I’m hiring an AI-first Director of Finance for one of my companies. You: - Don’t use Google (maybe Gemini) - Can do the work of 10 people by using AI - you are advanced with ChatGPT/Claude/Perplexity - Have automated all drudge work and book keeping with AI tools - Would never hire a lawyer unless you absolutely had to - Have trained custom proj... See more

These are not necessarily final ideas on what I think should be done; they are more initial explorations and suggestions for possible directions. Once an experiment starts, real-world feedback is often by far the most useful variable to determine how the experiment should be adjusted in the future.

I don’t think I lose respect for a software founder faster than when they start mentioning all the patents they have.

storyofmylife.txt dad's a mennonite farmer. his bipolar rocketed into its first mania in his 20s, just in time for him to meet my mom, a young woman with a lot of trauma and the npd to show for it. she basked in the glow of his mania. married in six weeks.

A reproducible testing process is more valuable than any one idea. Innovate here first. All things equal, a team with more shots at bat will win against a team with an audacious vision.