves as a gateway that enables integration with Chinese networks, provided the Chinese decide to allow it. However, it is essentially a massive gateway, with numerous smaller, more specialized sub-channels operating underneath. For targeting moving objects, Iran would need to receive data from the Guowang or Yaogan networks. In the last six months, the Chinese could have provided partial integration. At this stage, since the Iranians are conducting their ISR primarily with drones, I believe the Chinese are not sharing data from the LEO satellites in those networks. Iran also has its own satellites, but the Chinese network is far more mature and likely equipped with a wide array of integration and data-sharing tools. While the Chinese are providing intelligence to Iran, I believe they are prudent in doing so to preserve the relationships they have built with other Arab states. At this moment, I believe that the sharing of intelligence from satellites isn’t in real time. For a country like Iran, it is crucial to have GNSS independence with its own program. The same applies to other medium-sized countries, which need at least an LEO constellation capable of providing the minimum ISR, and this is linked to security, but also a series of other factors. I'll give a practical example here. Drones usually lose link with 50% of their range in the Amazon due to weather conditions. With an LEO constellation, this would not occur. Today, to have independence, a constellation project is necessary.show more

I spent a month in Shenzhen visiting factories and... robotics companies, and the contrast with the U.S. was striking. While Figure and Boston Dynamics hide their humanoids behind closed doors, Chinese companies have massive showrooms open to the public. But what really stood out wasn't just the transparency, it was how good they are at selling. Take UBTech: they've already sold 1,200 humanoid units at $200k each to factories. And here's the kicker, these robots aren't even that useful yet. They can only pick up and drop boxes at 1/10th the speed of a human, and factories still need to hire system integrators to train them for specific tasks. My theory is that these factories are terrified of getting left behind in the robotics/AI wave. They're investing in new tech not because it's ready, but because they can't afford to wait. The second surprise was the breadth of their robotics portfolio. These companies aren't just building humanoids, they're deploying service robots everywhere: restaurants, hotels, apartments. Consumer robots are cleaning houses, pools, pet waste, dishes. They're covering the entire spectrum. But the education piece shocked me most. I picked up what I thought was a high school or college robotics textbook, it was for primary school. The government mandated AI and robotics education starting in elementary school. Almost every single school in China now has AI and robotics curriculum, complete with education robots so kids can learn by building. They're creating a generation that grows up fluent in robotics and AI. China owns the supply chain and the hardware stack. But here's what I think people are missing: the race isn't just about who can build robots faster or cheaper. The U.S. advantage has always been in the layer between hardware and human, the interaction design, the software intelligence, the intuitive interfaces that make complex technology feel natural. China is building the physical infrastructure, but they're also learning fast. Every deployed service robot, every classroom full of kids building with education kits, every factory running humanoids, that's all data collection at scale. The window for the U.S. to establish its wedge is narrowing. It's not enough to be better at AI or software anymore. We need to be building the integration layer, the intelligence that makes physical AI actually useful, not just impressive in a showroom. Because right now, China isn't just manufacturing robots. They're manufacturing a robotics-native culture, and that might be the most defensible moat of all.show more

The name “Rampage” originated long before 2018. It spawned... in 2009 as I ventured into my very first attempt at content creation. As a 12 year old, I was obsessed with Call of Duty and needed a username to both join a clan and attempt making content about the gameplay. This started my journey into trying and failing over 20 different YouTube channels/ideas between 2009 and 2018 until I discovered the poker niche. I tell this story to set context - it’s extremely easy to look at someone with X number of followers on social media and think everything portrayed like sunshine and rainbows. When you look at all the biggest creators in the world today, everyone started with the same number; zero. The common denominator that sets them apart is consistency, dedication, and a delusional amount of self confidence. I’m not here to compare myself to the top creators but I did put in the time, effort, and work to get to nearly 400,000 subscribers on Youtube. This was by no means an overnight success story, especially competing in a small market niche space like poker. But the reel above shows my subscriber count in 2018, when in reality my journey started in 2009 recording videos with a flip phone that was propped up in a frisbee disc between 2 remote controllers. Talk about bootstrapping. My start with poker content started like a lightning in a bottle, after all my trial and errors with YouTube - I uploaded my very first poker vlog, my best half assed attempt to display a semblance of knowledge about the game even though it was my 3rd time every playing. This was classic 101 larping. But I recall within 24 hours of the upload on YouTube, this video generated over 1,000 views and I FREAKED. This was an unbelievable number that I’ve never seen before in any of my previous content ventures. Immediately all indicators pointed towards poker, there was clearly something special here. And even though I knew nothing about the game, I was going to document the entire journey and used poker as a way to create content.show more

China is my 61st country 🇨🇳 I’ve spent 2... days in Shenzhen and here’s what amazed me: - Scale! Everything is huge. The city itself is 2x Hong Kong size or 33% Canada size. It easily takes 30-50 min by car or tube to go from one area to another. - Very high tech. Robot deliveries for in-room dining, drones delivering food in the parks, 10 stories robotics markets. - There are also robocard without drivers in some areas but I didn’t have time to try it. - Extremely green. Shenzhen pioneers the concept of harmony between nature and urban planning. It’s basically a city embedded into mountains, sea and greenery. Parks everywhere. - Immaculately clean everywhere from streets to casual eateries. Very high contrast with Yangshuo where I was before. - High patriotism and love for the country & people in every detail. Looks like a great city to live in. - Though nothing is equipped for handicapped people - in general saw this across China so far - The city is very young - only 49 years old. And looks like the population is very young, too. I’ve seen maybe 5% of people over 50 years old on the streets. the only place in China so far where I was constantly asked for Chinese phone number for payments. Still don’t know why. - Very limited English, despite high tech and education. Hotel / restaurant staff didn’t speak at all. Almost no English explanations in museums even - to me it feels like a statement that West is not needed here - Smoking cult. Everywhere, even the room in my non-smoking hotel smelled of cigarettes - A lot of parks, squares and communal areas where people do sports, dance, sing and socialise - Incredible architecture! There are some pretty unique buildings. Each museum site is a masterpiece.show more

I know I can still make a lot of... $ investing in companies led by people like Mark Zuckerberg or Sam Altman, but they are shady and I just can’t trust them. And that’s why the founder matters so much to me when I invest. I’m betting on so much more than just the products, technology, or financials, although important. I’m betting on the person leading the company… their vision, character, ability to execute, willingness to risk everything, and most importantly, their heart. And the heart matters. I genuinely believe Elon has a kind heart and that his intentions are real. He’s shown me time and time again that this is about so much more than just making $ money (despite him NEVER letting investors down for any capital raise for any of his companies in the long run…) You don’t risk everything you have on electric cars, FSD, and reusable rockets bc you’re chasing the easiest $ dollar. In fact, looking back, there were probably a thousand easier ways to make $ money with far less risk, stress, and sacrifice. You dedicate your life to solving some of humanity’s hardest problems bc something deeper than $ money is driving you. Elon could’ve easily taken his $ money, disappeared, and lived one of the easiest lives imaginable. But instead, he kept putting it back on the line to build things people said were impossible and were super important for the future. Making life multiplanetary. Accelerating sustainable energy. Giving people internet anywhere on Earth. Restoring mobility and independence through robotics. Pushing humanity forward with AI. The list goes on and on… You can disagree with Elon. You can hate how he says things. He says crazy things, I know. You can question his decisions. But after following him and investing in his companies for more than a decade, I believe he’s the real deal… the mission is real. I believe I have a pretty keen eye for these things. Great entrepreneurs can copy ideas, improve them, and still make investors a lot of $ money. However, true innovators create the future everyone else eventually follows. That’s the difference. And to me, there’s only one Elon Musk.show more

•This photo was taken last night directly in front... of Burj Khalifa. •The video was taken on Saturday in Abu Dhabi with my friends and children (Europeans and Arabs). This is not a defense of the UAE simply because I live here. Rather, I speak as a Lebanese political activist who was subjected to political detention in Lebanon by a direct decision of Hezbollah. I chose the UAE and the Gulf countries as a place of safety and freedom of speech (that I still deliver it on my social media till today ) for the time being, instead of Europe ( despite receiving offers of political asylum from more than five countries within the European Union and Scandinavia) which I travel only for vacation and despite my deep appreciation for Europe, as well as for the human rights advocates and politicians who supported my case there. However, I will not accept any manipulation of the “image of a country” where I live by my own choice, with my own means and work (especially as an activist who returned from my country, Lebanon, under war conditions less than a week ago) I will not tolerate media distortion when the reality is : security, discipline, and the continuity of peaceful life. Under an air defense umbrella that has intercepted more than 1,000 attacks, every sound in the sky reassures me that I am safe that I, my family, and an entire region stretching across the Gulf, the Levant, and the Eastern Mediterranean, are being protected amid ongoing threats. The Gulf is safe. The UAE is safe. Dubai is safe. I am safe( along with four children, my sisters, and their children who came from Australia) We all chose to spend the Eid holiday in Dubai.show more

I went a little overboard with Codex last week... and burned through my entire weekly allowance in two days. Luckily, my quota reset today. Otherwise, I’m not sure what I would’ve done. It got me thinking: instead of asking one large model to handle everything from start to finish, why not let a stronger model plan the project and review the work, while a model built for execution handles the day-to-day implementation? So I tried it. The result was better than I expected. I used GPT-5.6 Sol in Codex as the decision-maker, then ran Ling-3.0-flash from Ant Ling inside OpenCode as the execution engine. Together, they built a small 3D farming game. Before writing any code, I had Codex create four documents: SPEC.md defined the product scope and the lines we couldn’t cross. ARCHITECTURE.md laid out the isometric coordinate system, state machine, and module boundaries. TASKS.md broke the project into small jobs Ling could tackle one at a time. ACCEPTANCE.md explained how each step would be tested and what “done” actually meant. Then I gave Ling a very straightforward role: You are the execution model for this project. Read all four documents before you begin. Work only on the task assigned for this round. When you’re done, run typecheck, test, and build. If anything fails, read the error, fix it, and run the checks again. Do not move on to the next task early. Ling handled dependency installation, project structure, strict TypeScript configuration, test setup, and a production build in 6 minutes and 3 seconds. It ran into issues with the Vite test config, a TS6310 error, and a missing jsdom dependency along the way. Instead of stopping at the first error, it kept reading the logs and fixing the problems until all three checks passed. The speed was honestly hard to believe. If you exclude the time spent waiting on tools, it was producing more than 100 tokens per second. That made the whole development loop feel noticeably faster. After this experiment, I’m planning to keep using the same workflow. If the task is small, there’s no reason to call an expensive planning model for every single step. If the task is large, handing the entire project to a Flash model in one prompt isn’t a great idea either. The setup that makes more sense to me is: Use a more capable model such as Codex to explore the project, make architectural decisions, and break the work down. Put the constraints into specs, schemas, types, and tests instead of leaving them buried in chat history. Give Ling-3.0-flash a steady stream of clear, verifiable implementation tasks. Report bugs with structured context and actual error logs, rather than saying, “It still doesn’t work.” Bring Codex back in for architecture reviews, visual checks, and changes that affect multiple parts of the project. The point of this setup isn’t to give AI a big “build the whole project” button. It’s to turn software development into a pipeline with a much more sensible cost structure: Codex figures out the plan, sets the boundaries, and catches problems. Ling-3.0-flash moves quickly, calls tools reliably, and works through well-defined tasks at scale. For agent workflows that involve lots of repetitive edits, production tasks, and tool calls, this may be a more practical answer than simply using the biggest model for everything.show more

I went to a rural Chinese province…so what’s it... like?... My wife and I make the journey back to her hometown every year around spring festival time. It’s about 1 hour out from Liuzhou in Guangxi, it would be considered small by Chinese standards but it seems pretty busy for a westerner from Tasmania 😂. One thing is very clear - I don’t know the percentage but so many people seem to work for themselves, whether that’s their own business or living off the land. Mortgages seem basically non-existent in rural areas, which was a big shock to me the first time I found out haha. People have land, they build on it, the kids and extended family usually build on the same plot. Great concept 👌. This makes sense, as almost all parents fund their kids to study in other cities, pay a large downpayment for a house when they get married or whatever else. The best thing about being here is the sense of community (which I also think is very good in cities) - Everyone knows each other and helps each other out — For example, we had a family friend lend us their car for the whole time we were there ♥️. We spent most of our time on a scooter though, driving around the town, getting bubble tea, Luosifen noodles and just chilling out. The buildings are a bit more run down than you’d obviously get in bigger cities, but that's to be expected, they’ve been around much longer. The roads are quite smooth, no big pot holes or major issues and nothing worse than what you’d find in Europe. Supermarkets, restaurants and public services are everywhere!! You can't go 100 metres up the street without seeing 3 supermarkets and 10+ restaurants. The only real downside is there’s no trains linking to bigger cities or other areas, but hey the US hardly have this so whatever ... .There are what seems to be infinite buses though 👍 My wife’s family's house is just... normal, fast internet, modern appliances and whatever else you’d find in your country. Feels stupid writing this, but some may have thought otherwise haha. I still struggle with the hole in the ground toiles…that I’ll never get used to. Luckily there’s a sit down toilet upstairs, so I’m safe 😎. The squating skill is an inherited talent I swear. – Guess this blows the theory of “China is like the 19th world, can’t even eat or go outside." Until next year, Guangxi 🫶.show more

I think I've stumbled onto the future of building... startups. It wasn't supposed to happen this way. It's 2 AM. I'm editing a podcast, questioning every life decision that led me here. I've already burned through hundreds of thousands on this thing since 2021. Zero monetization. Just burning cash. My business partner's probably thinking I've lost it. We're juggling 6 businesses, and here I am, playing wannabe Joe Rogan. Then it hit me. Not during the podcast. In the darn comments section. I start sorting comments by "contains question" using this AI creator tool called VidIQ. "How do you validate ideas?" "What tools do you use?" "Can you dive deeper on XYZ topic?" These questions keep popping up. Over and over. That's when the lightbulb went off. What if I could turn this into a lead magnet machine? Find questions. Answer them with free stuff. Rinse. Repeat. I team up with Design Scientist to crank out 2 lead magnets a month. (Tried doing it myself first. But it was hard lol) We start pumping out things like "6 Tools I Use to Find Startup Ideas." Suddenly, I'm drowning in subscribers. 10,000 to 20,000 a month. On autopilot. Now, you're probably thinking, "Cool story, bro. But how's this a big idea?" Clarity of what to build is probably one of the most valuable ways to build products people want. You have to understand a niche's problem better than they even know them. Problem: what's the roadblock keeping founders stuck? Segment: group these founders by their specific obstacles. Product: build the bridge that gets them over their hurdle. I use ConvertKit like a scalpel, dissecting these segments. Not by age or location. By the problems they're desperate to solve. Suddenly, I'm staring at a treasure map of founder pain points. And that's when you can build startups to solve their problems. Instead of being a lead factory, you become a startup factory. You use tools like v0/replit/cursor to prototype like a madman. And it makes your life less stressful as a founder. Because you know people are lined up to buy the products. I'm so convinced this is the future of startup building, I've bet $1M+ of my own cash on it. Building startups to solve people's problems. And cool part is this blueprint can be replicated in any niche. The best SaaS ideas aren't in some Silicon Valley incubator. They're hiding in your "free" content. Think of it like this (Isenberg's formula?): (Engaged Audience) x (Targeted Lead Magnets) x (Problem-Centric Segmentation) = Product-Market Fit on Demand Here's the step-by-step: 1. Use AI/software to categorize every single audience interaction by problem type. Build a heat map of pain points. 2. Create ultra-specific lead magnets for each major problem cluster. Think "5-Step Framework for Validating SaaS Ideas" not "Generic Startup Guide". I also use free communities as lead magnets. 3. Forget demographics. Segment by the problem they're trying to solve. Use ConvertKit to build dynamic segments that would make Zuck jealous. 4. Use AI to build rapid prototypes for top problem clusters. Test with your segmented lists for instant feedback. Your next cash-flowing business is probably stuck in a comment somewhere, just waiting for you to notice it. I accidentally built a startup factory at 2am. Happy I did. Sharing in case this is useful to anyone out there. The future of startups: 1. Be a content factory 2. Be a lead factory 3. Be a startup factoryshow more

I graduated!!! I earned a Bachelor of Arts in... Sociology with a concentration in Psychology, summa cum laude! Five years ago, I started this journey with an eighth-grade education, and even that was from a Scientology school, where critical thinking was discouraged and the quality of instruction was subpar, to say the least. I did not get here alone. Thank you to NYU School of Professional Studies and Angie Kamath. Thank you to everyone who supported me, encouraged me, and believed in me, especially on the days I was not sure I could do this. And there were plenty of those days. To my therapist, who told me not to give up when I was told I likely would not be accepted into a prestigious program. To my tutor, without whom I likely would have given up at the harder points along the way. To all those here who have sent me loving messages on social media. And to everyone else who has cheered me on in person through the ups and the downs of it, it means more than I can put into words. It got me over this finish line of being a student again and graduating. That goal once seemed impossible. To those who have asked me, “Why this? Why now?” I pursued higher education to reclaim a piece of myself. When you come out of a high-control group like Scientology, or even a high-control family, there are parts of you that were never allowed to fully develop. Those parts include your curiosity and your ability and right to question. Education was discouraged because knowledge creates confidence in your ability to trust your own mind and navigate the world. That leads to true independence, and that would never be allowed. I wanted that back. But more than that, I needed to understand. I needed to understand how my mother could have us join Scientology when I was just eight years old, and how my family and I could be part of something like this and stay in it for so long. I needed to understand how these systems work, how they influence people, and how they take hold. Without education, access to real information, and support, people can fall into systems that work against their best interests. Some assume that because they are educated, even highly educated, they would never fall for something like this. But it turns out that is not necessarily true. What many of us are impacted by, but never quite understand, is how high-control groups operate. Many still do not understand how misinformation spreads, and how tribalism and radicalization shape what we think, what we believe, and who and what we trust. Without that awareness, none of us are immune. Today, we are seeing how these forces can influence good people and distort reality. History has shown us that this is not new; it just comes in a different form now. Social media connects us in ways we never imagined, but it also creates echo chambers that reinforce beliefs and justify behavior without question. Real critical thinking is hard when we are fed so much by algorithms designed to appeal to us. In learning and achieving this milestone in my own life, it has helped me take a good, hard look at my own beliefs and ideologies. This journey was about healing for me, but also about figuring out how to help others in whatever way I can in the future. So what is in my future? I am considering continuing my education and possibly pursuing a master’s degree, with the goal of contributing to advocacy and policies that protect people, not systems. For now, I am taking this moment in. I am proud of myself. And I am grateful. Thank you for being on this journey with me.show more